Relativity V2 chapter 6

ETCA (Extra-terrestrial Communication's Array)

"sir, we have a message, for the UN and the watchtower" the man reported to his superior, Dr Harold Mason

"from?"

"the X'Hre federation" the Doctor frowned, his thin, neatly trimmed eye brows forming a shallow V across his forehead

"when did this message arrive?"

"3 minutes ago, sir" he nodded

"well send it out, we don't have all day"

"of course sir"

titan's tower

"team, we've got trouble, Dealer's up to his old tricks, the new casino" Raven's cold voice spread throughout the tower, finding the other titan's, now including Argent, who had arrived only the night before, all stopped what they were doing and made there way to the garage, or, in Beastboy's case, to the roof, they were all as ready as they could be, though the lack of Robin shouting orders was a bit disconcerting

the casino

Beastboy arrived first and was shocked at the damage, almost the entire front of the building had been destroyed, the stench of plastic explosives was heavy in the air, and a trail of destruction, ran form the front across the street, then he spotted raven, still battling the Dealer, but the sheen of sweat gave him cause for concern, he looked around trying to find the Dealer, he quickly spotted the mad man, laughing as he dodged Raven's attacks, all the while spinning his deck of card's around his hands, Beastboy flew behind Dealer before turning into his T-Rex form, the Dealer didn't notice him, as he was so embroiled in dodging raven's attacks, but just as he was about to attack the Dealer dodged a car, which hit him head on, sending Beastboy flying back, then the dealer looked back and spotted Beastboy, he looked at him for a second before returning his attention to Raven

"Damn...I'm good" this only caused her to growl and launch a renewed assault, which he dodged again and again, she was tiring and they both knew it, but she had to hope the rest of the team would arrive before she collapsed, unfortunately she was so tired she could barely hover, with a gasp she collapsed, her eyes barely open, but she saw, with perfect clarity the Dealer walk over still playing with his cards, then she noticed the cloud of cards become less and less, until only five cards remained, she recognised it as a hand in poker, the infamous 'Dead Man's Hand', then he spun the cards around, until they became a blur and out of the blur came a knife. Her world stopped, her vision became black and white, pulsing as it did so, and then nothing

"oh no you don't" the Dealer only had time to glance to his right before being caught by the sonic blast, hurling him into the wall, for all his power's of probability manipulation he was a study as a a matchstick, even so he got back up unsteadily, his cards all around him, surrounding him were the titan's, Argent summoned a cage of red energy, and then he dropped unceremoniously to the ground, being blasted into a wall was not a pleasant experience and one which had effectively knocked him out.

"booyah!" Cyborg's voice echoed in the street, reinforcing the utter silence, then he turned his attention to Raven, who was still lying on the ground

"oh god...Rae! What'd he do to you" they all ran over inspecting her shivering form, Cyborg gingerly checked her for injuries, thankful when he couldn't find any

"She's just exhausted I think, I'll put her in the Car and get her to the medical bay, I want to make sure" the rest of them nodded, and Cyborg was about to move Raven when he noticed something

"hey, where's Beastboy?" they all looked around for his distinctive Emerald green skin, seconds later Bullet Witch saw him

"he's over there" she pointed to a small pile of rubble, when she reached it she saw his tattered uniform and various injuries

"he doesn't look so good, it's like he crashed into the wall" by this time Cyborg had arrived, having put Raven into the car, he frowned for a second

"looks like he broke him arm" carefully he lifted Beastboy, careful not to disturb the arm, which could cause the bones to move even more out of position, which could mean even more time of the team.

XFN 'Juggernaut', 3rd expeditionary fleet flagship

"sir, we have an inbound message from the Watchtower, concerning relativity" the 2nd rank commander, Commander Lohren merely nodded at the soldier

"play it" the soldier nodded and within seconds the video played

"I am Joanna Coxen, current representative of the UN in galactic matters, this message references a message received from your 3rd expeditionary fleet at 16:09 on the 1st of July 2011, message number 1104. the Message is as follows, while the danger of the Entity known as Relativity is very high, we believe, at the present time that Earth is not in considerable danger, as we have no appreciable resources Relativity could want, Extend our thanks and gratitude to your ruling body for informing us of this issue" once the message had ended the commander growled, though he could understand where the UN were coming from as they pointed out they had no resources anybody could imagine Relativity could want.

"your orders, sir?"

"send the message back to fleet command they can handle it from there"

"sir"

XFN 'Oblivion', Morien Shipyards

the shipyards were in disarray, the defending demi-fleet, part of the 4th general, had been obliterated, and all operational shipping had been destroyed, leaving the Oblivion free to destroy the fragile and vital ship construction facilities, which more importantly repaired ships as well, in a single flourish he had crippled the Federation's fleet's considerably, leaving a hole in their defence, giving him just enough room to get past the hyperspace inhibitor fields, so he could continue his journey.