Fan Fiction ❯ Blackfire's Return ❯ Justification ( Chapter 4 )

Blackfire's Return

A Teen Titans Fiction

By: Chibi-Suiko

A/N: I'm so sorry it's taken this long to update. I know that you were all probably expecting common, weekly things or something. Unfortunately for the both of us, my idea needs a lot of work. Still, I won't give up and I hope that you all won't either. This may take quite a while but I'm hoping you accept the terms gracefully. Besides the above point, here IS the fourth chapter and I'm hoping you all like it, as it was kinda rushed to get posted early enough.

ALSO: Just a quick question; have any of you ever noticed how Teen Titans, a hero-versus-bad guys show for kids, hardly contains any real crime? Most of it is either about Slade and his latest scheme or the teams personal issues. Sometimes both, yet I've hardly seen an eppie where the whole thing centers around actual blunt crime.

Disclaimer: Nope, Chibi doesn't own Teen Titans, Blackfire, or Slade. Though I'd do some very interesting things with them if I did...

Summary: Blackfire has come back with her own tale of why she betrayed her sister... Is she really as heartless as she seems? And what's Slade got to do with it? (As if he doesn't have something to do with EVERYTHING that goes on...)

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Chapter Three: Justification

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(Scene: Downtown Metropolis, alleyway)

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"Please, Blackfire! She's your sister! Give her to me, she may be hurt!"

But what happened next was beyond principle; at least, when it came to her sisters morals, as she felt them descend and casually, yet carefully, she was placed into the Boy Wonders arms...

The whole TT group stood in silence, most in shock. Raven was stark still, giving nothing away except for her eyes which always seemed to betray a bit of her emotions, in this case, confusion. Beast Boy was looking ready to pull his own hair out in frustration, the whole evil-to-good sister thing being a little too much for him. Cyborgs metallic jaw had hit the ground a long time ago. Robin wasn't saying, nor doing anything, rather just looking over Starfire's features, hoping to be able to tell whether or not she was all right.

"So... what does this mean..? I mean, it isn't everyday that an evil sister of a friend whose a hero on Earth comes back, just to knock her sister out and then hand her over to her friends... Wait, wait; I just confused myself here... Um... Care to explain?" Beast Boy extended a hand in Blackfire's direction. She was glancing lazily at them all. It was now that Robin chose to speak.

"No, Beast Boy, not here. Let's get back to the tower. We can all dry off and relax. And I have to be sure that Starr's okay..." With that, his eyes returned to the Tameranian girl in his arms. Her eyes were closed again and it almost looked like the jolt to her nerves had sent her to sleep. He turned back to Blackfire, "We don't trust you. Frankly, appearing and attacking your sister wasn't a good way to begin a reunion. But you handed her over to me without a fight. And you haven't come after us yet. I want to know exactly why and how you came back. Also, what you came back to do..." And he began a walk towards his Robo-bike (That motorcycle thing he uses sometimes) and began to start the engine, Starfire leaning over his shoulders, safely tucked away by his gear.

Blackfire followed almost solemnly after them, keeping to herself as her violet aura lit the way towards the still freshly familiar Teen Tower.

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(Scene: Titan Tower, Rec. Room, T.V. area)

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Six minutes... Ten minutes... Twenty-five minutes passed as the whole group sat in absolute silence and they all absorbed the scene. It was strange to think about; Blackfire, a criminal wanted in at least six galaxies, older sister to their friend and hero of Earth, was sitting here, in their living room. It would have looked quite bad to any authorities who might have known of Blackfire's origins. Robin, himself, had trouble thinking about it without also thinking of how it would tarnish their well-balanced reputation.

But now wasn't the right time to think about that. Now was the time for answers; answers about Blackfire's reason for coming back, answers about why she sought what seemed refuge from them now when, only six months before, she was tormenting her own sister and trying to steal the whole of the Titan team from her.

"Shouldn't we wait for Starr?" Beast Boy made a point to be compassionate. Starfire probably was the person who deserved, more than all of them to know about her sister.

At this point in time, Raven chose to enter with Starfire in tow, both looking more than healthy. Robin gave Starfire a questioning look, just to be sure, and was graced with a smile that changed to a concerned frown when looking over the teams position with her sibling.

"I am fine now. Does this mean that we can begin..?" She was very anxious as to what Blackfire had returned for.

