Once again I included a chapter with a pun! Heh heh.
Can Starfire and Ben beat Blackfire and Kevin? (again?)
Unfortunately, the Teen Titans are going to have a hard time fighting Blackfire with her new Nemetrix. I figured that since Starfire has an Omnitrix now why not give Blackfire a Nemetrix?
Even so, I figured I wouldn't make her fight the titans alone.
Chapter 4: Titanic Struggle
Beast Boy transformed into a cheetah and ran towards the other Teen Titans.
"Beast Boy? Is something the matter?" asked Robin.
"We're under attack!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
Sure enough, the alarm began to go off.
Unfortunately, Starfire wasn't there with them.
"Is everyone ready to fight? Things might get hairy." noted Robin.
The other three titans nodded.
"Good. Everyone stay alert. The invaders could be anywhere in the tower." said the boy.
Suddenly, a blackbolt was fired at him.
Robin ducked underneath it.
The other titans scattered in different directions.
Blackfire and Kevin attempted to pursue them, but they found their path being blocked by another door.
"It's a good thing I installed those voice-activated doors..." noted Robin.
"Voice activated, you say?" asked Blackfire.
Robin nodded.
Blackfire smirked.
"Why are you smiling?" asked Robin, his mask contorting to suit his confused expression.
Suddenly, Blackfire ran towards Robin.
Robin felt even more confused.
She then kissed him on the lips.
Meanwhile...
As Ben and Starfire continued playing video games, Starfire suddenly felt rather strange.
"Is something the matter?" asked Ben.
"I just felt the urge to trounce my own sister." stated Starfire.
"OK?" inquired the boy. Maybe the video games were making her think violently. All of them were E or E10+ so he didn't imagine that they were too violent.
Back at the tower...
"Why'd you do that?" asked Robin. He was under the impression that they were enemies. Why was she suddenly kissing him on the lips?
He was aware that Tamaraneans could learn the language of other alien species by kissing them...but she already knew the English language. Why was she kissing him regardless?
"Well, after I spent a night kissing boys, I found something interesting. Not only could I learn the language of those I kissed, I could mimic their voices perfectly as well." stated Blackfire.
Since the warden at her prison liked using voice-activated locks, this was a boon.
"Then that means-" exclaimed the boy.
"Open the door, will you? I have titans that I need to dispose of." said Blackfire in Robin's voice.
This was sufficient to fool the security system, and the door opened.
Robin sighed. He had hoped to protect the rest of the titans (with the exception of Starfire, who was elsewhere), but unfortunately it seemed that Blackfire had a counter for his defense systems.
"Are you hungry? How about a Tamaranean knuckle sandwich?" asked Blackfire.
Blackfire punched Robin and knocked him out cold.
"One down, three to go..." thought Blackfire.
Meanwhile...
"Grandpa, when Vilgax's robots attacked the city, I noticed someone strange." said Gwen.
"Yes, Gwen?" asked Max.
"They looked like a giant serpent, only they had arms...they were also dressed in a green robe..." noted the girl. Just looking at her gave her the creeps. From the looks of it, they were an alien. A reptilian one.
Max scowled.
"Is something wrong, Grandpa?" asked Gwen.
"I think I know who that is." said Max.
"You do?" inquired the girl.
"Her name is Ourabora. She sold out her people to Vilgax for her own gain." spoke the plumber. Regardless of how many aliens he had faced, he couldn't believe that an alien would stoop to that level.
She had gained a negative reputation thorough the galaxies for doing such a thing.
"What? That's terrible!" exclaimed Gwen.
"I know. It disgusts me that she would even consider doing such a thing. If it weren't for her, perhaps her home planet wouldn't be in Vilgax's clutches." said Max.
Apparently, she was now doing his work.
"By the way, where's Ben?" asked Gwen.
"He's playing video games with his new friend. She's a Tamaranean." explained Max.
"You know, sometimes I've wondered if Ben is an alien from outer space whenever he acted weird. I find it ironic that he's getting along so well with one." said Gwen.
"Darn it! You beat me again!" exclaimed Ben.
"Sorry!" apologized Starfire.
