Chapter 12: Battle For The Universe

Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy approached through the sliding door. They entered the living room, yawning and still half-asleep. It wasn't even dawn break yet, because they could see the sun was not up from the large window.

In front of the couch, they saw Robin. He looked determined while he paced back and forth next to the monitor. He didn't even notice that his fellow teammates had entered the room.

"Uh… Robin…" Raven said, making Robin aware of their presence. Robin looked up at them, but he didn't say anything.

"Um… Dude, why did you call us down here at 4 A.M.!" Beast Boy shouted. He had blood-shot eyes, because he was usually sleeping until around lunch time. Robin still remained quiet.

"Man. We know your not still asleep, Robin. Why don't you just talk?" Cyborg asked, who seemed to still be tired, but the most awake out of the three Titans who had just awoken.

Beast Boy, finally noticing something odd, said, "Hey! Where's Starfire?" Raven and Cyborg looked around to see some sort of trace of the alien Titan, but she was not present with them.

Robin finally spoke, in a worried tone, "That's just it. She's gone." The other Titans gasped as Robin stared at them, still looking slightly worried.

"It's time, guys," Robin said.

Meanwhile, Starfire looked dismally at the bottom of her prison cell. She was in a different costume, which was black and similar to her sisters. She wore an odd, silver head piece, and her hands were cuffed in large gauntlets. It was just like old times, when she was first captured by the Gordanians.

(Fade to song)

When there's trouble you know who to call
Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all
Teen Titans!

When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
'Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol
Teen Titans GO!

With their superpowers they unite
Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked
Teen Titans!

They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
'Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO!

1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. Go!
Teen Titans!

"What do you think happened to her?" Beast Boy asked. The three Titans were now fully awake, and sitting around the couch. Robin continued to pace in front of them.

"I'm not positive, but I think I have a hunch," Robin said, "I think the time for Blackfire to strike is now." Robin clenched his fist as his eyes squinted in anger.

"So, do you think Blackfire took her?" Raven asked.

"I'm really not sure," Robin said, "But we know she is in space. We'll leave in the T-Ship and then we'll try to contact Ph'yzzon and Sunfire." He left the room without saying anything more, or even letting his teammates say anything. The other Titans shrugged and left behind him.

They now entered the T-Ship's lauch pad, and assembled within it. Starfire's capsule was left empty. The T-Ship was pointing upwards, to the ceiling and the sky beyond it.

"All units set," Cyborg said, pushing a few buttons and flipping a few switches in his capsule.

"All systems go!" Beast Boy exclaimed, looking excited.

"Teen Titans Go!" Robin shouted and pushed a large red button in his capsule. The roof opened up, and the T-Ship rose higher and higher, until it took off into the morning sky. Soon, they passed the clouds and atmosphere and finally arrived in space.

Robin switched on a staticy monitor in his capsule, "Titans to Sunfire and Ph'yzzon. Are you there? Do you read me?" Soon, the screen turned to the face of Starfire's younger brother, Sunfire.

He had orange skin, just like his sister, along with her green eyes. He had short, curly hair and a similar costume to Starfire. He had a sleeve-less, purple shirt, and long, purple pants and boots. He had two silver gauntlets on his hands as well as a silver bracelet on his slightly-muscular forearm.

"Yea, we have been trying to contact you at the tower, but Blackfire has been interfering with our messages," Sunfire said, "As you may already know, Blackfire has taken Starfire back to her new-home on Citadel. We can only guess from there. Meet us near Tamaran's atmosphere soon, we're in a large grey ship. Over and out." The screen went blank once more.

"You head him," Robin said, stepping on a pedal, sending the ship gliding through space as fast as it could. Soon, they could see the white and pink planet known as Starfire's home.

Sure enough, there was a spaceship, but not any ordinary spaceship. This spaceship was light grey and very spherical.

The T-Ship approached the space orb, and a large gate door opened up. Robin drove the T-Ship inside and landed it on the parking platform within. The Titans got out of their ship and entered the much larger one.

Robin walked up the nearby stairs, followed by his teammates. Once they reached the top, they noticed a dark room, with blue light coming from the many monitors. In front, was Sunfire, sitting in a chair in front of one of the larger monitors. Standing beside him was Ph'yzzon. They both turned around to meet their guests.

"Ah. Welcome, please come in," Sunfire said, smiling. The Titans got closer to the two, as they turned around to face the monitor once more. The Titans huddled around Sunfire, who was know typing something on the keyboard which lay in front of him.

