Chapter 1

We Meet Again

-Within the Titans main living room-

Raven contemplated if she should kill Beast Boy or torture him.

"Come on Raven! It's gana be great!"

Though, she also felt like killing a certain Tameranian girl right now.

"Friend Raven I am sherr that this experience would be most delightful!"

Hmmm, maybe she should first find out what makes a human/robot boy tick.

"Come on Rae, you know you wana"

Maybe she should just strangle bird-boy for allowing them to do this to her.

". . . " Robin stood behind them as his fellow titans tried to convince Raven to join them .

They, as in Beast Boy, Starefire, and Cyborg, decided that they all should go to a late night party down at the docks. He agreed after 3 minutes of their winning, but Raven...Lets just say that they've been there for a long time.

"Come on Raven, it's gana be the best party ever!" Beastboy said enthusiastically.

"They're gana have food, girls, dancing, girls, music, did I forget to mention girls?"

"Nah BB, you said that already." Cyborg said as he put Beastboy in a headlock. "So Rae, what do ya say? It will be in a dark and spooky warehouse off in a secluded part of the docks."

Raven sighed. She was preying something would happen where they would have to go catch a crook or something so she didn't have to this party that they have been wining about for her to go to for the past half hour. She really didn't feel like going to a party, and they wouldn't let her stay home alone for some reason about being friends. "No. You guys can go without me, I'll be fine her by myself." /Like that's going to stop them./ she thought.

"But friend Raven, " Starfire said as she hovered next to her beast friend, "We can not leave you here alone. What kind of friends would leave someone alone with no one?"

"I'll be fine."

"But Raven-!" Beastboy was cut off by a loud beeping sound and flashing red lights.

/Finally./

Robin checked the computer set up under the big screen TV. A few seconds later he shouted without halting his typing, "Trouble, something's entering Earth's atmosphere and is going to land right outside the city."

Raven wasn't really listening, she was to busy doing a happy dance in her head at the moment.

"What is it?" Starfire ask from her new spot at his side.

"Three ships. Hostile." He brought up a picture on the big screen. "Looks like they're chasing that one." The screen showed a picture of three space-pods, one was balck and silver, the others were red and white. They looked like they were built for speed and battle, and the two red ones were shooting beams of green at the black one.

"We better hurry, they may drag the fight into the city if we don't stop them there." On the screen one of the green beams hit the side of the black ship, but it still managed to stay

in the air and dodged the next verage.

"Titans, Go!" Robin shouted as they rushed from the main living room.

...(this means scene change)

-Within the black space pod-

A red light flashed on and off, signaling how bad the situation was. It was a one person pod, everything was black, the only light came from the tinted top that showed flashes of green shooting past them. The sun on this planet already set, so it was night time, and the Flashing red light cast everything into shadows. The figure that sat in the set roughly jerked the driving stick to the left, causing the pod to escape a fatal blow by inches.

/Too close./ The figure pressed of few buttons on the council, causing a few blue lights to flash before a female computer voice spoke,

"62 damage,

thrusters--1 & 3 damaged,

full--minimum amount,

Artillery--none"

/Dam./ The figure thought as one of the thruster blew-up.

"Thruster 3--destroyed." The computer chimed.

A screen in front of him light up as a creature with a squid like head popped on.

"Surrender boy, you have no where to run. You will pay for your crimes."

"But I didn't do anything!" The figures face was illuminated by the screen, showing a boy with slightly long black hair kept in a messy fashion, forest green eyes, and a slightly pail completion. He appeared to be a handsome teenager about 17, though he had a cut along one cheek so a small trail of blood was seen.

"Silence! We will not believe your lies! We have evidence proving that you are guilty of destroying several buildings, and injuring many innocence-"

"I don't remember doing anything like that! Sherr I get into trouble from time to time, but I never hurt anyone!" the boy screamed franticly at the screen. His black gloved hands tightened their grip on the steering stick and jerked to the right, avoiding another deadly shot.

"You will come with us! To say you are innocent will be proven by the council!" The screen turned black again, covering everything back into shadows and the red light.

