My goodness this was a mouthful! Sorry it's been taking so long. I just had a big giant birthday weekend and it was country fair week last week! So lots of funn. But here's the next chappy! Hope y'all enjoy. Please review my lovelies. ?

~Kisses? it'sRose


Chapter 19: Piecing it together

The group ran as fast as they could away from where Red X and his apprentices were. After a few hits and kicks here and a few blasts and punches there, they decided it was time to split. Red X was hot on their trail though.

Just then Karen and Rachel fell to the ground. They'd been plastered with an X and it was all gooey. Karen and Rachel both let out a yelp. The group stopped an turned around to help their friends.

"Ew!" Karen shrieked. "I'm going to kill him!" Vic tried to help his girlfriend out of the sticky situation but he failed.

"Hurry! He's almost here!" Jade yelled.

Rachel struggled as Gar and Richard tried to pull her out. "We're trying!" The goth yelled.

Red X and the two other villains slowly approached the twelve teens. "You know, it's sad that 3 people can catch up with twelve pathetic teens." X laughed and plunged forward, ready to attack.

Wally, in at least a half second, ran towards the masked villain and power kicked him in the air. Back where they were all battling, they'd learned Wally can move faster than light and had incredible speed.

Red X plunged into the ground with a grunt and the two other monsters charged for Wally. Jenny acted quickly and shot out and array of pink hexbolts to protect he boyfriend.

The monsters stumbled backwards and let out a few fierce roars. Wally picked up Jenny and carried her back to where the rest of the group was. Finally, Karen and Rachel were out of the red goo.

"That son of a bi-

"Watch out!" Richard yelled and Rachel whipped around. She held up her hands and a black magic emerged from them, creating a shield to protect everyone.

"This is getting ridiculous." She said blandly an slightly angrily.

"We must do something!" Kori yelled as she stared at Red X who was currently getting back up.

Rachel's shield broke and Cinder block came charging towards them. Victor moved to the front quickly and smashed both of the rings on either of his hands together. His body formed to stone and his eyes were completely white. Him and Cinderblock smashed their fists together.

"Agh!" Vic grunted. "You ain't winnin this round!"

They battled it out while Richard concocted a plan. "Alright, Karen, Jade, Alain and Toni help Vic. Wally, Jenny, Gar, and Rachel, handle the other one. Me, Kori, and Roy will get Red X." Before anyone could testify his strategy, Richard, Roy, and Kori ran for Red X.

"Ooo. Now it's time for some real action." Red X cracked his knuckles, and under his mask, he smirked.

First, Richard sent a few powerful blows to the villain only to receive the same amount of attacks. Richard and X seemed to hold the same fighting techniques and the boy wonder wished he had his utility belt.

Roy jumped in and did a roundhouse kick to knock X down. X grunted and jumped back up, punching Roy harshly in the process. Roy flew backwards and let out a cry of pain.

"Roy!" Kori yelled and prepared her starbolts.

She blasted them nonstop at Red X and he blocked expertly blocked them. She flew high in the air and plunged towards him. She then asked him into a tree and her eyes were glowing green with anger.

"Who are you!" She slammed him once again. "And what do you want?!"

Red X just stared at her. 'Do it.' His mind told him. 'She's just a girl.'

Red X then kicked her in the stomach which sent her flying back.

"Kori!" Richard yelled. He ran for her and caught her in his arms. She was breathing heavily but thanks to her tamaranian powers, the kick to the stomach wasn't as bad as it seemed.

X stared at the two teens. Anger and jealousy filled his body and he clenched his fists.

Richard put Kori down and charged for Red X angrily. Red X dodged him by jumping over his head and the villain ran for Kori, his fist ready to attack her.

She stood their frozen with fear. He was still running full speed. 'She's just a girl.'

He ran faster and when he reached her he drew his fist back. She closed her eyes shut, ready to take the painful blow. Just before his fist touched her though, something made him stop.

'She's just a girl...that you care about.' He breathed heavily and lowered his fist. Kori opened her eyes and saw that he wasn't goin to hurt her. She stared at him in disbelief and he said, "Another time, Kori." He then pressed the X on his utility belt and disappeared along with his other two minions.

Kori stood their in a state of shock. The group gathered around and were all slightly confused. Now that the monsters were gone, they all realized it was probably time for a confession night. They realized that a lot had happened in the last three hours and after tonight, their friendship would be stronger than ever.

"Kor," Richard started walking over to her, "are you okay?"

She nodded her head slowly. And then, she fainted. Luckily Richard acted quickly as he caught her right before she hit the ground. He picked her up bridal style and looked at his friends.

They all looked...scared. He eyed every single one of them and finally said, "Lets head back to Vic's. I think we all have some stories to tell."

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The group sat down in Vic's large living room. The fireplace was burning and everyone had a blanket, a cup of hot cocoa, and pj's on. Kori had finally awaken a few minutes after they'd arrived home. Vic's parents would be home in another hour or so, so they had just enough time to get their stories out.

