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Chapter 3: The Dark Stranger

The Titans were amazed. Just as the Specter was about to cut Raven in half, this hooded, winged stranger jumped out of the shadow behind it and thrust his katana into its chest. He then pulled the bullet out of Raven's back using weird lightning bolts. And now he was challenging the Specters.

'Who is this guy, and what is he thinking?' thought Robin. Just then he realized that he was no longer in a weapon deadlock with his dark opponent. The creature he was clashing with had stopped pushing and had pulled away, and was now staring at the stranger with great hate. In fact, all the Specters had stopped to stare at the boy.

"Alright then", said the hooded swordsman calmly, "whenever you guys feel like attacking, I'll be right here". All of the Specters immediately rushed towards this new opponent. 5 of the rushing creatures leapt towards him from five different sides, swords drawn and ready to strike. They each came down hard on him with powerful vertical slashes. The sound of metal striking metal echoed throughout the bridge. The boy had blocked all 5 swords with his katana and had them all in a weapon deadlock with him. The five that struck him were still in the air with only their swords pushing against the katana holding them up. Then with one thrust, the stranger sent all five of his attackers 20 feet upward. After sending them into the air, he jumped up, performing a one handed rising slash to the closest one, cutting it in half and absorbing its body at the same time. He then kicked off the blue orb that was left by the Specter he had just cut, bouncing over to the next. He slashed it as he flew past, opening his wings as he finished off the slice. He then flew over to the next one and performed a powerful punch that sent it crashing down to the ground where it landed right in front of Robin.

"What is he?" wondered Robin. The stranger then sheathed his katana and fired two energy blasts towards the remaining airborne Specters. After absorbing the specters he had just defeated, he looked down to see 30 Specters flying towards him (they fly without wings, just to let you know). The stranger, still floating in the air, struck a powering up pose and began to glow a dark red. He then cupped his hands and pointed it downward, firing a large black energy bomb toward the oncoming Specters. All 30 of his attackers were completely disintegrated, leaving only those quickly disappearing blue orbs.

"Man, I love doing that", he said to himself. Suddenly, he was hit in the back by something strong and explosive. A specter had snuck up behind and fired a small stinger missile at him at point blank range. The impact caused the boy to lose focus for a moment and quickly became swarmed by bullets from a group of gunning specters. Another specter on the ground fired at him with its bazooka causing a massive explosion and covering the area around the boy with a thick smoke cloud. The bazooka-wielding specter then began laughing maniacally, but was quickly cut off by a voice from behind it.

"Hey, dead-eye, I think you missed." The specter swiftly turned around, only to be greeted by a very hard left punch. He was then sliced multiple times and absorbed before hitting the ground. "Hmm", thought the mystery warrior, "8 slashes in one second, I must be getting slow". Before he could react, a specter jumped out of the shadow behind him and was preparing to stab him, but was hit by a blue sonic blast.

"Yo, Mystery Man!" shouted Cyborg, "mind if we join in?"

"Not at all", he replied. The remaining Titans then rushed into the fray, their hope renewed by the appearance of this mysterious boy. Beast Boy morphed into a triceratops and began charging through the mass of specters again, only this time Cyborg was standing on his back firing at any specters that tried to take down Beast Boy. Starfire was dodging bullets and firing star bolts, when two specters suddenly grabbed her and put her arms in a tight arm lock preventing her from firing star bolts.

"Get her in the knees!" yelled one of the creatures, "make her suffer!" The specters with guns reloaded and aimed at her knees.

"My apologies", said Starfire, "but I must protest!" She then fired laser beams from her eyes that swept the firing line in front of her. She then flew upward and began spinning at a very fast rate. The specters that held her lost their grip and let go of her. As they were falling, Starfire grabbed their wrists. "Now it is my turn", she said as she flung the two creatures off the bridge. She had no time to rest, however, as she found herself being attacked by another rain of bullets. She shrieked as one of the bullets grazed her cheek and gave her a small cut. "This is most unpleasant", she said. She then flew downward while firing multiple star bolts and laser beams in alteration, taking out her attackers for the final time. Their bodies dissolved and evaporated, disappearing into thin air. Before she was able to do anything else, she was hit in the back by a flying kick that sent her flying into a wall. She tried to get up but her foot got stuck under a large piece of cement. As she struggled to get free, she looked up to see a very fast moving specter running towards her. She fired multiple eye beams to try and stop it, but the creature just kept dodging them. Just as the creature was about to stab Starfire, a whale fell from the sky and landed right on top of it. Starfire then felt the weight of the cement block removed from her leg.