"We had stayed with the Warlords of Okaara for quite some time. But, when we heard news of Blackfire scheduling an attack, we returned to Tamara," Ph'yzzon said, sternly.

"Yea and now hold on, cause we're heading straight to Citadel, Blackfire's new homeworld," Sunfire said, pushing a few buttons. The Titans felt the ship accelerate greatly. Sunfire then pushed a large red button saying 'auto-pilot'. He turned around once more to face the Titans.

"Once we arrive, our army of rebels will invade the fortress. You will find your dear friend and you will leave," Sunfire said.

"But dude, you said we could help you fight!" Beast Boy said, looking disappointed.

"Yeah, she's out friend," Cyborg said.

"And she's my sister, and she will not be hurt. If I may perish during this war, I will be glad to know my sister had survived," Sunfire said, looking away from the Titans.

"But, what will you do?" Robin asked, remaining calm.

"We will attempt to attack and ultimately defeat Lord Blackfire," Ph'yzzon said. At this, Sunfire looked at him oddly, but didn't say anything.

"So, do you know where Starfire may be?" Raven asked. Sunfire, yet again, turned around to face the monitors. He typed something on the keyboard and a weird map appeared on the screen of one of the monitors. It was oddly shaped like an Egyptian pyramid.

"This is Blackfire's main ship, hovering over Citadel," Sunfire said, "This is where Starfire is located." He pointed to the top of the ship, "We believe she is at the throne room, so Blackfire can keep a good eye on her, preventing her escape. You need to get there, after we distract Blackfire."

"We will leave for the room, leading our men into the ship, and after a few minutes, come in after us, running to the throne room," Ph'yzzon told the Titans. Robin nodded, followed by his teammates.

"We should be there just about now," Sunfire said, typing on the keyboard once more, "Let's have a look, shall we?" The monitor lit up again to show the pyramid spaceship, rotating very slowly.

"Alright the only open and un-guarded entrance point is at the bottom of the ship. We will land in there, and begin out attack," Sunfire said.

"Agreed," Robin said.

"Good, let's shut everything down and move out," Sunfire said, pushing buttons. Soon, all of the monitors turned off, leaving the room in complete darkness. They walked down the stairs and Ph'yzzon locked the doors to the room they were in.

"Stay here, we have to exit with the army in the basement of our ship. Remember, wait a bit," Sunfire said, beginning to walk down another flight of stairs off to the side. Ph'yzzon followed, until the Titans could no longer hear their footsteps.

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"My friends will come and rescue me!" Starfire screamed from inside her prison cell. It was a large, black steel box with one barred window. Blackfire sat outside on her throne, guarded by two Gordanians on her sides. The room was beautiful, with colors of crimson, gold, and silver, lining the walls and the carpet.

"Keep dreaming, foolish sister," Blackfire said, "Even if they did come to 'rescue' you, they will be no match for myself and my army." She began to bite into an odd fruit that resembled an apple.

"Do you forget that they are the Teen Titans? They have vanquished greater foes than you could ever imagine!" Starfire exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, like that big, red deer beast with four eyes. Or maybe your talking about that psychotic gym teacher who turned himself into a robot. Hah! Don't make me laugh," Blackfire said, still chewing the fruit.

"Trigon and Brother Blood were formidable foes! It had taken months before we were able to defeat them!" Starfire yelled at her sister.

"Just like it took months for the Titans to defeat me. Oh wait, they won't!" Blackfire said, and then evilly cackled, knowing there was no hope for her sister.

Starfire growled within her cage, holding onto the iron bars on the only window of her cell. She finally sat down, realizing that maybe what Blackfire was saying would be true…

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"Alright, it's been a couple minutes already. Can we please get this show on the roll?" Beast Boy asked, looking desperate for action.

"Fine, Titans Go!" Robin said.

"Wait, how do we get out?" Raven asked.

"I guess we go down to the basement. Go out the same way Ph'yzzon, Sunfire, and their army went," Cyborg said. Robin ran over to the stairs and began to go down them. The other Titans shrugged and ran after him.

They finally reached the rather large basement, after many, many flights of stairs. The huffed and puffed for breath as they had finally seen a large maze in front of them. The walls exceed upwards to touch the ceiling, so Raven or Beast Boy could fly to get to the end.

"Wow. They have a real tight security system!" Cyborg said, looking as astounded as the other Titans did.

"Raven, can you phase through the walls?" Robin asked.

