El Diablo en ustedes

The Devil in you

"Ma'am, we're ready to proceed to stage two."

"Very well, initiate stage two." Koriand'r replied. As the commanding officer in the advanced invasion force she was notified of every little detail about everything.

Stage two of the invasion plan was to make surgical strikes at the planet; bombarding major cities and sending down commando squads to capture or terminate the planets superheroes. They were targeted because of their abilities and what they symbolized. High Command believed that if these heroes were to be taken out of the fight then the Earth would be conquered more easily, as it would lack personal to lead the mindless rabble majority. Kill the head and the rest of the body withers and dies. That was more or less the thinking behind the advanced guard. Should it not cow the Earthlings into submission then the full invasion and enslavement would follow.

Kori watched warily as several small craft descended on the Earth. She knew that one of the targets that was going to be hit that night was the old Titan Tower where Raven lived now. Kori felt terrible about being unable to warn her old friend and only took very little comfort in the fact that Dick had gotten away. Her up coming meeting with Raven was not going to be a very pleasant house call and she knew when it was all over no one on the planet would ever forgive her for what she was doing now.

"Look! Beyond that ridge lays the main army of House Shal'gar. For the last five years they have harassed our Lord's eastern borders, pillaged your homes, raped your daughters and enslaved your sons. Now it is our time to make them pay for their crimes against us!"

Loud cheering and beating of weapons on shield answered Stone's battle speech.

"Remember, as member's of the Red Fist, we are dead already! Now come my brethren, do you any to live forever?!"

A drum sounded and was soon accompanied by many others, beating a slow and steady rhythm. Stone, in his battle armor and with two banners mounted on his back bearing the bloody red hand and fist of his house and unit, marched forwards with his men.

The Red Fist was the elite 100 of House Tir'eir. The unit never had more then that number and requirements to get in were extremely high. As a result those that got in were treated with the utmost respect and received the best training and equipment available to them. As a result moral was always high and the casualty rate of the unit, though often sent in first and withdrawn last, was very low.

Until his men who all had tower shields with sharpened bottoms, long swords, and spears measuring up to 6 meters (20 feet) Stone only had his buckler style shields and his two retractable blades. His colorless armor and his banners made him stick out very badly to the enemy but it was hardly of any concern. Stone knew that his presence spurred his men on.

It didn't mean that he was safe by any means though. Those in the first two ranks were often the first dead. Stone had been injured many times, several times seriously, and often spent hours after battle repairing his armor. It was made of Shadowsteel which was impermeable to surface weaponry but against Demonic weapons it was only stronger in the same sense as steel was to iron.

Topping the ridge Stone had pointed out to his men he could see that his opponent general had expected Stone to come over the hill. At the bottom of the hill a formidable wall of spear point was waiting to repel Stone's charge.

From this vantage point Stone could already see that his enemy was not a smart one. House Shal'gar's army, though having a numerical advantage, looked to be composed of conscripts with the majority of these men on or near the front line. Moral would be weak among them making it possible to route them early. However the army was nestled rather nicely in a self made trap. House Shal'gar had camped in a valley, hills on three sides, and a river to its rear. If a route could be caused the panicked men would have nowhere to go but towards the middle, where the commander and the better troops had their formations. This would cause chaos and make for an easier victory.

Having seen victory Stone issued orders for the right and left flanks to take up positions on the two other hills. This time around House Tir'eir was the aggressor and House Shal'gar had dug itself a defensive hole that would fail. The secondary units would get into position and wait for the main charge to start before attacking. As Sun Tsu wrote, "A strategist only sees battle after the victory has been won."

Now that the battle was strategically won Stone just had to ensure it was won mentally. Crushing House Shal'gar would make the eastern borders relatively more stable and end the petty raids.

"Form phalanx!" Stone shouted. Unit commanders repeated his order and all his men placed their shield together and spears down. Those in the back rows kept their spears in the air.

"Phalanx forward!" Stone's voice boomed across the small valley. His echo was soon replaced with the sound of steadily marching men and the drums that helped them keep in beat.

The three spear walls steadily bore down on the single spear wall that visibly shook as they approached. The House Shal'gar somehow did not see the trap he was in nor had he anticipated to be attacked on three fronts. In such a weak position Stone had felt that a one front to one front charge would have just caused unnecessary casualties. By the time the three phalanxes were half way down the hill the main line of resistance was being pulled back to be made into three different fronts. However those conscripts reacted as predicted and fled to the one safe place there was; the command tent. With the battle won for House Tir'eir Stone could hear cheering already coming from the two other phalanxes he had chosen to make the attack with. His own unit was quiet though. These soldiers knew that battle wasn't won yet because the enemy commander wasn't dead nor had he surrendered.

