This is still the first part, just divided up into smaller sections. Originally the story would have been a one shot but that would have been over 35 - 40k words in one shot.
Chapter 1, Part 2
"Hey Raven, what's with all the bandaids and stuff?" Cyborg asked, looking up from the movie marathon he was watching, "And how was the game?"
"Interesting" Raven said, disappearing into her room.
"I should have guessed" Cyborg chuckled.
Ravens' room was not exactly the most pleasant to look at. There were no posters on the wall, no decorations, only a bed, a chair, some books and Ravens computer. Some drips of blood were on the ground where she had carried Matt and left him to get the bandages. She cleaned, medicated and wrapped Matts' wound before placing him into her bed and covering him up to rest.
"I don't know why I am compelled to do this for you" Raven said, looking down at the resting teen, "I don't even know any more about you other than your name"
Matt groaned slightly and shifted his body a bit before settling into a regular breathing pattern. Raven looked around to make sure no one was watching her then leaned over and planted a quick kiss on Matts' forehead.
"If someone were to see that I'd never live it down" Raven said, smiling slightly. She turned to sit in her chair and read one of her horror novels when she noticed something moving under the covers beside Matt. Arching her eyebrow she pulled the covers back and was shocked to find a brown furry tail wiggling around.
"Now that is definately not normal" Raven said, giving the tail a quick tug.
"Unnghh!" Matt groaned in his sleep as the tail jerked away from Ravens hand.
"Doesn't like to be tugged" Raven said, gently taking the tail and rubbing it. This time, instead of jerking away it seemed to go limp and Matt actually started sounding like he was purring. Raven smirked and let go of the tail.
"Mental note, use tail to control him" Raven said, suddenly looking shocked, "Why am I saying that?"
She shook her head and went and sat down to read while keeping an eye on her guest.
"Jynx, what was the big idea taking off like that!" Mammoth exclaimed as a robot wrapped his broken arm.
"I couldn't face him again" Jynx said, hugging her knees to her chest.
"Bah, he's a bit stronger, but still no match for us" Mammoth said, "I was just a bit careless"
"And the way we hurt him, I doubt he'll be a problem for a while" Gizmo said, dragging a large machine behind him, "Now help me set this up so we can do away with those Titans for good."
"What did you make this time?" Jynx asked.
"Nothing too complex" Gizmo said, "Just a tractor beam to grab an asteroid from space and drop it right on their headquarters."
"Oh yeah, really simple" Mammoth said sarcastically.
"Has Raven come out of her room since she got back?" Robin asked, plopping down into a chair, exhausted from the trip back from the arena. Beastboy turned into a dog and curled up on the couch while Starfire went off to her room to add the foam finger to her collection of souveniers.
"Yeah, once" Cyborg said, "She went back in carrying a pile of medical supplies"
"I wonder why she would do that" Robin said as an alarm klaxon went off, "What now! Is there no rest for the weary!"
"You aren't going to like this" Cyborg said, looking into the main computer monitor, "There's an asteroid headed right for the base"
"Oh no!" Starfire exclaimed, "We have to destroy it or my souveniers will be destroyed!"
"Nice to see you're so concerned" Beastboy said, "I'll get Raven, we have to destroy it!"
"Move out Titans! Head to the roof!" Robin ordered.
"What do you want" Raven snapped at Beastboy.
"Oh nothing" Beastboy said, "Except your help in stopping an asteroid from falling on the base!"
"Joy" Raven said, following Beastboy to the roof.
"All right, I estimate three minutes till impact, Raven, can you use your powers to repel the asteroid?" Robin asked.
"I can try" Raven said, closing her eyes and focussing on the asteroid. She tried with all her ability to push it back but the sheer size and velocity of the giant rock was too great for even her powers.
"I can't" She said, opening her eyes.
"This is bad" Cyborg said, "It's to far away to try anything else and when it's close enough it will be too late to stop it"
"What do we do!" Starfire exclaimed.
