And here we are again. My mind has been really active as of late with regards to new ideas for fics... but unfortunately, none of that energy has generated anything new for my ongoing ones. So, as usual, I'm putting that energy to use, in whatever form it arrives as, and posting theme here. Hence the triple update. This one came as a result of several Titans fanfictions I've been reading, which in turn was due to the fact that I've started watching the series again. Enjoy!
Summary: They were sold into slavery, but escaped to Earth. A twin brother and sister, both part of the royal family of Tamaran, have arrived in Jump City. And with four other teens, they will find a new home, a new family.
Teen Titans: Novafire
Chapter 1: Arrival on Earth
Flying through space, not far from Earth's orbit, was a ship. The ship appears to be some sort of alien war vessel. Its entire body was mainly red, with a disc-shaped fuselage, several spikes extending from that disc, and two larger ones flanking the main gun. A narrow spiral tope by a sphere sat in the center, seeming to be the command center.
Inside the ship, the sound of two agonizing screams could be heard, one male and the other female, though their voices were muffled. A pair of aliens walked through one of the corridors. These aliens were covered in blue0green scales, save for their chests and fins, which were a dark yellow, and their red eyes. They had long tails and appeared to be a mix of some humanoid reptile and fish. Each one carried a spear that was the same yellow as their fins.
The two voices screamed again, more akin to angry roars, and several dull thuds rang through the air, like pounding on metal. The two aliens grimaced and kept walking, ignoring the other aliens of various species in their own cells that they passed by.
The farther they walked, the clearer the shouting—and pounding—became. As they reached the end of the corridor, the door slid open to reveal two more alien guards, who were flanking a single cell. The door was made from what seemed to be solid steel, as well as welded shut, with only a tiny window allowing anyone who came close enough to view inside.
One of the alien glanced at it somewhat nervously, asking in their language "Are you sure that the door will hold?"
"It has to. Lord Trogaar has demanded that the prisoner be delivered to the Citadel on schedule!" one of the guards flanking the door responded.
While that was enough to appease the first one, more smashing and shouting could be heard. This prompted the other guard to ask, "And what is it doesn't?"
"Then may Zorg help us," the other responded.
As in response, the male voice roared again, and this time the entire hallway shook, while the window in the cell door shattered. Through it, a pair of glowing eyes could be seen, one green and one blue, though the blue pair seemed dimmer than the green.
All four aliens tensed and moved away from the door, guessing what was about to happen. They were proven right when, with one last yell from the female, the door was completely blasted off its hinges and fell forward, kicking up a cloud of dust once it hit the floor. There was a moment of tense silence, and then the two prisoners stepped into the light.
The female was rather young, with long fiery-red hair that reached her waist and bright-orange skin. She wore an M-shaped face guard that covered her forehead and jaws, purple body armor with silver metal plates over it, and a silver pauldron around her neck. However, one thing that did not go with the outfit was the pair of white metal cylinders that covered the upper half of her arms, bolted in place and held together by a half-ring of dark grey metal.
The other one, the male, had the same skin tone, though his hair was an even deeper red, completely disheveled, and only reached the tip of his spine. He was a few inches taller than the girl, and with thick eyebrows that matched his hair. His outfit consisted of a dark blue body suit that covered his torso and legs but left his arms uncovered, a silver belt and boots, as well as similar pauldron on his neck. A pair of metal cylinders also bound his arms, in addition to a band of white metal that covered his eyes, which somewhat blocked the blue glow from them.
Both of them growled, with the girl saying "Zengtha rum aka! Kek zengtha ror!"
The other aliens didn't reply verbally, and instead pointing their spears at the duo. Despite not having seen the action, the male could guess what they did, and yelled "Rutha zorrgnarg!" before charging forward with his arms raised high.
Seeing as their opponent was blinded, the lizard-men chose to simply part before him and let him pass. However, their size caused them to release noticeable thuds of their own when they backed away, which caused the male to stop. With a shout, he spun in a circle and, by pure luck, nailed one of them in the chest hard enough to send it flying into a wall.
The female was right behind him, and unlike him, she could see where to hit. Thus, she was able to hit the second alien with an overhead blow strong enough to crush the skull of an ordinary human. For the lizard-fish-man, it only knocked him out, and he fell to floor like a puppet without strings.
One of the remaining aliens aimed his spear at the male and fired a blast of energy, catching him in the back. However, other than causing a fair amount of stinging and some smoke, the hit did nothing but make the redhead even angrier. Charging in the direction of the shot, he swung blindly again, but was blocked by the alien's spear.
That gave the female an opportunity to jump and kick the alien in the head, knocking him out as well. Then she turned and gave one more hit to the last alien, also sending it flying. Unfortunately, the last alien crashed right into a bright red control panel. And the instant after it touched the panels, flashing red lights and sirens began going off.
"Heska vo," the male snarled, with the female nodding in agreement.
The two of them pressed on, the female giving directions to her blinded comrade, until they were able to escape the ship by literally punching through its lower hole, exposing them to the vacuum of space. Unaffected by it, they jumped through and began flying through space, heading for the nearest planet they could find.
On the planet Earth, in one particular city, a mugger dressed in black and gray was rushing to avoid the cops, having just successfully pulled off another bank robbery. He quickly turned and bolted down an alleyway, hoping to lose the squad cars chasing after him. Somehow, they didn't see him, and rushed past.
The robber grinned and held up his bag of stolen money. Another job well done. He began walking down the alleyway when a shadow suddenly passed over him. "Huh?" he said, looking up and around. But the shadow was gone as soon as it had appeared, leaving him thoroughly spooked.