Over the cheering and the mad screaming of the panicking troops the general of the House Shal'gar yelled a challenge to Stone. Wondering why the moron would wait this late to issue the life saving challenge was beyond Stone but he accepted nonetheless.

After the tedious ceremony of the Circle of Equals had been performed Stone stepped into the circle. His opponent was a snake Demon. Though humanoid in form several major characteristics made it quite clear it was a snake Demon. Scales, forked tongue, three clawed hands, narrow eyes, long fangs and a lisp all gave the reptilian Demon away.

In a flash Stone was suddenly standing behind the Demon as it dropped to its knees and fell face first in the ground dead. What had happened had happened quickly. Stone had used his jump jets to burst forward, jump up, extend his right blade and drove it down into the Demon's heart via the top of its neck. When he landed Stone was already cleaning the blood off of his sword.

Having his attention there did not prepare him for the spear that was driven through his left thigh nor the one that pierced his right bicep. Almost everyone on the field blinked with Stone as they looked on. Then all the heads on the field turned to find the two persons guilty of interfering with a Circle of Equals bout. They were two young looking officers who seemed stunned by their own actions. That did not save them from their own comrades who grabbed them and immediately turned them over to Stone's men. Needless to say the two suffered very painful deaths.

Stone was fine but his leg and arm mechanics had been damaged, which would mean an immediate trip up to the surface and the Tower. While his army was having fun stabbing the two Shal'gar and the Shal'gar general occupied with surrendering Stone teleported himself to the base of the Tower.

After that run in with Stone everything went back to normal, or rather as close to normal as it could be. Dick was constantly depressed though he did help out around the Tower to earn his keep as it were. Raven kept him there so that she could keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't kill himself.

After three more weeks Andy had stopped trying to buy her café and had taken off with a waitress from a nearby McDonalds. Since it had only been a week no one had come to fill the void but Raven knew it would only be a matter of time. She always had a suitor, a fact that all the women talked about. Rumors were rampant but Raven let them be. As long as her employees worked they could think whatever they wanted about their employer. Of course none of the rumors were true but it sometimes amusing to hear what the imagination of others could conjure up.

The month after Stone had showed up Raven returned home to find Dick unconscious on the living room floor.

Dick had hung around Raven's place for the last month. He had called Bruce who had given him as much paid vacation, as he needed to get over his lose. With no job to report to and no will to ever fight crime again Dick did the only thing there was to do at Raven's; do chores and play videogames. She had kept all of the boys games in a closet and Dick had gotten them out. He played, did chores, and played games some more. Not wanting to sleep in BB's room out of respect for him, his old room because of the memories, nor Cyborg's because he knew that Raven didn't want him in there, Dick slept on the couch with the controller in his hands most of the time.

Not having the will to fight crime Dick went shopping and got a new wardrobe so that he looked normal. The fact that he didn't get rid of the facemask totally defeated the point.

It was during one evening of game playing Dick heard the sounds of something heavily stepping followed by a dragged step. Into the living room limped the man from one month back; Stone.

"You're a mess." Was Stone's comment to him. Dick was unshaven and had dark circles that crept past his facemask.

"You don't look much better." Dick replied. Stone was dragging his left leg which had the snapped end of a stick logged in it and his right arm was limp. His leg sparked with each step and made mechanical sounds of protest being forced to move.

"I've been better but I am still very capable of beating someone in such a sorry state as yourself." Stone taunted.

"What!?" Dick leapt over the couch totally forgetting him racing game. Just as the car on the TV smashed into a wall and exploded into bright lights, Stone caught Dick's jaw with an upper cut that made Dick see bright lights and go crashing to the ground.

Stone hadn't wanted to knock Dick out but he was in no condition to do his normal sneaking around the Tower to get to his old room. He needed to take the shortest route and Dick was best unconscious so that there would be no interruptions during Stone's vulnerable period of changing arms and legs. If Dick was down for the count Stone trudged on towards his room.

Raven took a quick look around and find that there was no immediate danger to rushed to Dick's side and roused him with a hard slap.

