Chapter 1, Part 3


"Where are you going Raven?" Starfire asked, emerging from the bathroom having taken a shower before changing to go out to the club.
"I'll meet you guys at the club" Raven said, "I have business to take care of."
"All right!" Starfire said, scurrying to her room.
Raven shook her head and headed to the roof. She looked over the city for a second the took to the air, heading towards the club. Across the city Matt left also. Being the faster of the two, he arrived well before Raven did and went inside. As soon as he stepped through the doors he was met by extremely loud dance music. One of his abilities that returned was very sensative hearing.
"Ow, This is going to be painful" Matt said rubbing his ears as he made his way towards the bar in the centre of the club.
"What can I get ya" The bartender asked, wiping the counter.
"Pepsi" Matt said, dropping some cash on the bar. The bartender brought him his drink and Matt turned to watch what was going on. He never knew exactly what went on in a club since this was his first time in one. He noticed a large group of guys gathered around one spot. His sensative ears managed to make out some of the comments being made.
"I can't believe that alien babe came back!" One exclaimed.
"Man! She's still got all the moves!" Another yelled.
The crowd parted slightly allowing Matt a view of person who was the center of attention.
"Starfire?" Matt said, looking at the black haired version of the Titan.
'Starfire' noticed Matt staring at her differently than the rest of the crowd. She stopped dancing and made her way through the crowd towards him, stopping a few feet from him when she noticed his tail wrapped around his waist.
"So you're the Saiya jin" she said.
"Um, you know that already" Matt said, "And when did you dye your hair Starfire?"
"I'm not Starfire, I'm her sister, Blackfire" Blackfire laughed, "I must say you're one of the better looking aliens I've met"
"Um..Thanks?" Matt said, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable.
"Come on and dance with me!" Blackfire said, trying to pull him onto the dance floor.
"I have to go over here now" Matt said, slipping away and heading over to near the DJ.
"Odd guy" Blackfire said, ordering a drink.

"You want to request a song buddy?" The DJ asked Matt.
"Why not, you got Dragula?" Matt asked, naming the first song he could think of.
"A little off the norm but what the hey" The DJ said, switching CDs around and turning to the mic, "And now a little something different"
"Dedicated to Raven" Matt added quickly.
"Dedicated to Raven, if you're out there" The DJ added, putting the song on. Raven happened to enter the club just as the DJ said that.
"Wow, some music that is actually good for a change" Raven said, making her way to the bar, "And all for little old me"

Matt noticed Raven and started to make his way over, only to be cut off by Blackfire.
"You're probably the reason Starfire asked for that information" Blackfire said.
"Yes" Matt said, trying to slip past her, only to be blocked off again, "Could you please move, I'm meeting someone here"
"Who?" Blackfire asked, looking over at the bar and seeing Raven standing there, "Raven? Who would you be waiting for her?"
Blackfire turned around to find Matt gone, She scratched her head and headed to the dance floor to have some more fun.

