In a clothing donation box, a hooded figure is rifling through the clothes. Edgar Owens. He picks up articles of clothing and inspects them, if it's not to his liking, Edgar puts it back in the cardboard box and continues his search.

"What's the matter bird boy? We're too much to handle without Batman?" A scratchy voice taunts.

Edgar pauses his searching and lifts his head, sniffing the air.

Metal, sweat, blood, narcotics...

Curious, Edgar Owens stands and pads silently to where the kerfuffle is occurring. It's down the street from the Salvation Army thrift store Edgar was at. Gold eyes widen when he sees a colorful clad boy fighting off a large group of Jump City's local drug dealers. Edgar recognizes the boy as Robin from Gotham. Blood trails down from the corner of Robin's lips.

Discarded money and drugs fills Edgar in on what must've happened. Robin came upon a dealing and tried to bust them, too many back up showed up and overwhelmed the teen hero and now... Edgar grins maliciously.

"Well, aren't you rude? Having a party and not inviting me... what a bunch of assholes." Edgar calls mockingly, stepping closer. One of the dealers stops and turns to address Edgar.

"Who the hell are you?" He spits and Edgar chuckles darkly, removing his hood to reveal a red face and horns. Well, one and a half horns.

"A party crasher." Edgar replies.

"Get lost freak." The thug calls and Edgar's large grin falls into a scowl.

"The fuck you just call me?" Edgar growls, flames forming in his upturned palms. The smug look on the thug's face changes into fear.

"Shit!" He hisses and starts running. His retreat gets everyone else to finally pay attention to the newcomer and once they see the fire, they start running too. Edgar laughs maniacally as he throws the fire at them like baseballs. He hits the cash and drugs, igniting them and causing a large fire to form in the alley. It illuminates Edgar's face in a terrifying way as Edgar's glowing gold irises appear to be made of pure light.

"BURN FUCKERS!!! I'LL ROAST YOUR LILLYWHITE ASSES! HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Edgar roars over the crackling flames. Edgar starts to lose control, burning the brick walls nearby. Fire trails up his arms, burning the hoodie Edgar is wearing.

"They're gone!" Robin shouts, standing in Edgar's line of sight. "Hey!" Robin waves his arms to get Edgar's attention. Gold eyes focus on the brightly clad teen hero and the fire slowly disappears as Edgar calms down. "You okay?" Robin asks, noticing Edgar's hazy state.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, I'm uh... I'm good... now. Um, thanks." Edgar stammers, embarrassed about losing control. "Did they get away?" Edgar asks. Robin shakes his head.

"I instructed the cops to form a barricade while I lured them that way." Robin replies, wiping the blood off his mouth with a green gloved hand. Edgar is relieved that he wasn't the cause of any damage to the hero. He couldn't say the same about the scorch marks in the alley.

"Sorry about going insane like that... kinda hot-tempered." Edgar laments, shrugging off his hoodie to reveal a thin spade tipped red tail. He had it tucked into the back of his hoodie and now it was moving around freely. Robin smiles when he sees the red pointy ears droop a little.

"It's okay, it turned out for the best. I had it handled but a little extra help didn't hurt." Robin eases, barely holding back a laugh when the ears perk up and the tail begins wagging happily.

"Great! I'm Edgar by the way. Edgar Owens. Although, most people scream "Satan" and run away..." Edgar introduces, babbling slightly. He blinks and shakes his head, smiling at Robin. "So thanks for not doing that." Robin chuckles and waves Edgar off.

"No problem. I'm Robin." Robin replies, then holds out a hand after thinking it over. "It's nice to meet you, Edgar." Edgar beams in absolute delight as he excitedly takes the hand in his and shakes it enthusiastically.

"That's the first time anyone's said that! It's definitely nice to meet you too!" Edgar chirps cheerfully.

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Edgar grins, biting into the black piece of food in his hand. There's loud crunches as he eats what was once a pizza. For some reason, Edgar loved eating burnt food.

"Hm?" Edgar hums curiously as he tilts his head back, finding a bright green streak slicing through the night sky above Jump City. "What the hell?" He mutters around a mouthful. He swallows the rest of the pizza and stands. He was on a rooftop of a pizza deli and the green thing just landed in front of it. Edgar peers down into the street below to see that smashed into the pavement is a very large crater emitting thick clouds of glowing green smoke.

