Part 92: Arella's Visit

The Keyblade War?

Who is Fear?

VAIOLANGAIZER LIVES AGAIN!

TIME IS BROKEN

Someone is monitoring. They see us. They see me.

The old gods are DEAD, Gog wants what's left.

The Living Gate is still open

Time is being stolen

I'm supposed to be DEAD?

WHEN AM I?

OTHERS?

No Fear equals Disaster

Due to the severity of his injuries, the Titans had no choice but to use one of Pluto's TR-Chambers. Kumiko looked on in worry as Kenzaki was placed inside the chamber with an oxygen mask on. He'd been stripped of his clothes which revealed that while his head and the lower half of his body looked normal, his torso and arms were covered in a strange type of metal, which also gave his hands their claw-like appearance, and his injuries, which included a nasty looking scorch mark over Kenzaki's heart. Cyborg attached the electrodes to Kenzaki's body to monitor his vitals. The door of the chamber closed.

"T.I.T.A.N., begin process," Cyborg commanded the Tower's AI and it obeyed.

"Will he be alright?" Kumiko asked Cyborg as the chamber filled up with nanotech fluid. The nanobots within the fluid would repair all the damage that'd been made on Kenzaki's body.

A screen connected to the chamber showed Kenzaki as he floated inside the fluid. The screen also showed his vitals and any important information.

"And be honest, Cyborg," Neko added.

"Well, he's a tough one. According to this data he should be dead," Cyborg informed.

"The kid's tough," Okami said gruffly. "He'll pull through."

"What happened and who is Gog?" Neko asked.

Kumiko began explaining, "Gog is…Gog is the one who killed the original Garoh 5 years ago. He's also an S-Class bounty."

"S-Class?" asked Neko. "What does that mean?"

"S-Class bounties are Multiversal threats and major threats to the Time Stream, like Copycat," explained Okami.

Kumiko continued, "As to what happened…"

Garoh, Emperor Form, charged at Gog. There were various gashes in his armor, showing that the battle had been quite fierce. Gog was, in fact, a muscular man wearing golden metal shoulder pads, brown pants with gold boots going up to his knees and a helmet on his head that had the appearance of a ram's horns. He was wielding a staff that had three prongs on its end. "Blasphemy! You will kneel before Gog and beg for forgiveness!" He swung his fist, slamming into Garoh's chest. Garoh slid backwards.

"We gotta put an end to this…" said Garoh, gasping for breath.

"HAI!" agreed his Imagin partners. Garoh pressed the ENTER button before passing his Pass over the belt.

"CHARGE AND UP!" the belt announced.

Garoh, Buraki, Byakko, Okami and Raion all roared together as they dashed at Gog, his entire armor glowing with a multicolor aura as lightning arched all around him. His wings spread out and took him into the air and then went into a flying punch. He rocketed straight towards his target. "IMPERIAL FIST!" roared Garoh and all the Imagin as they threw the fist forward.

Normally, this would have guaranteed a victory for Garoh…but not this time. Garoh was shocked when he saw his fist had been caught by Gog and he couldn't break free. Garoh noticed the tip of Gog's staff glowing with energy. He felt the burning hot tip of Gog's staff begin to pierce the armor. "Rot in hell," was all Gog said as the energy ripped though Kenzaki's body.

"The girl is here? In this city? Are you sure?"

"Yes, she is. This city was where Lord Trigon appeared and also where he met his demise."

"Bite your tongue! Lord Trigon could never be defeated by his half-breed bastard daughter!"

"Be that as it may, the fact remains that Lord Trigon was vanquished right here on this very spot."

"Then, the prophecy had indeed come to past. Lord Trigon did arrive here."

"Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the job. Maybe he isn't all powerful as we originally thought."

"How dare you say such traitorous things?"

"I speak only the truth, the facts, not words of a traitor."

"Enough! Your constant bickering will get us nowhere! What we need to do is capture the girl. We know where the mother is but we are unable to enter Neo Azarath and we need both of them to complete the ritual."

"So, how can we continue without the mother?"

"I've recently heard some very interesting news. It would appear that the mother has come to visit the girl and her husband."

"Husband!? Someone actually became wedded to that half-breed brat?"

"Now who is the one speaking traitorous things? The girl is our Lord's daughter if I remember."

"She is merely a tool. Once her usefulness has ended, she will be disposed of. She is as expendable as her whore of a mother."

"Yes, and once we have them; we can finally use them to resurrect our Lord and Master. All hail Lord Trigon!"

"All hail Lord Trigon."

"All hail Lord Trigon!"

The Titans were busy cleaning up the Tower. Today was a special day. Today was a hectic day. Today was the day Raven's mother was coming for a visit. Each of the Titans had their own little jobs. The first thing needed to be done was for each of them to clean their rooms. The others did so easily. Changeling used his DNA Morpher (formerly DNA Change Watch) to assume the form of an alien with super-speed known as a Kineceleran and used its abilities to clean his room in under a second flat. The Kineceleran form he was in resembled a semi-armored velociraptor clad in a black skintight suit with a purple stripe running down the middle. He wore a long black helmet that had a retractable visor. He had double-jointed legs with wheels for feet, a long and thick tail, and thin arms with sharp scissor-like claws. Whenever he spoke, he had a raspy voice. The creature's skin was blue and its eyes were green.

