A/N: Hey guys, it's me! I have found another fan fiction worthy thing to obsess over: TEEN TITANS! Yeah! Ok, I have two ideas, and this is my first one. So…much love, and I'll update my other stories SOON, I swear! ; Have faith. Also, I do not claim to own Teen Titans or anything, just my weird little story ideas. O.o Oh, and by the way, the "Seventh Member" is based on myself.It's not my name, but it's very similar..and, I have this weird obsession with…well…you'll see!
The Seventh Member
Chapter One: Discovery
Robin sighed as he walked by the lake outside headquarters. He picked up a stick and dragged it through the sand. He and Starfire had just had another "talk". Lately he and Starfire had been having talks about taking their relationship further, but it just seemed to Robin that it might be uncomfortable for them. He didn't know why he thought that, because he definitely had other feelings for Star, but… He stared up at the sky and felt the stick hit something hard. He shook himself out of his trance and looked down. He jumped back in shock. There was a girl washed up on shore! He dropped the stick and ran up to headquarters.
"Guys! There's a girl washed up on the shore!" he yelled as he ran into the main room where everyone was congregated around the television, except Raven who sat looking bored at the kitchen table.
"What?!?" everyone yelled, jumping up and looking somewhat shocked.
"A girl has been washed upon the shore?" Starfire asked, looking confused.
"Yeah, we need to help her!" Robin said. They all quickly ran down to the shore of the lake, stopping dead in their tracks when they saw the girl lying face down on the sand.
"Dude, this is not good," Beast Boy said, walking over to the girl and kneeling beside her. Robin, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Terra walked over and kneeled beside her, too. The girl had medium length, light brown hair. Beast Boy carefully lifted her up and flipped her onto her back. Her eyes were closed, but she was breathing. Her outfit was a white tank top, black shorts, and black ankle high boots. She had a black necklace on, and it had the words "Forgotten" on it. She had a black and blue arm band on her right arm.
"At least she's still alive," Terra said. Everyone else nodded.
"We should get her back to the tower," Raven said, looking down at her.
"Hey guys, look at this!" Starfire called from somewhere down the shore. They looked up and saw Starfire holding a black and blue backpack.
"Bring it here," Robin called, and Starfire flew over to them. She handed Robin the backpack and he opened it up.
"Don't you think you should wait until she wakes up before you start going through her stuff?" Terra asked. "I know if I was knocked out I wouldn't want some strangers going through my stuff, especially being a girl and all." The guys decided not to ask why being a girl had anything to do with it, but Terra, Raven, and Starfire exchanged knowing looks. Robin shrugged and zipped it back up. Beast Boy picked the girl up and they all headed back to headquarters.
Christine was vaguely aware of footsteps approaching her and something hitting her. She didn't move; she was too exhausted. She fell back into unconciousness. When she woke up, she didn't immediately open her eyes. She could sense movement around her and two presences above her. She opened her eyes slowly and saw two people-well, she supposed they were people-standing above her. One was a guy with green skin and hair, and the other was a girl with long red hair and orange-looking skin. She smiled faintly and looked straight up into the boy's eyes.
"Hey guys, she's awake!" the boy called to a different room. Her eyes fully open now, she sat straight up. She was on a couch in a huge room. Four more people entered the room; a blonde girl, a dark haired boy, a machine looking...guy, she supposed, and a girl wearing a dark cape and looking rather irritated.
"Wh...where am I?" she asked wearily. She saw her backpack at her feet and was grateful one of them had found it.
"Teen Titans tower," said the dark haired boy.
"Where? And who are you guys?" Christine asked, her voice soft and barely audible. They were all gathered in a semi circle around her, and she wished they wouldn't do that; she was feeling rather claustophobic.
"Allow me to introduce us. I am Starfire," said the girl with red hair. She introduced the boy with green skin as Beast Boy, the blonde as Terra, the irritated looking girl as Raven, the dark haired boy as Robin, and the machine/human as Cyborg. "We are all overjoyed to see you alive," Starfire said.
