CHAPTER 3

OVERALL POV

Kendall woke up and stepped out of her bed groggily. Stretching, she stumbled sleepily over to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. She thought about what Beast Boy said to her last night and his sudden change of character as soon as Robin said she could stay with them. I still need to talk to Robin about that. She spit in the sink before looking in the mirror and staring at her reflection. She practically dug into her brain trying to collect any memory she could to no avail. She let out a sigh before going to change.

Robin knocked on Kendall's door. "Kendall, we're starting training in about ten minutes if you'd like to join us this morning." He called.

Kendall pushed the button and opened the door. "Sure! I think it'd be kinda neat to see you guys in action." She smiled before walking beside Robin as they headed outside to the training area.

"Well, I'd like to see what you can do also." He looked at her. "If it's okay with you."

"Fine by me!" Kendall cracked her neck. "I wanna see what I can do myself."

Kendall and Robin walked up to find Raven and Cyborg waiting. Beast Boy was catching up behind the two and finally stopped, breathing heavily and resting his hands on his knees. "Couldn't wait up at all guys? Jeez!" He huffed

Kendall was going to say something, but she figured against it, not totally sure how Beast Boy felt about her at this point. It was a good decision to keep quiet, because when Beast Boy looked up, he didn't give her the most pleasant look.

"Alright Titans, let's go ahead and get this started." Robin said, sitting down at the control counter on the rocks. "Starfire, you're up."

Starfire breezed through it, as well as Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven.

"Kendall, you're up." Robin said, pushing a few buttons on the control pad. The course restarted and Kendall walked onto the starting point as she cracked her knuckles. "Let's see what I've got!" She shouted, more to herself than to the team.

A small metal machine popped up and started shooting at her and she easily changed to metal before lifting her leg up and smashing the contraption. She noticed another machine coming at her and flew in the air before swooping back down and punching it, sending it careening into the water.

The Titans watched in amazement as Kendall destroyed obstacle after obstacle in her metal form. The course ended and she gently landed before shifting back to normal. She looked at them expectantly, wondering how she did.

"That was… great Kendall, impressive." Robin said, pressing more buttons. All of the contraptions dropped back down into the ground. "Training is finished for today team, good job all of you." He said, standing up from the controls and hopping down.

Starfire floated over to Kendall. "That was incredible Kendall! You kicked the butt!" She smiled. "Shall we still attend our 'girls day'?" She asked.

Kendall smiled before nodding. "Sure thing Starfire, it sounds like a lot of fun!" She looked over at everyone else. "I guess we'll see you all later. Raven, sure you don't want to come?"

"I don't do shopping." Raven said.

Starfire grabbed onto Kendall and took over into the air towards the city. "We shall have a wonderful time!"

The others watched them fly off. "I still don't know if we should trust her." Beast Boy said flatly, still watching them.

"Give her a chance BB, she's not Terra." Cyborg said, nudging his friend out of his glare.

"I think I'm starting to agree with Cyborg and Robin on this one Beast Boy." Raven said flatly. "We can still keep our guards up on her, but we don't have to shun her for what Terra did to us."

Beast Boy sighed heavily. "I guess you guys are right… might as well give Cyborg's girlfriend a chance." He said before running out of Cyborg's reach and back to the tower.

"I swear I'm going to kill him!" Cyborg shouted before chasing after him.

Raven and Robin just looked at each other before laughing and heading to the tower after them.

Later that day, Starfire flew into the front door of the Tower smiling. "Hello friends!" She chimed, seeing everyone hanging around in the sitting area.

"Hey Star, where's Kendall?" Cyborg asked.

"Yeah, Cyborg's been waiting for his GIRLFRIEND all day!" Beast Boy mocked before getting punched. "Hey! I'm just saying!"

Starfire giggled before coughing and straightening herself up, preparing to speak. "May I present Miss Kendall." She said, trying to sound proper before moving the right a bit so Kendall could come through.

Kendall stepped out in a new outfit. She had on black pants with a black tank top that exposed her belly. She had fingerless gloves on that were a deep blue and her sneakers matched the gloves. She looked embarrassed. "Starfire said I should pick an outfit that sort of looked like a super hero… but I don't think tights were my style so I got this…. What do you guys think?" She asked, rubbing her arm, looking at the group.

"You look great!" Robin smiled. "Definitely look like part of the team."

"Yeah, pretty awesome!" Cyborg said.

"It's… cool." Raven mumbled, which was pretty much a compliment coming from her.

Beast Boy gave a thumbs up and smiled.

Kendall perked up instantly. "Really? You guys think so?" She asked, grinning.

"Totally!" Beast Boy cheered.

Kendall looked confused for a moment at Beast Boy speaking to her, but shook it off and smiled, glad he wasn't cold to her.

Everyone sat around the couch for a while, watching tv. Cyborg and Beast Boy of course were arguing over what to watch, and Starfire was offering to put on World of Fungus, and Raven was reading her book. Kendall looked across to Robin, who was watching the spectacle unfolding. "Hey Robin, can I talk to you for a sec?" She asked, standing up.

Robin nodded and they both walked into the hallway. "Want to go on the roof?" He asked. Kendall nodded.

When they reached the roof, both of them sat down on the edge. "So what did you want to talk about Kendall?"

Kendall twiddled her thumbs for a second in thought. "Well…last night, after you invited me to stay here, Beast Boy came into my room and seemed angry with me being here still. I have no idea why, he told me someone had tricked you all before and threatened me. Then he just left."

