"Uh, dudes? Is Windflyer out yet?"

"Not that I know of," Cyborg said, now preparing his dinner.

Beast Boy frowned. "But that never happens. Sure, he's really protective of his weapons, but you'd think he wouldn't spend fifteen minutes just looking at them!"

"I guess you're right. Come to think of it, Star, Rob, and B aren't back either."

"Do you think we should go look for them?"

Cyborg chuckled a bit. "Nah, no need to worry. Blackfire's got this all under control."

"Blackfire has not 'got this all under control'."

The two turned to see an angry Raven in the doorway. "Quite the opposite, actually. She's got everything under control. Even stuff we didn't know of."

"Like…"

"I think she's kidnapped Windflyer," Raven intoned, scowling.

"What?"

"Dude, seriously?"

The witch sighed. "If it makes you feel any better, it wasn't his fault. Not completely."

Cyborg growled. "You're implying he left?"

"No. Blackfire must have convinced him to go with her."

"Why didn't you tell us about this, Rae?"

"Because…" Raven looked down and scoffed the carpet. "I had no choice. My powers-"

"Are creepy, right? No problem." Cyborg walked over to Raven and smiled. "I couldn't care less. Now how did you say you knew this?"

Raven was smiling now, although not much. "I could sense her aura. It was bad. Real bad. Cyborg, you shouldn't ask people to randomly join our team anymore."

"Why?" Beast Boy asked. "Because you're afraid they'll mess us up?"

"Pretty much," she rasped, taking out her communicator. "I'm going to call Robin just in case."

A short pause as the girl attempted to reach him-

"Raven?"

"Robin? You… okay?"

"No," Robin glared. "This isn't the right time. Kinda in a life-or-death situation up here."

"Where are you?"

The Boy Wonder tilted his communicator as best as he could, showing the three Titans his view. He appeared to be on a metallic ship, hanging on its underside. In the distance, faint grunts and struggling could be heard.

The Titans were speechless.

"Dude," Beast Boy said, "you're not going to ask us to help you?"

"Again, not the right time. I might be catapulted into space any moment now."

"But you'd…"

"Don't bring it up, Cy. I worked with Batman, after all. I must be able to breathe in space." Everyone laughed, while Robin gained a determined look. "Nobody's taking her away."

BZZT.

Raven's eyes widened. "Wait- Robin! Who- uugh. Whatever. Let's go after him."

"Titans! GO!"

The others glared at Cyborg. He shrugged. "What? I'm his deputy."

Qarvasse Mortenze had actually caught something.

For the first time in a long time, he and his crew were going to close a case. Receive accolades, at that. Kumiand'r had done a lot of damage to the economy by stealing a moon diamond, and the scandal was big enough that the backlash and press coverage would potentially make the team rich.

It was all he had not to jump off and skydive giddily into the abyss below.

The moon rose above the ship, soft white light obscured by drifting clouds. As Qarvasse Mortenze stood on the deck, handling controls, Vega prepared documents for the arrest and further trial. The criminal wasn't making too much fuss, but the Centauri was afraid she would blast out in a rage and ruin everything- it was how she had blitzed the Gordanians, after all. Qarvasse Mortenze decided to trigger the force field; he reached down to a button on the control panel, pressing it and watching as a green force field wrapped around the poor girl in front of him. She could only scream and struggle now. That was better.

"Prepare to leave Earth orbit, sir," Vega called. "We have the Tamaranean girl."

"Yeah, sure." Qarvasse Mortenze grinned in sheer joy, turning to Starfire. "Once we get back to Centauri, you're gonna pay for everythin' big time! BIG TIME!"

"My friend stays here!"

Qarvasse Mortenze looked around confusingly. Who was-

Suddenly, a brightly coloured shape vaulted onto the deck, landing in front of the police chief.

"Wrong, kid," Qarvasse grumbled. "Dead wrong."

He roared and charged at the kid, lashing at him with his tentacle- it was easily dodged. He tried to roundhouse him, but that attack was avoided too. Mortenze huffed a bit and concentrating, changing his right arm into a- a laser gun?

"Multipurpose attack weapon, straight from the Registry on Centaurus Prime!" the Centauri said, shooting a series of bright laser blasts at his opponent. Unfortunately, these were also leaped over, with consequences- some of the blasts hit Kumand'r's shield, bouncing off unharmed but damaging it a bit. Mortenze charged Robin again, swinging at him with his gun, but he hit the field instead (causing it to crackle) and left himself unguarded for the boy's next attack. It was a punch, powerful enough to make a dent in his uniform and push him back.

