Well, I can tell from the outstanding number of reviews that people absolutely loved the last chapter! Well, as I said, that's what's going to determine this story's fate. That said, I will apologize briefly for this chapter, since half of it's a battle scene. But I promise to have the next chapter up as soon as I can.

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Except the mages, they're all mine. No, you can't have them.

Chapter 4: Mage Mayhem

All five of the Titans were so caught off guard by the sudden blast they all jumped and ran away from the flames like a crowd of scared children. The five of them stopped a good ten feet away, all of them wearing the same wide-eyed expressions of shock. There before them, behind the two fallen mages, was a raging wall of flames that had just appeared out of nowhere! The fire raged for not two more seconds when suddenly a figure leapt out from behind the wall of flames and landed beside the two downed mages.

At last the flames died, and suddenly there appeared another warrior, this one wearing a red-orange cloak! He had fiery red hair and green eyes that blazed with inner fire (pardon the pun), and hanging on his side was a rather menacing-looking sword. Beast Boy happened to look down and noticed that the puddle one of his boots stood in hissed and bubbled as if he himself were red-hot. The warrior stood over the two other ones almost protectively, and he glared at the five Titans furiously.

Just now though, Raven noticed the colors of their cloaks. Gray, dark green, and red-orange? Her mind flashed back to the dream she had just had not two days before. Could it be…?!

"Who's that?" Cyborg asked. His answer came in the form of the red-cloaked teen hurling a fireball at them. The Titans broke and scattered away from the incoming projectile right before it struck them. Red didn't give them much time to recover, and he kept hurling fire at the five Titans, keeping them scattered. Cyborg and Beast Boy dodged another fiery bullet and ducked behind a nearby alley to avoid the flames.

"Dang, now there's three of them!" Cyborg said as he primed his sonic cannon.

"I'm guessing that's the one who hurled the fireball at the squad cars," Beast Boy said. Suddenly his hypersensitive ears picked up a sound behind them. "What was that?" he asked, turning. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened to the size of saucers when he saw a wall of water coming at them!

"AAH! Cyborg! Tidal wave!" Beast Boy shouted. The bionic teen turned around and gave a surprised shout at seeing the oncoming river. Both Titans turned tale and ran as fast as they could, but were swept up by the current and spilled onto the street. Raven, Robin, and Starfire saw their teammates washed out onto the street by the wave.

"What was that?" Robin asked. Just then, a figure stepped out of the shadows of the alley and onto the street. Now there was a fourth one, this one wearing an azure cloak! He had blonde hair and blue eyes, and seemed to radiate an aura of both intenseness and calm at the same time. Like the red one, he also wore a sword at his side.

Cyborg and Beast Boy, now drenched, sat up coughing. "Dude, what the heck just happened?" Beast Boy asked. He and Cyborg looked over and noticed the newcomer.

"Alright, you'll pay for that!" Cyborg got to his feet and lunged after the azure teen. Beast Boy followed his lead and pursued him as well.

The other three weren't able to help their teammates however, because the red one did not let down on his attacks. By this time too, the first two had gotten up and now were heading over to join the battle. Cyborg and Beast Boy ran after the azure one down the street, but were stopped yet again as the green-cloaked one put up a wall of earth to block their path.

Meanwhile, the red-cloaked teen fought furiously, but could do little as he was fighting three at once. It wasn't long before Robin was able to get in close enough to strike him with his fighting staff. The mage was knocked down, but Robin turned to see gray approaching them from the sky. The cyclone started swirling around his body again, and with it he picked up various objects from the street and hurling them at the three teens.

Robin gave a cry and leapt out of the way of on oncoming bench. "Starfire, Raven, you go after him! I'll take care of this guy!" The two of them nodded and flew towards him, top speed, while Robin readied himself with a one-on-one fight with the human torch. The gray one saw the two girls coming, and flew away down the street.

Starfire and Raven chased after him closely, following him down another alley. He turned around a corner only to come to a dead end. Now with him cornered, Starfire and Raven moved in for the kill. They didn't have a chance though, for suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the ground between them and the teen! Starfire and Raven both stopped and covered their eyes from the brightness. The lightning didn't go away, but remained in place.

