Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans (you know, I'm getting really tired of writing disclaimers).

Hey everybody! Hope you guys liked chapter 6. I got a couple of reviews about Xander, and I'm kind of confused as to what a Mary Sue is. I'll try to fix the story to, but don't expect too much change. This is my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Chapter 7:

Two figures stood atop one of the buildings a few blocks away from the museum. One of them wore a white t-shirt and a red vest. He also wore brown cargo pants and brown leather shoes. He had green eyes and long white hair that went down to his ears (like Dante's hair from Devil May Cry). However, the man wasn't old. He was young, looking to be in his early twenties. The other wore a blue hooded jacket with a red dragon design on the back. The hood was up and covered the man's face. He wore black jeans and the same brown leather shoes as the other guy.

"What the hell is taking those kids so damn long! 'The best the money can buy' my ass they are!! Bunch of bullshit advertising if you ask me!" the hooded one yelled, "This was supposed to be a simple job! It's been 10 minutes already!"

"Well, the Titans did join up with the wing knight," replied the other calmly, "one could expect them to be a bit off schedule".

"This isn't just off schedule, this is flat out too damn long!" the hooded one yelled back, "we gave those little freaks 40 dreadnaughts! Forty frickin' dreadnaughts! Not even that winged wannabe Xander Blade can take out forty muscle-bound specters!"

"You underestimate him way too much, Silo", replied the other man, "he's not as weak as you think."

"Tch, whatever", Silo replied as rolled his eyes, "you and I both know that he's just some punk ass kid who got lucky and was granted the powers of a wing knight. He's nothing but a cheap imitation. Against me...against any of us...he's just a weak little maggot! Hardly even worth the time or the trouble!"

"You'd best watch your ego, Silo", the other replied in his constantly calm voice.

"Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah", responded the other arrogantly, "Listen, Thorne, I'm bored as hell out here and I'm tired of listening to you, so I'm gonna get the hell outta here. Go help those kids or we'll have our asses handed to us on a silver platter". Just then, two large wings appeared on his back. They were sliver metallic wings that looked like blades. Silo spread his wings and jumped off the building, quickly pulling back up and flying off into the distance. The other man let out a sigh and turned in the direction of the museum. Two light brown dragon wings energized on his back. He jumped off the building and flew off towards the museum.

-Back at the museum-

Inside the museum, the Titans were winning the fight and just about had the HIVE beaten. Cyborg was squaring off with Mammoth and had him on the run. Cyborg was punching mammoth furiously, and all he could do was slowly back away and defend against Cyborg's attacks. Gizmo was firing round after round of machine gun bullets to fight off Robin and Beast Boy, who were closing in on him really fast. He slowly backed up as he was firing, but stopped when he backed into the wall. BB morphed into a tiger and pounced at Gizmo, but Gizmo rolled out of the way and fired an energy net, trapping Beast Boy and electrocuting him. Beast Boy began morphing into various animals as he struggled to get out of the net, but to no avail.

"Ha ha! Got ya snot muncher!" Gizmo yelled, but was suddenly greeted by Robin's foot, hitting him in the face and sending him flying into the wall. He immediately got back up on his robot spider legs and fired a volley of missiles. Robin began skillfully dodging each of Gizmo's missiles. When the last missile was headed his way, Robin sidestepped out of the way at the last second, grabbed the missile and threw it back at Gizmo. Gizmo attempted to jump out of the way, but the missile hit his robotic leg, causing him to come crashing down.

"CRUD!" Gizmo yelled out. He detached his robot legs and was about to activate his spare legs when Robin threw an electric birdarang at his pack, shorting it out. The spare spider legs, powerless and useless, went limp and Gizmo fell to the ground. The energy net that surrounded Beast Boy disappeared. He morphed into a tiger again and pounced at Gizmo. Gizmo rolled out of the way and began running away from the angry tiger. Robin threw a bolo at Gizmo and got him in the legs. Gizmo tried to get up, but Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla and jumped on Gizmo. Gizmo struggled and twisted as the huge ape held him down.