"I'll try," Raven said. She transformed into a large, black raven, known as her 'soul-self' she flew into the wall, but just before she made contact with it, she was stunned by an invisible wall of red sparks. She fell to the ground, turning back into her human form. She was a little beat up, but not that much.

"I guess we gotta go through the old fashioned way," Beast Boy said, beginning to march down the path in front of them. They reluctantly continued down the paths made by the walls, for what seemed to be hours. There seemed to be no end to the maze!

Suddenly, after they made a quick swerve around a corner, two ray guns appeared from the ceiling. They began to shoot little red blasts that were aimed at the Titans.

"RUN!" Cyborg yelled, and began to lead the team to run in the opposite direction. Finally out of harms way, the Titans gasped for breath, holding themselves up by grabbing onto their legs.

They continued down the path that went in the opposite direction. They walked and walked, until they began to walk slower and slower out of exhaustion. Soon, they saw the door that lead outside, but it was blocked by two monsters.

They had remembered these monsters from the last time they had visited Tamaran. They resembled, big, grey dogs with beady, red eyes and vicious teeth.

"I don't think we can run this time," Raven said, forming dark energy around her fists. Cyborg readied his sonic cannon.

"Agreed," Robin said, taking out his retractable bo-staff. Beast Boy morphed into a pterodactyl and flew up, almost touching the ceiling. He squawked, signaling the start of the battle.

Beast Boy and Robin took on one of the beasts. Beast Boy swooped down, slapping the beast multiple times with his wings. The creature closed its eyes, in order to protect them. Before his fourth slap, the beast stepped on his wing, preventing him from moving. Beast Boy shrieked as he tried to get out of its grasp.

Robin came in and jump kicked the creature in the face. Beast Boy was let go, and transformed himself into a green-replica of the monster. Robin, realizing the beast's weakness, stabbed out each eye with his bo-staff. Fumbling, the monster wailed in pain.

"One down," Robin said.

"Two to go!" Cyborg said, shooting a sonic blast at the beast, sending him backwards.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," Raven said, taking the floor tiles and sending them into the creature. Finally, Beast Boy came, and rammed the beast into the wall, knocking it out. With one blinded, and the other knocked out, the Titans left the spaceship, realizing the moment was precise.

Once out on the spaceship they noticed something very wrong.

"Put your hands up," a Gordanian said. A dozen Gordanians were behind him, all holding up their staffs pointed towards the Titans. The Titans promptly put up their hands while Robin gulped.

"Best we obey them," Cyborg whispered to his teammates.

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The Gordanians had lead them through most of the spaceship, finally dropping them off in the middle prison. It was very large, and very dark, the door showed the only window, which was covered by bars.

"This prison was made for the rebels who are dumb enough to invade our ship," the Gordanian said, shutting the door and leaving the prison.

From the shadows they heard a familiar voice, "So, you guys got caught too." Val-Yor suddenly approached from the shadows. The Titans gasped. He looked extremely beat up from battle.

"Why are you in here? How did they capture you?" Robin asked, looking a bit worried.

"Well, they ambushed me when I first came, luckily I could hold them off, so my Vernatian army escaped. But, I had to pay the ultimate price," Val-Yor explained.

"So… Without you…" Cyborg said.

"I have complete and absolute faith in my armada. They have the only faith I have left," Val-Yor said dismally.

"What exactly made you join the Tamaraneans? You had hated them so much," Raven asked.

"The time I shared with you on Earth made me realize what I had done wrong, and I decided to join them. Besides, I would hate to live in a universe ruled by that witch!" Val-Yor said, looking more offensive.

"Blackfire…" the Titans said, looking dismal as well.

"I see you know of her," Val-Yor said.

"Now of her? Dude, she's Starfire's sister!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

Val-Yor looked somewhat surprised when he said, "Ah. I see. It seems, for siblings they are the almost exact opposite."

"Well, are we gonna get out of her or what?" Robin asked.

"This entire cell is Gordanian metal. Its practically indestructible," Val-Yor explained.

"Practically," Robin said, holding out three indestructible bird-a-rangs he had received from the Okaaran Warlords.

"Ah! I had heard you had been equipped with new powers," Val-Yor said, looking relieved, "I assume all of you have them with you?" Beast Boy showed his bracelet, Raven showed her necklace, and Cyborg showed his two expansion plates on his shoulders.

"…But, Starfire doesn't," Robin said, holding out a stone from his pocket. It was X'Hal, the goddesses tear.

"I see, well I assume we must give it to her then?" Val-Yor said, smiling.