"What the-" Raven asked, but stopped when she noticed a figure descend from the sky. She looked up and saw yet another one, this one was wearing an indigo cloak! He held on to the bolt of lightning like it was a rope, and descended until he landed on the ground in front of them. Like the gray one, he too had brown hair and brown eyes, and had a bow and arrow slung on his back. The bolt he was holding on to disappeared, but electricity continued to dart around his body like he was a living current.

'Five now. These guys are just springing up like rabbits,' Raven thought. However, she couldn't shake the bad feeling she was getting. Gray, Green, Azure, Red, and Indigo. Exactly how it was in her dream. This could not have been good.

The gray one quickly ran up to the indigo one's side, and the two stared the two Titans down. Them being side-by-side, Raven noticed that they were rather similar in facial appearance. Shrugging this off for the moment, Raven concentrated and summoned up her powers for the now-even fight.

"Starfire, I'll handle the new guy. You think you can handle the other?" she asked. The alien nodded firmly.

At the other side of the street, Cyborg and Beast Boy dueled the two mages one on one. Cyborg had become locked in combat the green one, while Beast Boy fought the azure one. The metal teen fired repeatedly at the mage, who would throw up a wall of earth to shield himself. He would in turn send mounds of earth flying in Cyborg's direction, who dodged them as he moved in closer and closer. Finally he spotted an opening, and Cyborg leapt forward to meet him head on. Cyborg raised his fists and brought them down in a powerful strike. The mage, without his axe, was forced to use his hands to block the oncoming blow. Their hands met, and it quickly became a contest of strength. The mage was strong, but Cyborg was stronger, and he quickly overpowered him, knocking him to the ground.

Beast Boy, in the form of a tiger, leapt at the azure-cloaked warrior. He moved out of the way, and sent a jet of water at Beast Boy. It hit him with the force of a fire hose, and he was knocked back into the wall of a building. The changeling grunted and struggled to get to his feet. Azure readied another blast, and sent it at him. This time, Beast Boy leapt out of the way and changed into a fly. Confused, the azure teen looked around to find his adversary. Suddenly Beast Boy appeared behind him, and before the mage could react, Beast Boy transformed into a gorilla and swung a hard punch at him.

Out of the corner of his eye, Beast Boy saw Robin and the red one still battling. Red's body suddenly started swirling with fire, and Robin couldn't even get close for danger of being singed. Thinking quickly, Robin took out a birdarang and flung it at him. Caught off guard, red took it right to the head and fell back, apparently knocked out.

Beast Boy turned back to his adversary, who was just getting up. Beast Boy attempted to land another blow, but was stopped by azure swinging at him with his sword. Startled, Beast Boy leapt back to avoid getting hit. Coming out of nowhere, Robin came flying and sent the azure mage to the ground with a powerful kick.

Beast Boy morphed back into a human and gave Robin a thumbs-up. "Thanks, Robin!"

Robin smiled back at him. "Anyti-aaaugh!" He gave a cry of pain as a fireball hit him from behind. Luckily for him it hit him in his cape, or he surely would have been badly burned. Red had recovered, and the fire had surrounded his body once again. With Robin down, he turned his attention to Beast Boy. The changeling gulped and struggled to think of a form to use. He didn't notice azure get back up behind him and prepare to hit him with another blast.

At the last second, Beast Boy heard him and turned around. He saw the mage hurl another pillar of water at him, and he leapt out of the way. Instead of hitting him, the water hit red, dousing his flames and knocking him down. The water mage was so shocked at what he had just done that he didn't notice Beast Boy morph into a kangaroo and come at him with a kick. He could do nothing to block it, and the kick knocked him down hard.

Beast Boy turned his attention to Robin, who was now recovering from being hit. "Man, that was hot," the leader muttered, rubbing his back.

