Mandy had been a Teen
titan for a little over four weeks. The titans had all become close
with Mandy. But none other like Cyborg. He felt something, he knew
something. He knew Mandy was different from any other girl. One late
night, around one o'clock, he crept into the hallway. Mandys light
was still on. He walked up to it, and took a deep breath. He slightly
knocked on it, trying not to be too loud.
"Come in" She
said from behind the door. He walked into the room slowly. Mandy was
sitting on her bed, in her night dress, writing poetry. She looked up
from her poetry book, and smiled.
"Hey cyborg, whacha up to
so late at night?"
"I could ask you the same thing"
He smirked
"I couldnt sleep" Mandy gigled
Cy paused
for a moment. He then sat on her bed, on the edge of it. He looked at
her and smiled.
"Aha, what?" Mandy blushed a
little
"Your beautiful.. did you know that?" Cyborg
smiled
"Aha... thank you" Mandy blushed and looked
away.
"Mandy.. i-..I have something for you" Cyborg
said, clutching the item in his hand.
"Oh... what is it?"
Mandy asked curiously
Cy held out his hand, and placed it in her
hands, which were, for once, ungloved. It was a necklace, and not
just any type of necklace, it was a locket. In the shape of a heart.
The front of the locket had a rose on it, with a diamond in the
center. She smiled and unlatched the back of it, and put it on. She
smiled, and her eyes were tearing up.
"Thank you so much
cyborg. But why on earth did you give this to me?" Mandy asked,
still smiling
"Because, you are so special to me. and i
wanted to symbolize it" Cyborg blushed
"Thank you
cyborg" She said with a deep breath. Cyborg went to put his hand
on hers. She noticed his hand moving closer, and she jumped up and
shouted,
"No! please.. dont touch my hand..." Mandy
jumped up and put her gloves on.
"W-why..not?" Cy
asked, feeling embarassed
"Its... hard" Mandy looked at
the ground, sadly.
Mandy took off the glove once again, and showed
it to Cyborg. She put it close to his face, so he could see her hands
up close.
"If i were to touch you right now... some or all
your life forces, would be transfered into me. If i touched you for
long enough.. i could kill you" Mandy explained
sadly.
"Mandy...I-..Im sorry" Cy said standing up, and
embracing her.
"It wouldnt be so hard if.. oh.. nevermind"
Mandy stopped herself
"Mandy.. tell me" Cy said looking
into her eyes.
"Cyborg... Do you know who.. Wonder Womon
was?" Mandy said tightly shutting her eyes, looking as if she
was in pain."
"Yes.. of course." He replied.
"She
died.. ten years ago." Mandy continued
"Yea, its hard to
loose such a great hero" Cy said sadly
"Its hard to
loose such a great mother" Mandy looked at him.
"What?"
Cy was shocked
"Wonder women died ten years ago. I remember
hearing about it from my father. He told me, another hero, murderd
her. And my father wanted me to find out who it was. He gave me all
sorts of powers. Incuding the curse of my rouge hands." Mandy
began to cry.
"Mandy.. you were so young.." Cy
comforted
"Not really.." Mandy replied
"You were
like, five or six" Cy sasid confused
"No i was not"
Mandy corrected
"Mandy.. how old are
you exactly?" Cy was confused. She looked about sixteen or even
seventeen.
She paused before she answerd.
"Fifty-eight"
She answerd. Cyborg laughed. She laughed with him a bit.
"No...
seriously" he said
"lets just call it sixteen" She
smiled.
They both looked into eachothers eyes for a couple of
seconds.
"Dont tell about my hands" Mandy requested
"I
wont..." Cy hesitated
"Cyborg. please. i am
trying to trust you. i dont trust anyone. and i get angery easily."
Mandy explained
"I wont tell Mandy. I promise" Cy
confirmed
"Thank you cyborg" Mandy smiled
"Your
perfect." Cyborg blurted out.
"What?" Mandy asked
shocked
"I said... Your perfect. Ive never met anyone like
you before. your so confident. Your so creative and expressive. you
can be you and not care what anyone else says. you have gone through
so much in your life and yet you have the strength to smile each day.
You live on the edge and you can still somehow be calm. you are so
muscular, yet your beauty doesnt seem manly at all. you have flawless
hair, and beautiful eyes. I just love everything about you Mandy.
Your perfect." Cy explaned not knowing how to stop
himself.
Mandy stood there in shock, not knowing what to say. Cy
blushed and said
"Im gonna head in for the night now, haha.
see you tomorrow" He blushed and left the room. Mandy still
stood still in suprise and shock.
"Perfect..? Me...?"
She sadly said to herself, once agaion sitting on her bed.
"If
only he knew about who really am," Mandy sadly said.
Morph
floated up near her window. Mandy walked over and pet his
head.
"Morph.. why did i come back here?" She asked
him.
Morph made some girgly noises, that were apparently words.
"I
know i have to see who killed her. but.. why did cyborg have to...
fall for me?" She asked
Morph girgled and blooped a little
"They fight to save
people. and I- well... you know what i use to be." Mandy teard
up a bit.
Mandy pet morph and told him to go to sleep. Mandy
crawled into bed and turned out the light.
"I guess... what
they dont know... cant hurt them" Mandy yawned and fell fast to
sleep.
