Chapter 7: Extra Terrestrial
It was a cold, summer day when the unexpected happened. An unidentified flying object had entered the Earth's atmosphere at around noon.
"They were headed straight for the western coast of the United States," said the news reporter, "To be specific, of the coast of San Francisco, California."
The important thing is, that's the location of the Teen Titans main base and home, Titans Tower…
The ship was made out of a shiny, grey metal that looked to be as close to indestructible as you can get. The people of planet Earth had no idea who or what was inside this vast space craft, or what was in store for planet Earth and/or what news would they bring.
When the ship landed on the roof of Titans Tower, the Teen Titans had no idea that they had arrived, why they had arrived, who they were, how they got there, where they came from, or even what they were.
The ship's door slid open, and a long stairway came down from the doorway and hit the ground, creating a long lift to get off the ship. Two tall, dark figures walked up to the doorway. One of them was familiar to one of the Titans, his name is Ph'yzzon.
Ph'yzzon was dressed in the regular Tamaranean clothing instead of the battle armor. The second man is also familiar to one of the Titans. He had orange skin, like the usual Tamaranean did. He had curly red hair and green eyes. He was very fit, just like the man standing next to him, Ph'yzzon.
They walked off the ship and the stairway retracted back onto the ship, and then the door slid shut. They walked up to the door that led from the roof to the rest of Titans Tower. They entered the main room.
The Titans were sitting around a table, eating lunch when the intruders entered the room. They just stopped and stared. But, Starfire flew out of her chair and in front of their new guests.
"Ah, Ph'yzzon! It's been a decade since we have last met! How are you doing?" Starfire said, and then remembered their last meeting, and gasped, "How is Tamaran doing?"
"Ah-" Ph'yzzon said, but could not finish because Starfire saw the other man standing next to Ph'yzzon.
"Nooba gulshtik Koriand'r sol," said the man.
Ph'yzzon saw that Starfire didn't know who this was, so he said, "Um. Starfire, Hesbad rutha Ryand'r kank!."
Starfire gasped and embraced the other man, "Oh. Sunfire, it's been so long since I've seen you," she said, breaking the hug, "Come. You and Ph'yzzon must make yourselves at home and sit down with us for the meeting."
The Titans and their guests gathered around the couch in front of the television in the main room.
"In order to start the meeting, I believe and introduction will be most predominant," Starfire, "This is Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans. He's good at martial arts and has many useful combat gadgets."
Starfire continued, "This is Raven, the magical sorceress. She come from the other dimension know as Azarath. She has various mind based telekinetic powers, but she's not very friendly. It would be wise to stay on her good side. cough…if she has any…cough"
"This is Cyborg, he's half man, half machine. He is very intelligent when it comes to the building of things, he also has a sonic cannon in his arm, which would be best if not pointed at you," continued Starfire.
"And last, but certainly not least, is Beast Boy. He can change into any animal, whether it be alive, extinct, made-up, or foreign. He also tells many jokes, although not all of them make me laugh…" Starfire continued.
"And now, I introduce my other friends for Tamaran. This is Ph'yzzon, he is one of the many the battle commanders of Tamaran. He is a Tamaranean hunk who is good at sports, video games, cooking, academics, writ-" Starfire said.
Robin interrupted, getting a little jealous, "Um, I think that's enough Starfire. Tell us about your other friend here."
"Oh yes, indeed. This is my younger brother, Sunfire," Starfire said.
"Brother? You never told us you had a brother. We thought you only had a sister," said the other Titans in unison.
"Hehe. Well, he was supposed to be on a investigation fleet that went around the entire galaxy, and was not suppose to return until today. I almost forgot," Starfire said.
"Yes, and when I returned home, it was not the type of homecoming I had expected," Sunfire said, "You see, after you had run Blackfire off of Tamaran, there have been lots of weird things happening."
Ph'yzzon continued for him, "Gordanian ships patrolled the skies of Tamaran, but never landed for a fight, which was to be expected most of the time. Locrix's began to land on Tamaran, and we've been having a few attacks from them."
Sunfire said, "The entire galaxy is falling apart, and we think it is all surrounded by our sister, Blackfire. She is creating alliances with many of out galactic enemies. We have created one alliance though, with the people of Vernathia."
Starfire gasped and said, "Val-Yor!"
Ph'yzzon said, "Yes. Val-Yor is the one who excepted the alliance. He is the new Battle Commander of Vernathia, who is also under attack by Citadel and the planet's alliances."
"Well, anyway, Ph'yzzon and I believe a Civil War is about to break out which is the reason of why we've come," Sunfire said.
"If this does occur, we will need your assistance," Ph'yzzon said, "If we call for you, will you fly up to Tamaran and help us?"
"We'd be more than happy to help," Robin said.
"Good, we will star-" Sunfire said, but was cut off from the alert signal in the tower.
Raven flew over to the main computer and began to type and look at the screen.
"Two unidentified flying objects, coming straight towards the tower," Raven said.
"They must have followed us," Ph'yzzon said.
