Hey guys,

Soooo sorry for the late update, things to do, places to be. So, I really hope you like this one and I also have some news!

Most of you guys already know this if you are HUGE TT fans but some might not, so I am gonna say it anyway.

The TT Go! SDCC panel, one of the producers in fact, stated that "No-I- look, as fun as this show, I guarentee in a couple of years, there's gonna be a more serious version of the Titans back. You know, I mean these characters, everyone loves 'em. This is just one form and at some point we will definitely get a-a more serious version."

So... TT is coming back with a serious version! YAY! IDK if it will be the original animation, original story line or where it will pick up or if it will pick up from the original but it will be serious again! BOO-YAH!

Hope you like it!

*RED OUT*

The Titans, except for Robin, gaped at the screen, revealing their mystery villain as one of their own. Robin frowned and shook his head, he started to walk away but Cyborg grabbed his arm.

“Did you know about this?” Cyborg asked him, his eyes drilling holes in Robin’s concealed by his mask.

“Of course not! I only found this out when we were at the Lab. I just… couldn’t believe it was her.” Robin somberly admitted, sadness tugging on his heart strings.

“This is not like Starfire, obviously she would have a reason to do the things she did. She wouldn’t do these things on her own.” Raven mentioned.

“Yeah! Remember when Slade had Robin as his apprentice? The only reason he did what Slade told him to do was to protect us. So, Starfire must be in a similar situation.” Beast Boy elaborated, hope interwoven in his voice.

Cyborg nodded, “Exactly.”

“But if that is true, then who is controlling her?” Robin asked.

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“What is this assignment that you say will need a lot of work?” Starfire asked Ravager as he slapped a new blaster cannon on her metal wristband.

“Ivo.” Ravager muttered, distain hinting in his voice.

“Ivo? As in, the Professor Ivo? The one who almost did the obliterating of this city!” Starfire practically screamed in his face.

“Yes, I know he is crazy but he has all the equipment I need for my plans. The hard part will be convincing him to hand over that equipment.” Ravager said with a sign, he wrung his hands together.

“And that is where you come in.” Rose stated as she slid the ear comm into Starfire’s shaking palm.

“Just scare him a little bit and he’ll cough up what we need.” Ravager told Starfire and then firmly added “DON’T mess this up Princess.”

“I shall not.” Starfire whispered with spite and flew out of the lair.

“She won’t, I can tell. She doesn’t want her petty friends done away with.” Rose spat.

“I sure hope not Rose, I sure hope not.” He sighed.

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Starfire landed with the grace of a swan onto Professor Ivo’s laboratory. The unpleasant feeling of guilt swarm throughout her body, to the point where Starfire could literally feel it. She hated doing this, it was wrong, it was evil, it was just like Blackfire. She choked back a scream of frustration and cleared her throat.

“This is for my family.”The thought of that kept her emotions in check. Starfire flew around to the rear of the laboratory and peered through the large window, it was pitch black. She knew that Professor Ivo then was definitely home, she weighed the thoughts of going in with a bang or sneakily. She recalled Ravager’s words still fresh in her swimming mind.

“Just scare him a little bit and he’ll cough up what we need.”

So, she went in with a bang so she could please the cruel person who held the life of her friends and her people in his hands. Starfire threw two, strong starbolts at the glass, which shattered in a frenzy of light and high pitched glass screams. She flew in through the rain of glass and landed on the floor with an obnoxious crunch underneath her boots.

“I know you are in here, come out now Professor!” Starfire yelled in her toughest voice eyes glowing lime green.

“It is very much of the difficult to be scary.”

Her ears picked up the sound of a footstep that took a wrong step and landed right in a pile of glass. She whipped around and ran toward the reverberation, sensing Ivo’s presence near her. Starfire pushed the outline of a body onto the wall with a sickening cracking noise, she held up a starbolt to inspect her work. There he was, Professor Ivo, smashed against the cracked piece of dark wall, debris crumbling from the impact.

“Do you remember me?” She asked taunting Ivo.

“W-well, I-uh, y-yes, but that was s-such a l-long time ago-” Ivo stuttered.

