Chapter 6: The Lillum
"There seems to be a child in your care, whom I'd like to see," said a strange person.
The person was completely covered by a long over-coat. Her face was covered by a purple hood. When you tried to look into her face, all you would see is black nothingness.
"Alright, so does this child have a name?" the woman at the desk asked, sounding a little annoyed by this person's cryptic appearance and personality.
The enigmatic woman was inside the lobby of the Kentucky Orphanage. She was speaking to the attendant who worked behind the main desk. She was a short, plump woman. She wore glasses and a long lilac skirt. She wore a pink shirt, and a small, thin purple jacket to match her skirt.
"Yes. She does, indeed," said the mysterious woman, "Clay. Lilith Clay."
"I see, well, come with me," said the attendant, and she got up and began to walk towards a door over on the left.
She opened the door and held it. She made a swift hand gesture to signal that the guest may enter, and she did, followed by the attendant. The door then shut. They began to walk down a hallway full of doors, while talking.
"This occupant, Lilith Clay, she told me someone would be coming for her. Normally, I wouldn't believe her, but after some strange circumstances, it's hard not to," said the attendant.
"Like, what do you mean," said the strange woman, she was much taller than the attendant so she had to look down to talk to her.
"Oh, I don't know. Weird things, like, the other day, she said this boy, Joey's, hamster would die. And, first thing you know, you wake up to a screaming boy complaining that his hamster was not breathing in his cage," the attendant said.
"Oh, so what do you think? Do you think Lilith might have killed the pet?" said the enigmatic lady.
"Oh, god no. Though a little spacey and somewhat weird sometimes, she's really a sweet and pure girl, she just might be a little confused, and is looking for help in all the wrong places. Well, here we are," said the attendant as she searched her pocket for a key.
She finally found the right key and stuck it into the keyhole. She twisted the key and pulled it out, opening the door.
"Lilith, Lilith. You have a visiter," said the attendant.
On a bed on the far side of a completely white room, under a window, was a girl reading a book. She had long, crimson hair sprawled against the blanket. She had a short, tight pink dress with two large lines of black on it. She had long, black boots and black gloves, both tipped by a beautiful orange color. She had gorgeous blue eyes the shone as the sunlight entered the room via the window.
She put down the book and looked towards the door. She looked unimpressed, as she stared at the two strange people standing in her doorway.
"Well, I guess I'll leave you two alone. Well, I'll see you later," said the attendant as she put her hand on the doorknob.
"Oh yes, thank you very much," said the strange woman.
"No problem," the attendant said while exiting the room and returning to her post at the front desk.
The enigmatic lady took off her hood, revealing a bright orange face. She had long red hair. She looked like a teenage alien, tall and slender.
"Hello Starfire from the Teen Titans," said Lilith.
"I see you know my name. Anyway, we are in need of your assistance," Starfire said.
"How do you think Starfire's doing on this mission?" Robin asked his other temates.
The Teen Titans boys were on the beach in front of their tower. Robin and Cyborg were playing volleyball and Beast Boy was tanning. Raven was somewhere in her room, meditating.
"She'll be fine. She's a big girl," Cyborg said nonchalantly.
"Yes. Well, this is a big mission. There's no telling what this Lilith girl is capable of and what side she's really on," Robin said.
"Don't worry so much, Robin. Star can handle her own," Beast Boy said, he had sunglasses on and held a light reflector on his chest, pointed at his face.
"Yea I guess so…" Robin said, but was then hit in the head by the volleyball.
Cyborg and Beast Boy burst into laughter, while Robin lied on the floor, massaging the big bump on his head.
"Whoops. My bad," said Cyborg.
Cyborg and Beast Boy had finally stopped laughing, when a small black dot came headed from the sky down towards the tower, extremely fast. Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy cuffed their hands over their heads to block the sunlight and increase their visibility of the object.
"Get out of the way!" Robin screamed, and his teamates and he jumped out of the way.
Starfire landed on the ground carrying Lilith on her back. She let go of Lilith and she went down on the ground, and then joined Starfire by her side.
"Hello my friends. I have been victorious! My mission has been a success!" Starfire exclaimed.
"So, I'm guessing this is Lilith," Beast Boy said. He put his sunglasses above his forehead and was now off the chair. He didn't have the light reflector either.
"Yes. And believe me, it was no easy job getting her here," Starfire said exhaustedly.