"I guess we must," Robin said, smiling back. He turned to face the prison door, and threw the bird-a-rangs, which exploded on the door, weakening it. Robin promptly approached the door and kicked it, sending it crashing to the ground.

The Gordanians who were patrolling the hall nearby, shouted, "Hey, get them!" The four other Gordanians followed him towards the heroes.

"Titans Go!" Robin shouted, reaching for his retractable bo-staff. He extended it so far, (Thanks to the upgrade from the warlords,) and was able to hit one in the chest, sending it backwards as the staff extended farther and farther.

"Concentrate Raven, concentrate. You can do this," Raven said to herself, "Necronom Hezberek Mortix!" Black magic began to pour from her mouth and eyes, emitting a terrible, grating screech. It followed on a path to hit one of the Gordanians. Once it had reached him, it went inside its body. The Gordanian shrieked in pain as it was knocked out, hitting the ground. Raven smiled at her own success.

"Alright, just think about a Chimera," Beast Boy said to himself. Soon enough, Beast Boy concentrated and morphed into a winged Lion, with a long tail that seemed to slither on its own.

Beast Boy gained enough acceleration to lift off the ground and fly towards the Gordanians. He let out a screech, as his mouth emitted green flames, turning the Gordanian into a pile of dust. Beast Boy transformed into his human form.

"Oh yeah! Go Beast Boy! Go Beast Boy!" he said, as he did a little victory dance.

Cyborg, transformed both of his arms into long, bulky sonic cannons. They glowed with a light, blue aura as Cyborg shot two circling sonic beams, which sent a Gordanian flying into the wall behind him. The wall crumbled, piling debris over the knocked out Gordanian.

"Boo-Yah!" Cyborg said, with a smile that seemed to stretch across his face.

"You don't think that you were the only ones who had gotten special powers from the warlords, did you?" Val-Yor said, triumphantly. He began to move extremely fast, as if he were Mas Y Menos or Kid Flash. He ran behind the Gordanian and tapped him on the shoulder. The Gordanian turned its head around only to be punched through the wall with Val-Yor's immense strength.

Val-Yor clapped his hands together to remove dust from the battle, "Come along, no time to waist. You have a teammate to attend to , and myself, an army." He ran down the hallway.

The Titans shrugged, realizing Val-Yor had finally returned to his old, victorious self. They reluctantly ran after him.

They continued down the lengthy hallway, lined with crimson, gold, and silver, following closely behind Val-Yor.

Val-Yor turned his head to face them, still running, he said, "How are you guys holding up back there? It shouldn't be much longer now," he said, turning his head back to look forward.

Cyborg and Beast Boy mumbled something under their breath, and Raven seemed to be the only Titan not having difficulty, because she was flying. Soon, they came to their first turn, seeing about a dozen short, green aliens.

Val-Yor halted, and so did the Titans. They were ugly creatures, which resembled wrinkled gremlins. They wore only white and red, which was oddly similar to Elasti-Girl's uniform.

"Psions. This should be east. Let me take care of this," Val-Yor said, holding out his hand to block the Titans, who were getting ready for a fight.

Val-Yor's eyes glowed red as he shot a large beam that filled the hallway, before the Titans, could blink, the Psions disappeared.

"Weak creatures. They disappear, when they get heated up. It's a shame Blackfire had to resort to building an alliance with them," Val-Yor said, "Come on lets continue. We don't want anything bad to happen to your friend." They continued their jog down the hallways, running into more Psions who were easily defeated by Val-Yor.

Eventually, they reached a door, "After you." Val-Yor told the Titans, and Robin opened the door, leading into a circle-like room with stained glass windows, slightly resembling a church's chapel. In the middle of the room laid a man who was a little beaten up, and sitting on his knees.

The Titans approached him, finally realizing who this man was. It was Sunfire, whose face was buried within his hands. He looked almost immobile.

"Sunfire! What's wrong?" Robin asked, sitting down next to him.

"Horrible… Horrible… Traitor… Him…!" Sunfire was simply mumbling.

"What? We can't understand you," Beast Boy said, looking puzzled.

"Traitor? Who's a traitor? Sunfire speak to me: Robin said, not placing his hand on his shoulder and shaking him a bit. Suddenly, a red-colored starbolt came shooting down from the top of the ceiling. It hit Val-Yor in the chest, sending him flying into the wall, knocking him out.

The Titans gasped and looked up. They could barely make out who had sent the blast, because they were covered in the shadows.

