Number five, but this one is taking a break from the Titans. Decided I should start to introduce the part of the main story arc that DOESN'T involve Romance. This is part general after all. Don't worry, it will still be exciting… or at least kinda interesting to read and wonder about. And now is as good as a place as any, just to give you all some suspense. I don't own Teen Titans, but they aren't in this one all that much anyway. Hope you like it :) It's necessary anyway. Contest at the end, if that's any incentive…

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As he walked out of the mental hospital on the edge of town, down the long, winding road and through the lane of trees, he began to sing to himself. The specific song was from an opera, possibly his rendition of the opening song of Carmen. His deep harmonic voice made it necessary for him to change keys, so it was hard to tell. Just as he began breaking into a faster part of the song, he got a call on his cell phone.

"Hello?" he muttered, his voice still sounding as deep and slightly musical. But it wasn't because he was still singing. Whenever he spoke, it seemed to have a soothing effect on people around him. It was quite a good distraction.

"Well Barsidious? Did it go as planned?" asked another voice. This one very curt, sharp, and demanding, but oddly quiet. It expected respect without asking for it.

"Peeerfectly sir. It worked out better than we could have hoped, even with our hired help losing his mind."

"So we got the battle intelligence on these four?"

"And more. Despite Slipstream's going insane, the information was easy to find."

"I wonder if we could rope that girl into working with us. Its that or she dies with them."

"She never will. She is too loyal, though somewhat withdrawn."

"Well, his fate doesn't matter, especially because of his disobedience. His purpose was to engage and disappear, not lose."

"There was something interesting that will make our job easier. According to the sanity I managed to… extract… from our friend Skyler, the girl only truly showed her demonic colors when he threatened to kill the one they call Beast Boy. It was then that darkness took over. He noticed that the boy also reacted like this, but only by furiously wasting all his strength. I might be able to find a way to play what appears to be a romance to our advantage. As teenagers, they will have enough trouble dealing with what they call love. Do I have permission?"

"Yes, this will make things interesting. Minds are your area of expertise Barsidious, play with the two to your hearts content."

"Thank you, sir. This will be of great help to me."

"However, your experiment shall not get in the way of your other tasks. First at hand is eliminating Slipstream before he can talk to anyone else. Until the right moment, we can't be exposed. Our friend Skyler will die, am I understood?"

"I have already taken care of the hit man. At 11:12 tonight he will go insane, and be gunned down by the guards."

"Good. There is a wait before we make a next step. Take this time to do what you will with the lovebirds. If there is such a thing at 17. It is time to hang up. Tread carefully Barsidious. Do not force a direct confrontation. I don't doubt you abilities to handle a few kids, but I need to be there, or we will have lost a useful hit man for nothing. Goodbye Barsidious."

"Yes sir," he said with a smile. There was a click, and the line was dead. The boss was so strange and hurried sounding. He should relax, everything will work out. Before long anyway. Until then, he had… research… to do. He chuckled to himself as he spoke, almost sang aloud, "It's going to be a beautiful morning, Ha Ha, yes, a BEAUTIFUL morning…"

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As he hung up with Barsidious, he sighed. The man was either clueless, or very confident. Quite possibly for good reason. He had only heard rumors. He had no idea how strong Barsidious White truly was. He had met him in person only once. But he also knew, at least he assumed, that the girl had higher limits than even Slipstream had seen. For all he knew though, Barsidious could be more capable than him. He had no idea why the strange man who saw himself as more of a mental expert then anything else agreed to the deal. Usually in conspiracies all sides working together are plotting with and against each other to get an advantage. Maybe Barsidious planned on getting ahead after all. Either way, he had something else coming. He had no idea that he was as expendable as Skyler had been. The role of being the mastermind meant you needed to hold all the cards. He happened to have one that Barsidious didn't. If he needed it, he would use. Otherwise, it would stay hidden. Either way, he would get what he wanted. He could not, unlike their hit man, be double-crossed.

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Mhm, that's it for this update, also a kinda short one, but I thought this ought to stand-alone too.

Contest: first person to message me where I got the name Barsidious White from will be included in this fan fic. The original character Barsidious white from by (yes, a book) is part of my character. I also combined him with Baron Samedi from James bond, and a few elements I came up with as well to make MY Barsidious. You'll need to send your first name in the message as well, or at least what you want me to use in the story. And as an added note, Amaxing can't enter, since I have already told him, incase he remembers. Don't worry dude, ill fit you in too :)

That's all for now. REVIEW PLEASE. I have a BUNCH of views, and only two people have reviewed. (one twice, thank you Agent of the Divine One : You are awesome). Come on, keep up.