In this chapter, our heroes will face Hex. Can they defeat him and his powerful magic? Luckily Raven happens to know a thing or two about that. And of course, they have Starfire, whose basically the powerhouse of the team now.
I could have given the Omnitrix to Robin but I figured it would be more appropriate for Starfire to get it since technically speaking she's already an alien. Though to be honest she looks more like a human than a Martian.
I know that somebody wanted me to continue this fanfic, so I figured I should try uploading at least ONE new chapter. I had fun writing this chapter, anyway.
Chapter 12: Hocus Pocus
Not long after the Teen Titans had rebuilt their radar to detect potential villains attempting to lay waste to their tower, they received a signal.
It looked as if the tower was being attacked once again.
"It seems we've rebuilt our detection radar not a moment too soon..." noted Robin. He knew installing that radar in the first place had been a good idea.
"No need to thank me." answered Cyborg.
"Why not?" asked Starfire.
Cyborg shrugged.
Quickly, Robin armed himself while the others got ready to fight.
Fortunately, he had plenty of Batarangs.
He also had some smoke bombs.
To be honest with himself, Cyborg wasn't sure if his metal plating would protect him from spells. It protected him from physical blows, sure, but magical blows were a different matter.
They looked outside to see who it was.
It seemed that their tower was being attacked by an evil sorcerer this time. Raven could sense the magic emanating from him.
They had encountered one before, although for some strange reason that evil sorcerer happened to be a dragon. Seemed those two things COULD overlap.
"Is he going to send us packing on a one-way trip until our prospects take a terminal dip?" asked Beast Boy.
He hoped not...though he could at least turn into a polar bear so he didn't freeze like a popsicle.
This particular sorcerer was stronger than Mumbo. His magic tricks weren't as impressive as the spells that he could cast.
"An evil sorcerer? How many of them are there?" questioned Robin. He seemed to see a lot of them in movies.
"I wonder why he wears that facial makeup..." questioned Beast Boy. Disturbingly, it reminded him of a bit of Zombozo, the laughter-draining clown.
"Is he some sort of mime?" asked Cyborg. Then again, he doubted that he could cast spells without saying something.
"Some sort of clown?" asked Starfire.
Ironically enough, Raven had actually faced off against a clown once.
"He seems to be some sort of spellcaster, so he's probably not a mime." answered Robin. Usually a spellcaster was required to speak before they could cast some sort of spell.
At least that was what Raven had told him.
Raven raised an eyebrow.
"Are those the Charms of Bezel?" inquired Raven.
"You know about them?" asked Robin.
"Yes...they grant the wielder magical powers. They say there's a sixth one that amplifies the others ten times over..." noted the blue-cloaked girl.
It would be pretty bad if Hex got his hands on it. He might be too much for them to handle if he did.
"You think Ben has faced him before?" asked Starfire.
"Possibly. It seems like he's faced a lot of foes, much like ourselves." noted Robin. So it wouldn't be surprising if he had faced him before.
Although, so had the Teen Titans themselves.
Hex launched fireballs at the five of them.
Cyborg ducked underneath the flames.
"Yikes!" exclaimed Starfire. That fireball had narrowly missed her.
Personally this villain reminded her a bit of Jinx.
She considered transforming into a Pyronite. Since Ben liked nicknaming his aliens so much, she considered calling this form Inferna.
"I guess he likes to play with fire..." noted Cyborg.
"One of the Charms of Bezel allows you to do that..." remarked Raven.
"I'm fried!" exclaimed the unfortunate Beast Boy. Unfortunately, fire was a good counter for him.
Theoretically, there was some sort of counter.
Fortunately, Cyborg remembered that he was equipped with a fire extinguisher.
He used it to blast Hex with water.
"Aargh!" exclaimed Hex.
Strangely enough, his makeup did not run.
Hex decided to switch tactics.
This time, he launched electricity at Cyborg.
"Aargh!" exclaimed Cyborg as he was zapped by the electricity. Having a body that was partly made of metal had its downsides. Though he wasn't sure having armor made out of rubber would be so effective.
This time, it was Starfire's turn to shine.
She used her Omnitrix to transform into a Nosedeenian.
Maybe she should call this form the Queen Bee. It seemed as good of a name as any.
In this form, she felt a bit mischievous. But she kept her composure.
This alien was able to absorb Hex's electricity.
