A/N: I'm so sorry it took me as long as it did to update. School started and field hockey started and i made varsity WHOO! And I've been having ideas but I've either been forgetting or not having enough time to write them down. But within the next two weeks I promise more updates. btw, LYKE OMGIZZLE DID ANYONE EFFING SEE TROUBLE IN TOKYO? SQUEEEEEEE LIKE NO OTHER. I am so effing writing a fanfic about that soon.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. So stick that in your juice box and blow it.

TT2

Friday September 25, 2019

It was a long while later that the Titans (plus Jake) were still in the living room, chatting quietly, watching the mission unfold. Clara nudged Jenna slightly, and she woke with a start. When Jenna adjusted to her surroundings she fell off the couch with a small, squealing yelp. "Ah, sorry," she apologized, fixing her hair and clothes. "I forgot where I was." She glared at Jake when no one was looking, and he merely smirked in response.

Clara took his hand and cuddled into his shoulder, beginning to fall asleep herself. "It's time for your shift," she mumbled to the two now grumpy adults. "We need our sleep."

Jake's cell phone went off from somewhere within the depths of his pockets and he pulled it out to look at the screen before sighing deeply. "Text message from my mom," he told her, flipping it open to stare at the screen. "She wants to know where I am," he lied swiftly. "She needs to butt out of my business."

Jenna coughed.

"I have to go to the bathroom... can someone around here show me where it is?" Jake asked, yet again lying.

"I'll show you. I have to go, too," Jenna responded. Jake was able to part from Clara for just a few minutes as they both walked side by side to the door, pretending they weren't about to get into a huge fight. The minute the door closed (thank God it was sound proof) they began yelling.

"What is your deal!" Jake asked her in a desperate exclamation. "I'm just hanging out with my girlfriend! I'm not doing anything wrong or criminal! I'm not killing anyone! You don't need to keep tabs on me twenty-four seven! I'm sixteen, for the love of God!"

"If I don't keep track of you, who will?" she retorted, a fire blazing in her eyes as she stared him down. "It's not like you have ever cared about where you actions will take you. You need to be responsible for yourself, Jake. You're coming in to age now, and I can't always be there to bail you out!"

"What makes you think that anything bad was going to happen? They don't know who I am. They just think I'm Clara's boyfriend, who's come over looking for a little time with his girlfriend. They don't suspect me of being Jump City's most elusive criminal!"

"Second," Jenna reminded him.

"What?"

"Second most elusive criminal," she elaborated.

He merely stared at her, blankly, until his face took on a more angry demeanor. "What about you? Hanging out with the Titans like your some sort of God among people. Acting like your Mother Teresa when your nothing but a two-bit criminal yourself!" he yelled at her. "Why do I have to watch out if you're the one hanging around with these people?"

Jenna stared at her son, shocked at his words. "It's my job. You don't have to be here, hanging out with her and her teammates. But I have to be hanging out with Victor and his friends, even if I don't want to hurt them. I'd rather be figured out by them than die at the hands of Brother Blood."

Jake looked at his mother, before turning around and entering the living room, without another word back.

"Look, Clare, I gotta go..." was all Jenna heard before the door snapped shut. She leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. Life as a single parent wasn't getting any easier, especially when you and your son were the most wanted villains in town.

TT2

They landed on Tamaran. They landed on the main landing pad, pretending to be there to let Kimi and her friends visit. The people of Tamaran, well-known with Richard and Kimi, had graciously given him and everyone else their own room. They made a point to stay away from Galfore, the only person that knew Richard wouldn't go anywhere without Kori. He told everyone else that Kori was merely indisposed. He wasn't sure what getting everyone involved would lead to, though the extra back-up might've been nice.

Kimi set her small duffel on her Rokksas (a piece of furniture that was equivalent to the Earthen bed), then went to visit Sara in the room reserved for Earthly visitors.

"Hey Sare," she started slowly and softly, leaning against the doorway and crossing her arms over her chest.

"What's wrong?" Sara asked almost immediately. "You sound apprehensive."

"I'm a little nervous. We need to find my mother immediately. I just...I feel like something's wrong," she admitted blatantly.

"Don't worry, Kim. It'll all be ok," Sara reassured her, looking up and smiling wide.

"Why are you-?" but she was cut off.

"Hey Sare," Kyle started, coming forward to lean against the doorframe next to Kimi. "Hey Kim. What's up, you guys?"