"Why do you keep doing that?" Dick asked plaintively.

"Why do you keep losing fights?" Raven replied. "Get up, someone is still here." With that Raven levitated herself off the ground and floated cautiously towards the hallway that led to the bedrooms. She had a feeling that Stone was back and that he would be in Cyborg's room again. She didn't have time to find out as several green energy orbs came through one of the giant glass windows in the living room.

Koriand'r really didn't like this mission but she had thought that if she went in person she could lure Raven into a false sense of security and capture her or even get her to give up quietly. Both were very unlikely to happen; Raven never backed out of anything before and she wasn't likely to start now.

Of course Kori wasn't alone, she had two Tamaranian soldiers with her for back up. If things turned ugly, which was most likely to happen, Kori didn't want to have to take on Raven alone. Even though they hadn't met in several years in a superhero capacity it was a given that Raven would have become more adept in the use of her powers.

To be on the safe side Kori ordered a three-pronged attack. One person would enter from the back, one from the front and one from a perpendicular angle from the other too. For normal people this meant attack from the ground but Kori was thinking in terms of the top floor. After all, they were all perfectly capable of literally swooping in.

Stone had managed to limp to his old room. After punching in his old password he dragged himself in, looked over the room and began the painstaking procedures to replace his appendages and strip the Shadowsteel plating from his damaged limbs.

On the outside it looked as it always had; clean, well kept, no bed, his recharging table, and a trophy case full of all sorts of athletic trophies and awards. Everything was a reminder of his two former lives; one as super athlete Victor Stone and as Cyborg of the Teen Titans.

Stone chuckled bitterly thinking about how ironic life could be. His own had been a very turbulent ride having gone from star to hero to conquering undead general. Each facet of his life had hated the other. His cocky youth hated limitations that his robotic body forced him into later on. His robotic superhero life hated evil. His dark side hated the cocky youths he had to deal with now. Stone knew he was only 30, but the body and mind age differently.

It did not matter though. His physical body was trapped as it was now; like any creature of the Infernal plane. That had been part of the deal. Immortality in a youthful body was rather tempting for many but it was not the youth that made Stone accept the offer. It was the gift of immortality. Given as much of his body was mechanical anyway the gift of youth was a bonus. His mechanical body would have lasted quite sometime but Stone had plans that required an insurance of his life's prolongation. Becoming a Death Knight filled that requirement. Rising to the rank of Dread lord provided added bonuses.

Becoming a Death Knight was rather simple given his position. He was human, enough anyway, and had been brought to the Hells alive. Human and alive were the only two requirements to become a Death Knight.

That is what surprised Stone the most when Tear had taken him to the Nine Hells. Stone had expected a large Infernal population, and there was, but the human population was even more staggering. Infernal to human ratio was 1 to 1,000,000. And why such a high human population? The reason is simple really. Stone was rather stunned by its simplicity.

Put simply Heaven was one Hell of a hard place to get into for a human. That was why the Celestial population was heavily tipped in the Celestial favor up there. To get in people had to be good to an extreme in life and few people ever lived up to that expectation.

And so most everyone that had lived ended up in the Nine Hells. Most ordinary dead are reborn in the Hells; reborn via their souls. Some of the restless became Wraiths like Jacob; whose burning desire to beat Tear had triggered his transformation, but most lived as if they were on the Prime plane.

The Hells after all weren't a place of punishment; they were a second chance to get upstairs. In fact the Hells were quite close to paradise and could be if it wasn't for the lack of central power in the Hells. However many lived and died in the Hells just as they had done on Earth. Only this time death was permanent.

What gave Stone the opportunity to become a Death Knight was the fact he hadn't died to get into the Infernal plane and he still had his soul at that point. The trade off was this; in exchange for his soul Stone would be granted freedom from a natural death and agelessness at an age he chose. Stone had allowed himself to age a few more years so that a slightly older looking Stone would command more respect before deciding to keep his appearance. Stone had taken the trade and in doing so had become a Death Knight; one of the unholy undead of the Infernal plane. In his service to Tear Stone also worked his way up to a Dread lord, the most powerful of the Death Knight society, which gave Stone his own secret power base in the Hells.