"What is it?" An onlooker whispers.

"A meteorite?" Another adds. Edgar raises a brow when he hears a rapid heartbeat emanating from the smoke. Gold irises narrow as a red haired humanoid figure is revealed when the smoke dissipates. Female, judging by the bust. She's in weird purple and metal getup. There's clunky cylinder shaped cuffs that are keeping her arms together.

"Slopforn ivortmat!" She shouts in an unknown language as she slides down the slabs of pavement sticking out of the ground. The onlookers back away in fright. "Slopforn! Ond gudshik zerrole!" She continues. The alien growls at a man trying to hold his phone straight in his shaky hands. He snaps a picture, the flash going off and blinding the alien. She recoils from the sudden bright light and squeezes them shut before reopening them a minute later and attacking the idiot.

She would've hit him too if it wasn't for Edgar jumping off the roof and landing between them to block the hit. Edgar's eyes widen in surprise at the force behind her arms.

"Woah, you're strong!" Edgar exclaims before grinning madly. "So am I!" He replies, shoving her backwards. She lets loose a battle cry and charges at Edgar. He grabs her arms and spins her around, tossing her away. "Hey, I'm the only spunky redhead aloud around here! Stop trying to steal my shtick." Edgar jokingly calls as he ducks under a light post she swung like a bat.

The alien drops it and starts attacking random objects with the cuffs on her arms. Ruining a taxi, a bench, some pay phones, and other light posts. When she starts attacking the pizzeria Edgar was once standing on, Edgar steps in again.

"NOOO!!! Not my baby!" Edgar wails and the alien pauses and turns to face Edgar with a confused look. Taking his chance to calm her, Edgar slowly approaches, holding his hands out to her in a calming gesture before reaching for the metal cuffs. He touches it, the alien watching his every movement. Edgar squeezes and the metal starts to bend under his fingertips, much to the shock of the alien. Edgar strains but he can only dent it. He huffs. "Bitch." Edgar growls.

Edgar steps back and stares at the cuffs with pursed lips. He knew that she wanted them off since she was only attacking inanimate objects and not the citizens. Edgar also knew she can't understand him since she was watching him warily so he starts animatedly gesturing to what he wants her to do. He gestures to himself, then her, then makes swinging motions with his hands and points at his arms. His skin was much more durable than the stone pillar that held up the balcony of the pizzeria. It could do more damage to the cuffs. Hesitant at first, the alien swings her arms at Edgar. The cuffs bend a little more.

Smiling slightly, she starts bashing the cuffs into his arms. Edgar grunts with effort as he keeps his balance. Just as the battered cuffs fall off, a birdarang hits the alien's metal crown and the alien growls, glaring at the one responsible; Robin.

"Wait-" But Edgar's warning is too late, Robin and alien girl get locked into combat. They exchange blows until Robin unleashes a barrage of grenades in the Aline's face. The explosion causes a cloud of smoke and Edgar narrows his eyes onto his friend, only for them to widen when the alien is completely unharmed. Hooking one foot under the chassis of a nearby car, she effortlessly kicks it up several feet so that it rotates to point its nose is towards the ground. When it is an inch short of asphalt, she boots it toward Robin. Edgar rushes forward and swivels around, kicking it back to the girl. In response, she kicks it back and Edgar instinctually blasts it with fire causing it to explode and push the three back from the force.

"Stronger than she looks." Robin murmurs to himself after picking himself up.

"She-" Edgar is cut off as the alien pastes him hard across the jaw before doing the same to Robin. The two roll away again and Edgar's eyes burn bright as he snarls at the alien. She goes after Robin mostly until a green bighorn sheep rams her broadside. Edgar does a double take as he stares at the green animal. Then, it shifts into a more human form. It's a green skinned boy wearing a black/magenta outfit, black boots trimmed with magenta, and a magenta/gray hood and mask. In the outline of the mask, Edgar can see that he has pointy ears like himself. There's also a fang sticking out from his bottom lip. The green shifter stands straight and salutes Robin. Edgar smirks.