"Get off me you stupid monkey!" Gizmo yelled.

In a nearby room, Cyborg and Mammoth were duking it out. Cyborg delivered a powerful uppercut to Mammoth's chin, sending him flying into the wall and knocking him out. Cyborg picked him up and walked over to BB and Robin.

"Where's Star and Raven?" Cyborg asked. Just then, an explosion that could only be caused by a star bolt was heard. On the other side of the museum, Starfire was taking on Jinx. She was firing star bolt after star bolt, but Jinx dodged each one.

Jinx fired off some hex energy and the ceiling above Starfire crumbled and began to fall. Before the pieces fell on her, Raven was able to catch them and throw them at Jinx. Jinx merely smiled and leapt onto the pieces, using each one as a stepping-stone.

When she jumped off the last one, she did a front flip and landed on the ground. She ran towards Raven and delivered a volley of kicks. Raven blocked each one using a telekinetic shield, but the strength of the blows and the mental strain sent a sharp pain up her arm and caused the wound on her back to throb (the wound is on her back, slightly below her left shoulder). Raven lost focus and grasped her left shoulder. Jinx took advantage of the opportunity and kicked Raven in the chest, sending her flying into the wall. Jinx slowly walked up to Raven.

"Sweet, sweet revenge", Jinx said with a smile on her face. But before she could go any further, she was hit by a star bolt and sent flying into a dinosaur fossil. Starfire flew over to Raven.

"Raven, are you alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine Starfire. It's just my wound." Raven replied as she held on to her shoulder. She slowly got back on her feet. She looked over to Jinx, who was slowly getting back up. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven chanted as she took control of a nearby cable and wrapping it around Jinx.

"Hey! Let me go!" Jinx said as she struggled to get loose. Just then, Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg walked into the room, dragging Gizmo and Mammoth on the ground, who had been tied up in cables.

"Well, I guess that's that", Beast Boy said, "let's go check up on the new guy and get outta here. I don't know about you guys, but that fight got me hella hungry!"

"First we gotta drop these three off", said Robin. They then began to exit the museum. Just as they were leaving, Robin caught sight of the artifact that Jinx had tried to steal. He bent down and picked up the clothed object.

"Hey, Robin, you comin'?" asked Cyborg.

"I'll be out in a minute", he replied. Cyborg shrugged his shoulders and left with the others.

Xander silently sat outside the museum on the pile of cars Mammoth had made. He had stabbed Akujin into the hood of one of the cars and was using the reflection on the blade to see the gash on his forehead. He winced as he began to poke the wound.

'Don't poke it you idiot!' Xander ignored Akujin and continued to poke the gash. 'Are you listening to me?'

"Calm down No-Body!" replied Xander angrily. He then began to chuckle lightly. "Get it? You have no body. So you're Nobody! It's a joke dude!"

'Damn, you're even worse than the midget with the high tech backpack', replied Akujin, 'if I had eyes, I'd be rolling them right now'.

"Well you don't have any eyes, so why don't you just shut the hell-OWW!" Xander flinched as his hand slipped and accidentally scratched the wound, causing the spirit in the sword to begin laughing.

"Xander!" called Starfire. Xander looked behind him and saw the four Titans walking out of the museum. He turned, pulling Akujin out of the rubble as he went, and walked over to meet them.

"Dude, what happened to you?" asked BB.

"One of the dreadnaughts got in a lucky shot and slammed my head into that glass", he pointed to one of the shattered car windows with blood on the edges. It was then that Raven noticed a face imprint in the side of the same car door.

"I guess THAT was a lucky shot, too?" she said as she pointed. Xander scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled.

"Actually...that was the same dreadnaught". BB and Cyborg let out a couple of chuckles and Raven just shook her head at Xander's stupidity.

-Inside the museum-

"What could they possibly want with this?" Robin asked himself as he examined the strange case.

"They weren't stealing it for themselves", echoed a voice, "they were being paid to get it". Robin looked up at the sound of the voice, but saw no one. He began to slowly walk around the room, searching for the source of the voice.

