[Chapter 11]
[Deep Space – an hour before.]
Lobo was seething and for good reason. In the last several days, he was stopped by the Grand Centauri Empire. Then, jailed while the warrant was verified. As Superman had planted the seed of a possible falsified warrant, it was subjected to greater checks, but, it didn't matter, it was shown to the issuing authority and promptly voided as false.
That triggered a thorough check and the investigation quickly led to the corrupt officer. They captured him while he was trying to send a message. A warrant for the arrest of Blackfire was issued.
Lobo was steaming mad when the warden of the jail came over with his release papers and an apology for his arrest…plus prompt compensation for the false arrest and imprisonment.
But, they also gave him the news that the bounty he was drooling over was most likely faked as well and he made it clear that he was quite upset.
"No one makes a fool out of the Main Man!" he said to the guards.
"We have a lead on the person responsible," the head guard said, "Head for Tamaran and look for Blackfire. Here's the valid warrant and a bounty offer, we grant you this right in as additional compensation. No one else will be made aware of this arrangement."
He looked at the reward being offered and while it was nowhere close to what he was chasing, his anger cooled enough to agree to do this job.
"Just bring Blackfire back here," the head guard said, "Dead or Alive. We'd prefer alive, but, if an unfortunate accident happens? Oh, well. Justice is served regardless."
Lobo stormed out of the jail and retrieved his space-cycle from the impound yard and set his course towards Tamaran.
[Between the Sol system and Tamaran.]
The Justice League had agreed to let the Titans lead this particular mission, over Batman's minor objections. The League sent Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, Hawkgirl, and Wonder Woman to help if needed. Out of all of them, Green Lantern had given his word, so, he was bound by that to go.
The Titans had allowed Edward's son to take part in the mission, they figured that his abilities would be needed. It wasn't something they'd normally do, though. Civilians were discouraged from going, but, being Edward's son allowed David to go. It's not like they would say "No", however, David was more level headed than his Dad.
"We should be in Tamaranian space within the hour," Green Lantern said.
"Can we try to raise the others?" Robin asked.
"I'd rather not attempt it," Lantern said, "That would cost us any surprise factor."
David said, "He's right. Besides, the closer we get the more I can telepathically read my dad and Raven's thoughts."
"You read their minds?" Superman asked.
"Not totally, sir," David responded, "Unless I'm literally in the same room, can I pick up words. Most of the time, its feelings and that's limited as well. Only when my dad is pushed past the breaking point, can I sense him from a distance."
"So, the few times he's gone ballistic recently, you've detected?" Robin asked.
"Yes," David replied, "You've figured out that when his scales start going through the color scale, he's pissed, right?"
"We couldn't help but notice that," Robin said. The Titans East team while they were there, were getting a crash course in Dragon 101.
"Once he's at that stage, not many can get through to him on an intellectual level. That's when his draconic nature takes hold," David said.
"No kidding!" Robin said, reflecting back to the fight in Nevermore with Trigon's essence.
Robin spent the next 15 minutes giving the Titans East and the League a brief history of the fights when Edward had to get enraged.
"One thing, folks," he said later, "When Edward's in that state, let Raven calm him down. He truly loves her and that is what gets through his anger issues. Because of her upbringing and her unique heritage, her emotions are personified in her mind. The one that represents her love is the one that can get through to Edward."
"And you say he's not dangerous?" Superman said.
"He's only dangerous to our enemies, Superman," Robin said, "He has never hurt anyone on our team. He's pranked several, but, for good reason. Once, he pranked Cyborg over his appetite with some ultra-hot wings that he also partook of. That showed the team he was not afraid to do that if he was having another team mate do it.
"Another time was recently. Beast Boy had been caught intentionally eavesdropping. He pranked the prankster really bad." Robin was trying not to laugh at that memory. Kole didn't bother hiding her mirth and started laughing.
Gnaark had chosen to stay behind. It was one thing for him to step out into the upper world, but, when he was asked if he wanted to travel to the stars, he made his objection known by hiding in the guest quarters.
"Batman told us about that one," Wonder Woman said, "Served him right. You should have thrown that grass stain off the team. Our secret identities are secret for a reason, which you know."
"I was tempted to do that," Robin explained, "But, when Edward explained what he had planned, I approved that in exchange of suspension. Beast Boy knows that if it happens again, he's suspended and his girlfriend said that she wouldn't intervene should that need to happen."
"The geomancer?" Green Lantern asked.