"Okay," Richard started, "I'll go first..."

He explained to them about how he was Robin and Bruce was the famous Batman. At first they were shocked but then realized it was sort of a coincidence. They were rich, skillfull, and fit the costumes perfectly. Why they didn't realize it at first? They have no idea.

Next was Kori. He life story was saddening to them at first but once she got to the part were she was happy on earth and loved all of her friends, they started feeling better. Although they still couldn't believe they had an alien friend. She had demonstrated her super alien strength to all of them by arm wrestling Vic. She won, and left Vic in a even more shocked matter.

"Okay, my turn." Jade stood up, he green snuggie in her hands. "So the truth is, I'm sort of a ninja in training. I'm not bad, but I'm not good. No, I haven't killed anyone before. I'm training right now and I hope that I'll never have to kill anyone." She held up her fists and soon the metal knives emerged from her hands. Everyone flinched. "I know, it's like wolverine's...the truth is...I'm adopted. My real parents did this to me." She motioned to the claws.

"I don't know who they are...but I've had these claws since I was ten years old. They hold a poisonous venom in them so whenever I attack, it either damages or kills. My dad, adopted dad, is the one who's been training me. He wants me to be able to stand up for myself when I need it. He's there for me...he's..well..a dad. My mom highly disagrees but she still supports me." Jade sat on the couch again. She brushed her hair back and sighed waiting for the next person to go.

Kori squeezed Jade's hand in reassurance. Jade smiled and looked up as Karen decided to tell her story.

Another twenty minutes passed by as Karen and Jenny had told their stories. Karen held Bumblebee DNA and was set with a pair of wings and drivers. She could shrink down to her size and covered her wings with a special holographic ring. Jenny had said she was 'bad luck .' She could make something bad happen with just a snap of her fingers. Her hex bolts were powerful and strong. She realized that telling the truth about her powers, wasn't all that bad after all.

"Okay mates, my turn." Toni told her story with complete confidence. She was from New Zealand and had moved her with her dad. She had the ability to fly and use red plasmic energy that can also be morphed into different things.

Gar had shot up after her and explained that he was a shape-shifter. When he was eight, his parents accidentally left out a cup of chemicals that he thought was juice, and he drank every last but of it. Ever since then, he'd been able to shape-shift into any animal he desired. But the side effect was that they would always be green.

He drank this special formula every morning and every night to help his skin stay a natural color. And it seemed to work perfectly. Vic decided to go after Gar. The African American told them how he could turn into stone with just a simple fist pound. His parents were scientists and created these special rings to keep him from turning into stone in general. He had been born that way and they're still trying to figure out why.

Alain and Roy both went next. Since they were cousins, they knew about one another's special abilities since day 1. Alain had the ability to control water whenever he was around it. He could also communicate with sea creatures. Roy was more like Richard, powerless but good with hand to hand combat. He excelled in archery and was good with gymnastics too.

Lastly, was Rachel. She'd been the quietest of them all. But when Richard urged her to go, she knew it was only fair.

"I'm from the planet Azarath." She looked at Kori. "It's a few hours away from Tamaran. When I was five, my mom took me away an came here to earth. My father was a demon. He was evil and a terrible creature. He wanted to kill me and my mother and he took over planet Azarath. I'm part demon and part human." She sighed and brushed some hair out of her face. "I'm no good. My powers...they're full of darkness and I can turn into something horrible. I hope I never have too..."

"Why do you and your mom leave Azarath?" Asked Karen.

"King Trigon wanted only destruction and war for Azarath. My mother disagreed and it ended up in a huge argument. So she took me and left. It's been ten years since that's happened and there's still no sign of Trigon. Me and my mother...we're strong together and try out best to fit in as be normal...be safe. It seemed to work since Trigon has yet to find us."

"Wait...you said King Trigon," Gar pointed out, "that means...YOU'RE A PRINCESS!" he burst out in laughter and Rachel's face burned red.

"No worries friend! I am also a princess!" Kori beamed. Rachel walked nonchalantly over to Gar and punched him smack across the face.

Everyone laughed and Richard stood up. "Well...it's been a long night you guys.."

Everyone's laughter died down and they all turned solemn. Kori stood up as took Richard's hand in her own. "I think we have all experienced enough commotion for one night." Richard rubbed her back and she smiled and continued, "we have learned secrets...and we must promise to keep them between us."

She held out her hand in front of her and Richard placed his on top of hers.

Everyone stood up and placed their hands on top of the two teens' hands. Vic then said, "Maybe it was a coincidence we found our way to each other."

"Maybe it was hope?"

"Or just a miracle."

Richard smiled at his friends and finished off with, "It could've been all of those. I think it was fate."

Everyone stared at the boy wonder who acted as their leader, and a good one at that. "I like it though. From now on, were not just a group of friends, family, or even teenagers. We're a team. We're," they all waited for him to finish. His blue eyes twinkled and he glanced at Kori, who smiled widely, and then back at his teammates, "we're the Teen Titans."