Chapter 2: The Hero and The Mermaid Meet
Robin removed his boots and dove in the water. It was warmer than he expected. He started swimming head up front crawl towards the person. He was close enough to her her. It was a girl. A human girl from what he could tell. She was beautiful. Long red hair, her skin so fair, lips so red. Long eyelashes. She was more gorgeous than any girl he had ever seen. He only wished he could see her eyes. He stopped in front of her. Squeezed her arm to see if she was awake and could swim on her own. She wasn't He grabbed her wrist and put it over his shoulder. That's when he felt it. Something cold hit him. Something slimy too. It felt like a fish. Maybe that's all it was..a fish. It hit him again. No this was to big for a fish. Yet to small for a shark. Robin made a decision that he knew he would later regret and looked under the water. He saw it. It was long and wet and slimy, but beautiful. It was a light green, a little lighter than a piece of grass, and had may scales that seemed to just make it even more beautiful. He came back up and looked at her small face. A loud crash from the docks brought him back to his senses. He started pulling her towards the docks. When they reached the docks Cyborg reached out a hand to help.
"I she-" Robin nodded. Not wanting Cyborg to saw it.
"Ya. Is there somewhere we could do this in the water?" Cyborg nodded and pointed to a spot where Raven was standing. Robin went back in the water and pulled the..girl over to Raven. Robin hopped out of the water while Raven gently put her in their home-made tub, if you could call it that. Raven floated up in her meditation position and looked at Robin.
"I need quiet so keep those two away and NO talking." Robin only nodded. She closed her eyes and started to meditate.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." A dim blue light started to cover the mermaid. Robin stared at the beautiful girl. He couldn't help it. She was gorgeous. He repositioned himself on the pole. Raven opened her eyes and stood up. Robin stood up.
"She will be fine. Get her back in the water. She should be walking up any-"
"Ahhh!" She was interrupted by a loud scream. Raven sighed.
"Minute." Robin walked to the side of the tub and looked at the helpless girl. Her eyes were gorgeous. A bright green. Brighter than her tail.
"Um, hi I am uh-"
"He's Robin. My name is Raven. We are part of the Teen Titans. We healed you. Do you remember anything before you fell unconscious?" The girl shook her head. She was keeping a secret. Robin could tell, and Raven could read her mind.
"Your name. Do you know it?" The girl nodded.
"Say it."
"Raven." Robin snapped at her. "Be nicer. She obviously hasn't seen a human before." Raven looked at the boy wonder. He was already starting to fall for her. A mermaid. Raven opened her mouth to speak.
"Kori." She turned to the girl, or Kori. Who has just spoken. Robin stared at her. Even her voice sounded melodic. Raven nodded.
"Kori. Would you like to leave?" Kori looked at Robin. Then back to Raven. The slowly nodded. Raven moved the tub closer to the ocean.
"Can you get out by yourself?" Kori looked at her arms which had bruises. Then nodded not looking back. She lifted her weight up. Turned to both of them and before jumping in the water quietly said
"Thank you.." Then the mermaid was gone.
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Beast boy sat on the edge of the dock. His face in his hands. He was so bored. He saw Cyborg sit next to him. Then Cyborg pointed out to the ocean. BB turned and saw a tail splash away.
"Is that her?" Cyborg nodded.
"Her name is Kori. She says she doesn't remember anything that happened. Doesn't matter though we'll probably never see her again. Oh ya don't talk to Robin. He's still mad at Raven for letting her go so easy." BB smirked.
"Someone's got a crush, someone's got a crush someone's-OW!" He felt a pain in his head. He turned to see Robin's fist clenched. BB turned away.
"Sorry. Dude why would Slade try to blow her up though?" Robin just walked away. Cyborg stood up.
"Come on grass stain. Let's just go home." BB stood up and they walked away. For the rest of the day though none of them felt happy. That girl al had some affect on them. Even Beast Boy who only saw her once.
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Kori was swimming through the water as fast as she could. Humans! Humans touched her! She was so..so..so she wanted to feel anger but she felt happy. Though a part of her was sad that she left them. They seemed so nice. She couldn't believe the damage they could cause. She could see the city coming into view. There were guards all over the place. Kori could see Ryan swimming back and forth. She smiled. The frowned again. Ho long had she been gone? She swam towards him. He saw her and immediately swam and gave her a hug at full force.
"Oof! Ry, what's the big commotion?" Ryan pulled away still holding on to Kori shoulder.
"Some mer-folk have disappeared. When no one could find you everyone started searching. Even Galfore left the palace." Kori was staring at Ryan with wide eyes. All of a sudden she felt herself get pulled back into a hug. She looked up and saw Galfore had her in his arms.