"Yes," Robin said, "Her name is Terra, by the way."
"She's the one that turned to stone?" BumbleBee asked.
"The same," Robin replied, "Before you all jump down my throat, Batman taught me that people deserve a second…or third chance. Since her rescue, she's become part of the team. She's as much family as the original Titans are. She still has her moments, but, those are becoming less frequent as time goes by. Edward has spent a lot of time with her on a 'professional basis' so, I think he knows more of her past. However, until then, she leans on Beast Boy and the rest of the team to get through the rough spots. It's like part of her mind is still frightened that she'll be asked to leave or that we haven't truly forgiven her."
As they got closer to Tamaran, they saw the debris from the earlier battle: Shattered enemy vessels, engine parts, drifting bodies, etc. The two teams fell silent, mainly out of respect. Those warriors had died in battle and, for Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl, it was still an honorable death.
"Looks like the invasion forces might have landed," David said, adding his experience to the mix.
"What's that blip there?" Mas asked in Spanish.
There was a fast moving blip on the scanners also heading for the planet.
Green Lantern punched in some commands and about 30 seconds later, he replied, "It's our old friend, Lobo. He's going to beat us to the planet by about 30 minutes."
"Great," Robin said, "Hope our guys can talk some sense into him."
"They'll have to," Superman said, "With that head start, I can't even narrow it down."
"I might be able to," David replied.
"How?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I have Dad's teleportation ability, but, that means I have to know where I'm going first," he replied.
"Can you hook into the T-Ship's on board cameras?" Superman asked.
"Leave that to me," Robin replied. He had Menos move and sat down at the console.
He was able to establish a link to the T-Ship, but, as the sun had just risen, there wasn't enough power on board to allow for a transmission of more than a few seconds.
"How much of a view do you need?" Robin asked.
"If I can get a five second peek, that should be enough," David replied.
"There's only enough for maybe 2 seconds," Robin said, "The solar panels are deployed, but, with the moons only throwing a little light, it is like a battery charger on a trickle charge. The local star will rise on where the guys are shortly."
"That's good," Green Lantern said, "I'm picking up something strange from near the castle. There's an earthquake in progress, but, Tamaran is geographically stable and has been for millions of years."
Robin smiled, "Then, that would be Terra's doing. For some reason, she's tapping into her powers already. Any electrical discharges?"
"Not that we can detect, yet," Superman said. He stared out the window for a few moments.
"My telescopic vision isn…Wait a second!" he continued on.
"Looks like Raven teleported through to the outside. She's got the other Titans with her. But, the sun has come up there and the palace is surrounded already.
"Blackfire has found them as well. Wait! Does Edward know how to use purple energy?"
"No," Robin said, "Why?"
"He does now," Superman replied, "He, Starfire, Cyborg, and the others have Blackfire dodging. OK, Blackfire just tried to fly up. Ouch! She just got pounded into the floor by Edward. Edward just got thrown off and deployed his wings.
"His scales are going to different colors now."
"Oh boy!" Robin said, "That means Edward's angry. It's a warning sign actually. Beast Boy explained that since Edward's reptilian in nature, if his scales start that, he's still capable of rational thought. It's when they go faster, then, there's a problem."
"Well, then, there's a problem," Superman replied, "He just got hit with a cheap shot and the scales are in rapid flashing. The other Titans are withdrawing! His spinal ridges are glowing an almost blinding white. I can barely detect electricity arcing."
"That's new to me," Robin said, "He's extremely angry now, and, I think he's charging up for a massive lightning strike! He knows Tamaranians are almost as tough as you."
"He's firing!" Superman said, "Blackfire's trying to dodge, but…serious OUCH! The lightning is hitting her hard. He's maintaining fire.
"Hold on, Starfire's attacked him!"
"Don't worry," Robin said, "Edward gave Star permissions to do that if needed. She must have been worried Edward would kill Blackfire. Starfire still loves Blackfire."
"That's good as she looks badly injured," Superman said, concern in his voice, "Cyborg's scanning her.
"Edward's gone back to his human form. Looks like he and Raven are arguing."
"That's a first!" Robin said, "They've never argued. Guess Edward's still angry.
"Then again, Raven's an empath, she might want to heal Blackfire and Edward's objecting to it. No idea, though."
"Doesn't matter," Superman said, "Cyborg just got their attention. Edward and Raven are moving towards Blackfire. Looks like they have to combine powers. They are working on healing Blackfire together."
