It was an ordinary evening in Jump City. The Teen Titans were attending a fair. Robyn and Starblaze were on top of the Ferris Wheel watching fireworks. "Beautiful," Starblaze breathed. He turned to Robyn. "Tell me again what they are called," he said.
"Fireworks," Robyn replied simply. More fireworks go off. Starblaze sits back in his seat. "On my planet, such explosions would mean the Gordanians were attacking," he said. "Are you certain Earth is not under attack?" He asked Robyn. "Positive," she answered. "Cotton candy," she said, offering the alien some. "The last time I ate something made of cotton," said Starblaze, "it was white, and it did not taste very-"
"This is different," the Girl Wonder said, taking a piece and tossing it into her mouth. Starblaze smiled and took a small piece. He put it in his mouth. "Mmm," he said. Then he gasped. "It vanished," Starblaze said in surprise. "Yeah," Robyn said with a laugh. "It'll do that."
Starblaze sighed happily. "When I first came to this planet," he said, "I did not think I would ever fit in. Earth is full of strange things." Fireworks went off in front of them. "But now I see there are-". He was cut off by the many fireworks going off.
"Yeah," Robyn cheered, "here comes the finale!" Numerous fireworks went off. Robyn cheered. "Amazing," Robyn breathed. Starblaze's eyes sparkled as he looked at Robyn. "Earth is full of amazing things, too," he whispered(1). "Best planet I've ever been to," Robyn agreed.
Suddenly, a purple squid-like machine flew by and grabbed Starblaze. The alien screamed. "Starblaze!" Robyn yelled. The aforementioned Titan was struggling to get loose, but to no success. "Wherever you are taking me," he said, eyes glowing, "I do not wish to go!" His hands were glowing as he shot a star-bolt at his captor.
Electricity ran through the machine, and Starblaze got free. He flew away, and the machine followed closely behind. Meanwhile, the other three Titans were playing ring toss. Beast Girl threw a ring and it landed on a bottle. Beast Girl and Cyber smiled at each other. "Booyah!" Cyber exclaimed. Beast Girl received a giant chicken. She presented it to Revan.
"Told you I would win you a prize," the green teen said to the cloaked demon, who took it with uninterest. "Wow, a giant chicken," he said sarcastically. "I must be the luckiest boy in the world." Suddenly, Robyn appeared beside them. "Titans, trouble," she said. "Where's Starblaze?" Cyber asked.
"That's the trouble," the Girl Wonder said before running off. Revan dropped the chicken as the three Titans ran after their leader.
They ran to the end of the dock to see Starblaze being chased by the squid machine. Said alien looked over his shoulder and gasped. The machine lunged an arm at the Tamaranean; he dodged it. Starblaze shot another star-bolt at the machine; it bounced off. He shot another one, but that, too, bounced off. "No more chasing now, please," Starblaze yelled as he increased his speed. The probe did, too.
Starblaze flew past the Titans with the squid probe on his tail. "Who's his new best friend?" Beast Girl asked. "Don't know," Robyn said, punching her hands together, "but I can't wait to meet him."
Starblaze and the probe flew around the Ferris Wheel. Starblaze flew in between the Titans and stopped next to Robyn. Beast Girl turned into an alligator and tried to bite the probe; it flew out of her reach. Revan levitated a hot dog cart and threw it at the probe, but it dodged the obstacle. The probe flew by Cyber, who grabbed it by its tentacles.
"Don't know what you did to make this thing mad, Star," she said, "but it couldn't hurt to apologize!" Starblaze was genuinely confused. "I am sorry," he said with question in his voice. The squid machine shot out of Cyber's hands.
Robyn whipped out her bo staff and charged at the machine. She hit it straight on the top. It fell into the ocean. Robyn put the staff back into her belt. Beast Girl looked over the side. "Does anyone know where it went?" She asked.
Suddenly, the probe burst threw the dock and flew at the Titans. Robyn jumped on it and looked it over. "Hmm," she said, "don't see an off switch. Guess I'll just have to make one." She broke into it and pulled out some wires. Robyn jumped off. The squid probe started wobbling as it flew into the air and exploded with the fireworks.
