Flashing Lights and Sounds
By Jedi-and
Disclaimer: I do not own TT, nor do I own Mr.Noel Collins but I DO own some of my own characters.
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Chapter 3: Staring At the Sun, But Seeing Darkness
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"Oh no you don't! I ain't lettin' no alien beat me!"
Days had passed, nights coming in their wake, fading to morning, and then the day would fall into night again. Robin, the fearless leader of the Titans, still hemmed and hawed about the decision to whether or not Nigel would be allowed to wander around the tower. But it seems Cyborg had taken the liberty...
"You can't beat evolution! I was made to win!" Well, if Cyborg was to decide for himself, that would the case. Reality was different, and at the moment, Nigel was thrashing Cyborg at Grand Turbo Evo-Racer 4, a new title out for the Game-station. And seeing as he had two less fingers on each hand than Cyborg, he was doing very well indeed.
"And the Blacktrinian wins again!" He whooped as they started the next round.
"Hey, I hope you're hungry!" Beast Boy called, joining them.
"Why?" Both asked, getting ready for the next round.
"Because you're about to eat my dust!"
Vic groaned at the terrible pun, while Nigel looked a tad confused. The confusion didn't last, as Nigel went back into the zone as they took off. Beast Boy zoomed to the front, but only marginally, as he skidded a little too far around the corner on a dirt track and Nigel took the lead again. Then they got onto the straight and Cyborg's car was at its best on straight road as he stormed past...and promptly lost it all again on the next corner (that was the problem with speciality). All in all, a very intense round of gaming, as Robin walked past, going towards the kitchen.
"Cy, Nigel, Gar..." The leader said casually as he continued to stroll though.
"Hey Fearless."
"Hello."
"Yo."
Robin had just reached the kitchen when he realized something was off, and it happened to be the person that wasn't supposed to be there. Walking backwards (for no real reason) to get back into position to see, he paused as the white slits his mask made his eyes focused on to the young Blacktrinian.
"And what exactly is he doing outside the holding cell?" Robin asked. An incredulous look came upon his face as the word 'Pause' came across the screen in huge letters, as all three looked behind them via placing the back of their heads on the sofa side.
"Well, would YOU like it if you had no form of entertainment?" Beast Boy asked, tilting his head slightly. Robin raised a brow at the sight.
"We are not running a hotel."
"He isn't dangerous, and besides he helped cure Gar's athlete's foot!" Cyborg called, pointing one large hand at the upturned Beast boy.
"He DID attack us, isn't that reason enough to keep him locked up until we are certain?" Robin said, his arms now crossed, and waiting.
"Perhaps I should go back now. Thanks for letting me have time out." Nigel said, as he smiled lightly and placed down his controller, starting to get up.
"No, you stay there." Cyborg's hand set him back in his seat. "I have a deal for ya Fearless... We will run things your way, but when the announcement of the signing of the treaty tonight happens YOU will let him out. He has no reason to attack us."
"Actually I am quite grateful no matter where I am. I had nowhere to stay until now." Nigel said, looking back to Robin. "I will work if you want me too. I am a very good doctor, for my age anyway, and I'm quite skilled at treating battle wounds and intermediate surgery." He raised a clawed hand and extended it, which might not have been the best gesture: it gave the impression he wanted to perform some "intermediate surgery" right then and there, whether there was a need for it or not.
"We shall see." Robin said, as he walked to the door and opened it. Nigel shrugged at the lack of response to his extended hand and stood up, walking out the door and back down to the cell, being escorted by Robin.
"Don't worry Robin, he thanks you as he was losing anyway." Cyborg called. The young doctor laughed, waving as Savior took Nigel's place back in the lounge.
"Re-writing history are we guys? Come off it, he was whipping you guys, badly. Oh look, history is repeating itself." Noel commented, getting automatic first place.
"Shut up and play." The duo said to him in unison.
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Outside on the turf under the big T, the mysterious brother and sister stood, looking up.
"So close to the city, why do they let them stay here?" The huge man asked, staring up. Such a tall building, filled with villains the likes of which he had never seen.
"It's because no one had been able to stop them up until now. Even setting foot on this island might be a difficult task for the average hero." His sister replied, walking over towards the junction box where all the power was routed through, and pulled out a gun, which had enchantments all up its sides as she shot the power supply. It didn't damage it like a bullet could, or indeed would, oh no, she had better tricks then that. Instead, it...charmed the power supply to fail. It was a little stupid to place such an important piece of kit on the outside, wasn't it?