"Starfire, sister..." Blackfire sighed. It would be one Hell of a story to tell, not to mention one that they probably wouldn't believe but that wouldn't stop her from going through with it, "Where to begin..? I am sorry for what I did." She cleared her throat, knowing full well that an apology was enough for them to swallow at first, "I was put up to it by one of your human criminals. Only, in more than one way, he was not human. He threatened our home, Starfire. He threatened the Tameranian Empire. And he told me that, in order to protect our home, I must destroy... You, you and your friends. Except for you Robin. That was why I was all over you last time. He wanted you alive."

Robin raised an eyebrow. Something about that line was more than easy to believe. There was definitely a 'human' criminal out there who was basically set on capturing him.

"I did it to save our Father, our Mother, our people. You yourself said that, to please our Council was the grandest prize of all. You know I wouldn't hurt you on purpose. But he told me that I would have devastatingly high defense against any who tried to tear me away from Earth. Against those carcass police beetles who succeeded in taking me last time. And he lied. So who was to say that he wasn't lying about our home? I came back to tell you of that story, and to earn back your trust, and to take. Him. Down. I will strip him for all that he is worth. But right now, please, forgiving my mistakes is all I want from you." Blackfire ended.

"Sister..." Starfire was looking VERY emotional and Raven, who happened to be sitting beside her, moved slowly away, unsure of what reaction she would be caught in the middle of," Sister, you march in here, make this your home, try and win over my friends, attempt my replacement, and betray my trust in you..? And now you wish sanctuary of me?" Starfire seemed on the complete negative and Blackfire took this chance to say nothing at all in return. The group held their breath, noting the expressions on both the sisters' faces, "... You are forgiven."

If an angel choir had been present, they'd be chorusing Hallelujah at that very moment. The Titan's felt an immense weight lifted from their shoulder's as the tension was relinquished from the room. It was at this point that long smiles were proudly worn over both faces... But not for long. The record skipped as Blackfire's face contorted, as it had so many times that day, into a frown.

"I thank you for what you've done for me. But there is something that you should know. Something that could destroy you at any moment if we do not act quickly." And, with that, the tension returned, more ominous than ever, "You see, when I was here, I hid something last time from you. Something you may not have found. It was in your room Starfire. And it was from that same criminal who restrained me to a life of crime for almost two years now. I told you last time that I had raided your closet. And that's true. However, I was also looking for space to stash a gas vessel so powerful, it could take out an entire city, let alone five unaware teenagers."

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"Sister... Where did you,..? Are those my--" Starfire was broken off as the team began to head towards the front doors leading to the outside world, and downtown, where the supposed party was being held.

"Sorry, Hun... raided your closet. You don't mind if I borrow these, do you?" Blackfire commented with ease. As though she was all ready sure that her younger sibling wouldn't mind.

"Why not..? You have all ready 'borrowed' my friends..."

(A/N: I'm not entirely sure if that's how it happened, but, yeah... I think that's about right...)

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The group finished their reminiscing and turned back to Blackfire in anxiousness.

"So... I mean, what would activate this thing? And is there a way to DEACTIVATE it..?!" Beast Boy asked, seemingly losing all sense of reality.

"Activation is caused by unsteady chakra waves. In this case, if Raven were to get even remotely close to my sisters closet, AND reveal a sudden burst of energy, it would be only a matter of time before something erupted from the canister."

"Whew! Man, then I guess that it's a good thing that Raven never finished looking over Starfire's room, huh?" With this comment from Cyborg, the entire group turned their stares on the younger shadowy figure who sat in complete silence, almost brimming with embarrassment.

"Uh... This is unlike me, really... But..." They all jumped to their feet at this comment and immediately went into an uproar.

"God! Rae, why NOW did you have to lose control of your powers!"

"Where is it?! Where'd you put it, after you found it?!"

"I can't believe we've been sitting in this room for almost an hour and been so close to being completely obliterated!"

Raven tried to remain calm, the only one in the room capable of doing so besides Blackfire and Robin (who was more semi-calm), "I placed it on the Rec. table next to the stereo. But, if it hasn't gone off yet, what's to make it happen now?" She asked, unbelieving to the fact that they could sit so close to death and yet, never know.

"Possibly your emotional loss wasn't enough of a discharge to trigger the activation. But, possibly, Slade conned the whole thing. It could automatically emit the gas as soon as we pick it up. Anything is possible, from what I figure." Blackfire stated.

Robin quirked another eyebrow. Whatever amount of time Blackfire had spent with Slade, it had been enough to fill her in on exactly how much he was capable of. The whole team ran towards the simple looking object laying upon the table but none were brave enough to step forward, fearing that they would do as the above mentioned, and murder them all.

