Shifting in her bed, Cecelia looked at the clock by her bedside before scowling at the time. "Half 1," she muttered to herself. She had been in her new room for over three hours after being discharged from the medical wing of the Titans' Tower now free from her bullet wounds thanks to Raven's healing powers. Although she was tired Cecelia found herself unable to sleep due to the new location. And more importantly, she had to pee.
Sighing to herself, Cecelia pulled her covers off of her and headed to the communal bathroom near the common area. Cyborg had promised to convert an area of Cecelia's room to an ensuite bathroom but until then she had to use the communal one. Creeping to the bathroom as to not wake up anyone, Cecelia did her business before glancing in the common room, sensing movement.
Sneaking into the common area, she was surprised to find Robin sat on the sofa reading through a thick binder. Feeling relieved that she hadn't stumbled into an intruder, Cecelia debated talking to Robin before deciding to leave.
"Couldn't sleep?" Robin asked, not looking up from his binder.
Cecelia blinked in confusion at being heard before responding, "Nope. How did you know I was even here," she asked.
"I heard you since you left your room," Robin said, finally turning and looking at Cecelia. "Why can't you sleep?"
Cecelia shrugged as she sat next to Robin. "Guess I'm not used to beds anymore," she admitted, "I've been running from those guys for a couple of months and I've had to sleep rough since." Cecelia saw Robin his mouth and interrupted him before he could start, "So what we all got planned for later?"
Sensing the need for a change in subject, Robin responded quickly, "Training for you. We need to see what you're capable of so it's an obstacle course and then a sparring session."
"Great," Cecelia replied sarcastically. "Guess I should try to actually sleep then. What are you doing though?"
"Reading through my notes on Slade," Robin replied, picking up the binder again.
"Slade?" Cecelia asked.
"A mad man who wants to destroy us. I want to destroy him first," Robin answered, his attention already back to the binder.
"Alrighty then. Have a good night I suppose," Cecelia said standing up.
"Night," Robin replied automatically.
Cecelia headed back to her room and climbed into her bed and before she knew it she was finally sleeping.
The peaceful sleep ended at 8 AM as Cecelia's alarm blared. Moaning to herself, Cecelia pulled herself out of bed and put on a pair of black jeans and a blue, longed sleeve top before heading to the common area.
Before she even reached the room Cecelia could hear voices from beyond the door. "Tofu!" one voice sounded as Cecelia entered the room.
"You have your gross fake meat but I'm having some real meat," yelled Cyborg.
Cecelia looked on in amusement as Cyborg and the green skinned boy had a shouting contest seemingly seeing who could yell either 'meat' or 'tofu' the loudest.
Robin noticed Cecelia standing by the door, a smile on her face, and looked at the two who were arguing. "Quiet," he ordered, "Cecelia's here."
The green skinned boy stepped forward, his hand extended, "Hey, I'm Beast Boy," he said grinning.
Cecelia shook his hand, "Cecelia," she replied, "so what can you do?"
Beast Boy's eyes widened at the chance to show off and transformed into a variety of animals; a humming bird, an armadillo, a cat, a horse before returning back to normal. "A better question is what can't I do?"
"Accept that bacon is better than your nasty tofu," provided Cyborg.
"Think," said Raven from the corner of the kitchen.
Cecelia laughed at Beast Boy's blush before being picked up by an orange skinned woman. She looks like a floating Dorito. The Dorito woman talked in a flurry of words, "Hello new person, I am Starfire, who are you, where do you come from; how did you get here; what is your favourite colour; do you wish to be my friend.
Cecelia backed away slightly due to the woman's enthusiasm, "Cecelia Hart, kinda from Kansas, I ran, blue and I guess so."
Robin stepped forward, "Starfire, you're making her uncomfortable," he said, causing Starfire to blush and mumble an apology. "Cecelia, eat up, your training starts in half an hour," he ordered before walking out of the room.
Cecelia nodded and filled a nearby plate with some bacon and a pancake and sat in between Beast Boy and Cyborg and began to eat. Beast Boy nudged Cecelia and spoke, "So, you saw what I can do. Make it even, what can you do?" Swallowing her mouthful of food, Cecelia became invisible much to the surprise of Beast Boy. "Dude, how are you doing that?" he asked, waving his arm around.
"Really easily," Cecelia replied, reappearing. "I can turn invisible and I can move faster than most people, and I can absorb the Metagenes of any Metahumans by touch."
Cyborg let out an appreciative whistle, "Not bad girl, too bad none of us have Metagenes," he stated.
Cecelia let out a laugh, "Tell me about it, you know any Metas I could try absorbing?"
Cyborg thought about it for a second, "Only one I can think of is Jinx, she works for the H.I.V.E. Academy."
Cecelia nodded, "I'll try to find her, I could always use some extra powers," she said with a grin.