Next, all the floors needed to be mopped and the carpets vacuumed. Make no mistake, Raven was shouting out orders. Everything needed to be perfect and it was stressing the girl out.

The fliers then went outside to clean the windows, which meant that Draco and Starfire were doing it. Neko helped too as did ALPHA. Cathy, now regaining use of the ALPHA Gear, was allowed to go on missions.

Jinx and Terra did the mopping. Using their Inzecters and the Clock Up system, they were able to make all the floors nice and shiny.

Cyborg was stuck reorganizing the garage. The doors to Pluto's basement lab had been locked so there would be no danger of anyone going in there without Pluto's secret pass code.

Shadow used his telekinesis to raise the sofa as Raven vacuumed. He looked concerned at his wife. The thought of her mother visiting was causing her great amount of stress if his empathy was picking up on her emotions.

Robin in the kitchen, doing the dishes and wiping the tables and counters clean. Looks like living with Bruce Wayne hadn't made him soft at doing the housework. Good old Alfred.

Rose was given the worst job of all. It seemed that even after all this time, the blue mold in the fridge kept coming back and taking root. Despite getting a new and bigger fridge, the problem still occurred. Whatever attracted the blue fuzzy mold was still a mystery.

Renia had conveniently left the Tower early and hadn't answered her communicator. She was actually at the arcade. To her, housework was something she'd rather not get her hands dirty with doing. Then again, the last time they had her help out she destroyed all the dishes. It had been when someone accidentally called her small. Do the math.

Raven wiped the sweat off her brow, sitting on the sofa. After hours of work, they were finally done. Even the lobby looked presentable as did the kitchen. The old moldy food had been thrown down the garbage chute which led to an incinerator that dealt with the garbage.

Raven felt a pair of hands on her shoulders and turned her head around to see Shadow, sitting behind the sofa's back rest, and kneading her shoulder. "Relax, luv. You're getting way too stressed about all this."

"Can't help it," Raven replied. "This will be the first time my mother has ever visited Titans Tower and I want it to be perfect. You remember her house, right?"

He did. It was immaculate and bland.

"I just want to introduce her to my friends and maybe and hopefully have a normal relationship with her again," Raven continued.

"I know what you mean," Shadow said as he continued to rub her shoulders. She moaned as his hands did their magic. "My mother would occasionally drop by unannounced at my apartment. One visit had been very…eventful."

"What happened?" Raven asked.

"One word: Mongrel."

Raven needn't hear anymore. If Takada was involved it always ended horribly.

"It's a good thing Renia and Kenzaki are not here," Raven said in a relieved tone. "I like Renia, but she can be a little…"

"Loud?" supplied Shadowcobra.

"More like vulgar."

"She's just a child."

"I know, but she has a mouth like a sailor."

"And what about Kenzaki?" Shadow asked.

"I don't think mother would appreciate being under the same roof with a bounty hunter. He's a great ally but I'm not sure if I can call him a friend yet." Kenzaki had recovered quickly thanks to the TR-Chamber and had once again gone off on one of his hunts, though not without protests from Neko and Kumiko. That had been several days ago and Raven was relieved to not have him around.

"You're not sure if you can call Neko a friend yet either," Shadow added, "Rose and Cathy too."

"They were our enemies."

Shadow pointed out, "You forgave Terra."

"True, but only because she showed she was truly repentant. I'm not so sure about those three."

"Is it because you woke up with Copycat in bed with you that one time?" Shadow teased. Raven blushed at the memory, her face contorted into a look of disgust and embarrassment.

"Ichijyo!"

Shadow laughed. "Take your time, luv. You'll learn to trust them soon too as you did with the rest and I."

"Do you trust them?" Raven asked her husband.

"If I didn't, I wouldn't have returned the ALPHA Gear to Cathy or given the Smartrooper Riot Gear to Rose."

Shadow made a good argument. "How did Rose take it?" Raven asked. "I mean, I haven't seen her use it."

"She has yet to use it, unfortunately." Shadow sighed.

"I just hope my mother doesn't ask about children," Raven paused. "I mean, can you imagine us having kids?"

"Actually…" Shadow leaned down so his head was near her ear as he whispered, "We could try and see what that would like." It was spoken in a rather suggestive tone.

SMACK!

"Ow!" Shadow yelled as he recoiled.

"Sorry, that was a reflex whenever you say something perverted," Raven apologized.

"OK, I'm not sure if I deserved that but I apologize for making such an inappropriate comment."

Raven sighed. "Sorry, I'm just really on edge."

Shadow added, "And you need to bathe. We all do. We've been cleaning the Tower and I believe a majority of us have perspired."

"OK, I guess I do need a bath."