"You alright, Star?" asked Cyborg as he tossed the block behind him.

"I am fine", replied Starfire, "thank you Cyborg!" Beast Boy then morphed from a whale into a lion and began slashing and pouncing on the surrounding specters. Cyborg and Starfire then split into two separate directions to do their own thrashing.

Amidst all this chaos, no one remembered the still unconscious Raven. Everyone, except for a single scavenging specter. It walked slowly towards Raven until it was standing directly over her. It raised its sword over Raven and began to deliver a finishing stab. Just then, Robin hit the specter right between the eyes with a birdarang, causing it to stagger backwards before Robin did a gut punch-uppercut combo. Robin looked in front of him and there was the winged warrior fending off a large group of specters. He had sheathed his sword and was using only hand-to-hand combat. Robin was amazed by his skills.

The stranger punched the specter in front of him, and then sent it flying with a powerful palm thrust. He then did a forward roll to avoid a vicious sword slash from his right side, followed by a sweeping kick that grounded his attacker. Before the specter could get up, the stranger flew upward and back down again, slamming his fist into the specter's chest and causing it to evaporate. He immediately began doing backward somersaults to avoid a barrage of bullets. After 4 complete flips, the boy stopped.

"Enough!" he yelled to his attackers, and his hands began to glow with energy. He then began firing multiple energy blasts (the way Vegeta in Dragonball Z does when he fires multiple energy blasts after getting mad), each one hitting their mark. When the smoke cleared all the specters that were firing and/or charging towards him with swords had been blasted into nothing.

"How did you do all that?" Robin asked the boy.

"Long story. Tell you later," replied the stranger in between heavy breaths. It was then that Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire ran over to the two, panting and sweating like crazy.

"I think that's the last of them", said Cyborg.

"Not quite", replied the stranger.

"What are you talking about? I don't see anymo-", Beast Boy was cut off by a strange rumbling sound and the shaking of the bridge.

"THAT is what I'm talking about", said the stranger as he pointed to the edge. A large hand appeared and grabbed the ledge, and then another hand did the same. Suddenly, a head popped up and stared at the Titans and the stranger with large red eyes. The creature then pulled itself up completely revealing it to be a larger version of the specters. It stood 50 feet tall and had a large upper body that was supported by legs that were just as strong and muscular. Its head had two large horns that pointed backwards. Like the other specters, it was a pitch-black color.

"Don't we ever get a break!?" screamed Beast Boy.

"What is that monstrosity?" asked Starfire.

"It's a Colossus", said the stranger, "It's a giant version of the regular sized soldier specters that we've been fighting. They're 8 times as large, 10 times as strong, and so much easier to hit," said the boy with a smile on his face. The colossus then let out a mighty roar. Everyone except the mystery warrior covered their ears to stop the sound from breaking their eardrums. The stranger merely stared at the creature. The Titans stood in fear in the shadow of this new gargantuan as it loomed over them. Suddenly the giant creature pulled his right hand back for a punch.

"Everybody, MOVE!" yelled Robin. The Titans and the wing warrior split up to avoid the powerful punch that the colossus sent at them. The bridge shook and wobbled from the force of the blow.

"How will we defeat something so large?" asked Starfire. Robin wondered the same thing. He then looked to his right to see the mystery warrior drawing his katana and charging up his other hand with energy. "Hey, dude," he said getting the warrior's attention, "do you know how to take this thing down?" The warrior thought for a few seconds, then a smile appeared on his face yet again.