"Evacuate the base!" Robin yelled, turning to make a run for the stairs down. He stopped because his path was blocked by Matt, who was engulfed in a white steamlike aura, his eyes shut and arms held slightly to the side with two glowing red spheres of energy in his hands.
"What's he doing here?" Beastboy exclaimed.
"Better question is what is he doing period?" Cyborg said, looking over at Raven.
"He shouldn't be out of bed" Raven said getting looks from the others, "He's lost a lot of blood."
Matts' eyes shot open and he glared up at the small dot that had appeared in the sky.
"Vengeful Strike" Matt growled, bringing his hands together, thus combining the two energy balls, and dropping to one knee. A massive blood red coloured beam blasted forth from his hands and headed directly for the asteroid. All the Titans, except for Cyborg, were blown back but the energy radiating off Matt.
"Wow!" Starfire exclaimed, falling on her butt, "That was fun!"
"Look!" Cyborg exclaimed, pointing to the sky. The beam impacted on the asteroid and vaporized it in a huge round explosion. Not even specks of dust survived the blast. Matt stood there smiling at a job well done, oblivious to the fact that the Titans were standing there with their mouths agape. Raven was the first to snap out of it and approach Matt. Before she could say anything Matts' smile turned to a deep scowl and he gaze was redirected to some hills outside the city.
"Gizmo...." Matt growled, looking back at the Titans, "Come with me if you want, I'm going to make them wish they never did the things they did to me"
"What things?" Robin asked. His question fell on deaf ears as Matt bolted to the edge of the tower and leapt off. Raven and Starfire ran to the side, somewhat expecting to see a pile of splattered human on the rocks below, but instead saw Matt level out and fly over the water.
"You two go ahead" Robin said, "We'll catch up"
"Let's help him" Starfire said, taking to the air with Raven and following Matt.
"You guys gonna follow?" Beastboy asked, transforming into an armadillo.
"We'll stay behind, incase the Hive throws something else at us" Robin said, turning to Cyborg, "Launch him"
"I love doing this" Cyborg said, picking up Beastboy, who had rolled into a ball, and hurling him into the air after the flying trio.
"Wheeee!" Beastboy eclaimed as he flew past Raven and Starfire.
"Oh no!" Starfire exclaimed, "Beastboy is trapped in that ball"
"Shut up and concentrate, I didn't drag that guy back to base to let him go and get himself killed" Raven said.
"So you brought him home" Beastboy said, now in form of a falcon and sounding somewhat disappointed, "So he's the only other person to go in your room, did you have fun with him too"
"None of your business" Raven said, watching Matt ahead of them.
"You idiot!" Jynx screamed, "They blew it up!"
"How! They have nothing that could hit it that far away!" Gizmo said, messing around with some internal wiring.
"Well they did!" Mammoth said, "and now they're coming this way!"
"But theres four flying" Jynx said, squinting at the four dots headed their way, "Only three of them can fly"
"Oh well, We'll just have to beat them the old fashioned way." Mammoth said, pounding his fist into his hand, "Ow! That hurt! If Matt is still alive, I'm going to kill him for breaking my arm"
"You may get your chance" Jynx said, shuddering, "He's the forth, and he looks pissed!"
Matt, still covered by the white aura, flew at full speed directly into the tractor beam, smashing it throughly and throwing the Hive members to the ground as they tried to avoid flying wreckage. Matt stood up in the remains of the tractor beam and stared at Gizmo. His eyes were pure white, his aura getting larger by the second. Mammoth came up behind him and threw a punch aimed at the back of his neck. Faster than the eye could see, Matt grabbed his fist and threw Mammoth off to the side hard.
"Take this!" Gizmo screamed, lashing out with his robotic legs. Matt easily grabbed them and broke each of them.
"No! I'm powerless now!" Gizmo said, cowering back as Matt walked towards him. He walked right past Jynx, who was frozen in fear from the initial attack. She noticed his tail waving behind him and remembered how they would control him when he was being trained. She reached out and grabbed the tail, squeezing and twisting it hard.
