(This episode takes place about 4 days after the previous episode)
It starts with a giant spaceship in the universe far away from Earth. Blackfire & Gine are discussing in a table while drinking.
"So you're telling me that I should somehow capture him alive specifically now?" - Blackfire asks with an annoyed face.
"Yes. He has the qualifications to be more than just a servant for Planet Citadel. He can become an extremely valuable battle asset for us. We shouldn't waste the chance in capturing him alive. But be careful, his speed is seriously formidable. He is even faster than both of us, but it seems he lacks some experience with his powers. So we should take him down as fast as possible." - Gine replies with a serious face.
Blackfire keeps thinking for a moment.
"Well. If we successfully kidnap Robin to Planet Citadel, what would we do if Starfire and her friends come to save their leader?" - Blackfire asks.
"Simple. We'll eliminate them like specs of dust." - Gine responds with a dark glare full of bloodlust.
"We'll put the spaceship further so the Earth people don't notice it. And after that, both of us will disguise as regular citizens until we take him by surprise." - Gine adds.
"Alright." - Blackfire says.
The spaceship starts traveling towards Earth.
An opening starts here*
The scene starts in-front of the Titans' Tower where Nightwing is training by throwing multiple kunais at specific X marks he put on some trees to increase his perception.
He jumps high and he throws them in a very skilled way that all of the Kunais have hit the targets successfully.
Then his feet reach the ground again. Though, he's panting a little bit.
"That's good. However, I need to continue training. I am pretty sure I still haven't drawn out the full potential of this power. I would have to do it before facing the big enemies we have…" - The blue hero talks to himself.
Someone comes near him.
"Eh. Good morning Nightie! Sorry for interrupting your training… but can we talk a little bit please?" - Starfire says with a shy face.
"Of course Star. Let's sit over there next to the lake." - The blue hero replies.
They decide to stay there next to each other. Starfire gets too close to her boyfriend. It looks as if they are physically attached to each other. But he doesn't mind it.
"So… what do you want to say? I am listening." - He says.
"If you were in my place right now, would you decide to finish off Blackfire or not? Answer me honestly please." - Starfire asks.
Nightwing is surprised by her question. And he stays silent for a moment while thinking.
"Well. Why are you asking me this question though?" - He replies.
"I don't know for sure. But considering the relationship between us for a year, I think you can read through my mind better than anyone else. So I would really like to know…." - She speaks with a calm voice.
"Well. I'd not be able to decide so easily. But first of all, I'd try to at least read her heart." - Nightwing says.
"I did try that. But it doesn't seem that she has any regrets for what she's doing." - She responds.
"Well. I guess you should just try to go deeper, and see her mind as well. But I can never help you more than that. You should find the answer by yourself. I will support you no matter what though. Not just me. Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy will be with us too. So don't worry about that." - The blue hero speaks with a serious face.
Starfire smiles for the words that her love interest gave to her, and she puts her head on his shoulder, causing the boy to have a red face. But he can do nothing but concede to how angelic she looks to him, so he removes his mask to show his eyes and puts his hand on her hair.
"Starfire, do you want to walk with me somewhere right now? Just the two of us. Hahaha." - The blue hero asks.
"Yes" - she replies.
They stay in that position and place for a while before going to the city.
At that time, Blackfire & Gine are already in Jump City. But they are on their own and they are wearing different clothes that look like that of a normal civilian.
A small flashback happens and it shows Gine catching a certain purple Jewel on the spaceship. She remembers a voice.
"Gine, take this jewel for yourself. It is a big treasure that our family has been passing on since centuries. It is an extremely valuable piece for us too. If you put it on your forehead, you will gain a formidable power. But don't forget, use it only as a last resort…" - It says.
Gine keeps the jewel in her pocket.
"Don't worry father. Your daughter can take the responsibility." - Gine talks to herself.
"Gine. We've reached the destination. Let's go now" - Blackfire says.
Blackfire & Gine leave the ship and head towards Earth by themselves. The Gordanians do not follow them.
The scene skips back to them in the present. They seemingly stole some clothes from a shop. They keep walking normally in order to not bring attention.
"So Gine, how are we supposed to find Robin here right now? Shouldn't he be with the team on the Tower?" - Blackfire asks.
"We need to take him by surprise to have an advantage. If all 5 members are together, it wouldn't be in our favor. But if he is either alone or with just 1 person, then we can attack with all what we have. I'll hunt him myself though. You can go attack his partner by that point, you are even allowed to finish it off." - Gine replies.