Teenagers.
"Are we ready?" The man said. For the sake of convenience, he will now be referred to as Sword, as he cracking his neck.
"I think so." The female (and she will be Shield) commented, placing the enchanted gun back in her shoulder pad. "I'll give you five minutes."
And Sword made his way into and up the tower, each step taking them further and further into the tower. You would think the security systems would have something to say about this, but you would be wrong, as the magic infused junction box outside shut the power off on whatever floor he was on.
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"Oh you are SO going down Savior!"
The guys were still hard at it, playing videogames, and threatening to win the next round. The scores were tied, and this would prove to everyone who was on top as Savior's car was just about to come across to the finishing line, ever so close...
Tzph.
And the room was dark.
"Err... Guy? What just happened?" Gar asked, slightly relieved at the power outage, but also a little worried.
"Simple, Raven's boitch here never won the race!" Cyborg laughed, pointing at the now angry Noel.
"And I almost... HEY! I am NOT Raven's boitch!" He snapped back, If you're wondering what a "boitch" is, keep in mind they're still making sure that neither Starfire or Nigel were around to pick up any bad Earth swearwords. As mentioned, the language is still new, and new people make mistakes. Not a good thing in the hero business. Just imagine the scene, they could be being thanked by the president and then Starfire told him to F-off by mistake....
But their minds were taken quickly from the problems of swearing as the door burst open, flying off its hinges. The massive figure of Sword now stood in the door way, the light behind him.
"Who the hell?!" Cyborg said, even as he instinctively prepped his arm cannon and turned quickly, raising it and firing. He only hit air as Sword quickly dodged and ran forward, but he didn't go far as Shimmer strands blocked his way, shooting from the ground and making him jump back.
"I am the Sword of justice!" He shouted, as he ploughed through the lines of energy, not of them able to get a good grip on him. He tackled Cyborg to the ground with his size and weight alone and raised his arm, but he didn't get far as a Bull-formed Beast Boy rammed him off Cyborg. But he was obviously a lot stronger then it would take to be defeated by that, as he righted himself in time to throw Beast Boy onto his back. More Shimmer strands shot out and lashed at Sword, but he grabbed the strands and threw the white haired man into the wall, sending him smashing through in a storm of wood and plaster. But while Noel was having an unpleasant meeting with the wall, Bear-form Beast Boy had snuck up on Sword and wrapped his heavily muscled upper legs around him, trying to squeeze the living daylights out of him.
Not a bad plan, but something happened that forced Gar off of him. Specifically, it was because Sword's arm size suddenly increased with a jolt, his power going up a little as his skin turned a shade closer to grey.
"Man. You're good!" Cyborg called to the man. He smirked.
"You have a lot of skill yourself, but it is time for me to finish your reign of terror!" He replied, setting himself up to attack again.
"Dude, two things! One) Where do you get your lines from? A box of cereal?" Beast boy asked, walking up to him. This threw Sword off a little, perhaps it was a trick.
"I... err..."
"And two) we don't have a reign of terror! We don't have a reign of anything! We can't even make it rain! Not even in Spain! Mainly on the plain, I hear." He finished. Now Sword looked even MORE confused, and that was good enough for Cyborg, as he reached down and pressed the 'help' button on his hip. Beast Boy continued. "We are the good guys! We help people!"
"Help?" Sword shook his head. "You try and confuse me with lies, but it will not work! I have been told of your acts!" He dashed forward, but he didn't get far as a Starbolt hit him in the back. He fell over, landing awkwardly.
"Ouch. That HAD to hurt. Is that supposed to bend that way?" Gar commented, as the men dashed over to Starfire and Raven.
"Surely this is the wrong way around; the men should be rescuing the women, right?" Savior asked, laying a hand on Raven's shoulder. Raven contemplated giving her boyfriend a dirty look, but in the end she just shrugged and kept her eyes on the giant, who had now gotten to his feet...only to be blasted out the window by a sonic blast.
"CYBORG!" The Titans yelled.
"What?" He asked, as if he had done nothing wrong.
"CY! You did it again dude!" Gar called, waving his arms around. Cyborg just shrugged and rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess I did put a little too much power in that one..." He said, laughing a little. The group sighed as one, except for Savior, who had walked to the window.