Raven sipped her drink and listened to the song. A guy she had never seen before came up beside her and planted his hand firmly on her butt. She growled and looked at the guy who was grinning ear to ear.
"Hey babe, wanna come and dance with me once they start playing good music again?" The guy asked.
"Remove your hand and leave me alone before you lose it." Raven said, glaring at the guy.
"Aw come on!" The guy said, "You know you want to"
"No I don't" Raven said, levitating a glass behind her. She was just about to throw it at the guys head when Matt appeared beside them.
"If you want to leave here tonight both awake and on your own to feet then I suggest you leave her alone" Matt said.
"I tell you the same thing" The guy said trying to push Matt away. Matt grabbed his hand and squeezed it almost to the breaking point, making the guy sceam like a little baby.
"Mommy!" The guy yelled, running out of the club clutching his hand.
"He deserved that" Raven said, smiling slightly, "Thank you for coming"
"No problem, but I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time avoiding Starfires sister" Matt said, groaning about the last part.
"Blackfire's here?" Raven asked, looking around and spotting the black haired alien dancing up a storm, "She is supposed to be in prison"
"Well she is here and trying to force me to dance with her" Matt said, "Not only do I not want to, but to tell the truth I can't dance to save my life, at least not like this"
Matt pointed to all the people dancing to the faster music out on the dance floor.
"So what, I can't either" Raven said, "I wouldn't want to waste my time dancing like that anyways"
"It's a lot easier for you women" Matt said, "All you have to do is move your hips and shoulders and you're dancing, guys have it a lot harder"
"I doubt that" Raven said as Starfire and the rest of the Titans entered the club. Starfire was the only one of the Titans to actually put on something different than her normal uniform. It really wasn't that different, basically an all white version of her normal outfit. They spotted Raven standing at the bar talking to someone who was obscured from vision and walked over to her.
"Raven!" Starfire called, waving and accidently hitting a girl who was walking past. The drink the girl was carrying flew out of her hand and was about to spill all over Starfires outfit. Before any liquid could spill out, a small yellew energy beam, no larger than a finger, hit it and sent it flying across the room, impacting directly with the head of the guy who was bugging Raven earlier.
The girl Starfire hit growled a profanity and disappeared from sight.
"Thank you!" Starfire called after her, thinking the profanity was a compliment.
"She just insulted you Star" Robin said.
"Hey!" Cyborg exclaimed, pointing to where Matt and Raven were talking, "Looks like our little Raven got herself a date"
"What?" Beastboy said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Oh! I see!" Starfire exclaimed, "That's why she left early!"
"Well then, shall we bug them or leave them alone?" Robin asked, smirking.
"Bug them" Cyborg said, walking with the group around the bar.

"Tell me" Raven said, "How bad was it exactly in the Hive Program?"
"Like I said, they seemed to like experimenting on me, Half the time I was being beaten up, the other half recovering and being poked with needles, I hate those things" Matt said, "I just wish I could have remembered where their base was, All I remember after escaping was waking up in my bed wrapped in bandages."
"You've had it hard" Raven said moving closer. She was about to lay her head on his arm when Beastboy popped up between them.
"Hey you two, Matt fancy meeting you here!" Beastboy said.
"Raven, on a date, how unlike you" Cyborg said, snickering.
"At least I can get one" Raven said, glaring at Cyborg and Beastboy.
"Now that was unexpected." Robin said, stepping into view with Starfire beside him, "It seems Beastboy and Cyborg are stuck together"
"We are not!" They both yelled.
"Your sister is here Starfire" Raven said, pointing to te dance floor, "She isn't acting normal"
"Blackfire's here!" Rebin exclaimed. As if on cue, Blackfire stopped dancing and wandered over.
"Hello!" She said happily.
"Hello sister!" Starfire said, "Are you here to betray me and try to kill me again?"
"No silly!" Blackfire laughed, "I'm here to have fun and deliver the information on the Saiya jins!"
"Is anyone else getting a bad vibe from this?" Cyborg asked.
"Yes" Robin, Raven and Beastboy said together.
"Um Blackfire, did you by any chance hit your head?" Beastboy asked.
"I don't know, I remember waking up one day and not knowing what was going on, I had a big lump on my head and I was surrounded by rubble, someone mentioned Earth and I felt I should come here. When someone mentioned a club and dancing, I felt like I should go dancing!" Blackfire said, handing a data disk to Starfire then dragging Beastboy onto the dance floor, "Come on, let's dance!"
"Okay!" Beastboy exclaimed.
"Well, looks like Cyborg is the only one alone now" Robin said.
"Hey, don't worry about me" Cyborg said, eying a group of women who just walked in, "I'll be fine!"
"Robin, shall we go dance?" Starfire asked.
"Of course!" Robin exclaimed.
"Oh, here" Starfire said, handing the Data disk over to Matt, "That should work on an Earth computer, Enjoy!"
"Thanks" Matt said, taking the disk and putting it in one of the larger pockets in his pants.
"What is on that" Raven asked.
"Information on the alien race Starfire says I'm from, the Saiya Jins" Matt said.
"Interesting" Raven said, "If you'll excuse me for a second I need to use the facilities"
"No problem" Matt said, sipping his drink. He looked over and saw Raven looking at him oddly, "What?"
"Before I can go you'll have to unwrap your tail from my waist" Raven said, pointing to the furry appendage around her waist, "It wrapped around there shortly after we started talking"
"Oh!" Matt exclaimed, removing his tail, "Sorry"
"Don't be" Raven said, walking off, "It is quite comfortable to wear"


