Current Events > Teen Titans CYOA: Romance Resurrected Part 23

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C

You go with the Coconut 'n' Lime Chicken, aka the One-Pan Coconut 'n' Lime Chicken, as all the ingredients go right into the same pan. Grant helps you gather the light brown sugar, the tomato paste, the cilantro, lime juice, coconut oil, unsweetened coconut milk, garlic, yellow onions, a few jalapeno, ginger, large beefsteak tomatoes, sweet paprika, kosher salt, black pepper, and chicken cutlets.

To start, you of course chop up the onion, the garlic and ginger, Grant helping. You remove the seeds from the jalapeno, and you finely chop those while Grant chops the tomatoes.

The chicken cutlets are seasoned with the paprika, salt and pepper, and the deep pan heats a tablespoon of the coconut oil. You sear the chicken cutlets in the pan, just five minutes per side so that they're golden brown. The chicken is put aside on a plate while you use another tablespoon of coconut oil to help cook the onions. You wait until those are tender and golden, then throw in the jalapeno, garlic and ginger, stir it up, then throw in the tomato slices and paste.

Another two minutes and you add the coconut milk and brown sugar, get it to boil, until the sugar dissolves. You then carefully set the chicken back into the pan, boil the sauce again, then turn the heat down to a simmer until the chicken is cooked all the way through, which only takes another seven minutes. Then you completely remove the pan from heat then stir in the cilantro lime juice.

This serves about four, so you make a good deal for couples and families in order for there not to be a serving left behind.

Along with the Coconut 'n' Lime Chicken, the kitchen makes stir-fry Pepper Steak, Baked Chicken Pasta, Arroz Con Pollo and other forms of chicken-fried rice, Honey Garlic Glazed Salmon, Shrimp Scampi, Stuffed Pepper Soup, and even classic Goulash.

For your own dinner break at the back end of the rush, around 7:45, you sneak yourself some...

A) Goulash
B) Stuffed Pepper Soup
C) Coconut 'n' Lime Chicken

A

B)

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bump, been rly busy again

B

Stuffed Pepper Soup. There's still plenty in the large pot so you get a bowl and fill it up. You quietly eat up, wanting to be ready for when Raven returns. Though, you ended up with some rather stuffed Stuffed Peppers.

Raven walks back in at almost exactly 8 PM, and looks to be in a good mood. You do what you can to get the last pepper down as she makes her way to the kitchen.

"Hello there," she says.

You smile but are still chewing the pepper. You hold up a finger to ask for a moment, and you swallow the pepper and wash it down with the soup.

"Good evening," you say. "How'd the talk go?"

"Well, you were right about your mom being persistent," Raven says. "She really wanted all of us to have to hug her side of the family before the ceremony. But she conceded, we can greet everyone at our own pace."

"Very good," you say.

You two have a little kiss on the lips, and she blinks a couple times.

"Wow, what was that soup you just had?" she asks. "It's spicy."

"Well, it was Stuffed Pepper Soup," you say. "Oh, did you have anything to eat yet?"

"No, I was looking into some other stuff and kinda lost track of time."

"What other stuff?" you ask.

Raven looks around and smiles as she leans in.

"Honeymoon stuff," she says quietly.

"Oh...! Alright then, we'll talk about that later. For now, let's get you something to eat."

A) Pepper Steak
B) Goulash
C) Honey Garlic Glazed Salmon

C

A

A

bump, busy again. will do better to do this tomorrow.

A

"Try some Pepper Steak," you continue.

You check in on the Pepper Steak section. There are still ingredients at the ready so you whip up a plate for her, served with a few slices of baguette and a tall glass of iced tea.

"Mmm," she says. "This is so good."

"Thank you," you say.

Raven eats up, and you make another note on the tab. You've made it a habit to take from your personal account to pay for the free meals you give to Raven and the Titans.

"Oh, also," Raven says, "there were some other things your mom and I hashed out."

"Really? What were they?"

"No garterbelt toss," she says. "I don't wear them anyway, why would you take one off me to throw to all the guys?"

"Ah, very good point," you say. "Plus, anything I take off of you, I wouldn't want to throw away period."