Stone laughed softly to himself. All those nights of his many campaigns Stone had memorized Sun Tzu's Art of War and he had learned from it. Stone had built himself a power base to make a silent and secret bid for the Blood Throne and Tear wasn't aware of it. Nor were Maria and Jacob to some degree as well. After all he did have three hearts. One to show the world; his loyal steadfast image of a great general of House Tir'eir, one to show in private; his plots and plans that he shared with a select few, and his secret one; that only he knew of. Tear's dominance was far from secure but Stone could wait out his master if he had too. After all, he had time.

A sharp series of explosions shook Stone from his thoughts. As a precaution Stone teleported all of his equipment down to his quarters in the Hells. The ability to teleport objects and people in and out of the Hells was rather handy at times like now. Stone didn't like the noise of the first series explosions nor did he like the second series that followed it. Given that it was rather difficult and expensive to get his motorized limbs Stone had whisked them to safety. After all, without several back up pairs Stone would be rather helpless and have to rely on others, something that was dangerous to do in his line of work.

Once his things were safe Stone went to investigate the sounds of fighting.

The blast of material sent debris pounded Dick's body with chunks of dry wall and sliced him up with shards of glass. Being only human he could only dodge so many flying bits before his body was too battered to move and he collapsed against what was left of the couch. From his secluded position Dick couldn't see Raven but he could hear her talking to…

"Starfire?" Raven murmured to herself.

Raven had instinctively raised a shield around herself to protect herself from flying bits of glass and dry wall. From behind her pitch black wall Raven could see someone come flying into the room through the window.

The woman that came floating in through the window was dressed like her old friend and she had all the physical features to match as well.

Kori looked at her friend as she floated in. Raven was wearing tight jeans and pink blouse both of which were very unusual for the dark enchantress of the former Teen Titans.

"Major Koriand'r, I'm afraid. I'm sorry Raven but this isn't a social call. I'm here… I'm here to take you prisoner." Kori told Raven sadly. Kori's expression saddened when Raven took a defensive fighting position.

"I don't want to do this or hurt you but it is my job. My job is all I have now and if I don't do this I'll lose my job. No job means no money and I have a family to support on Tamaran. So please, Raven, come quietly."

Raven scowled at Starfire. Leaving Dick was one thing but having the gall to come into her home and announce that she was going to take her prisoner really didn't make a lot of sense and it down right pissed Raven off.

"You had better start making some sense Star and soon. I can understand if you were here looking for your ex-husband or if you wanted to talk but making demand in my home really isn't the way to greet an old friend." Raven said in a tight voice.

Kori looked past Raven to see one of her operatives sneaking up on Raven. Kori sighed, that was the signal that talking Raven down had failed and brute force was necessary, and watched mournfully as Raven was blasted in the back several times. No sooner then that had happened did Kori get knocked down herself.

Dick didn't know where he found the energy or will to leap over the couch and pin Kori down. It wasn't too hard a task in itself. Despite the fact that Kori was several times stronger then Dick she had always relented under her husband's touch. However this time around Kori had no idea how she was and instinct took over. She threw him off of her like a rag doll and fired several rounds of energy discs into his chest severely burning him. When he landed Dick was too surprised and stunned at being shot he didn't seem to notice how badly injured he was. However when Kori airborne to face her assailant her face drained off all color.

Raven was nothing short of furious and the light bulbs that were left felt her fury as they all exploded creating a shower of glittering sharp snowflakes. Raven felt someone leap on top of her trying to pin her arms down. It didn't do them any good because Raven just pushed herself up, unceremoniously dumping her attacker on the floor, and rose into the air. Her attacker, a Tamarian soldier if the uniform was any indicator, retaliated with a series of swift blasts that Raven blocked with her powers. Raven returned the favor by picking up several rather chunks of drywall, encircled her prey with them, and reduced his body and head to a single bloody mass.

Kori floated down to Dick side, totally unaware that one of her subordinates was being killed, and before she could stop herself cupped Dick's face with her hands.

"Why are you here?" Kori asked in a whisper as she gazed into his masked eyes.

"Why did you leave?" was Dick's equally soft reply.

"You're not supposed to be here. I left because of what I have to do. I left you because I love you." Kori whispered sadly. She leaned in and kissed Dick lightly on the lips before she knocked him out. Unable to take her husband prisoner Kori got up and flew off into the night.

Stone watched the whole thing unfold before him. He had killed the soldier he had met in the hallway, watched the fight between the Dark Energy wielding enchantress and witnessed the confusing but tender moment between Dick and the redhead

Stone took a look around the living room. The room was a disaster area with three bodies in it. Such a shame really, since the people looked so young, but there was nothing Stone could do. Besides he had more pressing matters to attend to. He turned to leave but the sounds of pain and labored breath caught his attention. Stone looked over his shoulder to see the woman, whose back seemed badly burned, was trying feebly to get to her feet.