“Let me do the refreshing of your memory, you tried to destroy the entire city of Jump and do the disintegration of me first? Do you recall that!” She screamed at him, pushing him in farther into the wall.

“W-what do you want you crazy girl!” He blurted out in terror, as soon as he said that, he shielded his face, preparing for what he thought would be a blow to his face. But it never came, Ivo looked up to see the “crazy girl” smirking.

“Well, I need some of the equipment that you possess.” Starfire began, still pinning him in the crumbling wall.

“W-what kind of e-equipment?” Professor Ivo asked, his goggles were beginning to fog because of his nervousness.

“I need those,” Starfire pointed to rows of small, metal balls stacked neatly on shelves. “Now.”

“What! You can’t have those! I need them! I am implanting a chemical in them and then with the explosive powder in them they will explode and-” Starfire pushed him once again farther into the wall.

“I do not do the caring, I need those. And you only have about a minute before the wall that you are on, crumbles. If you want your laboratory to still do the standing, I suggest you give me the answer now.” Ivo squeaked and gazed up at the shaking wall, barely holding together.

“Fine! Take them! Just don’t let this wall fall on top of us!” Ivo squealed. Starfire pursed a smile and sighed in success, threw him onto the floor and walked over to the steel, explosive balls. The wall stopped shaking and stood still, but Ivo continued shaking on the floor in fear. She dumped them all into a pack that she picked up from beside the shelves and slung the bulging pack over her back.

“Thank you.” Starfire said and flew off, leaving Ivo muttering about the stupid Titans.

Soaring through the twinkling sky, Starfire zoomed with a green light trailing behind. Her ear comm buzzed with its shattering noise causing Starfire to lose control over her flight and crumple down towards the ground. Fortunately, she was flying directly over a building and landed on the flat, cement roof with a sickening thud. She groaned and moved her index finger to hit the button on the side of the ear comm.

“Yes?” Starfire murmured, annoyance clearly heard in her raspy tone.

“Starfire, dear, I trust your mission was a success?” Ravager spoke, voice smooth like caramel.

“It was.” She stated sharply, huffing a strand of her hair out of her face as she sat up on the rooftop. Starfire clinched her hands, wondering if this was the rest of her life. Petty crimes for this overbearing tyrant who always had the opportunity to obliterate everyone she loved, blackmailed into villainy. Ravager, the one whom she despised broke her thoughts.

“Excellent,” He began, Starfire found his voice pitch similar to that of his father. “I have something else that I need you to do. It is imperative that this gets done and quickly.”

Starfire bit her lip but muttered “Okay.”

“I need you to bring the Titan’s leader, Robin, to me.” He remarked, as if Starfire’s vision had not just became blurry.

“Wha-what?” She stuttered, her breath quickened.

“You heard me, I need Robin.”

“But- but- I- why?” Starfire asked, panic rising into her throat. The ear piercing sound came through her earpiece once again and she fell back onto the roof’s concrete.

“Don’t question me!” Ravager growled. “Bring him to me now or else you can say goodbye to everything you ever cared for.” Starfire cleared her throat, ignoring the hot tear that ran down her cheek.

“Understood, master. I shall do what you do the commanding of me too.” She said flatly.

“I thought so. Drop of the bombs at the address I am sending to your comm, once you have dropped it off, I expect you to complete your next assignment.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Excellent, Ravager out.”

Starfire slumped back down to the concrete and decided to press her face against its cool surface. Guilt and fear clawed up her stomach to her esophagus, she was suppose to be strong, but she couldn’t even stand up to someone who threatened her friends. She hated that, she felt like, after all she went through, it was all destroyed by these moments. Vengeance ruined it, evilness ruined it, ruined her. She screamed deeply and star bolted the roof. Starfire grabbed the bombs and flew toward the coordinates, planning how she would ever get out of this mess.

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Professor Ivo, hands on his hips, stared at the mess that was imminent all across his laboratory.