Hex sighed. It seemed that Starfire had adapted to his tactics. Shooting more lightning bolts would only make things worse.
Hex changed tactics once more.
This time, he began to use telekinesis.
Raven couldn't help but feel a strange sense of deja vu.
Beast Boy was lifted in the sky.
"Aah!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
However, he then remembered that he could transform into a bird.
"Oh wait, that's right." remarked Beast Boy.
He transformed into a bird and flew around.
Hex sighed. So much for that.
However, there was another thing that he could do with telekinesis.
He picked up a rock and threw it at Robin.
Robin quickly avoided it.
However, it still seemed that it would be an effective tactic.
And tossing Cyborg was still effective even it it wasn't against Beast Boy, as he was heavy and he couldn't fly.
But it then occurred to Raven that perhaps she could counter Hex's telekinesis with her own.
So she decided to do just that.
Hex realized that Raven's telekinetic powers cancelled his out.
It looked as if he was going to change tactics, again.
This time, he used the Charm of Resurrection.
A side-effect of the charm was that he could use it to control plants.
Vines sprouted from the ground and began to attack the five of them.
Starfire attempted to transform into a Pyronite, but a vine grabbed her arm before she could do so.
She attempted to use her laser eyes, but another vine covered them.
The female Teen Titan remembered why she had installed a nightlight in her room.
However, Beast Boy realized he could just turn into a herbivore and EAT the vines.
So, he did just that, by transforming into a hippo.
At this point, Hex was running out of options.
At this point, Hex decided that he was going to rely on luck to win.
So, he used the Charm of Luck.
Unfortunately for our heroes, this caused their attacks to keep missing.
"Why can't I hit him?" asked Beast Boy.
"I don't know, but we're not going to win if we can't even land a blow on him." noted Cyborg.
Hex smirked.
Suddenly, a Batarang hit Hex in the face.
"Aah!" exclaimed heX.
Robin sighed in relief.
"But how?" asked Hex.
"Well, I was pretty luck to gather a team of superheroes." noted the leader of the Teen Titans. Batman was proud of him for that one. Though he wondered why Robin had chosen to gather a team of superheroes rather than be an independent superhero. Batman worked with the Justice League, but it was usually for drastic situations.
Unfortunately, Hex had no options left at that point.
Working together, the Teen Titans knocked him to the ground.
"You haven't seen the last of me!" exclaimed Hex.
"When have we seen the last of any villain we face?" asked Raven.
"Well, we probably have seen the last of your horrifically evil creator." noted Starfire.
"Yeah. We probably have. No guarantees though." noted the dark magician girl.
After Hex was subdued, was then sent to prison. A magical prison, of course. A normal prison would be too easy for him to escape from...not that a magical prison would stop him from escaping for too long.
"We sure worked together pretty well, didn't we?" asked Raven.
"We wouldn't have built up a reputation if we didn't!" exclaimed Cyborg.
Cyborg went back in to the tower to play some video games.
Meanwhile...
The Chimerian Hammer approached planet Earth at a fantastic speed.
It was ominous in design and massive in size...nobody dared to fire at it. It had a forcefiield, anyway. Vilgax didn't want a repeat of the incident where he was grievously injured and spent a long period of time in a recovery device. Sometimes a good defense was what a ship needed.
Of course, if other aliens had seen the spaceship, they would get as far away from Vilgax as they could. They knew how far he would go to become the most powerful being in the universe. Other aliens had found that out when Vilgax destroyed their home planets.
But there weren't any aliens other than Vilgax and his forces entering Earth's atmosphere at the time.
The worst villain in the galaxy was planning to get his hands on the duplicate Omnitrix that Albedo had created once and for all. They said that Vilgax's heart was as dark as outer space itself.
Hopefully he would succeed this time. He didn't build an army of robots for nothing. He could also try hiring mercenaries, but they could be a bit unreliable. He knew from experience. Seemed one particular mercenary wasn't too happy about Vilgax destroying his home planet.
Fortunately, he now had the Apophisian Ourabora on her side. Usually people didn't sign up to be part of his army due to their moral principles, but she was a big exception to that.
She would be useful for dealing with Max. Max wasn't exactly Ben-caliber, but boy, was he obnoxious.
Hopefully the snake alien wasn't a sniveling coward like Psyphon was. She had sold out her own planet to him, which had been instrumental in the invasion's success. She had established herself as a high priority for the plumbers because of that.
