Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Teen Titans stuff. Although I do own my character.
Chapter 1
A New Arrival
Jake ran through the woods, running from his pursuers. He could hear their voices although he couldn't see them due to the blackness of the night. He didn't know why they were after him, but he did know that he had to get away. Also, he didn't know where he was going, just that he was running, and as long as he kept running he would be okay.
Suddenly, he was on the ground pain shooting up his right leg. They were catching up. He tried to stand, but his leg buckled and he fell once more. They were close now. Close enough that he could hear their feet fall and the dirt hitting trees. There was a boot in front of his face.
"Ya shouldn't try ta run from us, kid. It won't get ya far," The man wearing the boot said. He was tall with red hair, a denim jacket that looked like the sleeves had been ripped off of it, and he was holding a shotgun that was pointed at Jake's head. In his other hand was a flashlight that illuminated everything in the small clearing they were in. He saw the tree root he had tripped on.
That man wasn't alone though. There were three others all with hunting rifles. They also all wore the same denim jackets.
A ball of black energy struck one of the men in the head. A huge green bear barreled out of the trees and rammed into another one. There was panic. Shouts from the man with the shotgun were not heard from the last man for, even as the leader shouted, he was smacked into a tree by the bear.
The big man turned back to Jake. "I'm gonna kill you!"
But before he could fire Jake grabbed the root he was standing on and it burst into black flames. The man screamed as his leg caught fire and he began running around in blind panic. A swiped from the bear killed him instantly.
The bear shrank down to a boy a head shorter than Jake, although his skin remained green.
"Dude," he said obviously bewildered at his display of power. "Where did you learn to do that?"
He couldn't answer.
"He's in shock," a voice said from the darkness. A gothic girl came into the light from the flashlight that the large man had dropped. "We need to get him back to the tower."
Jake awoke to see faces staring at him. There were five of them. One was wearing a mask that covered only his eyes, another was green. There was also a girl with violet hair and a gem on her forehead, a girl with green eyes and red hair, and a man-child that looked like his head was partially replaced with a blue computer chip.
He sat up and looked around.
"You okay?" said the one with the mask.
"Who are you?" he replied ignoring the question.
"You don't know who we are?" said the green one.
"No."
"Do you remember why you were being chased?" the masked one said.
"No. All I remember was that I was being chased and then I woke up here."
"Well, I'm Robin," the masked one said.
"Beast Boy," said the green one.
"Cyborg," the one with the weird head.
"Starfire," green eyes.
"Raven," violet hair.
"Jake," he said. "What am I doing here?"
"You broke your legs in the chase. We took you here to take care of you," said Robin. "Do you know where you live?"
"No"
"Well, I suppose you could stay here. We don't have any extra rooms though. Anyone mind sharing?"
No one spoke up.
"That's okay. I can sleep on the floor."
"That works I suppose. Welcome to Titan Tower."