Taking advantage of the Centauri's paralysis, Robin rushed an empty spot on the side of the deck, by the ship's engines. He couldn't keep this up forever, but if Starfire were to be okay, he would have to-

Another tentacle came barreling towards him. The Boy Wonder deftly dodged it, deflecting the bioorganic appendage off of his cape and sending it straight into the mechanism, which soon caught fire-

"Crap!"

The craft began to fall.

"Crap crap crap crap CRAP!"

It tilted from the force, sending Vega crashing to the ground. They couldn't fight now. Not when his ride was at risk!

As the Ursa Major plunged through the clouds, skimming and just barely missing a bank on the Morrison River, Qarvasse Mortenze began to panic.

"What the hell, kid?" he screeched in outrage. "I can't control this thing!"

"I can try."

Robin scampered across the uneven deck with much precision, grasping on to the control panel and pressing the button, deactivating the forcefield. The ship dropping ever closer to the river, he began peeling the tentacles off Starfire.

"Robin!" she squealed, both in joy and trepidation.

Robin narrowed his eyes. "Come on!"

The two reached out and grabbed each other's hands, then leaped off the deck just before the ship bore down on its nose and-

WHUMMM! (Last one. I promise.)

Crashed into the riverbank, doing so with so much force that it skidded in the mud for a considerable distance, pitching up much debris, before stopping at a fork and tumbling into the river on its deck. The Titans were unharmed- Starfire had caught Robin, carrying him safely to the ground before landing herself.

"Star! Robin!"

Suddenly, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven rushed up to them.

"You guys okay?" Cyborg asked with concern.

"I am fine," Starfire replied. "But I fear-"

Her fears were seemingly proven to be true. Qarvasse Mortenze and Vega stood up shakily, smoke and bits of mud pouring up from the craft.

"You little brats," Qarvasse growled. Startled, the Titans braced for attack.

"Titans! Get ready!"

The police chief stared them down before finally narrowing his eyes. "I'm Qarvasse Mortenze, chief of the Centauri Force," he said, pulling out a badge, "and in the name of the Grand Centauri Empire, you're all under arrest."

It did not seem real, but he in fact did hold a genuine badge. The Titans were stunned by its shininess.

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. "Uh… you can't be the good guys. We're the good guys."

"And we're the friggin' police!"

"The Tamaranean girl is a liar and a thief," Vega continued, calming Mortenze down and pointing to Starfire. "She's committed high crimes throughout the entire Centauri system."

Starfire gaped. "I have never even been to the Centauri moons!" Then she frowned. Both her and Robin looked at her necklace, sharing a gaze before Robin nodded knowingly.

He took off Blackfire's gift and held it up to Qarvasse Mortenze and Vega. "But I know someone who has."

It took a moment of staring into the Centauri moon diamond before Starfire realized she had been framed. Someone was trying to put her in jail! She gasped in shock; Robin addressed the policemen. He seemed to have the same suspicions.

"You've been chasing the wrong girl," the Boy Wonder said. He threw the necklace into the water, watching as Vega picked it up with a tentacle, then turned to his team. "Where's Blackfire? And Windflyer, for that matter?"

"We think she got him to leave with her," Raven said. "But I'm not sure where they've gone-"

"Uh…"

Beast Boy was pointing into the clouds nonchalantly. Sure enough, a tiny green shape was zooming through them, away from the city.

"Don't worry, Star. She won't get away with this."

"No."

Starfire looked away for a moment before flashing back, eyes deeply green with fury.

"She WILL NOT!"

The Tamaranean took off, now very much enraged with her sister.

Blackfire and her captive floated high in the atmosphere. It wouldn't be long now before Kory was arrested and they'd be home free. Kumi just had to stay as quiet as she could…

"I think we should go back," Windflyer said. "Something bad happened down there. Can't let it be not-touched."

"No, it's fine. We'll keep going, thanks…"

She chuckled nervously. The Toa stared at her incredulously before something cracked and his eyes narrowed.

"Did you… did you dupe me?"

Blackfire frowned. "What do you mean, did I dupe you?"

"You're acting like that was important. You're running away from it, hiding it; were you actually trying to…"

"I didn't do-"

"You DUPED me!"

"No!" she yelled. "I did nothing, you idiot! Stop complaining and let's go!"