You and Raven share a laugh.

"What about the bouquet toss?" you ask.

"That's still a thing," Raven says. "But there will be special stipulations. Between your family having magic and all my friends having powers, to keep things from getting out of hand, there has to be an agreement to not use anything. They just stand there and hope the bouquet comes to them."

"But, isn't Starfire naturally stronger than everyone?" you ask. "She'd basically have to sit it out."

"Oh, good point. Then we'll... come up with something."

You chuckle and help your staff close up for the night. You and Raven got to the parking lot and your car.

"So what were those honeymoon ideas you were reading on?" you ask as you drive her back to your place.

"Oh, well, y'know," she smirks. "Some ideas."

"Oh? What kind of ideas?"

"Well, for one," she says. "There's the idea to hold back until that first night. That way, we'll have even more passion all saved up, and it'll just be this explosion. Just this opening of the flood gates as we get to have our actual first time."

"Hmm, I suppose there's something to that," you say.

"So you think we should do it?" Raven asks. "Save up and really... splurge when it's finally our honeymoon?"

"Do you think we can make it that long?" you ask.

"Uh, I think you mean, can you, Rorek Null, make it that long," Raven says with a chuckle.

A) Yes
B) No

A

A.

A)

A

You take a deep breath, and say, "Yes. For you, I will wait."

"Thank you," she smiles with a touch of her hand on your shoulder.

"Besides," you say. "It'll only be another week."

"Well, more like nine days," she says.

"What? Why that long?"

"Long?" she laughs. "Nine days isn't that much longer than a week. And that's because we still need a day between the wedding and our honeymoon so we can pack and travel. I'm not even sure where we're going yet."

"My family has a private jet, we can go anywhere we want," you say. "But we're definitely going somewhere tropical. Been waiting all Winter to see you in a swimsuit again."

"Oh is that so?" Raven asks. "Well, I suppose I'm the same in that way. You just in swim trunks would be nice. Or maybe a speedo?"

"I have never and will never own a speedo," you chuckle.

"Fine," she says. "What if we went back to Hawaii? Wouldn't that be fun?"

A) Yes, Hawaii is good
B) No, go to the Bahamas
C) No, go to Brazil

B

A

A

"Yes, I think that would be nice," you say. "Go back to some of those same spots we visited last time, see more of the different islands, it'll be nice."

"Yeah," she smiles.

You arrive home to 176 Ledyard, pull into the garage, and open the inner door for Raven to lead the way into the house.

"What do you have for dessert?" Raven asks.

"Oh, I suppose we could've had something before we closed up," you say. "Well, let's see..."

You go to the fridge and look around. A couple tarts, half a pie, a couple cookies...

"Oh, here we are," you say. "How about finishing off this peanut butter cake?"

"Mmm, okay," Raven says.

You take the remaining one-quarter of a cake, cut it in half and serve Raven a slice with a tall glass of milk.

"Mmm, thick and creamy," Raven says.

"Yes, Danita has become a great baker," you say.

You and Raven both need a couple glasses of milk to get through even just this much. After that, you do the dishes while Raven washes up for bed. You fill the dishwasher and have it run, and then you head for the bedroom.

Raven finishes brushing her teeth and joins you in the bedroom while you're getting dressed. She herself is already in a long sleeve shirt and fluffy fleece sweatpants.

"Well don't you look comfortable," you say.

She smirks and slips into bed. You finish dressing in your cotton sweats and cotton tee then brush your teeth. You return, slip into bed alongside Raven, and give her a kiss good night on the cheek. Lights out, and the two of you settle in.

The days go by, and to help make it through your week of no deep intimacy with Raven by having her stay at the Tower more than at your place, and by focusing on work.

And since you run a restaurant, you have the Magic Melting Pot provide catering for the reception, making the main dish...

A) French Curry Lobster Rice
B) All-Beef Burger Sliders
C) Apple Bacon Risotto

A

B.

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B

B

All-Beef Burger Sliders. Not only are they easy to make as they're just little burgers, they're easy to make in large quantities, like you'll need for this many guests.

