Okay, this is Part One of Chapter 1. At first it's slow and confusing, but as it goes on it becomes fast and confusing. That's as simple as I can put it if it's true. Well, I hope someone enjoys this...
A blonde-haired boy just a few months shy of his 17th birthday ran as fast as he could, trying to get away from his pursuer. Breathing heavily as he dodged the rocks that littered the terrain, he turned back to see an extremely large spider chasing him, its pincers snapping ferociously as it chased him. He was running quickly, not wanting to stop behind even one pillar of rock to catch his breath for fear that it might catch up, and no longer had he considered stopping did the spider jump forward and close its pincers right above his head, sending the boy flying off his feet with a cry of surprise.
Rubbing his head, the boy looked to his side to see that he had dropped his locket, his only reminder of his sister, and he reached for it, only to have two pairs of legs come dangerously close to his hand.
Forgetting the trinket, he got up with a yell and began to run again, glad that the spider's legs were short, and that he was faster than he looked. Getting a head start, he ran, jumping over one rock and dodged another, never looking back. He ran until he was forced to stop, for he had hit a dead end, and the spider stopped right in front of him, squealing terribly. The boy looked away and prepared for impact, a secret thought inside his head.
Just then, a strong voice filled the area as a 16-year-old girl jumped down to the ground from the skies, and the rest of her sixteened flightable team landed beside her. The first girl, obviously the leader, was wearing a black shiny mask that covered her eyes and eyebrows, most likely for dramatic effect. She was wearing a tight red T-shirt with three straps of yellow material spaced over the other on the middle of her chest, the green shiny sleeves just barely covering her shoulders, her also green miniskirt just long enough not to show anything more than her tanned legs. Her green boots were long with metal toes and black shiny material that started underneath her knees. To top it off were two tight green gloves that started in a sideways V shape just below her elbows and ended around her fingers and thumb. A badge, with the letter S in yellow surrounded by black was perched on the latch of her longish cape, yellow on the inside, black on the outside, which fluttered behind her with her jet-black shoulder-lengthed hair, her amount of bangs hanging just barely over her right eye. She was Sparky, the leader of the Titans North.
The girl next to her was more of a wonder. Her outfit was all a light blue, with a bit of metal here and there. Her hair was blue, short, and spiked at the bottom with lighter coloured wavy bangs that were a little shorter. Her tanktop was very short, with a curved, wavy bottom, low rounded top, with a silver encrusted blue jewel right in the middle of it all. Her belt, which was silver with another blue jewel in the middle, held up her equally short skirt, that had long pieces of material in the front and back. On her arms were silver metal armbands on both sides, and from just below the elbows to around her fingers and thumbs were protective armour, with yet another blue jewel around her wrists. Her blue tight boots started under her knees, with a bit of heel at the bottom. But the most noticeable thing about her was that her eyes were blue, and the whites of her eyes were actually a lighter blue colour. Blue orbs of energy were around her fists, and her tiny eyebrows were narrowed. She was Moonfire.
The girl next to her seemed harder to identify, for her was changed into a green wolf. Her power was to change into animal, living, extinct, or even myth. She was Beast Babe.
On the other side of Sparky was a girl who looked like she could've come from a carnival, for she was dressed as a fortune-teller, her long blonde hair pushed out of her face by an extremely light purple sash, with her two single and long sections of hair let free. Her shirt was a rectangle of material, with the front center dropped down a little. A lot of skin was exposed as her very short skirt blow in the breeze, and her shoes, similar to Moonfire's, only they were the colour of her sash, as was her shirt. Her boots had a material top that had long silver chains that were attached at the back of each boot, and traveled around both. The same was with her skirt. On her wrists was one bracelet each, and on her right hand was a silver ring on each finger. On the left hand there were only rings on her index finger and pinky. A long silver chan necklace floated on its own around her neck, where a glass eye, trimmed with silver, rested. On her forehead, above her blue eyes was a diamond-shaped jewel, used to harness energy. The powers that flowed around her fists like the wind itself was also an extremely light purple colour. She was Gypsie.
Next to her was girl who look like she didn't trust the world, for she was wearing a long white cloak, its hood's shadow sending over half of her face in darkness. All one could see was her dark blue eyes and mouth. Her shoes were loose, short, and white, made completely out of material with a thick bottom, and that was all one could see. But as soon as a strong wind blew, bugging all the girls, her cloak flew open to reveal a tiny black shiny tank top with an equally small bikini-like bottom made of the same material. Black wristbands were hiding the ends of the black fingerless gloves. The broach that rested on the left side held a black picture of a crow, with a dark blue background. She also had a jewel on her forehead. She was Crow.