Robin smiled, "Their first spat and already putting it behind them." He nodded in approval.
"They have a problem," Superman continued, "The ground forces are moving. Wait a moment…Terra's glowing yellow."
"Hands or…" Bumblebee said.
"Her whole body is glowing," Superman said, "Great Shades of Elvis! The ground just split open. Several ground forces have fallen in. Now, there's major explosions occurring."
"Terra's been wanting to really test her limits," Robin said, "I think this counts!"
"Not just that, she's smashing other tanks with large boulders," Superman said.
"I hate to interrupt," Green Lantern said, "Lobo's in the atmosphere and heading for the castle. He'll be there momentarily."
"Great," Robin said.
Superman smiled, "Edward and Raven just kissed and made up. But, Terra's down."
Robin said, "Is she ok? Last time she overexerted herself, she was petrified."
"She's still flesh and blood, but, Cyborg and Beast Boy are looking at her fingernails. I can't see that closely from here," Superman said.
"Great!" he continued, "Lobo just arrived…"
[Castle]
The Titans looked as Lobo approached them, looking ticked. He landed his cycle and said, "Whoever is responsible for this will be answering to the Main Man!"
Edward reverted back to human and asked, "And you are?"
"Name's Lobo, creature," he said.
"My name is Edward Barnes," Edward replied, "I'll thank you not to call me a creature. We're a little busy here, so, state your purpose."
Lobo replied, "I'm here to take Blackfire of Tamaran back to answer for her crimes against the Grand Centauri Empire and for making a fool out of the Main Man! Now, are you going to hand her over or do I tear you apart?!"
"Easy, Lobo," Edward said, "We're on the same side, looks like. You help us out, and, we'll gladly hand her over, no questions asked."
"How can I trust you?" Lobo said.
"I just gave you my word of honor," Edward explained, "I won't go back on that. My word, to me, is a sacred bond."
"He's correct, friend Lobo," Starfire replied.
"I'm not your friend!" Lobo snarled, "But, your terms are acceptable. I want to see the prisoner first."
Edward pointed to the still unconscious Blackfire. She'd be out cold for hours anyway.
"Your cycle have weapons?" Cyborg asked, "If it does, might be time to warm them up as we have incoming!"
Edward returned to his mini-Dragon form and said, "Same assignments as before."
Terra stirred then and Edward looked at her for a moment.
"Can you fight?" Edward asked gently. Terra nodded, "I should be OK."
"Look at your nails, sweetheart," Beast Boy said. She looked and gasped, "On second thought…"
"Soon as your nails revert back, contact us," Cyborg ordered, "BB, you hang with her. We need someone to watch Blackfire, anyway. She wakes up, she goes nowhere."
"Gotcha," he said.
Edward waited until Cyborg and Raven were aboard. It was just in time as the air units were in range!
Edward took to the air and said, "Light em up!"
Edward made some minor alterations to his form to protect his girlfriend and, of course, Cyborg.
They heard Lobo's cycle pulling up and then passing them up.
"Try to keep up with the Main Man!" he challenged.
The airborne fighters started firing.
"I won't be able to warn you of teleportation!" Edward said as he changed his scales to silver.
"We'll be fine, dawg!" Cyborg said.
Edward dodged the weapon fire and returned fire with the lightning breath. He didn't say anything, but, he was glad Starfire had fired on him when she did. He might have been out of lightning.
Some fighters were hit with the lightning and they fell to the ground, shorted out. They exploded on contact. Edward did see parachutes, or whatever they were using in their ejection seats to prevent a quick, albeit, gruesome death.
He saw Lobo opening fire with his weapons, knocking other fighters out of the air. From Edward's perspective, Lobo was a wild card. But, he didn't have time to ponder Lobo's methods anyway as he dodged another volley.
Cyborg's sonic cannon fired, hitting an enemy fighter. The fighter spun out of control, taking another fighter with it.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven said, focusing her powers and using them to capture and crush several fighters.
Edward fired starbolts this time. He wasn't sure if the effect was temporary or not, so, he wanted to use it as long as possible. It was a good decision as those hit several fighters, but, missed others.
Then, Starfire was using her starbolts and eye beams as well, taking out several fighters.
The fighting continued for over an hour but, it was taking a toll on the biological fighters. Even Edward was tiring, his reflexes slowing the longer that the fight continued. It was a matter of time before something happened.
Lobo was actually getting a good workout, though. He was in full bloodlust by then and slicing his way through the enemy ships. He wasn't concerned about getting hit by weapons fire.