“Stupid Titans.” He muttered and grabbed his broom from the far wall of this laboratory. He began sweeping up some of the rubble strown all across the concrete floor. He gripped the broom tight, knuckles then burning as he struggled getting the debris all into one spot. Even after just mere seconds, the place started to look immensely better. Ivo smirked but was suddenly cut off when the sound of glass breakage filled his ears, again. His arms acted as a shield as the glass rained from above. Ivo slowly moved his arm so he could see what caused the window to break and he saw Robin land onto the ground with a crunch. Followed by the other Titans hovering or landing beside him. Ivo gaped.

“Really Titans! My other window was just broken and now you are going to break another one, after I have been cleaning!” Ivo screamed and growled in frustration. The Titans followed his gaze, and noticed the window on the opposite side of the building was shattered as well.

“Uh, sorry dude.” Beast Boy said, rubbing the back of his head as a bead of sweat formed on his brow.

“You pretty, pesky friend was here just a couple of minutes ago. So, what are you here now for! Are you going to actually break the crumbling wall now!” Ivo accused harshly and waved his broom around in the air.

“We thought so…” Robin remarked with a lilt in his voice. “Do you know why she came here?”

“I am surprised you Titans haven’t tied me up or pushed me against a wall until I talk.” Ivo shot back.

“We can… we just thought that you would be more willing to talk more if you were not apprehended.”” Raven mentioned, she didn’t care less which method they used as long as they got what they needed.

Ivo glared at them but sighed.

“I guess it is better than my ribs getting crushed against the wall. She just came in here, demanded my bombs with explosive powder and left. But they aren’t normal bombs.” He began fiddling with his goggles.

“What do you mean?” Robin asked through clenched teeth.

“They explode but not like normal bombs. They have a special insert to put things such as viruses, gases, technological viruses, and so on. When they explode, it releases whatever is in there into the air or equipment.” Ivo explained.

“So, it is like an agent for disbursing things?” Cyborg guessed, trying to clear up Ivo’s explanation. Ivo nodded.

“By any chance, did she say who she was working for?” Robin asked, trying to answer his long list of questions.

“No, just threats, and a thank you.” Ivo murmured and began to sweep once again.

“Okay, well thanks.” Robin muttered, half heartedly. Ivo didn’t respond as the Titans left the facility through the window they came through.

“Sorry about that window, dude!” Beast Boy called out as he and Raven flew out of the window, with Cyborg and Robin being carried out.

As they were flying back to the Tower, the silence was killing Cyborg, so he began talking about what they have learned about Starfire and her intentions.

“So… we Starfire is likely working for someone. She got these bomb things and is ruthless.” Cyborg said nodding. “Anything else?”

“Yeah,” Robin interjected rudely. “Why? That is the only thing we don’t have, why she is doing the things, why she is getting these bombs. And what is she going to with them?” Cyborg drew a blank face.

“Robin, I know you don’t like these turn of events but you can’t be grumpy and angry all the time. We don’t like this anymore than you do but we have to work together under our leader, and if our leader is a wreck, the team will be also. So pull yourself together.” Raven told him with a scowl. Cyborg and Beast Boy gawked at her with wide eyes. Robin sighed but nodded.

“No, no, you’re right. I have to stay strong for the team, and that is the only way we can figure this mess out.” Robin said.

Raven and Beast Boy landed Cyborg and Robin on the roof of the Tower while landing themselves.

“And I hope we figure it out soon.” Robin whispered as they all entered the Tower.

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“Here.” Starfire mumbled and threw the bomb bag on the table with a sharp thud, the silver objects rolling out of the bag.

“Careful, sweet dearie, we don’t want any accidents, now do we?” Ravager asked and scooped up the silver balls and returned the bombs to their proper place. Starfire looked down, biting her lip.

“We have been monitoring you,” Rose began, swerving her chair around to face Starfire from all the glowing monitors. “And you are a natural villain! You scared Ivo so bad, it was hilarious to watch him squirm! You are going to make breakthroughs in villain history!”

“I am not the good, I am just doing this to protect the ones I love. Trust me, I shall not be doing this forever.” Starfire told her, her green eyes going deathly cold.

“Oh dearie, if you want your friends to stay alive,” Ravager moved and grabbed her face. “You will.” Starfire met his glare but her eyes stung with tears. She jerked her neck to remove her face from his grasp and he just chuckled. Starfire huffed and munched on some peanuts that Rose handed her.