"Kori and am so glad you have returned. Everyone was frightened that you had been taken with the others." Galfore let her go. Kori got an idea. The Teen Titans. Weren't they heroes. Wow. Kori had no idea how she knew that. If she could get the Titans to help her, they could find all their people.
"Thank you for looking. I ma going to retire to my room for a while. Please I wish to be alone." With that Kori swam away. Ignoring everyone. She had to find a way to get back to the Titans. That meant she had to become a human. How? Maybe one of the three witches of the sea could help her. She rushes in her room and shuts the door. She floats over and sits on her bed. Kori brings the pillow to her head and screams in it. For some reason that boy, human bot was stuck in her head. Why did he have such an effect on her? She didn't like him..did she? No! She most definitely did not like his black spiked hair, his mysterious mask covered eyes, his deep voice, his- NO! She had heard all the terrifying stories of the poor mermaid who fell in love with a human man. She hated thinking about it.
CRASH BANG CRASH
Kori sat up. What was going on out there. All of a sudden she was brought out of her thoughts by
mer-folk screaming. She swam to her door. When she swung it open she saw a terrifying sight. A palace guard was sprawled on the ground. His tail was ripped and half of his fin missing. His body was a mess, he had scratches and bruises and large cuts all over his skin. He was breathing heavily. She kneeled (A/N: If that's what you can call it.) beside him and took some nearby curtain cloth and started to cover his wounds. She didn't dare touch his tail though.
"What happened?" She asked herself while trying to stop the bleeding on one large cut. The guard took her hand and tried to get up. She laid him back on the ground.
"You must rest and wait for a doctor, he will-"
"You must hide princess. The Gordainians are here they are looking for you. Coma Anders sent for them. She traded you for...for.." With that the guard went back to sleep. Or Kori wanted to call it sleep. Kori swam into her room and shut the door. Tears in her eyes. Not only for the kind guard, but her sister...her sister had traded her? For what? Sh heard a knock on the door. Then she heard Coma's voice.
"Kori? Galfore wishes to see you. Now!" She could hear the lie in her sisters voice. Kori pulled back her tears.
"No Com. Galfore told me I could stay in my room. That is where I wish to stay." Coma hit the door.
"Kori! Come out now! He needs to see you!" Kori was sick of her sisters lies.
"NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME THE TRUTH! JUST FOR ONCE! Did you really offer to trade..me?" The tears were coming back. Kori heard Coma sigh. That made Kori even more mad.
"Yes. Now come. They have already killed Ryan. DO you wish for them to kill Galfore too?" The tears stopped. Ryan...Ryan..her beloved brother...was dead? No..no..no..
"NO! Ryan is not dead..you are lying..." Coma sighed again. Obviously frustrated with Kori.
"I wish I was Kor I wish-"
"THEN WHY DO YOU SAY IT LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED!? OUR BROTHER IS DEAD! AND ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS TRADING ME OFF FOR SOME SILLY ITEM!" Kori dropped on the ground. Coma was furious now.
"I AM DOING THIS FOR OUR KINGDOM! YOU ARE BEING TRADED FOR PEACE! IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SEE OUR KINGDOM DESTROYED, YOU WILL GO WITH THEM!" Kori put her face in her hands. Not replying to Coma. She could hear footsteps walking away. Kori started crying with all her might.
CRASH
Kori felt glass cut her body. She looked up at her know broken window. Gordainians. She flew up and opened the door. The were there too. Tears dwelled in her eyes. All she could do was cry as they took her away from her family.
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Robin put his fork on the table. He just wasn't hungry. It had been four days since he saw the mermaid, and he hasn't eaten a single thing. He heard Ravens cold voice.
"Eat. Before you starve yourself." Robin sighed and looked at his plate. It had three pieces pf bacon, two large pancakes, one waffle and one egg on it. Usually he would be all over this, but now. Nothing.
"I'm not-"
"Eat it! Before I shove it down your throat." Robin eyed her. She was serious. Robin sighed. He grabbed a piece of bacon and stuffed it in his mouth. He forcefully swallowed it. He looked to Raven.
"Happy now?" Raven nodded.
"Keep eating." Robin sighed and picked up his fork. BB started laughing.
"Sucker! You have to eat that stuff! It must be so disgusting! Hah good thing-"
"Shut it grass stain! Or I'll shove it down your throat." Cyborg yelled once he walked into the kitchen. He was covered in grease stains. Cyborg grabbed the milk container and started chugging it. A black force surrounded it and it was taken from his hands.
