Far From Home

by ThePerfectEnemy

A new arrival to Earth shows up at the door of the Teen Titans looking for a way home. While stranded, he teams up with the Titans using his uncanny powers to help protect Jump City. But, after a terrible incident, our new arrival meets the acquaintance of a very unlikely friend who helps him recover. Now he must decide if this new friend is ready to meet the Titans.

1. Chapter 1: Crashed

Chapter 1: Crashed

He lay on his back breathing deep and cataloging his injuries. "In, now out. In, now out." He thought calmly. His eyes were focused on the stars, their glittering and twinkling making him long for home.

"Who knew that your life could change so drastically in just a matter of hours." He thought, and sighed to himself.

Satisfied now that he had no serious injuries, Chad rolled onto his stomach and pushed himself to his feet. A small twinge in his right shoulder made him groan as he surveyed what was left of his alien ship. Another sigh left his lips and he turned his face back to the stars, knowing it would be a long time before he joined them again.

It had been the first thing he noticed after he awoke from the crash, the silence that is. He had tried to contact his fellow telepaths to let them know that he had survived the attack, to let them know where to find him. But he had only found silence. The silence did not frighten him though; he had been cut off from his kind before. What frightened him, was not knowing if the crash had compromised his telepathic abilities, or if he was just out of range to contact them.

Chad shook his head trying to clear his head. Things were still spinning, just much slower than before. He knew of this planet, its lands and its deep oceans. He knew of humans, but he did not know if they knew of his kind or even aliens in general. Chad closed his eyes and tried to picture how he would look in this moment to a human's curious eye.

A tall slender yet muscular humanoid, clothed in a deep blue and white trimmed formfitting uniform, with white boots that came mid calf. Their eyes would then trail upward, looking for the creatures face, but instead would find a helmeted head that was a matching deep blue, and large black ovals where a humans eyes would be. They would find no other facial features on the helmet, no other sign of what this thing could look like.

Chad chuckled lightly, splitting his already bleeding lips further. "I am going to freak people out!" he murmured.

Just then, a quite whisper entered his mind, causing him to freeze in place.