"Aaaaaahhhhhhgggg" Matt cried out, his aura dissipating as he fell to his knees.
"No so tough now are you?" Jynx asked, pulling the tail and making Matt scream again. Jynx gave the tail one big pull, making Matt scream again and pass out. Just as she did the pursing Titans arrived on the scene.
"You'll pay for that" Raven said, levitating several chunks of metal from the ground.
"Hey, where did everyone else go?" Jynx asked, looking around only to find her comrades had fled the scene, "Those cowards!"
"You're all ours now" Raven said, a sinister tone in her voice, as she, Starfire and Beastboy converged on the lone Hive member.
"You'll have to find some way of preventing her from using her powers" Robin said as the unconscious Jynx was delivered into police custody.
"We'll keep her out until we can find some way" The police chief said, shaking his hand then looking at the still passed out Matt, "Do you need any help with that guy?"
"No" Raven said plainly.
"What she said" Beastboy said as he and Starfire poked Matt.
"Is it Earth custom to poke sleeping people?" Starfire asked.
"No, it's just fun" Cyborg said, joining the 'fun'.
"Next on to touch him get several chairs thrown at their heads" Raven said, her eyes glowing.
"A bit touchy I see." Cyborg joked, "I thought you didn't care about anyone"
"I don't" Raven said, sending a chair flying at Cyborgs' head.
"Hah!" Beastboy laughed at his friend, before looking at Matts' tail that had started moving, "I think he's waking up"
Beastboy made a move to grab the tail to look at it closer but as soon as he moved towards it, the tail reacted and smacked him on the head hard.
"Ow!" Beastboy exclaimed as everyone laughed at him. Even Raven smirked slightly, but it disappeared when a loud growl came from Matts' gut.
"I think there is a dog stuck inside him" Starfire said, putting her ear to his gut.
"Naw, he's just probably hungry" Robin said, "Let's take him back to base"
"I'll carry him" Cyborg said, hoisting Matt over his shoulder, "Whoa, he's heavy for a guy his size"
"Maybe we'll get some information from him this time" Raven said, following the others on the way back to the base.
"Look at you two" Slade said, scowling down at Gizmo and Mammoth, "How could one person do this to you, and you let Jynx get captured!"
"It's not our fault" Gizmo pleaded, "The Titans had an ally!"
"Yeah! Our old buddy Matt Wrecker" Mammoth said.
"Wrecker" Slade said, his voice now much lower, "He was to be my most powerful agent, He would have easily been able to overpower any of you had I not injected him with a serum to supress his powers and strength"
"He's a lot stronger than I remember." Mammoth said.
"And faster" Gizmo added.
"The serum has worn off, he's more powerful than any of you" Slade chuckled, "But that doesn't matter, if need be I'll kill him myself, now go fix yourselves up and break Jynx out of jail"
"Sir!" Both said before running off. Slade turned around and opened Matts' file on his computer and skimmed over it.
"So you've finally resurfaced, it's a shame you left us, I planned on making you my right hand man."
"Why is it we never have anything besides fuzzy, blue, living food in this place?" Cyborg asked, holding his nose at the stench of the unknown food.
"Just order another pizza or two" Beastboy said, "No meat!"
"Anyone check on our guest?" Robin asked, "I thought I asked Starfire to a while ago"
"I've been watching the pretty explosions in the sky" Starfire said, looking at the multicoloured explosions occurring directly over the head quarters.
"Whoa, Something is up" Cyborg said, "Those aint fire works!"
"When will it end!" Robin groaned, dashing for the stairs to the roof.
Matt had awoken not long after being brought to the base. He found himself alone in a room he had never seen before.
"I am going to kill Jynx, no one grabs my tail" Matt growled, climbing out of the bed, "At least that blasted serum has finally worn off completely."
Matt opened the door and wandered into the halls. He could hear four different people in the main living room and assumed the other was either out or in a different area of the base. He wandered until he found a familiar staircase. He started up to it but was stopped by a voice.