"No way," Windflyer hissed, eyes glowing. "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me why you hid everything."

"Not on your life."

The Toa scowled. "Tell me NOW! Before I have to beat you in the process!"

Blackfire scoffed. "Try. I won't budge."

"Very well then." Windflyer raised a fist to attack. "I don't like this any more than you do, but I NEED to know! Why did you let your sister be captured? Did you think her a fool? A useless pest, slave to a higher force?"

"I thought her nothing."

"Just as I thought," he said. "Go back to Earth and apologize to her lest I raise my Air Sabre and-"

"Hello, sister."

He and Blackfire turned to this new arrival.

"Greetings, Windflyer."

"I'm sorry, Tanika," he murmured. The apology did nothing. Starfire was still plenty irate.

Blackfire smiled sweetly. "Aaww, you're mad! I know, I know, I should have told you we were leaving, but you know how I hate goodbyes and-"

"You are a criminal, and you were going to depart with Lewa and let me take your place in jail!"

"Oh." The elder frowned. "Well… yeah."

Starfire leaned into her face; Blackfire was quick to lean back.

"You will give back what you have stolen," Starfire growled, "and turn yourselves over to the police!"

"And what will you do if we don't?"

She had no answer to this; her mouth merely hung open. Blackfire laughed and produced a starbolt, shooting it in her face and sending her tumbling to the ground.

"I always was the better fighter," the evil alien said triumphantly.

"Not anymore!"

Starfire touched down safely, righted herself, and shot back up. Blackfire warmed up more starbolts, burning Windflyer a bit, then scowled at him.

"I actually don't think I need you anymore," she whispered.

"Good, because I didn't want to- Hey!"

She threw the Toa out of her arms casually and began shooting a barrage of starbolts at her sister. Starfire dodged them all, talented enough that she was not even getting her hair burnt, picked up the falling Windflyer, and prepared a counterattack, a starbolt-infused fist which caught Blackfire's hand and snuffed out the one she herself had created. Blackfire scoffed at the attempt, chuckling all the while… even as Starfire rose up in front of her, Windflyer on her shoulder, both hands holding starbolts and eyes burning as brightly as they could. Despite the spectacle, the black-haired beauty could not help but smile.

"How pathetic. You really think you can aaaaaAAAAHH LET GO OF MEEE!"

A Centauri tentacle had whipped in from behind and was now tying her in place. That shut the girl up. Both Starfire and Windflyer turned to look at its cause; one that the Titans were somewhat apathetic about, but Blackfire was downright terrified to see.

"Kumiand'r of Tamaran? You're under arrest for 77 counts of violence, arson, murder, adultery, rape, robbery, yada yada yada. I got ya. Come on, ya little skank."

As Qarvasse Mortenze drew Blackfire on to the ship, Starfire smiled at her nervously, as if hesitant. She even waved. "Farewell, sister! Although you did betray and attack me, it was… still very nice to see you!"

Blackfire growled right back. "Next time it won't be so 'nice'. I will get out of jail, little sister and friend, and I WILL get even!"

Starfire and Windflyer looked down on her wearily. The Toa flinched as she blew him a kiss.

Starfire smiled. "I accept your apology. I know you did not mean to leave us like that."

"Actually… I kind of did. Kranika had a point. I'm betraying my brothers' trust by staying here."

"You could go back at any time you wish. Your planet has not been destroyed, yes?"

"I…" Windflyer frowned. "I don't know."

"Lewa Nuva of Spherus Magna?" a voice called.

"Yeah, that's me. Why would you-? gak!"

Another tentacle had pulled him in. Lewa was a tad nervous, but he did not want to show it on his face. The Centauri quickly returned his mask.

"You're under arrest…"

"Oh… oh no. Why?"

Vega smiled. "Take it easy, sir. We mean no harm. You are just under arrest for one count of disrupting authority, one count of using insulting language, two counts of deliberate obstruction, and-"

"And five hundred counts of not givin' us your autograph!"

The two Titans gaped.

"Um- okay, sirs, you can take me in. No issue-"

Qarvasse slapped Lewa on the back. He flinched. "Are you dense? Are you retarded or somethin'? You're Lewa freakin' Nuva! We're not just gonna arrest you!"

"But I've committed a crime," the Toa noted.

"Nothing too serious. You'll just need to pay a fine."

"And I don't have any money."

