A/N: I've hit a roadblock, so far as this story is concerned. I will still update, but for awhile, updates are going to be few and far inbetween. Fair warning.

Newest Arrival's Premier:

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I yawned, and said tiredly, "Robin, I'm going to need some sleep soon. Is this representative going to arrive soon?"

Robin turned from his game, his 'car' crashing into the wall. "It's the middle of the day. You're going to sleep?"

I yawned again in response, then said, "I'm used to my own planet's time. Two earth days equals one full day of my own. So I remain awake for one full Earth day, and then some. I took a nap during the night, but I'm still tired."

Cyborg laughed (something about kicking Robin's latest record's butt), then turned. "We've put together a room for you for now. Unless you want to go crash at that… whatever it is."

I shook my head slowly. "I won't be able to receive a signal for your communication devices. It's too weak."

Cyborg's mouth started to open, then he closed it, looking thoughtful. Robin nodded slightly, then said, "Beast Boy, show him where it is."

Beast Boy (who had been sitting with them) groaned, "But I'm up next!"

Robin gave him a slight smirk. "I got distracted, so we're having one more race. Deal with it, and show him to his room."

Beast Boy stuck his tongue out at Robin, then said halfheartedly, "Follow me, it's not that far."

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Beast Boy opened a door, and said, "You can crash here for now." He turned, and started running back to the main room, probably to pester the others into letting him play.

I yawned again, and stretched out on the bed. The material was soft enough that I could sleep on my stomach, which was all I needed. I breathed a quiet sigh, and let the sleepiness overtake me.

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The black jet arrived, and slowly set down right next to Titan's Tower. The Titans had assembled by the door of the Tower. Beast Boy and Cyborg were chattering about how they'd get to meet Batman, while Robin had a slightly grim expression on his face from seeing his mentor.

The cockpit slid open, and Batman jumped out, landing easily. He strode forward to the assembled Titans, and asked, "Where is he?"

Robin pointed inside the tower, and added, "He's asleep right now."

Batman nodded silently, and walked inside. Robin, his eyes narrowed, followed him at a distance, Beast Boy and Cyborg occasionally asking the Dark Knight questions that he rarely answered.

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Robin reached the door, and opened it. Tuán was stretched out on the bed, his wings extended, and easily resting on the floor of the room.

Batman silently studied the sleeper, and said, "Wake him. This won't take too long."

Robin rolled his eyes, and asked Starfire, "Star, how heavy of a sleeper is he?"

She smiled weakly. "It takes a great deal to wake him, when he is truly tired."

Robin nodded, and pulled a smelling salt from his belt, stepped carefully over Tuán's wings (no mean feat, they were rather large), and held the salts below his nose. After a few seconds, he jerked his head away, his eyes blearily opening, and muttering something that was probably curses in his native tongue. He rubbed his eyes, tucked his wings behind his back, and grumbled before asking, "What?"

Robin pointed to his former mentor, and the winged alien blearily peered at the Dark Knight, then yawned widely. "You're the one the League of whatever sent?"

Batman smirked slightly at the description, while Cyborg was forcefully waking him up by putting him in a headlock for messing up the Justice League's name.

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I managed to finally slip out of Cyborg's headlock, and said, "Alright, what do you want to know?" I noticed that every Titan was there, even Raven.

The human that the others called 'Batman' said, "I need to know why you're here."

I yawned, and muttered a curse in Ocisishuhyan. "I'm here because I'm a refugee. My people are in a loosing battle with a race of galactic exterminators, who believe that they are the most racially pure beings in existence, and all others should be destroyed."

Cyborg added, "Space Nazis, basically."

I shrugged at his description, and continued, "I'm just here to survive, nothing more. Command might retrieve me, but odds are I'm here to stay."

Batman narrowed his masked eyes at me, then turned to Raven, who nodded slightly, her hood lowered. "He's telling the truth. And I can't detect any hostile emotions from him towards us or you."

