Hey everyone! I've been wanting to write a Teen Titan fanfic for a while, so I did! Sorry for any errors or typos, this was mostly written on my iPod. Enjoy!
Chapter one: Boiling Point
Breaking News!
Chaos erupts in Jump City!
A giant army of robots have invaded the downtown area and-
She turned off the television. The girl, no older than fifteen, slid on a pair of flame proof gloves with the palms cut out. Next, she tugged on her shin-high boots, which also had the pads of her tiny feet revealed. The girl twisted her long, sun-kissed hair into a tight bun. She grabbed her electric blue mask, and fled out the door, towards downtown.
Maybe the Titans will show up this time... The girl thought.
She sprinted down the street, tugging on her mask. As soon as the mask was on, a jet of blue flame emerged from her feet and hands. The girl soared towards the sky, leaving a trail of heat behind her.
She looked down, admiring Jump City. The girl lived on the outskirts of Jump City, in some run down apartments with her father. Her mother had left a little while after she was six, since then, her father had been drunken, abusive fool.
Just thinking about it made her flames hotter and faster.
Now's not the time... Focus on fighting strategies, pressure points...
She was almost down town.
Fire breath in, fire breath out.
Fire breath in, fire breath out.
Fire- SHUT UP!
Her mind raced.
Why am I so nervous?
Her body pulsed with adrenaline as she approached downtown.
A giant mob of silver marched its way through the hung in the air, flames jetting from her feet, and examined her opponent.
More like opponents, She thought.
The girl lightened her flame, and she slowly sunk to the ground.
She looked around at the army of silver machines and swallowed nervously.
The girl looked at the oncoming mob, glancing at the sky for any sign of the Titans.
None.
"Guess I'll just take y'all myself." She mumbled.
The girl drew in her hands towards her chest, and inhale deeply. Her eyes turned an electric blue and emerging from her hands a hot torch of blue flames.
She held her hands infront In front of her, emitting hot blue flames, radiating burning heat.
She couldn't hold them off forever.
The girl drew back her hands, and placed them to her hips. The first three rows were either melted or scorched.
Really?
She looked up to the bright sun in mid days heat, drawing in power. The girl took flight again, soaring above the army.
Something whizzed past her head.
What the...?
The girl whirled around, and a small disk exploded behind her. She increased her flames to avoid the shock.
"Oh God!"
Another one.
Here we go...
Another one flew past her shoulder. The girl dodged it swiftly, turned, and shot a fireball at it.
"Ok, ok, I can think of a plan." She said breathlessly, dodging the bombs.
Think, think!
Her mind raced. Bombs showered her, but the girl dodged them at warp speed.
Fire spin into... Into... Flamethrower then... Distract on one side, have bombs thrown, distract on opposite sides, more bombs, go up, and have their plan blow up in their face. Literally.
The girl giggled despite the bombs being thrown at her.
"Here we go..." She said.
The girl soared upward, the army looked as if a small spot, barely visible any more.
"Let's see if this works!"
She stopped the flames from jetting out her feet, and free fell, spinning towards the ground, and forming a vortex of fire around herself.
The girl held her breath, curved at the last minute, making the whole robot army topple over each other from such a great force.
She began to slow down, and regained control of her direction. The girl looked at the now pathetic tin can robots clambering to get back up. Some lacked mechanical limbs, and others were melted onto the hot tar of the street.
She smiled to herself. Then at a blink of an eye, another bomb soared toward her.
"Ahhh!"
The girl put her hands in front of her, her eyes turned blue, and a jet of blue flames shot from her hands.
The bomb and fire collide, creating a fiery explosion.
"NO!"
She shielded her face with her hands and was thrown backwards several times in the air before landing on the ground on her wrist. The girl laid there, unable to breathe with the wind knocked out of her.
"Are you ok?"
She opened her eyes. Robin, The Boy Wonder, and leader of the Titans, knelt over the girl and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Dude, that was awesome!" Beast Boy said, fist pumping.
The girl lifted her head. She nodded.
"Who are you?" Robin asked. She stood up and brushed herself off.
"Ember." Her voice trembled as he held her misshapen wrist. Ember's throat strained, attempting not to sob.
