Second Chances

By DarkWarlord

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans they are the property of DC Comics, not me. But this story was my idea so please don't take it (for if you do I'll find some way to smite the reader who did, now that we have that unpleasant business out of the way on to the fic....)

Jump City, a metropolis of engineering and technology, a beautiful city full of normal and caring people, but like many cities in this world, it is a breeding ground for criminals. Criminals like Terminator Slade, Gizmo, Mammoth, Jinx, and the HIVE. But there is no reason to fear, there is hope for Jump City, hope in the form of five young heroes calling themselves the TEEN TITANS.

But you all already know this; this story is one of tragedy and love, betrayal and redemption, mistakes and second chances...

Chapter 1 Breaking the Fast

It was a bright sunny day in Jump City it was peaceful, the city was alive with the sounds of busy people and traffic, yes it was a peaceful, quite, Sunday morning in Jump City, and just off the coast of the city was a Titans tower, the home of the protectors of the city. It was quite here too, well quieter than normal at least, they may be heroes but they're still teenagers.

"No Way are we eating real eggs Cyborg, TOFU EGGS!" Beast Boy yelled when he saw Cyborg making a bus load of scrambled eggs for the team, Cyborg sighed, as expected Beast Boy was going ballistic over the eggs. "Those eggs were gunna be chickens, I've been a chicken! That's like silence of the chickens CY-Dude you rock!" as Cyborg reached over to the right of the stove and produced a plate of tofu eggs for the green changeling. BB went over to the table and began to chow down on his Tofu eggs and bacon.

Starfire walked in as BB was stuffing his face with tofu, Star had once tried the tofu because BB had asked her repeatedly, and promised that she would feel better because it didn't kill any animals to create. She was ecstatic and ate until she was full. But she had gotten sick about ten minutes later, and had since decided to go with the normal food that Cyborg and Robin made. "Greetings friends Cyborg and Beast Boy." she announced joyously.

"Hey Star, here ya go, 'Cyborg's special scrambled meat eggs!' Made with sausage, bacon and ham, bologna and even beef!" Star gingerly took the eggs, sat down and began to poke at her food quietly. Beast Boy looked like he was going to be sick just from looking at Star's plate.

"Something wrong Star?" Cyborg asked, hoping it wasn't his eggs.

"No, nothing is the matter friend Cyborg it just needs mustard... and strawberry Jam." both Cyborg and BB made disgusted faces, Star had found a liking for strawberry jam after she first experienced a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich a week ago after one of Robin's training sessions.

Raven walked in just then took one look at the eggs and announced, "I'll just have tea..." of course Cyborg new this and planned for it he took the kettle off the stove and poured Raven a cup of herbal tea. Raven then sat at the table and drank her tea, content. Just as Starfire was about to begin eating she looked around.

"Is Robin not going to be joining us?" Star asked looking around, "He is not here for the ritual of breaking the fast..." Cyborg looked over at her, and smiled quietly to himself, after all this time he was still amused about how Starfire would take everything to the extreme literal meaning.

"I heard him in the training room earlier Starfire." Raven said in her usual monotone. Star smiled. She admired Robin, always working to protect his friends, and the city. And he was handsome, strong, had nice hair, a nice body, and was a nice person...

Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg each sweat-dropped, Starfire had just gone into "the best things about Robin" mode. She could be there anywhere between thirty seconds to thirty minutes. Cyborg decided that she shouldn't wait for her eggs to get cold so he would just have to bring her back!

"EARTH TO STARFIRE!" Cyborg yelled in her ear causing Starfire to jump out of her seat and scream. "Welcome back star, how was your trip?" Beast Boy asked with a grin that went from ear to ear. Star looked at BB and cocked her head to the side. "Did I go on some manner of trip?" Star asked innocently. Cyborg and Beast Boy started laughing, Raven rolled her eyes; Starfire did not understand and was beginning to feel uncomfortable, "Perhaps I will go get Robin, yes?" Cyborg just waved her off, to busy laughing because Beast Boy was trying to drink his soy milk and laugh at the same time, "Dude, it's coming out of my nose, ha-ha..."

Starfire left the room and walked over to the elevator and pushed the T button for the Training room. The door slowly closed, and the elevator began it's decent, soft music played form a speaker mounted on the wall. The numbers were slowly changing until the light finally lit up the yellow T. The doors opened and Starfire looked upon the training room, weights, punching bags, targets, you name it. Star quickly scanned the room and found Robin; he was training with his "Slade-bot" as Beast Boy called it, it was a robot that fought like Slade and Robin had painted the face to look like Slade's mask. Robin was not wearing his normal uniform; he was wearing his training outfit, a black tank top with a Red R on the breast and black slacks that were a little baggy on him, they too bore Robin's insignia.

Robin and the Slade-bot were fighting with Bo staffs and they were both doing well. Robin was a twirling vortex of kicks and jabs; but the bot was a deadly opponent and was starting to push Robin back. Starfire watched in horror as the bot brought its staff down with staggering force, snapping Robin's staff like a twig. "Shit!" Robin yelped as the bot continued its onslaught, swinging in wide arcs and kicking with great accuracy.

But Robin wasn't beaten yet, he used the two halves to defend, then he went on the offensive, Robin used a well placed kick to disarm the Slade-bot and then smashed the two halves into the sides of the bot's skull. The bot fell to the ground in a crumbled heap. Robin looked at the bot and breathed heavily. He was angry, angry that he made such a stupid mistake, he was about to start cleaning the bot up but he heard clapping, he turned and saw her. "Glorious! You are truly amazing Robin." Robin scratched the back of his head and began to turn red.

"Thanks Star, but I almost lost, if that were the real Slade..." Robin was holding his arm, Star looked sad about what Robin had said but she looked at his arm, where an ugly purple bruise was forming. Starfire looked Robin up and down, this shirt had a few tares, and it clung to his body from all the sweat. His pats were fine, but a hole was developing in the knee area.

"Robin, your arm..." she pointed the ugly bruise on his upper arm, which was now slightly bigger. Robin looked down at the bruise and shrugged, "it happens when you train at this level. Now what can I do for you Star?" "I came to ask you to break the fast with the rest of us. Would you care to join us Robin?" Robin looked back down at the Slade-bot and sighed, he looked back at her, "I can't Star-"she looked on the verge of tears. "I mean, yeah, give me a minute to take a quick shower," the pointed at the dressing room door. "Most wonderful news." She did a little flying flip thingie and left.

Robin looked down at the bot and not for the first time felt it was watching him. He shrugged and went to take a quick shower.

End Chapter 1

This is my first posted fic...