Kimi looked out the door, ignoring his question, seeing all different Tamaranians walking by. Some she knew, and some she didn't. A few smiled and waved, and others didn't see her. But there was one person that she couldn't possibly miss, and he couldn't possibly miss her.

"Tysond'r!" Kimi breathed, and through the people separating them he saw her face and looked at her disbelievingly.

"Kimiand'r!" he screamed. "Oh Kimiand'r!"

He pushed through people until he was right in front of her and took her into his arms in a hell of a greeting. He pulled back and kissed both cheeks, a custom on Tamaran, before looking at her fully.

"Kimiand'r, tekra su ognata!" Kimi, how you have grown!

"Oh, Tysond'r, it has been a long time since I have seen you last! I missed you greatly," Kimi breathed, hugging him again. "Oh, there is so little time to catch up on what we've missed." But then they both smiled and did a secret handshake of sorts, which ended in bouts of raucous laughter.

"Nothing has been changing, Kimiand'r," he breathed looking at her once more. "Beautiful as always, my Moon."

Kimi smiled bashfully. "Well, some things have changed." Kyle and Sara were now watching this exchange with interest. "Come on, Tysond'r. Walk with me." As they began to walk, she looked back. "Tall my dad I'm on the Balcony. He'll know where that is."

They ventured up to their favorite spot as young ones, talking about all that had transpired while they were away from each other. It was a balcony that overlooked all of their home planet. Or, his home planet at least. Part of Kimi's home was on Earth. "Tyson," she started softly.

"Kimi," he responded, smiling. It felt like an inside joke, ever since she taught him to caught off the end of his name to make up a nickname. "It feels great to be seeing you once more. I have been missing you terribly these years you have been gone. My best friend, my girl." He took her hands.

"Look, Ty, a lot has changed. I have a boyfriend now. I've gotten over it. I've gotten over the possibility of us," she told him, more straightforward than she meant to be.

"You love him?"

"Yes," she replied confidently. "I do. I'm sorry."

"I am guessing I should have figured you would be giving up on me. You must to forgive me; I let you slip through my grasp like typical male," he laughed pitifully, watching her through shining eyes. Kimi couldn't help but smile at his fractured English. "I still love you, Moon-Pie."

"I love you, too, Ty-Pie-" Yet another inside joke "-but platonically."

"Please to let that guy know he is the luckiest creature alive," Tysond'r then told her, before giving her a hug and brief kiss on the forehead. "And if he does the 'screwing' with you, he shall be dead meat."

Kimi burst out in unnecessary giggles, even though she understood what he meant. "Thanks, Ty. I'll let him know." But then her father (or should I say Nightwing) came crashing through the door, looking frazzled. "Dad, what's wrong?" she asked, worry etched into her features. "Your mother, she's fading...fast. We need to go."

Kimi lifted off from the ground and was about to fly when Tyson took her wrist and forced her to stay back. "Sempra, keh? Sui mader? Kah bokna seh struanda a Earth?" Wait, what? Your mother? I thought she was on Earth? he asked, reverting to Tamaranian.

"No, she's not. Storybook version, her sister kid-napped her and is holding her here on Tamaran, but we need to find out where." Kimi looked back to her father, and as if he knew what she was about to say next, he nodded encouragingly. "Do you want to come with? I'm sure we could use you."

"Of course," he responded, and then they both lifted off from the floor and took off in a flight after her frantic father.

TT2

They all grouped in Sara's room, where she was sitting on the floor in a meditative position, humming something every few moments. Kyle was watching her urgently. "She's found your mother," he called over his shoulder, but without looking at her. "But she says her soul is fading fast, so unless we get there quick she's going to be...well...let's not think about that."

Kimi looked at Sara. "Can you tell us where she is?"

Sara didn't reply, but muttered a mantra of some sort and in a few moments her eyes snapped open. She's on the under side of the planet, because Tamaran's two moons are showing. Her mind can't give me any other information. She's blocked me out. So either she's a trained witch or she's going into some sort of coma."

Kimi snapped the door shut with her heel and strode over to the door that led the a balcony. She swung it open and ushered everyone outside. "We'll cover more ground by flying. Sara, can you carry Kyle somehow?" Sara nodded enthusiastically. "Ok. Ty, grab Victor."

Ty flew up and grabbed the large man under the arms, and Kimi grabbed her own father, watching Sara lift Kyle with a simple spell. "Good. Now, just follow me."

They took off in an instant, heading for the other side of Tamaran. "You really know what your doing," Richard yelled up to her daughter over the roaring winds.

