Training

By the way. The whole 'lasers' thing? Well, if you watch 'Every Dog has His Day' you'll see Robin fighting lasers and robots. And the Danger Room for the X-men is self explanatory.

Oh yeah. Disclaimer - Don't own the Teen Titans or X-Men: Evolution at all. Not even a DVD or anything - since i can never find anything for them! Seriously, anyone know where i can get some stuff for them?

In case you don't get it, this is another Robin/Scott fic.

Maybe I am too serious about it.

Training, I mean.

The others think I go over the top. Every time I suggest we go for another long training session, they always groan and complain.

Every single freaking time.

Okay. I can see their point.

Maybe I'm a little… what was the word used last time? Oh, right. Fanatical. Maybe I'm fanatical in training.

I do realise that I do insist on it often. At least half an hour on any day where we don't have a fight. I'd like to do it for longer, but…

Well, let's just say I was outvoted.

Using duct-tape.

It took a full ten minutes before my girlfriend took pity on me and untied me. After that, I kept the sessions to a minimum unless I had good reason, like we got beaten badly.

But not for me.

They can't stop me from practising by myself. I mean, it's not hurting anyone.

Okay, as my so called 'friends' proved, they can stop me. By dragging me out, tied up by my hands and feet. But then again, I'd spent a full 28 hours in there just training.

After they'd force-fed me and made me go to sleep, I stopped doing that for too long. I had to promise that I'd stop and rest for at least thirty minutes every two hours and have three meals a day on my training days.

I get that. I get why they did it. They just wanted to stop me from running myself into the ground. Honestly, I'm thankful they did.

But they just don't seem to understand why I stay in there.

Fighting and working my skills. I'm constantly training hard, trying to get better and better. I'm always there.

The only time I truly feel alive is when I'm in danger.

Maybe I'm an adrenalin junkie. I don't think so, though. I mean, the first reason I'm doing it is to get better.

And, it just feels right.

Just so good to be leaping and dodging around lasers. I have to stay alert, stay awake at all times or risk getting seriously hurt.

I can feel my blood pumping through my veins as I leap into the air. Adrenalin is coursing through my head. Energy flows straight through my body.

And every time, I get better. Which really satisfies my competitive edge.

Yeah, I'm also a little over-competitive. So what? I'm a teenage boy who can do things that few others can do. You really expect that I don't want to just show off once in a while?

To be clear, I don't think I'm better then everyone else. Not in the slightest. I know that I'm better at some things. Some things that are classified to be extremely cool by… well, everyone.

But getting off track here.

I kick and hit hard when training so that I feel totally free. It's so much… fun isn't really the right word. I don't know what the right word is though. Liberating, maybe. It's so liberating.

If I'm honest, it's better in real life.

It's better in an actual battle. I mean, the lasers at home are all really awesome. And you're still pretty likely to get hurt by them.

But there's always a part of you that knows you won't actually get hurt in them. A safety measure's put in. While practising, the lasers and weaponry will measure. If they detect a serious hit, they'll stop and send for help.

Plus you have this belief that someone'll come. Someone walking past will see if you're seriously hurt and get you out. Probably not realistic, but there's a belief.

In a real battle, it doesn't work like that.

You know that the people attacking really do want to hurt you. They won't turn off because you're injured. Instead, they'll go in closer and harder if you are.

It's more likely there that a team-mate will come, I guess. I don't often fight alone. But the guys we fight are more than capable of killing before anyone can intercede.

So I'm that much closer to death when in a real battle, so I'm that much more alive.

It would be nuts to go picking a fight though. As much as I'd like to, I can't. For one thing, the good guys don't pick fights. It'd be terrible if I knew I was the one who's fault it was.

Especially if someone else got hurt.

I can live with putting myself in danger. As I've mentioned before, that's… fun still doesn't work… for me. But if someone in my family – or anyone else – got hurt or worse because I wanted to have some action, then I don't know if I could live with myself.

My team… my family even. They mean so much – they've always got my back, and I've always got theirs. I know that if I need someone, they'll help without a split second of hesitation.

That's one of the reasons why I want to train with them. Some part of me can't accept that they don't get the same thrill I do. At a deep level, they probably do, just not as much. And my subconscious wants them with me so they can experience what I feel.

Okay, there's also the stuff like making sure they're safe in battle, know how to take care of themselves, blah blah blah. Yeah, that's a pretty major reason too.

The other reason is – well, this is going to sound nuts, but I see it as sorta a family bonding technique.

Maybe it's stupid. There's nothing wrong with having a regular family bonding experience if we have to – like a picnic or something. And sure, we do that.

But let's be realistic here. Being in danger together and having to rely on each other is going to bond you closer then any regular family bonding ever will.

And I want – I need us to be close. We need us to be close. I don't think any of us could ever handle it if we all split up.

I know that everyone does know that. Deep down. Subconsciously.

But consciously, they do tend to complain a lot about training.

Maybe I should 'forget' about the training every once in a while.

Maybe.

Today, though?

Not likely.

I think it's time for another session.

Review or be forced to go through another fight simulation!

By the way, do you think I should do an Remy/Red X one? Cause they've totally got some similarities, but it's more of a Teen Titan X-Man thing, and their neither.

Let me know what you think!