"It's good to know that he's making friends with the citizens of Jump City. Sometimes moving into a new location can take time getting used to." spoke Max.
"I see..." nodded Gwen.
Meanwhile...
"This isn't good...I think she took down Robin!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
"Well, he'll want us to keep fighting..." said Raven. Still, not having their leader with them put them at a disadvantage.
"Here they come now!" exclaimed Cyborg.
Blackfire and Kevin approached them.
Cyborg readied his arm blaster.
"Hello, Cyborg. I've noticed that you seem to be made mostly out of metal...I wonder what would happen if you were exposed to electricity?" asked Blackfire.
Cyborg was confused.
Suddenly, Kevin discharged electricity from his hands, aiming them directly at the half-metal teenager.
Cyborg screamed as he was zapped by the electricity.
He collapsed on the floor.
"I'm pretty sure you just learned the disadvantages of having so many metal parts, million dollar man." snarked Kevin.
Beast Boy transformed into a crocodile.
"You're biting off more than you can chew!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
"You sure you're not talking about yourself?" answered Blackfire.
Blackfire activated the Nemetrix and transformed into a Vaxasaurian.
Beast Boy was shocked at the sudden transformation.
Since when could Blackfire transform into dinosaurs?
Well, he didn't have the time to dwell on it.
He tried biting into Blackfire's leg, but this didn't seem to phase her too much.
"It's times like this when I'm glad dinosaurs are extinct..." said the green boy.
The dinosaur-like alien shook Beast Boy off, then slammed into him with her tail.
"I could get used to this new look..." thought Blackfire.
"Should I try to count how many stars are swirling around my head? It's kind of hard when they're spinning so fast..." remarked Beast Boy.
He passed out as well.
"This isn't going well." thought Raven. She sure hoped that Starfire would be able to help them. She was going to have an awful hard time taking on the two intruders when it was two against one.
She noticed that for some strange reason, Blackfire's partner didn't seem to be with her anymore.
She wondered where he had gone.
Well, for now she would focus on Blackfire.
Raven prepared to cast a spell.
"Azarath Metrion Zin-"
Suddenly, she found a hand being pressed on her mouth.
Her eyes widened.
"Have you ever heard the phrase "Silence is golden?" asked Kevin.
Unfortunately, he had already realized how she used her powers, and had taken precautions to prevent them.
Kevin then proceeded to drain Raven with his Osmosian abilities.
Raven too passed out.
"So, are we done here? I think we got them all." stated Kevin. Personally he wouldn't mind hanging out with Blackfire a little longer, but he was curious.
Blackfire turned back to her normal Tamaranean form
"Not quite. There's still one titan on my revenge list." said Blackfire.
"Who's that?" asked the boy.
"My sister." answered the girl.
"Really? What did she do to you?" inquired Kevin. He was an only child so he wasn't exactly sure what having a sibling was like.
"Well, for one thing, she banished me from my home world. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. My parents were always focusing their attention on her instead of me!" exclaimed Blackfire.
"They really need to get their priorities straight." stated the boy.
"I was first in line to the throne, yet did they care? They were always saying "Well done, Starfire!" and "You did great, Starfire!" It made me sick! Where's my recognition? Where's my respect?" asked Blackfire.
"Your guess is as good as mine." said Kevin.
"I tried to get rid of her by selling her to my planet's enemies as a peace offering, but no such luck. Some superheroes came along and wrecked everything. Then I tried framing her for theft but she sold me out to the cops. It burns me up!" exclaimed Blackfire, her eyes turning red.
"That must be frustrating." noted the delinquent. He knew how mad Ben made him feel, especially after he gave him a ticket to the Null Void. The dreadful Null Void.
"Well, hopefully I'll be able to get my revenge on her this time. I think I'll sell her to the Gordanians...they'll pay me pretty well for an alien princess." said Blackfire.
"How much do you think they'll pay for the Omnitrix?" asked Kevin.
"What?" questioned the Tamaranean.
"Never mind." said the boy. Although, selling Ben to aliens was a good idea to him.
"I know just how to draw her out." stated Blackfire.
She pulled out Robin's Titans Communicator.
Meanwhile...