"What does Slade want now?" Gizmo mumbled as he and Mammoth made their way through the darkened halls of the Hive headquarters.
"Don't ask me, but it better be important" Mammoth said, "Probably wondering why we haven't sprung Jynx yet"
The two entered Slades office and stood in the lone spot light. Slades eyes seemed to glow in the dark, making him looked even more menacing than normal.
"Why is it one of my agents is still in prison?" Slade asked.
"I'm sorry sir but we haven't been able to come up with a working plan, with Matt Wrecker on the side of the Titans now things are much more difficult." Gizmo said.
"Don't worry about Matt Wrecker" a voice came from the shadows, "Leave him to me"
"And who are you?" Mammoth asked.
"Some one stronger" The voice said.

Raven returned from the washrooms and made her way back to the bar to resume her conversation. Halfway there she noticed the guy who had been annoying her earlier making his way towards Matt as well, but this time being followed by some huge muscle head.
"That's him!" The guy exclaimed, "Make him suffer!"
"You again?" Matt asked casually.
"You been picking on my little bro?" The musclehead asked, cracking his knuckles, "And stealin his girl"
"In order for me to steal his girl, he would have had to have one first" Matt said, sipping his drink, still facing away from the two.
"Now I gotta hurt you!" The musclehead exclaimed, pulling his fist back.
"First rule of combat, never fight unless you know you can win" Matt said, easily dodging the punch then using his tail to trip the musclehead, "Otherwise you just look like an idiot"
"You little punk!" The muscle head yelled, scrambling to his feet. He grabbed Matts' shoulder, only to pull it back with a scream as Matt concentrated his energy and burned the guys hand.
"What are you!" The muscle head yelled as his little brother kicked Matt, striking his tail.
"Uh oh" Raven said, her eyes going wide as Matt groaned in pain and dropped to a knee.
"Well well, dog boy doesn't like his tail touched" The muscle head laughed, stepping on his tail, making Matt scream in pain again. In Matts' mind he flashed back to his time in the training program, how the other members would grab his tail and squeeze it until he was in agony, laugh at him, then beat him up just for fun.
"Another thing you should know" Matt said, his pain obvious in his voice, "Never touch my tail unless I say so!"
Before the muscle head or his brother could say or do anything Matt leapt to his feet and punched them both hard in the gut, sending them flying across the dance floor. He powered himself up and glared at the two who were trying to help eachother up.
"Should we stop him?" Starfire asked, stopping her dance with Robin.
"I don't think we can" Robin said, looking over at Raven.
"Be damned if I try to stop him" Cyborg said.

Matt held his hands off to the side and formed two small red energyballs.
"He's going to kill them!" Beastboy yelled as Raven dashed by. Raven stood right in front of Matt, staring at him right in the eyes. She grabbed his tail and started gently rubbing it. Almost immediatly the look of anger on Matts' face was replaced by one of contentment. His aura disappeared and the balls of energy dissipated.
"Calm down, they aren't worth it" Raven said calmly. Matt took a deep breath and looked at the two men cowering across the dance floor. As soon as the fight had started the DJ cut off the music and everyone was staring at Matt.
"If you two ever see me again, you had better hope I don't see you" Matt said as Raven let go of his tail and they walked back to the bar.
"What happened?" Raven asked, looking down as Matts' tail wrapped itself around her waist again.
"The guy who was bugging you came back." Matt said.
"I know that, but what set you off like that?" Raven asked.
"He used my tail against me and then laughed" Matt said, "Just like the Hive used to"
"I see" Raven said, "You had a flashback then"
"All I could see was Mammoth, Gizmo and Jynx standing over me and laughing" Matt said.
"Raven!" Robin yelled, "We just got a call! The prison was attacked!"
"Yo what?" Cyborg asked, "Who did it?"
"The Hive" Matt said, growling.
"Let's go check it out" Beastboy said, Blackfire standing beside him, "Nice belt Raven"
"It is isn't it?" Raven said as Matt unwrapped his tail from her waist, "Let's go check it out."

