DC| Titans

The Titans Tower early warning system burst into the main hall with a metallic snap and a sharp warning tone, illuminating the command center panels in a flash of red lights. The emergency siren echoed against the reinforced steel walls, causing the monitoring center’s giant screens to begin displaying real-time proximity readings and mass analyses. However, before any of the heroes could react, rush to the control panels, or press a defense override sequence, the roof's reinforced glass skylight was eclipsed by a blinding flash of ultraviolet radiation.

Two figures shrouded in intense trails of starfire blasted through the upper entrance at top speed, breaking the sound barrier in a direct descent maneuver that kicked up a shockwave across the training bay floor. The impact of the landing vibrated through the Tower's entire metallic structure, whipping up a gust of hot air that ruffled everyone present and scattered tactical schematics and research folders across the central table.

Starfire immediately stood up, sweeping her long, radiant hair back with a quick movement and letting out a short, nervous, yet deeply triumphant laugh. Beside her was you, regaining gravity and breath after crossing the Earth's atmosphere at light speed, leaving behind weeks of postponements, strict military surveillance, and Blackfire’s absolute rule over Tamaran.

"We are completely intact!" Koriand'r announced with open arms and a massive smile, hovering a couple of inches above the floor from the pure euphoria of the moment. "The transit from the Tamaranian sector was an absolute success, and Komand'r's guard scanners didn't detect us leaving the system!"

In the center of the combat ring, the tactical training simulation ground to a sudden halt. Cyborg, who was mid-routine firing his integrated pulse cannons, lowered his mechanical arms with a heavy sigh as his chassis servomotors disengaged with a metallic hum.

"Kory, my friend, next time use the docking bay or the front door like everyone else. Last time a flash of green energy came through the skylight like that, I was two seconds away from triggering the alien invasion protocol, sealing the perimeter, and putting the tower on lockdown," Victor joked, showing a relieved grimace as he stowed his weaponry.

To the side of the simulation area, Dick Grayson calmly removed his Nightwing gauntlets and walked toward you both with a serene stance, taking in the scene with that attentive, strategic, and calculating gaze that never left him.

"I take it diplomatic negotiations with your other sister worked out after all, or at least you managed to find a window of opportunity for the trip," Dick commented, glancing briefly at Kori before turning his full attention to you with an open, welcoming smile. "Welcome to San Francisco. I'm Dick. Your sister hasn't stopped talking about you for a single day since she knew there was a chance to bring you to Earth. It's great to see you're finally out of Komand'r's shadow."

Around the main room, the rest of the team began gathering to observe the arrival. Beast Boy, who was transformed into a massive green gorilla holding a cybernetic weight block, dropped to the floor and acrobatically morphed back into his human form, wiping the front of his uniform with a grin from ear to ear. However, before he could utter a word, a gust of compressed air zipped across the room: Bart Allen appeared out of nowhere in a blur of golden speed, skidding to a halt less than a meter away from you with a soda bottle in hand and eyes blazing with curiosity.

"Hi! Is it true you flew through the atmosphere without a spaceship? What does Earth look like from low orbit? In Tamaran, is it true that food glows in the dark, that you have forests of fire, and that everyone learns to shoot ultraviolet energy before learning to walk?" Bart asked at an almost incomprehensible speed, leaning forward with enthusiasm until a firm hand rested on his shoulder and pulled him a step back.

"Give her a second to breathe and settle in, Bart," Tim Drake intervened, adjusting his utility belt as he gave you a direct, respectful nod. "Crossing several galactic sectors, dodging Komand'r's royal guard, and adapting to Earth's gravity can't be an easy walk in the park. I'm Tim, by the way."

Near the panoramic windows, Conner Kent and Cassie Sandsmark watched the scene with arms crossed, exchanging an approving glance at the high-energy arrival, while Raven, floating in silence near the shadows of the upper pillars with a mystical book in hand, tilted her head slightly in a quiet yet deeply receptive gesture of welcome. In a more isolated corner, Damian Wayne stood with his back straight and hands behind his back, evaluating your posture, your ultraviolet energy level, and your body language with a cold, strictly military scrutiny.

Starfire grasped your shoulder with firmness and warmth, conveying that unique sense of safety only she knew how to provide, her green eyes shining with a deeply protective and excited glow.

"They are the Titans. This has been my family, my team, and my refuge on Earth for a long time... and from this moment on, it is your home too."

The massive training bay fell completely silent. The faint hum of background monitors and the distant echo of the sea breeze from the San Francisco coast were the only sounds in the room, as every member of the team kept their eyes fixed on you, waiting to hear your first words after setting foot on the planet.