The MMP crew is set up in the Titan Tower living room's kitchen area so that they can bring things up to the roof where the reception tables are all set-up.

"Alright," you say as you do a check with them. "Looks good, smells good. I leave it in your hands, Emile."

"Yes, Chef," he says as you two shake hands.

You finish with your bowtie, put your tuxedo jacket back on and head downstairs to regroup with...

A) The lads, Robin, Cyborg & Beast Boy
B) Your father and grandfather

B

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B)

B

... your father and grandfather.

"Hey, there he is," Grandfather says. "Seventh. Double-oh Seventh."

"Thank you, Sixth," you say. "How are the guests doing?"

"Well, you'll never guess who Ross brought as a plus-one," your father says.

He nods towards the seats and you spot Ross sitting and smiling with Rhiannon Reynolds.

"Really?" you say. "When did that happen?"

"Not too long after you and Raven established things," father says. "It was quite the romance over the holidays, actually."

"Good for them," you say. "What about the rest of the family?"

"Your Great Aunt is on her way with the rest of the Null-Zellos family," Grandfather says. "I told her about skipping the receiving lines and she was actually rather grateful. She doesn't think it'd be good for Jonas to have an excuse to hug a lot of single young women. Or for Alessandro to, either."

You chuckle and take another look at the seats. Reed certainly feels like a third wheel with his brother having a date. But he does glance over at the other side of the aisle, where Raven's guests, aka the rest of the Teen Titans, are taking their seats. You wonder if he's star struck at all.

You see Jinx and Argent already in their bridesmaid dresses, along with Starfire and Bumblebee, and they stand off to the side, waiting for when it's time for the procession. Jinx looks your way, smiles and waves, and you smile and wave back.

A) Walk over and talk with them
B) Find the lads

B.

A

A

"Ladies," you say as you walk up to them. "How is everyone feeling?"

"We're good," Argent says. "And you're looking sharp."

"Thank you," you say. "Have you checked in with Raven yet?"

"Oh, yes," Starfire says. "Miss Arella is with her, as well as your mother and sisters, so she should be ready momentarily."

"Very good," you say.

"What about you?" Bumblebee asks. "You nervous?"

"No, not really," you say. "Very excited, more like."

"That's good," Bumblebee says. "Raven will call us on the communicator when she's ready, and that's when we'll disappear inside."

"Alright," you say. "But there's still time, we're still waiting on my Great Aunt's side of the family to arrive."

You look out at the water, and see a yacht make its way from the main land. It approaches the island and makes shore next to the yacht that your family arrived on.

"Ah, there they are!" you say.

You, father and Grandfather make your way from around the seats to the shore to help the Null-Xenos family off the boat. And by that, you of course use magical assistance to help with the gang plank. The lads, Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy, help with the luggage.

"Rory, don't you look dashing?" Great Aunt Radella says as she walks down the gang plank.

"Thank you," you say. "And all of you look great yourselves."

"Thank you," she says.

"No receiving lines?" Jonas asks with a smirk.

"You can say hello to everyone during the reception," you say while ushering him towards the seats.

The Nulls greet the Null-Xenos, and you can tell Nella and the children are star struck seeing the Titans.

Starfire waves before she, Bumblebee, Argent and Jinx go back inside. That means Raven is almost ready. Your sisters and mother, as well as Arella, exit and take their seats near the front, so that's another indicator. You, Grandfather Sixth and the lads go to "the stage."

"Thank you again for coming all this way, Mr. Watkins," you say to the minister.

"No thanks needed, Rorek," he says. "I've been counting down the days 'til I could preside over another Null wedding."

"Hold on," Cyborg says as his cybernetic eye flickers. "There's an alarm going off."

"What alarm?" you ask. "I don't hear anything."

"It's going off in the Tower but I've got my Bluetooth link," Cyborg says. "It's an illusory alarm."

"Really? How does that work?"

"It compares visual feeds with things like thermal and infrared. So if it looks like it's there but it isn't really there, then there's a problem."

"Makes sense," you say. "What do we do?"

"Nothing," a familiar British voice says. "You don't need to do anything because we're not enemies."