After a short flight Raven, Starfire, Beastboy and Matt touched down at the prison, or what was left of it.
"What could have done this?" Beastboy asked, looking into the charred black crater where the prison used to stand.
"Everyone who was in it, is dead" Raven said.
"Why would anyone do such a terrible thing?" Starfire asked, a tear coming to her eye, "Even prisoners do not deserve such a fate"
Matt landed on the bottom of the crater and a scent caught his attention. He closed his eyes and focused on the scent.
"This was done by my Vengenful Strike" Matt said to himself, "And everything smells just like me"
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, landing beside him.
"Nothing" Matt said, obviously disturbed by something.
"This could be big" Robin said, finally arriving on the scene, "Titans, head back to base and stay on alert."
"You comin with us?" Cyborg asked Matt.
"I don't think so" Matt said, taking the data disk out of his pocket, "I have some things to look at"
"I enjoyed tonight, perhaps we could something like that again" Raven said, lifting off to follow the other Titans.
"I'll look forward to it" Matt said as they parted ways and headed to their respective homes.

When Matt arrived he went right to his room and put the disk into his computer. A listing of various files came up. One in particular caught Matts eyes. He opened the file named Planet Assignments. A listing of various planets came up. Matt skimmed over the list until he spotted what he was looking for, Earth.
"Time to see if there is any point in looking further" Matt said, opening the file.

"So Raven, this mean you're off the market?" Beastboy asked.
"I was never on the market as you would say" Raven said, looking up from her novel, "And what are you doing in my room, do you have a deathwish?"
"No, but I don't see why you're so protective of this room" Beastboy said, looking around, "There's almost nothing in here"
"Perhaps I knew you were coming and I hid everything" Raven said, "Now what so you want"
"Nothing" Beastboy said, sulking as he left her room, "I waited too long, stupid newcomer"

Maria awoke the next morning later than usual after spending the night on the couch. She never heard Matt come in the previous night and had stayed up late, not knowing he was in his room.
"That boy must have had some night" Maria said, stretching. She looked around to see if there was any sign that Matt had come home. Nothing was changed from the night before. Maria looked out the windows out over the city after noticing a red glow outside. Her eyes went wide as she saw Matt hovering outside the windows with two red balls of energy in his hands.
"Vengeful Strike!" 'Matt' yelled, firing the beam into the apartment. Maria didn't even have time to scream before being thrown into a wall by the force of the beam. The entire penthouse floor exploded in flame. The roof collapsed down leaving it mostly open and smoldering.
"Too easy" 'Matt' said, a sadistic grin on his face as he watched the destruction he'd caused. He turned and flew off, leaving the chaos behind him.

"What now?" Raven snapped, opening the door to find Beastboy standing there.
"The city's under attack" Beastboy exclaimed, "Your boyfriends apartment was just blown up and the Hive is attacking everything!"
"What!" Raven exclaimed as a CD suddenly flew past her and hit the wall, "Let's go!"
Raven and Beastboy met up with the rest of the Titans on the roof. They could clearly see plumes of black smoke coming from the city. Beastboy transformed into a pteranadon and took off with Blackfire, Cyborg and Robin on his back. They headed towards the newest explosions that were happening and landed to find Gizmo, Mammoth, and Cinderblock, smashing everything in sight.
"Freeze scumbags!" Cyborg yelled, jumping off Beastboy and landing infront of Cinderblock.
"You're outnumbered two to one, give it up" Robin said.
"I don't think so Robin" A voice said from a dark alley. Slade emerged into the light with an evil smirk plastered on his face, "I think you'll find you are the ones at a severe disadvantage, Jynx!"
"One more person won't make a difference Slade!" Robin said, pulling a smoke bomb off his belt. A yellow energy beam shot out of the same alley and struck Robin, throwing him into the side of a building.
"I think one will" Jynx said, emerging arm in arm with what appeared to be Matt, "right Thrax?"
"I think it is very unfair" Thrax said, the same sadistic smirk still on his face as before.
"You betrayed us!" Beastboy yelled, only to be struck with another yellow energy blast.