"Er......I'm Christine," she said, sighing faintly and falling back asleep.
The first thing he noticed was her eyes. They were a light blue. She smiled at him, and he smiled back. He called to everyone to tell them she was awake, then turned back to her. Everyone entered the room, and he glanced up. Starfire introduced all of them after she asked a few questions, though Beast Boy was hardly paying attention. He wondered about her eyes; he hadn't ever seen such light eyes before. She told them her name was Christine, and then fell asleep. Beast Boy blinked a few times.
"Err..is she okay?" he asked. Raven nodded.
"She's just tired." Raven said. Terra had noticed Beast Boy staring intently at Christine's eyes and felt a twinge of jealousy. She somewhat liked Beast Boy but she wouldn't admit it. They all decided to spend the rest of the afternoon doing leisurley activities until Christine woke up again. Cyborg and Beast Boy decided to play video games, Terra and Starfire looked at magazines, Raven sat in her room doing goodness knows what, and Robin was in his room training.
It was the dream again. She was running from him again.
"No," she whispered, running through a forest, now so familiar to her.
"You cannot run," she heard him say. His voice, so hollow and hate filled, echoed around her.
"Stop doing this to me!" she yelled. "Leave me alone!"
"Christine..." the voice said.
"CHRISTINE!" She jumped awake, her eyes flying open. Everyone except Raven and Robin was standing in front of her, looking at her in worry.
"What?" she asked, disturbed that people she didn't hardly know were staring at her.
"You were muttering in your sleep, and you started thrashing," Terra said. Beast Boy gave her a curious look.
"Weren't your eyes blue before?" he asked. Christine rubbed her forehead.
"Yes because I was tired then," she said. Now everyone was looking curiously at her. "My eye color changes with my mood," she said.
"So what does orange mean?" Beast Boy asked. Christine was silent.
"Yes, please do tell us what the color orange means," Starfire said.
"Fear," Christine whispered. They all stared in shock at her.
"So, uh..I'm supposing you had a nightmare?" Cyborg said.
"Yeah," Christine said. She could feel the fear ebbing away, and then she heard her stomach growl.
"I'm guessing brown means hunger, right?" Terra asked, and they all laughed.
"Yeah," Christine said, grinning widely. "Can I take a shower please?" she asked.
"Sure," Starfire said. "Terra and I will make dinner. Cyborg can go get Robin and Raven, and Beast Boy can show you the location of the bathroom."
"Ok, thanks a lot," she said. She grabbed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder. Cyborg, Terra, and Starfire all went their seperate ways, and Beast Boy walked to the door.
"This way," he said, opening it for her.
"Thanks," she said, smiling at him.
"So...what was that dream you had?" Beast Boy asked. Christine sighed and cast her eyes downward.
"Well.....it involves a long history of....crap....and an evil bastard trying to kill me....and lots of other fun crap I'll explain later," she said after a moment. Beast Boy stared at her.
"Wow. Someone trying to kill you?" he repeated. She nodded. "Wow," he repeated.
"Yeah." she said.
"Do you have any powers?" he asked. She nodded and smiled.
"I can control air and water. It's really fun," she said. Beast Boy grinned.
"That's awesome. I'm a shape shifter, I can become any animal." he said.
"Just don't become a chicken or a cow or I'll have to eat you," she said, and they laughed.
"This is why I'm a vegetarian," he said. Christine gaped at him.
"NO way!!!!! I could never live off of veggies alone!" she said. Beast Boy laughed at her shock and noticed her eyes had turned greenish brown.
"I got used to it...your eyes change color a lot," he said observantly. She shrugged as they turned left down a hallway.
"Yeah, my mood changes a lot...if they turned green, that was shock," she said. They stopped in front of a large door.
"Well this is the bathroom. Towels are in the big closet looking thing, under the "guests" cabinet." he said.