He drew his crowbar for protection, but then a red projectile whistled through the air and hit the weapon, knocking it out of his hand. Starting to freak out, he yelled "Hey, whoever you are, I don't want any trouble! Okay?!"
He heard something land behind him, and a voice say, "If you can't pay the price, don't do the crime." He whirled around just in time to be caught with a flying kick to the chest, sending him back. The criminal quickly recovered and charged at his attacker, letting loose a series of blows there were all either blocked or deflected.
Then the attacker responded with a rising knee to stomach and then a spinning kick to the head, making the robber see stars. He was completely unable to counterattack, and that let his assailant grab him and throw him into the wall hard enough to send him to ground.
The robber groaned and looked up, trying to see who had whooped his ass. Once he was able to see, his eyes went huge. It was a teenager, only five feet and four inches in height, with slicked back hair and a domino mask. He had on green tights with black steel-toed boots, green elbow-length gloves, a red vest with a yellow letter "R" over the left pectoral, a yellow utility belt and black cape with a yellow interior.
The crook stared. "What the hell?! This ain't your town! Aren't you supposed to be-?" he began, before the teen interrupted him.
"Just moved here. And from now on, I work alone," he stated. Before either of them could say anything else, however, they were interrupted by the arrival of a pair of glowing comets, blue and green, which flew overhead before finally crashing several blocks away, creating a large explosion on impact.
Seeing that, Robin was quick to bind the thug in front of him up and call in to have the police come to pick him up, before rushing off.
The comets had landed in front of the local pizza restaurant, kicking up a large cloud of smoke and leaving a circular crater in the ground. Slowly, the smoke faded, revealing that the comets had not been made of rock, ice or something similar, but was actually a pair of people.
It was the same young woman and man from before, the ones that escaped the alien ship. The male tried looking around, and grimaced. The metal band was still blinding him, and with his hands restrained, he couldn't just rip it off. The girl jumped down from the edge of the crater and looked around, scaring the people around her with how hostile her stance and expression were. She opened her mouth and began talking, but none of them could understand her. "Slopforn ivortmat! Slopforn! Ond gudshik zerrole!" she yelled.
One of the witnesses had the bright idea of taking a picture of the girl, and the flash caused her to cry out in surprise and shut her eyes. Hearing that, the male shouted "Glubnorb!" before jumping down and landing next to the girl. When she opened her eyes again, she looked even more enraged than before, and roared before swinging her bound arms into the ground, crushing the asphalt and creating a shockwave that spread out in all directions.
The male copied her actions and also slammed his arms against the pavement, creating an even larger shockwave that nearly caused several people to fall over. That was enough to convince all of the civilians to start running away, screaming in fear as the two aliens went on a rampage.
She swung her arms into a taxi and nearly rent it in two, sending it flying. She did the same thing with a phone booth and caused sparks fly from the impact, while she turned and smash a concrete bench to pieces. The male hit the front end of a pickup truck hard enough that the rest of the vehicle rose into the air, before falling back down. Then he slammed his face against a parking meter, trying to dislodge the metal band over his eyes. His face and the band remained unaffected, but the pole of the meter snapped like a toothpick.
However, no matter how much destruction they caused, nothing destroyed their restraints, or even loosened them. The male kept moving around and hitting air, and the girl looked around, trying to find something that would work. Her eyes landed on the support pillar holding up the pizza place, and grinned.
"Kieroand'r!" she called, and the male stopped to look in her direction. She flew and slammed her arms against the pillar, causing it to bend and the floor above the groan. Then, guided over there by her instructions, the male began to do so as well, adding in a blow with his head from time to time.
"Zop! Yark! Mesner!" they yelled in unison, punctuating each shout with another hit to the pillar. The repeated blows caused the pillar to nearly collapse completely, but it still managed to hold together, if only just. While the whole thing had done no damage to their bindings whatsoever.
They were about to try again anyway when, suddenly, a familiar bird-shaped projectile flew forward, hitting the alien girl on the side of the head and causing her to stumble as it impacted the side of her face guard. The metal piece deflected it, causing it ricochet and hit the metal band over the male's eyes, making him take a step back in surprise.
The female looked over at where the projectile had come from, and saw Robin standing on top of a car. Leveling an even stare at the alien girl and taking a martial arts stance, he demanded "Who are you two?"
Not understanding the question, she chose to respond without words, by flying at him with her bound arms raised high. She swung at Robin only for him to dodge, and she nearly cleave the car he had been standing on in half. The male followed up the attack, swinging for the same spot and finishing tearing the car in two.
The girl kept trying to hit him over and over, with her comrade aiding whenever he could. Possessing the skills of a born acrobat, Robin was able to duck and weave through every potential hit, and even threw a pair of exploding disc at them while backflipping away. The aliens were caught were caught in the blast but were barely even fazed by it.
Seeing that this was getting nowhere, the girl shouted some instructions to the male before kicking a nearby car into the air. The male followed her instructions and kicked forward, hitting the car and sending it hurtling end over end at Robin. Eyes wide, he barely ducked under the flying vehicle and watched it sail past, hitting the side of a building and exploding.
Robin grunted. "They're a lot stronger than they look," he thought out loud. But his focus on the car gave her the opportunity to score a solid hit, sending Robin onto his back. The male ran forward and tried to crush him into paste, but he rolled away from the hit.