Robin sighed. "He loved a girl that completely turned on us basically. Tried to destroy us and everything. Her name was Terra. She ended up losing her life to save the city though, but Beast Boy doesn't trust newcomers because of it. We mentioned it to him last night that you are nothing like Terra when we first took her in, and he sort of calmed down after that." He explained.

Kendall stared at the setting sun. "I see. He had every right to mistrust me though. I mean, I don't even know who I am, so I wouldn't have been able to defend myself or proof him wrong." She mumbled.

"We'll worry about your past as it comes. Right now, we need you here. And help us fight criminals. That is, if you want to." Robin looked at her.

"Of course! I'd love to." Kendall smiled.

Robin nodded in approval. "Good. Oh, maybe you could talk to Raven and meditate with her. Maybe it'll trigger something." He stood up.

Kendall stood up as well. "Do you think she would let me join her?"

"Raven is all about meditation and finding your center. I'm sure she'd help you out."

"Okay, maybe I can talk to her about it tonight then."

Kendall and Robin walked back into the room. Raven wasn't in the room.

"Where's Raven?" Robin asked.

"She went to meditate in her room." Cyborg said, furiously clicking the buttons on the game controller.

Robin looked over at Kendall. "Perfect timing, why don't you go ask her now?"

Kendall nodded. "Might as well. If I don't see you guys before bed, goodnight."

Everyone said goodnight as she walked out of the room and headed towards Raven's room.

KENDALL'S POV

Kendall stared at the door before heaving a big sigh. "Okay Kendall, you got this, just know on the door." She mumbled. She tapped on the door a few times. "Come in." Raven said through the door.

Kendall walked in and saw Raven floating, crossed legged with her eyes closed. "Hey Raven, I know you meditate alone, but I was wondering if I could join you. I want to see if it'll trigger any memories."

Raven opened an eye and looked at Kendall. "Sure. Just find your center and close your eyes."

Kendall sat on the floor, crossed her legs and floated off the ground next to Raven. She shut her eyes.

Raven began repeating, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

Kendall opened an eye and looked at her in curiousity before shrugging and chanting it as well.

A few minutes went by and she felt nothing. She was ready to give up when she started feeling almost sleepy. She started to see a vision and concentrated more on it. That was when she got a glimpse of her memory.

FLASHBACK (this is from Kendall's POV, but it is her memory. Just to clarify)

"Mommy! Mommy! I'm scared!" I screamed. My voice was much higher. I had to have been eight, maybe nine.

"Everything's going to be okay sweetie, I won't let them take you." My mother said, drawing me into her arms. There was banging on the door. "We know you have the girl in there!" Someone shouted behind the wall.

I looked up at my mother, I could feel my tears seemingly endless, falling from my eyes. She smoothed my hair back and shushed me. We were hiding in the closet.

"I promise you I will not let anything happen to you Kenny." She soothed, saying my nickname she gave me made me feel a little more calmer. Until I heard a loud crash and footsteps approaching. "Search the room, NOW!" A man screamed. The footsteps hurriedly searched the room. I could get just a glimpse of the men in coats looking for us through the cracks of the closet door.

Then, an eye peered through one of the cracks. I screamed, I shouldn't have screamed, because the door was ripped from its hinges as they snatched me out of my mother's grasp. "MOMMY!"

They kicked my mother into the wall before smacking her across the face. My mother hit the closet floor with a thud before looking up at me. "Whatever you do Kenny, DON'T CHANGE!" She shouted. I heeded her warning and did not transform to metal. "You shut up!" The man in glasses yelled before hitting my mom again.

"We tried to cooperate with you, but now we have no choice but to take her by force Lyla." The man said sternly before pulling out a pistol from his belt. "You've left us no other option."

My mother looked at me, then back at the man. "Just don't let her watch…please…" She croaked behind tears that started falling.

The man in glasses nodded. "Take the girl out of here." He commanded. The man holding me nodded before turning heel to the exit. "Mommy! No! Mommy!" I screamed. I started fighting the man holding me.

He managed to make it downstairs while I struggled. I heard the gunshot and a thud, my heart dropped. My mother was dead.

(end of flashback)

OVERALL POV

Kendall's eyes shot open and she hit the floor with a loud thud. Raven stopped meditating and kneeled next to her. "What happened?" She asked in surprise.

"I, I remember being taken!" Kendall gasped for air. Tears welled in her eyes. "I still don't know why, but a man in glasses and his men in coats took me away and he… he shot my mother!" She choked back tears.

Raven wasn't sure what to do. Consoling wasn't exactly her forte. "What can I do Kendall?"

Kendall got up before heading to the door, biting her finger to keep back her sob. "I want to be alone." With that, the door closed behind her, leaving Raven standing alone again in her room, shocked.

Kendall didn't know where else to go, so she started heading towards the roof, sniffling gently every now and again. Cyborg had just stepped out of his room when Kendall walked by. He went to greet her but she brushed by him. He heard a sniffle as he watched her walk by, noticing she was walking towards the entrance to the roof.

She made her way to the roof and sat on the edge, staring at the moon's reflection on the water. She felt her tears burning her eyes and finally gave up holding them back, letting it lose. She practically wailed. Trying to muffle her crying, she pulled her knees to her chest and buried her face in them.

Cyborg stood at the entrance to the roof, debating on whether or not to go comfort her and see what happened. Finally making his decision, he gave a deep sigh and took hold of the door handle.

*YAAAAYY chapter 3 is done ! I'm pretty pleased with this one. I hope to hear what you all think. Let me know!*