Disclaimer: As you all know…I DO NOT OWN TEEN TITANS! No…really I don't…I never bought a comic, never played the game and I barely watch the T.V. show…so there you have it…. And to restate…I DO NOT OWN TEEN TITANS…the little history lesson here was just made to make the story more interesting so there… Now then…lets get on with the story shall we?


Chapter 3: Secrets Revealed

(Starfire's POV)

I heard a voice coming from the corner of my room, it sounded weak and battered. "Star…I—have something to tell you." It said coughing between every other word. "Malcolm…is that you?" Suddenly the figure walked out of the corner into the light. It was Malcolm, he was badly bruised and burned and had cuts all over his face and arms. I quickly got up…grabbed one of those expandable chairs and sat him down. "Thank you…I know you've been wondering about why I don't stick around much and why I never show up when you need me but the truth is…I was doing it to try to run away from what I'm about to tell you…and it really pains me to do this." He coughed. "You see…my past is something that I never thought I would tell anyone…and I trust that you won't either." I nodded.

(Malcolm's POV)

"Okay…let me go back to before my parents ever knew each other. My father was born into a rich Japanese family and knew nothing of the world around him. And while on the way to school he was attacked by a group of kids and was badly injured. After recuperating in the hospital he went home and decided to take up ninjitsu. He trained very hard under amazing conditions. And on the way home from school he met up with those same kids who began to hassle him for money. Although he was a temperamental he knew that it was wrong to strike first." I wheezed.

"So he then said no and that is when it started. One kid on the left decided to punch him. He grabbed the fist and twisted it in a complete circle and broke his wrist. Soon the others got the message and ran in fear. After he had grown and become a man he had borrowed some money from a friend he knew. And unbeknownst to my father the man he borrowed money from was part of a Japanese mafia. So once the men came after him he decided that to pay off the debt he would join the mafia and do some of their work to pay them off. They gladly accepted." He coughed again.

"After a while he grew tired of the life he lived and even though he had paid off the debt they still wouldn't leave. He approached the godfather asking to leave. Now the godfather was feeling unusually nice so he decided to give my father one last mission and then he could leave." I gagged.

"My father gladly accepted. He was told that he had to kill this woman who had been causing them lots of problems. He went off and when he found this woman for some strange reason he couldn't do it. He had fallen in love with her. So he decided that he would send a message saying that he had killed her and that he would be spending an extended time where he was. And while this went on my father had become a businessman and they had me." I straightened my hair.

Now later on in life his company grew bigger and more powerful. He began to grow corrupt with the power…my mother had sensed this and decided to take me and flee. Soon my father found out and he had come after my mother." I adjusted myself in the chair.

"My mother knew this would happen and entrusted me with her last family treasure…a sword whose hilt was encrusted with a deep green jade. I was around 8 at the time and had no idea what was happening. My mother told me that her father was after her and that this would probably be the last time I would ever speak to her." I wiped tears from my eyes.

"I then decided to live in a small shack out on the coast of California. As I was watching the news they spoke of a 5'3" woman with blue eyes and long black flowing hair being murdered. They drew a sketch and it looked exactly like my mother. I had visited her swearing that I would get my father no matter what the cost…and I never saw any of my parents again."

Starfire gasped staring at me. "I had no idea…I'm sorry." I shook my head. "It's nothing…and also I was born with strange powers…some I didn't even know I had. Like I can now shoot ice from my hands." I pointed my finger at the open window and an icicle shot out of it. And there are probably more powers that I don't know I have too. And…apparently the person doesn't seem to know that I know it yet but, someone seems to have the choice of putting me under mind control at their will…and I have to find out who it is before they do something really drastic.