'Titans, go!' Sparky yelled out as she readied her electric powers, and a strong wind blew past them. They looked down on the boy as he spread out arms out and bent forward a little, his eyes and hands glowing yellow, his long hair fluttering in the wind. He grinned almost evilly as the natural bridge above the spider lifted out of place and hovered in the air. Letting out a yell as he held up the rock with his powers, he suddenly threw down his hands and leaned forward, sending the rock crashing on top of the giant spider, crushing it.
Smiling triumphantly as the spider's legs fell, he pushed his bangs out of his eyes and brushed some dust off his shoulders.
'He was never in any danger,' Moonfire said as she floated above her group, her starbolts fading away.
'He was just luring the beast into a trap,' Gypsie observed.
'Question is…' Sparky started as they all gazed down on the powerful stranger.
'Who is he?' Beast Babe finished as she transformed back into a human, her long dark green hair blowing almost immediately into her face. Her outfit consisted of a tank top, a mini skirt, almost knee-high boots with silver heels with a line of black at the front and back, and a choker necklace. They were pulled tightly around her lower legs with laces of black over top of a silver middle. Just over the top of her feet were two single and spaced out black latches that hid the last lace, with half a circle of black over the toes. Her shirt was cut down low like a rectangle bottom, with thick black lines around the top, bottom, and arms, or what there was of them. The middle of it was tied together with the same lace that was on her shoes with a silver material underneath to keep her chest from showing. Her skirt was a darkish purple, as was her shirt and boots, and her belt, with a circular head, was silver. She wore gloves like Crow's, only hers were a shiny gray with a thick black line over the back of her hand. Her eyes were green with small eyebrows like Moonfire's. a single sharp tooth showed, pointing up in front of her lips, which were curved into a curious frown.
They watched in awe as the boy looked down on the ground and lifted his arms into the air, his hands glowing yellow once again. Instantly, the ground underneath his feet lifted into the air and floated up to the ledge where the team was standing. As soon as he noticed the girls he jumped off the tower of rocks and smiled.
'Hey,' he said, and then grinned at the look on their faces. 'What's the matter? You chicks never seen a superhero before?' He flexed his muscles and did a quick pose to show off his strength, Beast Babe and Moonfire watching intently. Rolling her eyes, Sparky stepped forward, her arm extended to shake his hand.
'Hi,' she answered, and Beast Babe smiled at him; she couldn't help but feel attracted to this hott-looking teenager. 'My name is Sparky, and we're the…'
'Titans North!' Beast Babe exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around the two people closest to her – Gypsie and Crow – and grinned.
'Get off me,' Gypsie grumbled as she shoved her friend off, and the boy laughed as Crow floated away.
'Man, I've been looking forward to meeting you guys – er – girls – for so long! Man, you're the greatest! I follow all your techniques. And jeez, for girls, you sure kick ass!' he said, and Beast Babe giggled. 'My name's Terrance, and you're – Gypsie, Crow, Moonfire, and…'
'Babe Beast, I mean, dumbass, uh…'
'Beast Babe?' Terrance snickered, and Beast Babe blushed ferociously. 'Man, I always said you were the funny one,' he laughed, and Beast Babe nearly melted. His laugh sounded sooo sexy!
'Curiosity abounds; please, where do you come from how did you get here what's your favourite colour do you have a girlfriend do you wish to be my friend?' Moonfire said quickly as she floated up in front of Terrance, who he leaned back, trying not to look at her bare midriff and higher.
'Uh, Earth, walked, no – sadly – blue, and sure, whatever,' he answered, and Moonfire squealed with delight.
'Oh hello my new girlfriendless friend!' she said happily, and got ready to accept a large hug. Chuckling, Terrance got ready to give her a hug when he heard Gypsie.
'If you ever do that again then I'll be forced to remove you from this universe,' she warned, and Terrance smirked, but as he stared at her, he slowly lowered his arms and spaced out as Gypsie's hair fell in front of her eyes.
Gasping, a flashback formed in his mind, and Terrance thought about his twin sister. He saw her flying on top of a large rock, throwing smaller rocks at every obstacle in her way as he threw them. He saw her laugh as he formed a large wad of mud in the form of her laughing face. He saw her look down sadly, her short blonde hair falling in front of her eyes, and he handed her a gray butterfly clip to push back her bangs. And he saw her fly away on a rock and leave his life forever.
Lifting into the air, his eyes turning yellow, several sharp rocks flew up into the air around him, and Crow put up a shield to protect herself. Moonfire readied her starbolts and her eyes turned light blue as she backed away. Gypsie and Beast Babe turned and looked at the sight while Sparky's hands erupted in balls of electricity.