"Foolish Titans," the manly voice from the ceiling said, "Did you really think you could beat Lord Blackfire?"

Robin had to register all of this information into his head, until he finally spoke, "Ph'yzzon!"

"Wow, Robin! Your actually smarter than you look!" Phyzzon said, jumping down from the ceiling. He began to approach the Titans, who were now readying themselves for battle.

"Why did you do this? Why did you help us if your working for her?" Raven asked in an angry tone.

"Why you ask. Because, you needed a push in the right direction. Blackfire and I both enjoy games very much, Titans," Ph'yzzon said, his tone of voice was becoming more and more cynical.

"That dumb planet Tamaran could have been destroyed months ago, and you would have never noticed. Your lucky we were so nice to give you the hints and lead you into our base," Ph'yzzon continued.

"See, Titans, this was all planned ahead of time. The capture of the planet and its inhabitants when Starfire had arrived that fateful day which began it all. I had befriended her in hopes of betraying her," he went on.

"When we had come to your planet, when you received those gifts from the warlords, and even when you arrived here? How do you think this guy could possibly know how to get into this spaceship, or even where is was located?" he asked, only to answer his own question.

"I'll tell you why, because I told him. I lead you here, and you have reached farther than we have expected. See that door behind me," he said, turning to show the Titans a door to the far end of the room.

"That's the end. The end of the ship. The end of the line. Blackfire resides behind that door, waiting with Starfire until I finally vanquish you. Now, Titans, lets see how your petty Christmas presents do you against a real Tamaranean. One with extreme, overwhelming power!" he exclaimed.

He began to hover upwards, just above the ground. His eyes turned into a bubbling red-color, along with the aura around his fists. He shouted as he shot redbolts at the Titans, who frantically jumped and dodged them.

"Oh, how the tables have turned…" Ph'yzzon said, shooting more and more redbolts at the Titans. He cackled maniacally as the Titans began to sweat more and more until, finally a large boulder came, as if out of nowhere, and hit Ph'yzzon in the head, knocking him to the ground.

The Titans looked behind themselves, where the boulder had been thrown. Out from the shadows of the corner came Val-Yor, who dusted his torso off, from the blast.

"You think I could've been taken down that easily? Plus, I was sick of that guy blabbering on and on," Val-Yor said, smirking a bit. Robin smirked back.

"Now Raven, if you will. I'm sure you know a curse of some sort to finally end this guy from tormenting anyone else, correct?" Val-Yor asked.

"I suppose. I have never tried it before, but it's the strongest I know," Raven said, "Aldruon Enlenthra Nalthos Sola Narisnor!" Black energy erupted around Ph'yzzon, wrapping him within it.

He ghostly rose, still unconscious, andbegan to swirl around, mid-air. He turned faster and faster until he disappeared into a book, which plopped onto the ground.

Val-Yor approached the book and opened it, to find, Ph'yzzon's face on the page, "I will get you for this! I will have my revenge. I-"

"Oh, shut up!" Val-Yor exclaimed, shutting the book as hard as he could. He placed the book on the ground and picked up the boulder he had thrown at Ph'yzzon. He promptly dropped it atop the book, crushing it.

"By the way, how did you get that boulder?" Cyborg asked.

"Oh, yeah, while he was talking, I had a lot of time to pick out a large chuck of the wall he shot me into," Val-Yor said, smiling once more, "Anyway, you've got a friend to save, go. I'll attend to Sunfire over here. Return him to the ship and begin to nurse him back to health.

"What about your army?" Raven asked.

"have complete and absolute faith in my armada. They have the only faith I have left," Val-Yor repeated himself, smirking. He picked up Sunfire and began to carry him over his shoulder. He approached the door, but then turned back to the Titans to do a salute, which the Titans returned. He walked through the door and began his journey back to his ship.

The Titans turned around and gulped before they entered the room that had laid on the other side of the wall. After they had gathered together what courage they had left, they opened the door, to see a small prison cell and an empty throne.

Suddenly, Blackfire came down from above the door and hit them with a starbolt, "Peek-a-boo!" The Titans were thrown against the door that had just slid shut.

She jumped down in front of them, "Well if it isn't the Teen Titans. Well isn't this a surprise. Look Starfire," she said, calling over to the cell, "Your friends did come to save you. But it's too bad I have no patience nor any hospitality left for them." Her eyes went red as her fists charged up her starbolts.

Raven, realizing the danger, phased through the ground below herself.