"Yea," this time it was Lilith's turn to speak, "First, Starfire decides to make a hole in the wall, but then Marianne, the attendant walks in and tries to stop us from leaving. Starfire was like 'hop on my back' and I was like 'ok', so I jumped on her back. She ran through the hole she made and was out running Marianne.
"But then, the police came. I was trying to run faster than their cars, but it was to no prevail," Starfire said.
"So then I was like 'can't you fly?' And she was like 'oh yeah!' So then, we flew away and came here," finished Lilith, she had a slightly low, yet charming voice.
Starfire and Lilith began to laugh hard as they recalled their weird adventure. They had become fast friends.
"Alright. Anyway, there is a reason we called you here, and we'll discuss these matters inside," Robin told her.
All the Titans and Lilith met in the main room of Titans Tower. They all sat on a circular table next to the kitchen.
"Alright you may know that there is a certain 'monster' attacking the city at night. They are known as the Lillum. We have no idea how to beat them, we can't even seem to find them. We thought you may have some connection to the attacks or had the powers to help stop them," Robin said.
"Well, I really have no idea what these Lillum things are. Their not even spelled like my name, L-I-L-I-T-H, only two L's, not three," Lilith said.
"I see. Well, anyway, getting back on the subject, no one has actually seen the Lillum. They've just been classified as unknown creatures creating mischief and havoc at night-time," Robin said.
"I can't even tell what they are exactly," said Raven.
"Well, we do have some ideas as to what these things are," Beast Boy said, "They could be nocturnal, intergalactic aliens that have made Earth their new home. Or, they could be some people dressed up in creature suits trying to mask their true identity. Or, they could just be kids who enjoy having fun by destroying the city."
"Well, I can tell you put a lot of thought into this," said Raven.
"Anyway, It's almost night, we were wondering if you could help us Lilith. So will you become a Titan for this occasion," Robin said, holding out a communicator.
Lilith stared at the yellow communicator. She stared at the black antenna and the T on the middle of the screen. She thought for one more minute before agreeing to help the Titans.
"Glorious," Starfire said, "We will be having so much amusement together."
"Alright, it's 8:00. Titans move out," Robin said and the Titans split up in groups of two, down separate roads in the city.
Robin and Lilith began to walk down the dimly lit street looking for any signs of mysterious disturbances. The road was blocked by ruble and debris.
"They must have been here. Quickly, we have to get over this pile of debris," said Robin as he ran towards the pile.
"Hold on," Lilith said as she closed her eyes and put her hands on her head.
She telepathically moved the debris from the pile. The road was clear once again. They ran down the rest of the street.
Robin and Lilith stopped to the sound of echoing laughter. They had met a dead end. The laughter continued to get louder.
"Who's there?" Lilith asked loudly, hoping for a response.
The laughter continued until the cackling voice began to speak, "Who am I?" it said mockingly, "Why, I'm the highest leave on top a tree. I am the lowest point in a place filled with chaos."
"What?" Lilith said looking very confused.
"He's speaking in riddles," Robin said.
"Where are you?" Lilith asked, hoping for another response.
The voice spoke again, "Where am I?" it said mockingly again, "Why, I'm in the mind of a madman. I am in the highest point on the sane scale."
"Ugh. I can't take this anymore. Why is he doing this?" Lilith asked Robin.
"He's doing this because he is a master at mind illusions," Robin said, "And in order to defeat him, we have to crack his riddles."
"This should be fun," Lilith said sarcastically.
Beast Boy and Raven walked down this oddly bright street. The street lamps were brighter than usual, giving the street a heavenly appearance.
"This is odd," Raven said.
"Odd indeed," said a voice from behind them.
They were shocked, so they looked behind them and saw Dr. Light and Gizmo.
"Gizmo, where are your loser friends?" Beast Boy asked.
"And, why are you hanging out with this dim-wit?" Raven asked.
"That's none of your business Booger Boy. And I happened to run into Dr. Light on my stroll in the park, so deal with it," Gizmo said as he pushed a button on his controller, making wings pop out from the sides of his backpack.
"Oh, so it's a fight you want, huh? Well, you looking in the right place," Beast Boy said while cracking his knuckles.
Beast Boy turned into an elephant and charged towards Gizmo, who quickly dodged him by flying away. Beat Boy turned into an eagle and soar after him.
"Great. Now I'm stuck with him," Raven said sounding disappointed.