"May I join you?" Shadow grinned lecherously.

SMACK!

"Ow!"

"Sorry!"

A few hours later evening had arrived and the Titans had gotten themselves cleaned up. Renia finally got back. Well, Raven had asked (threatened) the Homunculus to be on her best behavior and not blow up if her mother used the 'L' word or anything close.

They all stood on the roof.

"So, why are we here on the roof?" asked Changeling, the Titan formerly known as Beast Boy.

"My mother told me that she wanted to make an entrance," Raven shrugged. "I told her about the Tower and she suggested we wait for her on the roof."

"Oh, I so wish to meet Raven's mother," Starfire beamed.

"Yeah," Jinx added. "I've been wondering what she's like."

"A charming woman," Shadow said in deep respect.

Raven spoke, silencing them. "It's time. Take three steps back." They all did as told and a magical circle formed on the ground. Ryuki's eyes sparkled as did Neko's.

"Sugoi!" the twins admired.

"Wow!" Cathy admired, also impressed, her eyes wide with curiosity and amazement.

Shadow recognized a few Azarathean runes within the magical circle. The white light which radiated off it was holy and powerful magic. It sent a jolt through his nerves but he was able to compose himself.

Slowly, Arella began to appear as shimmering orbs of light spun around her. She slowly materialized in the circle. The glowing runes slowly began to fade as did the orbs, signifying that their job had ended. Arella pulled down her hood and smiled. She greeted, "Greetings, Teen Titans."

The boys gawked. Raven's mom was gorgeous!

"Woah!" Changeling exclaimed, "Raven, you never told me your mom was HOT!" Open mouth and insert foot Changeling. He received an intense glare from Raven and his girlfriend, Terra. The Cutter Inzecter on her shoulder was snapping its mandibles in a threatening manner. Starfire and Jinx quickly made sure their own boyfriends weren't staring at Arella like horny little boys.

Robin cleared his throat and greeted, "Welcome to Titans Tower. I'm-"

"Don't tell me," Arella politely interrupted, raising a hand. "My daughter has told me all about you. Let me guess." She began to identify each of the Titans, "You're Robin the leader, the girl with red hair is Starfire, Terra is the blonde, Jinx is the one with pink hair, the one with goggles is Draco, Cyborg is obviously the one made of metal, the youngest girl is Renia and finally there's the green one known as Beast Boy."

"Actually, I'm called Changeling now, ma'am," Changeling corrected.

Arella frowned. "The ones called Pluto and Blackfire are missing."

"They are on another planet right now, mother," Raven explained.

"I understand," Arella nodded. She saw the three other girls, "And who might you three be?"

"I'm Neko," Neko introduced herself, "I'm also known as Mimic. These are Rose and Cathy, also known as Ravager and Nekokage."

Cathy curtseyed politely and Rose gave a curt nod.

"And this is Gekiryuken," Neko introduced, pointing to her medallion.

"Greetings, madam," Gekiryuken greeted politely.

"A talking medallion," Arella murmurred. "A lot has changed it would seem," Arella commented. "Raven, you have very interesting friends." She smiled. "I'm glad for it."

"Thank you, mother," Raven accepted graciously. "We should go inside now."

"Right, I agree. I would like to see this Titans Tower for myself." She then turned her attention towards Shadow. "You look awfully quiet, Ichijyo. Is there anything wrong?"

"It's nothing, godmother," Shadow replied. Arella tapped his forehead.

"I've told you that you can call me Arella," Arella reminded.

"I'm sorry, but I must show respect to you," Shadow declined. "It was how I was raised."

Arella let out a small chuckle. Her son-in-law, whether he knew it or not, did have some quirks created through his rather bizarre upbringing. At least he'd grown up to be a fine gentleman.

"We've just prepared a feast in honor of your visit," Shadow said. "I hope you'll enjoy dinner."

"I'm sure I will."

"After you, godmother."

Arella rolled her eyes. To get him to stop calling her that would be a task in itself.

"She's here? Are you sure? The bride of Trigon is here?"

"Yes, I sensed Azarathean magic being used. It was a transportation spell."

"So, she's arrived."

"Now?"

"You lazy bum! Of course now!"

Dinner was a quiet affair. Raven had asked (threatened) everyone to be on their best behavior. She didn't want dinner to be ruined by anything unexpected.

The meal had been prepared by Shadow, Cyborg, Changeling and Draco. Turns out since Changeling had been taking proper cooking lessons, he could actually cook something edible made out of tofu and vegetables. The tofu and vegetable soup was his concoction. Cyborg had prepared a lovely chicken stir-fry made with a special family recipe. He also made some fried chicken. Draco had prepared, surprisingly, pretty mild curry (mild for him that is). Raven didn't want her mother accidentally burning her tongue since Draco had a tendency of making his cooking a little too much on the spicy side. The curry was a lovely reddish orange color with bits of beef, potatoes, carrots and bell peppers. It was also thick and meant to be eaten with rice that he'd also prepared. For dessert, they would be having blackberry tarts that Shadow had made. It surprised Arella that Shadow knew a thing or two about cooking, well baking to be exact.