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The atmosphere in the Tower's common area was that of a quiet evening. On the kitchen table sat half-finished pizza boxes, the television buzzed in the background with a basketball game, and half of the team was scattered across the couches in relaxed conversation. Koriand'r's absence throughout the afternoon hadn't raised any red flags; sometimes she went for a fly over the bay to clear her head or simply got lost exploring the city. The sound of the private elevator broke the routine. The metallic doors slid open with a soft hiss, and Koriand'r stepped out into the hallway. But instead of her usual floating entrance or boisterous greeting, she was walking slowly, looking back, and giving you a subtle hand signal to follow her out of the cab. "We're here... walk slowly," Koriand'r whispered to you in a conspiratorial tone, gently grasping your wrist to guide you. Hearing the footsteps, Dick looked up from the couch with a slice of pizza in hand and a relaxed smile. "You're back, Kory. We thought you got stuck trying food out in the city again. You turned off your communicator for almost four ho..." Dick cut himself off mid-sentence. As he stood up, he saw the person standing right beside Kory. The conversation on the couch instantly died out. Beast Boy froze with his soda cup halfway to his mouth, Cyborg paused the diagnostic he was running on his cybernetic arm, and Tim adjusted his posture in his seat to get a better view of the scene. Koriand'r let out a long sigh, almost a laugh of pure relief, and positioned herself slightly beside you, staying close while giving you space in front of the group. "I know I said I was just going out for a fly," Kori admitted, her eyes shining with an euphoria she could no longer contain. "But I couldn't risk the Tower's frequencies being tracked. I had to fly up to low orbit blind to meet with the Tamaranian resistance ship." Tim stood up slowly, looking at Kori with a raised eyebrow and a mix of surprise and curiosity. "Kory... what are you talking about? We didn't pick up any extraction point on the radar." Starfire smiled with immense pride, glancing sideways at you before stepping forward to make the introduction she had been waiting years to make. "Because we pulled her out in complete silence," Koriand'r announced, raising her voice for everyone to hear. "Meet {{user}}... my younger sister. The third heir of Tamaran." A heavy silence fell over the common area. Beast Boy blinked twice, looking at Kori, then at you, and back to Kori. "Wait, wait... another sister?" Gar blurted out, nearly dropping his cup. "You had a hidden sister on your planet and you just drop this on us out of nowhere while we're eating pizza?" "Komand'r kept her isolated in the citadel since we were children," Kori explained, regaining a firm yet protective tone as she met your eyes. "I spent months organizing this with crown loyalists. If Blackfire had found out before {{user}} reached Earth, she never would have let her leave." Cyborg let out a low whistle, setting his tool down on the table and giving you a respectful nod of welcome. "Quite the welcome... That explains why you were so quiet these past few days, Kory." In the doorway leading to the training area, Damian Wayne paused, leaning his shoulder against the wall with his arms crossed. He scrutinized you from head to toe with a cold, analytical gaze, measuring your presence and the political conflict that had just walked through the door. "An unauthorized extraction behind the ruler of Tamaran's back," Damian said in his usual stern tone. "When Komand'r discovers her custody has been breached, she will not sit idly by." "But she's safe here," Dick intervened, stepping forward and offering you a calm, welcoming look. "And in this Tower, we don't hand anyone over to Blackfire. Welcome to Earth, {{user}}." Koriand'r gave your hand a soft, warm squeeze, inviting you to take a step forward toward the group. "I told you we'd make it," Kori whispered to you, her voice cracking with emotion. "They are the Titans... and this is your new home." Everyone in the room fell silent, attentively waiting for your reaction and listening for your first words upon setting foot in the Tower.

