Well, well, welly, well, well. It seems I am faced with writing another chapter. I hope you enjoy it!

Sixteen: Family Feuds

Nightstar, Birdboy, Drone, and Hex stood, dumbfounded as their parents stood in a straight line, all in those strange metal suits.

Nightstar walked out towards them. What was going on?

"STOP!" shouted her father. She froze. "Mari, listen to me. Don't – come – any – closer."

"Dad, what's going on?" She took another step. Kori's hand suddenly became a glow.

"Mari, please!" she begged. "Do what your father says!"

"Mom? Wha-what are you – ?"

"I would listen to them, if I were you," said Slade.

She stopped walking. There was an eerie silence.

"Nightstar?" said Hex. "I think you should step back."

She slowly walked back to the group as her mom's starbolt diminished.

"Good girl," he said, maliciously. Then, the eight parents started to grunt and groan as they started to walk towards the four teens, but it seems as though they did against their will.

"Slade," grunted Richard, "don't do this!"

"Please," begged Kori, "they're our children!" Then, the others tried to bargain as well.

"Don't, Slade!"

"We can't!"

"Please!"

"Our kids!"

"You can't!"

"No!"

Slade merely smiled and said: "I do love my job." Then he pressed a button on the giant control panel in front of him.

Each parent cornered off their kid, forcing them to break up the group so it was two on one instead of eight against four.

"Mom, Dad, what's going on?" said Nightstar as her parents backed her into the wall.

"Mari," said her father, "defend yourself!" And then Kori lit up a huge starbolt.

"Guys, quit it!" pleaded Drone. "You're scaring me!"

"I wish we could," said Victor sadly as his arm became a sonic cannon.

"What ever Slade's doing to you, fight it!" said Birdboy as he braced himself for whatever was about to happen.

"We can't," said Raven as Garfield became a lion.

"Don't give into him!" said Hex. Disgracia's eyes became aglow.

"We have no choice," said Wally.

High above, the two Tameranians were flying trying to avoid each other at all costs. However, Slade had forced Kori to shoot a shower of star bolts at her daughter, and she was a pretty good shot. Nightstar bobbed and weaved in and out through gears and wires. In and out and her mother was still on her tail in an aerial dogfight. Then:

"Mari," she said, sending a starbolt her way, "LOOK OUT!"

She turned her head and the green energy hit her right in the chest, causing her to fall out of the air and crash into a pile of boxes.

"Nightstar!" said Birdboy. He tried to run to her, but was stopped by a wall of black energy. He turned around and saw a green loin running towards him.

"Jessie, FLY!" said Raven desperately.

Jessie then turned into a sparrow and zoomed into the air and the green lion roared at its son. It then turned into a green hawk and chased his son into a wall and held him there with his claws. But, quick thinking Birdboy turned into a large emu and kicked the falcon away. He then turned into a hawk and tried to fly away, but was then wrapped in a cocoon of black and fell to the ground, completely helpless.

Meanwhile, Drone was trying to absorb the many blows of electricity from his mother as he could, but he had never taken in that much energy at a time before; he was slowly getting weaker.

"Guys, stop!" he begged, going on one knee.

"Pete, roll!" said Victor.

"What?"

"Roll!"

Then, Victor's huge mechanical fist came right at his head, but thankfully, Drone dodged it in time and rolled on his side, causing Vic to topple over. But then, He felt his mother's stingers right at his chest and he dropped to the floor.

Over on the other side, Hex was having her own problems as she tried to dodge all of the slim rays of energy that were thrown her way by Disgracia.

"Mom, stop!" she said, getting out of the way of each blow. Then, her father zipped over to her.

"We can't!" And he threw her into a pile of metal, right next to the other three. Drone helped her up.

"We have to fight them!" said Nightstar.

"But they're our parents!" said Birdboy.

"I know." She looked up at Slade. "We don't have to win – he just has to loose!"

She looked at them. They all nodded in agreement. They were with her. Now more then ever. She knew then that they would follower her, no matter what. It was time she gave them something they could really follow.

Nightstar took a deep breath. Then, at the top of her lungs she cried:

"Titans, GO!"

And as if those words were like a trigger of a gun, the four exploded into action.

Drone and Hex grabbed hands and pushed with all their might, combining the yellow and pink energies, and blasting their four parents against the wall. Nightstar grabbed Birdboy by the wrists and threw him into his two parents as he turned into a large ostrich and kicked them both in the face. Meanwhile, Nightstar had two star bolts in each hand, facing off with her parents. She pushed her hands forward, launching the star bolts and knocking her parents off their feet.

Then, the new Titans stood in the middle of the room, catching their breath.

"You think this is over?" said Slade as he pressed some buttons on the control panel in front of him.

Then, in an instant, the eight parents opened their eyes that were now blood red, and were by the teenagers' sides in a split second. And then, the stronger of each pair held the teens by the upper arm and lifted them so their feet couldn't touch the ground. Slade lowered his balcony as though it was an elevator, and the parents stood in a line.

"Think again."

"What do you want?" said Nightstar as she tried to get away from her mother's grip.

"Revenge. I want to cause your parents as much agony as they have caused me. And as a bonus, I'll take over the world. And you and your friends are going to help." And he pushed more buttons on his control pad and three suits and a collar came out on a display slab. "Because what is a collection without all the pieces?"

The four looked at each other. Was this the end? Had all their attempts been for not?

Drained from the battle, Hex's shoulders went slack in attempts to save her energy, when she felt her fingers hang loosely at her side. That gave her an idea. If she could just get her wrist loose…

"I'd like to see you try to control us!" she shouted. "'Cause there's no way I'm getting into that thing!"

Slade walked over to her and looked her straight in the eye.

"Are you willing to test that theory?"

What is she doing? Nightstar thought feverishly. Then, she saw her wrist squirming to get free. She put two and two together.

"Maybe!" said Nightstar, distracting his attention. He now walked over to her. "You may have gotten our parents into those suits, but we're not giving up that easily!"

"You are your father's girl, aren't you?"

I've almost… got it!

Nightstar glance over and then looked back into Slade's one eye.

"Be careful Slade," she said, eyes glowing, "I'm my mom's girl, too!" And she blasted him backwards with her eyes. "NOW!"

Hex flicked her wrist and sent a slim wave of energy into the control panel, destroying it.

"NO!" Slade shouted, running over to it. He then looked over and saw the parents braking out of his control, and the teens getting free.

Slade attempted to run, but Richard had him pinned against the wall in two seconds flat.

"Just like old times, huh, Slade?" he said, smirking in his face. Behind him, the other eleven started to gather energy and crack their knuckles.

"Yes, Richard," said Slade. He kicked him away and quickly took out three metal balls from his belt. He threw them on the ground and disappeared in a smoke screen. Around them, they heard his voice.

"It's exactly like old times."

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