*Salem's POV*
After feeling the comfort of a couch and heating again, I fell into a deep sleep as soon as Robin brought me to the tower last night. The whole chase was a blur. I could barely remember my first looks at the tower.
Everything was so chaotic and messy around here, it wasn't hard to tell that five unsupervised teenagers lived in this building. I sat idly by while all the other Titans had their daily routines; I mainly sat in the gym watching Robin and Cyborg doing their training.
"So, do you people have some sort of library around here?" I asked loudly, trying to break the awkward sounds of grunting of straining muscles.
Robin ducked a punch from his partner," No, but we have the Tower's database, if you want I can go through it with you—"He threw a swift blow to Cyborg's lower leg, causing him to trip.
"Thanks." I got up off the wall, and waited by the door for Robin to collect himself after his fight. I took me forever this morning to even find another soul in the tower after waking up, so I definitely didn't want to attempt to find something in particular.
Robin soon appeared at my side, "So what do you want to look up, Salem?"
"I wanted to read on what I could do with my powers—you know since I can only do stuff on accident—well, except for reading thoughts—that's pretty easy—"
"Are you ok? You seem kind of—nervous?" Robin held out his arm to stop me gently.
"I'm ok, I just—don't know—like the full extent of my abilities. What if I can't handle them?"
"Trust me, I've known my share of people with uncontrollable powers, and the only reason they were that way was because they didn't believe that they could control them. Just, don't underestimate yourself." Robin smiled widely at me. I could see slight dimples in his cheeks, though his mask hid his eyes, I could tell they were looking at me.
"Thanks, Robin." He dropped his arm and led me the rest of the way to an elevator. We went up maybe two or three floors before entering into a hall that I recognized as the main floor of the tower. The path to the Titan's living room was slightly worn from the foot traffic. Robin showed me to a seat in front of a large computer.
"Ok—" I said it aloud as I typed, "T-E-L-E-P-A-T-H-Y, telepathy." I hit the enter key and suddenly the monitor lit up with millions of entry surrounding the word.
Telepathy and Me
How to Control Your Brother Using Telepathy
Get Your Way Every Time with Telepathy
Telepathy: Myth or Magic?
"I'm telepathic?" Idiot's Guide to Telepathy
Some of the titles flashed as I scrolled down the page, when I saw something noticeable.
Help! My Telepathy is Out of Control
I swallowed hard and kept scrolling.
"Aha, click that one." Robin pointed at a link to a page called The Many Marvels of Telepathy.
Defenses:
-Psychic Shield: creates a blockade to protect your mind from other telepaths
-Telepathic Shadow: the ability to make the user or others invisible to a certain person or thing
Offenses:
-Audible Inundation: creates voices in another's head
-Dark Psyche: communicate with the dark side of a person's personality
-Manipulation of Emotion: controlling another persons feelings
- Internal Vocalization: speaking as a part of another's mind.
-Neurocognitive Deficit: Shut down an opponent's higher brain functions.
-Operative Theft: The ability to quickly process, store, upload or download information through another's mind.
-Psychic Blockades: Placing "psychic inhibitors" in the minds of adversaries to prevent them from using their abilities.
Skills:
- Enhanced Learning: The ability to comprehend new things fully and use them accordingly
-Mind Sensory: The ability to sense another's presence
-Telepathic Connection: the ability to develop a permanent mental bond with any person or thing
- Sensory Scanning: to perceive through other beings' senses
- Mind Relay: The ability to act as a relay station for a group of minds, allowing said minds to "speak" to one another through the user
Users May be Prone to:
-Swelling of the brain
-Intense headaches
In extreme cases, telepathy can lead to greater and more chaotic powers, like telekinesis (ability to move or control objects with one's mind) or omnipathy ( ability to control hundreds or thousands of minds at once; super enhanced telepathy). Telepathy enhances the mind and can be a portal to many other brain powers, even some that you may not know are there due to inactivity or incomplete development of main powers.
I could tell Robin had finished reading the page when his hand laid gently on my shoulder in a comforting way, "I know it seems like a lot to take—"
"I can't do this. What was I thinking? I'm just me—and I'm not great at controlling my powers as they are, let alone with all the other crap I can do!" I closed my eyes and let a tear fall onto the control panel of the computer.
"No, Salem, you can do this. I will help you, and you have the support of the rest of the team, too."