Chapter 4
The fires raged in the city.
"Put out the fires, save those people!" Cyborg shouted.
Red X and Raven began putting out the fires.
Beast Boy and Cyborg ran into the buildings.
Red X sent his weapons at fire hydrants slicing the tops off. Using her powers Raven redirected the water over the fires.
After a while the situation was under control.
"Yo, I think I found what caused all this." Cyborg said over his communicator.
In a back alley something glowed like a meteor.
"What is it?" Red X asked aloud hoping for an answer.
Cyborg provided.
"It isn't a space rock if that is what you mean."
"Well it isn't a flying potato, so then what is it?" Beast Boy asked again.
"A space craft."
"Dude, I have seen this movie, I say be blast it now." Beast Boy said eyeing the space craft that was rapidly cooling.
"Look!" Raven said pointing up to the sky.
Hundreds of glowing ships decended on the city.
"This is going to be a long night." Red X said to the others.
Just then the top of the space craft opened.
A blinding white light shined out of the top.
'Told ya we should have blasted it." Beast Boy said transforming into a giant ape.
From the light there emerged a being. They could see one head, arms, legs, then it became clear.
"Surrender." It was a girl. Her voice was strong and commanding.
"Care to run that by me again?" Red X asked the alien.
"By order of the Empress of the Tameranian/Gordanian Alliance surrender."
"Who are you and who is this Empress?" Raven challenged.
The aliens hands began to glow purple.
"My sister Starfire, and you have not surrendered."
Beams shot out of her eyes.
Raven defected the shot with her powers.
"Cyborg, send out a general transmission, destroy those ships before they open up if they can." Red X ordered.
He nodded once.
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Raven and Red X carried Beast Boy to their base between them.
Cyborg watched their back. No one followed. He closed the door.
They sat Beast Boy down. Raven's hand sparkled blue and she healed his leg.
"Thanks" was all he said.
They were quiet. The city was under seige. Red X ordered a re-group. Cyborg suggested their base.
"What are we going to do?" Beast Boy asked.
"We could keep blasting them till they go away." Cyborg said looking furious.
"That would be pointless, there are too many and more seem to keep coming, our options are very limited." Raven pointed out.
"Like I said, keep blasting."
"And smashing." Beast Boy put in.
Raven looked over at Red X.
"What do you think we should do?" she asked.
Red X looked up at them. He removed the mask, but the mask over his eyes still hid his expression.
"We talk to this empress and find a way to stop them."
The others looked at each other.
'How do we do that?" Beast Boy asked.
"Simple, we go through her sister."
The others silently agreed.
"And I thought of a team name for us." he added.
He looked at each of them in turn.
"The Titans" Red X held out a palm toward the team.
"The Titans" Raven said putting her hand over his.
"Titans" Beast Boy and Cyborg added their hands too.