Batman turned back to me, and said, "Your galaxy's nearly across the entire universe from Earth. So why here?"

I smirked slightly at him. "Know a better place to hide someone with supernatural powers, who would use them no matter what command said?"

Batman's lips curved slightly at my response. He turned, and began to walk out, but said softly, "Can we expect any more of your people?"

I shook my head slowly. "I'm an extreme case. The rest of the civilian population has already been evacuated, and the military personnel are prepared to fight to the death to buy them more time to get away, as well as giving our natural allies enough time to build a gate back to their home…"

Kori looked confused at my last statement, so I clarified gently, "Most of the creatures from our world were summoned there, and took a liking to it. They have the power to return to their own world, so they've gathered together, and are working on a portal strong enough to take them back to their own realm of existence."

Starfire smiled weakly, and said, "I am glad that most… of your people will survive the conflict."

Batman turned once more at the doorway, and studied me intently. "J'onn is going to have to look you over, once we get enough time. But for now…"

Robin, who had remained silent, said softly, "I know. I'll make sure he knows the rules. He's not the first alien we've had arrive." He looked over towards Kori, who was a bright crimson. Batman smirked, and turned, leaving the room. I sighed, and slowly got up, asking tiredly, "Am I the only one that believes he sees more than he lets on?"

Raven turned, leaving, as Beast Boy laughed nervously. "Uh… he probably knows all of our secret identities…"

I laughed softly at Beast Boy's reaction. "Secret identities?"

Beast Boy gave me a confused look, then laughed softly. "I forgot, you don't have a secret identity."

I laughed softly in response, then yawned, and put my head back down. "Next one who tries to wake me up gets to deal with me stabbing them with a blunt metal stick."

I think Beast Boy nervously chuckled, as I heard the other Titans file out of the room.

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The Titans were relaxing, as the sun set on Jump. It had been quiet since Slade's robots had shown up, most of the other villains had either gone underground, or were quiet. Even Robin was trying to take it easy, though he would constantly jump up and type furiously at the computer for a few minutes before he would get frustrated, and sit back down with the others.

Cyborg broke the silence, asking Beast Boy, "Well?"
Beast Boy shook his head. "He's taller than I thought. Kinda cool, to meet Batman… even if the guy gives Raven a run for her money in the creepy department."
Raven, a vein pulsing in her forehead, said darkly, "Beast Boy…"

Beast Boy paled to a very light green, then weakly said, "Uh… just joking Raven…"

Raven went back to her book, occasionally drinking her tea.

Starfire remained silent as well, which was unusual so far as the Titans were concerned. She finally muttered something in her native tongue, and floated out of the room.

Beast Boy rubbed the back of his head, asking, "What's up with her?"

Robin, who wasn't currently at the computer station, followed her hovering form with his masked eyes. "She's probably worried about her friend."

Beast Boy asked confusedly, "Why does she call him Lugh, anyway?" Cyborg added, "Sounds sorta Irish, but he sure isn't Irish."

Raven voiced softly, "It is Irish… Irish mythology. Maybe his people lived in Ireland for awhile, their legends do have certain similarities…" She looked down at her book, which was full of alien characters.

Beast Boy grinned, about to launch one of his paranormal conspiracy theories, when Cyborg put him in a headlock. "We're all sick of hearing it, ya little grass stain."

Beast Boy gagged on the pressure Cyborg was using. Robin chuckled at Beast Boy's expense, while even Raven smiled slightly.

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Starfire slipped into her room, pulling out a strange device. After a few moments of contact with her hand, it glowed, and began to project three-dimensional images. Some were shots of her, and her sister Blackfire smiling, others were herself concentrating as she read over a display full of text in her language… the images flickered by, until they reached one point.