But, finally, Edward took several hard hits, including some head shots.
Both Raven and Cyborg watched in horror as his eyes rolled to the back of his head and they plummeted to the ground.
"EDWARD!" Starfire screamed and raced to catch him before he slammed into the ground.
As she raced to her friend, an emerald green sphere formed around Edward, Raven and Cyborg. That was gently lowered to the ground.
The Justice League had arrived with the other Titans just in the nick of time.
Green Lantern lowered his construct and that allowed the out cold Edward to hit the ground.
"BOYFRIEND ROBIN!" Starfire yelled in glee and landed. She gave Robin a hug.
"Nice to see you too, Starfire," Robin said, clearly sounding pained. She released him.
"How is Edward?" Robin asked, cutting to the chase.
"He should be fine in a moment," Cyborg replied.
Raven didn't respond. She was focusing on the link, instead.
[Edward, hon?] she called out. Nothing but silence from the other end. That didn't overly concern Raven as yet. The one time the link had been actually snapped, she couldn't feel him at all. She still sensed his mental presence and that was a relief to her in the long run.
She kept calling every few moments to see if he was going to be out for a while or if he was fighting his way back already.
On the fifth time, he responded, [Damn, anyone get the num…Rae! You guys OK?]
[We're fine, love. The Justice League arrived. Green Lantern caught you and us,] she replied.
[Tell him the drinks are on me,] he said.
"He's all right," Raven said aloud, "He said to tell Green Lantern that 'the drinks are on me.'"
"I don't drink on duty," Green Lantern replied.
"You guys should help," Cyborg said.
"Don't worry," Green Lantern said, "The others in the League and Titans are already in the fight. Flash and Kid Flash are mopping up the ground forces along with those two other speedsters. Superman, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are knocking fighters down as we speak. Lobo's cooperating as well. Your Titans East flyer, BumbleBee is holding up pretty well, but, it looks like she's heading our way for a moment."
"You brought the Titans East?" Cyborg asked.
"Damn straight, Sparky!" BumbleBee replied, flying down and giving Cyborg a hug.
"Missed us?" Cyborg quipped.
"You might say that," she replied neutrally, but, the smile betrayed her anyway.
[Anything broken?] Edward asked.
"Edward wants to know if anything's broken," Raven relayed.
"I'm all right, but, let me try to scan him," Cyborg replied. He set his arm for Edward's baseline in dragon form and tried to scan. As he and Raven were still somewhat stuck, the scan didn't show much.
"Please, tell me you were pulling my leg when you said you didn't read my blueprints, Bee," he said.
"I know enough that you can detach that arm long enough for me to scan your friend here," Bee said.
"Thanks!" Cyborg replied. He detached the arm and said, "Just give Edward a quick once over. He should be OK, though."
Bumblebee flew around Edward, allowing Cyborg's arm to do its work. She returned 5 minutes later and Cyborg reattached it.
"He's exhausted," Cyborg said, "Nothing broken."
[You're exhausted, dear,] Raven relayed, [Nothing broken, but, we're kind of stuck here.]
[Sorry,] he said and woke up long enough to return to a smaller form, releasing Raven and Cyborg at the same time.
He staggered to his feet.
"Man, what the hell hit me?" he said. He did a double-take.
"David?" Edward asked.
"Yeah, it's me, dad," he said with a grin, "You going to be OK?"
"Just need some rest, my son," Edward said, "But, I might be out of this one for a while."
"No kidding, pop," David said, morphing into his mini-Dragon form, "Go rest, please. You've earned it."
"Boy's right," Hawkgirl said as she landed. Edward morphed back to human.
"You're Hawkgirl?" Edward asked. She nodded.
"A pleasure to meet you," he said and held out his hand. She clasped his forearm instead. He returned the grip.
"A warrior's grip," she commented, "You honor me."
Edward nodded humbly, "The honor is mine."
David asked, "Should I take Cyborg and Raven?"
"Only if they want to," Edward replied.
"I'm wasted," Cyborg said, looking at his power meter. It was dangerously low, unfortunately. He needed to recharge.
"I'm done as well," Raven replied, "I need to meditate and sleep."
"I'll contact Terra and Beast Boy," Cyborg said and opened a channel.
"You guys up for the fight?" Cyborg asked.
"Terra's ready," Beast Boy replied, "Her nails returned to normal a while ago. She was able to nap a little bit as well."