'Gypsie, now!' Sparky said, and Gypsie's hands became covered by a swirling mass of extremely light purple aura. Letting out a cry, she lifted into the air and shot her powers at Terrance, who had curled up into a ball in the air. As soon as the aura had engulfed him, Terrance closed his eyes and slept, for he had been knocked out painlessly. 'We'll take him to our tower. He'll spend the night in the infirmary. When he wakes up, we'll ask him if he wants to stay. Yeah, I know that he's a guy and we're all girls, but he's got incredible powers, and he might make a great addition to our team. Plus he said we kicked ass!' Sparky said, and Crow levitated Terrance into the air as they walked back towards their tower, and Beast Babe couldn't help but stare at him the whole way until she tripped over a rock and landed on her face.
'God damnit,' she muttered as she dusted herself off, and hurried to catch up with the others.
Groaning as he tossed and turned on the infirmary bed, Terrance rubbed his head and looked around. Frowning as he realized that he didn't know where he was, Terrance sat up and got off the bed. Stiffening when he heard someone clear her throat behind him, Terrance turned around and readied himself, only to find Moonfire standing behind him. Blushing a little, Moonfire straightened out her extremely short skirt and lifted her top up a little.
'Everyone is waiting for you down the stairs in the room of living,' she said, and led him to the living room, where Beast Babe and Sparky were playing a racing video game on their extremely large window/T.V., and so far, Sparky was winning. Crow and Gypsie were reading dark books, and Crow seemed rather annoyed as Gypsie began to practice a few of her spells and enchantments.
'Goddamn you Sparky, stop winning!' Beast Babe was shouting, and Moonfire coughed.
'Terrance is here,' she said loudly, and Beast Babe nearly tossed the controller into the air. Moonfire lifted up her top a little more and Terrance resisted the urge to look again.
God she's slutty, he thought nervously, then smiled. I like that.
'Good. Now, Terrance, we were wondering; what happened back there? Why did you spaz out like that?' Sparky asked, and Terrance looked down.
'That usually happens when I loose control,' he answered softly, and it was quiet for a while before Gypsie burst out laughing.
'Sorry,' she murmured as she shut up. 'I just thought of something funny. I wasn't laughing at you.' Terrance nodded and noticed that he liked her outfit. Finding himself staring, Gypsie noticed and smiled faintly.
Uh, Terrance?' Sparky said suddenly, and he snapped out of his trance.
'Yes?' he replied quickly, and Beast Babe giggled.
'Do you wanna do combat practice with us tomorrow? We wanna find out what your powers can do.' Terrance looked at the group and found Beast Babe was staring at him with a blank look. Smiling, he nodded, and a perverted thought crossed his mind.
I might be able to see up a few skirts tomorrow, he thought, and tried to hide an evil grin. Deciding that he could use a practice with his powers, he nodded, and everyone cheered.
'Good. Now everyone, it's time for bed, so go to sleep now,' Sparky ordered, and Crow sank into the ground, Gypsie and Moonfire flew up to their rooms, - Moonfire blowing him a kiss – and Sparky walked, shaking her head the whole way. Only Beast Babe remained behind, cleaning up the controllers and turning off the screen. After a moment of awkward silence, she spoke.
'So, are you gunna sleep down here or somethin', or do you want a room, 'cause I've got bunk beds,' Beast Babe offered, and Terrance chuckled.
'The couch is fine,' he answered, and she looked a little disappointed. 'G'night,' he said with a small laugh, and she blushed.
'Yeah, uh, g'night,' she answered, and ran off, leaving him alone in the living room, where he plopped down on the couch and instantly fell asleep.
About an hour or so later, Beast Babe came downstairs with a blanket and pillow piled in her arms.
'Hey, uh, I thought you might want a blanket or somethin',' she said nervously, and found with surprise that the couch had no one on it. 'Terrance?' she asked the room, and walked over to the window. She peered outside and saw Terrance sitting on the rocky island – their tower was perched on an island in the middle of a lake just like the original Titans – and saw that he was skipping stones with his powers. Tossing the pillow and blanket on the couch, she raced outside.
Walking down the path and to Terrance, Beast Babe stopped and sat down beside him, where he smiled at his company.
'So, couldn't sleep huh?' she said, and he skipped another stone. Deciding to join, Beast Babe picked a stone and chucked it, only to have it plock into the water.
