A/N: I do not own the Teen Titans or the song, Total Eclipse of the Heart, they belong to DC Comics and Columbia Records, respectively.
It was supposed to be a regular day for the Titans, crime finally took a day off and the Titans were thankful for a day off of fighting crime. Cyborg was upgrading his car from a V6 engine to an environmentally friendly battery, which he felt would reduce their gas bill (the Titans can't have their own personalized gas station, plus they need gas in their car like everyone else), but he was 100% sure his "baby's" battery wasn't going to get damaged during regular driving and fighting crime. He made sure to put the battery under the harshest conditions possible, to make sure the battery wasn't going to suffer any scratches or rupturing, which would cause a fire surrounding the people inside it. He also made sure the battery was able to last a long time before it needed charging, so he put a customized 200 kWh performance battery. Large part of it comes from the Wayne family putting money into research for Cyborg's dad to create and for Cyborg to test it to kingdom come. He calculated that his car should be able to get about 706 miles (at 55 MPH), but he knew his car was able to get an EPA certified range of about 624 miles.
Cyborg had to painstakingly change the overall the shape of the car to make sure that the car would perform better with the battery. The car was sleeker, but still retained its signature blue and white colors. However, he spent so much time just working on performance, he forgot to decorate the interior. 'Maybe, I could finish this tomorrow. Rob could get the pizzas.' He reasoned, he looked at his shiny, blue-streaked car, just impressed how to upgraded his car. He decided to walk to the Comms room and watch TV or play video games, just to relax and prepare for tomorrow's interior work.
When he entered the Comms room, he saw three of his friends doing something that was keeping them busy, except for Robin, who was getting ready to test Starfire's latest Tamaranian dish. Well Raven was obviously reading a new book. 'Is that the book I gave her last week?' Cyborg walked closer to Raven, who was already reaching for a new page, looked at the inspecting teenager.
Before Cyborg could say any words, "Yes, it's the book you gave me, and, yes, I appreciate it." She said in a slightly thankful monotone voice. He smiled and walked to the couch. The cushions welcomed him and he let his head fall back, the couch catching it. He wanted to reach for the remote but his body was dug in the couch so he couldn't find the energy to lift himself off the couch. His human eye was getting the better of him, although he was half-machine, his flesh and some of his body parts were still human. Naturally, they get tired.
As Cyborg was drifting into and out of sleep, Starfire made Robin her taste tester for her alien food that may or not be exerting acidic bubbles. Robin was the only one that Starfire could find on a short notice. 'Please, don't let me die. Please, don't let me die. Please, don't let me die.' Robin was hopefully thinking. Starfire neared the radio and she raised the volume a little too loud for Raven's comfort, so the empath found ear muffs to block out any further disturbances.
"I believe they call this music, 'classics of rock'." A song from the state of the Red Maple Leaf, by a three man band. The singer was repeating four words three times, then seven words repeated three times as well. He was tapping his foot to the somewhat fast pace of the drums.
After two minutes, the song finally ended, which sadden the two, because they enjoyed that form of rock. The radio host spoke, "That was the short version of Rush's latest single, 2112." The sounds of beautiful melody coming from a piano, Robin's expression changed but it Starfire wasn't paying attention to Robin.
"This is one of my favorite songs!" Starfire happily told him.
Water was forming inside of Robin's domino mask, somehow the song was bothering him. It was brining back memories he wanted to keep suppressed. 'No, not this song, again.' He thought while more horrible memories flooded his mind. He was back at Haley's circus, getting ready for another circus performance with his parents. When he looked at Starfire, more recent, pleasant memories were drowning out the unpleasant ones. From the outside, Starfire only saw a mask, but on the inside, Robin was fighting a battle of good memories vs bad ones.
"(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming around"
Robin twitched at the starting lyrics, then Beast Boy entered the room, not giving the current song any attention.
"(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart"
Beast Boy's eyes widen at the lyrics, then the harmonious sounds of the piano entered his ears. He was back in the jungle again, he was seeing everything replayed over and over; he couldn't stop this flood of memories, he couldn't stop them from dieing, he couldn't transform into a bigger animal, he couldn't save them, he wanted to save them, yet he was too inexperienced with his power. At the time, he could only transform into small animals.
"Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart"
Beast Boy landed hard on his knees, his emotions were getting the best of him, he couldn't hide them any longer...
