Solor was awoken from his midday nap by a knock on the door, grumbling a bit. In the months that they had lived together, no one seemed to get that he didn't enjoy being woken up from his naps. He slowly stretched, ignoring the knocks on his door again before a calm voice called to him. "Friend Solor? I know you are napping, but… I would like to speak with you."
Solor immediately felt himself brighten up. Starfire was the only member of the group that he could remotely tolerate. She was much more powerful than the rest of the team, and could lift with one hand what took most of Cyborg's strength. Plus, she was the only one that could match him in sparring, and he enjoyed the challenge. And her bubbly attitude was probably a bit contagious.
"Hello, Starfire", he said, yawning a bit as he opened the door. "What can I do for you, my Tamaranean friend?"
"I was wondering if you would like to do the hanging out?" Starfire asked, fidgeting a bit with her hands. "I mean, we have not for a while, and I was hoping-"
"You need not ask", he interrupted, smiling. He walked outside of his room, the door closing behind him.
"I am curious, why do you not decorate your room? I am most certain you could make it look glorious."
"Because I have no need for it", Solor told the alien. "My… people are simplistic. We do not require earthly possessions. As long as we have food and shelter, we are fine."
"How interesting! What else can you tell me?"
The two merely walked through the halls, talking to each other. They learned a bit about each other's past, and what they liked. It turns out that Starfire enjoyed most girly things, such as shopping, doing her hair, the works. But she told him that she enjoyed their spars together, since then she could go all out on him. Solor, meanwhile, enjoyed only a few things; flying, fighting, and surprisingly, grooming. He explained that if he's to be the best, he must look the part as well, much to the alien's amusement.
It was then that they arrived in the living room, and saw all the fighting. Before the dragon could intervene the dispute between Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy, the leader walked in, immediately calling out. "Calm down, Titans. Combat practice is this afternoon."
Starfire seemed to agree. "We must mend your dispute by the sharing of unhealthy junk foods. I shall fetch them."
It was then that Solor smelled the blue fuzz. Quickly, he got in front of Starfire, blocking the fridge. "I do not believe that is a smart idea." He slowly opened the door, and could have sworn he heard a growl before he quickly closed it again. He then looked over at the others, who had appeared to hear the sound.
"Maybe we should just go out for pizza…"
XxXxX
"Can we please just order something?"
"As long as it's vegetarian!"
"How can you deny us this 'all meat experience' the menu is offering?"
The team had found their way back to the original pizza place. It was a bit nostalgic, eating where they had all met. Even if Solor was being a bit grumpy. Both being awoken from his nap and his hunger added to a very foul mood. That, and the incessant fighting over what toppings they would get.
"Dude, I've been most of those animals!" Beast Boy complained, pointing to a couple of the meat toppings on the menu.
"I suggest a pizza with pickles, bananas, and mint frosting", Starfire said, smiling innocently.
"That… actually sounds pretty good", Solor commented. Unfortunately, his statement was met with stares of disbelief. "What?"
"Uh… not everything on the menu is a pizza topping", Robin said, causing both foreigners to blush in embarrassment. Then Solor heard something, and immediately stood up, looking down the street.
"I believe we have trouble", he said, pointing towards the bus that was flying down the street. He didn't even wait for his teammates, working on stopping the bus himself. He heard a baby's cry, but was too focused on the task at hand to locate where it came from. He managed to stop it quickly, before Cyborg needed to intervene. Finally, he looked at into the window.
"Do these vehicles normally have drivers?" he asked the robot man in confusion.
"And don't baby carriages have babies?" Robin asked, holding up a small green teddy bear with glowing yellow eyes.
"Are you pit sniffers normally this stupid?"
A couple lasers sent three of his teammates into the air, while the bus was suddenly lifted out of his grip, and slammed down onto the remaining members of the Titans. "That was too easy", the same voice said, as a few footsteps could be heard from outside of the bus. "What a bunch of cludgeheads! Wanna grab a pizza?"
Solor snarled, and began pushing the bus off of Raven, Cyborg, and himself, throwing it easily to the side. "This isn't over!" Robin declared, dusting himself off as he got ready for battle.
"Who are these guys? And what's a cludgehead?" Beast Boy asked, with a banana peel stuck to his head.
Three figures were attacking them. One was a small child, wearing a green jumpsuit and goggles on his head, with a backpack and a controller attached to him. Another was a teenage girl with very pale skin, pink hair, and pink eyes. She wore a gothic style dress and striped purple stockings. The last member was a giant, wearing a black and yellow suit, with a goatee and long brown hair.
"We are the H.I.V.E." said the midget.
"Your worst nightmare", the giant growled, pounding his fist.
"And this is attack pattern alpha!" declared the witch before the three split off. Immediately, Gizmo shot at Starfire, Robin, and Beast Boy, causing rubble to fall on them. Raven got into a hand to hand match with Jinx, and Cyborg began grappling with Mammoth. That just left Solor and Gizmo. Unfortunately, the smaller boy was able to zip around the dragon, and attach a rocket to Cyborg's back, sending him flying with Starfire attempting to catch him.