"Where are the others?" Beast Boy asked. Almost on cue, he heard Raven approach from the sky. The two looked up and saw Raven dueling yet another mage, this one wearing an indigo cloak. The mage hurled bolts of lightning at the mage, but found them blocked by Raven's black energy. With a flick of her hand, Raven launched a wave of her own energy at him. He could do nothing to block it, and took it full-force. With a cry of pain, he fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

"Way to go, Raven!" Beast Boy shouted. She ignored him for the moment, and kept her mind focused on her opponent.

The water mage rose to his feet yet again, albeit in a daze. Seeing him get up, Robin turned to Beast Boy. "Beast Boy, I'll take care of him. You help Raven."

"Right," Beast Boy replied.

Raven launched another wave at the lightning mage, but this time he met her blast with a blast of his own lightning. The two blasts met each other, each struggling for an edge over the other. Finally, the strain was too much and the two opposing energies exploded in the center.

"Need a little help?" Beast Boy asked as he leapt to her side.

"Not really," she replied, still keeping her eyes on her target.

The indigo mage readied another round of lightning, and this time sent out two bolts at once to both Raven and Beast Boy. Raven quickly threw up a force field around them both and blocked it. Raven prepared to attack again, when suddenly the warrior disappeared and instantly reappeared right in front of her! Raven didn't have time to respond, and could do nothing to stop the lightning bolt from hitting her square in the chest. The mage cried in pain and flew back from the force of it.

"Raven!" Beast Boy cried. The indigo mage turned to Beast Boy, but the changeling was faster. Beast Boy quickly turned into a ram and head-butted the mage right in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He followed this up by turning into a rhino and ramming him head-on, knocking him out.

Raven was still in a daze, but managed to slowly get to her feet. Her chest hurt badly from the blow she had just received, and she was sure it would require healing later. Unfortunately, the fire mage now just recovered, and seeing Raven unaware, readied another blast of fire, this one even more powerful than before.

Turning to see if Raven was okay, Beast Boy saw the red mage preparing another fireball, and aiming straight at Raven. He watched in horror as he hurled it at the unaware empath. His mind racing, Beast Boy did the first thing that came to mind. The changeling charged forward and knocked Raven out of the way just in time. Unfortunately he was too late, and took the blast himself.

"Beast Boy!" Raven cried as she watched the fireball hit him full force. Her eyes glowed a fierce white and she turned in rage to the red warrior. "Azerath, Metrion, Zinthos!" With her black energy she ripped another lamppost out of the ground and struck him with it with all her might, knocking him out. With him out of the picture, at least for the moment, she ran over to fallen changeling.

"Beast Boy!" she yelled, kneeling over him to see if he was okay. She was relieved to see the changeling open his eyes and look up at her.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

The shape-shifter smiled at her weakly. "Actually, I think I'm well-done. But I'll live."

Ignoring his joke, Raven grabbed him by the collar and started to shake him roughly. "Why the hell did you do that? You didn't have to do that, you idiot!" she yelled angrily "Well?" she asked.

"Well, it was either that, or watch you get burnt to a crisp. I decided to go for the former," he said, still smiling.

Raven scowled at him, the faintest traces of angry tears were forming in her eyes. "God, you're so stupid. I would've been able to block it!"

"Yeah, I'm sure you saw it coming with those eyes on the back of your head, right?"

Raven merely gave him a dirty look and examined his wounds. As she expected, almost his entire front torso was badly burned. Luckily his suit gave him some protection, otherwise it would have been worse. "Can you keep going, or do you need me to heal you?" she asked.

Beast Boy tried to move, but winced as pain shot through his chest. "Uh, I think I need some healing."

Raven placed her hands over his chest, and a blue glow surrounded them. Beast Boy gave a huge sigh of relief as the pain in his chest lessened and the charred skin mended.

"Man, that feels good. I should get hurt more often," he said.

"Don't get any bright ideas." Raven pulled her hands away once she was done. He still had burns, but they could be healed later, and right now she needed her energy for the battle.

"Thanks!" Beast Boy said as he got up. "Let's go help Cyborg and Robin."

"Right," she replied, and the two dashed off to join them.

