Chapter 2. Longest chapter so far. Enjoy. Review and give advice. Thanks.
~~~~~~~ Titans Tower on the roof. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She sat quietly watching the sun rise. Every part of her body was exuasted with no sleep. She was about to go downstairs when she heard the team's footsteps coming up the stairs , so she just sat there and focused on the sunrise.
"Hey, theres Raven. Yo Rae, where were you last night and why do you look like zombie?" Cyborg asked.
"I went back to my room and meditated. Then I couldn't sleep so I went up here to see the sun rise. I didn't get any sleep." She said in her usual monotone voice.
"Well I hope you have enou;gh energy for our training course today. We want to see how well Terra can cope with her powers since it's been so long." Explained Robin.
"Yeah sure. I'll be down in 5." And with that, the other Titans decended down the stairs; all except one. Beast Boy couldn't leave her here like this. Besides, he started to really like Raven so why not try to make her like him. So he put on his charm and walked up to her.
"Hey Raven isn't it great. Terra came back! Why do you look so like you not happy?" he asked. Bad move because as soon as he asked the question, her face turned hard.
"This is how I normally look." She said with irritation in her voice. " In case you haven't noticed, I can't really show emotion without blowing something up." She tried to sound not that hurtful.
"Oh right. Sorry." He appoligized while nervously scratching the back of his nick. A habit that has been happening more often now that he had realized he had a crush on Raven.
"We should go get ready for training. Robin is expecting us." She said.
"Oh yeah sure. I can't wait to show Robin how good I have gotten. HE thinks I still need more practice. Wait till he sees me now." He smiled at how the rest of the gang will react when he's done with the training course. Without him looking, she gave off a small smile. Her smiling has become more often now that she has a crush on Beast Boy. She would never admit it, but she really thinks he's kind of funny. He always brings out the best in her. And with that, they went down stairs to get ready for practice. They met each other at the door to the training room and walked in together.
"Oh there you guys are. I was afraid you weren't going to show. Raven are you sure you are able to train, you look a little more paler than usual." Asked Robin.
"I'm fine." She tried to sound assuring as possible, but it still sounded drowsy.
" . . . Ok. Well who wants to go first? No one? Ok. We will let the computer decided." Then Robin pushed a button that said Titans and the machine made a strange purring sound and then it read 'Starfire.'
"Oh joyous. I will be going first on the training course. Wish me the best of luck. "said Star as the clock counted down.
"5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 go!" then Starfire went in lighting fast speed to the middle of the course were a bunch of Slade bots were with readied laser guns. She quickly shot her star bolts at them. It didn't take long because her aim was getting a lot better. She then had to fly around may bombs that were in the air and past some rocks that were catapulted in the air. Because of her amazing flying ability she finished in no time flat. The last obstacle was to get through a big brick wall in the fog. Since she has super alien strength she easily smashed through it.
"Wow. Yeah, Way to go Star! " screamed all the guys.
"Way to go." Said Raven. The only person who didn't speak was Terra. This was because she held a small camcorder in her hand but no one seemed to notice.
"Yeah nice job Star, You got the time record for now. But now it's my turn. Watch it. "He said while getting into position. When he heard the bell he ran to the Slade bots and started to blast them with his sonic cannon. Just as he thought that all of them were done with, one bot came up behind him and started to hack his systems.
"Why does everyone and everything go for my systems? Get out of my systems!" He yelled while he tried to get the Slade bot off of his back. When he finally got a hold of the robot he threw the bot down to the ground and then ran to were the bombs and rocks flew and tried to tackle him to the ground. He dodged them all with some difficulty, but nothing he couldn't handle. He made it to the brick wall easy because his mechanical eye could see through the fog easy. He started to punch and blast the wall with all his might. Ager a little while the wall gave in and tumbled down, then out came a smiling Cyborg.
"Boo-ya! Time for Star is 3:20 and Cyborg has 3:10. A 10 second beat. Again boo-ya!" He yelled.
"Okay Cyborg, we get it. Your number 1 as always. But watch this." Stated Beast Boy as he made his way over to the starting line. Robin reset the watch and watched as Beast Boy made his way over to the robots in tiger form and start clawing his way through the crowd. Within minutes he was on his way to the flying rocks and bombs. He then turned into a gopher and dug his way to the other side. When he got to the fog he turned into an eagle and flew over the fog, wall. And finish line before turning back into himself with a goofy grin.
"Yeah! 3:05! Looks like we have a new course record." He screamed while doing his victory dance.
"I must have softened it up for the rest of you." Cyborg tried to convince them that he did it on purpose.
Yeah sure you did. . . Robin . . . its your turn." Raven said quietly while setting the timer. Robin didn't hesitate to take out his boomerangs when the clock said 'go'. He threw them in the direction of the slade bots and pulled out one of his explosives and threw it there too. When the smoke cleared, one bot stood standing so Robin took him down in hand to hand combat. He ran to the robot and pulled out his staff but before he could do anything, the robot hit one in his chest. Robin counter attacked by using his pole to regain balance and then do a double high high kick to the robots center power cord. When that was over, he ran straight into the rocks and bombs. He started to jump onto the falling rocks and avoided the bombs. He made it to the other side quickly. The one problem he really had was the fog. Since he was still human, he didn't have any special powers to help him with the fog. This didn't stop him so he ran full speed in the fog and by luck, made it to the wall. He used his grabbling hook to reach the top of the wall then jump over to the other side and run across the finish line.
"Oh joyous friend Robin. You have the 3rd place at 3:15!"said Star as she flew over to give him a hug. Yet when she got there she gave him a kiss on the lips because she forgot the other people there with them and it was not private. Robin seemed to have forgotten to because he returned the kiss.
"Um." Hummed Beast Boy interrupting the moment.
"Oh didn't we tell we were dating? "asked Robin as he blushed furiously. They all shook their heads very slowly.
"Oh friends. It is most joyous that me and Robin are doing the dating. "shrilled Starfire as she went to give everyone a bone crushing hug. When she got to Raven she didn't give her a hug. She didn't do anything at all. They all turned their heads to see Raven at a truly horrible state. She had bags under her eyes, her posture was the worst they had ever seen, and she looked like she might pass out.
"Um, Raven, maybe you should skip this practice."
"NO! I will do the course. . ." that was the last thing she said before passing out and falling onto the hard floor. It was a good thing Beast Boy was behind her all this time, because he caught her before she could hit her head.
"Raven! Raven wake up now! Come on Raven, please wake up!" they all yelled in union. All except one. Terra.
