The Uncanny Titans

Chapter 2: Meet the Titans

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.


R-Man's Random Fact- Before he turned green, Beast Boy's natural hair colour was blond.


Titans Tower-

Raven was showing Impulse, Superboy, and the rest of the New Titans around the Tower. The half-demon empath held her arms wide as they walked into the living room.

'And this is the living room.' Raven explained. 'This is where we hang out whenever we're not on a mission, fighting crime downtown, or working out in the gym downstairs. We have a plasma screen TV.'

'Kewl!' Impulse grinned happily. 'They've even got a GameStation 3!'

'That actually belongs to Beast Boy.' Raven pointed out. 'He gets rather... protective of his video games.'

'And I bet that isn't the only thing that he's protective of.' Superboy whispered to Impulse with a snicker.

'Dude, stop that.' Impulse hissed in reply, his eyes wide in fear. 'Raven can hear you. She hears all!'

'Uh, question...?' Cissie held her hand up.

'Breakfast is at seven-thirty.' Raven answered, without even hearing the question.

'Aww, man!' Superboy groaned. 'Seven-thirty? I need my beauty sleep!'

'And now, I'd suggest that you all get to know your roommates.' Raven continued. 'We are running a little short on room temporarily, so several of you will have to share. Cissie, you are sharing with Rose, and Connor, you are sharing with Bart. Tim will have a room all to himself. That is until Cyborg manages to extend the Tower.'

'How come Bird-boy gets a room to himself?' Superboy sulked. 'I bet Batman paid you off. The Bat paid you off, didn't he?'

Raven just looked at the Boy of Steel with her gaze unreadable as always.

'Not that it's a bad thing. A-heh-heh...' Superboy smiled innocently. 'I'll go to bed now... Bye!'

Superboy flew off without another word.

'Well, you certainly seem to have made an impression on him, Raven.' Cissie chuckled. 'I've never seen somebody that scared.'

'I guess I have that effect on people.' Raven commented.

'Why do I get the feeling that joining this team is going to be anything but normal?' Robin sighed.

'And I thought I was supposed to be the pessimistic one.' Raven smiled slightly.

'Good God!' Impulse gasped in shock as he pointed an accusatory finger at Raven. 'Raven made a funny! It's the end of the world!'

'Are you quite done?' Raven asked evenly.

'I'm good.' Impulse smiled innocently. 'Now, I also have to go... to bed. Bye!'

And with that, Impulse zipped off.

'Heh. Scaring boys is fun.' Cissie smirked.

'I guess.' Rose shrugged.

Cissie frowned slightly at the white-blonde-haired girl.

'You're not much of a talker, are you?'

'My father always told me that actions spoke louder than words.' Rose explained.

'And just who would your father be?' Cissie blinked inquisitively. She was eager to ferret out as much information about the mysterious girl as she could.

'You wouldn't believe me if I told you.' Rose answered.

'Okay, be cryptic then.' Cissie sniffed. 'No skin off my nose.'


The next morning-

It was now approaching breakfast time, and Raven was enjoying a quiet cup of herbal tea before the impending rush of hungry adolescents.

Now that Dick Grayson had left the Titans, it was left up to Raven to make sure that the others were made aware of the day's planned events. Excluding any supervillains that decided to try their luck, it usually meant training until it was time for lunch.

Raven blew the steam off her tea and held the cup up to her lips as she prepared to drink it. Raven stopped as she noticed something moving at the edge of her vision. Who else would be up so early? Cyborg would still be recharging, and Beast Boy would undoubtably still be in bed.

'Hello, Tim.' Raven greeted the Boy Wonder evenly, not even looking up from her tea.

'How did you know it was me?' Tim Drake, the second person to carry the Robin name, blinked in surrpise

'Dick always tried to sneak up on me in the mornings, as well. He wanted to test just how alert I was in the morning.' Raven pointed out. 'It never worked.'

Tim went to open the fridge to get some juice, but stopped as he saw the contents within.

'Uh, Raven... You do know that you've got a great big mould creature growing in here, didn't you?'

'That's Beast Boy's pet mould.' Raven answered. 'He grew it from a leftover piece of tofu. He even named it.'

Tim narrowed his eyes behind his mask as he read the label on the tub which the mouldy tofu laid in.

'Doreen?' Tim frowned slightly. 'Beast Boy named his mouldy tofu Doreen?'

'Apparently he named it after his pen friend from New York.' Raven explained. 'And quite amazingly, keeping sentient tofu mould isn't the strangest thing that Beast Boy does...'

'Ooh, my ears're burning...' The eponymous green-skinned changeling grinned as he sauntered into the kitchen.

'Did you try to look inside your head using a match again?' Raven quipped.

'I love you too, Rae.' Beast Boy smirked as he gave Raven a peck on the cheek.

'Garfield...' Raven hissed at her teammate. 'Not in front of...'

'Oh, don't mind me.' Tim snickered as he poured himself some juice. 'I'm used to stuff like that. You should see what it's like when Batman and Wonder Woman are making goo-goo eyes at each other.'

Beast Boy hopped onto a stool beside Raven.

'What can I say?' Beast Boy grinned self-assuredly. 'She loves the face.'

As if to prove his point, Beast Boy morphed into a tiny little green kitty with great big wide eyes.

'Mew.' Kitty Beast Boy mewled adorably as he hopped onto Raven's lap.

'Atchoo!' Somebody sneezed, spoiling the mood somewhat. 'Since when have we had a cat?'

'Good morning, Cissie.' Raven nodded at the blonde archer. 'Don't worry, it's just Beast Boy.'

Beast Boy morphed back into his normal form and frowned at Raven.

'Just Beast Boy? Just Beast Boy? What do you mean by... Just Beast Boy?'

Raven looked back at her green-skinned teammate.

'Off. Now.'

Beast Boy sighed reluctantly and sat back on his own seat.

'So, what's on the agenda today?' Cissie wiped her nose on some kitchen tissue.

'Please don't tell me that Cy's gonna run us though another training session.' Beast Boy groaned into his hands. 'What's the point of training if there aren't any bad guys to fight?'

'There is always evil to fight.' Tim replied. 'Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot.'

The other Titans blinked at the Boy Wonder in surprise.

'Sorry.' Tim smiled embarrassedly. 'I was channelling Batman just then, wasn't I?'

'Just a bit.' Cissie nodded.

At that moment. Rose walked in with Bart by her side. Both Raven and Beast Boy had to look twice at the young girl's uniform. She was wearing a purple bodysuit with orange gloves and boots. Her mask was half-purple, and half-orange.

'Uh, Rae...' Beast Boy leant over and whispered to his friend. 'You don't think...'

'Stranger things have happened.' Raven shrugged.

Rose noticed how the two elder Titans were looking at her and removed her mask with a sigh.

'Okay, I guess it's time for me to come clean...'

Rose took a seat with the rest of the Titans as she prepared to tell her tale.

'You see, my father is...'

Rose's explanation was cut short as Cyborg ran in to the room with Superboy hot on his heels.

'Look alive, Titans!' Cyborg called his teammates to action. 'We've got a situation! Cinderblock just busted into the Jump City Bank!'

'Then what are we waiting for?' Superboy yelped impatiently. 'Let's go kick his craggy butt!'

Beast Boy struck a heroic pose and shouted out in his best Robin voice.

'Titans, together!'

Cissie just snickered at the sight.

'Geez, BB. You're such a tool!'

TBC...


Next: Titans Together!

The Titans take on the might of Cinderblock! Also, who did Rose remind Beast Boy and Raven of? Tune in next time to find out...