Meanwhile, Starfire and the gray mage were still locked in combat. So far, the battle had been fought to a draw. The gray mage summoned up a miniature tornado with a wave of his hand, and sent it right at Starfire. The powerful cyclone tore through the street, tearing the concrete and kicking up a strong whirlwind in its path. Starfire dodged it, but the mage was able to guide it with his hands. Starfire felt one of the swirling objects carried by the tornado hit her, and she fell to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, her adversary sent the cyclone straight at her. With her alien reflexes, Starfire flew out of the way, but the tornado continued forward and ripped right through the apartment building behind her before finally dissipating.

Now angry, Starfire decided to end this once and for all. Her eyes glowed an even brighter green, and she sent another wave of green fire his way. He did a good job dodging at first, but eventually took one to the chest. Starfire gave him no time to recover, she followed it up with a swift kick to his gut. Her alien strength sent him reeling back and gasping for air on the ground. He finally caught his breath and opened his eyes. When his vision finally focused, he saw Starfire, eyes glowing furiously, standing over him with a green ball of energy mere inches from his face.

"I do not know who you are, or what you are doing here, but you have caused enough trouble!" she seethed. "I will not let you bring any more harm to this place! Now tell me who you are! You had better talk now, or I might have to do something you will regret!" The gray mage sweat-dropped and looked at her with fearful eyes. He finally had enough and waved his hands defensively.

"Alright, alright! Stop! I've had enough! I surrender!" he yelled, speaking for the first time since the encounter.

"What were you doing here and why were you causing so much trouble?" Starfire asked, eyes glowing green.

His eyes widened. "I-we didn't mean to cause any trouble! We just ended up here, then all of a sudden people started yelling and screaming, then people started attacking us, then you arrived and-aah! This is too confusing! Please don't kill me, I'm too young to die!"

Rather shocked at his panicked plea, Starfire's angry gaze faded a little and her eyes stopped glowing. "Wait, what are you saying?"

"I, I mean WE didn't come here on purpose. I don't even know where 'here' is! We were in one place one second and then here the next!"

Starfire looked at him confused, but still angry. "But we were told you broke into the building of apartments earlier."

The gray mage shook his head. "We didn't break into anything! We wound up in that structure when we fell out of the portal-"

"Portal?" Starfire asked, now more confused than before. "Are you telling me the truth?!"

"I swear it! Ask any one of us!

"But why did you attack the men of police? You blew up one of their cars of riding!"

"We're sorry! We thought we were being attacked! We didn't mean to make such a mess…we tried to stop, but then you arrived, and then that green person started to chase me and-"

"Hold on!" Starfire interrupted him. Finally her angry look faded, and she let the green glow in her hand die down. "You say you did not mean to cause any trouble here?"

The gray mage quickly nodded his head.

"But what were you doing here? Where are you from?"

He looked down nervously and rubbed his head. "We um…well you see, it's kind of difficult to explain. You see we were kind of forced to come here. We arrived here through a portal."

"A portal you say?" Starfire asked in curiosity and shock. "Then you are not from this planet."

"I don't think so…" the mage looked around. "Unless this is some country we haven't discovered yet."

"Well, it seems then there has been a misunderstanding!" Starfire exclaimed. She reached down and helped the mage up. "I must ask you one more time though, are you telling me the truth, or are you doing the lying?"

He shook his head. "I swear I'm telling the truth! Please, you've got to believe me!"

Starfire wasn't exactly sure why, but she trusted him. Any person would have been shocked at hearing such a story, but Starfire was all too used to that sort of thing to be skeptical, especially since she herself was from another planet. "Very well. Though this is most unusual. Quick, we must inform the others before it's too late! Come with me!" Starfire flew off, the gray mage following close behind, toward the still raging battle.

Robin and the azure mage were still fighting, and had somehow gotten into a melee brawl. It looked like Robin had gained the edge, being the more skilled in personal combat. With a swing of his staff, he tripped up the mage and brought him crashing down, causing him also to drop his sword. Robin thought for a moment the fight was over, but suddenly the warrior thrust his hand up toward Robin, and a blue beam shot right into him. The next thing Robin knew, he couldn't move! He looked down and was surprised to see his entire body, from his legs up to his neck, trapped in a block of ice! With Robin now helpless, the mage went over to join his green teammate, who was fighting a losing battle with Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven.