"I take after the best," she responded, and after that fell silent.

It took them only a few minutes at their speed to reach the other side, considering Tamaran was a fairly small planet. Kimi looked to both sides of her to make sure everyone was still together. "Just search for something, anything that might portray some sign of life!" Kimi ordered.

They were searching for a good twenty minutes or so before they came upon a small metal hut. They landed down on the ground and rushed towards the door of this shabby-looking thing. They revealed a staircase that would lead them down about three hundred steps. After the first fifty Kimi got tired of this and ordered them to fly again. They hit the bottom, which entered into a room that spouted two different hallways. "Sara, Vic, Kyle, take that hallway. My dad, Ty, and I will take this one. Show no mercy to any guards you may meet on your way."

They took a darkened hallway, and soon Kimi and Ty had to use their starbolts to light up the way. Soon enough, they were met by half a dozen of Blackfire's henchmen. They were able to finish them off quickly, before proceeding over their unconscious bodies to continue down the hallway. It led into a dungeon that had a row of jail cells, and nearly a dozen guards sitting there, unexpectedly.

One of them shouted in Tamaranian and they all immediately noticed the intruders.

But by then Richard had already pulled out a stun disc and thrown it at the table they were sitting at. He covered Ty and Kimi, and it went off creating a large explosion. All of the guards had been knocked out, either by the explosion or the tons of metal that had come down upon them.

"Richard! Richard!" Someone yelled down the hall and Vic, Sara, and Kyle all appeared. "We found Blackfire's quarters, and some sort of laboratory. I found what I think might be the stuff she used to turn into Starfire." He held up a corked neon green bottle. "And we got ambushed by nearly fifty guards, but I think we took good care of them."

"Great, now check all of these jail cells. Kori's got to be in one of them!"

Richard checked the first few, before he came upon one that held a shadowed figure up against a wall. "Kimi!" he called and she appeared at his side, looking hopeful. "Break the bars!" She tore them off easily and discarded them on top of the pile of metal that had fallen on the security guards. Richard ran into the cell and took a good look at the shadowed figure.

It was Kori, from what he could tell.

"Kimi!" He yelled, more urgent this time. "I found her!"

Richard turned, with a small smile on his face, but it fell when he saw who was holding his daughter, now struggling to escape her grasp. "Blackfire!" he hissed at her, readying three of his bird-a-rangs. "Let my daughter go!"

"Daughter?" she spat. "You knocked up my sister? Figures. Girl couldn't keep her hands off you even if she tried."

"Shut your mouth, you little wench," he retorted, waiting for her to be caught off guard so he could grab Kimi. "Kori is a better person than you will ever be." He spat at her feet. "Take that and shove it."

"You little-" she cut herself off and merely raised her fist in the blink of an eye, shooting three starbolts, effectively dazing him.

Kimi struggled under her grasp, but Blackfire wouldn't let go. "You...You bitch!" Kimi shrieked, and Blackfire held her hand against Kimi's head, before releasing her power and letting her slump to the floor. She first grabbed Richard by the shirt, slammed him against the wall, and shut him into the shackles. She then took Kimi, who began to surface consciousness, and repeated her previous actions.

"Vic!" Richard shouted. "Vic, Help! Bl-" But Blackfire had blasted him again, and he was too dazed to speak.

Kyle and Sara came rushing into the cell a few moments later. Kyle took out a few hawk-a-rangs and successfully pinned her to the wall. She merely pulled herself off the wall and while Sara was building up a powerful spell, hit them both with five consecutive rounds of starbolts.

Smirking to herself, she shut them both into chains on the walls. Victor came sliding into the cell just a little while later, looking breathless. "Bad idea," Blackfire hissed, taking him by the arm and swinging him against a nearby wall. He immediately got back up.

"Oh yeah?" He cocked his sonic cannon and blasted her twice. She landed a few feet away, and Victor used his cannon to hit the ceiling, causing tons of rock to fall down upon her. He smirked in satisfaction.

But Blackfire rose from the rubble and hit him with her eyebeams, knocking him against a nearby wall and leaving him breathless. She then closed in and shot starbolt after starbolt, until he was dangling within an inch of consciousness.

He, as well, was chained to the wall.

Sara struggled against the chains. "You can't do this!" she screamed. "This is...inhumane!"

"I'm not humane, nor am I human," she hissed in response.

