Miyu: Sorry for the wait dear readers but I forgot that summer holidays also means visiting relatives and ZERO computer time.
Rain: So you should just shut up and start writing right?
Miyu: Good point. I don't own the Teen Titans.
"Well I happen to like this junk." –EagleT.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T
Next Generation
Chapter #4: Welcome back Malchior.
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A dark caped figure ran across the rooftops staying as low as possible while still maintaining his speed. In a few minutes he reached his destination, el Diablo. A nightclub hidden in an old warehouse. The caped figure jumped down and walked to the front door, the bouncers let him in right away. The second he went in he regretted it.
Wherever he looked he saw teen kids dancing, he jumped up to the rafters and to the end of the room where he knew an old service elevator was hidden. Taking it to the bottom floor he walked into a lit room hidden under the club. He looked around; the meeting between the cities most dangerous super villains wouldn't start for another hour. He heard the elevator reopen behind him and jumped up into the rafters in order to watch the meeting.
Slade entered the hidden room he himself had discovered only a year earlier. He walked slowly to the table and sat down on the largest chair at the end of the room. He didn't have long to wait, as the elevator opened once again to reveal Killer Moth and his obnoxious daughter. Slade stood up to welcome them, "Killer Moth, I see you've been released from jail." Killer Moth nodded and shook his hand, "Yes, the Titans didn't give me a very long sentence, my daughter on the other hand, had to be broken out." Slade looked at Kitten, 'A pleasure to meet you at last Kitten, rumour has it you and Robin had the time of your lives during prom." Kitten screamed and slumped onto the table screaming curses at Starfire and Robin. Her father sat down next to her.
A moment later, the doors opened to reveal a boy in a black suit with a skull like mask, his cape flew behind him as he walked in, "Red X, glad you could make it." Slade said shaking Red X's hand. "I almost didn't, had a hell of a time stealing the belt again. Made the cape myself." Kitten waved happily from the table, "HI RED X!" Red X looked at her confused, "Uh…do I know you?" He sat down next to Slade and as far from Kitten as possible.
The next to enter was the Hive five, Mammoth, Gizmo, See-more, and Sergeant Hive. "Where is Jinx?" Slade asked. "The snot brain?" Gizmo asked, "She left us…for…FOR THE TITANS!" They all sat down on the same side as Red X. "So are we going to get this show on the road or not?" See-more asked.
"In a moment," Slade said calmly, "One of my guest has yet to arrive. The Elevator door opened for the last time to let in a tall, black haired girl, "Sorry I'm late, but I had to give the galactic cops the slip," Black fire said sitting on the other side if Slade.
Slade stood up from his seat and folded his hands behind his back, "I have called all of you here today because we all share a common goal…to destroy the Titans. All of us have been terrible humiliated by the Titans and wish to taste the sweetness of revenge. We all have our own grudge on the Titans. As all of our previous attempts have ended in embarrassment and failure I thought we might try once more, as our own team. The Hive children have the right idea, and they would have succeeded had it not been for…well I won't bring that up. I believe that our combined efforts would be enough to finally bring down the Titans-"
"That COULD work, but probably wont." The caped figure jumped down from the rafters and landed in the empty chair next to Blackfire, "Incase you didn't notice, the Titans have called in the Titans East and have 4 new members. The only way to beat them is if you have such power as in this room, AND an advantage over them." "Isn't brute force enough of an advantage anymore?" Sergeant Hive asked.
"No."
"Who are you, and what are you hinting?" Blackfire asked, facing him. The figure took his hood off revealing a pale face and spiked, dark purple hair. (Somewhat lighter then Raven's) His eyes were also purple, "My name is Dagger and I am saying that if you help me achieve my own goal, my sister and I will gladly give you all the advantage you need." "And where pray tell, is your sister?" a voice said from inside Red X's cloak. Red X quickly opened a secret pocket and took out a rather large book, placing it on the table, "If I had known you could talk, I wouldn't have stolen you!" "That is why I kept quiet until now. If you can free me from this book, X, I will give you anything you desire." The book said.
Dagger leaned over the table and grabbed the book, "Is your name Malchior?" "Why…yes it is. But how would you know that?" Malchior asked. "How many dragon's are trapped in a book these days?" "Point taken." Red X snatched Malchior back, "So how exactly do I free you, Mal-what's it." "YOU can't." Malchior stated, "Only a gifted mage can free me. And the strongest one in this room, other then me of course, is Dagger. And his magical abilities aren't nearly strong enough."
"Why don't I take you to my sister, she's strong enough." Dagger said trying to grab the book. "Then let me repeat my question, where is your sister?" Malchior asked, as Red X finally surrendered the book. Dagger shrugged, "No idea, I know that she's somewhere in the city though…" He closed his eyes for a moment, concentrating, "You did say you wanted that advantage right?" The super villains nodded, and he opened his eyes, putting Malchior in his pocket, "Well then I'll go get her. When's the next meeting?" "7 o'clock a.m. the day after tomorrow." "Do you need a place to stay?" Kitten asked hopefully.