“You are almost complete with Phase Two, but you now have a new target.” Ravager mentioned as he paced around the lair.

“How many phases are they? I am the exhausted!” Starfire squeaked. “I am tired of just coming the in and out of this lair, barely staying for the five minutes! Once I get here, you send me away just as fast! May I please rest?” Rose and Ravager then burst out laughing. Starfire gawked at them, wondering what was so funny. She did not even know villains laughed, unless it was evilly, but this was a humorous laugh.

“Silly girl, we don’t take breaks here! We are always on the move, always scheming, planning, making our world a better place.” Rose calmly told her through a laugh. Starfire stared at them with wide eyes.

“You are… the joking?” She questioned and her face contorted to the question.

“No… I am serious, we don’t do that. So, listen to Ravager, because he has a temper, if you make him mad, say bye to everything you ever loved.” Rose spat. Starfire glowered at her and her eyes turned slightly greener.

“Now, Starfire, I need you to do one last thing for me and then you can rest a bit.” Ravager said, almost sweetly. Starfire eyed him suspiciously.

“What?”

“Oh I am so glad you asked! I just need you to go to Titans Tower and kidnap their leader, Robin. It shouldn’t be too much a challenge for you will it?” Ravager remarked as if he thought it was so simple, that Starfire wouldn’t have any emotion to what he just said, that she would not completely disagree with him. Starfire just stared at him, mouth open, replaying his words over in her head. Her heart sunk, her stomach churned, she couldn’t have heard him right.

“Ex-excuse me?” She stuttered.

“You heard me correctly, I need him here.”

“What!?!? You said if I did what you said none of my friends would get hu-”

“Who said anything about hurting him? I just need him too… help me with something, that’s all. Hey, you can do this or I can just press this button…” Ravager fingered with the red button in his palm.

“No! I- I will do it.” She quivered, knees almost buckled beneath her.

“Excellent, bring him to me immediately, and don’t talk to him. We don’t need any complications do we?” Ravager smirked.

“No, I shall do as you ask.” Starfire murmured and exited the room, somberly. She tried to fly but her feet barely left the ground. She groaned in defeat and shuffled quickly through the back of the lair.

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Midnight fell onto the now silent Jump City. One by one, Titans left their hobbies, to go and rest. All except for their leader, Robin. He was warned by Cyborg once again to not stay up past midnight, that he need rest in order to solve the mystery surrounding his girlfriend, but the “dedicated” Robin ignored what his teammate had told him. Robin, though he was going on his fifth hour, was still scouring any and all information that the Titans knew on Starfire so he could figure out what was going on and why she was executing certain tasks. He hit another dead end in the clues and sighed, rubbing his temples. Bruce would be so disappointed…

A faint sound reached Robin’s ear and he quickly swerved his chair around, only to see Silkie moping around the Tower. Robin felt sorry for Silkie, he hasn’t seen Starfire ever since she turned to some… villain? Apprentice? Vigilante? To be honest, Robin didn’t know what she was. He swiveled his chair back around to face his now blackened monitor. He moved the mouse to reawaken it and as he did, that soft noise was heard again. Robin narrowed his eyes and sensed someone was outside, or worse, inside the tower. He moved across the room to check the alarm system and the system read no intruders were in or around the tower. He rubbed his eyes and yawned, maybe he was hearing things, maybe Cyborg was right. Robin strolled back over to the monitor but it was lifted up to its spot in the ceiling, and he never pressed a button to raise it. Without even knowing, he fingered for his nunchuk in his utility belt. He looked behind him swiftly, no one. He shook his head, this had to be some type of prank. Robin turned around to shut off the overhead computer light, and as he eyes brushed over the window, his heart jumped into his throat. He stumbled back onto the couch and coughed.

“St-st-Star?”

Starfire, hovering high above ground, stared at him through the window, her face falling as if she were miserable. Robin glanced back at the alarm, disarmed.

“She knows the code, great…”

She eye blasted the window, glass screaming and landing onto the floor with Robin clutching his nunchuk in his hand.

“Star, I don’t want to do this…” Robin warned, his tone uneven.