"Then sign our crap, man!" Qarvasse Mortenze gestured to Vega, who produced a few papers- arrest warrants. "Just slap your Hancock down on these babies and we'll be all set."

"If you insist," Lewa sighed; signing everything they gave to him. When he finished, Qarvasse presented the two with his badge.

"'Preciate the help, kids," he said. "Not every day we get civilian assistance."

"But we are not civilians. We are the Teen Titans."

"Titans, Schmitans, same thing. Certainly don't look like titans ta me." The Centauri chuckled. "Ah, whatever. At least the alien's sister is pretty smokin'. You're in my good books now, you two." He threw Lewa a card. "If you need any help taking care of interstellar crap-"

"The Centauri Force's a good call," Vega finished blandly. "We should go, sir."

"Yep. Can't leave Queenie waitin'. See ya around!"

The ship lifted into the air, turning to leave Earth. Starfire and Windflyer retaliated by floating back down. The Toa sighed in relief. It was a good thing that was over-

"One more thing!"

It was Blackfire.

"What do you want?" he yelled hesitantly.

"You were wondering about your brothers, right?" Nod, even though she couldn't see it. "Well, Spherus Magna has been-"

"Been? Been WHAT? Kranika? Blackfire?"

Too late.

It can't have been anything good. And both of the Titans knew that.

Needless to say, the catapult attempt did not go very well. Pohatu was still very much stuck in the ice. Tahu was about ready to give up.

"Maybe we should go find Kopaka first," Gali suggested.

"No. He would not want to see us. Leave him be."

Onua frowned. "Still a valuable member of our team."

"No matter," Tahu said. He sighed. "Do what you may. I will remain here and see to our… suffocated brother."

"I'm okay! I'm okay! I just feel a little… constricted, is all!"

The Nuva had to laugh at this.

"Very well, Tahu," Gali said, smiling warmly. "Just… do not get yourself too worked up about this. Lewa can take care of himself."

"But… to what extent?"

"Of that even I am not sure," Onua added.

"It had better be something reasonable," Pohatu said, voice still heavily muffled, "or we'll all be sunk."

It was sunrise. Windflyer sat on the edge of the roof, watching as bright orange light reflected off the water and the wind blew against his mask. He played around with it a bit, sending it in different directions, but the game did no good. The Toa was still heavily anxious about Blackfire's warning.

The most obvious explanation was that Spherus Magna was fine, and unharmed. But Lewa knew it couldn't be true. The Gordanians had messed everything up in their bombing spree. That would mean that it had been destroyed, and…

No, it wouldn't do to overthink this too much. He'd helped arrest a known space criminal, even if his contribution was minor, and that made him feel more than a little good about himself.

He was sending a gust over the waves when the door to the roof opened and somebody stepped out.

"Windflyer? Are you well?"

"More than a few bruises," he joked, "but I'll be ever-fine."

Starfire smiled and sat down beside him, rising sun bathing her in light. "Yes. I know your physical condition is satisfactory, but I was more so concerned about your mental…"

"It's all about Spherus Magna, really."

"You feel you will never be able to go back?"

He sighed. "Yeah. I made a contract here when I helped you guys, and I'm probably never going to be able to break it. Do you think my brothers and sister are worried about me?"

"I would not be surprised," Starfire said. "It was not that readily apparent due to my anger, but… I, too, was worried about my sister. And I still hold hope that she was worried about me as well."

"Probably is, if only a bit. Karzahni, I'm pretty sure Blackfire is exactly the same as Kopaka-brother, right down to the ambiguous hatred."

Starfire giggled but soon grew concerned. "I must ask you a question, friend Windflyer, for I am curious. Throughout my sister's visit, you showed much attraction towards her. She spent more time with you than any other, and it is not the stretch to say that the feeling was mutual. Thus, when you and her made the decision to… explode the stand of popsicles… did you do so purposefully? Or did she use your bond to exploit you into doing so? Or did you not wish to incite the rekmas-"

"Sister-"

"Or- or did a fearsome xingerhort consume your mind, feeding it to darkness? If that is the case, we must make haste to Raven before-"

"Sister!"

Windflyer exhaled, Starfire looking at him expectantly. He coughed a bit then began. "Will it hurt you if I say I wasn't doing it for you?"

She frowned. "A little. Why must you ask?"

"Because I apologize. Look… Kranika made me angry, okay? I couldn't believe that someone was getting away with all that- kidnapping, intrusion, and emotional manipulation- ugh. To use a colloquial Earth term, I was pissed."