Oh no, oh no... I'm seriously going to cry in front of the Titans!
Her vision blurred, and a tear rolled down her cheek.
Bad timing, Titans. Ok, my options are...
a) Drop to the floor and cry
b) Run away
c) I could get abducted by aliens and then no one can see me crying
C seemed liked the best answer, but B was easiest, and A would just be wrong. Sometimes the easiest was the right thing...relatively.
Ember glanced around at the titans as they waited for her answer. She sighed, lept into the air, and a jet of blue flame sent her into the air.
"Wait!" Beast Boy cried. The Titans looked at each other confused.
"Starfire, go get her." Robin barked.
Starfire nodded, "Certainly."
She gently floated into the air and the flew the direction that Ember had went.
She seemed strong... Robin thought. "Raven, go with Starfire. Bring the girl back. Find out If she is good or evil."
Raven nodded, and flew into the sky.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! Ember thought as a sudden rage washed over her. The flames propelling her increased.
Why did I run?! What's wrong with me? I'm just...
Ember cursed herself.
"I'm no good anyway. They wouldn't want me. Not that Dad would let me use my powers." She said to herself, wiping away a tear.
"Hello!"
Ember looked up from her self loathing.
"Ahhh! Oh my God, you scared me!" She screamed.
Starfire smiled at her, "Greetings". Ember backed up directly in Raven. She jumped back.
Ember glanced at the two girls, "Leave me alone".
I don't want them to see me like this; so weak, broken... She thought.
"Who are you?" Raven asked in a monotone voice.
Don't let her get to you.
"I already told you Titans, my name is Ember." She said, surprising herself with sudden confidence, "I just ask of you to leave me alone!"
Raven eyed her suspiciously. Starfire circled the girl, "I really wish to know who you are. We can be the best of friends."
Ember stared at her.
Friends?
"I'm just Ember." She stated again.
"What planet are you from?"
"Earth."
"How did you receive your powers?" Raven asked. "I'm not aloud to tell anyone about them! I'm going to be in such big trouble. Can I please go now?" Ember said, slightly annoyed from the girls and the sharp pain in her misshapen wrist.
"Give us your information. Are you with Slade?" Raven drilled.
An intense heat began to build up inside Ember.
"Leave me alone!" She tried again, her voice shaky. "New friend, tell us!" Starfire said kindly. "She is not a friend, Star. Little Miss Ember is with Slade." Raven growled.
Who's Slade?
"Wha... What is a Slade?" Ember asked.
"Don't play dumb" Starfire said.
"I seriously don't know what is- Ah!"
Starfire shot a green orb of light at Ember. "So that's how you wanna play, huh?" Ember snarled.
"We're not playing, we are fighting." Raven sneered.
Ember felt like she was going to burst with heat, so much in fact, she had forgotten about her snapped wrist.
"Fine. Come get me!" She spat at the two, flames spewing out her mouth.
Starfire and Raven charged at her.
Ember smirked. At the last moment, she propelled herself upwards, causing the the Titan girls to smash into each other.
"Get off me, please." Raven sighed.
"Oops, my apologies, friend Raven." Starfire said, "now where is she...?"
The girls scanned the sky, back to back, looking for a sign of the strange flame girl.
Ember looked at the girls feet from below them.
That was easy. Ow!
She held her wrist.
"There!"
Green lights and a shadowy force was shot at her. Ember gasped and deflected the blows with her own blue fireballs. She flew down to the abandoned alley. Ember crouched behind a dumpster, attempting to catch her breath.
She steadied her breathing.
Suddenly, the dumpster turned an eerie green, then disintegrated.
Starfire!
Green light was shot at her.
"Ember, please surrender and we will not harm you. Besides, you are outnumbered." Starfire said.
"I may be outnumbered, but I'm stronger than both of your powers combined." Ember said.
Starfire smirked.
Out of the shadows, Raven appeared and grabbed Ember from behind.
"Let me go!" Ember screeched. She struggled in her arms, then realized something.
They're just tiring me out... I just need to relax.
Ember relaxed and let her body heat up.