"The colossus is a powerful foe, but every enemy has a weakness. To bring the colossus down, you've got to fight on its level or you've got to bring it down to yours. To make this fight faster, how about we try both?" he said. A smile crept across Robin's face.

"Alright then. You hit 'em high", said Robin to the stranger.

"And you hit 'em low" the stranger replied to Robin. The stranger then extended his large black wings again as he prepared to fly. With a two mighty beats, he was lifted up and with a few more he began to fly upward, faster and faster, towards the colossus's head dodging the colossus's many attempts to swat him down. When he reached its head, he did a powerful shoulder tackle that caused the creature to stagger back and almost fall the edge. It regained its balance and immediately threw a punch that was surprisingly fast and precise. The stranger was caught off guard and was hit with the full force of the blow, causing him to fall backwards a little. Using his wings to slow his decent, he was able to regain his sense of direction. He then took a fighting stance with his katana held in front of him before charging at the colossus again and slashing furiously away at its chest.

"Hey, uh, Robin," said Beast Boy, "what the hell was he talking about?"

"It's simple, Beast Boy. While he attacks the head, while hit him in the lower parts." Robin replied.

"So," said Cyborg, "where do we start?"

"The knees sound good," replied Beast Boy.

"Alright then, Beast Boy, you and Cyborg will work on the right knee. Star, you and I will work on the left," said Robin. The other Titans nodded and went to do what they did best.

The stranger continued to slash at the colossus's chest. The giant shadow screamed in pain and tried to grab the boy with its right hand. Seeing the attack, he stopped slashing and punched the oncoming hand with the hilt of his sword, stopping it in its tracks. The gargantuan continued to punch the stranger without moving a single step from where it stood. The colossus then tried to trap the boy with a clapping attack. The stranger flew up to avoid the attack at the last moment and began charging black energy up in his left hand (that's the hand not holding the katana).

"To slow!" he yelled out. He then fired 3 small energy disks that surrounded the colossus's upper body. The colossus stood in confusion as the disks began to glow. Suddenly, all three disks simultaneously fired black energy beams at the colossus. The colossus screamed in pain as the beams hit it at the same time. After 10 seconds of firing, the disks stopped and disappeared. The colossus was hunched over, its body singed and smoking from the stranger's energy beams.

"Hurts, doesn't i-", the strangers sentence was cut off when the giant creature suddenly grabbed him with its left hand and began squeezing the boy with all its strength.

"Now", said the creature, "it's your turn to scream". The boy winced in pain at the immense pressure his body was being put through. The colossus eyes began to glow brighter as he began to squeeze harder and harder. As the stranger struggled to break free he heard multiple explosions from below. The explosions caused the colossus to stagger to its left. The huge creature looked down to see Starfire firing a barrage of star bolts at its left knee. The colossus attempted to swat Starfire away, but Starfire flew away before he hit her. The creature then brought its right hand up and brought it down to smash Starfire, but missed that time as well. Robin took the opportunity and planted two electric bombs on the colossus's hand. They blew up in a shocking explosion that caused the colossus to stagger and fall on its back on the bridge. The stranger was then able to break out of the giant's grip and fly away. The colossus slowly got back up, its anger visible in its glowing red eyes. Robin, Starfire, and the stranger then began to run/fly away from the colossus as it started running toward them, slowly but with large steps.

"Cyborg, Beast Boy, give him the blitz!" Robin yelled out. Cyborg and Beast Boy then began running towards the giant.

"Let's see how you like this!" Beast Boy said, morphing into an armadillo. Cyborg grabbed him and began running as fast as he could toward the creature. The colossus saw them coming and stopped running. It then knelt down on one knee and drove its fist into the ground, causing multiple black pools to appear in Cyborg's path.

"Avoid the pools!" the stranger yelled.

"Thanks for the warning!" Cyborg yelled back. The pools then began exploding upward, missing Cyborg and Beast Boy by mere inches.

"Come on, come on..." whispered Robin as he watched Cyborg turning and spinning to dodge the exploding pools.

When he was 10 feet away from the colossus, Cyborg threw Beast Boy at the creature's face.