Minutes after Thrax destroyed the penthouse firecrews arrived. A single helicopter flew overhead looking for any sign of life. A pile of the smoldering rubble began to move. Matt emerged and brushed ashes out of his hair. He had been up all night reading through the information on the Saiya jins and was caught off guard by the attack and was stuck under what used to be the ceiling of his bedroom.
"What happened?" Matt asked himself, looking around the devestated building, "Maria!"
He frantically searched around, looking for any sign of her. He found her unconscious and bloodied under some scraps of drywall. He felt rage growing inside him as he picked her up and jumped off the side of the building, floating down to the ground to the surprise of most of the emergency crews.
"Get her to a hospital" Matt said, handing her limp body to a fireman.
"What about you son?" The firechief asked.
"I have to hunt down the bastards that did this" Matt growled, lifting off into the air again. He landed back on the devestated penthouse and looked around. A bit of blue fabric stood out and Matt picked it up. Somehow the armor he had found survived the blast fully intact.
"I may need this" He said.

"You used me!" Raven yelled, her eyes going red, "You made yourself out to be a powerful ally only to stab us in the back!"
"That's life babe" Thrax laughed, "It was hell being around you though, I don't know how yours so called friends stand it"
"Don't listen to him Raven!" Cyborg yelled, "Come on! We can take the traitor!"
"You wish" Thrax said, something catching his attention and making him take to the air in the opposite direction, "Come and get me"
"Hey!" Jynx exclaimed, "Don't leave me down here!"
"Leonid Shower!" A voice from the sky screamed as suddenly a number of small red and orange energy balls impacted on the ground, sending the Hive members flying after being thoroughly charred. The Titans barely caught a glimpse of a blue blur as it flew past and smashed into Cinderblock, sending him flying.
"I am confused" Starfire said, looking at the newly arrived and fully armored Matt.
"You and me both sister" Blackfire said.
"You will pay for what you did to Maria" Matt growled, his aura now red like a flame.
"And who will make me regret it?" Thrax laughed, "You? I was made from your DNA, I know everything there is to know about you, and I know I'm far stronger than you"
"We'll see about that, I've learned a lot that you don't know" Matt said, "I was born Scorpax, son of the Saiya jin super elites Tarantos and Luna, One of the last living Saiya jins and first in line after Prince Vegeta for the former throne of Vegeta, I know far more than you know about my powers now, and I am more than willing to use them."
"Words mean nothing" Thrax said, flaring his own red aura, "In the end the more powerful will prevail"
Thrax looked at his fallen comrades and laughed. He stared Matt in the eyes and smirked.
"I personally have no interest in destroying a city full of weaklings, follow me to a place where I can beat you properly" Thrax said, turning and flying off. Matt landed infront of Raven and the other Titans who were still standing.
"Help them out and don't follow me" Matt said, his aura flaring larger, "I may be forced to do something that could hurt anyone nearby."
"I'm sorry we doubted your loyalties" Raven said as Matt took to the air.
"Do me a favor, check on Maria in the hospital" Matt said, "I may not get a chance to"
Before Raven could respond Matt flew off to follow Thrax. Raven turned to her comrades. Beastboy and Robin had managed to get up and were trying to walk off their injuries. She looked over to where the Hive members had been knocked out and noticed they had disappeared.
"Some one want to explain what happened." Cyborg said, "Like what the heck is a Saiya jin and why are there two guys who look exactly the same."
"A Saiya jin is an alien with massive strength and special powers" Starfire said, "Only a few are known to still be alive."
"And I assume the one calling himself Thrax is a clone" Raven said, "I heard him talking about being made from Matts' DNA"
"Aren't we going to follow him?" Beastboy asked.
"I'll follow him" Raven said, floating up, "He asked for you to check on Maria in the hospital."
"I guess there's nothing else we can do" Robin said, "Thrax has already bested us easily, Matt's the only hope we have left, Titans, let's get going"
"Please do not come into any harm Raven" Blackfire said, as she turned to follow the Titans.