"Rae, can't you contain that thing with your powers?!" Beast Boy nearly shouted with terror. He had never been one for sudden death. Raven sighed and held up her hands obligingly. They started to glow as she chanted a murmur.

"Azerath, metrion, synthos... Azerath, metrion, synthos..." The small cylinder-like object floated softly into the air and danced in front of them. It was at this point that Blackfire made another tid-bit of useful info known.

"We have to hurry and try to disengage that thing now! If we don't, the climax and proximity of Raven's chakra could easily set off the detonation sequence. In other words, at any given moment in time, all of us could be found dead if we don't make a point in trying to save ourselves. Do you have a chem. lab here? I have something that could be of use, both now and later." Raven and Robin began to lead the way, while evading close contact with the small contraption that could be their doom.

"Great," Robin said as they entered and Blackfire took out some unknown microchips from her pocket, "Now, not only do we have to trust her, but Slade is involved. There's no telling what could happen now."

Starfire came up next to him, making it obvious that she had overheard his claims, "Do not worry, Robin. My sister is a 'trust-worthy' person, despite her past meeting with you. And I have 13 years of live proof for that. She's who helped make me as I am. Therefore, if you like ME for who I am, you are almost indirectly in debt to her..." Then Starfire walked towards the chem. table, leaving Robin to brood in his thoughts.

He almost shouted out something that probably would have sounded along the lines of 'Of COURSE I like you for who you are!' or 'There's no one I like BETTER!' but he kept to himself. These were not exclamations for a Leader to speak aloud after all, at least, not in such a desperate situation. But there was NOTHING truer that he had to say.

"I have here..." Blackfire began, once Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and finally Robin had placed goggles over their eyes (Yes, even Cyborgs artificial ones. Don't ask me why...), "One of the four cores from the restraints that held me in the Centauri Moon Prison cell for six months... Hopefully this 'friend' of yours doesn't know everything there is to know about solar systematical Federal Forces. If he does, which I'm hoping not, then we'll have another problem." She placed the small chip between a pair of scientific tweezers and held it up before her eyes to inspect it, "After destroying my holds back in my cell, I want to be sure I didn't break anything."

"Well, I mean... What would it do, exactly, to help us..?" Beast Boy asked.

"Well, more or less, when attached to a capturing device, it strengthens it to almost unbearable odds. For humans, it's nearly, if not completely, impossible to get out of. So if we used this successfully on Slade, then we'd have a better chance of capturing him. Think of it as a gift. There's only four though. And we have to at least use one for testing. After all, we wouldn't want it to be lethal would we?" Blackfire ended with what some would call as twisted smile.

"Yeah, well, okay." Beast Boy replied bluntly.

"Morons and their logic..." Raven muttered. Then she turned to Blackfire, "To earn trust, you're going to have to be monitored. The entire time you're here."

Robin nodded his head, "I agree with Raven. I'm sorry Starr," He added, turning to her, "But we just need a bit more time to see if she's being completely truthful. What she's said so far checks out, but you never know what villains are capable of." He turned back to the ebony-haired alien, "And so you'll understand when we say that we'll be keeping an eye on you."

There was nothing but a nod as she placed the first of the four small computer chips on the table, in a sanitary dish and started on another. You could tell that she was dedicated to her current work by the sweat gathering at her brow. This work lasted for about two hours. Beast Boy and Cyborg were practically drooling exhaustingly by the time Blackfire slapped her hands upon the table.

Robin, Starfire, and Raven focused on the small micro-chips that were held in front of them. Then the elder Tameranian sister held out her hand to Robin and said, "One of your electric nets, if you please." And Robin handed over one of his contraptions and watched again as Blackfire placed the small chip upon it. The whole group stared in awe as the small electronical device was absorbed right beneath the 'skin' of Robins weapon.

"Okay, what do you all say that we try this baby out, huh?!" Blackfire stated and they all headed out to the training area.

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A/N: Okay, I know that was short, lame, and hard to understand; as well as OOC. But this story is supposed to be a bit... Different from the original series. This is going somewhere for a reason. I don't have any idea how long it will be so don't ask me. There may be slight signs of Raven/Beast Boy alongside the obvious Robin/Starr thing going on. However, catching them is up to you. And Raven is not being cold, at least, not on purpose. I'm just trying to keep her in that dark, brooding personality that we all know and love.

Anyway, until next time (Whenever that may be)!

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--Chibi