The image revealed Starfire (in her usual outfit) hugging a tanned boy with grey eyes, and grey-black hair that was as long as her own hair was. He was grinning slightly, as if there was some sort of cosmic joke only he was aware of, while Starfire was smiling broadly (not unusual, joy was a Tameranian fundamental concept). The only links between the past Lugh and the current Tuán was the emblem on his shirt, and his eyes, which were still grey… but the warmth in his eyes had faded. She wondered what truly had happened to him. And his hair had turned to that blue color, almost matching the wings he had gained while they had not been in contact…

She muttered sadly, "Lugh… you returned, but yet you did not."

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I woke up to the sound of a siren, jolting awake, and looking around in a panic. Raid? Why weren't they shouting out orders… why didn't I have that bastard shouting for me to get my lazy ass out?

It took a moment to realize where I was, and in what galaxy. I shook off the confusion, and then literally shook myself, before running to the room that I believed the Titans would be at.

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Robin said as I raced in (I'd gotten a little lost), "Someone get Tuán. His power should be…" he trailed off as I sprinted up to him, breathing slightly heavy from the long run. "I'm here."

Robin smirked, and Beast Boy called, "That was fast. Alright noobie, let's see how well you do against a real challenge, and not some lame robots, like tin-can here."

Cyborg reached over, and hit him over the head with his metallic fist. "I know you didn't just say tin-can, and compare me to those pieces of crap."

Beast Boy rubbed his head, but I wasn't paying attention to him anyway. Robin was almost studying me, then nodded. "If I give you a signal, then that means you get in there… yourself. I want to know how good you are in an actual fight, without any summoned help."

I nodded grimly, then bounced the staff on my shoulder. Robin called, "Titans, let's go," and the Titans split, each taking to their respective element. I followed Kori into the sky.

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Fang rushed out of the jewelery store, various rings and pendants hanging from his body and in a hastily-stuffed bag in his human hand.

A voice called from nowhere, "You're not going anywhere, Fang."

Fang whirled, greeted by the sight of the five assembled Titans. He growled, then started to flee, when he was cut off by a T-Rex Beast Boy on one side, a floating Starfire on another, and a ticked-looking Raven blocking the last easy escape path. Robin and Cyborg stepped forward, then charged. Fang jumped back, standing on a wall, then kicked at Cyborg with a human foot that somehow sent the heavy Titan flying, and took Robin's blow, 'wincing' slightly, before counterattacking with a whirling cyclone of legs, ducking Beast Boy's attack at the same time. Robin growled (Fang's multitude of eyes let him apparently watch all of them at once), then smirked. "Hey Fang, I got a surprise for you…" He reached into his belt, then shouted, "NOW!"

Fang, who had been using his multiple eyes to watch for an attack from the Titans, never thought to look up, since Starfire and Raven were hovering close to the ground.

It cost him, as Tuán dropped down, striking him harshly over the head with the blunt end of his staff. Fang drunkenly whirled, only to receive a smash to the ribs from the Ocisishuhyan summoner as he spun his staff around.

Fang struck at him with a spider-leg, spinning the summoner around. Tuán retaliated with an outstretched wing, which slammed into him enough to make him unsteadily take a few steps back.

The other Titans, who hadn't moved, acted. Starfire blasted him with a massive starbolt, Raven pinned his four legs with her telekinetic skills, and then a combination attack from Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin hit the half-human, half spider hybrid.

He drunkenly staggered, back, his human legs shaking. Robin finished with a sweeping kick, then hit him hard on the side of the head with his staff.

The hybrid groaned, then his eyes shut. Tuán looked down at him, then jabbed his staff forward, flicked it upward in an arc, and then struck the delicate-looking phoenix design into the ground.

Smoke poured out of the impact point, then a single flower bloomed from it. The 'flower' was obviously not from Earth, it was about as big as Beast Boy, and its leaves were a reddish tint. The inner part of the flower opened, revealing a glowing sparkle that was tiny.