"Why do you keep winning at every game we play?" asked Ben. He had only won once or twice.
"I'm just lucky, I guess. I'm sorry if you're sad." stated Starfire.
Suddenly, Starfire's Titan Communicator began to vibrate.
"Hmm?" asked Starfire.
Ben paused the game, since apparently Starfire was busy.
"Hello Starfire." said Blackfire.
"Blackfire? But you're in prison!" exclaimed Starfire.
"Well, I'm clearly not in prison anymore, am I? Anyways, guess what I have?" asked the black-haired alien.
"An insatiable grudge?" asked the younger of the two sisters.
"Well, duh! But aside from that. I happen to have your friends!" exclaimed Blackfire.
"You what?!" shouted Starfire.
As it turned out, the other four titans were all trapped in an alien forcefield.
"If you're not at the Titans Tower in the next 24 hours...I'll have the pleasure of escorting them to the Null Void." said Blackfire, holding onto a Null Void projector.
"The N-N-Null V-V-Void?" stuttered Starfire.
"You have a Null Void projector?" asked Kevin.
"Yeah, I stole it from a plumber. I figured it might be fun to give one a taste of their own medicine someday." said Blackfire.
Kevin noted that wasn't a bad idea.
"Now where was I? Ah yes. Well, Starfire, I think your choice is clear. If you want to see your friends again, you'll have to win them back. Of course, you can just be a yellow-bellied coward and chicken out on trying to save them...but knowing you I don't think you will. Goodbye!" exclaimed the teenage girl.
"One question...if you sell Starfire to aliens, will I get a profit of the cut? I'm kind of hoping I do." said Kevin.
"Well to be honest, I'm already rich. I did use to be a princess after all. It's more about the satisfaction...you help me, you get the profits, I get my revenge. Sound fair?"" asked Blackfire.
Kevin noted that WAS a reasonable deal. Of course, considering Blackfire had cured him of his mutant state, he wouldn't mind if Blackfire DID get a portion of the cut, even if she already was rich.
He stretched out his hand so that Blackfire could shake it.
Blackfire nodded, and shook his hand.
"Aah! My hand!" exclaimed Kevin.
"Whoops! I forgot that humans aren't as strong as Tamaraneans..." noted Blackfire. Although, Kevin DID seem supernaturally strong for a human.
A few minutes later...
Starfire got ready to fly. Since flying required a joyful thought, she tried to think about rescuing her comrades.
However, Ben stopped her.
"Where are you going?" asked Ben.
"I have to rescue my friends. They've been captured by my sister!" exclaimed Starfire.
"What?!" exclaimed the boy.
"If I don't rescue them, they'll be sent to the Null Void!" shouted the alien.
"I almost got trapped there once...I had nightmares for a week!" shouted Ben.
"Exactly. That's why I have to save them!" shouted the alien.
"Isn't this clearly a trap though? I'm pretty sure your sister is waiting for you..." said the boy.
"Obviously...but I can't leave them to their fate! They're my friends!" shouted Starfire.
"I still don't think you should go alone..." noted Ben.
Starfire sighed.
"I suppose if you insist." said the alien.
The Tamaranean grabbed Ben and flew away.
Gwen and Max noticed Starfire and Ben flying away.
"Where are they going?" asked Gwen.
"Considering Starfire is one of the Teen Titans, I don't think she's abducting him. But even so, it must be something important if she left with him in such a hurry. We should follow them." advised Max.
"You have a point." said the teenage girl.
Together, the two of them began to drive to the Titans Tower.
A few minutes later...
"This is where you live? It's huge!" exclaimed Ben.
"Well, it wasn't always where I lived..." noted Starfire.
"Hmm? Oh, that's right. You used to be a princess on a whole different planet, right?" asked the boy.
The teen girl nodded.
For some strange reason, after a while of flying with Starfire, the Omnitrix was acting somewhat funny.
He wondered what was going on.
Well, it seemed that the Omnitrix was still working as fine as ever, so it probably wasn't a big deal.
Inside the tower, the Titans woke up from the beating they had received.
They quickly noticed they were trapped inside the force field.