"Ugh. That witch," Blackfire said, looking below herself, hoping she wouldn't pop out of the floor and surprise her. Blackfire looked up and noticed the Teen Titans were gone.

"Aw, man, where did they go now?" Blackfire said, annoyed. She looked over at the prison cell and noticed that it was untouched, unharmed and that Starfire was still within it.

Suddenly, Raven emerged from the ceiling, "Peek-a-boo!" Raven mimicked her and punched her across the face. She then submerged back into the ceiling.

Blackfire, soothing her cheek with her hand, said, "Where are you? Come out and fight me like a woman!" She began to back up in fear of ambush. She tripped over the rug, and slid down the side of the giant window that covered the entire back wall of the room.

Suddenly, Raven's hands began to grab her legs, and Blackfire screeched and kicked so she would let go. She almost immediately did, sinking back into the ground. Blackfire looked up, now breathing heavily, she saw the prison's door, wobbling opened. They had escaped, she thought.

"I need to do this fast," Blackfire said, running over to her throne. She opened the arm rest to reveal a large, red button. She immediately pushed it, causing the entire ship to flash red lights and screech an annoying noise.

A mechanical voice sounded through the hallways saying, "Ship mainframe self-destruct in 20, 19, 18…"

"Come on, faster, faster…" Blackfire was chanting the self-destruct to go faster.

"Come on, Raven, we have to get out of here," Robin said, and yet he was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly Raven's soul-self emerged from the ground in front of the door. Out of it materialized all the Titans, even Starfire, who was still in her captured clothing.

Raven opened the door, and left, followed by Robin, then Beast Boy, and Cyborg. Starfire was just about to go through the door, when Blackfire grabbed hold of her arm, and pulled her back into the throne room.

"Your still mine, sister!" Blackfire cakled.

"Starfire!" Robin called, holding out his hand, but had never grabbed Starfire's.

"Robin!" Starfire shrieked as she was pulled away by her sister. The door closed, locking as it did. Robin began to bang on the door with his fists.

"Robin! Let it go, I'm sure Blackfire won't kill Starfire. We can come back for her later," Raven told him, trying to make him feel better. Beast Boy and Cyborg grabbed a hold of Robin, pulling him off of the door.

"C'mon Robin. This things going to implode soon, we have to get out!" Cyborg shouted. Soon they looked to the side, at the wall which was now making a sound as if to burst open.

And, soon enough it did, revealing Sunfire's spaceship. The door opened up and the Titans ran to it. Waiting for them was Val-Yor, smiling.

The Titans walked in, and before the door shut, Robin took one last look, hoping the door would open and Starfire would come running out into the ship as well, but that didn't happen. The door shut, sending the ship into space once more, leaving a worried Robin within.

Once the Titans had reached the landing platform, they had realized the area was packed with Tamaraneans. Among them was Starfire's nanny and Grand Ruler of Tamaran, Galfore, who was crying in the corner, being comforted by his fellow Tamaraneans.

"Why are all these Tamaranean's in here?" Robin asked Val-Yor, still looking upset.

"Because we got a hint. Aw, well, it would be better if you watched this. You have to understand that we could do nothing about this. We learned only after the self-destruct was initiated. Follow me," Val-Yor said, leading them to the monitor room.

He turned on the big monitor, and before they knew it, they were amazed and shocked at what was happening outside in space.

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"Starfire, I'm so happy you could watch this with me," Blackfire said, the alarm was still going off, "3, 2,…"

"1" Blackfire said with the mechanical voice. She cackled as nothing happened.

"Fake, but it worked, right? I mean it chased your little friends away and now I'm 1 step closer to my final plan," Blackfire explained.

"Now," she said, shutting the arm rest and opening the other one to reveal a large, green button, and then pushing it, "And now, for the next step in my plan." She pushed the button. Outside, the ship had finally reached its orbit around Tamaran.

"Clever, huh?" Blackfire told a tied up and gagged Starfire, "The ship was moving within the orbit of Tamaran as soon as your Titan friends arrived." Starfire meaninglessly mumbled beneath the handkerchief.

The tip of the pyramid spaceship began to open up, revealing a large laser above the ceiling of the throne room. It was pointed towards Tamaran. Within minutes it gathered energy and shot a green beam at Tamaran, destroying it into millions of pieces. Blackfire laughed. Dtarfire's eyes widened and she gasped beneath the cloth around her mouth. She knew that the Titans had been watching this frightening sight, just as she did. And she couldn't be more right…

To be continued…