"Where do you think you're going?" Raven asked, emerging from a darkened corner.
"I'm impressed, not many people can sneak up on me when my senses are fully working" Matt said smirking, "If you must know, I'm going to have some fun, I've been waiting almost two years for my powers to fully return."
"You aren't planning on leaving without even thanking us for helping you" Raven said, "Are you?"
"I'm not the kind of person who leaves debts like that unpaid" Matt said, "Like I said, I'm just going to have some fun"
"Then you won't mind if I ask you a few questions" Raven said, following him up to the roof.
"Depending on the question" Matt said, staring up at the sky, "Perfect"
"Number one, Who are you exactly" Raven asked.
"Matt Wrecker, age eighteen, forced into the Hive training program three years ago when they threatened to kill my parents, anything else would be somewhat irrelevant right now" Matt said, "Next"
"Where did you get your powers?" Raven asked.
"I was born with them, I think" Matt said.
"What's with the tail?" Raven asked.
"Born with it, it has a mind of it's own and it's my only weakpoint and my greatest strength." Matt said, "According to my parents, when the full moon is out and I look right at it I become wild and destructive, at the time it first happened we were vacationing at our cabin in the mountains, They said I ran off and that night my parents claim to have heard the cries of a wild beast and the next day they found me in the middle of a huge section of destroyed forest"
"Interesting" Raven said, "Has that happened since then?"
"No, every full moon I spend in a metal room with no windows, just to be sure" Matt said, forming a small ball of energy in his hand, "Now sit back and watch the show"
"I"ve seen it already" Raven said as the energy ball formed into a clone of Matt.
"No like this" Matt said, a white aura surrounding him as he and the energy clone burst into the sky. Raven watched, her eyes strained to track them because of how fast they moved. They began floating in a huge circle firing off dozens of balls of energy at eachother, each ball exploding into a colorful burst of light.
"I must say this is impressive" Raven said, watching the two fight and try to shoot eachother down.
"What's going on!" Robin exclaimed, dashing through the roof exit followed by the others. Just as they came out, Matt took a hard hit by his clone and plummeted towards the Titans, stopping mere inches from Robin before regaining control and blasting back up.
"Whoa" Cyborg said, watching as the two took up positions across from eachother. Each started forming a pair of red energy balls in their hands.
"This is cool!" Beastboy said, "He is on our side right?"
"Yes" Raven said, "He hates the Hive even more than we do"
"Vengeful Strike" Matt and the Clone yelled, each firing a massive blood red beam. The two beams collided in mid air and erupted into a massive explosion sphere that blew both fighter back. They charged eachother again and landed on top of the Titans base. They dashed across it and rammed eachother, giving off a shockwave of energy that caused Starfire to loose her footing and fall on her butt.
"Still fun!" Starfire exclaimed as Matt and his clone struggled to push eachother back.
"I'll say this, I'm damned glad he's on our side." Cyborg said.
"You'll give out first" The clone said, smirking.
"I doubt it, I never lose" Matt replied as his stomach growled.
"You're too hungry to keep going" The clone said.
"If I am then you are too" Matt said.
"True, Let's eat" The clone said, recombining with Matt.
"Nice show" Raven said as Matt started rubbing his forehead.
"It'll take forever to get used to that again" Matt said, noticing the other Titans watching him now, "Hello"
"Um..Hi" Cyborg said.
"That was cool!" Beastboy exclaimed, "Teach me to do that"
"Um..I don't think so" Matt said, his stomach growling again, "Um, is there anything to eat around here?"
"There's fuzzy moving stuff in the fridge" Starfire said, pointing to the stairs.
"But only a guy with a deathwish would eat that." Robin said just before he noticed Matt had disappeared, "Where did he go this time?"
"He has a deathwish" Raven said, walking ahead of the group back into the base.
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about cleaning out the fridge" Robin muttered as he watched Matt inhale all the rotten food.
"That is just gross" Beastboy said as Matt finished up.