Apparently, they were in the room monitoring the entire tower. They had cameras for security purposes...or when Beast Boy was doing something naughty.
"Ugh..my head." spoke Beast Boy.
"You won't get away with this, Blackfire!" exclaimed Cyborg.
"Why, of course I will! Everything is going according to plan." said Blackfire.
"Starfire will beat you!" shouted Robin.
"With the Nemetrix on my side? Please!" exclaimed the Tamaranean.
Suddenly, Raven noticed something strange.
"Is...there a boy with Starfire?" asked Raven.
She could see him on one of the screens.
Blackfire decided to take a closer look.
"Huh. He has a device on his wrist just like Starfire's. How about that." said Blackfire.
"What?!" exclaimed Kevin.
Kevin went to take a look himself.
He clenched his teeth.
"Ben!" shouted the boy.
Blackfire raised an eyebrow.
Apparently, Kevin happened to know that particular boy.
"Do you...also have a vendetta against someone?" asked Blackfire. There were supervillains that had a vendetta against the titans in general, not just one of them in particular.
"It's that little jerk, Ben Tennyson! It's so typical for him to try to be a hero." noted Kevin.
"I guess Starfire decided that she couldn't handle me by herself...well, it's not going to save her! I've learned how to control the tower's security systems..." said Blackfire.
She pressed a button on the control panel.
"I'd like to see them even try to reach me." said the Tamaranean exile.
Meanwhile...
"Um Grandpa, how are we going to get to the Teen Titans Tower? It's all the way across the sea!" exclaimed Gwen. It's times like this when she could transform into Ripjaws, just like her cousin.
"Luckily, I managed to modify my van so that it could travel across the ocean. I figured it might come in handy someday...and apparently, I was right." noted Max.
Gwen sighed in relief. She wasn't looking forward to her grandfather's van sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Max pressed a button, and the wheels on the van were replaced with a lifeboat device.
The van began to set sail.
"I sure hope we can reach Ben in time..." said Gwen. It just wouldn't be the same if she couldn't bicker with him.
Elsewhere...
As soon as they approached the tower, laser turrets suddenly emerged from the ground.
They began to fire at both Ben and Starfire.
Fortunately, the laser turrets weren't designed to be lethal, since the Teen Titans didn't believe ending the lives of criminals was the way to uphold the law.
However, if they were knocked unconsciousness, Blackfire and Kevin wouldn't exactly have a hard time selling them to the highest bidder.
"I can't believe I'm breaking into my own tower..." said Starfire.
"I can't believe your sister managed to take down all four of your comrades!" exclaimed Ben. How did she manage to pull it off.
"That's what bothers me..." stated the girl.
Fortunately, her Starbolts were able to take care of the defensive turrets.
However, the inside of the tower was something else entirely.
As it turned out, there were many robots patrolling the tower. Cyborg had built them to be deployed in case the tower was ever attacked.
"I hope Cyborg can forgive us for destroying his own property." noted Starfire.
"I'm sure he will once we save him." answered Ben.
Ben decided to transform into an alien.
He chose Upgrade.
"A Galvanic Mechamorph?" asked the alien.
"A Galvanic Mechawhat?" inquired Ben. He wasn't aware of Upgrade's species name until now.
"Never mind." answered Starfire.
Immediately, Ben latched onto one of the robots and took control of it.
He then began to open fire on the other robots.
Blackfire was watching the show the whole time.
"I have to admit, your technology is rather impressive. I bet you didn't imagine that it would be used against one of your fellow titans, now did you?" asked Blackfire.
"No. No, I did not." answered Cyborg.
Personally she was enjoying the show.
She was going to remember this, that was for sure.
When she beat Starfire and her friend, maybe she'll make the tower her new home.
It'd be a good way to add insult to injury.
I figured it would be interesting if someone sold out their own race to Vilgax. Sure is a shameful thing to do, isn't it?
And yes, I explained why Blackfire tried to frame Starfire for what apparently was a felony.
Again, I figured that Blackfire would strike a deal with Kevin to ensure his compliance. Given what she's done for him (albeit perhaps unintentionally), he probably won't stab her in the back anytime soon. Still, it's better to be safe than sorry, right?