You look over to the other shore and see a man with messy, "dirty blond" hair, a trench coat, black pants, white shirt and red tie, cigarette in his mouth, which itself is in a wry smirk. He's also accompanied by some others: a young Black man who's hair looks to be on fire, an adult Black woman with animal tooth necklace, a White man in a red and blue suit with what looks like an atom logo, and-

"Catpain Cold?" Robin says. "And Heat Wave? What're you doing here?"

"Relax, Boy Wonder," Captain Cold, the man in the winter coat holding the blue laser gun, says. "We're on your side. Well, this instance of us, anyway."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Robin asks.

"And what're you doing her eat all, Constantine?" you ask.

"Constantine?" Robin says. "As in John Constantine?"

"Okay, okay," Constantine says, "it's a bit complicated, but-"

"No, it's not," Heat Wave, the man with the welding goggles and red laser gun, says. "It's time travel and we're here to stop something horrible from happening."

"Time Travel?" Beast Boy says. "Seriously? Like, seriously, seriously?"

"You bet your underbite, green bean," Captain Cold says. "Though, your little security system ruined the surprise."

The music starts playing and you can't help but groan.

"This is definitely not the time for this," you tell Constantine. "Because if you can't tell by the song, here comes the bride!"

Constantine's group moves aside and you see the bridesmaids making their way back out, single file with their flower arrangments in hand. Starfire is at the back as maid of honor, but even then, they're still going in order of height, meaning Jinx is up front, Argent behind her and then Bumblebee third. And as they're approaching, Jinx sees Constantine's group and is clearly confused.

The bridesmaids still take their positions as Raven starts down the aisle. As upset at you are at this nonsense from Constantine and his oddball collection of guests, you're in awe of the wedding dress. Shoulderless but with the single-strap neck, so surely open back, and she has the long gloves, and there's incredibly intricate silver embroidery all over.

Just as you're smiling, a tear coming to your eye, you see everyone else smile, from the guests to your groomsmen and Raven's bridesmaids.

"Aw, she's lovely, mate," Constantine says as even he smiles.

"Thank y- No, wait, stop," you tell him. "Your 'time travel' line still doesn't explain why you're here."

"See, I knew this was a bad idea," the man in the atom suit says. "We should've shown up sooner so we could talk with the Titans about what's coming."

"What's coming?" you and the lads ask.

"Ahem," Raven says from behind her veil. "What's going on here?"

"Oh, Raven, I'm so sorry," you say. "John Constantine showed up, talking about time travel-"

"Constantine?" she says. "The guy who you helped seal that Gary guy up in Gotham?"

"Oh you told her that story?" Constantine says.

"Yes," you groan. "Now, please, just tell us, what is it you came here to stop with your time travel?"

"Hey, uh..." another familiar voice says from the back of the seating area. "Are we late or something?"

Everyone looks to the very back rows, and you see a familiar rag tag group. A bulky man with white hair, a man with gold gloves and white suit, a plain looking girl in all green, a floppy muppet of a girl, a girl with a cheeseburger pattern outfit, and a young woman who resembles Raven, just with long hair, and she is wearing the most scantily clad sweater dress right now.

"What're you all doing out of prison?!" you and Raven shout.

"Aw c'mon," Aurum Miller, the man in white says with a big shrug. "Can't we be here for our big sister's wedding?"

Even though you're outdoors, it feels like the air was sucked out of the room. Raven drops the bouquet, and removes her veil with trembling hands.

"W-What?" Raven says, eyes distant, as if not really seeing anything. "Y-Your... sister...?"

"So it's true," Arella says, face filled with similar horror. "He... He took advantage of... six other women... and-"

"Yes, Auntie," Alotta Lovers says as she steps forward. "Our moms have a lot in common with you. Guess Dad has a type."

"Which brings us to our very special wedding gift!" Aurum says. "Tada~!"

Boot Unger, the bulky one, holds up what looks like a giant TV remote.

"A Control Freak remote?" the Titans say.

"Something looks different about the colors, though," Beast Boy says.

"Those stones!" Cyborg says. "Those colors correspond to Zinc Selenide, as well as jade, lapis lazuli, onyx and opal."