"Anything else?" Matt asked, causing the others to fall over, "Guess not"
"You just ate everything in the fridge" Raven said, "How can you still be hungry?"
"I eat alot, usually twice that" Matt said, "Where exactly is my stuff anyways?"
"Raven has it" Cyborg said, somewhat snickering, "She brought you here in the first place."
"Yeah, consider yourself lucky, you're the only one she has let inside her room" Beastboy said, "Now lets order pizza."
"Tell you what, since I ate all the food around here, you can come to my place to get something to eat" Matt said, heading down a hall,"Just let me grab my stuff"
"Three, two, one" Robin said, expecting Raven to explode.
"Second door to the left" Raven said, walking back up the stairs, "I'll be waiting on the roof to leave."
"Thanks" Matt said, disappearing from view.
"Raven! Come back!" Starfire called, "I think she is sick!"
"It's possible, or maybe she just likes him" Robin said, "If she heard me say that I would probably be in a coma by now"
Matt emerged on the roof wearing his trench coat and found the rest of the group waiting for him.
"So where do you live anyways" Cyborg asked, "I'm hungry"
"Just follow me" Matt said, his tail popping out of a hole in the back of the coat and going around his waist likea belt. Matt floated into the air followed by Raven and Starfire. Beastboy transformed into a large pteranadon and Robin and Cyborg climbed on. Matt flew into the city, followed by the Titans. After a short flight into the city, Matt landed in and alley beside a large building. Beast Boy let Robin and Cyborg off then converted to normal as Raven and Starfire landed.
"Dark, bland, I like it" Raven said in a sarcastic tone.
"I don't think the doorman would take kindly to seeing me landing right in front of him." Matt said, walking out of the alley and up the stairs to the building.
"Mr. Wrecker, I didn't see you leave earlier" The doorman said, "And who might I ask are your friends?"
"We're the Teen Titans!" Robin said, puffin out his chest.
"Those teenaged super heros, oh" The door man said, opening the door for them.
"No one takes us seriously" Cyborg said, following Matt to the elevator.
"Hello Mr. Wrecker, nice to see you again" The elevator operator said, "Penthouse, going up"
"Wow, a penthouse apartment" Beastboy said, "You got a maid and butler too?"
"No butler and Maria is more like a mother to me than a maid." Matt said as the elevator went up, "My adoptive parents left me with a lot when they were killed."
"Well, we have something in common" Robin said, "My parents were killed not long ago too"
"Who killed them" Cyborg asked.
"I'll tell you the whole story over breakfast" Matt said as the elevator stopped and the doors opened. Matt stepped out into the luxurious penthouse apartment. It was decorated with antique style furniture making it look more like an elderly persons home rather than that of a teenager. As soon as he stepped out a middle aged spanish woman snatched him up in a tight hug.
"Matt! Where were you! I was scared to death!" Maria said, tears coming out of your eyes, "You know you're basically the only family I have!"
"I'm sorry Maria, I ran into my old 'friends' at the game last night and I got a little held up" Matt said, looking down at the woman.
"Did they hurt you!" Maria exclaimed.
"Yes, but not as much as I hurt them, one broken arm, destroyed equiptment" Matt said, taking off his trench coat, "All I got was a scratch, which Raven bandaged up."
"I see that" Maria said, "And I see you brought the Titans home, greetings, I am Maria"
"Hello" All the titans said, except Raven who stayed silent.
"I hope you don't mind making some breakfast, I kind of clean out their fridge" Matt said, chuckling to himself.
"Of course not, Anything for friends of Matt" Maria said, scurrying off to the kitchen.
"Make yourselves at home" Matt said, leading them into the living room. A huge television surrounded by couches and chairs was in the centre of the room. Book cases lined two of the walls and paintings on the third. The last wall really drew attention as it covered with various blade weapons. Matt walked over to it and placed his sword on an empty rack. Starfire found her attention drawn to some armour that was on a stand in the middle of the wall. It was white and brown with shoulder guards and three flaps on the bottom to protect the sides of the wearers legs. It had a full blue spandex body suit with white gloves and white boots. On the head part of the stand was a weird device that would fit over the ear and had a green screen that would go over the right eye.