"That which you hold in your arms is a dangerous force", said the voice, "if you know what's good for you, you'll drop it and leave".

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you're the ass who had the HIVE steal this for you", replied Robin as he continued to search around the museum, "and if that's the case, I suggest you just give up and surrender. Unless, of course, you'd rather be in a world of hurt."

"I'm not leaving without that case", replied the voice.

"There's only one way for you to get it", said Robin, "and that's if you take it from me".

"If you insist" Suddenly, Robin was knocked down by a punch that hit him across the face. The case flew out of his hands and slid across the floor. He looked up and saw that his attacker was a white haired man with a red vest and brown dragon wings tucked on his back. Robin retaliated with a sweeping kick, but the man back flipped and dodged the strike.

Robin did a Chinese get-up and rushed at the man. But when Robin delivered his punch, he hit nothing but air. The man had disappeared. Robin looked around and saw a blur of red running around the room and bouncing of walls at incredible speeds.

"How can he move so fast?"

"I'm not even trying, Robin", said the man, "it's your eyes that are much too slow" He then began to dash at Robin, striking him as he passed. Robin was repeatedly knocked around by the red blur and was eventually knocked down. Robin got back up and kept looking, but couldn't pin point the man's location. "How can you win if you can't hit me?"

It was then that Robin got an idea. He closed his eyes and stood still in the middle of the room as the man continued to dash around him, slowly closing in on him. Robin took a fighting stance as he waited for the opportunity to strike. He stood perfectly still until...

"There!" Robin immediately turned and did a high kick, but the man crouched and rolled, perfectly dodging Robin's attack. The man immediately retaliated by delivering a one-two palm thrust combo to Robin's chest. Robin staggered backwards for a few seconds before getting knocked out by a punch to the gut. His body became limp as he blacked out and hit the ground.

"Much too slow", said the man. He walked over to the case that Robin dropped and slowly picked it up. He put it under his arm before walking up to Robin. "You get points for trying kid. I'll give you that much". He then picked up Robin and headed out of the museum.

The Titans were cleaning up outside the museum. They had just finished moving the car pile and were now moving the other debris. A clean-up crew comprised of construction workers and construction equipment were also helping out. Starfire was throwing chunks of metal into a nearby dumpster when she heard someone walking out of the museum.

"Robin!" she called out cheerfully. No response. Finally when the figure stepped into the light, it turned out to be a white haired main in a red vest. "Oh, sorry. I thought you were-" just then Starfire noticed that the man, who stood 6 feet tall, held a knocked out Robin in his right hand by the neck and was dragging him on the floor. He also held a strange case under his left arm. "Robin!? What did you-"

"Hey, Star, what's with all the noise?" asked Cyborg. Just then the others ran over to Starfire and saw what all the noise was about. The man stopped walking and stood a few yards away from the titans.

"So you must be the Teen Titans", said the man in a calm voice. He looked at each of them with his calm green eyes, and smiled when he saw Xander. "What a surprise to see you again, Xander. We never thought you'd catch up with us". All the titans immediately turned and faced Xander, who remained standing firm and still, sword drawn out and gripped tightly, his eyes focused on the strange man.

"You know this guy?" asked Beast Boy.

"We've met", replied Xander in a low, angry tone. "His name's Thorne. Be careful, this guy is dangerous beyond belief".

"I don't care how dangerous this punk ass bitch is", said Cyborg, "if he attacked Robin, he's going down one way or another". The other Titans got the picture and got into battle ready stances. "Unless you want to leave her in a body bag, I suggest you put our friend down now". The man gave off a light chuckle at Cyborg's threat. Just then, Raven felt an enormous power. It was a strange power that seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. She looked to her left and saw where the power was coming from. A look of intense hatred was on Xander's face. Something inside him was reaching its boiling point, and every second of having to see the man only made it burn faster and faster.

