"Friend! Would you care to join me to go to the mall of shopping?" Starfire inquired, although she already knew the answer.
"Not now, Starfire. I need to meditate. That last battle really drained it out of me."
"Oh." Starfire answered before Raven could close her door. "Then, may I join you in meditation?"
Raven stared at the floor for a moment before looking up with the slightest ghost of a smile. "That would be fine, Starfire."
"Oh, wondrous! Then where is it you wish to practice the meditation?" Starfire's eyes looked full of curiosity; she looked at Raven with a warm smile perched on her lips.
"I was meditating in my room, but I suppose we could head up to the roof." Raven's answer quickly advanced into Starfire's mind; Simple approval radiated from Starfire's quick nod, as she started trotting to the spiraling staircase. Raven looked about for a moment before following, and soon the two were floating above the roof, uttering Raven's mantra.
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Meanwhile, below them in the workshop, Cyborg tossed a new idea in his mind for a moment, thinking of the best way to carry it out. Hm, he thought, picking up a wrench and a smaller, fork-like angled tool. I wonder, maybe if I moved that cord over there, and this one over here, it will result with a tougher way to start the T-car! He chose a longer wrench and began fiddling with his idea, reworking systems and adding a few new parts carefully to his beloved T-car.
Nearby, Robin slowly twisted in a new bolt to the wheel of his motorcycle. "There! I finally finished changing to the new tires."
Cyborg grunted as he pulled himself from under the T-car. "Say what?"
"I finished changing to the new tires!" Robin replied, this time louder.
"Oh! Nice work, man! You fixed her up nicely! Now aren't you glad I had you get those new tires?"
"Yes, very much, Cy. Thank you for not thanking yourself for it." Robin replied sarcastically.
Cyborg only laughed and ruffled the Boy Wonder's hair teasingly. "Yeah, but doesn't she look good with them? And she'll be faster, too, because those tires are bigger than the old ones."
"Yup. Batman and I worked on my cycle for a long time, getting it to where it is now."
"She's a beauty alright."
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As Robin and Cyborg stood back and admired the R-cycle, down in the common room, things were not going so smoothly. Beast Boy was pondering. And seeing as Beast Boy doesn't think very often, this is something that should not be taken lightly. He paced across from the door leading to the stairs at one end of the room, to the door that lead to the garage and back again, worrying about things he needed not think about, much less worry about. The lack of villains around that month coupled with the fact that the Doom Patrol had not called to talk to him in over a month caused him to be excruciatingly upset and unnaturally thoughtful.
His thoughts were momentarily interrupted by the loud screech of the alarm. In a few moments, Robin and Cyborg appeared in one of the doors he had been pacing to and from, and the two girls out of the other door. Robin tapped away at the small computer for a moment before exploding,
"Someone's robbing the new bank on 20th street!"
"Who?" Cyborg catechized.
"It doesn't say. TITANS, GO!"
At Robin's command, the Titans piloted out the hatch that Robin opened as he spoke. Starfire carefully picked Robin up by the arms, pterodactyl Beast Boy raising Cyborg out the window and Raven heading out on her own steam, looking back once and closing the hatch behind her.
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The Titans arrived just in time. A masked and over-coated character was using his robots to make mischief. A few were pulling at a huge gas tank, pulling into the back room. Another group was spraying water in the slowly but surely developing hole in the main safe. The masked man was silently overseeing. Robin and Starfire bursting in hit him off guard. His eyes grew large as he saw them coming near his face. He ducked with perfect precision. It was as if he had expected it.
"Titans! It's so good to see you again." His voice was low and graveled as he spoke. He sounded very much likeā¦
"Slade!" Robin lamented. "I wondered when we'd see you again."
"Hello, Robin. Care to try at a friendly, calming duel?"
"When I get through with you-" Robin started, but Slade interrupted too quickly.
"What? Didn't you miss me?" Slade taunted as Robin began to circle around him.
Robin lifted his sword-like tool out of his belt. "Miss you? Actually it was refreshing to be rid of you." He swung the sword at Slade, who evaded smoothly.
"Oh Robin, please tell me you didn't go soft while I was gone. I was hoping for more of a challenge."
"Oh, I'll give you a challenge!" Robin charged as Slade lifted a similar instrument to Robin's out of the pocket of his long overcoat.
As they dueled, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy were attacking the robots.
Hope you guys liked this first chapter of my first story! Be on the lookout for more!