Arella, despite having to eat a strict vegetarian diet on Azarath, wasn't really a vegetarian. She had missed the taste of meat for a very long time and once she sat down, she immediately grabbed a piece of fried chicken and took a bite. She chewed, swallowed and sighed. "Now that was heaven!" She'd missed the taste.

Candid conversation was exchanged around the table and Arella wanted to hear all about their past adventures. She'd laughed at the Mother Mae-Eye story and commented, "I once wanted Raven to wear a dress like that."

"Mother!" Raven blushed, which caused Arella to laugh further.

After dinner and dessert, which everyone enjoyed much to Shadow's happiness, Arella was given a guided tour by her daughter, son-in-law, and Cyborg. Cyborg explained that he'd helped design the Tower the mainframe, and basically nearly everything in the tower.

As soon as the tour had ended, Arella sat down on the sofa to relax. Raven sat next to her and Shadow sat next to his wife. "Well, mother, what do you think?"

Arella sighed. "I'll be honest. If a few years ago you'd told me about this, I would've forced you to come with me to Neo Azarath and forbade you from ever contacting your friends. Thus lifestyle is dangerous." Raven frown. "However," Arella continued, "I can see that you feel at home here than you ever did on Azarath. These Titans, your teammates and friends, are your family here and I'd be a terrible mother for taking you away from that."

"Thank you, mother," Raven said gratefully.

"Also, if you hadn't come here, I doubt you'd met with Ichijyo," Arella smiled. "From what I heard, Ichijyo, you have changed quite a lot than I expected."

"Thank you, godmother," Ichijyo replied. Arella frowned.

"And I've told you many time to call me 'Arella' or at the very least 'mother'! We're family now," Arella said in exasperation.

Suddenly, the alarms blared. Arella gasped, "What's going on!?"

Shadow jumped from the sofa and activated the computer. The large flat screen monitor showed a map of the city and several locations were pinpointed with red spots, signifying a crime taking place in each one.

"It's trouble," Raven answered.

Robin and the others immediately ran into Ops to see what was going on. "Report," Robin ordered.

"We've got crimes being commited in four different locations," Shadow reported. "We might need to split up."

"Alright," Robin nodded. "Titans, let's move!"

Arella watched as the team of teen heroes left through the door. She prayed like any mother should for their daughter, "Be careful, Rachel."

The Titans split themselves into four group:

Group A: Robin (group leader), Starfire and Ravager (Rose).

Group B: Cyborg (group leader), Terra and Changeling.

Group C: Shadow (group leader), Raven and Renia (Crystal Alchemist).

Group D: Draco (group leader), Jinx, Mimic (Neko) and Nekokage (Cathy)

With the four Groups already set, they each split up towards their destinations, ready to carry out their assignments.

Group A arrived at the bank where Le Blanc was trying to blast open the safe. He already had dynamite planted. The guards had all been incapacitated and there were hostages too. Robin, Starfire and Ravager had to approach this carefully in order to save these people and to bring Le Blanc to justice.

"OK, here's the plan," Robin began as he, Starfire and Ravager stood outside the bank. The police were there to make sure no civilians tried anything foolish. It was protocol, really as Le Blanc, despite not having any impressive abilities, was still classed as a 'super' criminal. Because of that, the Titans were needed. "We'll try to sneak our way inside and then we'll take down Le Blanc. Then, I'll disarm the bombs."

Starfire nodded in understanding and then realized something, "Um…Robin? Where's Rose?"

Robin looked around to see that Ravager had vanished. He narrowed his eyes. "Great…just great…" he muttered sarcastically.

The thing about Rose was that there was no way in hell she was going to take orders from Robin. The only person she would ever consider listening to would be her dearest Neko. Right now, the Ravager was currently crawling in the ventilation system. She looked down from one of the grills to see that Le Blanc was currently hooking a bomb up to the safe. She shook her head and mumbled, "Extravagant as always." She took hold of the grill and began to carefully remove it. She set the grill aside and then used her flexibility to bring her legs under her. She then started to slide down the hole and gripped the edges with her hands. The hostages took notice of her and she placed a finger to her lips as a silent command for them to stay quiet. She then jumped down to the floor. Le Blanc hadn't taken notice of her or anything so Ravager quickly started to sneak up behind Le Blanc. The guy was so arrogant that he never thought of backup. She wondered why the Brotherhood had recruited him. Desperation, maybe?

Le Blanc laughed and spoke in a nasally French accent, "Now to start things with a bang!" He reached to his utility belt and pulled out a detonator. "Now it's time to say bonjour to a lot of cash." He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to face the cowl wearing Ravager.

"Au revoir," Ravager said before she punched him in the face. It was lights out for him. Smirking at the crumpled heap that was Le Blanc, she spoke into her communicator, "Robin, this is Ravager. Le Blanc is down."