"Where did you get this?" Starfire asked, examining the armor.
"I don't know" Matt said, pulling a pendant on a chain out of his shirt, "When I was a baby, my adoptive parents claim to have found me in a forest with only that armor beside me and this pendant."
"May I see that?" Starfire asked as Matt handed it to her.
"They took me in and raised me until five years ago when Slade and the fledgling Hive organization attempted to recruit me. They had seen what happened one night when I looked at the full moon as well as my ability to fire blasts of focused energy and figured it would be a valuable asset. I refused to go so they threatened to kill my parents if I didn't. I had no choice but to go"
"What happened then?" Robin asked.
"That was an experience no one should have to go through." Matt said, "They put me in with ten possible agents. Slowly the candidates began disappearing until it was only three of us left, Mammoth, Gizmo and myself."
"What about Jynx?" Beastboy asked.
"She was trained elsewhere then brought in under the guise of a girl in a similar situation as myself. Slade hoped that her and I would get close and she would be able to somewhat control me during the full moon if needed." Matt said, "I wised up to it and they decided to experiment on me to find the roots of my powers. They learned that when ever I came to within an inch of dying and lived I would be stronger than before. They made sure of it by putting me in a room with Mammoth and letting him beat on me until I was almost dead. They did that for a long time, letting him beat me up then letting me heal before doing it again."
"That is cruel" Raven said, "Just like the Hive."
"Yes, as I grew stronger I began to be able to fight back, Soon I was almost able to match Mammoths strength" Matt explained, "When that happened Slade grew scared. He came up with a serum that essentially rendered my helpless and injected it into me. Before it could take effect I learned that Slade had my parents killed days before and I went wild. They almost killed me before I escaped and returned home."
"I still remember the day he walked in the door" Maria said, emerging from a doorway. "I was crying because him and his parents considered me part of their family. I felt I had lost everything, then he walked in all beat up and since then he's been training and working hard to go after the Hive for what they did to him"
"And over the past while the serum has finally been wearing off. I made sure that all information on me said I was dead and I adopted the alias of Jago Thrasher to run my families business empire until I was ready to take out the Hive." Matt chimed in, "I'm even stronger than ever and ready to do just that"
"Would you consider joining us?" Robin asked, "Since we have the same objective?"
"I might, I haven't decided how I'm going to go about doing things yet" Matt said, looking to Maria, "Is breakfast ready?"
"Yes it is" Maria said, standing up, "Please follow me"
"May I have a quick word with you in private?" Starfire asked as the others left the room.
"Sure" Matt replied.
"I've seen this pendant before, or one similar to it. Before I was born a small round ship crashed on my planet. Its' single occupant wore armor similar to that and had a pendant just like this one. I believe the occupant died of severe injuries but his armor and pendant were placed in a museum. We managed to obtain vast amounts of information about a race called the Saiya Jins from his pod and learned that two young children were sent here to Earth shortly before their planet was destroyed along with most of them" Starfire said in a serious tone, "All the abilities you described are abilities the Saiya Jins had, as well as your tail"
"So you're saying I am an alien?" Matt asked, "Is there any chance I could see this information?"
"I could request it sent here, but that may take a couple of days" Starfire said.
"If this is true then it would certainly explain a lot" Matt said, walking towards the door, "Let's eat."
"What took you two?" Beastboy asked.
"I was admiring something" Starfire said, "And Matt was kind enough to give an explanation about it"
"Oh" Beastboy said as Starfire sat down beside him and Robin while Matt sat next to Raven.
"I can't remember the last time I've had a meal this good" Cyborg said, scarfing down bacon and eggs, "Raven sure can't cook, neither can Starfire"
"Why do you assume that since we're women we have to be the ones that know how to cook" Raven said, frowning.