"Oh, right," Constantine says. "That thing you called me about."

"Wow, I'm surprised you remembered I even called," you say.

"Call history is a thing, mate," Constantine says.

Unger presses the big green button on the remote, and it blasts a beam into the sky! And from that beam, a portal is opening!

"Control Freak's remote is about bridging this dimension to the 'TV dimension,'" Robin says, "so what dimension are they trying to reach?"

"Aw c'mon, shouldn't it be obvious?" Aurum says. "He wasn't gonna miss his oldest daughter's wedding!"

"And it's really rude that you wouldn't even let him give you away!" Unger says.

The portal goes from green to red, and it affects the beam!

"No," Raven says in hushed horror. "NO!!"

Raven is furious, and she grabs for the remote with her aura, but Unger grapples with those claws! He grins as he holds Raven back!

"Alright, you no longer need to explain," you tell Constantine. "Help us stop these halfwit half-siblings from bringing back their literal demon of a father."

"Thought you'd never ask," he says. "Who're you going after?"

A) Unger
B) Aurum
C) Alotta

B

B

B

"Aurum, the one in the white suit," you say. "We have to be careful, his power is the Midas touch."

"Well that's perfect," the young man with hair of fire says. "My power's transmutation, so I can undo that. Name's Firestorm, by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Firestorm," you say.

"Careful with cheeseburger girl," Cyborg explains. "She can eat just about anything, and if she bites you, she eats your existence. No one here will remember who you are."

"The one in green can copy meta powers with physical touch," Robin says, "and the one in the tiny sweater gets power from, uh, well... lust."

"That I do," Alotta says with an alluring smile while she puts her arms up to have hands behind her head; she even winks and makes a kissy face.

"The big guy's strong, obviously," Raven says as she still grapples with Unger. "But he also ignites when he gets mad."

"And what of the floppy one?" the woman with the animal necklace asks.

"Aw crap," Raven says as Nora picks Yanna up.

Yanna takes a deep breath and yawns! The drowzy feeling hits everyone like a wave!

"That's her power," you say before yawning yourself.

You then look over and see Grandfather Sixth is just fine!?

"H-How...?"

"Don't count me out so easily, Seventh," he says. "A thing about getting to my age, you're always a little tired."

Sixth then takes the clip from his tie, makes it click, and then throws it into the air. The clip shines with a bright golden light and it flies right at the red beam! The clip starts blocking the beam and creates a dome of white-gold around Titan Tower Island!

"That should slow down that dimensional drill of theirs," Grandfather Sixth says. "But it won't last forever, so we should wrap this up as quickly as we can."

"Titans, go!" Robin says.

Starfire roars as she leaps in and punches Unger right across the face! He stands his ground, but Raven uses her aura claws to pull him down, and Wildebeest drops an elbow on him! Unger gets up, knocks Wildebeest down but then Captain Cold blasts him with his ice gun. Unger fires up, emotionally and literally, so Captain Cold just blasts him more.

Lilian tries biting at Mas y Menos but they're too fast for her to keep up with, so she chases down the Toddler Titans. Bobby scoops them all up and hurries away, Mas y Menos speed blindside Lilian into bowling over chairs!

"Why does the one in the tiny sweater resemble American model Kate Downton?" Red Star asks in reference to Alotta.

"Her power is two-fold," you say. "She first has an illusionary ability to look attractive to anyone and everyone. Which I suppose means you like Kate Downton."

"Perhaps," Red Star says. "And the second fold?"

"That physical attraction seems to give her heightened physical ability," you continue. "Strength, endurance, the usualy."

"Well in that case," Bumblebee says as she, Pantha, Jinx and Argent step up, along with Constantine's female compatriot.

Handling Nora are those in the Titans that aren't metahumans: Robin, Speedy, Blue Beetle, Herald, Bushido and Gnarrk wielding Kole as a diamond club.

"No fair~!" Nora whines as she runs around to avoid them all.

And as for Yanna, well, she doesn't move much as it is, so Beast Boy simply pins her down in the form of a green rhinoceros.

With you and Firestorm against Aurum are Red Star, Aqualad, Hot Spot and Heat Wave.