"Actually, I don't think you put in enough!" He shouted as he stepped back. The others looked over at him, not sure what he was talking about, before Sword shot back up, now with fierce white eyes and dragon-like wings sprouting from his back. He hovered in front of the window for a moment and then flew through the opening. He landed hard, the floor shaking lightly.
"Such low tactics!" He roared as he charged again. The Titans were still surprised by the transformation and were unprepared for the strike, and that would have been very bad...had not a red blur shot across the room and tackled him down just as he was about to strike.
"Robin?" Star asked, floating a little higher to see what had happened. But it wasn't Robin that had tackled Sword, it was Nigel. The Blacktrinian stood up and growled deeply, even as the Titan leader came into the room on his heels. "Robin!" Star shouted, floating over
"Our guest and I were on our way towards the detention cells when the alarm was sounded. Without a word, he sprinted back up here. I thought there might be trouble..." Robin stated, putting an emphasis on the 'Guest' part, the kind of emphasis you would use for an unwanted house pet, and "trouble", putting forth the idea that Nigel was behind it.
"You are not convinced this was common courtesy, are you." Raven observed, disappointed but not surprised at Robin's mistrust of Nigel. Her eyes were brought back to the fight as Nigel was thrown straight for a wall, smashing through it
"C'mon Robin! He's fighting for us man! What is there not to trust?" Cyborg asked, holding up a fist to enhance his point, as the Blacktrinian once again tackled down Sword. He raised his hand up to slash him, but he was too slow, receiving a monstrous right hook which sent him flying into Savior, knocking them both loopy. Robin stopped his argument and lowered himself, getting ready.
"Titans! G-"
An alarm went off on the wrist of Sword. His time was up.
"Sorry, gotta fly!" Sword called, as he jumped out of another window and started to fly away.
"Aw man, why couldn't he have used one of the already broken windows?" Beast Boy complained, but before anyone could reply Nigel had gotten up and dashed towards the broken window, leaping out as he went for broke to try and grab the attacker.
He nearly had him as well.
"Fool! Stupid fool!" Cyborg shouted, as all the Titans ran to the window as gravity seized Nigel and he vanished from sight. By the time the Titans had arrived he had already hit the water.
"Phew, he's okay. He hit the water, the water broke his fall." Beast Boy said.
"If he landed the right way. Landing the wrong way in water can be worse then landing on concrete." Savior commented. Everyone glared at him. "What! It's the truth!"
Some splashing could now be heard as the Titans looked again. It was Nigel, and he seemed to be fine from the landing...but there was something else wrong. Then Starfire remembered.
"Quickly! We must save him!" She called, pushing past to get out.
"Why?"
"Blacktrinians can not swim!" She replied as she, joined Beast Boy quickly flew down as fast as they could, but Nigel had jumped really far out, and he had been so far away that the thrashing was slowing down, and eventually it stopped.
The only thought in Nigel's mind was I'm going to die... I never did so many things...I never even saved the day... His clawed hands stretched up, towards the surface of the water, trying to find a grip, but water provides no grip, and by now everything had started to fade...
Fortunately for him, Fate did not want him to die, just yet, as a hand plunged through the water.
Next thing Nigel remembered was coughing up water on the island and being surrounded by the Titans.
"That was a very foolhardy thing to do. You do realize that, right?" Robin asked, his arms folded and his gaze sharp on to Nigel.
"I didn't..." And that was all as another cough came, "Realize your tower was on an island." He spluttered some more. For his race, falling into water meant certain death for anyone and pretty much everyone, and it felt like he was cheating death just by breathing again, by seeing the grass under him. And it felt wonderful. "Hey... mind if I... join you guys?"
"Depends. Are thick skinned half dragons going to constantly show up on a regular basis, or is that just a seasonal thing?" Noel inquired. Raven hit him on the arm. "OW! It's a point that has to be made!"
"Quiet Savior. Join? You recklessly risked your life for people you didn't know, you acted without thinking to help others almost as a reflex, and you threw yourself out of a tall building to catch an attacker even though you were unable to swim." Robin paused. There were good and bad things in that list, but he would have to add up the details later. "I don't know about joining, but I think we can let you wander around the tower freely now at least."
Nigel smiled. Finally, a place to call home.