"What's wrong with me? I'm just as strong as that twerp over there," Dr. Light said, annoyed.
"Yes, but your not as smart. Do you remember exactly what I can do to you?" Raven said.
Her cloak got bigger, and pitch black tentacles came swirling out of it. She was now taller than Dr. Light , and the insides of her cloak were completely black. She blinked, and her eyes went into a crimson color.
"Nice try, but Dr. Light has gotten over this fear," he said while beaming light rays from his hands into her cloak.
The light made a holy sound as it penetrated the darkness.
Raven screamed in a low voice, "Nooo!" as her features began to turn back to normal.
Before she knew it, she was on the ground, gasping for breath.
"You!" she yelled as she telepathically threw cars at him.
Gizmo was dodging the constant attempts of Beast Boy trying to bite him. Eventually, Gizmo shot energy blasts at him from the back of his backpack. One of them hit Beast Boy, and he fell on the ground. Gizmo stopped and went down to the fallen Beast Boy.
Gizmo stared down at the eagle Beast Boy, smiling, and said, "Look at that, one energy blast, and Booger-Boy is down for the count."
Gizmo began to laugh, but just then Beast Boy transformed into a cheetah and bit off his wings. Beast Boy changed back to normal and held Gizmo up by the back of his shirt.
Beast Boy said, smiling, "It's gonna take a little more to beat me…"
"Rotten gunk-sniffer," Gizmo mumbled under his breath.
Black cars continued to be hurled at Dr. Light, while he kept slicing them in half with his light whip.
"Poor Raven. Losing to the man she thought she never would," Dr. Light said, "Come on, keep this up. I can slice all day long!"
"Grrr," she said as she pulled out the street lamps and hurled them at him.
"You won't win this time Dr. Light," Raven said with a smirk.
"What makes you so sure abo-" Dr. Light said, but couldn't finish his sentence, because he was being electrocuted by the wires from the lamp post. He fell to the ground.
"Ugh. My plans have been fried… again," Dr. Light said.
His suit was all beat up and destroyed.
Starfire and Cyborg walked down a completely black street. There were no lamp posts, or they simply were just not on.
"Where are we? And, why is it so dark?" Starfire asked.
"To be honest, Star, I have no idea," replied Cyborg.
"To be honest, you fell into our trap," replied a voice.
One street lamp went on and shone on Jinx and Mammoth.
"Jinx? Mammoth? What are you guys doing here?" Cyborg asked.
Jinx blushed and said, "Well, we were sick of Gizmo being a glory hog ass the time, so we decided to go out exploring by ourselves."
"Well, you have gone exploring in the wrong place," Starfire said, readying her starbolts.
"Really, cause I don't think so," Mammoth said.
Starfire shot three starbolts at him, knocking him aback. Starfire flew towards Mammoth.
Cyborg readied his sonic cannon, when Jinx threw some jinx waves at him.
"That was for lying to the entire academy," she said as she threw even more.
Mammoth began to throw punches at Starfire, but she dodged them. She threw some more starbolts and she shot some eye lasers occasionally, until Mammoth was completely worn out.
Cyborg jumped and ran to dodge Jinx's jinx waves. He tried to shoot sonic blasts as much as possible. Jinx was hit head on with the blasts.
Jinx threw one more jinx wave before crashing to the ground, passed out from exhaustion.
"Do you have any idea what he was talking about?" Lilith asked Robin as they walked around.
"I think. If I'm not mistaken he gave us the opposite information," Robin said.
"What do you mean?" asked Lilith.
"When he told us who he was, he was telling us where he was. And, when he told us where he was, he told us who he was," Robin said.
Lilith looked confused, but said, "So, who and where is he?"
"I'm not 100 sure where he is, but I think I know who he is," Robin said.
"Sooo, who is he?" Lilith asked again.
"He is Psimon. The criminal, madman mastermind," Robin said.
"Very good my little playmates," Psimon's voice said, "But you have yet to track me down, eh?"
"Actually no. Your hiding at the top floor of Madame Peace and Tranquility's Tea Leave Salon," Robin said, "Your at the highest leave on top a tree, lowest point in a place filled with chaos."
Psimon's voice stopped.
"Come on, inside," Robin told Lilith as they ran into Peace and Tranquility's Tea Leave Salon.
They found the stairs and began to run up them, to the top. They found a door at the top, most likely leading to the roof. They entered.