Group B arrived at a high school where a football game was being interrupted by Atlas. He was throwing football players around like they themselves were the footballs.

Atlas laughed as he grabbed the fleeing football players and began flinging them around. The spectators fled in a panic from the mechanical madman. "Hah! Yes, weaklings! Flee from the Mighty Atlas!" he boasted.

His boasting was ceased by a massive wrecking ball meeting his face and sending him falling on his back. The cable retracted straight back into Cyborg's arm. Atlas picked himself back up and glared. "You!" Atlas shouted.

"That's right!" Cyborg grinned, boasting too, "I'm the one that kicked your butt, remember?" Standing with him were Terra and Changeling.

Atlas growled and cracked his knuckles, "Oh, I do, and I've gotten some modifications too." He converted his arm into a cannon like Cyborg's. Cyborg's eyes widened. "We managed to recover some of the information Blood had on your designs so I was fitted with them." He fired an orb of energy.

Terra slammed her foot on the ground and instantly a thick slab of dirt rose up to shield them from the energy orb. It was destroyed and Atlas began firing volleys of energy orbs at the three Titans. Terra got on her 'stone hover board' while Changeling ran from the blasts as a cheetah. Cyborg ran straight towards Atlas, ready to deal with the robot personally.

Cyborg threw a fist at Atlas' face, sending him staggering back. Atlas wiped the oil leaking from the corner of his mouth and grinned before he converted his cannon back into a fist. He threw a fist at Cyborg who blocked with his forearms and was sent skidding back along the field. "See? I have become stronger with my upgrades!" laughed Atlas. A rock slammed into his chest and he stared, "What's this?"

"Here's the weather forecast!" Terra announced, her hands glowing gold as she levitated several rocks above her, "It's a rock storm!" Rocks rained down on Atlas yet he shrugged them off.

"Hah, you think pebbles will be enough to defeat me?" Atlas snorted. Changeling, as a gorilla, grabbed Atlas from behind, pinning his arms to his sides. "Hah, is that all?" He bent his body over forwards and threw Changeling off him and crashing into some Gatorade. The sports drink spilled all over Changeling.

"Hey, this is a new uniform!" Changeling shouted, angry and soaked with grape and orange flavored Gatorade. He twisted the silver ring of his DNA Morpher, bringing up the holographic displays until he found the one he wanted. It was a Galvanic Mechomorph. "I'll have to hack my way in!" He slammed his palm down on the watch. "Henshin!"

In a flash of light Changeling was replaced by…a big bug. He had six limbs with the front ones acting as arms. He had a long tail with a stinger like a scorpion, dragonfly wings, a black head with four eyestalks, and a body that was black with purple strikes. The DNA Morpher's symbol was on his head.

"Aw…man!" Changeling shouted as he'd turned into a Lepidopterran, an insectoid alien, instead of his desired Galvanic Mechomorph. Note that the watch had a habit of turning him into the alien he did not select. The juice on him just added on to his now putrid smell. "Well," his wings buzzed. "Might as well use what I got." He took to the air.

Cyborg and Atlas resumed their grappling and with a roar the evil mech threw Cyborg into the stands. Terra tried to do something Draco had taught her and covered her body in rock. She threw a fist at Atlas and it made a 'gong' sound against his body. Atlas chuckled before raising his leg and kicking Terra backwards. "Well, time to take care of the weaklings." He strode towards Terra but suddenly some sort of green gunk had entrapped his right foot, sticking it to the ground. "What's this?"

"Don't you just hate it when you got gum stuck to your shoe?" Lepidopterran Changeling joked. His eye stalks were showing mirth. Atlas swung his arms at the alien bug but couldn't reach. He tried to pull his foot out to the gunk but was stuck.

"Come back here and fight, coward!" Atlas roared. He readied his cannon and charged it up but Changeling spat out a wad of the gunk into the cannon's barrel. Atlas' arm exploded as he tried to fire. "NO!"

"Ha ha!" Changeling laughed. He started to fly circles around Atlas, taunting him, while shooting the gunk out of his eyes. Atlas was not trapped and immobilized. Changeling landed next to Terra who covered her nose. "What?"

"Gar, don't stand too close to me right now," she said, blanching.

Atlas was struggling against his gunky restraints but then felt a tap on his head. He turned his head around 180 degrees to see Cyborg grinning. "Booyah." Cyborg converted his fist and slammed it into Atlas.

BOOM!!

After the smoke cleared, all that was left of Atlas was his head.

"Looks like we might just need a smaller cell," Changeling joked once he turned back to normal.

Group C arrived at a local movie theatre. The movie theatre was having a special 'Classic Monster Movie Marathon' which would explain all the screaming. However, the movies had to be really scary if people were running out of the theatre.

"I'm guessing that those people won't be getting their money back," Renia commented as she stood in front of the theatre with Shadow and Raven. Shadow had on his spell-caster uniform along with his purple cloak.

"Let's get inside and end this," Shadow ordered. Raven nodded and followed after her husband with Renia following behind them.