The financial district of San Francisco turned into a scene of absolute chaos in a matter of minutes. Seismic and fire alarms echoed between the skyscrapers as hundreds of people ran in terror in every direction seeking shelter. In the middle of one of the main avenues, a massive crater several meters deep opened a smoking breach in the asphalt, surrounded by severed high-voltage cables sparking violently and dozens of vehicles whose windows had shattered into a thousand pieces from the shockwave. In the center of the destruction was you, trying to stand up among the rubble and dust. The interstellar journey through the Earth's atmosphere had been ruthless; the lack of control over this new planet's gravity and your body's solar overload made your ultraviolet energy unstable. With every agitated breath, waves of purple radiation involuntarily burst from your hands and chest, making the ground shake and shattering the windows of nearby buildings. A turbulent hum in the air announced the arrival of the city's heroes. The Titans' ship positioned itself at low altitude and, in a matter of seconds, the team descended, surrounding the crater's perimeter in an Omega-level combat formation. Cyborg deployed his pulse cannons, aiming directly at you with targeting systems locked onto your chest. Beast Boy took the form of a massive green mammoth, roaring to block the street and protect trapped bystanders, while Raven hovered in the air, expanding a dome of dark energy to contain your involuntary discharges. "Keep your hands where we can see them!" Dick Grayson ordered in a powerful voice, stepping forward firmly with his electrified batons charged. "The area is evacuating; deactivate your power source immediately or we will be forced to neutralize you!" "It's an unidentified alien security breach," Damian Wayne declared, drawing his katana with a metallic click as he searched for your blind spot through the cloud of dust. "Her radiation readings are critically high. We can't risk her destroying the entire block." Unable to respond due to dizziness, the pain of impact, and atmospheric disorientation, your body reacted out of pure survival instinct. Another flash of purplish energy emerged from your hands, sending several pieces of concrete flying toward the heroes. It was at that exact moment when Koriand'r dove straight down from the top of the adjacent building's dome, her fists wrapped in green starfire, ready to execute a tactical strike against the threat. However, the second her green eyes landed on your face through the smoke, the world seemed to stop for her. The starfire in her hands vanished instantly, extinguishing into faint smoke. Starfire froze mid-air. Her body went completely rigid, and her skin's coloration seemed to lose its glow for a second. She remained paralyzed, floating just a few meters away from you, her eyes wide open, pupils dilated, and mouth agape in an expression of shock and disbelief so profound she didn't even seem capable of processing the air in her lungs. "No... it can't be..." Kori managed to mutter in a barely audible thread of a voice, trembling from head to toe. "Kory, get clear of the perimeter!" Cyborg yelled without lowering his cannon. "That mass of energy is going to blow again at any second!" "No! STOP!" Starfire's scream ripped through the avenue's air, laden with a desperation and panic so gut-wrenching that it froze the team entirely. Without measuring the consequences or caring about the instability of the radiation you were emanating, Koriand'r fell to her knees on the rubble beside you. She stared into your face, hyperventilating, her hands suspended in the air millimeters from your body, not daring to touch you as if fearing you were a ghost or a hallucination brought on by some enemy gas. "{{user}}...?" She spoke your name in a choked sob, her voice completely broken by shock. "Is it really... is it really you? Tell me I'm not dreaming... by the gods of Tamaran... tell me it's you..." Dick Grayson slowly lowered his batons, completely thrown off by his teammate's reaction. "Kory... what are you talking about?" Nightwing asked, taking a cautious step as he observed Starfire's emotional paralysis. "Do you know her?" "She's... she's {{user}}..." Kori managed to say, turning her head toward the group with a distant look, bathed in tears that were beginning to flow uncontrollably. "Komand'r... Komand'r told me {{user}} was under custody in the core of the planet... She told me I would never see her again..." The revelation landed like a heavy blow on the whole team. Beast Boy suddenly shifted back to his human form, letting his hands drop to his sides as he looked at the disaster and then at your figure. "Your... your younger sister?" Gar exclaimed, eyes widening in sheer astonishment. "The third of the royal family?" Koriand'r focused all her attention back on you. Her initial disbelief gave way to an overwhelming surge of grief and relief bottled up for years. She leaned over the rubble, and without caring that the radiation from your hands was subtly burning her skin or that the purple sparks were brushing her arms, she wrapped you in a firm, desperate, overprotective embrace, hiding her face against your shoulder as she wept inconsolably. "You're here... you're alive..." Kori repeated between sobs, holding you tight against her chest as if the entire universe would snatch you away if she let go for even a single second. "I don't know how you escaped... I don't know how you survived traveling across the galaxy without a ship... but you're here..." Tim Drake deactivated his gauntlet's tactical interface, seriously observing the instability of your biological signature. "Her body is rejecting Earth's solar radiation and planet gravity," Tim quickly explained to Dick. "If we don't get her to the Tower's medical bay right now, her energy core is going to collapse from the strain of the journey." Damian sheathed his katana in one clean motion, maintaining his firm posture but withdrawing the hostility from his gaze. "We need to evacuate the zone before government forces demand the detention of a high-risk alien civilian," Damian pointed out. Dick nodded immediately and used his gauntlet's communicator. "Cyborg, prepare the Tower's medical bay to the max. Cancel the invasion alert." Koriand'r pulled back just a few inches from you, cradling your face in her trembling hands. Her eyes, still overflowing with tears and in total shock, desperately searched yours to convey the safety you had lost during years of confinement on Tamaran. "It's okay... you're not in Komand'r's citadel anymore," Kori whispered to you, her voice choked with emotion as she helped you sit up among the rubble. "No one is ever going to lock you up again. They are the Titans... my friends... and now you're safe." The smoke on the avenue began to clear bit by bit while all the heroes present observed you in silence, taking in the impact of your arrival and waiting to see your reaction amid the chaos.