Blackfire looks anxious like usual. But she still wants to deal with Starfire for the quarrel that they had prior. So she just follows Gine silently.
By the time they are walking, the white haired man with the eyepatch is spying on them from a building.
The two aliens keep on walking for a few minutes, they decide to move in a small road between 2 buildings to pass. In that place, they find a small gang there composed of 5 people. Once they see the 2 girls who feel beautiful who feel innocent, they start laughing. They appraoch the girls.
"Hey cuties, you really look beautiful. How about you go with us to eat something? Huh! I can pay too" - One of them say.
Gine & Blackfire stay silent with serious faces.
"Have you ever seen someone who wears blue clothes and a mask here on this city?" - Gine replies with a strict face.
One of the men puts his hand on Gine's face.
"Not really. But if you go with me, we can help you find him. Hahaha" - He says.
Gine shows more anger in her eyes. And so does Blackfire, her anger is cold though.
"Your hand is disgusting, and you stink. Get outta my way if you truly value yourself." - Gine says.
The orange alien punches the man's face so hard that he hits the wall and is rendered unconscious.
The other 4 guys get angry and decide to attack using knives and bats. But Blackfire shoots her blackbolts on 2 of them, while Gine knocks out the other 2 with a punch to each of them. They then keep them on the wall unconscious so no one can notice them.
"Damn. They are lucky that we do not want to bring attention, or I would have finished them off right here" - Gine says.
"Well. I don't mind if we actually end them here. But I am just following you. So…." - Blackfire replies.
"Whatever. We need to find that blue hero or someone who knows his location. We better do it quickly too because if I meet some garbage like these, I may lose my temper and destroy every….." - Gine says before being interrupted.
"I know his location very well. I can lead you to it if you want to." - a voice suddenly appears.
It surprises Blackfire & Gine. But the source of the voice reveals itself. It is that white haired man with the eyepatch.
"Who are you? You know very well how you would look like if you dare messing with us." - Blackfire says with an angry face. Her eyes and hands are glowing purple.
Though Gine lifts her arm horizontally to tell Blackfire to stop the hostility.
"This guy seems different. Let's hear what he says" - Gine speaks.
"Oh… you are really intuitive, miss???" - The white haired man asks.
"Gine. And this is next to me is Blackfire" - Gine replies.
"Oh…. Interesting. That makes sense though. It seems your sister really had feelings for Robin, Blackfire. They are together now enjoying their "romance", hm. He even changed his name to Nightwing now" - The white haired man speaks with sarcasm.
"Well. I don't really care about what name he has now, and they wouldn't have that "romance" for long. But before that, who are you?" - Blackfire asks.
"Slade. The hero that you are talking about has that name at one of the top on his list." - Slade says.
Gine stays silent for a moment. And then….
"Slade then. Huh? I appreciate your attempt to help. But what's your goal from doing that?" - Gine asks.
Slade smirks.
"Well. Let's just say that we have the same enemy technically. So I have no reason why I wouldn't try to be useful for you. I am not asking for an alliance or something like that. But it would really be fun to see how Robin & Starfire would deal with both of you when they are just having their moment now." - Slade says with a smile.
Blackfire feels uncomfortable with the way Slade is talking. And Gine is silent for a moment.
"Fine. You can just tell us where they are exactly. And we'll do the rest. You can go after that. But if I find out that you are lying or that you trapped us, begging for mercy won't do anything anymore." - Gine speaks with a cold face after hitting the wall so hard that it cracks.
Slade is calm though.
Scene switches to Nightwing & Starfire who are walking on the other side of the city after eating on a restaurant. They are also catching each other's hands as a couple. Starfire specifically is very happy too.
"Nightie. Let's stay in an isolated place where we can rest on our own." - Starfire says.
"Sure." - He replies.
They go to a park on the very edge of Jump City and decide to sit on the grass. No one is there other than them.
"Starfire" - The blue hero says.
"Yes?" - She responds.
"Do you think that Slade may still be planning on taking us down for some reason?" - He asks.
"Well, I don't know to be honest. But something is for sure, we'll always fight alongside each other. So he won't dare attacking us as long as we're together." - Starfire replies.
The blue hero gives a smile.
"Yeah, you're right." - Nightwing talks.
They both stand up and look closely at each other. They are about to share a kiss.
"Starfire. Thank you for everything." - The blue hero says just before closing his eyes.