Stone seeing as she was still alive, and against his own good sense, Stone picked her up in his arms. She whimpered when the cool metal of his arms and chest came in contact with her back and tried to struggle to get away from the painfully relief his embrace brought. However now that the fight was over the adrenaline that had powered her had run out and her body had succumbed to its weakened condition.

With the girl secure in his arms Stone turned to where Dick was lying. Stone could see that though Dick was badly hurt, his charred chest clotted black with his blood, he was still breathing. Stone decided that if he was going back down he should take him back as well. Perhaps Dick, seeing as he seemed to know one of the attackers rather intimately, could shed some light on the situation. After all, Stone needed to know if this was an isolated attack or if would threaten Slade's hold on Jump City. If that was the case then his plans would have a massive monkey wrench thrown into them and Cinder Block would have to be informed of a possible change.

Touching his former leader Stone teleported them all down to his quarters in Tear's main fortress.

Kori flew blindly for several minutes before she came to her senses. She was afraid that this would happen and now that it had she didn't know how to handle the situation. On one hand she had to support her family back on Tamaran, on the other she couldn't bring herself to turn on her husband her on Earth because she knew what his fate would be. However if she didn't capture him then her family on Tamaran would be rounded up and tortured or killed. Kori herself would be branded a traitor and be hunted down and executed.

Kori's thoughts stopped and her face paled. She had not only run off but she had kissed Dick in full sight of her men. If they reported that her career was over and her family on both worlds dead. Her thoughts began to race as she made haste to get back to the Tower. If she could get back in time to dispose of the two who may rag on her Kori could then save Dick, her brothers and sisters, and herself.

Kori found the tower the same damaged wreck she had left it with only two critical differences. Her husband and Raven were missing and her two soldiers, one stabbed and the other crushed, dead.

A frantic search of the tower didn't reveal either of her friends' whereabouts but Kori knew she had to report back before the advanced HQ got worried. Comforted in the knowledge that Dick was, for the moment, safe Kori slowly began to make her way to the pick up zone trying to think up of a story to explain the untimely demise of the two men assigned to her.

A/N: The LockDown lives! Aren't you all happy now? Well life is hell and rather hectic besides. I've been forced to assume the role of leader in a drama I'm in; lazy bunch of buggers they are. And my "wife" is as romantic as a hagfish. Practices for this thing run from 5 to 8 on Tues and Thurs, and we are starting Sats as well, the gods know we need the time. A new schedule for football on Mon and Fri, Softball added in on Thurs as well. No rest for me nor time to write. But a huge thanks to those of you who have reviewed.

TRW: Science fairs, I loathe them. I had to take part in 4 of them. Sure I won prizes, a 2nd, honorable mention, and a 1st, but they are too much work. So what did you do yours on? All of mine were engineer based, specifically on bridges. Well I'm gonna be pulling on Japanese and Chinese History and themes for some of my plot. Yes 20-foot spears would be unwieldy but they worked. The Greeks proved that with their mighty phalanx formation. The reasons the Romans even eventually beat the Greeks were: Archers, mobility (the heart of the Roman army) and the Greeks were never united against the Romans. And the Japanese used the Yari, a spear that could reach to 20 feet in length, as well. So it must have worked. I'm sorry to say that Raven/Stone are in for a hell of a ride. I'm plan on toying with everyone minds in this fic and that I will do. You seem to forget, or are not noticing, the subplots I have running. Keep that in mind. A final note; your mention of tempting me came across as rather hostile. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it is just the way I'm reading it…

