Titan's Tower
Everyone cheered as the sound of Paramore's song Misery Business blasted through the room, the lyrics being sung by Sorceress. When the song ended, Sorceress bowed, moving to the couch with a confident smirk.
"Alright everyone, let's see, what song to play...ah, good old Crush 40," Highspeed grinned, putting in a CD. Putting it to the right track, he prepared to sing. "Now, bow before the Knight of the Wind!" he shouted, nodding his head to the beat. As he sang, he moved with grace in time to the music, imitating sword swinging when he could. When he finished, he held the mike high as if it were a sword.
"Nice, now, allow me," Roughhouse challenged, taking the mike and picking a song. As Sum 41 sounded through the speakers, Roughhouse sang in time to the slow, strong beat as the song echoed through the room. Before anyone could cheer, static filled the screen, before an image of a man with light grey, purple streaked hair and yellow eyes appeared.
"Greetings Titans. As I'm sure you're wondering, my name is Malefor. And before you try to trace the communicator, I'll save you the trouble," he said, his voice a low rumble. As the camera moved, everyone gasped when they saw the familiar white skin.
"Yes, I brought a little friend with me. She's unharmed, albeit a little shaken up when she tried to resist. Tell Titans Elemental to be at the park in one hour, or Argent dies," he growled, the communication cutting off.
"Well this guy's new. And he seems serious. We'd better listen to his threats," Darkwing said, the rest of the team nodding silently in agreement.
The park
"You won't get away with this. Whoever comes will stop you!" Argent spat, struggling against green energy chains. Malefor merely chuckled, his yellow gaze making her cringe.
"You underestimate me and overestimate my opponents. They may be the powerful Titans representing the seven elements, but they are no match for me," he whispered, turning to face her.
"We'll just see about that," Firestorm shouted, backed up by Aqua, a boy with dark brown hair and pale green eyes wearing a gold and yellow outfit with lightning patterns, a girl with wavy brown hair, brown eyes behind a pair of glasses wearing a pale green and turquoise outfit with swirl patterns, a boy with short blond hair, serious green eyes and a dark green and stone grey outfit, a girl with long dark brown, almost black hair, bright blue eyes with a dark red and black outfit and Starshadow, who's outfit was black with dark violet.
"Ah, Titan Elemental. Let's see, Firestorm, Aqua, Sparkjump, Airblaze, Blockrock, Nightshriek and Starshadow. How nice to meet you," Malefor said, looking at each Titan as he said their name.
"Sorry the feeling isn't mutual," the gold and yellow Titan, Sparkjump, growled, his hands cackling with electricity.
"Good to know," Malefor muttered, dark purple energy swirling around his hands. As he fired it, the group split up.
"You think we're going to stand and let you attack us!" shouted the green and grey Titan, Blockrock, as he fired five boulders at the villain.
"I'd be disappointed if you did," Malefor replied, blocking the boulders with his wings before firing an orb of dark energy at Blockrock, sending the Titan flying.
"You must like a challenge, taking on all seven of us!" the green and turquoise Titan, Airblaze, yelled, firing a blast of air. At that same instant, Sparkjump fired a burst of lightning, both attacks missing as Malefor leapt to the skies. Combining the downdraft with dark energy, he easily knocked away the two Titans.
"Shame you picked the wrong team to fight," muttered the black and red Titan, Nightshriek, as she unleashed a deafening scream, dark red energy around her hand pulsing like a heartbeat. At the same instant, Firestorm unleashed spears of fire. Malefor simply laughed, leaping into the sky. Both Titans' eyes widened, Firestorm being sent flying while a red mist surrounded her and Nightshriek fell as the spears exploded.
"How pathetic. You were all too easy...wait, only five fell," Malefor mumbled, looking around with his yellow gaze.
"Now it's your turn!" Aqua yelled, bursting from a small lake in a vortex of water.
"We are the elements strengthened by the night. Clearly you forgot," whispered Starshadow, rising from the ground surrounded by black mist. On the back of her hands, black pentagram tattoos glowed, as did her eyes.
"Of course, water draws strength from the moon, and shadows draw strength from the dark of night," Malefor gasped, attempting to fly off, only to be swatted down by a large tentacle of water.
"You won't escape that easily," Starshadow muttered, the shadows around her moving like tendrils of energy, striking the winged villain like angry wasps.
"You won't be so fortunate next time. I'll be sure of that," Malefor growled, taking off into the night.
"So you're the Titans Elemental. I've heard stories about each of you," Argent gasped at the green energy disappeared.
"The trick is knowing which are a hundred percent true and which have made up stuff," Nightshriek groaned. While everyone got up, Starshadow looked towards the moon, seeing a figure standing there. Their hair was long and blond, her eyes almost glowing bright silver. She was wearing white with shoulder armour, a cape and metal shoes. On her back, from what Starshadow could tell, was a massive sword. When the dark Titan blinked, the figure was gone.
"Hey Star, you okay?" Airblaze asked, jets of air from her hands and feet helping her float in the air.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. And don't call me Star," she warned, taking a deep breath as she melted into a shadowy black mist.
Unknown location
"As you can see, despite a surprisingly easy defeat, Firestorm was the perfect candidate for my cybernetic android," said a man in a suit with moss green eyes, short salt and pepper hair, as he stood before Slade.
"And what of this one, the robotic one," Slade asked, gesturing to a Highspeed lookalike.
"An early prototype. Incorporates a powerful jet engine to replicate high speeds and flight, and tractor beams built into the arms to copy telekinesis. Are you interested in my partnership deal?" the man asked, the Firestorm and Highspeed lookalikes standing behind him.
"Mr Magnus, you have impressed me through ways previous people haven't. It would be my pleasure," Slade said, the two men shaking hands.