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Another chapter done. I hope you are enjoying it, and this PROVES that Nigel is a normal person, who isn't perfect. But now I have to think of a name for him, a super hero type name. See ya in Chapter 4!
By Jedi-and
Disclaimer: I do not own TT, nor do I own Mr.Noel Collins but I DO own some of my own characters.
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Chapter 3: Staring At the Sun, But Seeing Darkness
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"Oh no you don't! I ain't lettin' no alien beat me!"
Days had passed, nights coming in their wake, fading to morning, and then the day would fall into night again. Robin, the fearless leader of the Titans, still hemmed and hawed about the decision to whether or not Nigel would be allowed to wander around the tower. But it seems Cyborg had taken the liberty...
"You can't beat evolution! I was made to win!" Well, if Cyborg was to decide for himself, that would the case. Reality was different, and at the moment, Nigel was thrashing Cyborg at Grand Turbo Evo-Racer 4, a new title out for the Game-station. And seeing as he had two less fingers on each hand than Cyborg, he was doing very well indeed.
"And the Blacktrinian wins again!" He whooped as they started the next round.
"Hey, I hope you're hungry!" Beast Boy called, joining them.
"Why?" Both asked, getting ready for the next round.
"Because you're about to eat my dust!"
Vic groaned at the terrible pun, while Nigel looked a tad confused. The confusion didn't last, as Nigel went back into the zone as they took off. Beast Boy zoomed to the front, but only marginally, as he skidded a little too far around the corner on a dirt track and Nigel took the lead again. Then they got onto the straight and Cyborg's car was at its best on straight road as he stormed past...and promptly lost it all again on the next corner (that was the problem with speciality). All in all, a very intense round of gaming, as Robin walked past, going towards the kitchen.
"Cy, Nigel, Gar..." The leader said casually as he continued to stroll though.
"Hey Fearless."
"Hello."
"Yo."
Robin had just reached the kitchen when he realized something was off, and it happened to be the person that wasn't supposed to be there. Walking backwards (for no real reason) to get back into position to see, he paused as the white slits his mask made his eyes focused on to the young Blacktrinian.
"And what exactly is he doing outside the holding cell?" Robin asked. An incredulous look came upon his face as the word 'Pause' came across the screen in huge letters, as all three looked behind them via placing the back of their heads on the sofa side.
"Well, would YOU like it if you had no form of entertainment?" Beast Boy asked, tilting his head slightly. Robin raised a brow at the sight.
"We are not running a hotel."
"He isn't dangerous, and besides he helped cure Gar's athlete's foot!" Cyborg called, pointing one large hand at the upturned Beast boy.
"He DID attack us, isn't that reason enough to keep him locked up until we are certain?" Robin said, his arms now crossed, and waiting.
"Perhaps I should go back now. Thanks for letting me have time out." Nigel said, as he smiled lightly and placed down his controller, starting to get up.
"No, you stay there." Cyborg's hand set him back in his seat. "I have a deal for ya Fearless... We will run things your way, but when the announcement of the signing of the treaty tonight happens YOU will let him out. He has no reason to attack us."
"Actually I am quite grateful no matter where I am. I had nowhere to stay until now." Nigel said, looking back to Robin. "I will work if you want me too. I am a very good doctor, for my age anyway, and I'm quite skilled at treating battle wounds and intermediate surgery." He raised a clawed hand and extended it, which might not have been the best gesture: it gave the impression he wanted to perform some "intermediate surgery" right then and there, whether there was a need for it or not.
"We shall see." Robin said, as he walked to the door and opened it. Nigel shrugged at the lack of response to his extended hand and stood up, walking out the door and back down to the cell, being escorted by Robin.
"Don't worry Robin, he thanks you as he was losing anyway." Cyborg called. The young doctor laughed, waving as Savior took Nigel's place back in the lounge.
"Re-writing history are we guys? Come off it, he was whipping you guys, badly. Oh look, history is repeating itself." Noel commented, getting automatic first place.
"Shut up and play." The duo said to him in unison.
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Outside on the turf under the big T, the mysterious brother and sister stood, looking up.
"So close to the city, why do they let them stay here?" The huge man asked, staring up. Such a tall building, filled with villains the likes of which he had never seen.