"Does that mean to imply that-" Starfire raised an eyebrow.

"No! No! I did not literally- let's just say I was incensed. Really, really incensed.

"Tanika- Starfire- I've known you for a while now. You've been a great friend and companion. And I can honestly say that I consider you a Toa-sister by far. But… by extension, Blackfire is my Toa-sister as well. And if Kopaka, Pohatu, Gali, Tahu, or... heck- even Onua- were to go off and do something like that…"

"You would never be able to forgive them," Starfire finished, nodding slowly. "I admire you greatly for your determination. Truly... before a while ago, I would not have had the courage to do something like that myself.

"And that was because…"

"For a very long time, I had always been… afraid of my sister. Once, on Tamaran, I admired her too. She knew the hip games and the cool moves and she loved me and she did not hesitate to tell those who opposed me to put themselves where the suns' rays did not shine.

"But things change," Starfire yearned. "She soon grew jealous of me, because I was first in line for the throne. I could fly while she could not. Personally I find this a very invalid reason, as I feel Blackfire would be a very capable ruler. More to the point, though…

"She became cold-hearted and mean and definitely not nice. If she has not told you yet, part of the reason I was banished was because she felt eliminating me would give her a greater chance at becoming empress. And I cannot blame her. I could not blame her. I would have loved for her to receive more attention."

"So what happened?" Windflyer asked. "What exactly changed?"

"Well… firstly, I had not realized that she did not exactly care for my input. I had originally planned to go back to Tamaran and take revenge, because her plan disturbed me so, but that obviously did not happen.

"If I knew what I do now, I would not have hesitated to stay on your planet with you. But the thought of retribution clouded my mind. Thankfully it vanished when I joined the Titans. I did not feel any reason to go after her, as fighting crime with you all calmed me down tenfold."

"But then she came back."

"But then she came back. And I suddenly felt like I wanted to destroy my sister again… however, she had 'good intentions'. Good intentions that I falsely believed. She had gotten into much harm, and was looking for support. She needed to lead. So I begrudgingly allowed her to interact with the Titans, even if it pained me to do so; even when she was keeping you all to herself and not allowing me to do anything in a group at all. Then the probes attacked, and Robin and I remembered that Blackfire had gone through Centauri's moons and not me… I finally realized…

"She didn't give a Gukko's foot about you," Windflyer finished.

"Yes. Kumiand'r was using me, like she was using all of you. She did not care if I was hurt or injured. She only wanted to benefit herself. Normally I would accept this decision, but…" Starfire sighed. "She is my sister. It is my duty to help her."

Windflyer grinned. "It's everyone's duty to help their siblings. Except when they're filthy lying cheats, that is."

The two laughed at this. Discussion over, they settled down and enjoyed the sunrise. Suddenly, the door opened again.

"Hey," Robin said, sitting down by them. "Everything okay?"

"We have been… sad for my sister."

"And for yourself?"

Starfire looked at Robin bitterly. "I am just glad the truth was discovered before I was replaced."

Windflyer frowned. "Wait, you thought… you thought she was serious?"

"She certainly seemed very serious."

"Well, Blackfire told me she only came here to 'f*** with you'. Guess it was just a big white lie."

"What are you talking about?" Robin asked incredulously.

"Well… you…" Starfire dropped her head. "Everyone was having such fun with her, and then Cyborg said-"

"Look." The Boy Wonder put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Your sister was… interesting, but Windflyer's right. She was lying. She could never take your place. No one could ever take your place."

Robin smiled; Starfire returned with an answering grin. She understood. Windflyer could not help but smile also. As the sun rose higher in the sky, the three heroes talked. And that was all. (Oh, and their shadows stretched across the roof, but nobody ever cares about that.)

Part 2 of Giant-Sized Toa Titans!

The April Fools' joke sucked. I know. There's been a lot of hubbub over the new DC Nation shows and Cartoon Network lately and I figured I might as well channel that into my story. No big deal really.

Moving on:

1. Same comment as before. We don't know everything. Also OOOOH FORESHADOWING OOOOOH

2. The Centauri Force are all very cool characters and I would like to use them again sometime. Maybe in another story where they go on sexy space cop adventures. We will have to see.

3. I hope you understand Lewa's reasoning over hating Blackfire. It's one of the moments in the episode, and indeed the entire show, I've thought over a lot. Guess that's probably a good thing.

Final Exam next! Hopefully, it's not as long as before. Read and review!