Ello my duckies and welcome to the next chapter of "Mere Memory" the sequels comin along quite…erm…slowly. But ive got a pretty rough idea of whats going to happen. MWAHAHAHAHA! That story will reveal my true evil! Anyhoo…I'm gonna be wrapping this story up soon enough…only (counts pages) 2 more chappies to go! Holy frozen cheese, this chapters long! Oh anyhoo…onto whatever I decided to put next…
Lain LMAO! I laughed so hard at your review I cried…the only problem is is that I think Slade would kill Dr. Phil before he got his two bits in…but that's just me…(sighs) I can't wait until Slade dies. (and that could mean on the show or in the story…hmm…) and thanks so such for supporting me, you make me feel happy!
Disclaimer: I FINALLY OWN TEEN TITANS! YAY! (wakes up) damn, that was a dream…poo…politicians have a bigger chance of telling the truth more than I do of ever owning them…
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Mere Memory
Chapter 8ight: Welcome Home
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The night was uneventful, and in the morning Karigan and the Titans both felt refreshed and re-energized. Robin took the time to explain to the rest of the Titans that Karigan was fine and they could go pick her up after breakfast. This received a joyful exclamation from Star, Beast Boy and Cyborg, and even Raven managed a smile. Then Robin changed to a little more serious tone.
"I think we should have her join the team. I mean, she hasn't full control over her powers yet, but Karigan does show promise as a Titan." Then he turned to address Raven directly. "Raven, you might have to help her with her powers a bit, but I think she'll do ok." He stated. "So what does everybody think?" he asked. Cyborg was the first to voice his opinion.
"Hey man, I don't know about you guys, but six is better than five. And I've sometimes that it'd be nicer to have six fingers instead of just five." (me too!)
Robin raised an eyebrow. "Um, ok. Anyone else?"
"I think it would be most wonderful to have Friend Karigan join our team!" exclaimed Starfire happily.
"Dude, you want six fingers?" BB asked Cyborg, eyeing him strangely. Cyborg shrugged and Beast Boy went on.
"Ok dudes, she likes my tofu eggs, so there's no question, she's stuck with us." Everyone made a face at the thought of Beast Boy's 'eggs'.
"Technically someone has to." Raven muttered and BB stuck his tongue out at her.
"Ok then, it's really all up to you now Raven." Robin said.
"Yeah, no pressure." She added sarcastically. But she knew he was right, it really was up to her now. I'd really be the only one helping her. He's right, they're all right, and she would make a great addition. Everybody all waited, silently pleading for her to say yes. Raven finally came to a decision.
"Ok." They all grinned maniacally, Robin the most of all.
"Great!" he said, still grinning like a drunken idiot. The he looked at his watch. "Holy shit! Kari's probably wondering where the hell we are. Better get going."
Karigan was wondering where the hell they were. She didn't like being in hospitals, never did really. There was no color, almost like it symbolized an absence of life. It was also too quite; the lack of noise almost deafening to Karigan. Not to mention that the 'food', as it was called, tasted like cardboard. (not that I'd know…I'm just guessing) Karigan checked her watch again; 10:00 am. Come on, you guys. You have no clue how much I want to get out of this prison. She was ready to start walking back to the Tower when they all pulled up and got out.
"'Bout time." she told them, leaving the hospital.
"Uh, sorry. We had something important to discuss and kinda lost track of time." Robin explained, opening the car door for her.
"Thanks. Is it ok if we stop by my house? Bloodstained clothes just aren't my type." She asked, sticking her finger through the bullet hole in her ruined shirt.
Robin chuckled, "Yeah. Hey, Beast Boy, can you sit on Stars lap?' he added, as BB morphed into a cute, little green kitten and curled up in Stars lap. Cyborg turned around in his seat and eyed the kitten warily.
"I find any claw marks on my baby's seats and you'll wish Raven got hold of you 'stead of me." He threatened. The green kitten just meowed softly and looked away from him.
"Looks like we're gonna need more room unless BB wants to be a cat every time we go somewhere." Robin mused aloud, climbing into the front passenger seat. Now Karigan was confused. The car was built for five people, and there was only five people usually riding in it. And now that she thought about it, they were all acting strange, like they had a big secret, and Karigan didn't like keeping secrets. If the hidden information was stowed away for too long it could turn into lies, deceit and hurt. But the mood in the car was happy and light. Karigan looked at Starifre, who beamed broadly back at her. In fact, everyone in the car except Beast Boy and Raven were smiling. Even Raven wasn't as cold as she usually was, and Beast Boy was a cat; he couldn't exactly smile. Karigan eyed everyone suspiciously, but kept silent all the way to her house.
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"Thanks for waiting." Karigan said, coming out of her house.
"No problem." Robin answered, still smiling. Now her curiosity got the best of her.
"Are you guys hiding something, really happy I'm ok, or just high?"
"Wow, she's good." Beast Boy whispered to Raven, who nudged Robin to speak up.
"Well, um, we're hiding something good, if that counts at all." The Boy Wonder started, "so don't incinerate us for waiting to tell you. The reason we were late picking you up this morning was because we were discussing if you should join the team." He paused as Karigan's face lit up. "And we've decided that we want you to join." he finished, smiling still. Now Karigan grinned as well.
"Really?" she asked, asked excitedly.
"What, did you think you were going to just walk away from all of this? Oh, no, you're stuck with us. And besides, Beast Boy says you're the only one that likes his tofu crap, so you really are stuck." Karigan was at a loss for words. She hadn't really considered what would happen next, just figured she would help them defeat Slade and then be on her merry little way to her aunt's or something. But this was a much better idea.