"It's because no one had been able to stop them up until now. Even setting foot on this island might be a difficult task for the average hero." His sister replied, walking over towards the junction box where all the power was routed through, and pulled out a gun, which had enchantments all up its sides as she shot the power supply. It didn't damage it like a bullet could, or indeed would, oh no, she had better tricks then that. Instead, it...charmed the power supply to fail. It was a little stupid to place such an important piece of kit on the outside, wasn't it?
Teenagers.
"Are we ready?" The man said. For the sake of convenience, he will now be referred to as Sword, as he cracking his neck.
"I think so." The female (and she will be Shield) commented, placing the enchanted gun back in her shoulder pad. "I'll give you five minutes."
And Sword made his way into and up the tower, each step taking them further and further into the tower. You would think the security systems would have something to say about this, but you would be wrong, as the magic infused junction box outside shut the power off on whatever floor he was on.
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"Oh you are SO going down Savior!"
The guys were still hard at it, playing videogames, and threatening to win the next round. The scores were tied, and this would prove to everyone who was on top as Savior's car was just about to come across to the finishing line, ever so close...
Tzph.
And the room was dark.
"Err... Guy? What just happened?" Gar asked, slightly relieved at the power outage, but also a little worried.
"Simple, Raven's boitch here never won the race!" Cyborg laughed, pointing at the now angry Noel.
"And I almost... HEY! I am NOT Raven's boitch!" He snapped back, If you're wondering what a "boitch" is, keep in mind they're still making sure that neither Starfire or Nigel were around to pick up any bad Earth swearwords. As mentioned, the language is still new, and new people make mistakes. Not a good thing in the hero business. Just imagine the scene, they could be being thanked by the president and then Starfire told him to F-off by mistake....
But their minds were taken quickly from the problems of swearing as the door burst open, flying off its hinges. The massive figure of Sword now stood in the door way, the light behind him.
"Who the hell?!" Cyborg said, even as he instinctively prepped his arm cannon and turned quickly, raising it and firing. He only hit air as Sword quickly dodged and ran forward, but he didn't go far as Shimmer strands blocked his way, shooting from the ground and making him jump back.
"I am the Sword of justice!" He shouted, as he ploughed through the lines of energy, not of them able to get a good grip on him. He tackled Cyborg to the ground with his size and weight alone and raised his arm, but he didn't get far as a Bull-formed Beast Boy rammed him off Cyborg. But he was obviously a lot stronger then it would take to be defeated by that, as he righted himself in time to throw Beast Boy onto his back. More Shimmer strands shot out and lashed at Sword, but he grabbed the strands and threw the white haired man into the wall, sending him smashing through in a storm of wood and plaster. But while Noel was having an unpleasant meeting with the wall, Bear-form Beast Boy had snuck up on Sword and wrapped his heavily muscled upper legs around him, trying to squeeze the living daylights out of him.
Not a bad plan, but something happened that forced Gar off of him. Specifically, it was because Sword's arm size suddenly increased with a jolt, his power going up a little as his skin turned a shade closer to grey.
"Man. You're good!" Cyborg called to the man. He smirked.
"You have a lot of skill yourself, but it is time for me to finish your reign of terror!" He replied, setting himself up to attack again.
"Dude, two things! One) Where do you get your lines from? A box of cereal?" Beast boy asked, walking up to him. This threw Sword off a little, perhaps it was a trick.
"I... err..."
"And two) we don't have a reign of terror! We don't have a reign of anything! We can't even make it rain! Not even in Spain! Mainly on the plain, I hear." He finished. Now Sword looked even MORE confused, and that was good enough for Cyborg, as he reached down and pressed the 'help' button on his hip. Beast Boy continued. "We are the good guys! We help people!"
"Help?" Sword shook his head. "You try and confuse me with lies, but it will not work! I have been told of your acts!" He dashed forward, but he didn't get far as a Starbolt hit him in the back. He fell over, landing awkwardly.
"Ouch. That HAD to hurt. Is that supposed to bend that way?" Gar commented, as the men dashed over to Starfire and Raven.
"Surely this is the wrong way around; the men should be rescuing the women, right?" Savior asked, laying a hand on Raven's shoulder. Raven contemplated giving her boyfriend a dirty look, but in the end she just shrugged and kept her eyes on the giant, who had now gotten to his feet...only to be blasted out the window by a sonic blast.
"CYBORG!" The Titans yelled.