Starfire closes her eyes too.
Just before their lips were about to make contact, a fierce punch suddenly comes from their left side. Nightwing makes a reaction quickly and pushes Starfire away to protect her, but he gets hit hard on his face that it sends him flying hundreds of meters away.
Starfire is shocked. She looks at her left side with anger and she sees Gine & Blackfire. With Gine being the one who punched her spouse from a long distance thanks to her rubber-like body and properties. She just stretched her arm long enough to tag him.
"Hello Starfire. It seems I have kept my promise when I said that I will come back. Hahaha." - Blackfire says with mockery.
Starfire glows up with green energy and shoots an eye beam at the two enemies, but Blackfire responds with her own eye beam to counterattack. Both cancel each other.
"Blackfire. You know what each should do now." - Gine says.
"Yeah. Just go quickly before he gets up." - Blackfire replies.
Gine compresses her legs to rush towards her prey quickly. Starfire notices that and tries to hit her with a starbolt, but Blackfire hits her with a blackbolt first which allows Gine to successfully move to the blue hero.
"Blackfire. You won't get away safely after this." - Starfire says with an enraged face.
They fly towards each other and clash with everything they have.
At the same time, Nightwing manages to get up. But the punch has really hurt him.
"Dammit. I really didn't take into account that Gine would come back suddenly like this. I really underestimated them." - The blue hero says.
He notices another punch being launched from a long distance. But this time, he manages to dodge it by jumping above it. And once Gine's body reaches him, he kicks her with an electric kick to multiple trees hurting her in the process.
Gine gets up though and starts punching everywhere by stretching her arms and changing their trajectories in the same way the light gets reflected by a mirror.
Though this time, Nightwing has read through her moves since their last fight. And he manages to either dodge them or block them with his electric arm. Then he decides to snap his fingers and teleport, though it is not behind her.
Gine wonders where he went.
"Hiding away won't help you, kid." - Gine says.
She keeps destroying the place around her so he can come. And he is indeed hiding at the top of a tree, waiting for the opportunity where he can attack.
He reveals himself finally and pulls out his electric sword, hitting her on her back so fast before she could even react. This hurts her and it visibly shows. Then he kicks her on her back which puts her on the ground.
"It's a big mistake to assume that I stayed the same as before, Gine. Now you have no way to escape. Give up and I will make putting you to jail less painful." - Nightwing says with a strict face.
Gine seems hurt and is close to being defeated. But the Jewel that she had before falls from her pocket. She remembers it and decides to catch it.
"You're really slow to think that you are the only one who can improve as well. Hehehe" - Gine replies with a small laugh.
She puts the Jewel on her chest. And Nightwing feels something weird happening to her. Her body is getting black lines over it. And she gains several thick whips behind her. It feels as if she has monsterized.
By the time that's happening, Starfire and Blackfire are fighting on the sky. They seem equally matched this time. But Starfire is a bit worried about her boyfriend, which causes her to be less focused than supposedly. She tries to take a distance and use the communicator to alarm the other 3 members. But alas, Blackfire hits her arm with a black bolt, causing it to get destroyed and also slip from her hand.
"Huh. Don't think I am not fast enough to stop you from calling support, sister. Let's see what you can do on your own." - Blackfire says.
Starfire is annoyed and has no choice but to hit her sister head-on, which she does, causing a big shockwave to be created in the sky.
Scene returns to Gine who has evolved into a new form much more monstrous and powerful than before.
She attacks again using her unpredictable combo strikes, but they are much faster than before this time. The blue hero is shocked by the speed increase and he barely manages to dodge them. Not only the speed has increased, but also the sheer power.
It can be felt that each punch could probably shake an entire city at least if made contact with the ground.
Nightwing teleports behind Gine to attack and knock her out, but one of her whips easily slaps his face sending him away in a 20 meters range.
He tries to get up but he finds another punch on his face very quickly, sending him flying to around 10 trees and breaking through all of them.
"Damn. Her movements got faster than ever."
Gine's arms and whips also increase in range, precision and unpredictability.
She continues her assault. The blue hero tries to block one of her hands. But she suddenly changes its trajectory quickly in order to lure him, and then delivers a punch to his face with the other arm. After that, she gives him a very powerful combo across all his body. This makes Nightwing scream from pain, and he gets sent flying just before lying on the ground.
He could barely move at this point and seems to be close to defeat.