Karigan stroked her chin, as if thinking. "Hmm. Well when you put it like that, it looks like I don't have much choice in the matter. I guess I'll stay." She finished dramatically. There were no erupted cheers out loud, but inside Robin was celebrating.
"Great, now you might want to go get some more clothes than that. We can come back later for the rest of your things." The Titans leader told her. Karigan nodded and rushed back into her house to pack.
She was back out in about 15 minutes and the six happy Titans left. The ride back was in cheerful silence until Karigan brought up a good question.
"Uh, where am I going to sleep? I kinda already trashed the other room I had." By the lack of response Karigan guessed they had forgotten about the ruined room.
"Well, we hadn't really gotten that far yet. You can stay in another spare room while yours is cleaned up, and then you can move into that one." Robin replied. "Oh, and one more thing, Raven's gonna work with you on controlling you powers and such." Karigan nodded.
"Good, I was kinda wondering about that too."
When they arrived at the Tower Karigan quickly dumped her bag inside the spare room, hurried back downstairs, and plopped onto the couch. Everyone was in the same room, so she proceeded with her talking.
"Alright, I want to know about everything that happened last night and don't leave anything out, no matter how bad." She said straight-out. BB and Cyborg were positioned at the games station so she didn't expect mush of a response from them; so that left Robin, Raven and Starfire to answer. They all figured this matter would come up sooner rather than later.
"Well, after you passed out, I did fight Slade," Robin began, "he wasn't doing very good, pretty disoriented and out of it." Probably due to the fact that he shot her.
"By that time I had waken up," Raven said, taking over. "As well as everybody else. I located where you two were, and led the way there."
"You were severely injured, friend. The situation was not good." Starfire butted in quietly. Karigan nodded, signaling for Raven to continue.
"Slade's androids attacked us, but Star, BB, and Cyborg finished them off. And she's right; you weren't in good shape…"
Flashback (normal POV)
Raven crouched down next to Karigan's cold body. Shit, she's barely alive. Raven tried her best to heal her, but it wasn't enough. If Karigan was to live, they had to get her top a hospital, now.
"Cyborg," Raven said loudly, "pick her up, we have to go." Now all the Titans except Robin were gathered around Raven.
"Robin!" she yelled, startling the other Titans; they didn't think she had it in her, "We have to go, she's barely alive. Leave Slade, if you don't she will die." At this, Robin didn't hesitate to join his comrades.
End Flashback
"And I phased everyone to the hospital," Raven finished.
"You went into surgery, and the doctors removed the bullet. They weren't sure if you were going to be ok because you wouldn't wake up. We were all worried." Robin added.
"Robin was most fretful; he would not leave your side." Star piped up. At her comment Robin blushed deeply and Karigan smiled.
"I woke up, blah, blah, blah, and now we're here." Karigan finished. "But one thing I can't figure out is why Slade wanted me to be his apprentice in the first place." She mused aloud.
Robin's eyes narrowed in anger. "Probably the same thing he always wanted." Karigan looked confused at Robin's reaction.
"Robin was Slade's apprentice once. Slade used him, making us think Robin had betrayed us." Starfire explained quietly.
"But we don't know why he made me steal technology for him, or what the hell he's up to." Robin muttered angrily.
Suddenly, a loud cheer erupted from Cyborg as he pummeled Beast Boys character into the ground, making Karigan jump slightly-she had forgotten they were even there. Then a question came to her mind.
"What exactly are we going to do for me to be able to control my powers?" Karigan asked Raven, who had begun reading again. The dark girl looked up from her book.
"It will be easier to show you. Follow me." She replied, getting up and heading for the door. Karigan trailed behind, curious beyond reason. Robin sighed and stood up.
"I'll make some lunch."
Raven lead Karigan to the roof, where a number of different things were positioned. The assortment of items looked mainly to belong to Beast Boy; a joke book or two, an extremely thin cookbook for vegetarians, and a mechanical monkey with mini-cymbals attached to its hands. (It's the little, annoying clapping monkey from 'Fear Itself'! Disclaimer: I don't own the little, annoying clapping monkey!)
"Um, won't Beast Boy be missing his things?" Karigan asked Raven. The bird just shrugged.
"I won't"
A few feet from BB's things was a table covered in candles; and next to it stood several pillows on poles-posing as targets.
"We're going to start with the basics; what makes you mad. We already know Slade does; now we need to find different triggers. After that, using your fire powers to light the candles. From there we move to making objects fly; that's where Beast Boys crap comes in." Raven smiled wickedly at the thought of some of BB's stuff being chucked off the roof. "Next step: attacking the pillows with missiles and fire, and then on to fighting me." She finished, watching Karigan take all of this in. The new Titans member grinned.
"When do we start?"
so, it took 8ight chapters for Karigan to finally join the team…anyhoo so you likey? That's spifty, so now ya'll know what happened the other night. Oh, and yeah, I actually do want six fingers sometimes…but anyhoo, that was the long chapter 8ight, and now that I think about it, it was fairly boring…to me at least, the next two are going to be much better…-winks-teehee. I've officially finished the first chapter of the sequel…and it is still coming along slow…but I know how it's gonna end, and there will be some…well, I can't tell you now can I? so go review, and no little part this time either…I'm feeling evilish…so review please!
P.S-yeah, I no, Raven talked a lot but too bad, she's got a voice and in this story it's put to a good use. (tho not as good as insulting Beast Boy…)
P.s.S- if ya'll have seen that snuggles commercial with that one lady going around missing that scent and she comes up on the talking bear…well Karigan kinda looks like her, hair and eyes and such, but only a 15 year old version…rough idea-ish…