Matt flew as fast as he could, just able to keep up with Thrax. He still felt the rage burning inside him. It seemed to make him stronger as it grew. Thrax stopped over a forest, a very familiar forest.
"Remember this place" Thrax asked, "You went wild that night here. Shame it's not a full moon right now, that would be plenty of fun."
"Another thing you don't know" Matt said, "I know what really happened that night, and since I don't see a tail on you, I assume you can't do it."
"I don't need it" Thrax chuckled, "There is no full moon"
"Enough talk, I'm going to make you regret what you did to Maria" Matt yelled, flaring his aura and powering up.
"Fine by me, I'll try to stay at your level for a while, just to have some fun" Thrax said, starting to powerup himself.
Energy began to crackle around the two and small rocks rose off the ground. Matt didn't finish powering up. He saw an opportunity to strike first and took it.
"Super Nova!" Matt yelled, firing a small white ball of energy at Thrax. The ball didn't hit Thrax, but struck the area directly infront of him and expanded, forming a massive red hemiphere of energy. Thrax managed to jump before the blast hit but was still thrown back. He skidded to a stop then flew in the air to get above the expanding energy.
"Nice try" Thrax yelled, then lowering his voice so only he could hear himself, "When did he learn that, I don't know anything about it."
"Like I said, I've learned some new things" Matt said, flaring his aura and charging Thrax.
"I'm still better" Thrax said, flaring his own aura and charging Matt.

"Now where did they disappear to" Raven asked, looking around. She saw a flash of light then noticed the red energy rising from the ground, "Practically a signal flare."
Raven took off toward the battleground. A small flash of light, a reflection of sunlight off of a helicopters blades, caught her eye. A news copter flew towards the battlefield not far off from where Raven was flying.
"They really shouldn't be here, not I'm going to be tied up making sure they don't get themselves killed." Raven said, altering her course slightly towards the helicopter.

"What happened?" Maria asked, waking up finally. The Titans surrounded her bed as she rubbed her eyes, "Ow! Why is my arm in a cast?"
"All we know is that Matt left you in the care of a fireman and you were brought here after the apartment was destroyed" Robin said.
"Yeah, after that He and Raven just flew off" Cyborg said, "They were going after a clone of him or something"
"Perhaps the television would have information on the battle." Starfire said, pointing to the small hospital televison above Marias' bed.
"Let's take a look" Beastboy said, flicking it on and flipping to a news channel.
"Our top story today" The news anchor said, "The city is under attack, I warn you the following scenes are graphic and may be disturbing."
Marias jaw dropped as a home video of Thrax attacking her home was shown. It then showed actual news footage of Matt coming to the ground carrying her and handing her over to the firemen.
"The young man who defied gravity, identified as Matt Wrecker, alias Jago Thrasher, by the buildings doorman, was seen handing a wounded woman over to rescue workers then returning to his decimated home. Moments later he was seen wearing some sort of armor and flying, you heard me right, flying towards the sources of the destruction. Witnesses report the criminal organization known as the Hive was responsible." The anchor man read from his notes, "Reports indicate the Teen Titans attempted to intervene but were beaten back easily by a mysterious youth who, as we're told, looked like an exact replica of Mr. Wrecker, who arrived on the scene shortly after the Titans arrived and was last seen following the mysterious youth out of the city. If you will stay tuned our news copter has been trailing the two and will bring live footage of what they describe as a massive battle to you in just a moment."
"Oh no" Maria said, "What if Matt loses, what if he's killed?"
"I wouldn't doubt him for second, he could kick my butt easily" Cyborg said.
"He is a Saiya jin warrior, he was born with the instinct to fight" Starfire said, "And he will fight until the end"
"That's not very reassuring Star" Robin said, "Look!"

The news copter circled the area where Matt and Thrax were now brawling. Each fighter would launch into a flurry of punches and kicks while the other would either block or match blow for blow. Neither had any advantage over the other, or so it seemed.
"You're weaker than I expected" Thrax said, "Maybe a good beating will make you stronger and more fun"
"If I recall correctly I struck you first" Matt said, smirking.
"Allow me to even the score then" Thrax said, suddenly gaining a huge burst of speed as he smashed his fist into Matts face. Matt plummeted down and knocked over several trees as he left a crater and plume of dust.
"Matt!" Raven exclaimed.
"That was fun" Thrax said, spinning around suddenly to catch a blow from Matt who had phased in behind him, "Too slow"
"Shut up!" Matt snapped, hitting Thrax with a double leg kick and sending him flying back a bit.
"You're too weak!" Thrax taunted, "Try and catch this"
Thrax started firing off dozens of small energy blasts at Matt. Matt crossed his arms across his face to shield it as he was ungulfed in smoke and explosions.