"Ex-Doom Patrol member Beast Boy, sir! How can I help?" Beast Boy reports before his green eyes widen. "Wowzers! You're Robin, aren't you, sir?" The salute slips in his excitement but Beast Boy is quick to reestablish it.

"Well, you can start by not calling me "sir"." Robin replies, irked. Edgar knew Robin was sixteen (and Robin guessed Edgar was too so Edgar agreed with it) and by the sound of it, Beast Boy was young but around their age. Perhaps thirteen or fourteen. Green eyes shine with the purest admiration and Beast Boy practically sparkles as he continues to stare at Robin; his hand still plastered to his eyebrow in a salute. Edgar wheezes in laughter, turning around and holding his stomach with his left hand as the right props himself up against a parked bus.

"Well, let me just say that it's a real honor to be-"

"Beast Boy, was it?" Robin cuts into the green shifter's fanboying.

"Yes, sir?" Beast Boy dutifully answers. Robin points off to one side; cut to the alien, who has recovered from the bighorn charge and is straining to lift something over her head. It's the same bus Edgar was resting against. Edgar jogs over to stand by the other two males as they all stare in open mouth shock at the alien's amazing strength. She chucks the bus at them and they scatter, avoiding it. Edgar hears a screeching sound and winces before turning to see the bus coming to a stop. It's lifted by the bumper and bucked out of view by a broad figure in a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants.

     "Who the hell is this guy?" Edgar mutters, sniffing. He smells metal and hears whirring electricity coming from the figure. There's a heartbeat too and even though the figure is wearing a hood, there's a red circle glowing under the hood. "Groovy."

     "Yo! Who's here messing up my neighborhood?" The hooded figure calls. Edgar decides to call him Sparky.

     "Better not be another spunky redhead." Edgar grumbles.

      "She started it!" Beast Boy retorts, pointing at the alien. The alien lifts her arms over head before slamming them down onto the pavement, sending a shockwave through the cement. All four boys fall over from the tremors. The last shell of metal on her hands finally falls off like the other piece. She points her still cuffed hands (there was another layer inside the clunky bit Edgar helped her get off) forward and unleashes a barrage of green energy blasts like a machine gun.

      "YOU WANNA GO!?!?" Edgar roars, deflecting the hits with his arms. His tough skin is singed only slightly but otherwise there's no pain. "IMMA SET YOU ON FIRE!!!!!" Edgar's hands erupt with flames and he starts chucking them back at the alien, returning the barrage. Meanwhile, the other three males take cover behind lifted pavement.

      "This guy's insane!" Sparky shouts, narrowly ducking under stray attacks.

     "That's Edgar, he's kind of a hothead." Robin replies.

      "Kind of!?" Beast Boy and Sparky exclaim in disbelief. Robin smiles, nodding.

      "Kind of." Robin restates.

      "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!?" They hear Edgar question and peek over their cover to see a large black shadowy bird of some kind blocking the boys from the alien chick.

      "Maybe fighting isn't the answer." A monotone female voice suggests. Edgar snaps his head to face a small cloaked figure. He sniffs at her and growls. She smelled off. Like that Constantine prick he ran into once. Edgar blinks and his eyes widen as his fire goes away since he loses focus.

     "Oh shit!" Edgar exclaims then whirls around to face the other boys. "Alien chick wasn't attacking me, I was helping her get those clunky cuffs off of her. She just wants them off, that's it!" Edgar exclaims. Robin glares at him.

      "Why didn't you say that before!?" Robin snaps.

      "I tried but you kept on fighting and ignoring me, then green bean here showed up and I got distracted!" Edgar retorts angrily, gesturing to Beast Boy.

      "Why'd you attack her then?" Sparky inquires and Edgar opens his mouth before shutting it and laughing nervously.

       "Uh... I got excited." Edgar mutters. Robin sighs and takes out a lock pick from his utility belt then walks over to the alien girl. He gestures stuff to her and calmingly asks her to stay calm before picking the lock of her cuffs. When they drop to the ground, Robin starts to speak again but the alien cuts him off by pulling him in for a lip lock. Everyone gasps in shock.

      "Now that's a thank you." Edgar comments. The alien girl shoves Robin back hard in the chest, speaks English, then flies off. "Or not." Edgar adds. Everyone else is as equally puzzled.