"That's good," Cyborg said, "Edward, Raven and I are tapped out. Listen, I am going to have to trust you with my baby. Fly the T-Ship here, it should be almost charged up by now. Let the AI pilot it, you got that?"
"Got it," Beast Boy said and signed off.
10 minutes later, the T-ship was able to land. The pods opened as Beast Boy and Terra came out. Luckily for them, the fighting was turning towards the Justice League and the Titans, allowing the T-Ship to make it's way over.
"All right!" Cyborg cheered as he got in, "Power levels at 65% and climbing. I can plug in and recharge in a bit. Edward, you and Raven can climb aboard and get some rest."
They did just that as Cyborg plugged in. He darkened the windows to 25% and within minutes, the three were sleeping soundly.
Meanwhile, the Justice League, Lobo, and Titans East were fighting hard against the more skilled fighters that had survived thus far. The flyers in the group were handling the airborne fighters and while Superman and Lobo took direct hits, the effect was the same as throwing a snowball against the USS Enterprise for all the good it did. Green Lantern was using various constructs to knock fighters out of the air and still deflect weapons fire. Hawkgirl had her mace fully charged and was knocking fighters around left and right, the energy shorting out the fighters as effectively as Edward's lightning. Wonder Woman was having her share of fun as well with the enemy fighters.
David Barnes was also using his lightning breath to kill off the fighters, shorting them out and he had learned from Edward to alter his scales to a mirror finish to reflect those energy attacks. At times, he landed to help handle the ground forces. For that, he and Kole teamed up. She explained that she can't be hurt in her crystal form and how when her and Gnarrk had to fight, she'd use her crystal form as a boomerang with Gnarrk doing the throwing. David readily agreed to that and quite a few ground troops were treated to the David-Kole team.
Flash, Kid Flash and Más Y Meños were racing through the remaining ground troops and disabling the vehicles that Terra couldn't get to before she passed out. Terra, had recovered enough to also bury vehicles or plug their weapons with stones, rocks, sand. Basically whatever Terra needed to use, got used. Several tanks exploded as their gunners didn't realize that their turrets had been clogged up.
Within the next hour, the fighting was over and Tamaran had been saved.
Robin felt out of place, though. He knew in this sort of fight, he was outnumbers, outmatched and outgunned. He sighed to himself as the fighting slowly came to an end.
Finally, though, the commander of the invasion forces called for a general retreat back to their homeworld…in effect abandoning Blackfire.
The Justice League, Lobo, and both Titan teams regrouped at the T-Ship as the enemy troops retreated. Those that could walk would be captured and eventually returned to their home planets.
Terra would have to rest for at least 48 hours before she could even think about closing the gap in the ground completely, but, she agreed to create several land bridges to allow the population to have access to their leadership.
"Good work," Superman said, "It was a long flight here and a long fight for everyone."
"Where's my prisoner?" Lobo said, "I didn't frag everything in sight to have her escape."
"She's under wraps," Beast Boy said, "Before we flew over, Terra made sure that Blackfire couldn't escape. She's at the base of the castle, pinned there by more than enough dirt and rocks to prevent her escape."
"She is unharmed?" Starfire asked.
"She was still out when I secured her, Starfire," Terra said smugly.
By then Raven, Edward and Cyborg had emerged from the T-Ship to see the fighting had ended.
"I'm not surprised," Edward said, "She absorbed one of my rare mega-blasts and even with Raven and I working to heal her…she's still hurt. I try not to use those as it does drain my reserves.
"Thank you, Star, though."
"Why?" she asked.
"I probably would have just kept the blast going until your sister had been killed. You took a risk in attacking me," he said.
"I couldn't let you kill my sister. She's still family, but, she needs to be returned to justice alive," Star said, "You are not the angry with me?"
Edward walked over to the princess and putting his arm around her shoulder said, "No, I'm not. Did I not give you the permission to do that if you had to?"
Starfire nodded, "You did."
"Let it go, then, Koriand'r," he advised her in her language, "You did the right thing. You also stopped my reserves from being drained completely."
She gave him a hug as thanks.
The Tamaranian ground forces had arrived by then and were rounding up the stragglers of the battle.
They needed to check on Galfore as well, so, the teams split up. Cyborg had the non-flyers in the T-Ship, Edward carried Raven, Kole opted to ride with David, everyone else that needed a ride got one from Green Lantern.
They all headed for the palace, save for Lobo. He wanted his bounty and, as promised, Blackfire was cemented in, but, wide awake and angrier than ever.
