"Beast Boy? Raven?" Kate walked into the Tower. "Hello? Where are you guys? I had to walk home all by myself" She pressed the elevater button and got in. "They have no idea how hard it is to catch a boat over here..." She muttered to herself. The door opend and she stepped out into the living room. What she saw would give her nighmares. "CYBORG!" She ran over to him. His body was ripped apart. Metal was everywhere. She turned over his arm and saw his power levles were stable. He was alive, she needed to find the others, she needed to know what happened.

"Raven?" She shouted. Her voice echoed off of the walls. She hear a shuffling at the end of the dark hall and followed it. "Beast Boy!" Beast Boy was sitting on the ground and when he saw Kate he stood up. "What happened?" She asked. Her big brown eyes glowing through the dark. She saw BB had blood trickling down his face.

"Kate! You have to get out!" He grabbed her arm and started pulling her. She resisted pulling her hand back.

"Wait, what happened?" Beast Boy thought fast..

"Come on, I'll tell you" He grabbed her hand again and ran into her room. Beast Boy shut and locked the door. Kate dropped down her bookbag under her desk and then turned to Beast Boy.

"Now tell me, what the heck is going on?"

"This guy, named Slade. Broke into the tower. He's very strong, very powerful and always gets what he wants. He attacked each of us..I think we'll be fine. Cyborg will be back online soon, Raven and Robin are fighting Slade right now. Starfires passed out, I'm not sure about her." He wiped the blood off of his face. "Listen we have to get you out of here befor-"

"Hello Garfield, Hello Carley"

"DAMNIT!" Beast Boy swung the door open. Guess who was standing there?

"I'm guessing your Slade? Huh?" Kate said. She backed up. Beast Boy got in front of her as Slade started to walk slowly towards her.

"Leave her out of this" Slade pushed B out of his way. Beast Boy smacked onto the wall so hard it began to crack.

"Beast Boy!" Kate went to run to him but Slade pulled her back. Grabbing her shirt he pulled her up to his face and inspected her.

"Well well well. Whos this? New youth for Titans Tower? Well, someone sure did a good job of picking you out didn't they"

"Let me go you crap weasle" She pulled grabbed onto his arm and tried to pry herself loose.

"Well, calling names are we? Looks like you have a lesson in politness due." He threw her and she hit the bed and fell to the floor.

"Omph...nnn" She stood up and looked to her arm. From her elbow to her wrist there was a huge scrape that began to bleed. Her eyes got wide. Slade came up to her.

"Whats the matter? Never had a bo bo bigger than a penny? Can't you defend yourself?" She looked at him through her watery eyes.

"No" She smiled "But I can do this" She backflipped right out the window. Little did Slade know...Robin was right behind him and saw the whole thing. So was Raven. Raven flew out through the walls to find Kate. And Robin was prepared to fight. Slade put out his hand signaling Robin to stop.

"Save your worthless strength Robin. Your little girls just fine. Seems she took one of your gadgets. Talented, she is. Needs training." He touched a button on his belt and began to fade away. "I'll be back when shes ready"

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"Ow ow ow ooooooow! Don't touch it" Kate jerked her arm back

"I can't heal it if I don't touch it" Raven pulled it back and worked her magic. The cuts Kate had gotten seemed to get smaller and smaller until they were just bruises.

"What I want to know is, how did you get my-" Kate cut Robin off

"I just saw it, ya know, lying around."

"Where did you learn back flips?" Raven asked

"Heh, my dad used to teach martial arts..he just started me in lessons before...um..." She looked to the floor and tried hard to forget her past. Raven sat down next to her on the couch.

"Before what?"

"I don't really wanna talk about it.." She muttered. She hoped up from the couch and walked back to her room. "I-uh- Got homework to do" Robin and Raven looked at eachother.

"Poor kid" Cyborg said while he was messing with a newly built arm.

"Something really bad must have happened." Beast Boy said with sympathy in his voice

"I fell most sorry for our friend Kate. Should we, do the talking?" Starfire asked Raven

"No, its a little late, we'll talk to her tomorrow" They agreed.

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"Woa Kate, what the hell happend to your arm?" Ellie said, surprised

"I-uh..fell down the stairs"

"Wow" Tori said

"That happened once" Emily said "Only, I got pushed down. Still have the bruises..not as bad as you though" The first bell rang.

"Stupid bell" Ellie said She walked off to her class and Emily and Kate went to their homeroom.

"Better watch out. Eerytime you turn around this school thinks you need to be in a spycho ward. If you need a hoodie to cover those up I have an extra one in my locker" Emily suggested

"No, I think I'll be fine. Thank you anyways" They sat down and channel one came on. During reading Mr. Boner came in the room and called for Kate. They went into the hall.

"Would you like to walk around with me?" He asked

"Sure" She answered. Knowing it was more of an order than a question. They walked toward the guidence offices.

"So, you have lots of bruises I see. Any idea where they came from?" Sheesh. Yes I fell down the stairs while I was sleeping and woke up in my bed. I have no clue where they came from..

"I fell down the stairs"

"Pretty big bruises for falling down the stairs"

"We have lots of stairs" They stopped.

"Well, if you have anything you ant to talk about. I'm always here" the bell rang and he went back into his office. Kate took off down the hall and found Emily.

"Emily, I need that hoodie" she spleaded

"heh, thought you would. Come on" they went to get the hoodie and it fit perfect. It was red and had a picture of 'Grumpy' on it. Plus the word. They walked back to class. During Math, 6th period, the teacher Mrs. Jordan checked homework.

"Kate, where is your homework?" she asked, rudely.

"I didn't understand it" She answered

"Well I'm just going to have to give you a zero."

"But"

"Nope, I don't care if your new or not." She went back to her desk and flipped out some paper and began writing. Emily flipped over a piece of paper at her and she warely opened it up...

Fight the force!

What did that mean? she put it in her pocket and Mrs. Jordan came back.

"You need to learn homework is very essential..blah blah blah blah blah..." Kate looked at Emily who was sitting at the other side of the room. She was makeing mouth signs with her hand and twirling her finger showing crazyness. The teacher gave her a pink slip. She read it...what was a study session? "This needs to be signed by tomorrow" She said. Then class was over. Seventh period they watched Mulan. The first movie Kate had seen since she was 7. The last she had seen was Beauty and the Beast. Which she didn't care for much. When the last bell rang she met Emily back at her locker to give back the hoodie.

"You want me to sign that study for you?" she asked

"Huh?"

"The study session. Its like a detention but shoter and all the teachers do is nag you. You have a choice of going...I sign mine no all the time.."

"Um, No, I don't think Ra-my mom would care much."

"Oh, well mine doesn't either. Thats why I'm allowed to sign them, cuz this school really sucks..." Emily stuft her stuff in her locker and walked away. Kate followed, swing her full bag over her shoulder.

"Wait, we have homework, right?"

"Nothing we can't do in homeroom. Too much to carry home. Besides, its just math..." She rolled her eyes.

"Oh" They walked to the doors together.

"Hey, do you have an email?"

"Um..no. But I can get one."

"Okay, when you do..." she reached in her purse and pulled out a dark red gel pen. Took Kates hand and wrote on it. "Email me at okay?"

"Okay" Kate smiled. They kept walking until they got to the busses. Emily went off to the library and Kate saw Raven waiting on the other side of the street. She was sitting on a bench, reading. Kate walked to her.

"Hey" :)

"Hey" :)

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okay, crappy chapter ending... but IT MUST STOP SOMEWHERE! Tell me how you like it! And give me some add-ins I could use. I'm running out of ideas.

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