Robyn turned to Starblaze. "Whatever that thing was," she said, "it can't hurt you now." Starblaze was confused. "But, why did it wish to hurt me at all?" Starblaze asked.
The Titans returned to their Tower. "Come friends," Starblaze said. "I will thank you for my rescue by reciting the Poems of Gratitude. All 6,000 verses." The rest of the Titans were shocked. "I see you haven't changed a bit." Starblaze looked over his shoulder to see a boy with purple armor and purple-tinted black hair sitting on the back of the couch. He got up. "When we were little, I was always rescuing Starblaze."
The mysterious boy opened his arms as Starblaze ran up to hug him. "Brother!" Starblaze exclaimed. The black-haired boy held up a green jewel on a string. "Brought you a present," he said. Starblaze gasped. "A Centauri moon gem?!" He exclaimed. "Where did you get-"
"From the Centauri moons, of course," the boy said, cutting Starblaze off. He put on the redhead. "Oh look, it matches your eyes!" Starblaze smiled happily. "You must meet my friends," he said, grabbing the boy's hand and pulling him along. "Friends, this is my big brother," Starblaze said. The raven haired boy walked in front of him. "Darkblaze," he said. "And since Starblaze has told me all about the Titans and his transmissions, let me guess."
Darkblaze walked in front of the cybernetic teen. "Cyber," he said. "Please to meet you, little dude," she said, holding out her hand. Darkblaze shook it. Cyber brought up her crushed hand. "Little dude, big handshake," she said. "Well, alright."
Darkblaze turned to Revan. "Revan," he said. "I like that gemstone on your Ishma chakra." Revan smiled shyly. "You know about chakras?" He asked. "I got way into meditation on Altirai Prime," Darkblaze said, walking over to Beast Girl. "Beast Girl! What's up?" Beast Girl smiled.
"Nothing but the ceiling, dude," she said. Darkblaze chuckled. "Good one," he said with a laugh. "See," Beast Girl said to Revan. "He thinks I'm funny." Revan didn't look at her. "Statistically," he said, "I suppose someone has to." Beast Girl deflated.
"And you must be Robyn," Darkblaze said to the Girl Wonder. He jumped behind her and held up the girl's cape. "I am just loving this cape," he exclaimed. "It's positively luscious!" Robyn smiled. "Thanks," she said. "It's a high density polyester titanium. Ten times stronger then steel."
"Fascinating," said Darkblaze, smiling wide. Starblaze gasped. "And this mask makes you look very, mysterious," Darkblaze continued. Starblaze appeared between them. "So, beloved brother," he said, "what brings you to Earth?"
"I was in a quadrant," Darkblaze said, walking towards the couch. "Thought I'd see if Earthlings liked to party." He jumped on the couch. "Besides," he said, "I needed a rest. Nearly got sucked into a black hole on the way here." The three girl Titans looked at each other before rushing over to the couch.
"Black hole?" Robyn asked. "No way," Cyber said. "Cool!" Beast Girl exclaimed. Darkblaze begins to tell his tale. "Ok, so I'm cruising through the Draconous Nebula when-"
"Brother," Starblaze exclaimed, "that nebula are full of black holes! You know travel there is forbidden." Darkblaze, Robyn, Cyber, and Beast Girl all look at him. "Most fun things are," his brother says. "Now, be a dear and bring me one of those 'sodas' I've heard so much about." The four teens turn back.
"So anyway," Darkblaze continues as Starblaze walks away. "I'm zooming over an Aventuri approaching lightspeed when all of a sudden..."
Starblaze heads to the kitchen and opens the refrigerator. "I see you have not changed either," he said to no one in particular as he grabbed a soda and closed the fridge.
Meanwhile, in space, blue streaks flew into a spaceship. The blue streaks turned out to be more squid pods. Three pods inserted themselves into some tubes, but the fourth one was empty. "Our target was not located," a voice said. "The drones have failed."
"Have they?" Asked another voice. A hand pressed a button. A diagram of Earth appeared. "The pod that went to Earth did not return," the second voice said. "That is where we will find the girl."
The next day, Starblaze was looking for his brother. "Brother?" He called. "Brother!?" Starblaze looked around. "Brother, I seek your companionship."