Dagger made a disgusted face, "No thanks, I'll find my own place." He got up and walked to the door, "Oh what am I doing?" He asked himself, he jumped up and disappeared, leaving the super villains wondering what happened.
Meanwhile, on Titans Island, the commotion for lunch was just starting…
"TOFU!"
"MEAT!"
"TOFU!"
"MEAT!"
"TOFU!"
"MEAT!"
"LUNCH IS READY!" Violet yelled from the kitchen. Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at each other confused. Violet and Raven had set up a large table in the middle of the main room. All 14 Titans sat down around the table as Violet cleared her throat, "Raven told me about your problem deciding what's for lunch so I decided to help solve that problem. I've made meat-less Salads for BB, Aqualad, and Eagle. Sushi mixed into Jell-O for Terra, Starfire and Pyro. Fish Taco's for Speedy, Mas, Menos and Bee. Quarter pound Ribs for Cyborg. Cheeseburgers for Robin and Jinx, and herbal tea for Raven.
Everyone thanked her and started eating, "What about you?" Raven asked, "Aren't you hungry?" Violet sat down next to her, "Yes, very. But I can't eat. Not until I've fixed everything I've done." She said it cheerily but Raven noticed her wording. "You won't be able to fix anything if you starve yourself to death." Violet nodded, "I...I guess." She pulled a little blue ball from her bag and threw it in her mouth.
She noticed both Raven and Robin staring at her. "What?" She asked, "Where I come from, we can't afford to get good food very often so I made these nutrition balls. They really are good." "Ya," Pyro said sarcastically, "They taste like the blue fruits of planet fornix." "Or those puddings Pyro makes us eat." Eagle said trying not to gag. Violet took out another one, "Well I like them." Beast Boy snatched in from her hand and ate it. His face turned even greener as he ran to the washroom. Violet sighed, "Fine. They DO taste terrible. But they're a lot better for you then all this junk you guys eat." Eagle shrugged, "Well I happen to like this junk."
Violet was about to answer when she felt an odd presence in her room, "Uh…you guys wouldn't mind if I spent the afternoon fixing up my room right?" Robin shook his head; "You can do whatever you like as long as you don't miss combat practise at 7." She nodded and ran to her room.
Shutting and locking the door behind her she turned to the person waiting for her, "Where have you been?" She demanded. Dagger lifted his head from where it lay on her pillow, "Cool it V, I've been checking out the local villains, let me tell you. We've got nothing to worry about." Violet checked to make sure there we're no bugs in her room, "And the Titans have yet to reach they're full potential." Dagger stood up and walked over to her, "So now that we've checked out our competition, we should start with the plan right?" He took out Malchior's book, "Violet, meet faze 1."
Violet took the book and placed it on her bed opened to the page that held his eyes, "So YOU'RE the famous Malchior. I imagined you more…fierce." "How is it that you all know who I am?" Violet rolled her eyes, "If we didn't…we wouldn't be very good rulers of the world." She took a few steps back and began chanting her own spell. His eyes widened, "What are you doing? That's not the right spell! I can't even tell what spell that is!"
Inside his book Malchior noticed that everything was changing, the curse that kept him bound to the book was slowly disintegrating, he could feel something else taking it's place but that didn't matter. Soon he would be free. Perhaps he would let those two children live as they did have strong magic. But his first act would be to find Raven…
Violet stopped her spell and watched as it took affect, his body took form in the same light as when Raven freed him but there was one tiny difference. Malchior opened his eyes to see, "I'm a human!" He looked at his hands in shock. He looked exactly as Rorek had when he was first trapped in the book. "But…how?" He asked amazed.
Dagger smiled, "Violet's mom made up the spell herself and taught it to Violet when she was little. It's never once been written down, so you wouldn't know about it." "But…what IS this spell? What did it do?" Malchior asked still staring at his hands. Violet rolled her eyes; "This spell erases a strong curse that you can't break, as long as you replace it with another one. I replaced it with a curse of my own that keeps you from harming Dagger or me, and as a side effect it keeps you from turning into a dragon."
Malchior finally looked up, "Impressive, I must meet your mother one day. She sounds like an extraordinarily strong witch." Violet smiled, "You've probably already met her." Malchior was about to answer when there was a knock on the door. "Violet," Raven's voice said from outside, "It's time for combat practise. You'd better come because Robin's saying weather or not you can stay." "I'll be right down," Violet said, turning back to the boys.
"Dagger, there's a large empty cave on the outskirts of town that I think would suit you guys just fine until I'm officially on the team. And if you guys have to come back into the city make sure you both wear disguises, and see if you can get Malchior's eyes to change colour." She waved goodbye and ran outside, locking her door.
Dagger turned to Malchior, "So…I'm not very good at transportation spells…" "Say no more." Malchior said, "It's obvious that your magic circles around the reading and manipulating of minds." Dagger raised an eyebrow, "How could you tell?" "Sensing magical powers is only one of my many achievements…shall we go now?" Malchior asked, his hands glowing a bright green. In a moment they were gone.
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Miyu: How was that?
Rain: Ok…I guess…you're a lot better at writing villain perspective aren't you?
Miyu: (Smiles) Thank you! Tell me who your favourite character in the story is in your reviews dear readers!
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