Chapter 1

Robin paced back and forth in the tower's exercise room becoming increasingly more agitated as he did so. "How could this happen? I'm the one to blame, I didn't think to warn them. Stupid and Naive. It's not just the original Teen Titans that are in danger, every honorary Titan is in trouble."

Flash/Back

It was dark the night that this new villain showed up. Mumbo Jumbo had been carted off to prison shortly beforehand, and the Titans had thought to catch a movie. As the fierce debate between horror, science fiction or action carried on, a pair of foot steps mimicking the troop's came from behind. Robin began to feel another's eyes watching him, but when he turned to look there wasn't even a breeze to justify this irrationality. The other members of the team took their time to stop.

Everyone felt the wrongness of the situation that had gone unnoticed in the debate. The silence began to scream at them in the night's now crushing embrace. Tense as the sweat rolled down their backs, everyone's ears were straining to catch some sort of sound. Thus they were caught unprepared as the attack came in total silence.

"Ouch!" yelped Beast Boy touching the back of his neck, the red and salty liquid that coated his finger tips made him sick to his stomach. The air displacement was easily noted thanks to the income of adrenaline, as well the familiar shout from their masked leader, "Titans Go!" The group rushed in different directions to find cover and discover who, what, and from where the attack was coming. The well rehearsed tactic proved disastrous, the darkness working to the Titans absolute disadvantage. All of them running into one another while being attacked on all fronts.

Robin and Beast Boy spectacularly collided in a enormous display of chaotic legs and arms jumbled together. Starfire's usually coordinated flight patterns were destroyed as she slammed into a lamppost. Cyborg managed to make it to a dumpster where Raven had already materialized. A quick glance told her all she needed to know about the situation. There wasn't time to warn anyone or try to gather them together before hand.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Raven's dark energy consumed the entire block in a bubble like form, pulling the others close to her as well as their "attackers". She motioned for Starfire to raise her flaming hand above them to reveal- "Shards of Glass?" Beast Boy spoke, surprised of the unusual weapon. Starfire turned to Robin to figure out yet another puzzling human thing.

"I did not know your planet made such unusual weapons. They are very fragile. Ouch! Sharp points though." Starfire sucked on her finger reflexively. Robin was spared from answering when Raven was forced to let go of her shield from the brutal onslaught. The team knew better than to scatter this time and ran for an adjoining alley-what ever this was, civilians shouldn't get involved. Their heads where pounding by the time the alley became a sort of street again.

"Do you...think we...lost...it dudes?" Beast Boys panted. The question would not be answered by the reassuring no. It would be answered by the figure that cut through the night, seen where the alley met a broken lamppost. Nonchalantly leaning against the twisted metal in a sea of broken glass was a teen. Dressed in all black undistinguished clothes, with strait, short blonde hair, pale skin tones, and light green eyes that cut through the gloom. The abundance of white mak-no. They found out very quickly when the girl turned her head to examine the truth was far different.

It was not make up the girl was wearing but a white half-mask that revealed the left side of her face. A burn that took up the majority of her left cheek and part of her forehead. It was a repulsive contrast, charcoal black against pale white skin. The revelation left the Titans stunned. Starfire in particular was astounded so much that she fell from the sky like a stone and her star bolts withered and died. She had seen people missing body parts before, and that did not bother her in the slightest. The difference was that this had been done to her-not a war wound or any other glory filled memory-someone had destroyed another's face in an unbelievable act of torture and cruelty.

The utter silence that had taken over apart from the faint thud Starfire had made was eerie. Later, it would help them remember several things about that evening. 1) that the girl did not move an inch nor glow when the glass at her feet sprang toward them. 2) the displaced air that had been heard earlier was undoubtedly from the same source. 3) Every tip of the glass shards had a blackish sheen to it.

The one whom had fallen rose again to defend her friends in a way that ended up saving their lives that night. The counter attack however was short lived as sirens began to sing in the night. The girl had left marks all over the Titans bodies in the form of sore feet, cuts and bruises. Writing on the wall how ever was the most notable as it gleamed blindingly from the police car rushing past, burning into their retinas.

"I am Black Glass;

Cold as ice and Sharp as a crystalline knife,

Tempered to oblivion,

Turning me cruel,

Just like you,

Titans."