In the living room, Cyber and Beast Girl were playing video games. "You wanna pass me," Cyber said, "but you cain't pass me. You cain't pass-you passed me." Beast Girl's face was smug. "Tighten the turn, dip, and nitro!" She exclaimed as she did a victory twirl and jumped back onto the couch.
Starblaze walked up to the couch. "Tell me," he said, "have either of you seen Darkblaze?" Neither Beast Girl nor Cyber took their eyes off the game. "Blazin' Bee?" Beast Girl asked. "He was here just a second ago." Suddenly, Cyber's car took the lead. Beast Girl scowled. "What fun," Starblaze said clapping. "May I join your game?"
"Sorry," Cyber said. "Winner plays Darkblaze." Beast Girl practically had hearts coming out of her head at the mention of the black haired boy. "Yeah," she agreed. "He rules at this game."
"I see," Starblaze said sadly. He walked to Revan's room and knocked on the door. It opened just a crack, and Revan looked through. "Have you seen Darkblaze?"
"No," said Revan, closing the door. "Well, perhaps we could go to your favorite dark cafe," Starblaze suggested. "Already went with Darkblaze. Your brother's poems are very dark," Revan said, closing the door all the way. She walked to the gym. In the doorway, Darkblaze was talking to Robyn. "Like this," he said to the girl, pulling her closer to him(2). "That's perfect Robyn." Starblaze gasped. "Just like that and, hiya!" Darkblaze then threw the Girl Wonder into the weight stack, breaking it.
"Learned that move from a Venzo master on Ataurus 3," he said to Robyn. "Robyn, and my sister," Starblaze said, "am I interrupting?"
"Not at all," Robyn said. "Darkblaze was just showing me some alien martial arts. How come you never showed me these cool moves?" Starblaze looked down until Darkblaze spoke.
"Probably because he doesn't know them. I always was the better fighter," he said smugly to Robyn before pulling her along. "Come on, I'll show you the technique I used to a rampaging Orthax."
Starblaze looked down again. Later that day, Starblaze walked into the room with movies and popcorn. "Friends," he said. "I invite you to partake in a stay home movie night. I bring you popcorn and non-cotton candies. Tell me, which sort of movie shall we view?"
"Action," Robyn said.
"Comedy," Beast Girl said.
"Sci-fi," Cyber said.
"Horror," Revan said.
Starblaze deflated. "Perhaps a double feature," he suggested. "Forget the flicks, kids," said Darkblaze. He was wearing the same attire as Starblaze. "We're going out!"
"We are?" Starblaze asked. He pointed to Darkblaze's outfit. "Where did you... Are those mine?" He asked. "Heard about a party downtown," Darkblaze said. "Cool crowd, hot music."
"Yeah," said Beast Girl.
"I'm in," said Cyber.
"Why not," said Robyn.
"And it's in a creepy rundown warehouse," Darkblaze added, catching Revan's attention. The rest of the Titans cheered. "Hey, dude, raided your closet," said Darkblaze. "Hope you don't mind me borrowing your look."(3)
"Why not," Starblaze said, "you have already borrowed my friends."
Later in the evening, Darkblaze and the Titans were attending the party. "Step aside Earthlings," said Darkblaze, pushing his way through the crowd. "The King of the galaxy has arrived!" Meanwhile, Starblaze was having trouble getting through the crowd. Someone had stepped on his foot. "Ow," he groaned. "You really should apologize after you step on somebody's foot!"
Darkblaze was dancing with the crowd. "Now, don't tell me you big tough super teens are afraid of a little dancing," he said to the female Titans. "Betcha Cyber can do the robot," Beast Girl joked. She started doing the robot, but stopped as soon as she saw the cybernetic teen giving her the stink eye.
Darkblaze continued dancing, and the girl Titans joined in(4). Revan and Starblaze were standing in the crowd watching them. "This party is pointless," said Revan. A goth girl walked next to him. "Everything's pointless," she said. "Wanna go talk about it?" Revan shrugged and they both walked away, leaving Starblaze alone.
A girl walked over to him. "Hey hot stuff," she said, "you diggin' the scene?" Starblaze blushed. "I did not know we were supposed to bring shovels." Everyone started laughing at him.
