Ender

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, or the name of the character, Ender. Ender is © Orson Scott Card

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It had been a beautiful day for celebrating at the beach. The Teen Titans had just defeated Slade again, and had decided to throw a party. The only people missing were Robin and Raven, Robin because he was looking for leads on Slade, and Raven because she held that parties were a waste of time and energy. Beast Boy and Cyborg were, of course, flirting, and Starfire was looking at all of the weird earth-food at the table. All in all, the day part of the celebration had gone well, and it was almost time for the night games. Currently, though, it was right at sunset, the most beautiful time of the day for one at the beach. The sky was vivid with shades of red, purple and pastel blue, the clouds near the half-sun reflecting it's brilliance, as were the rippling waves, seemingly carrying the Sun's reflection along with them as they broke across the rocks. Couples were settling down on the beach to watch the sunset and await the games, while lonely singles looked towards the horizon, dreaming of the day when they would be able to share the beautiful view with their lover. Yes, it was a beautiful sunset, and was enjoyed by all present. Soon, though, the dream had faded with the sun, and it was time for the games. Robin had agreed to come about this time, and even Raven was swayed to attend, by both Beast Boy and Starfire's repeated pleas. They were to meet at the stage, to announce the beginning of the games and split into five teams, each headed up by a Titan. There were to be five separate games, Dodgeball, Volleyball, a sand castle competition, a diving competition off of the pier, and the highlight of the night, a relay race including running, swimming, and jumping. At about nine o'clock, all the Titans had arrived at the stage, and were ready to call everyone in.

"May I have your attention, please?" Robin asked into the microphone, "it is now time to start dividing up into teams. There will be teams of twenty, including a Titan as captain. There will be four people to each event, except the relay race where there will be three. To make it fair, the Titans will not be participating in any events, except Dodgeball, and will only be there to make sure you understand the rules. Now, I will ask everyone to line up."

They did so, and were numbered as one, two, three, four, or five, then went to their respective titans. Team One was Robin's, Team Two was Cyborg's, Team Three was Raven's, Team Four was Beast Boy's, and Team Five was Starfire's.

"Now that we're all in our teams, let's get started!"