He pulled a metal cylinder, which extended into a full staff. He swung at the girl and managed to score hit hard enough to make her crash into yet another car. "Koriand'r!" the male yelled, before roaring and attacking Robin like an enraged, blind bull. But not only was Robin able to side-step the attack, but he ever knocked the redhead to ground with another blow from his staff.
Unfortunately, after that hit, his staff literally crumbled apart in his hands, leaving him stunned and weaponless. 'Just what is that guy's head made of, anyway?' he thought. He didn't have the chance to think further on it, as the girl extracted herself from the car she was forced into.
Smirking at Robin, she titled her head to either side, eliciting several loud pops. "Zota," she said, somewhat impressed by what she had seen so far. She flew back at him and he tried to dodge, but his foot landed in one of the holes the alien male had made in their rampage earlier, and he fell onto his back again. She leaped into the air came down at him, ready to smash his head open.
But then her assault was stopped again, this time by a large ram, or all things. Said ram tackled into her hard enough to send her into a nearby building and create a cloud of dust. As if that hadn't been strange enough, there was the fact that the ram was green, and then shaped-shifted into an equally green-skinned teenager, one who was ever shorter than Robin.
His outfit consisted of a purple jumpsuit with black sides covering his arms, shoulder and the bottom halves of his legs, with a gray circular belt and matching gloves. His shoes matched the color scheme, being purple with gray soles and black trim. And over the top half of his head was a gray mask that had black rings around his eyes, as well as overly large pointed ears.
The mask-wearing teen snapped a quick salute, shouting "Ex-Doom Patrol Member Beast Boy, at your service! How can I-" But then he stopped himself, noticing just who he was talking to. "Whoa! You're Robin, aren't you, sir?" he asked.
Robin resisted the urge to groan, and said "Yes, I am, and don't call me 'sir'."
However, the confirmation only caused Beast Boy to stare at him with stars in his eyes. "I knew it! I've heard a lot about you, and let me tell what an honor it is to-"
"Beast Boy?" Robin interrupted.
"Yes, sir?" the changeling said, completely forgotten Robin's previous request.
Choosing not to comment on it, Robin pointed to where the aliens they had been fighting was sent, and they looked. They had used the brief moment they heroes had been talking to regroup, and were now working together to, despite being unable to use their hands, lift a huge double-decker bus over their heads.
They then threw the bus at Robin and Beast Boy, and the boys dived to either side to avoid being flattened. One person was in the line of fire, however, but he chose not to try and avoid it. Instead, he caught the bus like it was nothing more than a tackling football player, causing him to slide back slightly before stopping, and he lowered the bus back to the ground.
Nothing could be discerned about the stranger's appearance, since he was wearing black sweatpants and a gray hoodie with the hood up. However, it was easy to see that that he was exceptionally tall and muscular, the lower face of his face showed a dark skin color, and one of his eyes appeared to be glowing red.
Once he had put the bus down, the newcomer yelled "Yo! Who's been messin' up my neighborhood?!"
Beast Boy was quick to point at the aliens. "They were already fighting when I got here, and I think those two started it!" he said.
The male and female began to slowly come closer, but then the male stopped. "Koriand'r," he said, and the girl stopped. He spoke several sentences to her in their language, while also gesturing at her restraints and his blindfold. After a moment, she nodded, and the two of them suddenly swung… at each other.
The bindings on their arms collided while the male also slammed his blindfold against them at the same time. The ground began shaking once more from the force of the impact, and the three boys stared at them. This time, however, their efforts finally yielded fruit. The end of the manacles fell away, freeing their hands even if the rest of their arms remained stuck together. And the man's shattered, revealing his glowing blue eyes.
Now with her hands useable, the girls aimed them at the boys and they began glowing green, while the glow from the male's eyes intensified.
The trio had just enough time to start running before the girl unleashed a salvo of bright green energy blasts, rattling them off like machine gun fire. The male, on the other hand, shot two continuous beams from his eyes.
They were quick to split up, Robin and the one in the hoodie moving around to flank the girl while Beast Boy ran straight forward. While the green energy bolts were greater in number, they were alos less accurate, enabling the heroes to avoid getting hit. The blue beams, on the other hand, were precise enough that they nearly struck Robin in chest and would have had he not managed to cartwheel away at them last second.
Still, the group's surroundings were incapable of dodging, and stray shots were sent in every direction as the aliens tried to blast them to pieces. They hit the ground, the sides of buildings, what few cars were left, everything.
The three boys had retreated behind the remains of the bus, panting from their continuous efforts to avoid being shot. "Those two are gonna wreck the entire city if they keep this up," the large teen stated.
Robin grunted. "I won't let them. I'm not losing this fight!" he said firmly. The other two nodded in agreement, and they ran out from behind the bus.
But no sooner had they made it just a few feet when a massive black wall of energy rose up in front of them. The barrier took the shape of a massive raven with its wings spread, one that released a very real caw.
Then they heard a voice behind them say "Maybe fighting isn't the way to solve this," and turned around. It was a girl, one who wore a long indigo cloak with a hood, held in place by a black and red jewel set in a gold plate. Although the cloak and hood obscured most of her other features, they could see that she had clear violet eyes and light gray skin. An opening in the cloak showed she was wearing a black long-sleeved leotard that left her legs exposed, wrists cuffs and ankle boots that matched her robe, and a black belt with the same type of jewel that held her cloak together.
Beyond her rather cryptic statement, the new girl didn't say anything and looked pointedly at the aliens, lowering her barrier. The others looked too and saw that the alien girl had fallen to her knees, panting heavily. The male was still on his feet, but it seemed as if even a small breeze would send him down as well.
Robin stared at the sight for a moment, before saying "Everyone, stand down."
