Chapter 13: To Tamaran

Two months earlier, on the planet Tamaran, a new evil was rising.

A cloaked man was looked at the landscape before him. "Tamaran, an empire in decline, completely ripe for conquest. Wouldn't you agree, Blackfire?"

Blackfire moved beside him. "Yes, Brother Blood. I can't wait to get my revenge. My sister should have known better than to banish me. There should be an abandoned castle nearby that we can use to begin developing our orc army."

"Good, thanks to Lord Trigon, we will become rulers of an entire planet and maybe even more. Ha ha ha ha."

Starfire was asleep in her room when she awoke to an annoying beeping sound. "A transmission!" She said happily.

She went to a machine that received transmissions. She pressed a button and it played.

"Starfire!" It was Galfore, grand ruler of Tamaran. "We need your help. Tamaran is being invaded by an army of hideous creatures. Much of the planet is overrun. I don't know how much longer we can last. Our people are dying. You must contact me."

The transmission ended.

Starfire fell to the ground. "No."

Maximus heard frantic knocking on his door. He went to answer it. "Alright, I'm coming. Be patient."

It was Starfire. "Starfire? It's 3:00 in the morning." His eyes grew used to the light. When he could see, he saw tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?"

That morning, all the Titans, old and new, were called to the living room.

Maximus stood up with Starfire. "We have called you here because we have a grave situation on our hands. Tamaran has been invaded."

"What?" Robin asked. "By who?

"Orcs."

"Oh, no." Cyborg said. "More orcs?"

"Yes, I'm afraid so." Maximus sat down to let Starfire proceed.

"I received a transmission from Galfore." Starfire began. "He said that Tamaran was invaded by an army of orcs. Much of the planet has already been overrun."

Robin stood up. "What are we waiting for then? We should go help them."

Maximus stood up. "I agree."

Terraalso stood up. "Anything to help a friend."

Everyone else also stood up.

"All in favor of going to Tamaran to kick some more orc butt."

"Yes!" Everyone shouted.

"Pack up then. We leave tonight. To Tamaran!"

"To Tamaran!"

Optional end song: "Forever" from Rome: Total War Album. See my bio for lyrics.

This is the end of "The Gift of the Gods" Part 1. Part 2 will be called "The Liberation of An Empire" based on Tamaran. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for the great reviews.