"Thanks!" she said, opening the door and walking inside. She shut the door and opened the closet. She found the pull out drawer-cabinent thing Beast Boy had told her about. She felt like she had found a good friend...something she hadn't had in a long time. Sighing, she pulled her clothes off and layed them on the counter. She opened her backpack, found her watch, and looked at the time: 8:35 P.M. She figured she might as well change into her pajamas after her shower, so she pulled those out, along with clean underclothes, then turned the shower on. She stepped in and sighed as the warm water ran over her body. She washed her hair, which had sand in it from lying on the shore for about 2 or 3 hours. She wondered if the Teen Titans would let her into their little group. She thought about each one in turn and guessed what they were like.
"Starfire is either from a different planet or is one of those weird humans who talk all professional. She seems quite nice, very friendly." she thought, washing the shampoo from her hair. "Raven seems gothic, dark and mysterious. That would explain the dark outfit. Terra seems friendly but insecure. She didn't seem as eager to greet me as the others. Cyborg...I'm not sure about him. He's obviously strong, but I can't figure him out yet. Robin...he seems to 'have it all' one would think..he seems strong, confident, a natural leader, good looks. Beast Boy..." She washed her body down. "He seems to be the jokester, or at least extremely fun loving. He's just like me, in some ways. Raven is also like me in some ways." She turned the water off and stepped out of the tub and grabbed the towel. Her assessment of the Titans was complete, and she wondered what else she would discover about them. She wrapped the towel around herself and started drying her hair. She wondered how he knew that she'd need her backpack.
"Well, Dad's always been freaky like that," she thought, frowning into the mirror as she blew her hair dry.
Starfire and Terra finished making the meal (failing to cook a simple microwave dinner and calling Pizza Barn for a quick delivery), and Cyborg was answering the door. He came back a few minutes later with the pizza boxes and set them on the table. Robin, Raven, and Beast Boy came in a few minutes later.
"Where's new girl?" Cyborg asked.
"That's Christine," Christine said, walking into the kitchen. Everyone was in their pajamas and for the first time they noticed Christine had a scar on her chest because the tank top she was wearing now was a little bit lower than the one she was wearing before.
"Where is she gonne crash for the night?" Beast Boy asked, grabbing a pizza box. Christine sat there as Starfire poured drinks for everyone.
"She can stay in my room if she wishes," Starfire said. Christine grabbed two pieces of plain cheese pizza and put them on her plate while Beast Boy snatched 6 pieces of vegetable pizza. Everyone else snatched what they could get.
"If it's not too much trouble. I could always just sleep on the couch," Christine said. She took a bite out of her pizza and looked around at them. Beast Boy ate his pizza like a pig, which Terra pointed out.
"Beast Boy you're such a pig," she said, laughing at him as he shoved a whole piece of pizza in his mouth and choked on it. Everyone laughed at him, including Christine.
"Good job," Christine said. Beast Boy's face turned red.
"Yeah..thanks," he said, drinking some of his soda and looking rather annoyed.
"So Christine, would you like to tell us about yourself?" Raven asked. Christine blushed and her eyes turned a hot pink color.
"Embarassment?" Starfire asked, noting the blush on Christine's face. Christine nodded.
"Yeah...but it's kind of a long story," she said.
"Could you at least tell us how you got that scar?" Cyborg asked. Her eyes blazed the hot pink color.
"Well....it really has nothing to do with my 'story'..I was trying to stop someone on..his..side from stealing something and I got knocked out into the street, from the back of the building to the front and I got cut," she said, shrugging. They all gaped at her.
"And how BIG was this building?" Beast Boy asked. Christine shrugged.
"From back to front I'd say about...eh...I'm not good with measurements so let's say about...not quite all of this tower on it's side. Maybe a little less than all of it," she said. They all gaped wider at her.
"Dang, that must've hurt!" Beast Boy said.
"And you didn't have any other injuries or anything?" Terra asked.
"Nope..I control the air and water, so I was able to save myself," Christine said. Even Raven looked slightly shocked.
"Wow. Maybe someday soon we can test your powers out," Robin said. Beast Boy nodded.
"Maybe you could even become part of the team one day!" he said.