The Titans youngest member fainted from blood loss and had to be quickly carried into the T-car. Raven used her powers to heal him just prolonging the time until he could go into the medical room in the tower. The trip back however was breakneck speed and in total silence. A evening June tainted with an unnatural chill. The thoughts of the Titans are as follows:

Robin: I can't understand it, they knew who we are, what were are weaknesses, and they may have even lured us to the street for all I know. I didn't think ahead to the fact that more villains and dangerous ones at that would target us. I was cocky enough to think that we wouldn't get attacked, that we would only stop crime. That may have been why we were targeted, or a vendetta, Beast Boy is-Damn. I can't let anyone else do that to the team, what if Cyborg, Raven, or even Starfire is next. I could bear it if it was me but not my team.

Starfire: How could one who has been so awfully hurt seek to put more misery in the world? Why have I never seen another who has been hurt like that? Is it that as a Titan I can stop that as well as crime, or that I have been to busy with crime too notice the others who are being hurt like that? Has my selflessness truly been selfish as is my relationship with Robin? I don't know so much of this world, but perhaps I should start asking more of the difficult questions ones that can suck the joy away. I only hope the answers are honest, and that I can stand them.

Cyborg: Damn. We couldn't do anything, and that hurts worse than losing. BB is hurt and he's losing so much blood. We can't lose BB not just because he is valuable to the team, he's the one who is almost the life of the team. He's like a little brother to me, they're all like my family now. If Black Glass comes and waltz's in the street I might just make road kill out of her. Who on earth would try and kill BB? He made me join the team because I felt normal with him around, another rookie in this world. I know its dangerous, but doesn't being on a team mean that we watch one another's backs? I'm sorry BB I didn't watch your back tonight.

Raven: Beast Boy you idiot. What on earth made that girl hate you so much? I know how selfish this is but you, Starfire, Cyborg and Robin are idiots for doing this. I want you all covering me but I can't lose what's left of my family. All of you are my friends and family wrapped up in a complicated legal clause saying that you will annoy, pester, and be the best people I know. So don't die Beast Boy. If one of us goes then all of us put together can't replace them in the slightest.

Beast Boy: Pain. Its so painful that I can't feel it anymore. Am I even alive? Well there's my breath so… ouch, I know that girl didn't like me but ouch, what is this? …Its not mine but….That piece of glass? I can't... I can't tell... what it is... sorry... mph... sleepy.

Starfire and Raven flew Beast Boy to the infirmary hoping that he would be alright. Robin however stalked up to the nearest computer terminal with Cyborg close on his heels.

"Man, what was that? That girl beat us up, BADLY. I don't know what would have happened if-" Cyborgs increasing tempo and volume was stopped by Robin's timely interruption.

"Cyborg, do you mind linking up to the computers so we have an idea of what we're up against?" Robin's request was logical but his voice betrayed the seething anger that was just below the surface of his forced calm. He would break apart this Black Glass piece by piece to bring justice back into their perception of reality, starting with a computer image and late nights picking apart loose data. Cyborg knew that this was the first step to getting Her off the streets.

"Sure Rob, but I haven't matched anything up with my scanners. Hopefully you'll see something the machines can't," Cyborg left the real meaning behind the words hang in the air. I'm counting on you. Don't let this be a waste. He turned to leave Robin to his own devices when Starfire and Raven entered the room. They had left the recovering Beast Boy to the infirmary room's quiet and decided to look in on what the damage was below.

Starfire entered the conversation just as it was about to end, "Raven & I are not hurt too badly, but Robin you must go and treat your wounds or else they will fester and sicken you."

It was Raven who guessed and answered the question that had been bugging them, "Beast Boy is doing OK. Now it's the two of you that need to be fixed."

"Two?" Cyborg was confused on this point.

"Yes, you are bleeding most horridly from the head Cyborg, and Robin your leg is bleeding badly." Starfire said hurriedly trying to force them to sit down without hurting them.

Present Time.

"Robin? Dude?" Beast Boy walked in to the room and sat down on the bench press that Cyborg or Starfire usually commandeered.

"Beast Boy?" Robin squinted in the half light.

"Yup. By the way Rob?" Beast Boy's dark green skin looked healthy-well as healthy as green skin can look.

"Yes?"Robin wondered what could have gotten Beast Boy the latest sleeper up at this hour.

"Go to bed."

*This is my first Fan fiction, what ever your thoughts are please review. Oh! Most of the story will be told via dreams, flash backs and news reports.*