"Now one of the combatants seems to be throwing bombs" The news anchor said as Maria and the Titans watched.
"Look, you can see Raven" Beastboy said, "She seems upset"
"Oh no" Maria said as Thrax stopped firing.

Before the smoke could clear Matt fell from the centre of the explosion. The shoulder pads from his armor were gone as were the leg protectors. There were holes in the blue under suit on the knees and shoulders.
"Pitiful" Thrax said as Matt disappeared into the trees, "Now I have to wait till he heals before I can have some real fun with him"
"That... couldn't have just happened" Raven said, her heart seeming to stop beating. Suddenly a bright ball of energy shot out of the trees and into the sky where it burst into what looked like a second sun. Matt suddenly floated up from the trees smirking.
"A last ditch effort, too bad you assumed wrong" Thrax said as suddenly a tail burst out of the back of his pants, "You assumed it would only affect you"
"No" Matt said his eyes going wide, "It doesn't matter, I won't rest until you are dead!"
Matt and Thrax both looked up at the ball of energy. The light radiating off of is was exactly like the light of the full moon and it triggered the transformation that all Saiya jins go through during the full moon.
The pupils disappeared from their eyes and hair began to sprout on their bodies. They began to grow larger and their features took on a more ape like look.
"Is this the transformation he spoke of?" Raven asked, finding herself fixated on the two towering apes.
The ability to think properly left Matt and Thraxs' minds as their brains devolved to a more primative state. The two massive apes looked at eachother and each opened their mouths, emitting a feral scream. Matt ended his call with a massive energy blast from his mouth that hit Thrax directly in the chest. Thrax fell on his back with a scream as his fur was singed. Matt charged towards him, the ground shaking with every step, and did a body slam right on top of Thrax.

"Mortal kombat Monkey style!" Cyborg exclaimed, eating some popcorn.
"This isn't a time for joking around!" Robin exclaimed as Maria sat there stunned.
"What is Mortal Kombat?" Blackfire asked, her sister just shrugging and watching.
"Much better than wrestling" Beastboy said, snatching some popcorn.

Thrax managed to jump to his feet and landed a solid blow to Matts' snout. Some blood dripped from his nose and into his mouth. The taste of blood sent him into a bloodlust mode as he bounded towards Thrax. He attacked with a fury of poorly aimed ape punches, several hitting their mark and knocking Thrax back again. Thrax responded with a massive energy blast from his mouth that knocked Matt back. Thrax fired again, then again, until Matt bled from his chest severely. Thrax fired again, but Matt also fired a mouth energy blast. The two blasts collided and a huge explosion erupted, hurling both apes away from eachother. As the dust cleared the Moon blast in the sky burned itself out.
Thrax was the first to stand up. His clothing was shredded and burned. His chest was burned and slightly bleeding and his leg was in pain.
"I did underestimate him" Thrax said, floating towards Matt, "But I'm still better."
"He's down, He needs help" Raven said, flying towards Thrax as fast as she could.
Thrax looked down at his unconscious opponent. He growled and began throwing balls of energy at him. The energy balls exploded on contact and trees surrounding Matt collapsed in on him.
"Noo!" Raven cried out, attacking Thrax with a fury of kicks and a single roundhouse. Thrax smirked and easily dodged each blow before grabbing her leg and throwing her into a tree. Ravens eyes went red as several trees turned black and rose into the air. The trees flew towards Thrax, who easily destroyed them with small energy blasts. Thrax shot through the smoke and grabbed Raven by the neck, squeezing and choking her.
"You won't get away with this" Raven gasped out.
"No one can stop me" Thrax said, squeezing harder and lifting her off the ground.