"What, you think you're the boss now?" the larger teen asked.
"Just give me a chance," the former sidekick said, before looking at the hooded girl. "Come with me," he added.
The girl raised an eyebrow, but decided to comply and started walking closer with him. Once they were close enough, the alien female managed to rise to her feet and point her hands at Robin, while the male growled and the glow from his eyes increased again.
"Easy there. My name is Robin. I don't want to harm you," he told her, slowly reaching for his utility belt. She growled at him, but then he held up a pair of lock-pick for the duo to see.
They looked at the devices, and then at Robin and the hooded girl's calm expressions. After a few seconds of tense silence, they lowered her arms and the glow from their hands faded, as well as from their eyes.
The girl's was a vibrant shade of green, with her sclera being of a lighter green color, contrasting well with her orange skin and auburn hair. The male's was much the same, except they were cobalt blue.
Robin quickly handed one of the lock picks to the hooded girl, before undoing the restraints on the female alien's arms. The sorceress looked at the lock pick, then at the male redhead, before sighing and helping. In less than a minute, they had accomplished what the duo had been wrecking half the city trying to do, and removed the shackles from their arms.
The restraints fell to the ground and the girl rubbed her arms where they had been, sighing in relief. "There. Maybe now we can-" Robin began, but was stopped in a very direct way.
The alien girl reached forward and grabbed him by the front of his vest, before pulling him forward and kissing right straight on the lips. Robin's eyes went huge behind his mask, not even having the slightest idea why she was doing this.
The others stared, but then the hooded girl felt a pair of hands grasp her shoulders, and she looked forward at the male alien. Before she could stop him, he placed his lips over her own, kissing right in the middle of the street.
Her eyes also went wide, and she could feel her face heat up, while a fine dusting of red became noticeable on her cheeks despite her gray skin color.
After several seconds, the girl released Robin from the kiss… and then shoved him hard enough that he fell on his ass. The male also released the sorceress but didn't push her. Rather than wonder why, she focused on the fact that, when they spoke up, it was now in English.
"If you do not wish to be destroyed, you will leave me alone!" the girl warned before shooting into the air and flying off.
"Do not attempt to follow us!" the male added, also flying away.
That left the four remaining teens to stand there, thoroughly shocked at what had just happened. Eventually, the silence was broken.
"So… I'm Beast Boy. Who are you?" the mask-wearing boy asked.
No one answered him, simply staring into the sky in silence. Eventually, the teen wearing the jacket said "I gotta say, those two sure know how to make an impression."
"I'd say we were the ones to make an impression," Beast Boy pointed out, grinning. "The scary people from space are gone, the city is saved, everything's 'mission accomplished'. Isn't that right, sir?" he asked, looking at Robin.
Robin responded "I'm serious. Quit calling me that." While Beast Boy gave him a nod and a sharp salute, he turned around and started walking. "Looks like this is done. Thanks for the help."
The girl in the cloak, having finally managed to get rid of her flaming blush, asked "You're going to go after them?"
"Yes, I am. I have to make sure they're not still a threat," Robin stated.
"Hey! I want to go too!" Beast Boy said, running after him.
But Robin stopped him in his tracks, saying "Sorry, but I just decided to go solo recently. I'm not really interested in making a team."
Beast Boy wilted at that, muttering "Need a sidekick…?" But Robin either ignored him and or didn't hear him, and kept walking.
The other two were also quick to walk off, before Beast Boy even had the chance to ask them if they wanted pizza. Deciding to follow the larger one, he said "Just you and me, huh? That's cool! I haven't really had anyone to spend time with since I quit Doom Patrol, so this is gonna be fun. You want to play some video games?"
But then the teen stopped and Beast Boy walked right into him, creating a thud that sounded rather… metallic. The gray-clad man turned around and lowered his hood, revealing that the left side of his face and neck, the left side of and right part of his head and his chin were all replaced by light blue, dark blue and gray mechanical parts.
"There! Take a good, long look! I had an accident, and now I'm a monster, alright? A cyborg!" he yelled.
Bur rather than be horrified or intimidated, the sight did nothing but awe the green-skinned changeling. "A cyborg? Cool! You're the next generation's Robot Man!" he said.
The gray-wearing cyborg stared at him, with a neutral expression. "You're one weird little dude. You know that, right?" he stated.
Beast Boy chuckled. "You called me 'dude'. Hehe." That caused him to roll his remaining eye and resume walking away. "So… see you later? Right, dude? Dude?" But he still didn't get any response. A moment later, his ears twitched as he picked up a low humming, and the area around him turned darker. Looking up, he saw that it was because of a massive spaceship. "DUDE!"
The cyborg looked up as well, as stared at the ship as it flew overhead. It passed over the buildings and continue on to the small island in the middle of the bay. Once over it, the ship released a large orange object shaped like a torch, which slammed into the island and kicked up a large cloud of dust.
Cyborg frowned. "Looks like our space people came with some friends," he said.
"Or enemies," Robin added, joining them.
The torch-like object released a blast of blue electricity skywards, which then resolved into a hologram of another alien. This one was similar to the lizard-fish-men that had been on the spaceship, though the one they saw now seemed to be the leader.
"People of Earth," the lizard-fish-man began, "We have come to this planet hunting a pair escaped prisoners. Very dangerous prisoners, at that. Do not attempt to interfere with our search, and we will leave this city intact. But if you attempt to assist them, we will make sure that your destruction is absolute."
And with that, the hologram faded away. A set of doors on the side of the torch opened, allowing dozens of other aliens similar to the one that had spoken to fly out, racing towards the city.