"From what I've seen, you are very close to getting hurt my friend" Matt chuckled, "Besides, I'm sure Ravens cooking is great, probably a million times better than mine"
"Is true!" Maria said, coming in and sitting down beside Matt, "I tried to teach him but he fried the toaster, shorted out the stove and blew the microwave up"
"One time I got so angry I sent the blender flying at Cyborgs head" Raven said, a small smile coming to her face.
"Is that a smile I see!" Robin exclaimed, pointing at Raven.
"It is" Starfire said.
"So what, I can't smile?" Raven asked.
"No it's just you never do" Beastboy said as Matt started to inhale a huge amount of food, "Geez, how much do you eat?"
"I dunno" Matt said in between mouthfuls, "Depends on how hungry I am"
"He eats in one meal what a normal person would eat in a week" Maria said as Matt quickly finished, "You should go get changed and showered, you really smell"
"Well I haven't been home in a long time" Matt said, standing up and walking out.
"Wait" Raven said, following him, "You've seen my room so I want to see yours"
"Fine by me" Matt said.
"I think the young lady has a crush on my boy" Maria giggled.
"Raven? That would be the day" Cyborg laughed.
"Well, she did bring him back to base when he was hurt, and she wrapped his wound" Robin said.
"Good for her" Beastboy sneered.
"I think Beastboy is jealous!" Starfire exclaimed.
"I am not!" Beastboy yelled, as the other Titans started to tease him, "Robin likes Starfire!"
"So?" Robin said.
"So everyone knows about Beastboys crush on me now, joy" Raven said, flopping down on Matts' bed.
"Judging by your tone you don't care" Matt said, leafing through his closet.
"He is annoying, I don't like his personality, his sense of humor is childish" Raven said, listing the parts of Beastboy she hated.
"He can't be all that bad" Matt said, grabbing an outfit.
"He is" Raven said, "Do you mind if I look around your room while you shower?"
"Go ahead" Matt said walking into his bathroom and turning the shower on.
Raven climbed up off the bed and started poking around. She looked through all the Cds stacked beside Matts' stereo.
"Hmm, I don't have this one" Raven said, noticing most were her prefered groups. She put the CD in the stereo and started playing the music. She continued looking around and stopped at a picture sitting on a table off to the side. The picture showed four people, One looked like Matt, a dead give away was the tail that was visible. The other was Maria, proving she was considered part of the family. The other two people in it were strangers.
"My parents" Matt said, walking out the the bathroom after his very fast shower, "That's the only picture I could find that had all of us in it"
"You looked so happy" Raven said.
"It sounds like your friends are getting ready to leave" Matt said, "You guys are welcome here any time"
"Later tonight everyone is going to a club or party or something like that, they'll most likely drag me along too" Raven said, on her way out, "If you would like to come too then I would have some one to talk to"
"Sure, I don't think the Hive will be showing themselves anytime soon so I shouldn't be busy at all" Matt said smiling. Raven smiled back, only slightly, but smiled none the less then walked out with the rest of the Titans.
"You like the young lady, no?" Maria said as Matt came out of his room.
"She's not like all the other women who had tried to get in close with me" Matt said, "They just want to been seen with a rich guy"
"You are a very handsome boy" Maria said, chuckling, "If only I was twenty years younger"
"Don't start this again" Matt laughed, "You know you're just as beautiful as you were back then"
"Flatterer" Maria said, smirking.
"Do you need any help with the dishes?" Matt asked.
"No no, you go out and have some fun, you deserve it" Maria said, shuffling back to the kitchen. Matt shrugged and walked over to the balcony door and stepped outside. He looked down then leapt over the rail. He did a couple of flips and twists as he plummeted towards the ground. Just before he struck the pavement he used his ability to fly to stop the fall then he bolted straight up into the air, freaking out the doorman who was standing there the whole time.
"Gah, I still have bits of blood on these things" Gizmo groaned as he started cleaning off the ends of his newly repaired tendrils.