A couple more strikes from Gizmo's gun sent Beast Boy, Solor, and Raven flying, hitting the ground hard and leaving Robin vulnerable. When they got up, they saw their leader vanish into the earth and sewers below. Now the dragon was mad, and immediately got in front of his teammates. "Retreat! I shall hold them back!"
"No, we can't leave you!" Beast Boy argued, only to have his next sentence cut off by Raven teleporting them away. Solor turned to the H.I.V.E., growling inhumanly.
"Aw, is the crud muncher getting mad?" Gizmo taunted, smirking. "He's shaking!"
That was when Solor smirked. "I am trembling with excitement. Without Robin to hold me back…" He then breathed out a stream of fire, surprising all of them as they were forced to back off.
"THE PIT SNIFFER BREATHES FIRE!" Gizmo exclaimed, flying out of range. "WHY DIDN'T OUR INTEL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?!"
Jinx scoffed, and turned to Mammoth. "It doesn't matter. We've done what we were supposed to. Fall back!"
"Oh, no you don't!" Solor roared, flapping his wings and flying after Gizmo. He chased the boy throughout the whole city, only to eventually to get hit by a smoke screen. He couldn't see a thing, and eventually crashed hard into a window, scaring the crap out of at least a dozen working-class citizens. He groggily stood up, shaking his head and dusting himself off. "My apologies", he growled before he launched himself out of the office. After a moment of scanning the skies, he realized he had lost the criminals, and snarled angrily.
There would be hell to pay.
XxXxX
Solor coughed as he spat up the salt water. The dry taste it left in his mouth told him what he thought was impossible.
The H.I.V.E. had attacked their tower, and taken their home for themselves. During the struggle, the hexing witch had sent a couple blasts towards the dragon's throat mid breath, causing him to cough and hack helplessly while she hexed the floor, causing him and Beast Boy to vanish into the ground. And with all of their might, the Titans had been unable to stop them.
They had been defeated.
Starfire approached the dragon as he bent over, vomiting the water out of his system. "Perhaps I can be of assistance?" she asked, looking worried for her friend.
When he finished and wiped his mouth, the half-dragon stared at her, obviously not looking happy. When she backed off a bit, he turned his glare to the tower, where they should be. "We should not have been defeated so easily", he growled. "How is it that we were?" While he focused on the problem, he ignored all of the fighting, although he picked up on Cyborg complaining about how he became left-handed, and yelling at Raven about bad vibes. "Perhaps if Robin was here…"
"Well he's not!" Cyborg exclaimed, catching the half-dragon's attention. "Don't you guys get it?! They won, we lost! It's OVER!"
"Then, the Teen Titans are finished?" Beast Boy asked sullenly.
"Not yet", came a familiar voice, and everyone turned to find Robin, standing there heroically. "Not if I can help it."
XxXxX
"Sorry to interrupt the victory celebration, but like I said; this isn't over."
With Robin returning, the morale of the team increased dramatically. And with the info Cyborg recorded and Solor observed about their opponents, they came up with a new plan, getting ready to kick out their unwanted house guests. The half-dragon pointed out that they were taken completely by surprise before, and if they had been able to activate the security of the tower, then they wouldn't be in this situation.
Fight fire with fire, after all.
So, Cyborg used his detached arm to collect Gizmo, Raven summoned Jinx onto the roof, and Starfire kept shooting Mammoth until he had found his way onto the roof as well. Of course, the witch called out for an immediate counter attack, but the plan was already in motion. Cyborg allowed Gizmo to jump onto his back, and when the boy genius attempted to hack him again, Robin attached a disruptor onto his technical backpack, which had the side effect of shocking the boy it was attached to.
Jinx ended up being her own downfall, when Beast Boy morphed into a monkey and jumped onto her face, causing her to hex the additions that the H.I.V.E. was making to Titans Tower. When she finally managed to throw him off, the construction fell down around her, forcing her to retreat and try to catch her malfunctioning teammate.
Mammoth, last of all, was too focused on Raven to even notice Solor flying in, grabbing onto his shoulders and flying him into the air. "Let me go, you overgrown iguana!" the genetically enhanced teen growled, struggling in his grasp.
Solor only grinned, and started flipping in the air, causing mammoth to become very dizzy, very quickly. Finally, with a final flip, he launched the giant into his teammates, pinning them down with his own unconscious body.
"Cram it", Gizmo whined, managing to pull out a communicator, "I'm calling Slade."
That led to Robin grabbing the midget, looking directly into his eyes in an attempt to intimidate him, and growling out, "Who is Slade?"
"Wouldn't you like to know, barf brain?"
Then again, it's hard to be intimidating when you're wearing a red and green outfit, Solor presumed, chuckling a bit at the midget's insult