"This is a huge problem. I will lose if I have no way to deal a powerful attack at her. I am already reaching my limit at this point." - He talks to himself in his inner monologue.
Gine starts walking towards him.
She reaches him and she catches his clothes and lifts him up with one hand.
"It seems that you are the one who has no way to escape now. I admit that you are very strong for pushing me to this state though. But you can't beat me with the level you are in now." - The orange alien says with a dark face.
The blue hero seems very stressed and tired.
"She is letting her guard down. I'm acting that I can't move now so I can hit her with the last attack I can emit. If this one does not work though, I am done for." - Nightwing talks to himself in his mind.
"You have lost already. You need to be thankful that I am going to keep you alive, kid." - Gine speaks.
Just before she is about to move while taking the target with her, Nightwing's right arm glows with blue. A noise starts to come from it too. And he gives a smile while being caught.
Gine is shocked that he could still make a move with these injuries.
And the blue hero's hand creates a massive lightning explosion that can be felt from all of Jump City.
Starfire & Blackfire easily notice it while fighting.
"This may be a huge issue. I can't believe that Gine got hit by that." - Blackfire says.
She hits Starfire's face and decides to retreat to check her ally.
The 3 other Titans on the Tower also notice the explosion. And they head to check what's happened in that area.
The blue hero is on the ground completely and barely conscious, but he can't move his body.
Gine is sent away from the explosion. He thinks that she was taken down for about 40 seconds, but he finds a stretched punch directly on his face that completely knocks him out.
Nightwing has lost the battle. Gine has injuries on her face and is quite pissed off. But she has won the battle. If she didn't have the Jewel of Exile that her father gave her, she wouldn't have stood a chance. She removes it from her chest and puts it back on her pocket, reverting her back to her normal form.
She decides to stretch her right arm around his unconscious body to hold him towards her. And she notices Blackfire flying towards her. She takes her hand and they fly back towards the ship after succeeding in their mission.
Starfire notices that and is very surprised, sad and angry at the same time.
"Hahaha. Sorry Starfire, but you weren't our target this time. Consider him a replacement to you. And don't blame anyone but yourself for the fate that this boy is going to have." - Blackfire says.
Starfire gets extremely angry and glows more energy than ever.
"PUT HIM DOWN BLACKFIRE!!!" - Starfire shouts with anger.
She keeps flying at top speed chasing her sister who is going to their spaceship in space.
Slade is seen watching them from a corner so he does not get noticed. But he leaves after Starfire & Blackfire leave his eyesight since they went to space.
Blackfire & Gine successfully reach the spaceship with their hostage and close its door. Starfire is desperate, so she creates a very big starbolt that is the size of a small house in order to bring down the spaceship.
Alas, the spaceship had a protection barrier system. So it activated and it was powerful enough to block her attack like nothing. The spaceship starts moving and it went out of Starfire's eyesight in a flash.
This causes Starfire to be very depressed. And she begins crying as she goes down to Earth.
"I'm so sorry that I couldn't protect you. But I promise that I will find you." - Starfire says with tears on her eyes.
Once she lands on Earth. She finds Cyborg, Raven & Beast Boy on the area.
Raven notices Starfire being depressed. So she goes to hug her and question.
"Starfire. What happened exactly? Tell me. We saw the explosion that Nightwing emitted and……." - Raven says with concern.
"Yea Star. What happened to our leader?" - Beast Boy asks.
Cyborg keeps analysing the area around him with the computer on his head. And manages to conclude what happened.
"So they kidnapped him, Starfire. Am I right?" - Cyborg asks.
Starfire takes off the tears remanining on her eyes and shows a serious face.
"Yeah. But we will bring him back, no matter what." - Starfire responds.
By the time she said that, the scene skips back to the spaceship. Gine seems to be healed and continues to look at the Jewel of Exile.
She starts to remember herself as a kid who used to be naïve.
Then Blackfire comes in to check for her.
"I have put handcuffs on the prisoner. He can't use his hands to teleport now. And he can't get out of the closed door. It is way tougher than the one that Starfire managed to break out a year ago." - Blackfire says.
"Good. So we'll take him to Planet Citadel. But before that, there is another planet I want to visit first…. After that, I'll make sure you become the new Ruler of Tamaran, Blackfire." - Gine responds.
Blackfire gives a smile and then leaves Gine on her own.
And around that time, Nightwing wakes up and finds himself emprisoned.
An ending starts here.*
EPISODE ENDS.