"Save some of that" A voice from the darkness said, "We can use the DNA"
"Yes..Sir" Gizmo said as Slade emerged into the light. Slade broke off the end of one of the tendrils and walked off with it, leaving Gizmo to repair his pack again.
"I should have disposed of the boy and done this in the first place" Slade said, heading towards a laboratory.
"Tell me Starfire" Raven said once they had returned to the base, "What did you and Matt really talk about?"
"What are you talking about?" Starfire asked.
"I know you were lying" Raven said, "I could tell by the tone of your voice"
"Fine" Starfire said, "I was telling him what I knew about that armor he was found with, his pendant and his tail"
"What was that?" Raven asked as Starfire started to walk away.
"You'll have to ask him yourself." Starfire said, heading to her room to request the information on the Saiya jins.
"I wonder if I should wear something different tonight." Raven said, walking to her own room to meditate.
"Are you sure about this?" A male alien that looked similar to Starfire said.
"He has the exact same pendant as the one in the Museum" Starfire said, "Plus he has a tail and Saiya jin armor"
"This is an important discovery!" The alien said, "I'll send you the information, I'll label it as top priority so it should arrive there tommorrow morning at the latest"
"I thank you very much sir" Starfire said, "I'm sure he'd love to learn about his past, and his real parents."
"But be careful, the information has shown Saiya jins to be very warlike and ruthless" The alien said.
"I don't think we have to worry about that." Starfire said, "He isn't agressive at all"
"But still be careful" The alien said cutting off the comm channel.
"Now who should I send to bring this to Earth"
"Excuse me" A female voice, very similar to Starfires, said from a doorway, "May I take it, I have business on Earth myself and I could get it there by evening on Earth."
"As you wish young lady" The man said, handing the data disk to the black haired girl.
Matt floated several feet above the waters of the pacific ocean. A few miles off in the distance he could see the Titans headquarters and the city.
"Let's see now" Matt said, closing his eyes and concentrating. The white aura suddenly appeared as Matt focussed on powering up to as high as he could go. Below him water started to become displaced as waves of energy eminated from him. The aura began to turn a bluish colour and grew larger. Matts muscles started to bulge larger than normal as he reached his maximum. In a flash he started flying as fast as he could only a few feet off the ocean surface. He flew so fast that a shockwave formed behind him that kicked up the water as he flew past. The Titans headquarters was fast approaching as Matt went along at three times the speed of sound.
Up in her room Raven felt slight tremors that were getting more noticable at by the second.
"What is that" She asked, standing up and moving to her window. She was there just in time to see Matt blast by the building, the water still seperating behind him. She snickered and suddenly one of her books went flying across the room.
"Emotions can be dangerous" She said to herself, picking the book up and replacing it.
Outside Matt slowed his velocity until he was hovering again. He looked back and watched the water he had displaced flood back into the empty area, returning the oceans look to normal.
"I've gotten much faster" Matt said to himself before looking at his watch, "And I've spent the entire day getting reaquainted with my powers, It's time for dinner."
Matt flew back to his home and landed back on the balcony. Inside he could smell the meal that Maria had cooked. It made his stomach growl in anticipation.
"Calm my friend" Matt chuckled, rubbing his stomach, "Soon you will be full"
"There you are!" Maria exclaimed, "I was about to call the police and have them look for you!"
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Matt asked, his tail unwrapping itself from his waist as he sat down, "I was just out getting reaquainted with my powers"
"You missed lunch, I was worried." Maria said, sitting at the table across from him, "Trying to impress the lady?"
"Maybe a little" Matt said, starting into his feast.
"Ohh! I want to plan the wedding!" Maria exclaimed sarcastically, "So when are you going to ask her."
"I was thinking about maybe tonight at the club" Matt said, sounding serious.
"What! I forbid it! You just met the lady! You're too young!" Maria exclaimed.
"I'm kidding!" Matt laughed, "But she did invite me to a club tonight."
"That is a relief, it's one thing to joke but you always do that to me" Maria said.