All they had to do was follow the screaming and they would find their man. There stood Control Freak in the lobby, holding his remote and all around him were famous Classic Movie Monsters. "Come, my army! We shall take over this city!"

"I don't think so, fanboy!" Shadow denied. He scolded himself, 'OK, I am turning into Robin right now.'

"So, the Teen Titans have come to face their arch nemesis, CONTROL FREAK!" Control Freak shouted. Control Freak of all people was using his remote to terrorize the audience. Conveniently for him it was a 'Classic Monster Movie Marathon' night at the theatre so right now Control Freak was using his remote to bring all the movie monsters to life and scaring the crap out of people.

Shadow just groaned. Despite how realistic the monsters appeared, they were still bound by Control Freak's remote. Considering Control Freak's track record, it would be easy to outsmart him by using his own fanboy obsession against him.

Renia looked at Control Freak blankly.

"Um…are you supposed to be a villain or some geek who got lost headed towards a Sci-Fi Convention?" Renia asked, clearly not remembering Control Freak. Control Freak's face turned red at being told off like that.

"I AM CONTROL FREAK!" he roared and commanded, "GET THEM!!"

The Movie Monsters like Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Mummy and Dracula all obeyed and lunged at the Titans. For Renia, once Dracula got too close, she smashed her crystal fist into his face, sending him flying and crashing into the popcorn machine. Popcorn spilled down all over the famed vampire. Renia leapt onto the counter and looked down at Dracula. Renia rolled her eyes as Dracula bared his fangs at her. He lunged but then got his heart impaled by a crystal blade.

Shadow rolled his eyes as Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy both lumbered towards him. They weren't very fast and well it would be easy to take them down. He snapped his fingers and turned invisible. The two Monsters looked around for their missing quarry. Where had he gone? A loose length of bandage from the Mummy was given a swift tongue and the Mummy started to spin and spin and spin as the bandages were being pulled off. When the last of the bandages had been removed, nothing but a skeleton remained and it collapsed in a heap. Frankenstein's Monster then saw Shadowcobra appear once more. The Snake Knight dashed towards the monstrous amalgam of human body parts and started to use his staff to jab and strike at him. Frankenstein was strong and wouldn't budge despite the hits to his body and the monster man grabbed Shadow by the throat. He raised the Snake Knight and started squeezing. Shadow instinctively turned himself into shadow matter and slipped out from the monster's grasp. He then created blades of shadow matter and flung them at the monster, slicing his arms off. He leapt up and performed a bicycle kick, sending the monster staggering backwards.

Renia, seeing this, decided to give her assistance. She tapped her foot on the ground and sent a surge of Alchemical magic towards Frankenstein's Monster. A transmutation appeared beneath the behemoth's feet and he looked down curiously.

"Let's see how you look as a nice lawn ornament," Renia grinned before snapping her fingers. Slowly, crystal began to spread up the Frankenstein's Monsters legs. It spread up and all over his body before completely encasing him. Actually, he'd been turned into inert crystal. The disembodied arms were lying on the ground, unmoving.

"Good job," Shadow complimented. Renia rubbed under her nose.

Raven was dodging claw slashes and bites from the Wolfman. She chanted, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" and threw a chair at the werewolf. It howled and pounced. She was pinned to the ground and he snarled in her face.

"Two words: breath mints," she said in a bored tone before she called out, "Adeat!" Her Scythe of Light formed in her hand and she used the Scythe's energy to blast the werewolf off her. She got back to her feet and duster her cloak. "No way am I letting you have your way with me."

The werewolf lunged at her and she gripped her scythe. When the Wolfman got in range, she swung her scythe downwards and sliced the werewolf cleanly straight down the middle in half. She watched as its two pieces dropped down on the carpet. She grinned. "That was almost too easy…"

Control Freak was stunned at seeing Raven's scythe and had stars in his eyes, "THAT IS SO AWESOME!" He muttered, "Note to self: give Raven action figure a grim reaper scythe!" He shouted, "But, don't think you've beaten me yet, Titans! With my remote I shall make a new army!"

Shadow turned to Renia, "Ren, you know what to do."

Renia nodded and chanted a spell. Her appearance then began to change as her body shimmered.

As Control Freak was laughing maniacally, like he had won, a serene voice entered his ears, "Oh, Control Freak. Would you like to play with me?" His eyes followed towards the source of the voice and his jaw dropped as his eyes widened.

There…standing before him…was a vision of beauty…it was STARFIRE IN A SKIMPY PURPLE STRING BIKINI!! 'Starfire' was doing a provocative pose, showing off her body to him. She blew him a kiss.

"OH BABY!!" Control Freak shouted, his entire attention on 'Starfire' as she giggled.

Raven rolled her eyes and with her magic pulled Control Freak's remote out of his hand. His grip hadn't even been strong. He was drooling which was rather unattractive as he ogled at 'Starfire'.

Raven placed the remote in Shadow's hand who then dropped it to the floor and crushed it with his foot. The Movie Monsters all vanished and Renia turned back to normal.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Control Freak wailed, not even noticing his missing remote. "Starfire turned into a runt!"