Meanwhile, in space, a space ship was approaching Earth. "The girl may have defeated one probe," said the first voice, "but she will not fare so well against three." The three probes in tubes shot out and flew to Earth.
Starblaze sat on the edge of the party building. He sighed. "Perhaps I do not belong here after all." The door opened behind him. "Of course you don't," Robyn's voice said. Starblaze turned to her in surprise. "You belong down there having fun with the rest of us," Robyn continued. She closed the door and walked toward him. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing is wrong," Starblaze said quickly, "everything is wonderful. The pounding music and blinding lights are quite enjoyable." He looked down sadly before continuing. "Everything is not wonderful," he said. "I am happy to see him, but Darkblaze rules the video games, and he can share depressing poems, and he knows the cool moves, and he knows when people are not talking about shovels(at this Robyn made the impression that she was raising her eyebrow under her mask), and," Starblaze took a breath, "I am nothing like him."
Robyn put her hand on Starblaze's shoulder. "No, you're not," she said, "and I think-". Darkblaze opened the sky panel, wearing a wig that made him look exactly like Starblaze(5). "How do I look?" He asked. "Pink," Robyn replied. "Look, can you give us a moment?"
Suddenly, the music changed. Darkblaze gasped. "I love this song," he said. He grabbed Robyn and took her back into the building. Starblaze sighed sadly. Just then, another squid probe appeared. Starblaze gasped.
Meanwhile, Cyber and Beast Girl were dancing. Beast Girl noticed Starblaze and the probe fighting outside the window. "Cy," she yelled, "Star's in trouble!" Cyber stopped dancing to look at her friend. Suddenly, another squid probe grabbed Beast Girl and dragged her outside. Cyber ran after her, but another probe appeared and tackled her.
"So, you like show tunes," the goth girl asked Revan. The probe pulling Beast Girl flew by them. The goth girl ran off, and Revan flew after the probe. He used his magic to throw two crates at the probe. The probe let go of Beast Girl and she fell.
The probe carrying Starblaze burst through the window and crashed into a crate. Cyber was punching her probe. Starblaze rose from the crate and threw a star-blast at his probe. It fell toward Beast Girl, who turned into a jaguar and clawed at it.
All three probes focused their attention back on Starblaze, and started chasing him. Cyber then started attacking all three of them. They start to fight back.
Robyn and Darkblaze are walking upstairs. "Where are you going? Stay here and talk to me," Darkblaze said. "I really need to make sure Starblaze is okay," Robyn replied.
Suddenly, Cyber crashed through the wall. Robyn ran up to her. "What's going on?" Cyber turned to face her. "Remember that thing that attacked Starblaze? It had friends." Cyber ran back into the battlefield. Robyn was about to go with her, but she saw that Darkblaze was just standing there. "Didn't you hear her? Your brother needs help!"
"Right, of course," Darkblaze said, pulling off his wig. The probes threw Starblaze through a wall; he fell into a dumpster. The probes then trapped him in it and carried him off. Starblaze screamed. A birdarang sliced off two of the probe's arms. The dumpster dropped.
"Teen Titans," yelled Cyber and Robyn, "go!" Darkblaze flew out and shot indigo eye beams at the probes. The probes broke instantly. The Titans congratulated him. "How did you know where to hit them?" Robyn asked.
"Lucky guess," Darkblaze said, shrugging his shoulders. "We could use luck like that," Cyber said. "Maybe you oughta join the team."
"Me? A Teen Titan?" Darkblaze said in mock surprise. Starblaze gasped. Back at Titans Tower, Starblaze is on the roof. He looks back, then slides on a backpack. "He will be a better Titan then I ever was," he whispered, referring to Darkblaze.
"Were you just going to leave without saying good bye," asked a voice from behind. Starblaze turned to see Robyn walking up to him. He grabbed his arms and sunk to the ground. "Robyn, I-" he was cut off by the sound of a spaceship. An alien shot a green tentacle from its hand, pushed Robyn aside, and grabbed Starblaze.
Robyn ran after him and tried to grab his foot, but fell. Starblaze screamed, but it was muffled. The alien put Starblaze in a tank. "Prepare to leave Earth orbit," said the first alien. "We have the Tamaranean boy."