/Not good./ the boy thought as another verage of green lights whizzed by the ship, this time hitting their mark. Two more thrusters were destroyed, forcing the pod to plummet downward. /So not good./ The boy looked at his surroundings as the pod descended in the sky. He just pulled out of the clouds and saw a city not to far away to his left, and a forest to his right. /City would offer more cover, cause more distractions, giving me time to land and run. The forest would offer me little next to no protection, and I could easily crash and die. Oh what to choose/ the boy thought dryly. He didn't hesitate as he jerked the steering stick, causing the pod to glide to the side and down.

-On the ground-

"It looks like that one is coming down." Beastboy pointed out.

"But why is it heading for the forest? Wouldn't the city be a better choice to crash? That way there would be time to get away." Robin thought out loud as he saw the pod jerk to the side, falling towards the forest. "At the rate it's going, it should land right about here in a few seconds."

"Then lets get ready to welcome them!" Cyborg called out as he prepared his sonic cannon. The T-car was nearby, hiding in the trees with Robins motorcycle, and the Titans were standing in the middle of a clearing, watching the on coming pod. Starfire hovered off the ground, hands and eyes glowing green, Beastboy waited, ready to morph at any second, Robin was crouched, ready for a attack, and Raven hovered behind them all,

ready for anything. Well, almost anything.

The black pod was plummeting towards them, followed closely by the other two. But what happened next shocked everyone.

-Back in the pod a few seconds earlier-

/Oh crap! What are they doing? Get out of the way/ The boy thought desperately. When it became apparent that they weren't moving, and he couldn't turn the pod, he quickly came up with a plan. /So much for saving energy and not using powers./ He quickly slammed both hands onto the lid of the pod, and shut his eyes tightly. "Azerath, Metrion, Ryucutos!" The boys yes shot open, showing them glowing with a dark green light. The pod was incased in a similar color with a white outline as his powers took hold.

He was able to guide the pod to hover higher, but it still fell from the sky, landing right behind the Titans.

-Titans-

"Dude!" Beastboy shouted as the pod landed right behind them. "Did you see that? It was glowing GREEN!"

The two pods in the sky quickly shot beams into the smoke blindly, nearly hitting the Titans as well. "Azerath, Metrion, Zenthos!" Raven quickly put up a barrier of black energy to block the beams.

The two red pods hovered high in the air, shooting the into the smoke. When it cleared, it showed the black pod utterly destroyed. Sparks flickered here and there, and a few chunks a metal glowed hot from where the beams hit them. But the pilot couldn't be seen.

Starfire gasp at the sight, "Where is the pilot?"

"I don't know?" Robin replied quietly as he starred at the former pod.

"Your looking at the wrong area." Raven spoke as she gazed at the pods above.

"Huh?" the others replied together, looking at her.

She didn't have time to answer as a stream of green beams shot at the surrounding area. The four titans looked stunned and shocked when a blast of green energy, similar to the one that surrounded the pod, shot into the air, almost hitting one of the pod in the wing, but only grazing the surface to cause a significant amount of damage. Raven stayed come and held her barrier up.

The other red pod wobbled a bit, as the other continued to shoot, but soon was hit with a dark green beam to the wing as well. They had no choice but to retreat if they wanted to make it home.

The titans looked to where the beams were shot from to see a boy. He wore a black cape w/ hood clasp together by a silver chain, black pants that fit loosely on him, black boots, a fitted dark green long sleeve shirt adored his torso, showing off his toned body, black gloves covered his hands, with a small green stitched dragon elegantly crafted onto the back of the left glove, and a silver chain was used as a belt.

His eyes returned to their normal green, as his hands stopped glowing as well. He fell backwards onto his butt, holding himself up with his hands on the ground behind him, as he took big breaths of fresh air.

Raven dropped the barrier as the others watched the boy began to chuckle. Robin was just about to start the interrogation, when Raven marched towards the boy. He watched with the others, curious as what was about to happen.