"They told us not to interfere," the girl in the cloak said, having joined them during the speech.
Robin didn't say anything to response, prompting Cyborg to look at him. "You're still going to go after them, aren't you?"
Robin nodded, and Beast Boy saw his chance. "Oooh! Can I come?" he asked.
There was a moment of silence… and then the Boy Wonder smiled. "I suppose I can team up. Just this once," he said, causing the rest of them to smile.
They began to head out, but the cloaked girl stayed behind, a dismayed expression on her face. Beast Boy noticed that she wasn't coming, and asked "Are you still with us?"
Looking up at him, she said "I… I'm not the hero type." She turned away. "Trust me. If you knew what I am, you wouldn't want me around," she told them.
Robin and walked and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look back at him. "You were willing to put yourself in the middle of a fight to avoid conflict. That tells me enough." He gave her a reassuring smile, and behind her, the other teens did the same.
As the search for the alien duo continued, the aliens that were searching for them seemed to be making no progress. They tore the roofs off cars, blew up cars, destroyed anything they encountered with energy blasts from the ends of their spears… All in all, it was clear that they were much more interested in finding their target than keeping the damage to a minimum like their leader said they would.
As they moved on, the group of four teens emerged from a nearby alleyway. Robin whispered "Alright, we need to think of some way to track-"
"They're nearby," the girl in the cloak interjected, causing the others to look at her in confusion. She lowered her head in embarrassment. "I'm an empath. I can sense things."
"I've got a sonic analyzer built into my arm. If those two are around, I'll be able to hear it," Cyborg said, pulling back his sleeve to show that his arm was indeed also mechanical.
"And I'll see if I can pick up their scent!" Beast Boy said, before changing into a green bloodhound and sniffing around on the ground. After a few moments of waiting, he barked and suddenly took off, while the sonic analyzer also started showing a heartbeat.
Following Beast Boy, Cyborg and the hooded girl's lead, the five of them quickly made their way to a video rental store, one that had a large hole burnt into the side of it. Inside, they could see a familiar pair of aliens grabbing food items left and right before scarfing them down. They ate with such speed that she didn't even bother to remove the wrappers from anything, and what didn't go into their mouths was sent through the air until it landed on the floor.
The male swallowed whatever he was eating and looked over at the female. "Sister, we must try these 'hot dogs'. If you coat them with this 'straw-berry' syrup and 'naw-choe cheese', they're truly marvelous!" he said, grinning.
The girl paused in her eating to look over the concoction, before nodding. "Very well. But only if you try these 'chawk-o-late' eggs and 'bar-B-cue chips'," she said, holding out a both of both items.
He nodded and the two of them traded food items, before scarfing them down, again without removing the wrappers. Both aliens hummed in satisfaction at the taste, before switching places so that she could go through the meat-related foods while her brother raided the candy section.
In shock at the sheer speed at which the girl was eating, Beast Boy hesitantly said "Um… You know, those would taste better if you took them out of the wrappers."
That alerted the two to their presence, and they turned around. "Hraagh!" the boy snarled, creating another orb of blue energy in each hand. His sister did the same, though hers were green.
The quartet backed away, not interested in starting another fight. "Easy. It's alright. We're your friends, remember?" Robin said gently.
That didn't affect them in the slightest, and the girl asked "Friends? Why? Why did you free us?"
"We were just trying to be, you know, nice," Beast Boy said nervously.
"'Nice'?" the male alien repeated, his brow creasing as her tried to understand the meaning of the word. "This word does not exist on our planet. The closest word is rutha, 'weak'," he said, before moving into a fighting stance. "And we do not tolerate the weak."
At that, Cyborg was able to momentarily overcome his fear, and shot back "Well, on this planet, 'nice' means 'nice'. And if you want us to keep being nice, you'll tell us why the lizard-fish took you prisoner."
They blinked at that, and the glow slowly faded from their hands and eyes. "Not prisoner. We am… prize," she said, garnering a fair amount of surprise from all four of them. She continued "They are Gordanians, and they wish to deliver us to the Citadel. To live as their servants."
"And the Citadel is…?" the girl in the cloak said, trailing off.
The male snorted. "Strong, brutish, stupid…" he said, trying to think of the correct English word. "Villains," he eventually stated.
Robin stepped closer. "Then you're not going with them. Not if I have anything to say about it," he declared.
However, no sooner had he said that then one of the walls of the building exploded, sending them all to the ground. Once the smoke cleared, they saw who was responsible. It was over a dozen of the lizard-fish-men, who zeroed their gazes on the alien girl once they saw that she was there. "Seize them!" one of them called, and they charged.
The six teens got back up and met their charge. Cyborg nailed one with a double axe-handle, made all the more powerful by the fact that his limbs were metal instead of flesh. Beast Boy changed into a rhinoceros and nearly gored one with his tusk, while sending several others hurtling in separate directions. The alien girl hit one of them with an uppercut that caused its head to go through the ceiling, before she threw more energy bolts at the others.
Robin drew another extendable staff from his belt used stood back-to-back with the male alien, both of them hitting any Gordanians that came close hard enough to knock them out. And Raven coated her hands in the same black aura as before, using that to send any that neared her flying.
Eventually, one of them managed to keep a lucky hit on the girl with its spear, shooting an energy blast that sent her through another section of the store, and out into the open street. Three more came after her, and she was able to dispatch two of them with her energy blasts. But the third one flew close enough that she could no longer try that, and so she tried to knock it out with a right hook.