"Hey! Get back here! Robin called angrily, but it was no use. He frantically struggled in vain to get free. The three other Titans were still fighting when they suddenly heard Starfire shouting at them frantically.

"Friends! You must stop!" she called. Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and the green mage all looked up shocked at the approaching alien. They were even more shocked to find the gray one flying close behind her.

"Starfire?" Cyborg asked confused.

"Stop fighting, there has been a misunderstanding!" Starfire shouted as she landed.

"Wait, what's going on?" Beast Boy asked.

"Please, you must listen! This has all been a big mistake. These boys are not villains!" she said. "They are not trying to cause trouble!"

The three other Titans looked at her, then back at the green mage, who was wearing the same look of confusion. He opened his mouth and spoke for the first time, though it was one word.

"Um…"

The gray mage stepped forward. "It's okay, Eutonos! I talked to her. They aren't trying to kill us, they thought we were attacking them."

The green mage waved his hands. "Wait! Wait a just a minute! Where are the others?" Just as he finished speaking, the azure mage appeared, though paused and looked just as shocked to see the battle had stopped.

"What's going on?" he asked loud.

"It's okay, Worek!" the gray mage told him.

"Wait, wait!" Raven shouted. "Starfire, what's going on here?"

The alien princess smiled brightly. "Well friend Raven, I just did the talking to this one right here, and he said that this was all a mistake. They came here by accident and thought they were being attacked-"

"Wait, what?!" Raven asked, still too shocked with the situation.

"Please, if you give us some time, I'm sure we can explain everything," she pleaded.

"Sounds fine to me. Wait, where are the others?" the azure one asked. He looked over and the other two mages lying on the ground. The indigo one was getting up in a daze, while the red one just lay there, apparently out cold. The Titans and the newcomers rushed over to help them up. The gray one rushed over to the indigo one and helped him up.

"You alright?" he asked him.

"I'll live," he said weakly.

"Phanos…Phanos! Can you hear me?" the green one asked the prostrate red one. He opened his green eyes weakly.

"What just happened?" he asked weakly as he was helped up. He looked around to find that the fight was over, and everyone was standing around as if nothing had just happened.

"Hey, where's Robin?" Cyborg asked.

"Hey!" the leader shouted angrily. "A little help over here?!" Their fearless leader was still stuck in the block of ice, and was starting to get very cold.

"Relax Robin," Beast Boy said running up to him. "Be cool."

"That's very funny. Now get me out!" Robin shouted.

"Dude, calm down, Robin. You really need to chill out."

"Beast Boy!" Robin shouted furiously.

Raven pushed the changeling out of the way, and after concentrating, shattered the ice with her powers, freeing their leader.

"Well, now that that's over with," Robin said once everyone had gathered. "You're going to have to tell us what you were doing here right now, or we may have to send you to jail."

"Just give us some time to explain." The tall green-cloaked warrior turned to Starfire. "Now, I believe you had something to say?"

The alien eagerly nodded before she and the gray mage cloaked mage went into detail over what had just happened.

"So I have a question," Beast Boy finally answered. "Why did you throw a fireball at the squad car if you weren't trying to cause trouble?"

The red one faintly blushed. "I heard a very loud noise…and I sort of panicked."

"Yeah, Phanos is not too good at controlling his reflexes," the gray one said, earning a mean glare from the red one.

"That was a gun," Cyborg said.

"A what?"

"A gun," he said. "That's what made that loud noise."

"Yes…well, I thought we were under attack, and I fought back out of reflex, then whatever it was just exploded. Then we split up to avoid being caught. That's when you arrived."

"Well, now that that's cleared up…" Cyborg said. "We haven't introduced ourselves, have we?" he asked brightly. "The name's Cyborg. Nice to meet ya!"

After a brief pause, Beast Boy stepped forward. "The name's Beast Boy! Resident shape-shifter, as well as the sexiest and funniest member of the Teen Titans!"

"And the biggest ego," Raven said dully. "I'm Raven."

"My name is Robin," their leader said. "I'm the leader of the Teen Titans."