"So...I'm Beast Boy. Who are you?" Beast Boy introduces, smiling up at Sparky who's hoodie still hides his face. Cloak girl just stands in silence, observing.

"I'm Edgar." Edgar calls, introducing himself. "I don't know who that crazy chick was though."

"Well, whoever she was, she sure knows how to make an impression." Sparky comments sarcastically. Edgar looks around the damaged street. Some cars were crushed, that bus she tried to kill them with was on fire, there was cracks and broken asphalt in the road. Edgar gives a low whistle.

"I think we made a pretty good impression. Crazy space girl's gone, the city's saved, mission accomplished!" Beast Boy lists optimistically. He rests his hands on his hips. "Right sir?" Beast Boy asks Robin for validation.

"Seriously, stop calling me that." Robin sourly states. Beast Boy's right hand goes to his eyebrow in a salute once again.

"Roger!" Beast Boy replies and Edgar guffaws.

"Looks like we're done here. I appreciate the help." Robin comments, stalking off.

"You're going after her, aren't you?" Cloak girl inquires.

"I have to see if she's friend or foe." Robin replies, not glancing back. "Lets go, Edgar." Edgar nods, waving goodbye before chasing after Robin.

"More like see if he can get another kiss." Edgar hears Sparky sass under his breath. Edgar smirks, glancing back and getting a thoughtful look.

"I know you only keep me around to try and help me find out about my past..." Edgar starts, matching his strides to Robin's. "But do we have to do it alone? Maybe they could help." Edgar suggests.

"I work alone." Robin growls and Edgar rolls his eyes.

"Oh please, we've been working together since I saved your ass three months ago. A few more friends-"

"No, Edgar. I told you, I don't need anyone. Not anymore." Robin interrupts, growing defensive. His strides become more forceful and Edgar shakes his head, increasing his speed walk to match Robin's angry pace.

"What about me? You let me in. Why not them?" Edgar continues to push. Before Robin can answer, a large shadow looms over them. The two look up to see a huge space ship flying over them, landing on a small piece of land across the Jump City's bay. A holographic image of some kind of lizard man appears above the ship.

"People of earth, a dangerous fugitive has taken refuge in your city. Fear not, we will find it and take it back. We only ask that you do not help it or we will be forced to blow this city to smithereens." The lizard starts off, then continues its monologue. Blah blah blah, alien invasion, blah blah blah, they're dangerous, blah!

"Imma fuck him up." Edgar cackles, his hands alighting with powerful flames.

"Edgar." Robin says, calming the crazy arsonist slightly. Robin and Edgar run back to the others to team up yet again. "We need to find her. Now." Robin orders.

     "Who made you the boss?" Sparky snaps. Edgar raises a brow.

     "You gotta better idea?" Edgar sasses, defending his friend.

     "Have," Robin inputs. Edgar tilts his head curiously, his tail swishing. "It's "you have a better idea" not "gotta"." Robin corrects, keeping his eyes on Sparky. Edgar narrows his eyes.

     "Seriously? I'm defending you and you're gonna do me like that!? That's not friendship!" Edgar whines. He's sending Robin a dramatic offended look which gets Beast Boy giggling. Robin rolls his eyes.

"Enough. Does anybody have a way to track her?" Robin inquires, stopping any further jokes.

     "She's close." Cloak comments. She turns shy when everyone's attention is on her. "I'm an empath." She mutters. Edgar tilts his head. He's heard of that word before but he can't quite remember what it means.

      "I'll sniff her out!" Beast Boy chirps, shifting into a bloodhound before sniffing at the ground. He barks and takes off.

      "Guess he's got her trail." Sparky comments. The teens start following the green dog with darker green spots. Edgar slows his pace to walk alongside Cloak. Even if his instincts tell him not too.

     "Question; what's an empath?" Edgar asks, startling her. She shifts her amethyst gaze towards him. They continue to walk side by side, but their heads are turned slightly to see each other.

     "It's someone who can feel emotions." Cloak replies. Edgar hums, knitting his brows.

     "Groovy." Edgar husks, shooting her a small smile before jogging ahead to walk by Robin. He immediately starts talking to the short teen with gravity defying black spikes. Cloak stares at Edgar's profile while he smiles and laughs and responds to whatever Robin is telling him. While he looked demonic, Cloak could tell he was anything but supernatural. He felt man-made. He was human... before he became this way. Or at least, that's what Cloak was getting off of him.