Laughing, Terrance shook his head. 'God you suck ass at this,' he snickered, and levitated a rock into her hands. 'Try again.' Chucking her second rock, Beast Babe was happy to see that the rock skipped a few times before sinking. Smiling smugly, she pretended to make a muscle and he punched her in the arm. 'Yeah right,' he laughed, and she made a face at him, where he made one at her. Seeing this as a challenge, Beast Babe morphed her head into one of Big Foot, and he made a completely ridiculous face at her. 'That look suits you,' he grinned, and she pushed him – a little too hard. He toppled forward and into the water, but not before grabbing her wrist and pulling her in as well.
'You little bastard,' she giggled, and he posed.
'You got it,' he replied proudly, and she splashed him. His hand glowing yellow, Terrance lifted a large rock into the air and dropped it down in front of Beast Babe, drenching her completely. Spitting water out in his face, Beast Babe laughed and headed back for shore, but was stopped as he grabbed her wrist again and pulled her close to him. Her eyes wide, Beast Babe stared into his blue eyes and felt his hand on her waist. Smiling, she threw her arms around his neck
'You sure know how to charm a girl,' she whispered, and her long and dark green hair fell over her eyes. He was about to kiss her when he noticed her hair and he let go of her and swam back to shore. He lifted up a rock and climbed onto it, rubbing his shoulders. He blinked away the memories and yellow in his eyes and his sister passed through his head again. 'What's wrong?' Beast Babe asked as she climbed onto shore and his rock lowered next to her. 'Why does this keep happening?' Looking around, Terrance pulled her close and whispered in her pointy ear.
'Can you keep a secret?' he whispered, and she nodded. 'I lose control over my powers when I think about my sister.' Beast Babe looked at her friend and noticed the sad look on his face.
'What happened to her?' she asked, and he sighed.
'She was my twin sister, and she left about 9 years ago because she wanted to do good. Everytime I think of her, I lose control. God I miss her so much.' Putting her arm around his neck, Beast Babe spoke softly and kindly.
'Hey, I know how you feel; only my sister turned into an evil villain and I had to help defeat her. Be glad that your sister wasn't a villain,' she said, and he smiled.
'We should get inside. It's pretty late, and we gotta get up early for the practice thing for tomorrow,' Terrance said after a while, and they walked back to the tower, hand in hand.
Gypsie readied her powers as little guns popped out of the ground and shot several red laser beams at her head. Jumping up into the air and staying there, she flew at the guns, hitting each and every one of them as she flew past. She flew around the area, Sparky pushing buttons and activating each obstacle as she passed. Letting out a cry, Gypsie lifted her arms into the air and shot a large amount of power at the rest of the guns and they exploded as the power passed over them. Flying forward quickly, she dodged the large metal fists as they erupted from the ground, but the last one hit her, sending her flying to the ground. As she fell, large machines popped up in front of her, large metal slab coming down as she passed, each one trying to get her. She landed underneath the first one and lifted up her hand to stop the slab as it came down, and she used all of her energy to force it back up and jump out of the way. Running towards the next one, she dove under and just barely missed it, the conclusion the same with the third contraption. As soon as she dove under the third on, a large trap opened up the ground and she fell down into the hidden bottomless pit. Letting out a small scream, her expression turned serious and she clenched her fists, her powers swirling around them, her eyes glowing the same colour. She stopped and floated quickly upwards, a triumphant smile on her face. She flew forward once again, shooting energy at contraptions that shot several exploding discs at her, and to finish off her practice, she did a small flip and landed daintily. Looking over at the timer on the control panel, she punched the air and let out a cry of delight.
'Yes! New course record!' she said happily, and Crow groaned.
'No duh dumbass; you're the first one to do the friggin' course,' Crow exclaimed, and Gypsie shot a blast of energy at her friend.
'Oh shut the hell up,' she muttered, and walked over to her applauding friends. 'I was good, wasn't I?' she asked, and Beast Babe nodded.
'Of course! That flip was magnificent!' Seeing the look on Gypsie's face, she gasped. 'Ooh, you mean the course!' Laughing loudly as her friend lifted her into the air and tossed her, she turned into a bird and flew back over, still laughing. 'Jeez calm down. You did excellent on the course. Sheesh,' she giggled, and Gypsie pushed her always floating necklace out of the way, the eye pendant reflecting the sunlight that was streaming down on them.
It was combat practice, and it was now Terrance's turn.
'Okay, Terrance, are you ready to show us what you can do?' Sparky asked form the controls, and he nodded, and walked over to the 'starting line'.
'Wait!' Beast Babe said suddenly, and ran over to him. 'Now remember, if you try and not think about you sister, then you won't lose control, and don't worry; loosen up! This is just practice, so even if you do totally screw up then it won't matter in the least,' she said, and he smiled.