The sparkle floated over the passed-out Fang, and waves of blue-colored dust covered the 'sleeping' freak. Fang inhaled some of the dust, coughed, then his body, which had shown signs of awakening, collapsed into a deep sleep. Tuán smirked, then pointed his staff at the sparkle, and twisted it in his grip so that it was pointing skyward. The sparkle faded, as did the flower. Beast Boy started to move towards the dust, when three voices shouted at the same time, "Stop!"

Raven, Starfire, and Tuán looked at each other, before Starfire said, "Beast Boy, do not touch that powder. Lugh warned me about that creature… the powder could send you into eternal sleep."

Beast Boy turned a pale green, then hastily backed away from Fang. Tuán smiled slightly, and said, "The powder is powerful, but becomes useless after a minute of exposure to… Nitrogen, you call it. I take it you have plenty in your atmosphere?"

Cyborg said, "Yeah dude. Plenty."

The blue powder, which had been glimmering in the moonlight, began to turn a deep black. Cyborg, who was carefully keeping track of how long the powder had been in the air, called, "It should be safe now…" He took a deep breath, then walked to where he was only a foot away from Fang, then pressed a few keys on his arm-panel. It took a second, then he said, "It's all clear. Scanner says the stuff's neutralized, whatever it is. Can't lock it down, keeps on messing up the scanner."

Tuán shook his head slightly. "Don't bother wasting your energy. It's very unstable, even in harmless form, no scanner could tell what it is, because it's always changing, until it degrades into a mixture of sulfur, nitrogen… dihydrogen monoxide, and a few other things, all of them 'safe enough' for living beings to handle without significant harm."

Robin asked curiously, "What about Fang?"

The winged alien blinked once, then gave an almost-human shrug. "He will live, but he also will be in this state for… I would guess a few kovaki… maybe ten days, he inhaled a multitude of the sleep powder."

The police that dealt with the metahumans the Titans fought arrived, and one of them slapped special bindings to the spider-human's legs. One of the officers asked out loud, "Who's the new guy?"

Tuán said mildly, "Refugee alien. Nothing too special."

The officer snorted, helping two others carry the 'sleeping' Fang into the truck. A scattered amount of news vans converged upon the scene, and Raven winced, before disappearing in a burst of darkness.

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I waited patiently, as Cyborg fought to get his 'car' through the mess of other vehicles blocking the way. Actually, I was waiting atop a flat surface up high (a… roof?), while he grumbled. Robin had basically ordered me to remain with Cyborg, while he, Kori, and Beast Boy went off to check something. More vehicles had arrived, most of them large and featuring numerals upon the side of their bodies, and had clogged the path of the land-based vehicle that he (Cyborg) was so fond of.

After a Earth minute, Cyborg's voice came over the spherical thing Robin hadn't reclaimed from me (the voice was issuing from one of my pockets), saying, "Hey! Summon something to give me a little room already!"

I smiled faintly, then did as ordered, performing the summoning call with the required 'posing'. A being that resembled the Terran bull (except much larger) solidified among the blocking vehicles. It looked toward me, then rammed a vehicle with its head, knocking it back. It knocked several more vehicles back, clearing enough room for Cyborg's vehicle, then I unsummoned it. Cyborg's vehicle raced forward, then the mechanical human stuck his head out, calling, "Dude, hop in, I'll give you a lift!"

Amused, I flew down, and 'hopped in'. I had to lean forward not to force my wings into a rather… cramped position, but otherwise it was not that bad.

Cyborg turned, gave me something humans probably call a 'demonic smirk', then pressed his foot hard onto something, making the vehicle accelerate.

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Cyborg's vehicle arrived at the Tower, and he said, "Alright, everybody out. I wanna see the instant replays."

I arched an eyebrow, and followed him inside. What was he talking about?

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The flat screen showed the images of the Titans fighting Fang, then Robin's retreat, and call of "NOW!"