There he was, Psimon, standing with his back turned looking up at the sky. His eyes were shut. He was old and had pointy ears. He wore black and dark purple clothing and had his arms crossed. His eyes were closed, but his head was titled toward the moonlit sky.
Psimon opened his eyes, but didn't turn around to look at them. Robin and Lilith just stood there.
"Yes, you have come. The leader of the Teen Titans and the orphan with powers that so closely resemble mine," Psimon said, still turned away from them.
"What are you doing?" Robin said.
"What? What's wrong with staring at the moon on a beautiful summer night? Nothing, I tell you. Sometimes I pull pranks on people, like I did to you two, but I don't do it often, or to hurt anyone," Psimon said.
"Then why? You're an evil criminal mastermind? Why are you not creating havoc?" Lilith said.
"Because, I truly am not evil," Psimon said.
"Yea, I'll believe that," Robin said sarcastically.
Robin got out his communicator and called the other Titans.
"You call for backup and yet, there is not battle to be fought," Psimon said.
This time he turned around, he looked sad.
"You are making me angry and annoyed. You will not like me when I am angry," Psimon said.
Psimon put his hands on his head, which encased a brain. He telepathically called out to any villain around and he teleported them beside him. There they were line up: Jinx, Psimon, Dr. Light, Mammoth, and Gizmo. Alone they were pathetic, but together they had a somewhat of a fearsome aura surrounding them.
Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg came through the door when Psimon yelled. His skin color began to turn reddish and he eyes glowed in a yellow color.
"Now I am a true super villain," Psimon said while floating in the middle of the sky.
Psimon psychically restored Gizmo's wings and Dr. Light's suit. He also restored Mammoth's and Jinx's fatigue.
"Titans Go!" Robin said and the Titans and Lilith moved out.
Raven and Lilith psychically threw crowbars and pipes from the roof at the five super villains, but Psimon quickly passed them back, hitting the two super heroines to the ground.
Robin got out his bo staff and extended it. Cyborg readied his sonic cannon and Starfire readied her starbolts. Beast Boy transformed into a rhino, and Raven and Lilith got back up to their feet.
"Face it Titans, you cannot defeat us. Jinx, if you will," Psimon said and Jinx threw large jinx waves at the teens.
Robin jumped out of the way and was about to hit Psimon with his bo staff, when he stops Robin telepathically mid-air and throws him back.
"Gizmo, Mammoth, attack! Jinz and Dr. Light stay back and keep firing light and jinx waves," Psimon told his little group.
Gizmo and Mammoth moved out for Starfire and Raven who flew out of the way of the two attacks. Mammoth and Gizmo collided and were easily knocked out.
Dr. Light and Jinx did as ordered and kept attacking Beast Boy and Cyborg from a distance. Cyborg shot his sonic cannon which intercepted the light ray and hit Dr. Light, knocking him off the roof. Beast Boy dodged the jinx blasts and knocked Jinx off the rood to join Dr. Light.
Robin and Lilith charged for Psimon. Robin threw a bunch or electrical disks, but Psimon made a barrier and the disks exploded.
"It is no use, physical attacks cannot harm me," Psimon said.
"Yea, he's right Robin. Stay back," Lilith said as she put her hands on her head and Psimon did the same.
They had a 'psychic battle' trying to defeat one another. It was definitely a flip-flop battle. First Lilith had the lead, hen Psimon, then Lilith again.
Psychic electricity came between the two and soon after, everything blew up in smoke.
The smoke cleared and the Titans could see that both Lilith and Psimon were gone.
They got the police to take Jinx, Mammoth, Gizmo, and Dr. Light away to prison, and then they went home, confused, and disappointed.
"So I guess Psimon was creating all the mischief and havoc, and people couldn't see him or know who he was so they created a rumor and classified him as a creature known as a 'Lillum'," Robin said.
"But we still don't know where Lilith and he went to," Beast Boy said.
Starfire didn't talk at all. She missed and lost a valuable new friend. All she could think was what the woman said to her the other day, "She just might be a little confused, and looking for help in all the wrong places."
It just kept repeating itself in her head while the other Titans talked…
"You can be stronger, child. You just need more training and practice. Training and practice only I can give you," said an evil voice.
"Yes, I understand," said Lilith.
"Good, good, things are indeed coming along smoothly. We will make out move in the future. Even though this time is far in the future, it does not mean we cannot prepare early," said Slade.