"Titans, to the roof!" Robin yelled.
The Titans, Ph'yzzon, and Sunfire went to the roof to find, just like predicted, two large space ships coming towards them. They were two large, silver space ships looking like a cross between a bat and a sting ray.
"The Locrix," Cyborg said, remembering their past conflict with the alien creatures.
The Locrix ships came closer and closer until they almost hit the Tower. Suddenly, Sunfire and Ph'yzzon jumped on top of the ships and steered them away from the tower and on the ground in front.
Starfire grabbed Cyborg and flew down, and Raven grabbed Robin and flew down. Beasy Boy turned into a bird and flew down.
About three Locrix came out of each ship. The Titans watched for a while, but then the Locrix fired lasers out of their eyes. Starfire, Ph'yzzon, and Sunfire were able to move out of the way, but the rest of the Titans were captured in an energy confiding barrier.
Unable to destroy the barrier, Starfire, Ph'yzzon, and Sunfire began to attack.
"Haaa!" Starfire shot lots of starbolts at the Locrix who were now moving towards them.
Ph'yzzon began to throw his form of energy: Redbolts. They were red, just like in the name, and they were very big and hot!
Because, Tamaranean males cannot shoot eye lasers, they are able to harness their energy to their finger tips, releasing a beam of energy.
Ph'yzzon shot finger beams, creating slices and dents in the Locrix armor. Sunfire threw orange sunbolts at the Locrix, whixh were extremely hotter than redbolts.
"Stop, we mean you no harm!" came a Locrix mechanical voice, "We are here in terms of Blackfire. Which one of you is Starfire?"
Starfire was a bit scared, but said, "I am," and walked up to them.
"Good, so you are ok, and in good health," asked the Locrix.
Starfire was a bit confused, "Um. Yes…"
"Alright, we have a lot more to do, we must leave back for Citadel," said the Locrix, as the other ones boarded the ships.
"Wait, you are staying at the Gordanian fortress of Citadel?" Starfire asked.
"Yes, along with all the other followers of the gracious Blackfire," said the Locrix.
He walked into his ship and both of the ships took off and they were no longer visible. Ph'yzzon and Sunfire used but their redbolts and sunbolts to make white heat, and melt the barrier. All of them went back to the main room of the tower.
"Dude, you never told us that their were more enemies living on the Gordanian planet," Beast Boy said.
"We never got the chance to," said Sunfire, "All of them live on the planet, the Locrix, the Psionian Guardians, the warlords of Okaara, all enemies of Tamaran."
Ph'yzzon said, "All we have is the Vernathians and now the Humans. Also, all the Tamaraneans."
"What about Galfore?" Starfire asked, "And why did the Locrix want to just see how I'm doing?"
"Galfore is fine. He wanted to come, but he had to stay on Tamaran as grand ruler, just incase an attack," Sunfire said, "I have no idea, but somehow, some reason why, Blackfire wants you to be alive and well."
Ph'yzzon looked sad as he said, "I'm upset to say this, but I believe Earth will be under attack or have cruising space ships pass by, because you are now in alliance with us."
"But, do not fear. We will check on you time to time," Sunfire said.
Alert! Alert!
The trouble alert signal ringed again, and just like before, Raven ran over to the monitor to see what the trouble exactly was.
"More space ships landing in the city," she said.
"I told you. Fast, we must move out," Ph'yzzon said.
"We'll take the ship. It will get us there faster," Sunfire suggested.
"Quickly everybody, to the roof," Ph'yzzon said.
The Titans listened and they took off in the space ship, heading for the city. They landed in a street of screaming people.
Three vast purplish ships came down onto the street. Many large, blue people, in war armor, came out of the doorway. They all locked reasonably old, with raggy skin and white hair and beards.
"We come for the co called Teen Titans," said the seemingly leader.
He had a crown like hat, and purple clothing.
Robin was about to walk forward and tell him that they were the Teen Titans, but Ph'yzzon held him back and said, "What if they don't come?"
"Then prepare for the entire planets annihilation," said the leader.
"Who exactly are you?" asked Starfire.
"Foolish Tamaranean, you don't even know who I am? I am Guronddar, lead warlord of Okaara," said Guronddar.
This time, Robin was not held back, "We are the Teen Titans, and we will come with you," he said.
"Good, good. Well, come along then," said Guronddar as his men and he entered the ships, followed by the confused Teen Titans, Sunfire, and Ph'yzzon.
Inside was purple and futuristic, much like the outside. There were lots of experiments going on, along with many Okaarans observing them.
"Here is the experimental lobby, most of our experiments and science and technology involved activities occur," said Guronddar.
"Why aren't any other Okaarans talking?" Robin asked.
"Because I am the only Oraakan who can speak English," Guronddar said.
"Are you here because of Blackfire?" Starfire said while readying her starbolts.
"Calm down young Tamaranean, we are actually here against Blackfire's orders. We are here to warn you. Warn you of the perils that lay ahead for Earth," Guronddar said.