The boy still chuckled as Raven approached, only stopping when Raven toward above him. He looked at her face, then up and down her body, then her face again. He took a big gulp as he starred at the flaming white eyes. /Oh crap, out of the fire into the lava

pit./

"What. Did. You. Do." Raven growled out as her hands glowed with dark energy.

"Nothing! Don't kill me oh high and mighty lady Raven, goddess of all that is dark and dangerous, who is far more superior then me! I bow to the oh worthy ruler, and beg for my pitiful life!" the boy shouted as he bowed down at her feet, a hint of a laugh when he spoke.

The others behind Raven starred stunned at the boy. One, for knowing Raven, and two, for knowing Raven and saying something like that. One thought ran across all their minds.

/He is so dead./

"Don't lie to me." Raven growled out.

The boy stood up and looked down at Raven, he was about a inch or two taller then her, but he gave her a small smile. "Honestly, I didn't. I don't know why they think it was me. Bunch of squid heads, probably thought I was someone else."

She glared up at him. "I highly doubt you did nothing."

He gave her a goofy smile, "Who, me? Do you think I would blow up 50 buildings for no reason at all?"

"Yes." Raven replied flatly.

The boy put a hand on his chin and starred at the sky as if thinking, " You know, your right, I would do something like that. But it wasn't me this time! I swear!" He grabbed on of her hands and gave her pleading eyes. "You believe me don't you?"

"No." Raven replied pulling her hand back. Her eyes returned to normal, but she still glared at him.

"Oh well." He shrugged. Then gave a smirk to her.

"What are-?" she was cut off as the boy snatched her up into his arms, pinning hers to her side, and hugged her. Her eyes got big and she was stunned stiff.

"It's good to see you little Raven! I missed my favorite friend!" He hugged her tightly and swung in a circles, laughing all the while.

"Let go of me!" she yelled at him as she regained her composure. "I swear, if you don't let go, I'll-!"

"Swearing is bad Raven. At least that is what you always told me." He stopped spinning and set her down.

Raven stumbled back, caught herself, and glared at the boy. "One, we are not friends, two, your are going to die for that." Ravens hands glowed with black energy as she shot black lightning at the boy.

He quickly dodged, but continued smiling as if it was a game. "Aw, does little Raven not like to get hugs?" He dodged another beam as Raven attacked him.

The others just starred at the scene, stunned stiff, big eyes, jaws dropped. Robin was first to regain control of himself as he blinked twice, then attempted to talk to Raven. "Um, Raven..."

Raven stopped her assault and turned to Robin. Her eyes and hands stopped glowing, but she still glared slightly. "Yes Robin."

"What's going on?" He said as he watched the boy land behind Raven.

"We are just saying hi to each other." the boy replied, leaning over Ravens shoulder and giving her a grin. "Me and little Raven her are good friends, huh Raven?"

Raven glared and kept her eyes focused straight ahead, "And I love pink ponies and Daisy's."

"Your sarcasms lovely little Raven. Good to see you doing so well without me." He stood up straight and looked Robin over, "And who is the lad that dressed himself like a flower?"

Robin glared, but couldn't reply as Beastboy shouted, popping up over his shoulder, "Dude! You actually touched, HUGED, Raven! Why aren't you dead!"

"Simple my little green friend," he replied with a grin, "Because practice makes perfect, and I had a LOT of practice!"

Cyborg popped up on the other side of Robin, "How much practice?"

The boy started counting on his fingers, "1. . . 3. . . 6 years of practice. Yeah, sounds about right."

"DUDE, why aren't you dead then?" Beastboy shouted with big eyes.

"One reason was because she wasn't aloud to kill me. Another reason is because I learned to either take lots of pain, or fly faster, then I had to learn to become more skilled, because she was getting better. Funny, you think after over two-hundred times of being shocked I would learn to leave her alone." He gave a grin, " But--it was way more fun to annoy her."

Raven glared at him.

Starfire hovered next to him, looking very energetic, "Friend, what is your name?"

He gave her a grin, "I'm so glad someone asked! My name is Zeke, a pleasure to meet you all."