Fire breath in, fire breath out.
"Are you going to give use any information on Slade?" Raven asked.
"I wish I knew what you were talking about." Ember said cooly.
Wait until she is caught off guard, then attack. No fire, just pressure points.
"Don't play dumb Em-"
Ember turned around nailing her in the side right under the ribs.
Raven gasped.
She jabbed Raven's shoulder and it quickly fell limp. Raven tried to hit her back, but Ember ducked under her arm, jabbed two points around her spine, and Raven toppled over with no sensation left in her body.
"Raven!" Starfire ran over to her teammate. "What did you do to her?!"
Ember looked back at Starfire and lowered her eyes. "I'm sorry..."
She turned on her heel, sprinted from the alley, lept, and rocketed home.
Ember took off the mask.
Now she was just plain old Emilia Fotia. But she preferred Mia. Mia wished she was anyone but Emilia Fotia, so she always ran off as her alter ego Ember and was able to use her power: firebending. She breathed in, and a memory formed in her head.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look!"
Six year old Mia ran up to her father. He pressed a Jack Daniels bottle against his lips.
"What Emilia? Can't ya see I'm busy?" He snapped.
She swallowed fear.
"I'm scared. I was just playing and, and..."
"Out with it, Mia!"
"And then my hands made fire like this!"
She held out her palm, rubbed her hand over it, and a small, red flame appeared.
"My God..." Her father exclaimed.
"Then I made it go hot!"
Mia flexed her tiny arm muscle, and the flame grew larger and hotter.
The fire crackled in her tiny palm.
Mia relaxed, closed her palms, and the fire went out.
"Emi, come here." Her father said. She approached him, standing her distance.
"No, all the way, Milia."
He took her warm hands and looked her in the eyes.
"They say God watches over fools and babies... This is your gift from your mother. Use it. Not in public though." He clasped Mia's hands together. "This is a secret."
"Why?"
"We can't let anyone know. Don't you ever let anyone see your powers. Don't ever speak of them. Don't let anyone find out who you are. This is all you have, Mia."
"Can I tell Mable?"
"Who the Hell is Mable?"
"My imaginary friend."
"Not even Mable."
Mia bit her lip.
"What would happen if I told?"
"You will lose all your powers!"
Oh no! Mia thought. But my powers is all I got!
"Can I show my friends?"
He shook his head, "They'll think you're a monster."
"I'm a monster?"
Her father nodded. "You poor thing. You're a horrendous monster who can breathe fire." He pressed a bottle to his lips. "If you tell or show anyone, I beat your ass for sure, you hear, Emilia?"
She nodded. "For sure?"
"Damn right I will. Now leave, you little bitch. You interrupted my drinking." Her father shoved her off.
Mia sighed at the old memory, she remembered it too good for it being almost eight years ago. She trudged through the lobby that smelled of stale cigarettes and old carpet.
"Mia did you see what happened down town? There's a new Titan. She destroyed the Slade Army or whatever! It was sweet." Pete, the guy who worked in the lobby, said.
"Yes." Mia said dryly, making her way up the seven flights of stairs, clutching her mask and room key.
Mia approached her room, G7. She slid the key in and out until the light turned green. Mia shoved open the heavy door that led to her dank apartment. She was immediately hit with the scent of smoke and alcohol.
Mia glanced at her father, who was asleep on the couch with a an empty bottle of vodka in his hand. She glanced at the television.
Justice in Jump City!
A powerful new Titan destroys an entire army!
Who is this new hero?
Will she be seen again?
If evil occurs in Jump City, we know that the Teen Titans have got our backs!
The reporter gave a fake laugh.
Mia chuckled, "Hero... Nope! Just a messed up teenage girl." She walked down the hallway to her tiny bedroom.
A tiny twin bed with a scarlet blanket was in the right corner with a dim lamp next to it. In the opposite corner, an abused punching bag with scorch marks all over it. On the wall was a poster of a body with all the pressure points and nerve systems on it. She had a small walk in closet to the left of her door.
