Howdy folks guess whose back for another lovely little session with our beloved newbie's :)? I try to post every couple of days so I can give you guys what you love and hopefully you love what you get, but I found myself where I'm sure you have all found yourselves when you're writing a story. I am at that point where there is a fork in the road and I could choose one path or the other and I think I have chosen the path that I like the most. So now for my recipe for titans al la teen; Throw in a Greek goddess in child form, a fiery little minx, a robogirl, a rock fella with a heart of gold and a couple of bird brains ;) and you've got the mixture for one heck of a team and a whole lot of hijinx though the pink mistress herself isn't here (yet!).
Also it's been a year since the beginning of this story. Ok no more delay *cracks knuckles* lets begin.
Titans tower
Artemis ran down the hall as fast as her little legs could take her found the room she was looking for and rushed in. When she entered she shook Barooke awake and kept shaking him until he was coherent.
Barooke shook the sleep from his eyes and saw the look on Artemis's face and shot out from his covers "What's wrong are we under attack….is someone hurt" Artemis shook her head "I had a nightmare" she said in a meek tone. Barooke sat back down on his bed and wrapped the girl in his arms as the tears began to fall.
"Arty how many times do I have to tell you none of us are going to leave you we are a family now" he patted her head as she began to sniffle at him "I just had to make sure you were still here" she said through her sniffles. She looked up and he smiled down at her moving her bangs "None of us are ever going to leave you sweetie now you need to get some sleep we have training in the morning and you know Firestar won't be happy if were slacking" he laughed and caught Artemis giggling through her sniffles. She looked him in the eyes and said "can I sleep in here tonight rook" and gave him the puppy dog eyes knowing he couldn't resist them. He grumbled "alright" he said and she jumped up and got under the covers "you better not take all my covers this time either" he said with a smirk. She gave him her innocent look and they both went back to sleep, Artemis snuggled up to Barooke and Barooke wondering just what happened to this girl for her to have such nightmares.
Later in the Morning
Barooke woke up and tried to move out of bed but the little girl lying next to him clung onto him with fervor. He gently replaced himself with a pillow and got up and put on his hoodie and walked outside the tower. He felt the cool city air hit him and instantly woke him up. He went for his usual run, but it was the beginning of the week which meant the grocery store would be his stopping point instead of the complete circle he usually took. As he approached the marketplace he smiled and waved to all the people that recognized him for being a part of the relatively new hero squad that had made its presence know in Bludhaven. He bought all the things that he would need to make the food for the team for the week then remembered the list that Arty had made for him. She was picky about what she ate and the team seemed to be fine with that being funded by the Teen Titan organization didn't leave them wanting so buying the extra food was just fine with the rest of the team. When he finished his purchases he waved goodbye to everyone and began his journey back to the tower.
It was about half way home that Barooke began feeling a presence following him. He stopped and looked behind him and saw nothing so he figured it was just paranoia or something. He kept walking and the sun peaked over the horizon revealing a vaguely human shadow flying directly above Barooke. He didn't even flinch instead he walked into a heavily wooded area and placed the bags down he transformed into his rock form and melded in with the woods. He figured out he could do this during a game that the titans were playing and found it came in handy when tracking bad guys. As he stood there he saw two figures land and look around for what he could only assume was him. These two were polar opposites and yet eerily similar at the same time. One girl was tall slender and had snow white hair, she wore a white leotard that had a large portion of the back removed for the wings.
She seemed rather angry as she glared at the other girl and spoke with an edge to her voice "you just had to get a closer look at him didn't you we had the big lug fooled and you blew it" she said crossing her arms in front of her. The dark haired girl looked down and blushed "why are we sneaking up on them anyway we want to join them, why can't we just go up and ask" She wore the same outfit as her sister but it was pitch black and she had jeans on. Barooke tried to process what was happening and was rather mad that the white haired girl called him a lug he stepped out of the woods with his stone mallet across his back and snuck behind them "I think you better explain what you're doing following me before things get bad" the girl in black let a small eek pass her lips while the girl in white just glared.
"What do you think you're doing scaring us like that" She said pointedly poking him in the chest. Taken back by this Barooke was confused for a second "Me… You two were following me and now it's my fault because the "big lug" got the drop on you" She backed off and looked down blushing at the quoting of her words earlier and the black haired girl stepped forward. "Pardon my sister, She's snow bird and I'm Starling, feel free to call us snow and star, we are the Dogel sisters and we wanted to join the Teen Titans" she finished with a smile which floored Barooke even more. He tried to think of what to say and finally settled on "well you two look hungry come back to the tower and we can get this settled over breakfast.
Back at the tower
The other titans woke up one at a time in their usual order. First was Artemis she was a little mad at Barooke for not being there when she woke up but quickly forgave him when he showed her what he bought. He tried to ask what was going on with the two extra girls at the table but he said that would have to wait for the others. Tecna was next coming out listening to her IPod and she didn't even notice the girl until she went to sit in her seat and it was already occupied. She looked quizzically at Barooke and he just held up a finger signaling that he would get to it eventually. Last up was Firestar she walked out with her new toy a punk rock wanabe that looked like he hadn't had a shower in a year. She walked him to the door and he asked "So when you gonna call me" she laughed and said "when I feel like it" Barooke stifled a laugh and as the punk left Eva patted him on the ass. She turned then to see the two girls sitting at her table and said in a callous tone "who are these two and why are they here" Barooke who had just got done making breakfast started setting the table and smiled "they are our two new members there "sparky" he finished using the pet name he knew she hated. "This is starling and that is her sister snow bird. Firestar glared at Barooke and sat at the table "and who made this decision eh "Rocky" she said firing right back at him with his least favorite nickname. "Well robin said it was ok so I thought I'd wait till everyone was awake to welcome our new teammates" he finished letting the news sink in. The two sisters looked overjoyed not knowing that Barooke had already got them in. Tecna smiled and welcomed them both and informed starling that she was in her seat and seats were quickly switched. They all welcomed the new members enjoyed there breakfast. Snow quickly turned her head up and said "does that mean robins coming here" she said and her sister rolled her eyes. Brandon looked at her confused and finally said "no he's gonna send them with Cyborg when he delivers my car" her shoulders slumped and she pouted a little. Her sister explained her crush on robin and the others all laughed a little. Who knew what troubles lay before the titans but for right now there family had grown and that's all that mattered.
So this is the end to another chapter and now I'm hopefully gonna take a running start at this lol. For all of you that are waiting for the action I promise its coming up soon but I have to get through the intro. Hopefully this is gonna have a little bit of everything. Something else I just realized there are five girls in the tower with Barooke *face palm* what have I done to my poor character. O well lemme know watcha think and I'll hopefully have the next installment ready in a couple days . Until next time peace out cub scouts.