The representation of myself dropped from the sky, and smashed him several times with a staff, knocking the being back, then the Titans struck. Finally, my past self struck the staff into the ground, and a hard-to-see flicker floated over the… Fang's body, waves of blue powder settling over him.

The flicker disappeared when my past self motioned, and the Titans and myself spoke softly in a group.

The imagery faded, and the woman's image returned. "The newcomer, shown in the image, is said to be the 'Guardian Angel' that has been sighted in several nearby towns. The Titans did not comment, but it appears that there could be a new Titan in the making… though his powers seem to be rather difficult to determine."

Cyborg snorted, then burst out in a laugh, as he looked at me. "Aw man, jeez! Special mission my ass, Robin just didn't want to deal with the reporters!"

I shook my head, and said in confusion, "Difficult to determine? A… ko'mora appears amidst their vehicles, knocks them out of the way of your vehicle, and I get into it, yet they cannot determine my powers?"

Cyborg chuckled again. "Yeah, everyone expects you to be swinging a sword, and changing in Latin about God's wrath."

I shook my head. "My people believe in multiple deities. There is no singular 'god' that I follow… so you will not hear me chanting anything of the sort… I hope that isn't a problem."

Cyborg looked towards the hallway, then said, "It's cool. So long as you aren't sacrificing virgins or something…" He gave me a gaze that translated into 'you'd better not be'.

I shook my head. "I don't follow that god. His following died out, we mostly respect the gods and goddesses of light and nature, rather than darkness and evil. Especially… Tri'gon… urgh, he is one of our least respected gods now, especially since he manifested."

Cyborg's human eye widened. "Trigon? As in the demon Trigon? The source of all darkness?"

I nodded. "If that is what you humans call him, yes. He had a following… they even managed to bring him to our world, ages past. We managed to drive him out… my naka… namesake, helped in the effort."

Cyborg gave a human gesture called a 'wince'. "We've dealt with him… sorry your people did too."

I said gently, "We have the advantage of being able to summon… or unsummon beings, so you should save your sorrow for your own kind, in having to face that menace. He was sent back to his realm by a conclave of summoners, who pooled their powers to undo the bindings that let him remain on our world, and warriors who stalled him to 'buy time'. It was supposedly a rather embarrassing defeat for him."

Cyborg chuckled weakly, and said, "I hear ya." He turned back to the flat screen, using a small device to make it flick to different images.

My stomach rumbled, and I flushed slightly, before walking towards the pathway that I knew led to the roof. "I will go eat, since there is apparently enough time."

Cyborg waved, and I walked out.

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About a minute after Tuán had left, Cyborg blinked, and realized what the alien had said. Cyborg looked over toward the kitchen, and no Tuán. He was heading back to that 'hideout' he'd mentioned before.

Cyborg checked his arm mounded display, that showed the location of the titan communicators. The gift version that Tuán had (temporarily) was in the middle of the park. It remained motionless, then disappeared.

"Son of a… he wasn't joking."

Robin and Starfire walked in, the two of them holding each other's hand. Cyborg remained quiet about that (the two of them were touchy about it), but said as he watched the TV, "Tuán took off. Said something about getting something to eat. Dude wasn't kidding about the communicators, he disappeared in the middle of the city park."

Starfire giggled. "He never jokes…" she trailed off, then corrected almost sadly, "He never has made attempts at humor that were particularly successful."

Beast Boy started laughing, and the awkward couple let go of each other, Robin blushing slightly, though Starfire didn't seem abashed. "Good one Star. Him never joking…"

Starfire had a serious face, as she replied, "I was not attempting 'the joke'."

Beast Boy froze, in mid-laugh. Cyborg shook his head, watching the news, listening in with an electronic ear. "Dude's got issues, BB. We talked about it before."

Beast Boy muttered something to himself, then left the room, leaving behind a slightly frowning Cyborg, a blank-faced Robin, and a less-than-enthusiastic Starfire.