Mia changed out of her black spandex shorts and matching long sleeve shirt into navy blue leggings and an oversized gray hoodie. Mia glanced in the mirror across the room. She was a tall, skinny girl with a rather cherubic face. She had cold, hazel eyes and soft, full lips. Mia untangled her long blonde hair from its tight bun and shook it out. She collapsed on her bed.
"Saving the city is so hard!" Mia groaned.
She sat up and examine her wrist. It was pushed back from her arm, a clean break.
With her right hand, Mia began to heat up her palm.
"Ok, Mia. Make no mistakes." She mumbled to herself. She grasped her wrist and snapped it back into place and intensified her heat. Mia held her hand there for a moment, then smiled.
All better.
She held up the once broken wrist, now healed.
Healing powers are the best!
Mia swirled her wrist in a circle and flicked it back and forth. It was covered in scars. She looked at the alarm clock in the corner of her bed. 7:14. It was only Thursday and she has school tomorrow. Mia yawned, exhausted. She laid down on her tiny bed, and her feet hung off the edge. She closed her eyes and drifted off into sleep.
"You used your powers in public!"
An empty vodka bottle crashed into the wall next to Mia.
"Dad, I had to! People were going to get killed!" She pleaded. He grabbed her hair and yanked it until she was on her knees. He father grabbed and empty Jack Daniels bottle, broke the back off it, and went to strike her with it.
Mia sat up and gasped.
"Just a dream..." She whispered, "Just a dream." Mia glanced over at the clock. 11:54. She wiped a tear off her cheek and shuddered. Mia shifted, in a cold sweat. She turned on her dim lamp on her bed stand, and sifted through the draw under it. Mia groped around, her fingers landed on the thing she was searching for.
A penknife.
The nightmare ran throughout Mia's head, replaying the bottle striking, a lone scream, blood splattering. A quivering breath escaped Mia's lips. The nightmare had just been a memory. Three months, 16 days... He father had hit her and she ended up with a concussion. It was the first time Mia had gone out and saved the city. It ended up on the news and her father figured it out. She rolled up the sleeve of her sweat shirt, revealing her scarred wrist, products of many other nightmares and memories. Mia slide the cool blade across her wrist, breaking the skin, feeling the pain. She tipped her head back. "I'm so alone." Mia voice sounded empty. "Someone help me." She slid the blade across her other wrist, deeper. "Mom? Why did you go?" Mia asked the air. "Dad? Why did you go with her? Why do you hit me? Is it because I'm a fire breathing monster? Because you lost your wife? I've lost everything. I have no friends, I have no family, I have... I can't even think of what I have. A room, some clothes, all stained by your stench of alcohol and drugs." Another slit on her left wrist. "I have powers. More like a curse." Mia opened her palm and flexed. A blue flame appeared, almost purple because of the intense heat. With that, she examined her bloody wrists. "Why do I do this to myself? Fix a broken wrist just to cut it? Because I deserve this. I deserve this pain. No one wants me and I deserve this pain." Her voice almost echoed in her tiny room. Mia buried her face in her hands and cried herself to sleep.
"Raven, are you ok?" Starfire asked.
Raven lay face down in the alley. She groaned and tried to move but couldn't.
"What did she do to you?" Starfire helped her sit up. "I don't know," Raven said attempting not to fall over. "I think she blocked my chi. I can't feel my arms." Starfire slung her arm around Raven and pulled her to her feet.
Robin, Beast Boy, and Cyborg appeared.
"Where's the girl?" Robin asked. Starfire lowered her head, "She got away. I believe she is with Slade." Raven leaned on Starfire, "She hurt Raven. The girl hit her with a bunch of quick jabs and Raven couldn't feel her arms. Them she did the same thing to her back." Starfire explained. The Titans looked at one another.
"That's doesn't make sense, Star." Cyborg said, "If she was with Slade, why would she destroy his army?" Everyone thought about the statement. It didn't make any sense.
"We need to find her and get her information. If she's with Slade, then we're in trouble." Robin said, "Lets go back to the tower, we can search tomorrow."
Yay! It's done! I apologize if there is any errors, i mostly wrote this on my iPod. Besides that, thanks for reading:) If you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to PM me, I need ideas and enjoy feed back! If you liked chapter one, please R&R!