'It's over' Matt thought to himself, 'Nothing to do now but wait for death to come'
He could barely hear what was going on but he did hear Ravens' gasps for air as she was slowly strangled to death by Thrax.
'Because of me Raven will die and Thrax will run wild and unopposed across the planet' Matt thought, rage and sorrow filling him.
In the darkness of his subconscious he could see a glowing yellow ball of energy. It felt warm and he went to reach for it, only to pull his hand back as an unimaginable pain swept over him.
'This new energy, it's huge, It would be far more than enough to kill Thrax, but it would destroy me too' Matt thought, 'Would it be worth losing everything to kill Thrax?'

Thrax laughed as Raven struggled for her life. At least he was laughing until the ground began shaking violently. He turned to the pile of rocks and trees that covered Matt and saw beams of yellow light shooting out of every crack. All the debris exploded into the air, propelled by waves of yellow energy. Thrax dropped Raven, who coughed violently to get fresh air into her lungs, and stared with a look of horror on his face. He could feel the power radiating from Matt now, he could feel it was exponentially greater than his own. He was frozen with fear as Matt emerged from what was almost his grave engulfed in a yellow aura. His normally black hair was golden yellow and his eyes, once black also, were now turquoise.
Somehow Raven could feel that Matt was in agony. His body wasn't strong enough to use this new power he had tapped into and it took everything he had to prevent himself from being torn apart by his own power.
'Run, get away from here fast' Matts' voice rang clear in Ravens head.
Raven did as she was instructed, fleeing the battlefield and using her powers to drag the news helicopter behind her.

"What's happening!" Maria exclaimed, "Where is my boy gone!"
"What the!" Beastboy exclaimed as tremors rocked the entire city, all eminating from Matt.
"I fear something bad is about to happen." Starfire said, "Perhaps we should go help?"
"I agree, Beastboy, you stay here with Blackfire" Robin said, leading Cyborg and Starfire out, " Titans, let's go!"
"Please make sure Matt doesn't get killed!" Maria called after them, "He's all I have left."
"Do not worry, I'm sure he will be fine" Blackfire said.

"What are you!" Thrax exclaimed, backing away from the golden warrior that was approaching him, "You can't survive this much power, you've killed yourself!"
"I'm going to take you with me" Matt growled.
"Have to catch me first!" Thrax said, turning to fly away. As soon as he turned he found Matt standing there, glaring into his eyes. Thrax, fearing now for his life, made a run for it. Before he even got one step away, Matt was infront of him again. Thrax cried out in pain as Matt broke both his legs with a single sweeping kick.
"Agggghhhh!" Thrax screamed as he fell to the ground.
Matt moved in for the deathblow when he lost control over his power. He dropped to his knee and clutched his chest. He began laughing as he stared coldly at Thrax.
"I'll see you in hell" Thrax said as Matt was suddenly engulfed in an expanding sphere of yellow energy.
"What on Earth?" Raven said, turning to see what looked like a nuclear bomb exploding where Matt was, "No...."
Thrax dragged himself as fast as he could in a vain attempt to escape the approaching energy sphere. He screamed as his legs were engulfed and vaporized by Matts' energy. Within seconds Thrax was gone, vaporized completely by the massive energy sphere. Less than a minute later the glowing energy disappeared, leaving a massive crater where the forest used to me. Raven flew over and spotted a lone figure just standing there in the centre of the crater.
"Matt?" She asked, floating down and landing beside him, "Are you all right?"
She reached out and touched his arm. As soon as she made contact with him Matts body started to crumble into a pile of dust. She felt tears well up in her eyes as his entire body was reduced to dust. The only thing that wasn't reduced to dust was the pendant he had worn around his neck.
"Why did this have to happen?" Raven asked, picking up the pendant.
Her emotions overcame the barriers she had always kept up as tears flowed freely. She didn't even notice that for some unknown reason her powers weren't going crazy.
A jet touched down a few feet behind her, but she didn't notice. Robin, Cyborg and Starfire emerged from it and watched their friend cry out of sadness for the first time.
"Raven" Starfire said, starting to approach her, but being held back by Robin.
"She'll be all right" Robin said, "I hope"