"Kids today have such interesting threats", replied the man, "here, take your friend. I have no use for him". The man then threw Robin to the ground. "I have what I need. Now if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do". It was then that the two light brown dragon wings that the man had safely tucked on his back opened up. He turned and began to flap his wings. He jumped up and flew him higher and higher. The titans then ran over to Robin.

"Cyborg, is he...?" Starfire asked in a concerned tone.

"He's fine, Star" replied Cyborg. A look of relief replaced Starfire's concerned face. As the titans all leaned over Robin's body, Raven felt another power surge, this time it was stronger and almost made her fall over. She looked over to Xander, still standing in the same spot, and saw that his black, crow like wings had opened up on his back. His normally mysterious brown eyes (yes his eyes are brown) now revealed a tortured, angry soul. Xander stood in silent anger as he stared at the other winged man, gripping his sword in his right hand until...

"THORNE!" yelled Xander. The man stopped flying and turned around and looked down at Xander. The other Titans looked back in surprise at their angry friend. Xander then flew up at the man (Thorne) at high speed and punched him across the face with a left hook. Before Thorne could react to the attack Xander grabbed him by the neck and threw into one of the cars, causing it to crease and halve. The Titans looked on as Thorne stood up out of the wreck, virtually unscathed, and dusted himself off. He then quietly put the case from the museum down and faced Xander.

"I see you're still a loose cannon, Xander", said Thorne as he took a fighting stance and flew up to Xander. They then began trading blows, punching and kicking in mid-air. Both fighters fought hard, parrying and blocking each other's shots.

"Uh...anyone know what's happening right now?" asked Beast Boy.

"No, but I do know that Xander's gonna need some help", said Cyborg. "TITANS, G-"

"No!" yelled down Xander. He had grabbed and held Thorne's arms behind his back while he held his sword to Thorne's throat. "Don't waste time with me! I'll be fine! But you guys have to make sure that he doesn't get that case!" The Titans looked at each other in hesitation. "DO IT! WE CAN'T LET HIM GET THAT CASE!" Just then, Thorne threw his head back, catching Xander off guard and hitting his fore head. While Xander was disoriented, Thorne got his arms free. He then did a 180-degree spin and hit Xander in the stomach with a spin kick, sending Xander plummeting into the concrete. Thorne then flew down and began to repeatedly bicycle kick Xander's chest.

"What do we do?" asked Starfire.

"Starfire and I will help Zan. Raven, BB, go get the case. Titans, GO!" with Cyborg's last two words, the Titans split up to where they were told to go.

Thorne kept kicking Xander until he heard the "GO" command from Cyborg. He did a kick off of Xander's bruised body, back flipping through the air and landing on the nearby light post. He jumped down and ran towards the case he dropped, but when he saw Starfire flying towards him. She fired a volley of star bolts, but Thorne swatted them away as if they were paper balls. Starfire then tried to hit Thorne with her eye beams, but Thorne rolled to the side and fired an energy blast that Starfire just barely avoided.

"Surprise!" Thorne looked behind him and saw only Cyborg's foot before being knocked backed on his ass. He looked up and saw Cyborg cracking his knuckles.

"This next one is for Robin", he said as he delivered another right jab to Thorne's face. "This one's for Xander" he then did an uppercut that forced Thorne to stand. "And this one's because I just don't like you!" Cyborg threw a left hook, but Thorne caught his fist in his right hand and smiled.

"So you wanna play, huh?" Thorne said in a joking tone, "I can play." Thorne then delivered a powerful left jab that sent Cyborg flying. Luckily, Starfire caught him and set him down. She then flew at Thorne at full speed, but when she was about to ram him, he did a back flip and kicked her in the chin, knocking Starfire back. While she was disoriented, Thorne grabbed her neck and slammed her into the ground, knocking her unconscious. "I guess you guys aren't too good at this game".

"Leave them alone, Thorne". Thorne looked behind him and saw Xander slowly standing up.

"Stay down, Xander", said Thorne, "you're too weak".