"Oh, no..." said the stranger in disappointment.

"What is it?" asked Starfire.

"He's going too slow." replied the hooded warrior (no, his hood hasn't come down yet). Robin heard him and looked up. He was right; Beast Boy was going too slowly. The colossus was already reaching to grab the tiny armadillo. Suddenly, Beast Boy's body was covered in black energy and began to go much, much faster, just barely avoiding the colossus's hand. Right before he hit the colossus head, Beast Boy morphed into a humpback whale. He hit the colossus right in the face, causing it to once again fall on its back. After hitting the colossus in the head, Beast Boy morphed into an eagle and flew back to the others. Everyone looked at the stranger.

"Don't look at me", said the boy. He then pointed behind him with his thumb. There was Raven, lying on the ground, her eyes glowing with dark energy. Her palm was stretched to where Beast Boy was when he was flying towards the colossus.

"I overheard your conversation..." she said weakly before fainting again. Beast Boy morphed back into his human form and ran over to Raven, as did the others. Beast Boy held her head up.

"Raven, say something!" said Beast Boy. Raven looked up with tired eyes.

"Don't you have a monster to destroy?" she asked weakly. They all looked behind them and saw the colossus struggling to get up.

"Let me finish this", said the stranger. Robin gave a nod, and the stranger flew upward with his katana in his right hand. He stopped when he was high above the fallen giant. He then flew downward toward to the colossus at top speed with his sword in a ready to slash position. The colossus was still struggling to get back on its feet, when the boy yelled out, "Sorry, buddy, but you aren't getting up this time!"

The stranger hit the colossus like a missile and began slashing away at the creature's chest. The slices were so fast, that the only things that could be seen were flashes of light. After slashing the colossus 30 times, the stranger kicked off its chest and flew upwards again where he began charging up energy. He then fired off a huge energy blast kamehameha style at his fallen foe. A bright explosion momentarily blinded the Titans from the fight. When the light died down, the stranger was absorbing the colossus shadow-ish body into his sword. The only other thing that could be seen was the small blue orb that appeared for a short period of time before fading away into thin air. After the colossus was completely absorbed, the stranger slowly floated back down and began walking to where the Titans were watching over Raven.

"Crap," said Cyborg.

"What's wrong?" asked a very concerned Beast Boy.

"Her vital signs are dropping, we've got to get her to a doctor, now." Replied Cyborg.

"No", interrupted the stranger.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO!?" yelled a very angry Beast Boy, "DIDN'T YOU HEAR CYBORG!? SHE'S DYING! WE'VE GOT TO GET HER TO A DOCTOR!"

"There's no time", replied the stranger calmly, "besides, what she has can not be cured by any doctor. She's lacking energy. The drill bullet took a lot out of her. Something has to be done now."

"What do you suggest?" asked Robin.

"She needs to have energy transferred into her immediately", he answered, and "I'm talking a lot here."

"THEN TAKE SOME OF MINE! JUST DO SOMETHING!" yelled Beast Boy. The stranger shook his head.

"That won't be necessary". The stranger took his hood down, revealing the face of a 17-year-old boy. His black hair was short and spiked up. He had dark brown eyes that seemed to be hiding something. Something...dark. He walked over to Raven's body and knelt down. He placed his right hand over her.

"Umm, sorry, but I need a little space," he said calmly. All the Titans except Beast Boy nodded.

"Sorry, dude," Beast Boy said. "but I'm not moving". The stranger sighed.

"All right then," he said, "but if you want to comfort her, please do it from the other side". Beast Boy agreed with the stranger's terms and moved to Raven's other side.

"Can we trust this guy?" asked Cyborg.

"Right now, if we want to save Raven, we have to", Robin replied.

"Here we go," said the stranger to himself. His whole body then began to glow a bright yellow. The aura got brighter and brighter, engulfing him in a mass of shining yellow light. The boy then transferred all the energy into his palm. Suddenly, a pillar of energy traveled from the boy's palm into Raven's chest. Raven's body twitched and squirmed as the energy moved into her body, healing her as it went in. the other Titans looked in awe as the stranger continued to transfer energy into Raven. After 15 seconds of transferring, the boy stopped.