"You didn't answer us earlier, Aurum," you say. "How'd you get the other five out of prison?"

"Aw c'mon," Aurum smirks. "Like any of that matters."

"Well, I suppose-"

"Alright, fine, I'll tell you," he says. "My Midas touch really gets a lot of greedy people on my side. And thankfully, most of those greedy people are criminals that hate the Titans' guts! Like that pipsqueak genius and those gross monsters."

"You sent Gizmo, Plasmus and Overload here?" you ask.

"Yep. And they did their job. They lit the way into the tower's blindspot! Honestly, I thought we were gonna have you all completely unaware, but then that smoker guy just shows up and starts talking to you all, kinda messed up our entrance. Oh well, can't plan for everything, right?"

Aurum throws chunks of gold, but Firestorm turns them back into what they were, so now water and rocks are flying at you. Aqualad easily diverts the water while the others blast the rocks to bits with their various plasma and fire blasts.

Cyborg, Constantine, the man with the atom logo, and Grandfather Sixth make their way through the chaotic fighting to head for the modified Control Freak remote. That combination of scientists and magic users should be able to disable such a piece of magical technology.

"You leave that alone!" Unger shouts.

Unger storms over, but Captain Cold blasts him with as much ice as the cold gun can possible put out! Unger does slow down, and then Starfire flies in to crack him across the jaw!

Alotta is proving very flexible as she bends and twists to dodge and counterattack each of the ladies. And fittingly, she attempts the huricanrana on Pantha, but Pantha blocks it!

"Aye dios mo, ella no lleva bragas!" Pantha shouts.

"Teehee~," Alotta says with a wink while hanging upside-down, holding the sweater dress' skirt in place.

Pantha throws Alotta away but Alotta backflips through it, and quite a lot of people get a glimpse of cheek.

"Mmm~, there we are!" she says with a wry smile.

Alotta BOOTS Pantha down, her strength having gone up!

"Can everyone stop looking at the lewd girl in the sweater please?" Jinx shouts.

Aurum reloads, turning a lot of grass and dirt into gold. Aurum sends blades of grass at your group like they're needles, you create a barrier to block, but Aurum slams a wall of dirt up against it! Then some golden grass blades fly up and over! "Blades" ends up an apt name as those cut you on the cheek as your narrowly dodge!

You throw elemental charges at Aurum but he defends with gold dirt! The fiery explosion is smothered by the grains!

"Can we save some of this gold for later?" Heat Wave asks. "Just curious."

"You're not gonna keep any gold to sell later," Firestorm tells him.

"N V! N V!" Lilian says as she drags a young blonde male around. "I got one! I got one!"

"Wait, who is that?" Heat Wave asks.

"Oh, um, uh..." Hot Spot says, thinking really hard. "I know he rode with us here... Uh...'

"Oh no, did Lilian bite him and erase him from our memories?!" Blue Beetle says. "What were his powers?!"

"That's Jericho!" Cyborg says; his cybernetic side is thankfully not affected by the strange mind wipe power Lilian has. "He has the power to possess someone he comes into eye contact with!"

Lilian finishes dragging Jericho over to "NV," aka Nora, and Nora has a twisted, crazy smile on her face.

"Yes~! He's perfect~!" Nora says as she fawns over him.

Nora touches Jericho, her eyes turn green, and then she looks around!

"DON'T LOOK AT HER!!" you and Cyborg shout.

You close your eyes, but you can only hope everyone else, even non-combatant guests, do the same. Unfortunately, you hear a scream and a wooshing sound, and open your eyes to see what happened.

"Who'd Nora take?" you ask.

The others look around but so far, it seems everyone is themselves.

"Finally...!" Starfire says as she looks herself over. "This is what I've always wanted! Tall with long legs, flowing hair, and curves! Actual curves! Not like Alotta's fakies!"

"Hey!" Alotta snaps at Starfire.

Starfire smiles that same twisted smile as Nora's, and her eyes are green. Like, greener than normal.

"Nora took Starfire!" Raven says.

"Bloody hell," you and Constantine say.

