Chapter Two! Robin meets Zacharias! By the way, Zacharias is based off of me. That's the way I dress. And the hair. I was gonna have him look like me too, but I can't describe my features.....:sigh: I'm so pathetic. By the way, thanks to Purplerave. I posted the story like, five minutes before you reviewed it. That was cool. Hey, Zachy! Do my disclaimer, will ya?

Zacharias: No

Hey! I made you and put you in this story! And I'll take you out if you don't!

Zacharias: No you won't. If you did, your story would suck! Cause you suck!

.......................shut up, Zach

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.

Robin was slumped on the couch, still too sore and tired to move. He had tried to engage Raven in conversation, but that was merely an exercise in futility. He sighed.

"Where ARE they?!" he shouted at the ceiling

As if on cue, he heard the woosh of the front door. Moments later, BB and Cyborg walked up the stairs, followed by Starfire and what looked like her male twin with shorter, black hair.

"Nice digs." the stranger proclaimed thoughtfully, examining the inside of the tower.

"Hey Star!" Robin struggled to keep his voice normal, to not let her hear the caress he added onto her name. The stranger's ears perked up, and he grinned to himself. Robin stared at him for a moment, wondering if he could have heard him. Then he shook his head, trying to clear his mind. he turned to Star again.

"Who's your friend?" he asked, trying not to let the jealousy show in his voice.

"Oh! I nearly forgot!" She bubbled. The stranger shook his head. "Robin, I'd like you to meet.....My Brother!"

Robin, remembering the whole Blackfire incident, tensed. The stranger noticed his minute movement, and laughed.

"Oh, calm down. I'm nothing like our good-for-nothing sister" He grinned. "At least, not yet."

Even Starfire raised her eyebrow. Then Raven floated down the stairs, book in hand.

"What's all this commotion?" she asked calmly. "I was trying to re....."Her voice trailed off as she noticed stranger in black.

"YOU!" she screeched, and the T.V. exploded. "You killed my mother!!"

"I did what? Whoa, calm down-aaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!" He gave a very unmasculine scream, and bolted, as Raven began stalking toward him, her eyes glowing red. She began to hurl razor-sharp discs at power at him, while he ran around screaming like a little girl. Robin and Starfire were frozen in shock, and Cyborg and Beast Boy, having been inside Raven's head, ran for their lives.

"Not cool, not cool, not cool!" He screamed, after a disc sliced his hat in half. "I liked that hat!"

He blurred out of sight, then blurred back in directly behind Raven, and he seemed to have acquired a piece of duct tape somewhere. He grabbed her arms, and slapped the duct tape over her mouth, whispering for her to calm down, over and over, until she went limp. Then he began talking in a strange, guttural language, one that Raven seemed to recognize. Her eyes opened wide, and filled with tears. He muttered one last question, and she nodded. He released her arms, and helped her up. She pulled the duct tape off of her mouth.

"I-i-i'm sorry. I usually have control of my emotions, but just seeing you, I lost control. I-i-ii- watched her die.....and I couldn't stop it...." She muttered.

Starfire was glaring hard at her brother.

"What did my friend mean, you killed her mother?!" She shouted, her normally happy attitude gone.

Zacharias turned to his sister, his mouth open, no doubt to launch into a wonderful story of, love, betrayal, and friendship, but Raven cut him off.

"It was nothing, Starfire." she stated, her emotions fully under control. "I thought he was someone else."

Zach turned and gave her a grateful smile. Beast Boy and Cyborg, noticing that the screaming and crashing had stopped, stuck their heads through the doorframe. As soon as Beast Boy saw Raven's red, puffy eyes, he jerked, then his eyes took on an angry glint. Who made her cry?! he thought to himself, and why do I care?.....Because.........do I.......like her? No, no, she's my friend, that's why! Yeah.....that's it.......

Robin looked around.

"Ummmm........why is everybody just frozen in place?" He asked, looking around for some sort of time-freezing device that Slade might have schemed up. Raven blinked.

"Um, that's good point. Why aren't we moving?" she questioned, poking Zacharias.

"Ow! Stopit!" the latter exclaimed, swatting away her hand. Beast Boy blinked. What? Raven didn't poke people. She was too solemn for that........ oh well. He dismissed the thought, shrugging it off as "one of her little quirks", and unconsciously filing it away in his memory. And thus, everyone began moving again.

"So........" Zacharias drawled, "What's fun ta do 'round here?"

"Read"

"Play video games!"

"Uh, train?"

He grinned at the last comment by Robin.

"Sounds like fun!" he proclaimed, casting an arm about Robin's shoulders. " Lead the way!"

*************************************The Training Room******************************

Zacharias, with his arm still locked around Robin's neck, looked around with approval.

"What's that?" He gestured towards a large mat in the middle of the room.

"That? " Robin asked, " That's our sparring mat"

"Oh"

Without warning, Zacharias launched a lightning-fast punch directly at Robin's face. Robin, caught off guard, stumbled, then caught himself, just in time to take a roundhouse kick to the side of the head. He flipped off the rebound and landed in a crouch. Zacharias lunged again, but this time, Robin was ready. He caught the alien's punch and twisted. Zacharias moved with the twist, spinning and throwing Robin off balance. And so their battle continued, Robin finding a slight advantage, and Zach thwarting his every advance. Finally, the alien flipped away from Robin, dusted himself of, and began to laugh.

"Ahahahahahah! Oh, you'll do. You'll do quite nicely indeed."

"I'll do for what!?" Robin demanded, his face flushed.

Zacharias began to walk away, then threw a jaunty grin over his shoulder.

"Why, for my sister, of course."