"As you may know, we hate the Gordanians, but Blackfire has gained so much power, we had to join them or end up without a planet," Guronddar said.
"So, your acting as double agents," Robin said.
"Not quite. We are simply giving you the heads up," Guronddar said.
"Blackfire has yet to bring her main plan out in the open, but she plans to create a war, making both Earth and Tamaran under her control, for some strange reason that is not known yet," Guronddar said.
"Blackfire has many forces, and many planets under her control, so she pretty much has the upper hand, but if you, as in Tamaran, Vernathia, and the Teen Titans, train to work harder, you may have a chance of beating her once and for all," Guronddar said.
"Wait, how do you know we have alliances with Vernathia and the Teen Titans," Ph'yzzon said looking a little shocked.
"Blackfire has her sources, and you came to Earth to meet up with the Teen Titans, I'm sure you didn't come for a tea party," Guronddar said sarcastically.
The Teen Titans were quiet, but the silence was broken by Guronddar's voice.
"Well, then. Come along," Guronddar said as he lead them to the next room in the ship.
The next room was vast, yet empty. It looked very well tarnished, with beautiful draperies fit for a king or queen. There were two guards, protecting the doorway. The only thing was a large, long table in the middle of the room, with about ten chairs and a beautiful crimson velvet table covering cloth.
"Now, now. Have a seat," Guronddar said.
The Titans listened, and everyone sat in a chair at the table. Guronddar sat in the only chair at the far end of the table.
"This is simple, we cannot help you on the battlefield, because it is greatly observed by Blackfire," Guronddar said, "But, we can help you outside the battlefield."
"What do you mean?" Starfire asked.
"What do you mean, what do I mean? I am going to help you right now, of course," Guronddar said, "I would hate to see Blackfire win."
"I have been watching you Titans for a long time, because you had some connection with Blackfire," Guronddar said, "and, I have prepared certain items that will help you in battle."
"First, Robin," Guronddar said, "Hold out your retractable bo staff."
Robin held out his bo staff as ordered, and Guronddar examined it very closely.
"Yes. Yes, just as I thought," he said to himself, "I will give you a new bo staff, one that is very compact, but it will stretch to any length possible. In fact, if you wanted to, you could reach from here to Tamran, not that you should."
He handed Robin a smaller bo staff from his pocket and returned his old one as well. He also pulled out a big alien boomerang device.
"An indestructible birdarang. It blows up on contact, but always comes back to you," Guronddar said, and Robin looked very pleased with his new gadgets.
Robin smiled, "Thank you!"
"No problem. Now Raven… You were a bit hard. In times of war, it will be very hard to concentrate. So, I give you an ancient Okaaran necklace. It will store energy and concentration, so your powers will be at their fullest," Guronddar said, holding out the necklace he was wearing.
Raven took the necklace and put it around her neck without saying a word.
"Now, Cyborg," Guronddar said, "Here's two expansion plates. They will enlarge your sonic cannon's size along with length. You can take out tons of men with one shot."
Cyborg took the plates and attached them to the top of his forearms.
"Ah yes, Beast Boy," Guronddar said, "Here is a energy saving bracelet. No matter which animal you transform into, or how long you remain that animal, as long as you wear this bracelet, you can remain that animal for as long as you want."
"Cool, dude," Beast Boy said as he put on the bracelet.
"And now, Starfire," Guronddar said, "I give you the tear of X'hal, the battle goddess. It is a stone that will give you unspeakable power in battle, as long as you hold it in your possession. It will enhance strength, speed, stamina, defense, and every other battle attribute."
Starfire gasped, "X'hal's tear! Her power, as mine! Unspeakable! Unbelievable!"
"Alright before we part, I must tell you, only use these items while in the battle with Tamaran," Guronddar said, "also any questions need to be asked, ask them now."
"Do we get anything to help us in battle?" Sunfire asked.
"Yes, if you would like, stay with us, and we will help you train to become stronger, we are expert battlers," Guronddar said.
"Sure, let me just go contact Galfore," Sunfire said as he left the room.
"Um, I have a question Mr. Guronddar," Starfire said, "Before Locrix came to Earth just to see if I was feeling alright, they were sent by Blackfire. What does this mean?"
"I'm not sure, but I think you are the key part in Blackfire's master plan. So, she wants you alive and well… For now at least… Now, Titans you must leave. Farwell, and good luck to what lies ahead!" Guronddar said.
The Teen Titans left and returned back to the Tower. Sunfire returned from the room.
"Galfore's alright. No recent attacks. He's ok with us staying here," Sunfire said.
"Good, good. Now, I must tell you what I did not tell the Titans," Guronddar said," Blackfire plans to rule over Earth, kill everyone, and make it a new Tamaran. She will move all the Tamaraneans to the Earth, and blow up Tamaran with Galfore. She will make New Tamaran her dictatorship. And somehow, through all of this, Starfire is part of this, and her life is definitely at stake!"
Sunfire and Ph'yzzon gasped, and the ship took off.