"But you are!" Richard retorted, now apparently awake. "Your father had a fling with a human! Everyone considered you a dirty half-breed, the production of an unlawful affair! Your father, the King, had a fling with a dirty, nasty, rotten human. You were nothing but garbage to them! Kori got all the attention, and you were jealous."

"SHUT UP!" Blackfire screeched, seething. "SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! You don't know the half of what it's like to be treated like an outcast because you're half-breed!"

"Um, hello!" Kimi interjected. "I'm a half-breed!"

"But you were born in an age were Half-Breed Tamaranians are accepted! Besides, you weren't the product of your father's stupid affair!" Blackfire defended. She turned her back on them for one second, which was all Sara needed to whisper a single curse and send it straight for Blackfire. She fell to her knees, scraping her palms on the floor. Her teeth gritted. "Who did that!" she screamed without looking around. "You dirty, rotten humans!"

Sara whispered another spell, more powerful this time, and sent Blackfire into shaking convulsions on the ground. But she stood anyways, still shaking and convulsing, but in a rage no one had ever seen before.

She stood in front of Sara. "You little bitch." She slapped her with a resounding smack, and everyone stared at her in shock as Kyle's face turned red.

"Don't you DARE touch her!" he yelled, and pulled up his legs before kicking her into what was left of the jail cell's bars. It knocked the wind out of her and she laid on the ground for a few seconds.

Ty came running into the cell, staring in shock at the five pinned to the wall. "What the hell did I miss?"

"Get her!" the all screamed, nodding to Blackfire who was slowly getting up, regaining her strength.

Ty's eyes (A/N: hehe) bugged out of his skull before he powered up neon green starbolts and sent wave after wave at Blackfire. After a fair few, he picked her up and threw her against the wall. Her eyes opened weakly, and she looked at all of the darkly, before slumping into unconsciousness.

"Come on, let's go. Ty, get us out of here!"

Ty wasted no time in getting to them and breaking off the chains. When he broke Kori's at the very end, she fell lifeless into Richard;s arms, and he scooped her up. They began to run towards the exit, looking around at the massacre they had created. "Come on, let's go," Richard encouraged. "She's not getting any stronger."

Richard ordered them to stay in front of him in case they had any more surprise attacks from guards. They were fine halfway through until sixteen or so guards came barreling down the hallway. Combining Sara's magic and Kimi and Ty's starbolts, they were able to knock them all over like bowling pins.

"Kimi, fly Victor ahead and go get the T-Ship. I won't be able to fly back with her, so that's our only choice." Kimi nodded in understanding, picking Victor up under his arms and taking off with him. She was soon out of sight, at top speed, going like a bullet. Richard chanced a look down at her bruised and beaten face. She looked so helpless, there in his arms. He would give his own life right now to see her in any state but this one.

They soon reached the staircase and began running up. Sara and Ty chose to fly, while Kyle and Richard ran up two at a time, thinking it couldn't be any sooner until they were out. God knows what traps Blackfire had set.

It was too long, in Richard's opinion, until they reached the top and threw the door open to see Kimi and Victor waiting for them. "Akreia Richard's, Kimi's, Kyle's, Victor's, and my bags!" Sara yelled, holding her hands out. In a few moments they were gliding in the distance, getting bigger and bigger until Richard realized they were going at a dangerous pace headed right for them. He ducked and Sara caught them, though it knocked the wind out of her.

"We have to get out of here," Richard began, boarding the T-ship as Kimi jumped off to say goodbye to Tyson.

"I'm sorry, Ty. I'm sure I'll see you soon, but my mom...she's in a terrible condition." Kimi kissed his forehead and didn't even bother to smile back like she knew she would've under different circumstances. She boarded the T-Ship and soon it was taking off, and she was watching Tyson fly up and back to the Palace. Kyle, Sara, and Victor were all in the process of guiding the ship, while her father sat next to Kori, who he had placed in a bed in the compartment below.

"Kimi," he called and she rushed down to see her father holding her hand and stroking her hair. He patted the chair next to him, and she sunk into it without another thought. Richard wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "I proud of you, Kim. I really am. Today, you showed me that you are more than ready for the Titans and what it's going to bring you."

Kimi smiled, chancing a look at her mother. She looked like she was in a great amount of pain, and Kimi couldn't bear it. She looked away, her eyes tearing, looking to her father for support. With the arm around her shoulders he pulled her close and hugged her tight. She felt so vulnerable when she was crying, but in her daddy's arms everything felt alright.

"She'll be ok, I promise," he whispered in her ear, and she nodded dumbly, wanting so bad to believe him.

TT2