"Says you", he then took a fighting stance while he held Akujin in his right hand. In response, Thorne stretched his right arm outward with his hand open and a 4 foot long spike shout out of his palm (think Barakka's blades in mortal kombat, only a spike sticking straight out of the palm). The spike was made of a light brown, rocky material, and had a very sharp tip. Thorne took his fighting stance before charging at Xander. He delivered a downward slash at Xander, but Xander blocked it. Thorne bounced back and retaliated with a horizontal slash to Xander's feet. Xander flipped back, but was once again on the defense as Thorne began firing energy blast after energy blast from his left hand at blinding speeds. Xander blocked each energy ball with his sword as he slashed at each one as it came at him with as much speed as Thorne was firing them. When Thorne stopped firing, both warriors immediately took their fighting stances.

"You've gotten good, Blade" said Thorne, "but the dreadnaughts have already done a hell of a number on you. You won't last much longer". Xander knew that Thorne was right. He could feel his ribs and arms aching. But he couldn't stop fighting. Raven and Beast Boy need more time to get to that case.

"I don't need to last long to take you down", replied Xander. He let out a yell and charged at Thorne, who followed suit and also ran towards Xander. Both ran with weapons drawn, ready to kick the living crap out of each other.

Beast Boy and Raven dug through the rubble as they searched for the strange case that Thorne had set down. Beast Boy morphed into a Gorilla and was moving debris left and right, and Raven was moving them telekinetically. They searched frantically as Thorne and Xander fought in the background. Finally, Raven found the case after moving an extra large rock out of the way.

"Beast Boy, I found it", she called out. He morphed back to his normal form and ran over to her. Just then, Xander was slammed into the spot that BB was just standing at 2 seconds ago. BB looked back in surprise and saw Xander lying in the rubble.

"You alright, dude?" he asked.

"I'm fine, BB, thanks", Xander replied, "you guys have to get that case out of here. Thorn MUST NOT get his hands on it!" Xander then flew back up to where Thorne was before he got slammed into the wall. BB turned to Raven.

"Raven, we gotta get that case outta here. Grab it and let's move!". Raven nodded. She picked up the case and started flying away, until she started to get an incredibly painful psychic headache. She collapsed on the ground as a strange, evil chant echoed in her mind.

"Raven what's wrong?" BB said concernedly. But raven didn't hear. The only thing she could hear was the chant as it played over and over and over in her head, getting louder and louder as it looped. She opened here eyes and looked at the case. What she saw almost scared her to death. She was looking inside the case. She saw a strange black stone with hundreds of moaning souls floating around it. The yelled and screamed at Raven, trying to get to her, but it seemed as though they couldn't escape the confines of the box.

"Raven! Raven! Wake up!" BB shook Raven as he yelled, but to no avail. She remained motionless as she stared at the strange case. BB finally got the clue and grabbed the case away from Raven, throwing it to the side. Raven then snapped out of her trance and faced Beast Boy. She stood up as she put her right hand up to her head.

"What happened?" BB asked.

"There's something...that case...I can't..." Raven's head then began to throb, cutting of her sentence.

"Maybe I should hold the case", said BB. Raven nodded and Beast Boy walked over to the case. But before he could grab it, a dark pool formed in front of him and a pair of yellow eyes stared at him. More pools appeared, surrounding Raven and BB. The owners of the yellow eyes, the Soldier Specters, then began to rise up from the pools. They all faced BB and Raven menacingly, hissing and waving their weapons through the air.

"That case shall belong to the masterrrrrr" hissed one of the creatures, "and anyone who interferes will be eradicated". They then began to close in on the two titans.

"Could this possibly get any worse?" asked BB. It was then that Xander was sent crashing into a light pole, knocking him out. Thorne then flew down by the specters and faced the two titans, spike drawn and ready to fight.

"You had to ask..." replied Raven.

-End

That's the end of Chapter 7. Sorry it's taking so long to update, but I have a lot of homework to do and I don't have too much time for my story anymore. Also, I'm writing a Kingdom Hearts story, so updates are really going to take a while. Just hang in there guys...hang in there...

PS: The scene change things are there because the document isn't loading the way I wan it to and I don't want any of you to get confused.