He just said runt.

Not good…for him.

A vein throbbed on Renia's forehead as she roared, "WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU PERVERTED SICKO!! DIE!!"

"ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!" Control Freak screamed in agony. "GET THIS MIDGET OFF ME!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MIDGET THAT NEEDS A HIGH CHAIR TO EAT IN A RESTAURANT AND TOO SHORT TO RIDE THE ROLLERCOASTER, FATSO!?"

Group D arrived at the museum. There trying to rob the place blind were none other Billy Numerous and his gang of duplicates. There were only twelve Billies now but that could change at any moment. Luckily, Draco knew how to beat Billy thanks to some info Jinx managed to recover from her days back in the HIVE Academy. Mimic and Nekokage were ready too.

Billy and his gang of well…Billies, were in the museum. They were just grabbing whatever it was they could find without a care. All they really cared about was how much they could sell this old 'junk'.

Despite their cunning and the ability to duplicate themselves, they weren't exactly geniuses. It meant it would be easy to outsmart them, if one knew how…

Billy Prime felt something touch his shoulder. He spun around and saw nothing. "Must be my imagination…" he muttered.

"Guess again, Billy," grinned Mimic as she appeared in front of him. "Boo!"

"Argh!!" Billy Numerous Prime screamed as he backed away, memories of what Katherine considered training coming back to him as he saw Mimic. The two had the same face and thus the same affect on him: fear.

The Billies were alerted by their source's scream. Jinx, Cathy and Draco appeared in the museum, having teleported inside, taking advantage of their shock. "You're all under arrest!" Draco announced. "So freeze!" He emphasized this by freezing several Billies in ice.

Cathy, while on the field, was known as Nekokage. Her uniform was jet black and tight ninja uniform that did not hinder her movements and had a hole cut for her tail. She wore a hood and clothe mask, revealing only her eyes. The hood had cat ears on top.

"You traitor!" Billy Prime shouted as he glared at Jinx. His eyes fell on Mimic. "Hey, you look just like my boss."

"Yeah, I get that a lot," Mimic shrugged. She kneeled down and took hold of a steel bar. She turned her skin into solid steel. Billy Prime stared. "And I get those too," she grinned.

"GET THEM!!" Billy Prime shouted and the duplicates dropped what they were doing.

"Don't damage the artifacts! Ikuzo!" Draco ordered. Mimic grinned and with that bit of power she absorbed from Billy made a dozen duplicates of herself, much to Billies chagrin.

"Hey, don't steal my thing!" Billy Prime shouted.

Nekokage pounced on a Billy and then leapt up in the air. She twisted her body and kicked a Billy in the head as she dropped before going into a roundhouse that knocked another Billy down. Two of them charged at her from either side. In the blink of an eye she turned invisible and they knocked into one another. She possessed cat-like agility and the power to turn invisible. A dangerous combination. Jinx got dogpiled by Billies but a bright pink flash sent the flying in all directions. Draco quickly started throwing ice beams all around him freezing up Billies in ice. The Mimics all started bashing Billy heads together and beating the crud out of each other.

Billy Numerous Prime began to sneak away, hoping his duplicates would but him some time. There were still other places he could hit. He headed for the door quietly but then a vase was smashed into the back of his head, shattering on impact. Billy Prime fell down like a sack of potatoes and with that all his other duplicates vanished. Mimic's duplicates also vanished as she turned her skin back to normal.

Mimic grinned but then heard her brother yell, "Neko-chan!!" He ran towards her. "You broke a priceless vase!" He frowned. "Shadow is not going to like this." Not at all.

"Hey, stuff was gonna get broken anyway," Mimic shrugged.

"Ojou-sama, I do believe that you need to practice more restraint," Gekiryuken advised, "You cannot disregard priceless artifacts like that."

Mimic rolled her eyes and Nekokage inspected the pieces of the vase. "Mama, look at this." She picked up a piece and Mimic read it. There was something written inside.

"Made in…Taiwan?" Mimic quirked an eyebrow. She turned to her brother, "Priceless, huh?"

Jinx couldn't help but laugh as her boyfriend's expression of shock. Soon, Gekiryuken, Nekokage and Mimic joined in and finally Draco joined in the laughter.

"You disobeyed orders!" Robin yelled as himself, Rose and Starfire entered the Tower.

"Must you tell me that again?" Ravager retorted, annoyed by Robin's ranting. "I mean, you've been going on and on about that."

"We're supposed to be a team, meaning you need to follow the plan," Robin explained.

"You mean follow your plan," Ravager responded with a snort. "We got the job done, didn't we?"

Robin was about to speak again when Starfire stopped him. "Dearest Robin, the important thing is that the people are safe and Le Blanc is in prison. The job has been done."

Robin sighed. Starfire was right but still…Ravager was still Slade's daughter and in the past she had fought against them. She gave them little reason to trust her and well she still needed to earn that trust in his eyes. She was already wearing the new SB buckle on her so she could transform at anytime.