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They find alien chick in a video store munching on candy. With the wrappers still on them. Edgar doesn't judge since he likes burning food until it's pitch black and there's no telling what it was before.

     "Uh, those taste better without the wrapper." Beast Boy comments quietly, giving away their position. Alien girl belches and turns around with her burning green gaze.

     "I warned you to leave me alone." She growls, speaking broken English. Edgar glares and steps forward.

     "We're just trying to be nice. If you wanna face an alien army by yourself, than go ahead." Edgar growls back, curling his lips to show off his sharp canines.

     "Nice? We do not have this word on my planet. Closest is "rutha". Weak." Alien girl retorts. Her voice never loses its guarded edge. Edgar sniffs at her and his gaze softens. She's scared.

     "Well around here, nice means nice and if you want us to keep being nice, you'll tell us why lizard king took you prisoner." Sparky inputs. Alien girl looks at him before her eyes roam over the other teens. She sighs, looking down with a frown.

     "Not "prisoner", I am prize. The Gordanians deliver me to the Citadel to live out my days as their servant." Alien girl answers. Edgar grinds his teeth together, clenching his fists tight. His amber irises burn bright with fury.

     "And... the Citadel are..." Cloak wonders, urging alien girl to finish Cloak's sentence.

     "Not nice." Alien girl mutters. Edgar's gaze goes sympathetic as he walks over and rests a reassuring hand on her right shoulder. Her head shoots up to send him a curious look. He smiles at her.

     "We'll help you." Edgar states. Her eyes sparkle with hope before they're suddenly under siege by the lizard alien. Edgar's eyes burn bright and so do the fires igniting up his arms. "BURN YOU NINJA TURTLE REJECTS!!!" Edgar roars, shooting the fire at them in a large torrent. He starts laughing maniacally as the lizards get burned. The smell of burning flesh fills the air but Edgar continues to blast all of the aliens. The flames get too close to the rest of the group so Cloak puts up a protective dome around them.

They can see the outline of Edgar and the dying lizard men. Sparky gives a surprised shout when he finds fire on the back of his hoodie. He quickly removes it and tosses it on the ground, stomping the flames out. Everything outside the dome suddenly goes quiet.

     "Guys?" Edgar calls. Cloak drops the shield and they all look around at the damage the red skinned teen caused. The entire video store is scorched and the aliens are laying on the ground, smoking. Their flesh is sizzling and they look like they followed a Freddy Krueger make up tutorial.

     "I believe your expression is; thanks." Alien chick stiffly says to Edgar. He grins and nods.

     "Aw man, my jacket." Sparky groans, holding up the grey tattered cloth. Edgar winces when he catches sight of it, turning sheepish.

     "Sorry..." Edgar mumbles. He takes note that Sparky is half robot-half human. An African American male teen by the looks of his exposed flesh.

     "So? You look way cooler without it." Beast Boy compliments, trying to soothe Sparky's mood.

     "Yeah, like I'm going to take fashion advice from the guy in the goofy mask." Sparky retorts, bending slightly to loom over Beast Boy. Edgar furrows his brows.

     "Hey, that's rude." Edgar cuts in. Sparky ignores him, still sour about his hoodie.

     "Goofy? My mask is cool... isn't it?" Beast Boy whines, ears drooped in distraught. He looks to Edgar. "Raven?" Beast Boy asks Cloak. Edgar raises a brow. He didn't remember the girl introducing herself. Well, at least he can stop calling her Cloak. Sparky and Raven both shake their head. Beast Boy pulls at his mask hesitantly. "But... what about my secret identity?" Beast Boy inquires.

     "What secret identity? You're green." Raven rebuts. Beast Boy stammers for a retort before moving his hand to pull the mask off. Edgar stops him.

     "Don't." Edgar orders, sending Sparky and Raven a glare before looking at Beast Boy. "You take that mask off, do it because you want to. Not them. If you think it's cool, fine. You shouldn't give a damn about what other people think of you." Edgar states. "If they don't like your mask... well, screw them. They're not the ones wearing it. Sometimes, you just have to say "fuck of". Don't let anyone ever tell you what you can or can't wear, or how you can or can't look." Edgar continues.