Nora-fire starts throwing energy blasts all over the place! Your family is able to defend with barriers but even those don't do too well against such unbridled power! Unger clobbers Wildebeest again, Lilian starts looking for another target, and Alotta withstands Pantha's lariat!

"This remote is sealed really tight!" the man with the atom logo says, except you can't see where he went. "Even at millimeter height, I'm not finding any gaps."

"Keep shrinkin', Atom, there's gotta be some way to crack it," Constantine says.

"This isn't going well, and they haven't even activated their part-Trigon forms," you say to Robin.

"Tell me about it," he says. "They ruin your wedding and turn my girlfriend into their pawn!"

"Hopefully this will turn the tide," you say as you...

A) Use animal summons
B) Call upon Druidic spirits

B

B)

B

... call upon Druidic spirits. And you don't stop at one, you go with several!

"Faraera! Uidre! Vindar!"

"Greetings-"

"No time for pleasantries, I'm afraid," you tell them. "Faraera, Uidre, we need a steamy smokescreen. Vindar, be my armor."

"Yes, Rorek the Seventh," they say.

The fire and water spirits combine their elements to make steam that spreads around the area, lowering visibility on ground level. Vindar equips himself to you as crackling shoulder pads and gauntlets.

"Father, have the family fall back to Titan Tower," you say.

"Titans, switch it up," Robin says.

Your father ushers the family to the tower, him and Jonas bringing up the rear using magic barriers as they go.

With Nora no longer in play, no one has to worry about meta powers being stolen. But the problem is, Starfire being under Nora's control means Team Trigon has one of the physically strongest pieces on the board.

"We just need to knock Starfire out to eject Nora," Cyborg says, "that's how it works with Jericho."

"Still easier said than done," Speedy says before dodging a star-bolt.

"I took down evil Starfire during the whole Trigon thing," Beast Boy says as he returns to human. "Someone sit on sloth girl here."

Beast Boy jumps away and Bobby the teddy bear belly flops right onto Yanna. Beast Boy then flies up at Nora-fire as a falcon, dodging star-bolts. They fly around each other in a dog fight, Beast Boy changes into a python, but Nora-fire catches her to throw her away. Argent and Red Star fly up to throw their own red bolts at her, but she barely budges!

Unger storms up, Pantha and Wildebeest grapple with him 2v1! But his anger making him hot to the touch, they have to let him go! But Captain Cold blasts Unger again! You run up to hit Unger with lightning fast and lightning-charged punches! He wobbles, Wildebeest and Pantha run back in to pick Unger up, and DOUBLE POWERBOMB!

"It's so hot now," Alotta says as she fans herself. "Maybe I don't need this sweater after all~!"

Alotta tugs at her outfit, bringing the bottom up.

"Oh no you don't!" Jinx shouts.

Jinx blasts the ground under Alotta's feet, and the dirt loosens up, so Alotta stumbles on her high heels! Alotta falls back on her butt, and that allows Bumblebee to fly down and DOUBLE STOMP her! But then Nora-fire sends Argent flying into Bumblebee and they both tumble away, letting Alotta back up.

Red Star throws hands but Nora-fire bobs 'n' weaves, to then CRACK Red Star with a right hand! Raven uses those aura claws to grab Nora-fire by her feet and YANK her down, slamming her on the ground!

Lilian keeps gnashing her teeth, but Timmy yells at her with his super voice and she staggers away, holding her ears.

"Uidre," you say, "help Aqualad with his water-kinesis!"

"Yes, Rorek the Seventh," she replies.

Uidre creates water for Aqualad to manipulate, and he uses it to blast Lilian! She tumbles away, and then he blasts Alotta, sending her tumbling, too! Though as she gets back up, the wet look only makes Alotta (who still resembles Raven to you) more enticing. But then Speedy shoots an arrow that explodes to flash freeze Lilian and Alotta in place, taking advantage of all the extra water.

Aurum throws more gold around but Firestorm returns that back to dirt and rocks. Heat Wave blasts his fire gun and that forces Aurum to fall back.

Jumping out of the remote while returning to normal size, Atom stumbles and falls on his face, gasping for air.