"Now, missy," Lobo said, "Looks like your little invasion got fragged. I have some papers here from the Grand Centauri Empire that say you're under arrest. You remember them, right? You tried to get them to frag the Main Man. You made a fool out of me as well, so, I get to haul your sweet ass back to face them and they said: 'dead or alive'. They prefer to have you alive, but, if something happens and I deliver your rotting corpse instead, they wouldn't care is an 'unfortunate accident' happened. I get paid regardless."
"I'll pay you double to let me go!" Blackfire said.
"Your credits are worthless to the Main Man!" Lobo snarled and looked at how to release Blackfire, but, keep her under wraps.
"Maybe I can help," Terra said, gliding on a boulder.
"You sure can," Lobo said.
Terra's hands glowed and a moment later, the mound Blackfire was trapped in lifted out of the ground. Terra moved the mound into the waiting hands of the bounty hunter.
"The Main Man appreciates your help," he said, "Tell your friend 'Thanks', as well." He secured Blackfire to the back of the cycle and roared skywards without another word.
"Good riddance," Terra said, referring to Blackfire.
She got back on her borrowed boulder and headed inside that way. Terra was pleased with herself. She had exerted her powers to the max and came away with stone fingernails that had already returned to normal. It had taken her months to get to this point in her recovery and with this test passed in her eyes, she made another decision. It was time to tell the team her real story. She'd do that when they got back and had a few days to recover.
Terra went to find the others and wasn't too surprised to hear that they were in the throne room.
She located Beast Boy and stood beside her best friend.
Galfore looked like he was still recovering and said, "Thank you, friends and allies of Tamaran. We will have a feast in your honor at moonrise tonight. For now, please, enjoy the hospitality that awaits you.
"I do want to say something to my bumgorf Koriand'r. I am deeply sorry for how you were treated last night and while I do not deserve your pardon, I humble myself and apologize."
Starfire had tears streaming down her face as she approached Galfore.
In fact she was so saddened, her flight powers were gone then.
"May I?" Edward asked her and went to his winged human form, getting an eyebrow raised from Hawkgirl.
"Please," Starfire said. Edward cradled Starfire and took to the air long enough for Galfore to take her in an embrace. Edward landed and returned to the crowd.
The sound of Starfire's sobbing into Galfore's huge shoulder broke everyone's hearts.
The heroes filed off without a word, leaving the two royals to start the healing process in privacy.
They all headed to their rooms and within a short time, the Titans were all asleep. The Justice League members also took the time to relax and nap.
All was safe.
D'OH! When I was previewing this chapter, noticed a glaring error...as in a sentence that went nowhere fast. That's been repaired and expanded on. Sorry about that. (ArizonaHawk711...You want a job as beta reader? You seem to be my biggest FF fan based on the reviews ya leave...Or maybe Kbunny10, if you have time?)
Down to the wire, folks. One more chapter left (to get the guys and gals home). I tried to portray Lobo close to how he is in his appearances on Justice League. I know the comics version is a lot more bloodthirsty (He did frag his own planet.)
I was going to add a "temporary" character to here and let Lobo frag his rudy-poo candy-ass. One of my readers, KBunny10, asked me not to. Out of a mutual respect, writer to writer, I acceded to her wishes. I will recommend that you read her stuff. It's well written and she has a great grasp of the Titans. Her Titan OC, Nix, is a hydrokinetic, and, that's pretty cool in my book. If you're more of a BBRae fan, her version of that pairing is quite nice.
Don't get me wrong, here, folks. I love the BBRae pairing as much as the BBTerra pairings. I had considered the BBRae pairing in "Dragon and the Titans", but, as I was bringing Terra back into play as well, I had to make a choice. I realized that BB and Raven tended to squabble more like siblings do sometimes. I also, after watching the Terra episodes, knew that BB loved Terra from the beginning and that while it took a bit of time, Terra did feel the same (why do you think she removed him from the tower?)
BTW...the next story is already in the prologue stages. Any guesses where I'm heading next...and NO looking at my profile...that be cheating and Edward might zap a cheater...
Any thoughts to a David Barnes and Kole pairing? I'm giving that some thought. I know..."What about JeriKole as in the comics?" We have to remember that in the comics, Kole spun crystal and while Jericho was off planet helping with the Blackfire problem, Kole was killed. As I'm using the cartoon version of Kole, I see Jericho and Kole as probable friends :)
Take care!