"Hey! Raven! Give it back!" Raven dupmed it the sink. Cyborg groaned.
"It is contaminated. You touched it with those hands and drank out of it. This was the only answer." BB started laughing again. A piece of bacon floated of of Robins plate and landed on BB's head. He screamed. Robin only smiled. One because of Beast boys girlish scream, two because now he only had to eat his waffle.
"Raven! Stop! Please! You know I hate meat!" Robin sighed. This was getting boring. He looked at around. Everyone was busy. Raven was reading while casing BB with a piece of Bacon. Cyborg snuck back to the garage to work on his baby. BB was running from Raven's bacon. Robin pushed his plate forward and quickly rushed out of the room.
He headed towards the evidence room, to look at the only piece of information they had on Slade. The broken control that he used to try to get Robin to be his apprentice. Robin looked at it. Slade was so..so confusing. A puzzle that Robin just couldn't solve. Robin decided to take a nap before the alarm went off. But as fate would have it as soon as he stepped in his room. The alarm went blaring. Robin groaned loudly. He headed to the control room. Beast boy and Raven were at the computer and Cyborg headed in the other door towards them. Robin shoved through the two and looked at the screen. There he saw Slade. He wasn't alone though. He had something with him. Someone. Robin was sure he knew this person.
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Kori slowly opened her eyes. All she felt was pain. It had been four days since she was taken here. They had been testing on her, so much. She could barley keep count. She pulled herself up. Wait. Stop. Something was wrong. Kori knew it. She didn't feel the warmth of the water. Instead she felt cold air. She couldn't feel her tail either. Though she did feel something rough again...skin? On her tail. No. No they couldn't have. She spun her head around to come face to face with..legs. Legs that were attached to her. With feet. No they didn't..they did. The Gordainians turned her into a..a..human. That's why she didn't feel the water. She was in a place with no water. She could breath too. She pulled herself the ground and stood. Just to fall back to the ground. She landed with a thump. Tears swelled in her eyes. She felt anger towards them. How thy treated her like this. Evil. Her fists felt warm. She looked at them. Her starbolts! She pointed it and blast it at a wall. It had a crack in it. She smiled. She could get out of here. She felt her knees leave the ground. She looked and saw herself floating. She stopped smiling and immediately fell to the ground. Tears stained her eyes again.
"What are you doing Troq?" She heard a low voice growl. She felt anger again.
"What did you do to me?" The guard laughed.
"Some of which gave you legs. The others gave you abilities. You are to be used for our war with Tamaran." She stood up, just to fall again. Anger was in her voice.
"NEVER! I WILL NEVER EVER HELP YOU! You are evil..truly evil." The guard laughed again.
"Silly. You cannot stop us. You can't even stand up! You will need a lot of help if you are willing to stop us."
"LIKE THIS?!" A male voice screamed as the guard fell to the ground. Kori eyed him. He was dead.
"Kori!" She looked up and saw him. Her brother. Ryan. He was not dead!
"Ryan!" She crawled over to him. He opened her cage and she jumped into his arms. Tears were falling out if his eyes. He set her on the ground. Kori eyes him. He too had legs.
"Okay. Kori, you need to learn to use your powers. For flight which you now have because of legs you must feel happiness. You know how to use your starbolts. Now you know Tamaran mer-people have super strength right?" Kori nodded. Trying to take this all in.
"Okay. The exit is just down that hall, you have to leave now. They will kill you. Or trade you to the Citadel. You have to go now. Just fly instead of walk. Save your energy. Kill every guard who tries to stop you! Okay?" Kori nodded. Then she grew worried.
"What about you. Will they not kill you? Please Ryan come with me." Ryan shook his head.
"Kori no. They won't kill me. They need me. Now go. I promise I will see you again!" With that he picked her up and set her against the wall. He gave her a hug and ran off in the opposite direction.
"RYAN!" She felt needed to trust her brother. Fly. She had to fly out of here. Think of happy things. Her family. She felt her feet lift of the ground. One inch. Her parents. Her friends. Her people. Her brother. She was about five feet of the the ground now. She moved forward. It worked! She kept moving forward until she could see the exit. She reached the door. It had to be easier than this to escape. No matter. Right now she was only interested in escape. She opened the door, and felt a breeze of cool air. The ship she was in was above water. Without another thought she dove in the water. Swimming without a tail was hard. She was losing her energy. She saw the mainland closing in. She kicked with her legs. The land was so close. She was so tired. Her eyes closed. She started to sink. She knew she ws going to die. Then she felt the water leave her skin. Then the land hit her body roughly. She opened her eyes just enough to see him. The man in the sub.