Only for it to dodge the attack and slam its spear into her back. She shot down and crashed against the street hard enough to leave a spider-web of cracks, and the Gordanian landed on top of her. It pointed its spear and was able to unleash a blast at point-blank range… when the male crashed into it from the side, yelling "Keep your scaled hands away from my sister!"
The Gordanian grunted and tried to hold his ground, but that gave Robin enough time to throw the one he was fighting into it, downing them both. The mask-wearing teen and the two aliens smiled at each other, before rejoining the fight and working side by side.
After that, the fight quickly moved outside, with no side showing any signs of giving up. Cyborg grappled with one of them, trying to overcome it with sheer strength, until it tripped him by pulling his ankle with its tail. He rolled to the side to avoid getting shot in the face, and flipped onto his feet. But more blasts kept coming, hitting him all over and generating a smokescreen.
When the smoke faded, his jacket and pants were virtually gone, showing off all of his cybernetics in their full form. Cyborg shouted in anger and swung at the Gordanian that had tripped him. It raised its spear to block it, but he punched hard enough to not only break the spear in half, but to send its owner into several of its comrades.
More shots kept peppering him until Beast Boy, in the form of a pterodactyl, grabbed him by the shoulders and carried him out of the line of fire. When they tried to give chase, the male alien shot them out of the skies with a series of blue eye-beams. Then the cloaked girl used her powers to cover a nearby streetlight in dark energy, before using it as an improvised bat to knock them into the dirt.
It finally dawned on the Gordanians that, even though they had greater numbers, they still had no chance of winning, and some flew away in retreat. The rest followed their allies' example, and fled.
Once they were all gone, silence reigned once more, the fight finished. The two redheads looked at the rest of them. "I believe your expression is… thanks," the girl said, and her brother nodded in agreement.
Cyborg nodded back, before looking down at the remains of his outfit. "Aw, man! My suit," he groaned.
"So what? I think you look cooler without it," Beast Boy remarked, giving him a thumbs-up.
The male alien raised an eyebrow. "Says the green-skinned shapeshifter in a silly mask," he said.
Beast Boy looked at him in shocked dismay. "Silly? But… But my mask is cool! Right?" he said, looking at Cyborg and the cloaked girl. When they both shook their heads, he lowered his head. "But then what about my secret identity?"
"What secret identity? You're green," the sorceress pointed out.
Beast Boy was silent for a moment, processing what she had just said. He tried to come up with some sort of counter, opening his mouth. But then he stopped, realizing that she was right. With a sigh, he pulled off his mask, revealing that his hair was spiky and just as green as the rest of him, while his ears were smaller than the mask indicated, though still pointed.
"This is not over. Now, Trogaar will strike even harder. It is only a matter of-" the alien girl started, before she was cut off by another talking hologram that appeared.
"Fools!" the alien, who they assumed to be Trogaar, yelled. "The Earth scum were warned. You have aided our prisoners, and such insolence must be punished. Your city will be destroyed!"
Then the hologram faded away again, and the Gordanian ship pointed its main gun at the city, which began charging up. As it did, the civilians throughout the city started to panic, scurrying around like frightened ants beneath a magnifying glass
"Great," the cloaked magic-caster said, looking up at the ship.
Beast Boy grabbed the hair on either side of his head. "So… after trashing both a pizza place and a perfectly innocent video store, now we've made an evil space lizard angry enough to vaporize our entire city?!" he said.
"Go team," Cyborg said flatly.
The alien girl glared at Robin. "The fault is all yours! I commanded that you leave me alone, but you insisted on getting apology and being 'nice'!" she said angrily.
"Indeed. And I warned you not to follow us, but you did anyway!" the male alien stated.
"My fault?" Robin replied. "You blast me, you kiss me, but you never once decided to mention that they have a giant particle weapon!?"
Deciding to let Robin handle that issue, the hooded girl looked at the male alien. "Why did you kiss me, anyway?" she asked, managing just barely to keep her tone and expression neutral when she said that out loud.
He shrugged. "My people are able to assimilate the languages of other beings through oral contact. I needed to speak your language, so I did the 'kiss' to learn it," he said frankly, before frowning. "Although, after doing the 'kiss' with you, I think I assimilated a total of seven languages instead of one. Are you a polyglot?"
She looked somewhat embarrassed at that, and looked away. "Actually, yes, I am. I can speak English, German, Romanian, Sanskrit, Ancient Sumerian, Latin and Azaranian," she admitted.
He nodded, saying "I see. Very impressive," and managing to embarrass her even further.
Beast Boy groaned. "We're all so doomed! I can't believe I let you talk me into this!" he said, looking over at Cyborg.
"Say what?! I was ready to walk, but then you started following me!" the partly-mechanical teen shot back. As the four of them continued arguing, the male alien pinched the bridge of his nose. The arguing grew louder, and he was just about to yell at the all to shut up.
The cloaked mage beat him to it, however, shouting "QUIET!" They did just that, and looked over at her. Feeling all of the gazes at once, she nervously waved her hand. "Hi," she said.
The male alien sighed. "Look, how we fell into this mess is not a relevant. What matters now is that we stop it from getting worse," he told them.
"He's right. We're in this together, and that's how we'll get out of it. Together," Robin said. One by one, the others smiled and nodded. "Alright. Now, let's go save this city."
Inside the Gordanian ship, the atomization beam hummed as it continued charging up until it had enough power to destroy Jump City in one blast. A group of the aliens passed by the beam as they rushed to report to their lord, passing by an empty hallway. The moment they did pass it, though, an orb of pitch-black energy rose out of the floor.
