Broken Lines Of Silver
Author: ChristinaRoss
Disclaimer: I do no own the Teen Titans or any of their characters. Though I wish I did. But I do own a character in my story that is yet to have a name.
Author's Notes: Okay, so this is my first fan fic. I wanted to write a fan fic for a while but I didn't know which topic/category to choose and then after reading several Teen Titan ones and watching the show almost everyday, I decided to do that. But I still had the problem of a plot line and whatnot so after not sleeping again on another lonesome Friday night (oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that, now everyone will know I have no life), I said: Screw it! I need to write something. And so I sat down and wrote whatever came to mind and what came out was this! But in all honesty, I have no idea where this will be heading, so bare with me. And to let you know, all thoughts are in italics. Please READ AND REVIEW and I shall personally reply to each one with praise and joy, even if they were criticisms. Because that's just the kind of person I am (well, sort of). Even if no one reads and/or reviews this, I shall continue to write it for my pure enjoyment because I would personally like to know where this would end up going. So… ENJOY!
Chapter 1:
A Desperate Plea
Silver eyes streaked from left to right, trying to spy any unwanted followers, as the soaked brunette rushed to her desired destination.
It had been raining hard all night but the young woman decided that that wouldn't stop her from fleeing her home. She needed to be somewhere safe and home wasn't it. And so her feet pounded within the puddles of the dark streets of the cold, dreary night.
A sudden noise from an alleyway caused the girl to quicken her pace and her eyes stayed frozen forward, not daring to chance a glance for fear of what may lurk in the shadows. She was close now. She could feel it, could make out the outline of the building, a giant, metallic 'T', with even a few, odd rooms alight at this hour.
I'm almost there. Just a bit further now.
Her skin was crawling with an eerie feeling enveloping her very soul.
No one deserves to feel this afraid.
As she reached the final path towards the Titan Tower, exhaustion set within her body and mind.
No. Can't stop now. So close. Come on. Keep up. Keep going. Don't stop now. You can do this.
For the last few feet, the girl dragged herself to the front door, the adrenaline rush finally ending. She reached the large door and gently rapt her knuckle against it, unable to create a loud enough sound from her weakened arm.
Damn. They'll never hear that. Come on. Knock harder.
The intercom beside the door had gone unnoticed by the young woman as her body obeyed her forceful mind and she pounded harder on the door.
"Hey! Can anyone hear me? Please. I need your help. I need…" the girl's next words were drowned out by the loud crash of thunder booming in the not so far off distance behind her.
"Please," she sobbed as her hand slipped from the door and rested upon the intercom. Her legs collapsed from underneath her from the sudden frustration of realization of her wasted efforts. She pushed down hard the button on the intercom and raised her head just enough for her voice to travel through the device into the tower's speakers.
"Hello? Please… can anyone help me?" Silence rested on the other end of the communication network while noise surrounded the girl outside of the tower.
The girl sat back down, resting her back against the door as she pulled her legs in close. She hugged herself tightly and tears were now flowing freely from her silvery eyes. She sat there, in her protective position, craddling herself for a few minutes until she heard the intercom crackle at her.
A male teenage voice was finally answering her cries over the intercom. "Hello? Is someone there? Can you hear me?"
The girl could not pick herself up, her body refusing after its long, tiring journey. She whispered, "I'm here. I can hear you."
"Hello? If you can hear me, I'm coming down."
The soaked brunette sighed in deep relief and she allowed her body to finally relax. Her back slumped further down the door as she slowly closed her eyes, falling into a well-deserved rest that her body and mind craved for so long. Now she was safe. Now she could rest.
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Robin opened the door to the main room with a wave of one of his hands over the sensor pad. He marched into the large room and came face-to-face with the other four members of his team.
The large, robotic man stood from his seat on the couch and walked towards Robin. The goofy, green changeling changed out of his form of a fluffy kitten scratching up the sofa and into his human form, focusing all his attention upon his returning leader. The beautiful Tamaranian princess stood beside the darkened, half-demon sorceress, nervously playing with some of her red strands of hair and biting her lower lip. The mysterious telepath stood perfectly still, her hood pulled over her head to hide any of her reactions. All four teenagers looked curiously at the dark haired, young fighter and what he carried in his arms.
Robin looked down at the drenched body sprawled out across his arms and then returned his focus on his teammates. He didn't say a word.
Unable to take the silence any longer, Beast Boy spoke first. "Alright! If no one else will ask, I will!" He threw up his arms in frustration and continued, "Who is that, Robin?"
"I don't know," he replied coldly. "She was just outside the tower in the rain. I heard something over the intercom and when I went down to check, I found this girl unconscious on our door step."
"She didn't say anything?" Cyborg asked.
"No."
"And there was no thin piece of dead tree with the writing on it describing the circumstances of this situation with her?" Starfire innocently asked as she floated towards the Boy Wonder to take a closer look at their visitor.
"No."
Raven followed in suit to Starfire, opening her mouth to say something but getting cut off before a sound could escape her lips.
"And no to whatever question you were going to ask, Raven," Robin snapped annoyingly. "I know nothing about her. I know just as much as any of you do."
Raven glared at Robin and stated her initial thought; "I was going to suggest that we get her dry and warm for the night."
"Oh." Robin broke the gaze between himself and Raven, looking down embarrassingly at the girl in his arms again. "Good idea. I guess she'll have to spend the night here. And tomorrow, when she wakes up, we can hopefully have some answers."
With that, all Titans broke apart to help settle the guest in for the night in their own ways and then returned to their own rooms for a restful sleep while thinking of the new scenario before them.