"And my name is Starfire!" she said in her usual cheerful voice. "It is a great pleasure to meet you all!"

Not two seconds after she finished, the indigo mage jumped right in front of her, with huge hearts in his eyes. He started speaking at a frantic pace.

"My name's Lekim! I know we haven't met before, but it's a great pleasure to meet you! I can control lightning and-" his speech was cut short when the gray one knocked him out of the way, and started speaking with even bigger hearts in his eyes.

"I know we've met already, but my name is Evad! I'm a wind Templar, I can control the air and stuff, plus I can fly, as you know, it's really nice to meet you, I'm sorry we had to fight, I hope I didn't hurt you or anything…"

Starfire just stared down at him, slightly taken aback. Robin became noticeably agitated and cleared his throat very loudly. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy had to restrain their laughter at seeing this newcomer so obviously hit on Robin's girlfriend. Raven merely rolled her eyes.

"Okay, I think she gets it," the red one said as he pulled Evad back by his cloak. "You'll have to excuse him, he's the team clown. He and Lekim are brothers, by the way. I'm Phanos, a fire templar."

"Don't worry, we already have one of those on our team," Raven said, eyes looking straight at Beast Boy, who stuck his tongue out at her.

"Alright, let me go!" Evad said angrily as he pulled free. "Don't let Phanos get to you. He's the team grouch."

"Don't worry, we already have one of those on our team," Beast Boy quoted, looking straight at Raven.

The tall, green-cloaked one stepped forward. "Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Eutonos. I'm an earth templar"

"And I'm Worek," the azure-cloaked one replied. "I'm a water templar."

"Well, nice to meet you," Robin said. "Do you have a leader?" All the mages motioned toward the green one.

"Yes, I am," he said humbly nodding. "But uh, I'd like to think we all have a say in the decision-making."

"Wow! You don't say!" Beast Boy said in fake astonishment. "You hear that, Robin? A leader who listens to his comrades! Isn't that amazing?"

Ignoring Beast Boy's blatant sarcasm, Robin turned to Eutonos. "Well, I'm glad we're now on the same page, but there's still a bit of a problem here," Robin said, motioning to the street. "You've torn up about half the block!"

"And for that we apologize," the Eutonos said solemnly. "We were very confused and frightened. You see, we ended up here sort of by accident…"

"Well, that's fine, but that apartment building you wound up in now has a gaping hole in it," Robin said.

Everyone looked at it, surprised. "How did that happen, anyway?" Beast Boy asked. After a few seconds of silence, Evad nervously stepped forward and raised his hand.

"Uh…sorry," he said timidly. Eutonos stared down at him.

"Oh, I see," the green mage reached forward, grabbed his ear, and tugged sharply, causing Evad to cry out in pain. "What did I tell you? Well? What did I say?"

"Ow, ow!" Evad cried. "Never use a cyclone in a populated area! I'm sorry, I just wasn't thinking! Ow! I'm sorry! Let me go!" After a few more seconds of pulling at his ear, Eutonos released him.

"I'm very sorry about this," the earthmover said.

"Well, nothing we can do now. Whoever lives in that apartment isn't going to be happy," Raven commented.

"Yeah, though I sure as heck wouldn't want to live here to begin with," Beast Boy said.

"MY APARTMENT!" a feminine voice suddenly yelled. All ten heads turned at once to see who had shouted, and the Titans' eyes all widened to the size of plates when they saw whom it was. Cyborg was the first to speak.

"Oh, crap! Jinx!"

There it is. I apologize if things are still confusing right now, but just stay tuned, it'll all be explained in the next one! I'm going to say one thing right now though…I hate writing action scenes. They're fun to read, but not fun to write. I'd honestly rather write dialogue and character interaction than write action scenes. They always seem to take a long time to write, and they always end up being longer than I anticipate.

Well anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! Sorry for the lack of BBxRae, but as I said, there will be plenty of it to come! But just be warned, it may be nearly two weeks before the next update. While I hate to go that long, finals are coming up, and I'm going to be very busy. A failed final means a very sad author. In the meantime please read, and reviews are much appreciated! They also encourage me to write and update faster.