That orb that dissipated to reveal the group of six heroes, with Raven at the front. Beast Boy shivered and said "Dude, that dark energy stuff gives me the-" But then he stopped when he noticed Raven staring at him, a flicker of annoyance visible in her eyes. "I mean, uh, it's cool!" he quickly said.
Robin looked around the corner to make sure that the coast was clear. Once he was sure it was, he said "We have to get to the firing controls. Let's keep moving."
They began moving quietly towards the next room, but the mage once again stayed behind. She didn't get the chance to do that for long, as Cyborg asked, "Mind telling me why you're always alone?"
She looked up to see him standing in front of her, and she diverted her gaze elsewhere. "It's like the kid said. I don't exactly fit in," she said.
Cyborg placed a hand on her shoulder. "He's green, I'm mostly made of metal, and those two are from outer space. Trust me, you fit in just fine." That said, he used the hand on her shoulder to gently push her forward, and she let him.
Robin had taken point, and was looking around to make sure that they didn't run into any opposition. As they kept going, the two redheads approached him, getting him attention. Despite looking like he had just swallowed a lemon, the male said, "We—both of us—bring you… apology."
"Don't fuss over it. I'm sorry I yelled," Robin told them.
The girl smiled. "You are… nice. On our world, only our k'norfka showed us such kindness," she told him.
Robin smiled. "Well, things are different here," he said. The two of them stared at each other, and a faint dusting of pink appeared on the young woman's cheeks. Her brother narrowed his eyes at the sight, and he had to resist the sudden urge to step between them.
The tender moment was soon broken, and by Beast Boy saying "Uh, guys? I think they found us!" and pointing ahead.
True enough, a group of more Gordanians had appeared in front of them, with more approaching from behind. The male grunted and called forth another pair of starbolts. "Well, then let us start the party!" he called, and flew forward.
On the main deck of the ship, a monitor showed the atomization beam reach its full power. One of the Gordanians turned around in its chair, saying "Lord Trogaar. We are ready to fire at your command."
Above them, a large thronelike chair swiveled around, showing the Gordanian who had been on the projections. "Then begin the firing countdown," Trogaar ordered. They did just that, and a timer in their language appeared on the monitor. He smirked. "The scum of Earth shall learn that it takes more than six delinquent heroes to defy me!"
The weapon glowed as it prepared to fire, but just before it could, the door behind Trogaar exploded, and all the Gordanians turned to see what caused it. Standing there was Robin, with Beast Boy and Cyborg on either side of him, the two aliens hovering in the air and flanking them, while Raven floated above and behind them.
"We're not six heroes. We're one team," Robin declared.
Trogaar growled in rage and his minions ran towards the heroes. The heroes ran as well, Robin jumping into the air and delivering a flying kick to the fact of one of them. Cyborg slammed his fists into the floor hard enough to create a shockwave, one that sent two more onto their backs. Beast Boy transformed into a kangaroo and kicked another two in the gut with his full strength. And the female redhead hit one with an uppercut so hard she nearly made its head touch its feet.
The male blocked one of the Gordanians when it tried to stab him with its spear, and he responded with a kick that sent it skidding back. As it did, he snatched the spear from its hands and lifted it up. "Hmm. Not my usual weapon, but I will try it," he said. He aimed and tried to channel a starbolt through the spear. To his own surprise, it worked, and it sent the energy blast into the face of another Gordanian.
Beast Boy used the ability granted to him by his animal forms to avoid being hit several times, However, he failed to notice Trogaar coming in from behind. The massive alien hit him with a backhand hard enough to make him crash into a wall and fall to the ground, unmoving. He charged forward to deal the finishing blow, but then the Raven rose out of the ground in front of him and created a barrier.
Trogaar growled and smashed his fists against the barrier. The girl tried to maintain it, but eventually it gave out, and she fell down next to Beast Boy. Trogaar grinned as he prepared to end them, but then he was interrupted a second time, this time by energy shot to the back.
Turning around, he saw that the male redhead was the one who did it, and he ducked to avoid another shot that would have hit him in the face.
"Insignificant brat!" he yelled and ran at the teen. He stood his ground and tried to stab Trogaar with the spear while also shooting an eye-beam. The spear failed to pierce the enemy's scales, but the eye-beam did make him howl in pain before stumbling back.
"You must be a little more creative than that, fish-man!" he taunted, before shooting another starbolt from the spear and hitting Trogaar's left shoulder.
The alien roared and was about to try again anyway, but then Robin came in from the side and delivering a strong left jab, followed up by an equally strong spin kick. Trogaar landed harshly on the ground and tried to regain his bearings. When Robin came in for another round of hits, he was caught by a massive hand wrapping around his midsection, before throwing him into the wall harder than even Beast Boy had been hit.
The female redhead gasped and called "Robin!" Feeling herself filled with renewed rage, she punched the minion she was fighting hard enough to knock it out cold, and flew at Trogaar. She threw as many starbolts as she could at him, kicking up yet another smokescreen. Trogaar jumped through that smokescreen and tackled her to the ground. She struggled to break free and succeeded, just as Cyborg finished off the minion who had attacked him.
Working together, the two teens dealt a devastating series of blows to the alien lord, their enhanced strength gradually wearing him down. But Trogaar wouldn't go down like that, and he dealt back those same blows with interest, sending them back until they landed on either side of Robin. When Cyborg landed, the armor plating on his right arm shifted around, briefly exposing the circuitry underneath.
Robin saw this and got an idea. "Your arm. Can you reconfigure it into another form, like a weapon?"