Talon: Ignorance is a nice word for lying in the US. Columbus discovered America in 1492 did he? The Chinese did it in 1421, the Vikings in 1000, and let us not forget the people who had walked over the Bering land bridge to get their in the first place in the last Ice Age. American history books proclaim that the first iron clad ships were built and used in the US Civil War. Umm…. I seem to remember that the Koreans built Turtles ships, iron clad class complete with cannons, in their defense against the Japanese invasion some 250 years prior to the Civil War. How about that fact that America is ignorant to the fact that its own army is under equipped or that its secretary of defense hasn't a clue about waging a war. The Art of War by Sun Tzu would be a great present to give anyone in the White House. And life is not boring being hateful. Some of history's greatest men were hateful of one thing or another and they are remembered for it. No one remembers the common, mainstream people. Let's look at Hitler. He hated Jews. He went and nearly wiped them all out of Europe as well as conquered most of Europa. If he had not backstabbed Stalin and the Japanese not attacked Pearl Harbor German would be the language of Europe. And he might have bumped off all the Jews. Not to be anti-Jewish or anything but if Hitler had made a clean sweep of things then the Brits would not have felt sorry for them and given them Palestine, land that had been lived on for many centuries prior by Palestinians, and the US would not have its lapdog in the Middle East. Or are you ignorant of that fact as well? The entire Arab world already didn't like us for pouring money and arms, and nukes, into Israel and then we go into Iraq to oust Saddam because he had Weapons of Mass Destruction. That really pissed them off and the rest of the world as well. Oh, oh, guess how many WMD we have found after 22 months of looking. ZERO! The entire reason for war was cooked up or are you ignorant to that fact as well? I may be hateful but at least I'm not ignorant. I pity your ignorant existence. Lets see, you comment about the English not liking Americans doesn't qualify as racism. Why? Because American isn't it's own race, it's a mishmash pot of everything in it. Plus the English have never liked that Americans. Why? To quote the British armed forces in WWII "You're overpaid, oversexed, and over there." Your words Talon, if you listen are drown out because more then half of the US, and I have received private channels from people supporting me, and the entire world to boot, is with me on one or more level. So if you have any amazing facts of how great and good America really is I'm waiting for them. Our history is based on bloody racism, maltreatment of our fellow man and genocide all in the name of a few green bills.

Aeris9919: Short review but thanks.

j: You are the kind of reviewer every writer dreams of. You can never say enough and you seem to have a knack for digging in and finding to odd plot lines. I thank you for picking up on why Raven and Dick didn't instantly identify Stone as Cyborg. Also your insight as to why Stone didn't recognize either Raven or Dick was rather good as well and not too far off the mark.

Stone is Cyborg and while he may have changed there is a reason BB and Terra are quite happy and safe. They were old friends and every soldier, on some level, wants to have the same peaceful life they are enjoying. So why would Stone destroy that happiness when he could use it as an image of what things could be like when the fighting is over?

Tear/Slade alliance is rather off. I haven't given much info on that but that will come with time. Keep in mind that Cinder Block is Slade's second and Stone and Cinder Block are the best of friends in this.

Slade and Raven are fighting because that is what they do, just like the show. Simply put she is the hero of the city and so whenever Slade does something Raven shows up to stop him. My concept of Hell is far different from the main stream as you can see. Hell is a balance of sorts but if there was no evil in the world could there be any good? Think about it.

Yes, I'm taking liberties with making Star and Rob genetically compatible for a reason. It comes into play further down the road.

I must admit you caught me. I am using the idea from JL where Hawkgirl was a spy prior to an invasion of earth. I liked the idea and wanted to see where I could take it with Star and Rob. The main difference being that Rob and Star are married while Hawkgirl never married GL to my knowledge. Her royal status was written off just to add more conflict of interest within Star.

meditation6: Good to here from you. Take it easy if you can. Life is a bitch but that is the way the lots were cast. Thanks for reviewing.

angelicdhampir2oo4: A few angry words only makes me even more pissed off and I don't back down ever. Especially when I have several batteries of facts and sources to fire with. Constructive criticism such as your is welcomed. Yes I got your email and though I am not using your idea I have made some changes to Cyborg as you have just read.

Alisa: Reviews can never be too long. Any author that says that reviews can be too long should be dragged out to the street and shot like the dogs they are. You'd buy my book if I wrote one? My mother has told me to write a book, maybe one day I will but I have the next decade of my life planned out already and there is little room for fanfiction let alone a book. Thanks for the review, I'm sure I answered most of your questions in this chapter. And you should have used "esta" instead of "es" when you said "es muy bien" and "ella es muy mal" Curse the Spanish for having two verbs for "to be." I still get them mixed up and I've been learning Spanish for 4 years.

Terra Basher: You guess is very far off but I got a good laugh out of it. I'm afraid that Rob and Star won't physically be together for a while though I'll be tearing their minds part until then.

DarkChild5: A new face is always nice to see. Thanks for reviewing both fics.

LockDown over and out…