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A Strange Business
Epilogue
As he sped out of Earth's atmosphere, Gnaww pondered his options.
"I could go to the Citadel homeworld… offer him a deal… I could find a way to trap those kids again…"
He grinned as he cackled with glee, imagining the riches he would receive.
"Emperor Spooj won't be able to touch me!"
A sudden loud crash interrupted his train of thought. The ship was rocked by another loud noise, although this one sounded like an impact of some sort. Using the newly repaired scanners, he checked for any asteroids or satellites, but found nothing that could be causing the damage.
Another loud crash, but this one was accompanied by a decompression warning from his scanners. He looked down at the flashing indicator sceptically.
"Huh. I didn't even know I had a decompression warning light…"
The flashing indicator suddenly stopped. He flicked the light, eyeing it suspiciously.
"Piece of junk! I knew he hadn't repaired it properly!"
An explosion rocked the bridge, knocking the door behind Gnaww from it's placement in the door frame. Gnaww pulled out his blaster from his holster, pointing it at the cloud of smoke that churned forth from the empty doorway. A figure slowly began to take shape as the smoke cleared. Gnaww's eyes widened as he recognised him.
"Oh… no…" he breathed.
"Oh yeah," a deep voice came back, and the figure stepped forward, his thick boots thumping on the metal floor of the bridge. "I parked my chopper in the wall. Hope ya' don't mind."
He grunted, impressed, as he took in his surroundings. "This place looks cleaner than the last time I fragged it, Gnaww," he said, looking around the large room with his red, pupil-less eyes. "What happened? Ya get in touch with your feminine side?"
Gnaww was frozen in place. "I… I…"
"Havin' trouble talkin', Gnaww? I don't blame ya. I'd be pretty fraggin' scared a' me if I was a little rat-fragger, too."
Gnaww squeezed his eyes shut and fired his blaster. The yellow bolts of energy bounced harmlessly off the towering figure's broad chest.
"Ooo! That tickles!"
A large white hand sprang forward and crushed the blaster before grabbing Gnaww by the neck and slamming his head into the roof, knocking him unconscious.
He neatly tucked Gnaww under his arm.
"Emperor Spooj has got a little somethin' to talk to you about, Gnaww. And the Main Man always delivers on time."
Lobo turned and made his way back to his bike. Maybe he'd stop somewhere for a drink first.
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THE END.
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(A/N: And that's the end. Some of you may not know who Lobo is, but for those who do, I hope you enjoyed his appearance. He was in the Superman: The Animated Series episodes 'The Main Man, part 1 and 2' and 'Heavy Metal Queen', as well as the Justice League episode 'Hereafter'.
Before I sign off, I'd just like to thank the following for reviewing:
Daray Darus: Thanks for you review!
Hhgbh: Thanks for your reviews – they're appreciated just as much here as on my other fics. It's great to see you enjoying the stories as much as I hoped.
Konoha-Traitor-Sasuke: Thanks for the review!
Spoonvonstop: Your stories officially ROCK. Ahem. Thanks for you reviews; it was nice to hear from a fellow Teen Titans fan fic writer (even if you did steal first place from me… grumble, grumble…)
Crazy Girl Person: Lookin' forward to more of 'The Beast Within' – I like that you're combining characters not usually seen interacting very much in the show.
Gizmo: Thanks for your reviews, and the dangerously ego-boosting comments. It's not a good thing to boost, I tell you.
12345: I'm glad that you came to like Red Star – I was really trying to characterise him past the self pitying guy we saw in 'Snowblind'.
Akamai: Well? Were you right in your guess about Robin's actions? I'm hoping I wasn't too predictable, but I guess I did lay it on a little thick in earlier chapters. I just wanted to give a reason for there being thirty Titans in 'Titans Together' to five of them in 'Things Change'.
Jarkes: Thanks for the reviews – I'm glad you enjoyed the story!
Red: I did some more Jericho/Kole in the later chapters – I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Dust-in: I hope you enjoyed the heavy Jericho/Kole stuff, too – I'll probably do a Beast Boy/Raven somewhere down the road, don't worry.
ChunkyMunky241: Damn… I'm spoiling you with those little nods. First the Thanagarian mention, and now the Main Man. I hope you enjoyed his appearance – its set me on the course of thinking about writing a Justice League story starring Lobo and J'onn J'onnz, but I just need a good story to go with it first. Anyway, thanks for your reviews!
Bunnysquirrel: Thanks for the review, though I'm still confused as to what you meant by what happened in the comics… were you talking about the events of Infinite Crisis #4?
Ravenjade: Glad you liked the comic nods – hoping you caught the mention of Pantha in Chapter 9…
Shadow929: I've probably told you this in a review reply, but if you like KF/Jinx, you should check out my Justice League story, 'Connections' – it's got some KF/Raven in there too, if you like that. Thanks for the review!
Login: I did Jericho/Kole in the earlier chapters. Hope you enjoyed it!
Meiriona: I thank you kindly for your reviews, and humbly ask for more chapters of 'Shreya to Jinx'.
Larry: Jericho/Kole's been done earlier in the story. Hope you liked it!
Darth Cruel: Thanks for the review – it's always cool to get reviews from fellow writers.
If I missed anyone, then I apologise and thank you as well. And, of course, thanks to those of you that review this chapter.
Also, thanks to:
The World's Finest website - for help with the spelling of Gnaww and Emperor Spooj's names.
Titans Tower website – for general info on the Titans themselves (especially for the origins of Hot Spot, Argent and the Citadel).
Anyhoo, reviews be groovy.
"This is navigation officer Super Chocolate Bear, signing off.")