Cyborg glanced down at his arm. "I can't make any promises, but I can try," he said.
Looking up, they saw that they had been surrounded, and Trogarr smirked down at them in victory. But then they heard the mage speak up, and looked over to see her standing next to the male redhead, who was reluctantly carrying Beast Boy on his back. "Get away from my friends," she said, her eyes beginning to glow white as dark energy surrounded her. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!"
The energy around her exploded outwards, leaving her allies unharmed but dealing massive damage to Trogaar and his minions. The blast also blew a hole in the roof of the command deck and destroyed the ship's controls, causing the particle beam to shut down. The loss of controls also caused the entire ship to begin descending until it crashed into the bay.
After the crash, the six heroes slowly rose to their feet, looking around at the defeated Gordanians. At least, until Trogaar managed to stand back up, looking at Raven with unbridled fury. It came closer and she wasn't able to conjure another barrier, that last move having drained what was left of her reserves.
The male handed Beast Boy off to her and stood in the way, holding up his stolen spear. The claws on the end of Trogaar's fingers grew to the size of daggers, and he raised his hand to tear the teen to shreds. Just as he swung downwards, a ringed beam of bright blue and white appeared behind the alien lord, hitting him in the center of his back.
Trogaar managed to release a single cry of pain before falling forward, down for the count once and for all. Behind him, Cyborg's right arm had been changed into some sort of cannon, which was smoking slightly from that last hit. "Alright, I'm only going to say this once," he declared, before smiling. "Boo-yah!"
Later on, the remaining Gordanians had taken their few working ships and managed to escape, leaving behind the torch-projector-thing and their destroyed warship. All six of the teens, minus the two redheads, were standing at the edge of the small island where the projector was, watching as the sun slowly rose over the horizon.
The cloaked girl lowered her hood, showing that she had short hair that was the same purple color as her eyes, as well as a red jewel in the center of her forehead. "That's quite a view," she said.
Cyborg nodded, crossing his arms. "Someone ought to build a house out here."
"Yeah. If you like sunshine and the beach," Beast Boy said, lightly elbowing Raven.
She smiled ever so slightly at him, saying "You know, you're kind of funny."
That proved to be the wrong thing to say, as the changeling eyes grew sparkles just like when he had first met Robin, and his head grew out of proportion. "You think I'm funny? Oh, duuuude! Do I know some jokes!" he said, causing the girl to lean back nervously.
As the four of them talked amongst each other, and Robin simply stood off to the side, the alien siblings slowly approached from behind. "Please. I look… nice?" the girl asked hesitantly. They looked back and saw that she had changed her outfit, with it now consisting a purple crop top that showed her stomach, a miniskirt and thigh-high boots of the same color, as well as a silver neck collar, silver gauntlets with green gems in them, and a silver band on her right arm. Her forehead protector was also gone, showing that she had short eyebrows that brought attention to her eyes.
Her brother's appearance was mostly unchanged, save for a pair of his own gauntlets with blue gems, and a pair of armor pads on his shoulders.
Robin stepped towards them, saying "We still don't know your names."
Walking towards them, she said "In your language, it would be 'Star Fire'."
Cyborg smiled. "Welcome to Planet Earth, Starfire," he said, before looking at her brother. "And you?"
He hesitated for a moment, glancing over at his sister, But when he saw that she was fine, he sighed. "My birth name is Kieroand'r, or Kiero," he said, pronouncing 'Kee-air-oh'. "But in this language, I guess it would be 'Nova Fire'. I do not know your names either."
"You know, you're right. The name's Victor, but you can call me Vic," Cyborg said, holding his hand out.
He shook it, noting that Victor had a strong grip to go with the fact he was mostly metal. Novafire approved.
"Nice to meet you, Kachu. I'm Beast Boy, but you already knew that!" Beast Boy said, shaking his hand excitedly.
Novafire smiled and nodded, before looking over at the girl in the cloak. "And what's your name?" he asked, smiling.
Seeing the smile and sensing the sincerity behind it, the girl looked away with the faintest blush. "It's Raven," she said.
"Raven, like the bird. I like that," he said, unintentionally causing her blush to grow.
Starfire smiled. "I thank you all for your help and your bravery. And I would like to have permission to stay here, where the people are strange, but also kind," she said. She and Robin looked at each other for moment, before looking away with blushes on their cheeks.
Again, Novafire saw this, and his gaze narrowed. 'This is something I will need to keep an eyeball on,' he mentally noted.
"You don't need our permission for that," Raven said warmly.
"But if you want our friendship, you got it," Robin added.
Cyborg said, "Guess we could all use some friends," and Beast Boy nodded.
The six of them gathered into a circle, and Robin reached for his belt. "I thought we might want to stay in touch, so Cyborg and I made these." He held out his hands, showing four communicators, each of these circular and colored black and yellow with a red button on the side.
They each took one, and Cyborg added "Made them with my own circuits."
"If there's ever any trouble, you know who to call," Robin declared. The six of them looked out towards the sunrise, feeling a sense of hope fill them. They could feel it. This was the beginning of something beautiful, something great. The beginning of a true friendship.
And that's this plot bunny. In addition to the reasons stated above, there was another reason I wrote this. As I read through a good deal of Titans fanficions, I realized that there were no (almost) no fics out there with an OC who was a Tamaranean. So, I thought to myself 'What if I decided to give it a shot?'. And this is what came of that.
In any case, please review! If you flame me then Bruce Lee will smash you wish his nunchaku. (I'm just kidding… or am I?)