'Thanks for the advice,' he said sarcastically as he pulled on a pair of dark-lined blue-glass goggles, and she ran back over to her friends.
'Good luck!' she called, and he shook his head.
'Countdown initiated. Good luck Terrance,' Sparky said, and Terrance got ready as he heard the sound of the timer tick away.
'Loosen up,' he muttered to himself, then leaned forward, his hands balled into fists. The timer went off, and his power appeared. The laser guns popped up and the ground underneath his feet shuddered and rose up, making him fall forward a little as he stood on the large pillar of rock. The lasers hit the pillar with no effect, and he broke the rock, thankful that he did it before the beams did. Floating at the discs, bringing two large boulders with him, he tossed the large rocks at the devices and crushed them. Waving the dust out of his face, he nearly fell off the rock as he saw the large metal fist appear in front of him and smash the floating rock to bits.
Falling face first towards the ground, he swore under breath and threw his arm in front of him, lifting up another rock as his did so. Clinging onto the boulder with all his might as he swerved past the fist, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked back in front of him, only to find himself flying straight down. Reaching forward and grabbed the front of the rock, he pulled back as hard as he could, causing the to rock turn upwards and away from the ground. Still clinging to the rock as it turned onto its side, he just barely missed a few large walls of rock, and swore again. He was heading for the slab-dropping mechanisms. Jumping off the rock and onto the top of the contraption, he jumped onto the next one, using small rocks as a floor. But as he got to the last one, he jumped and found with surprise that he was heading straight for the pit.
Calling a large rock over, he grabbed onto it but it flipped over and he fell off it, only to land onto the next one, but his gloved hands scrapped against the rock and he slid off, letting out a yell. He looked down into the pit and looked back up to find that two rocks just bigger than his fists had chased after him, and he grabbed onto the rocks and felt himself be pulled upwards. Grinning, he jumped out of the pit and onto another large rock, where he actually kept his balance and remained on his knees. Looking over the edge of the rock he saw the discs shoot at him and he let out a cry as he called over a wave of rocks that smashed the devices. Seeing that the course was done, he jumped off the rock just as it hit the ground and wobbled on the spot before bowing. Sighing of relief as he heard Gypsie exclaim that his time was better then hers, he stood up straight as Beast Babe threw her arms around his neck.
'You were brilliant!' she exclaimed, and he hugged her back
'Only because I had such great advice,' he answered, and he felt her tingle with happiness. God this girl is hott, he thought happily, and let go of her just as a cellphone-like beeping reached his ears. He stared at the team to find that the latch on Beast Babe's belt blinked pink, the pendants on Moonfire's top and sleeves blinked bright blue, the broach on Crow's cloak and end of her sleeves blinked dark blue, and the small chakra on Gypsie's forehead glowed brightly with her power. 'Alright, why is everybody blinking?' he asked, and the team raced inside, with the confused Terrance following behind them.
They entered the living room; the blinking had finally ended. Terrance walked up beside Beast Babe, who was looking seriously at the screen. Terrance looked at the T.V. to find a masked person staring back at him. The mask was half black, half dark orange, and only the left eye could been seen. He looked tall and muscular, and he was wearing a ton of armour. He looked like a guy you did not want to mess with – or meet in a dark alley at night.
'Slade,' Sparky muttered angrily, and Terrance raised an eyebrow.
'Slade?' he asked, and Beast Babe answered darkly.
'Yeah; he's the guy why always tries to take over the city, and he's getting really good at it. Plus he and Spar don't get along very well.'
'Why?'
'Because he messed with Robin, the Boy Wonder. He's like, her hero out of the original Titans, and when someone messes with him, and she messes with them. I know it's weird, but she's just like that,' Beast Babe muttered, and Terrance looked back at the masked figure. A chill ran down his spine, and he looked away. Why did he feel like he already knew this guy?
'I've got a lock on his location,' Sparky said as she pressed some buttons on another control panel. 'He's attacking that old diamond mine.'
'Again? Man, this guy needs to find some new places to attack,' Gypsie whined, and Sparky spun around.
'Titans, go!' she yelled, and they all raced out the door. Terrance stood behind, still glaring at the portrait. He stared until everything blurred, and his eyes watered, but he didn't blink or look away. Why was he feeling such hatred towards this guy when he had just seen him?
'Hey, you coming or what?' Beast Babe asked from the doorway, and he snapped out of his trance.
'Sure, whatever,' he replied, and ran over and out the door with her.
Okay, if you made it this far... HURRAY! Yeah this is my first time posting a story. Hope I get a review :) Next post will be next week, if I ever get the hang of this posting thing!