"That...should...be...enough," he said weakly.

"Are you ok?" asked Beast Boy.

"I'll be fine. I always feel extremely tired after transfusions" replied the stranger. The other Titans walked back over to them. Cyborg knelt down to check Raven's vital signs again.

"She's gonna be all right" he said. Just then Raven opened her eyes.

"What happened? First I felt dead tired and now I feel completely re- energized. What's going on?" she asked.

"This guy", said Beast Boy pointing to the stranger, "saved your life." Raven looked up to see the face of her rescuer. She was surprised to see a strangely familiar face. She knew she'd seen him before, but she couldn't remember where.

"Thanks" she said in as thankful a voice as Raven could have.

"Think...nothing...of it..." he replied staggering to his feet.

"Hey stranger" Robin said approaching him, "we never really got your name."

"That is no longer important", he said.

"What do you mean?" asked Robin.

"I mean just what I said. After what I've been through, my name means nothing", he replied calmly.

"Oookaaay...will you at least come back to our tower with us? We've got a fully loaded fridge just waiting to be raided!" said Beast Boy.

"Thanks, but no thanks", the stranger answered as he began to walk away towards his motorcycle.

"Will you at least come to rest? That transfusion ceremony seemed to have taken a lot out of you", said Starfire.

"I told you, I'll be fine", he replied. After answering, he almost tripped because his right knee gave in and made him stagger sideways.

"Fine then," said Cyborg, "your choice". Just then, something hit Raven in the back of her mind. Right when the stranger was getting on his bike, she spoke.

"Wait", she said, "what if we can guess your name? Then would you come with us?" The stranger thought for a while before letting out a few small laughs.

"Why do you insist on having me stay at your tower so badly?" he asked.

"I have my reasons", replied Raven. Beast Boy couldn't help but notice and wonder about what she meant by that. The stranger thought again before responding.

"All right, then", he said, "I'll play. But you get only one guess." He smiled after finishing his sentence.

"One guess is all I need, Xander Blade," she said. The stranger's smile faded away and he stood in dead silence. "I'm right aren't I?" said Raven cockily.

"No one has called me that in a long time. How did you know?" he asked.

"I have my sources", Raven replied.

"Well, I guess a deal's a deal. I'll go with you guys back to your tower. The dock is probably to far to reach for someone as tired as myself," he said. He started his motorcycle and began revving it up. His motorcycle was a black motorcycle that looked like a Harley. But upon closer inspection it was obvious that it was not. The parts were different and the bike didn't have the Harley Davidson tag on it. "Let's roll", he said.

All the Titans except Robin got into Cyborg's car. Robin got on his motorcycle. They began driving back to the tower, Cyborg's car leading and Robin and Xander riding side by side.

"Hey Xander! What kind of bike is that? It doesn't look like any I've ever seen!" Robin yelled over the wind.

"It's custom made!" Xander yelled back, "Did it all myself!"

"Badass!" Robin yelled back as they continued on toward the Titan's Tower.

Inside Cyborg's car, Beast Boy wondered about how Raven knew this mystery guy's name. Did she know him? Had they met before? Did she...like him? These questions plagued his mind the whole trip.

Raven also had a lot on her mind. Why had she insisted for him to come with them to the tower? She knew it was the guy from her dream, but that was pretty much all she knew about him. He could be one of Slade's spies in disguise, but then again he could be able to answer the questions that were brought to light by that dream. Only time would tell...

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That is the end of chapter 3. Sorry it took so long. Tell me if it was good or bad. Tell me whom you want to hook up. Tell me what you think! I MUST KNOW!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your time. Terra will be coming soon. Read and review.

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By the way, if it's all bunched up and crap, forgive it. There's a small problem just like the one I had with chapter one. I had to remove and replace the story just to try and fix it. But if it's still bunched up, all I can say is sorry. I'm doing my best to make sure it never, ever happens again. Sorry for the inconvenience,

-Angrydude