     "Edgar-" Robin starts to cut in but Edgar raises a hand, stopping him.

     "I apparently look like the devil... and I often get rocks thrown at me or called names but I don't let that stop me. I can't help the way I look and I'm assuming neither can you. But who gives a shit?" Edgar rants, losing himself in his words. "The human race comes in different shapes and colors, it's about time they add to the hue. They've learned it's not black or white,  they can slowly learn it's a fucking rainbow." Edgar smiles brightly at Beast Boy, crossing his arms over his chest. "So, do you want to take off your mask or are you gonna keep it on?" Edgar inquires, making sure to emphasize on "you".

Beast Boy seems to mull it over before smiling widely at Edgar and tearing the mask off.

     "I'm taking it off." Beast Boy firmly states. Edgar grins and ruffles Beast Boy's dark green spikes.

      "This isn't over. Now that we've interfered-"

     "Trogaar will strike harder." Alien chick finishes Robin's sentence, standing beside him. "It is only a matter of-"

     "Fools!" The gecko is back as a hologram over the city. Robin and Alien chick turn to watch him. "The alien scum were warned. Your insolence will be punished. You're city shall. Be. Destroyed." Trogaar growls ominously before fizzling out. A huge ship with a canon powering up looms over the city. The group of teens stare up at it in shock.

     "Great." Raven sarcastically grunts.

     "So, after trashing a pizza place and a perfectly good video store, now we've managed to make a humongous space gecko mad enough to vaporize our entire town?" Beast Boy inquires.

     "Ugh, grody to the max." Edgar grumbles under his breath.

     "Go team." Sparky states sourly.

     "All the fault is yours! I commanded you leave me alone, but you insisted upon the being nice!" Alien chick starts to wig out, shouting at Robin.

     "Uh oh," Edgar mutters, easing away from what he knows is about to go down.

     "My fault?! You blast me, you kiss me, but you never stop to mention that they have a gigantic particle weapon?" Robin shouts back. They're in a heated argument and glaring match. Edgar's eyes shoot back and forth between the shouting pair, as if watching a tennis match.

      "We are doomed!" Beast Boy exclaims before gaining a mischievous smile and turning to face Sparky. "I can't believe I let you talk me into this!" Sparky blanches.

     "Say what?!? I was ready to walk before you-" All four of their voices start to overlap each other. Edgar's sensitive ears start to hurt from all the noise.

     "QUIET!!!" Raven shouts suddenly, her voice echoing in the silent street. Four pairs of angry eyes are turned her way while Edgar is busy trying to get the ringing to stop. "Hi." Raven mumbles timidly with a shy wave.

     "Does it really matter how we got into this shit fest? We should just focus on getting out of it." Edgar grumbles, cleaning out his ears with his finger. He glares at Robin. "Together." He says firmly, knowing the teen would try to do it alone. To Edgar's surprise, Robin nods in agreement.

      "He's right, we've got a city to save." Robin adds.

Uuuuuugggghhhhh.... there. It's finally out. I didn't think I'd be able to get it out today but I told myself, "No, Cas. You sit your procrastinating ass down and you write and edit this damn story. They deserve it." and BOOM! Here's this glorious baby. Now, it's a hangover but it's over 4,000 words. So... next part should-no, WILL, be out sometime next week. Perhaps next Friday. I have a math exam Wednesday so... wish me luck. Alright. I'm gonna try and get a better night's sleep than yesterday because ugh.

Next on the to Publish/Update list for us:

Me:

• Time After Time: Home Is Where The Heart Is
Due: February 8, 2019

• Hellfire Chapter~2: Looks Like A Superpowered Sitcom (Part 2)
Due: February 8, 2019

• Sins (Sequel To Burn)
Due: February 28, 2019 or March 5, 2019

Bolt:

• Paint It Black 🐾 Chapter 5 🐾
Due: ?

• Ghost Of You 👻 Chapter Thirty-Four 👻
Due: February 9, 2019

• Ghost Of You 👻Chapter Thirty-Five 👻
Due: February 19, 2019

Carry on my wayward readers!

~Cas🌟👑😘✌🏼