"Once we get back to Centuari, you will pay for what you have done," said another. Starblaze continued to struggle. Unbeknownst to them all, Robyn was upside down on the bottom of the ship. "Nobody's taking him away," she whispered. She hopped onto the top of the ship. "My friend stays here," Robyn growled.
The second alien roared and charged towards the Girl Wonder. They engaged in hard battle. The alien blasted at her, but she dodged it. She punched the alien in the arm. Robyn dodged a green tentacle, which hit the ship's fuel wing. The ship started falling.
"I cannot control it," said the first alien. Robyn leapt over to Starblaze's capsule and deactivated it. She helps him out of his bonds. "Robyn," Starblaze exclaimed. "Come on," the aforementioned Titan said, grabbing Starblaze's hand. They jump from the ship before it crashes.
"Star! Robyn," Beast Girl calls from behind. They turn to see the rest of the Titans approaching them. "You guys ok," asked Cyber. The aliens got up from the crashed ship. The Titans got into battle stances. "Titans, get ready," Robyn whispered.
"In the name of the Grand Centuari Emperor," said the first alien, "you are all under arrest." The Titans were confused. "Um, you can't be the good guys," said Beast Girl. "We're the good guys."
"We are the Centuari police," the second alien said. "The Tamaranean boy is a liar and a thief," said the first alien, pointing at Starblaze. "He has committed high crimes throughout the entire Centuari system." Starblaze looked at Robyn. "I have never even been to the Centuari moons," he said.
"But I know someone who has," Robyn said, removing the medallion Darkblaze gave to Starblaze. He gasped. "You've been chasing the wrong boy," Robyn continued. She turned to Cyber. "Where's Darkblaze?" Beast Girl looks behind her and sees Darkblaze flying into space. "Uhhhhh," she said pointing.
"Don't worry Star," Robyn said, "he won't get away." Starblaze narrowed his eyes. "No, he will not," he said before flying after Darkblaze. "Hello brother," said Starblaze after catching up to Darkblaze. "Oh, you're mad," Darkblaze said, feigning innocence, "I know I should have told you I was leaving, but you know how I hate saying goodbyes and-"
"You are a criminal and you were going to let me take your place in jail," Starblaze said, cutting his brother off. "Well, yeah," Darkblaze said. "You will give back what you have stolen and turn yourself over to the police," Starblaze commanded.
"And what will you do if I don't," Darkblaze said as he blasted his brother with an indigo star-bolt. "I always was the better fighter." Starblaze flew up toward him. "Not anymore." Darkblaze starts a shower of indigo star-bolts; Starblaze flies through them and shoots his brother's right hand; Starblaze then rises over Darkblaze, who prepares to blast him. Suddenly, a green tentacle shot out and grabbed Darkblaze.
"Darkblaze of Tamaran," the Centauri Police said, "you are under arrest." Starblaze flew beside him. "Farewell, brother," he said. "Although you did attack and betray me, it was still very nice to see you." Darkblaze narrowed his eyes. "Next time, it won't be so nice," he said, "I will get out of jail, little brother, and I will get even."
Early in the morning, Starblaze was sitting on the roof. Robyn came and sat by him. "Hey," she said softly, "how are you doing?" Starblaze turned to her. "I am sad for my brother," he said. "And for yourself," Robyn asked. "I am just glad that the truth was discovered before I was replaced," Starblaze replied.
"What are you talking about," Robyn inquired. "Well you..." Starblaze trailed off before starting again. "Everyone was having such fun with her and then Cyber said..." He trailed off again. "Look," the Girl Wonder said, "your brother was interesting, but she could never take your place. No one could ever take your place."
Starblaze smiled. They sat on the roof together, watching the sun rise.
Okay, I think that was good. It might not be exactly right because the YouTube channel that I was using to find the video disappeared, so it took longer to update. If I forgot anything, tell me in the comments.
(1): I know you're not talking about the nature, Starblaze. Just tell her.
(2): When I first watched this ep, I was thinking the same thing that Star was thinking. And we all know what she was thinking.
(3): If I was Star, I would say this: "Girl, what happened to your clothes?"
(4): That's not dancing. It looked like they were having seizures or something.
(5): Um, excuse me, but they were having a moment. So wait.