(Starfire's POV)

He slowly got up and began to walk towards the window. "Where are you going?" She asked. "Home…." "But look at you…you're in no condition to drive home." She said. "Who said I was driving?" He snapped his fingers and ring of fire surrounded him. It faded and the next I knew…he was gone. Suddenly, Robin busted into my room. "Trouble! In the lower east side of the city!" He ran out and I heard a door slam. I jumped off my bed and ran out the door. I stood out front…it was raining very hard. Suddenly, I saw the T-Car (that is what it's called right?) and the R-Cycle zoom past with Raven following them. I slowly began to float and zoomed off after them. We arrived at the scene and gasped in horror. There was an apartment building that had burst into flames. The rain didn't seem to slow it down at all, suddenly a person jumped off the roof of the apartment and landed onto the next building. "I'll got after him…you guys get in there and check if there are still any people stuck inside and try to put the fire out." Robin said. Then he ran off into one of the buildings.

(Robin's POV)

I ran up the stairwell counting the floors. "1…2…3…4…." I looked up. I could see about 4 more staircases. About 5 minutes later I reached the roof and the person who had jumped the roof had stopped running. As a matter of fact it seemed like he was waiting for me. "Well Robin, fancy meeting you here." He said in a deep voice.

I walked closer so I could get a better view of his face. Apparently he was wearing a blue mask that had small slanted eyeholes and had dark strokes of green at the corners. "Who are you?" I asked back. "That is a question that I will answer another time but now…." He unsheathed a sword that had a jade-encrusted hilt from his side.

"I have to get rid of you." I took out my kendo stick and charged at him. I struck him a large blow in the chest and he flew back a few feet and regained his footing. "Not bad…now lets see how you fair against this." He said. Suddenly, he charged at me stuck his sword in the ground and jumped behind me. "YAAHHH!" He yelled.

Suddenly I felt a shock surging throughout my body and I fell to the ground. I lay there waiting to see what he would do next. While I was waiting he had picked up his sword and was walking away. Now was my chance. I sprung up and charged at him and tried to strike him once in the back. He held one hand out behind him and suddenly he shot ice out of it and froze my hand in place.

I gasped. Just then…something awkward happened. The ninja had dropped on his knees and was holding the sides of his head with his hands. "Leave me alone!" He cried out in a more normal sounding voice.

"Get out of my head!" He continued. "GAAAAAAAAH!" Just then a barrier of smoke surrounded him. And when it vanished…he was gone. I sighed and lugged myself down the stairs trying to think of who that could've been when one name flashed across my mind. I Malcolm /I I thought.

"But that doesn't explain my iced up hand." I muttered. "So it couldn't have been him." I continued. I walked back to the other Titans who had successfully managed to douse the fire. There were two women and one infant trapped in the building whom Cyborg successfully got to safety.

"Dude! What happened to your hand!" He said pointing at the icy chunk surrounding my hand. "It happened during the fight but I don't know who did it." I paused looking at them. "But we'll worry about that as soon as we get back home." I continued.

I then hopped on my R-Cycle and drove off with the rest of them following. We arrived back home and sat down in the living room. Cyborg punched a button on his arm and a small laser appeared on his wrist. "Now hold still." He said. The laser then emitted a beam that cut a large chunk of ice off my hand so that I could move it. I then used my other hand to slip the rest off my wrist and sighed. "Thanks." I said getting up. I grabbed a bag of chips, two cans of soda and walked into my room. "Here we go again…." Beast Boy said.

(Starfire's POV)

I was sitting on my bed staring out my window. "There was only one person who had enough skill to do that to Robin." I said to myself. "But why did he do it…unless." I gasped. "He was under mind control…but who could've done it to him? And why?" I sighed. There was no way to contact Malcolm because I had no idea where he was and I doubt his number was in the phone book. I sighed. I continued to stare at the moon until finally I dozed off to sleep.


Goten: Well, what do ya think? Was that interesting or what? Well, hang on to your seats kiddies 'cause the next chapter is going to leave you speechless! I hope…

Challange: What? Huh? Oh…we're finished already? Cool…yeah just do what he said…walks off the stage.

Goten waves, bows, and walks off the stage.