They went up the elevator to the top floor. They then walked along the hallway, with Ravager and Robin keeping their distance away from each other. Starfire sighed. She had learnt to value Rose as a friend already, much like she valued Jinx upon her own arrival in the past.

They entered the Common Room to see everyone already there, finished with their job and with no arguments between them. At least most of them managed to get along before, during and after a mission, despite the result.

"What kept you?" Shadow asked. "It was only Le Blanc, wasn't it?"

"Oh, the Boy Wonder here held us up afterwards by lecturing me," Ravager jabbed a thumb at Robin who glared back.

"Mommy, we beat Billy together!" Cathy boasted. "Actually, mama and I did all the work."

"Cathy, it's not nice to lie," Neko reminded.

"But you used to tell me to always lie when in trouble or to look good," Cathy replied. Neko groaned. It was going to take a while to teach Cathy a few new lessons like telling the truth. It was a good thing she'd gotten her away from the place or else Katherine would've corrupted her further.

"You taught her that?" Gekiryuken inquired.

"I wasn't thinking straight back then," Neko answered.

"You have very interesting teammates, Rachel," Arella commented idly.

"Yes, they are," Raven smiled. "And I wouldn't want it any other way."

Suddenly, the nearby radio was playing VERY LOUD music. Judging from its now black exterior and the green circuitry pattern, the culprit was obvious.

"GAR! KNOCK IT OFF!" Raven shouted. Changeling slipped off the radio and reformed himself into a vaguely humanoid shape with long arms, big hands and a single eye. He was black and green with the DNA Morpher's symbol on his chest and green circuitry patterns along the black parts. A green circular outline made up the alien's cycloptic eye. As a Galvanic Mechomorph Changeling possessed the ability to bond with machines and upgrade them. He could've used it on Atlas but since Atlas was more or less sentient, it would've been difficult to control him for long. Controlling Cyborg wouldn't be an option since Cyborg absolutely hated it whenever someone tried to hack into him. It was a bit personal for him. Of course, the watch had turned him into a Lepidopterran instead.

"Aw, but Raven! Those tunes were awesome!" Changeling spoke in a digital voice. The DNA Morpher symbol flashed red and in a flash of red light he was restored to normal. "Great, it runs out on me again."

"Let's go and capture them now!"

"We must wait and plan carefully. The daughter has powerful allies."

"Who cares!? We can just kill them!"

"So impulsive as always."

"We need to get them alone somehow and then we capture them."

Though I am her mother, I barely know my own daughter. Despite the teachings of Azarath, I wanted so much to hold Rachel in my arms and tell her that I loved her. However, that would only hinder her training and to control her powers she needed to be separated from me. Azar said that it was for the best and for a long time I believed her. Maybe Azar was preparing Rachel for the future when the time of the Prophecy came and when Rachel had to make a choice. I don't know what Rachel would choose and I only hoped she would make the right one.

She ultimately made the biggest mistake of her life. She brought Trigon to Earth and with him he brought force pain and suffering. How could Rachel do such a thing? Was it because her hold on her emotions had weakened or was it because of something else? I never got the full story from her. However, seeing as Trigon is gone, I see now that Raven had managed to fix her mistake with the help and support of her friends.

When Azarath fell at Trigon's hand, she thought for many years that I had perished with it. However, I was able to send her a psychic message, assuring her that myself and others had survived and moved on to a new home. I wouldn't be able to communicate her for awhile but I knew she got the message.

When Rachel brought Ichijyo to Neo Azarath, I was very surprised. I never expected that my daughter would fall in love with my god-son. Yes, I am Ichijyo's godmother. I helped deliver him as I delivered his sister before him and brother after him. His parents are my closest friends and the ones that brought me to Azarath once I was impregnated by Trigon. They too also assisted in the evacuation of the Azaratheans to New Azarath. Despite his demonic heritage, he was my friend, and I accepted him as I accept his son to be the lover and fiancé of my daughter.

They told me many tales of their adventures and I was surprised to hear of all the things my daughter had done with her powers. She had saved many lives, fought super villains, and saved the world. It made me very proud of Rachel. She had grown up to be a beautiful young woman. Except for her skin, she looked just like me when I was her age.

On Azarath, my daughter and god-son were wed. It was really funny to see Ichijyo faint at the sight of his parents attending. Before this I had wanted to scare him since he didn't remember me. I did that only because I was a parent and wanted what was best for Rachel.

Now, here I am, in the home of my daughter and my friends. They are the protectors of this city known as Jump and the protectors of this world too.

I am very, very proud of my daughter.

-Arella/Angela Roth

To Be Continued…

Notes:

Question:

Who are the mysterious 3 voices?

Which alien do you want Changeling to turn into next?

Kineceleran is the alien species XLR8 is from, which belongs to "Ben 10"

Galvanic Mechomorph is the alien species Upgrade belongs to from "Ben 10"

Lepidopterran is the species Stinkfly is from, also from "Ben 10"