"Who is this 'he' you mentioned in your scar-story?" Raven asked.
"It ties in with my story, which I would like to explain tomorrow," Christine said, her eyes turning from hot pink to the light blue that signified she was tired. She finished her pizza. "Where can I sleep?" she asked, picking up her backpack that had been beside her chair.
"I'll show you to my room," Starfire said.
"If you're positive it's not too much trouble," Christine said.
"It is no trouble," Starfire said, leading her up the stairs and down a hallway. "So what do you think of our tower?" Starfire asked.
"It is very cool," Christine said, smiling at her.
"I do hope you can stay, I need someone around who seems more on my level that's a girl," Starfire said.
"How do you know I'm on 'your level'?" Christine asked.
"You seem to possess some of the same qualities as me, whereas Terra.....well, she somewhat does, but she is more impulsive than I am, and Raven..... it is quite obvious she and I could never quite be best friends," Starfire said.
"You think I'm kind, caring, sweet, yet I have power?" Christine asked, laughing slightly. Starfire shrugged.
"If that is what you think of me, and since I think you are somewhat like me, I suppose so. I think you are a good person," Starfire said. "This is my room," she said, stopping in front of a silver door that had a star on it and the label "Starfire" across it. Starfire opened the door and led Christine in. She walked over to the wall and pulled a lever and a cot popped out of the wall. Starfire busied herself getting sheets and pillows for Christine.
"Thank you for everything," Christine said, dropping her backpack by the cot. She helped Starfire spread the sheets out. Starfire smiled at her.
"You are quite welcome," she said, smoothing out the sheet. Christine thought back to dinner, then said,
"You know, I think Robin has a thing for you," she said, smiling at her. Starfire looked at her.
"A thing as in a present?" she asked. Christine laughed.
"No, no, I mean he has a crush on you. Romantic feelings," she said. Starfire's eyes widened in realization and she giggled and blushed.
"What would make you think that?" she asked.
"He keeps looking at you. He seems happier when you're around, and I'm sure the team members who've been around longer than me can confirm that," she said. Starfire smiled slightly.
"Well I do have a...'thing'...for him, I suppose," she said, smiling still. Christine's eyes brightened into a light pink.
"I think you two should be boyfriend and girlfriend!" she said. They finished the bed and Christine sat on the edge.
"We'll see what happens. And what color do your eyes mean now? Regular pink?" Starfire asked.
"Romantic," Christine said, grinning mischeviously at her. Starfire laughed and walked out.
Everyone watched Christine and Starfire go up the stairs.
"That's amazing," Cyborg said, shaking his head. Raven nodded.
"Quite impressive," she said.
"That's AWESOME! If I didn't get hurt I bet it'd be fun to get blown out of a building!" Beast Boy said. Terra rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, IF you didn't get hurt or get your brain more rattled than it is already," she said. Everyone laughed, while Beast Boy looked offended.
"Hey..that's not funny!" he said. "At least I'm not a blonde," he said, sticking his tongue out at Terra. Terra growled angrily and everyone else laughed.
"At least I'm not green," she said. She bit into her pepperoni pizza and glared playfully at him.
"Hey, I like being green," he said. Terra frowned.
"You're no fun," she said. Beast Boy shrugged and bit into his fifth slice of pizza.
"When should we train her? See if she's good enough?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't know...an actual mission wouldn't be a good idea, even though she obviously already has experience," Robin said. Terra, Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg shrugged.
"We should just give her a little test, like one of us fight her or something," Raven said.
"She seems like she can handle herself," Terra said, picking up the empty boxes as Beast Boy polished off the last vegetable slice and throwing the boxes away.
"Definitely," Raven said, helping Terra clear the table off. They all stood up.
"We'll see tomorrow," Robin said.
A/N: WELL!? Did you like it? I hope so. It was hard for me to not make things move too fast with me and the character I have an obsession with...I shan't reveal who it is until it becomes obvious. ; Mwuhaha. Anyway, please review, thanks!