"True," Cyborg nodded. "Hey, you want me to walk you to the training room?"
Cecelia nodded and finished the rest of her food, "That would be good."
The two rose to their feet and Cyborg led the way, talking about various rooms along the way, "The gym's next to the training room, the roof has a basketball court if you ever need some time to chill and my room's a few doors down from yours, so if you want to come by feel free."
"Thanks," Cecelia smiled as the two stood outside the training room. Cecelia stood outside the room nervously, she knew she could handle training but it was another thing to know you were being watched and scrutinized.
Sensing Cecelia's nervousness Cyborg placed a hand on her back, "Don't worry about it, Robin jut needs to know if you need any extra help or if you can handle yourself," he said reassuringly.
Cecelia nodded and took a deep breath before walking into the large steel room. Robin's voice sounded from an intercom on the ceiling, "Glad you could make it. Now, on the opposite side of the room is a flashing red button." Robin paused as Cecelia looked at the button roughly 30 feet away. "Your task is to press the button. The test starts now."
With those words, sections of the floor opened up and large boxing gloves shot up from the ground directly in front of Cecelia. Breathing in, Cecelia quickly focused and sped up her speed and took off running towards the button, dodging the fists as she went. In front of Cecelia, three launchers appeared from the far wall and began to fire a steady stream of disks.
Attempting to dodge one disk, Cecelia inadvertently jumped into the path of another disk which hit her shoulder, delivering a moderate electric shock and sending her to the floor. "Damn," Cecelia yelled, as she regained her bearings. Turning invisible, Cecelia returned to her feet before sprinting towards the button, avoiding the projectiles.
Much to the surprise of Cecelia, the launchers retracted back into the wall as a loud alarm sounded. Robin's voice came over the intercom again, this time in a hurried tone, "Sorry to cut this short, but we've got a crime alert." Cecelia nodded and ran out the room to follow Robin into an elevator to the garage. "You sure you're up for this?" Robin asked over his shoulder.
"I can handle myself," Cecelia said. "Any idea who we're up against?"
Cyborg glanced at his communicator, "Police chatter says it's the H.I.V.E, so it'll be Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo. Police say they're robbing a bank."
The team piled into the T-Car and Cyborg began to drive while Robin dictated the team, "Cy and Star you'll take on Mammoth, Beast Boy and Raven you go for Gizmo, Cecelia, you and I will deal with Jinx."
Within minutes the team had pulled up to the bank and everyone scrambled out of the car. A small boy looked at the Titans as they approached before he yelled inside the bank, "Heads up guys, the snot-munchers are here." Two more people exited the bank, one a girl with bright pink hair and the other a large brute of a man, both with bags of money in their hands. "Wait," the dwarf said, noticing Cecelia. "How come they get a new person, why the crud can't we get more people?"
"Enough talk," the pink haired girl ordered, "H.I.V.E take them down."
Both sides jumped into action, Cyborg immediately blasted Mammoth with his sonic cannon while Starfire flew into Mammoth fist first. Mammoth staggered back before swatting Starfire into a nearby car and attempting to lunge at her only to be intercepted by a tackle from Cyborg, slamming him to the ground before Starfire flew over and the pair restrained him.
Raven and Beast Boy both leapt out of the way of Gizmo's backpack gunfire and took cover behind a car. Raven quickly created a shield of dark energy while Beast Boy shifted into an eagle and flew directly behind Gizmo before becoming an electric eel and wrapping himself around Gizmo who immediately began to wriggle around. Beast Boy quickly delivered an electric shock to Gizmo and his backpack causing him to spasm and fall to the ground in a heap.
Cecelia and Robin approached Jinx, batons and staff in hands. Jinx gave a grin as they approached, "You and your newbie are going down," she mocked.
"Bring it on Pinky," Cecelia replied before charging, swinging her batons.
"It's on." Jinx's hands began to glow a bright pink before she threw the light at Cecelia's batons causing them to disintegrate instantly.
"Screw you!" Cecelia yelled, dropping the ashy remains of her batons before attempting to lunge at Jinx, who easily dodged the attack. "Stay! Still!" Cecelia ordered attempting to punch the now laughing Jinx.
"Make me," Jinx mocked, before throwing a flurry of punches and kicks at Cecelia's face and body.
Cecelia fell to the floor at Jinx's feet. "Drop dead," Cecelia said, before grabbing Jinx's hand and feeling the rush of a new power being absorbed into her. Low level probability manipulation, Cecelia thought, that could be useful.
"Not yet," Jinx grinned before bringing the heel of her foot on Cecelia's nose before everything faded to black.
This took a surprisingly long while to do but considering it's nearly 4 times as long as the other chapters I can see why.
Anyway first chapter with actual combat and team in it.
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