However, it didn't seem like she was a doormat. She was following his orders happily, not cowardly.
Ourabora seemed excited to battle Ben Tennyson. Perhaps she would get her chance. She had a varierty of spells that she could use on the boy...which would come in handy considering that Ben had a versatile arsenal at his fingertips.
On the other hand, Psyphon seemed worried that Ben would hurt him. He had so many aliens under his command. That included aliens like Humungosaur or Fourarms.
Personally he just wanted to get his revenge on him once and for all.
Maybe today would be the day.
Then again, he had a bit of a losing streak against him. He usually won his battles...but for some reason, he didn't seem to win against Ben.
Maybe this time things would change.
Either way, he wasn't looking forward to being sent to the Null Void.
At the Titans Tower, Starfire felt a chill down her spine.
It made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Is something the matter?" asked Raven.
"I feel cold all of a sudden..." noted Starfire.
"Maybe it's the ice cream sandwiches we've been eating." suggested Beast Boy. He just loved eating ice cream sandwiches. He just had to remember not to shapeshift into a reptile before eating one.
Starfire shrugged. Perhaps Beast Boy was right. She HAD eaten a lot of ice cream sandwiches, on account of her race's renowned appetite.
Perhaps she should try transforming into a different alien for a time so that she DIDN'T eat so much.
Still, even if she had eaten all those ice cream sandwiches, she wondered if something bad was about to happen.
Perhaps it would be best if she notified Ben.
She decided to contact him.
As it turned out, Ben had the same premonition.
They both wondered what was going on.
Although...Ben had the lingering suspicion that it was Vilgax.
It seemed that the two were destined to fight each other again and again. How many times had they fought each other, anyway? Perhaps he should get a notebook so that he could tally the amount.
Regardless of how many times Ben knocked him down, he always got back up. Some people just didn't give up on universal domination.
"I wonder if it's...Vilgax." questioned Ben.
"Vilgax?!" exclaimed Starfire.
"You know him too, huh?" asked the boy.
"I've heard all sorts of scary stories about him back on my home planet..." noted the alien princess. They didn't make for good bedtime stories, that was for sure. Though sometimes they would tell them when they were huddled around a campfire.
"Those stories might be true..." suggested Ben. Max knew more about Vilgax than he did though. They had been fighting each other for a longer period of time.
She dreaded the thought of Vilgax invading his planet. Unfortunately, it seemed that Vilgax had invaded Ben's planet already in the past. She felt bad for the poor boy, having to deal with one of the worst villains the galaxies had to offer.
It was rather fortunate that the plumbers had been established. Otherwise, Vilgax would be able to do as he pleased. Besides, there were several aliens out there that caused trouble throughout the galaxies.
Perhaps if they were lucky Vilgax would be willing to participate in the champion's challenge. Instead of going to war, Vilgax would fight their personal champion.
However, that person happened to be her legal guardian. She couldn't help but feel worried about her safety. Though considering that she now had an Omnitrix of her own she might be able to take his place.
Although, now that she had an Omnitrix of her very own, perhaps SHE would be the champion instead.
Meanwhile, Max's alarm went off.
He was a bit annoyed that it had gone off during the middle of the night. Couldn't a man take a snooze?
Still, Max decided that he wasn't going to ignore it. It could be a real emergency.
So, he decided to drink some coffee and check the alarm to examine the situation.
He realized who exactly was going to visit Earth.
Grandpa Max began to feel worried.
"Not again!" shouted the veteran plumber. Why couldn't it be a lesser villain like the Forever Knights? Those would be much easier to deal with than the greatest villain in outer space.
Well, he was going to have to warn Ben as soon as possible...before it was too late.
While he was at it, he better arm himself too. Chances are he was going to be fighting robots.
Little did he know that Vilgax was going to add something new to the mix this time.
Fortunately, other plumbers had been called to handle the situation.
But even so, Max didn't want to take unnecessary risks, especially when he was dealing with someone like Vilgax.
Oh man...it looks like Ben is going to face Vilgax once again. But you were probably expecting that, weren't you? And yes, I'm featuring Vilgax before Slade. Though you probably won't be surprised if I feature Slade eventually in this fanfic, now would you?
I might also feature Trigon...though technically speaking he's met his maker. Personally I don't want to know who made him.
As a side note, there was a crossover between the Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go. I guess there's a reason why the Teen Titans Go titans are different from their counterparts...because they're from an alternate universe.