"Atom!" Constantine says. "Atom, what happened in there, mate?"

"Inside the remote, it's like a vacuum," Atom says. "It's just drawing in different sources of energy and converting them into energy for the beam."

"Different sources?" Sixth says. "So, geo-thermal, solar, things like that?"

"Yes, but also," Atom says, "I think... our energies. The heat our bodies give off, our reserves."

"So we really are on the clock..." Constantine says.

"Not if I've got anything to say about it!" Cyborg says. "Gnarrk! You remember fighting Dr. Light?"

Gnarrk looks over at the remote and he grins.

"GNAAAAAAARRK~!" he shouts as he leaps, Kole in both hands!

Gnarrk uses Kole to BASH and BASH and BASH the remote!

"NO!!" Unger shouts.

Unger's flames of rage ignite even more, melting away all the ice on him! Everyone gets back as he starts running his way to the remote!

"WE! NEED! OUR! DAD!!"

"MOVE!" Cyborg shouts.

Cyborg helps Atom move, Constantine helps Sixth and Gnarrk jumps away with Kole as Unger approaches the remote. He looks it over but Gnarrk did a hell of a job on it. The beam is weakened to a flicker but is somehow still functioning.

"Enough of this!" Aurum shouts while activating his four-eyed, white-haired, red-skinned Trigon form!

His many half-siblings follow in kind, and even Nora-fire changes through the fact Nora has possessed Starfire's body! Aurum then reaches down deep into the dirt! The Midas touch rapidly changes the ground around him and spreads outward! It starts dominating the majority of the island!

Firestorm hurries to dig his hands into the ground, too! His ability to transform elements battles with Aurum's, and they both yell as they put more and more effort into the transfiguration and counter-transfiguration! In the end, they both run out of steam and stop, falling over in exhaustion. Now the island is half golden, half natural!

Lilian and Alotta bust free from the ice with their added strength, Speedy keeps shooting arrows, but the concussive blasts barely slow them down. Bumblebee adds her stinger shots, and while Lilian stumbles, Alotta keeps pushing forward.

Yanna, still pinned under Bobby, lets out an even bigger yawn than earlier! Timmy and Teether being the youngest, they're pretty much right out. But Melvin holds on, and she signals for Bobby to handle Yanna. Bobby stuffs Yanna's mouth with a big stubby hand!

Nora-fire now throws red star-bolts all around, bombarding the nature side of the island where the Titans stand. Robin throws birdarangs, she blasts them, but they were full of dust for a smokescreen effect. With Nora-fire unable to see, Beast Boy leaps back in as some kind of super beast! He fires off a flurry of furious, hammering hands, too much too fast for her to keep up with, and he knocks her down! Nora is then ejected from Starfire's body!

Robin springs in to not only cuff Nora with special cuffs that completely trap her hands, but also blindfolds her so she can't use Jericho's powers.

"What is wrong with you?!" Unger shouts at the Titans. "We just want to have our dad here! So we can be a family!!"

"Be a family!?" Raven shouts back. "What're you talking about?! He's a literal demon who wants to end the world!"

"So what?!" Unger shouts. "Better than the way the world is now!!"

"Oh don't even give me that!" Raven shouts more. "Did he warp your mind with some sort of talk like the bad outweighs the good or something?"

"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!" Unger shouts as his fire rises higher!

Unger's heat is getting the gold to melt, and as tired as he is, Aurum manipulates that molten gold into a wicked and gnarly cluster of spikes and jagged edges! Unger then grabs the thing and THROWS it at the Titans!

"CUSTOS!" you say.

Your defensive spell blocks the giant gold boulder, but it starts to crack from just how hard Unger threw it! And then Unger runs up behind it to RAM it into the barrier! The break is a jagged line down the middle, and you move back so as not to get crushed or cut.

The gold on the ground heats up and softens! A spike thrusts up out at you! You turn, but it still gets you in the left arm!!

"ROREK!" Raven shouts!

You're still on your feet with how the spike got you, but you can't move because the spike has gone through your shoulder! You might as well be a punching back, because Unger has a clear shot at you.

A) Fall back
B) Strike back

B