"What?" He asked, as if he had done nothing wrong.
"CY! You did it again dude!" Gar called, waving his arms around. Cyborg just shrugged and rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess I did put a little too much power in that one..." He said, laughing a little. The group sighed as one, except for Savior, who had walked to the window.
"Actually, I don't think you put in enough!" He shouted as he stepped back. The others looked over at him, not sure what he was talking about, before Sword shot back up, now with fierce white eyes and dragon-like wings sprouting from his back. He hovered in front of the window for a moment and then flew through the opening. He landed hard, the floor shaking lightly.
"Such low tactics!" He roared as he charged again. The Titans were still surprised by the transformation and were unprepared for the strike, and that would have been very bad...had not a red blur shot across the room and tackled him down just as he was about to strike.
"Robin?" Star asked, floating a little higher to see what had happened. But it wasn't Robin that had tackled Sword, it was Nigel. The Blacktrinian stood up and growled deeply, even as the Titan leader came into the room on his heels. "Robin!" Star shouted, floating over
"Our guest and I were on our way towards the detention cells when the alarm was sounded. Without a word, he sprinted back up here. I thought there might be trouble..." Robin stated, putting an emphasis on the 'Guest' part, the kind of emphasis you would use for an unwanted house pet, and "trouble", putting forth the idea that Nigel was behind it.
"You are not convinced this was common courtesy, are you." Raven observed, disappointed but not surprised at Robin's mistrust of Nigel. Her eyes were brought back to the fight as Nigel was thrown straight for a wall, smashing through it
"C'mon Robin! He's fighting for us man! What is there not to trust?" Cyborg asked, holding up a fist to enhance his point, as the Blacktrinian once again tackled down Sword. He raised his hand up to slash him, but he was too slow, receiving a monstrous right hook which sent him flying into Savior, knocking them both loopy. Robin stopped his argument and lowered himself, getting ready.
"Titans! G-"
An alarm went off on the wrist of Sword. His time was up.
"Sorry, gotta fly!" Sword called, as he jumped out of another window and started to fly away.
"Aw man, why couldn't he have used one of the already broken windows?" Beast Boy complained, but before anyone could reply Nigel had gotten up and dashed towards the broken window, leaping out as he went for broke to try and grab the attacker.
He nearly had him as well.
"Fool! Stupid fool!" Cyborg shouted, as all the Titans ran to the window as gravity seized Nigel and he vanished from sight. By the time the Titans had arrived he had already hit the water.
"Phew, he's okay. He hit the water, the water broke his fall." Beast Boy said.
"If he landed the right way. Landing the wrong way in water can be worse then landing on concrete." Savior commented. Everyone glared at him. "What! It's the truth!"
Some splashing could now be heard as the Titans looked again. It was Nigel, and he seemed to be fine from the landing...but there was something else wrong. Then Starfire remembered.
"Quickly! We must save him!" She called, pushing past to get out.
"Why?"
"Blacktrinians can not swim!" She replied as she, joined Beast Boy quickly flew down as fast as they could, but Nigel had jumped really far out, and he had been so far away that the thrashing was slowing down, and eventually it stopped.
The only thought in Nigel's mind was I'm going to die... I never did so many things...I never even saved the day... His clawed hands stretched up, towards the surface of the water, trying to find a grip, but water provides no grip, and by now everything had started to fade...
Fortunately for him, Fate did not want him to die, just yet, as a hand plunged through the water.
Next thing Nigel remembered was coughing up water on the island and being surrounded by the Titans.
"That was a very foolhardy thing to do. You do realize that, right?" Robin asked, his arms folded and his gaze sharp on to Nigel.
"I didn't..." And that was all as another cough came, "Realize your tower was on an island." He spluttered some more. For his race, falling into water meant certain death for anyone and pretty much everyone, and it felt like he was cheating death just by breathing again, by seeing the grass under him. And it felt wonderful. "Hey... mind if I... join you guys?"
"Depends. Are thick skinned half dragons going to constantly show up on a regular basis, or is that just a seasonal thing?" Noel inquired. Raven hit him on the arm. "OW! It's a point that has to be made!"
"Quiet Savior. Join? You recklessly risked your life for people you didn't know, you acted without thinking to help others almost as a reflex, and you threw yourself out of a tall building to catch an attacker even though you were unable to swim." Robin paused. There were good and bad things in that list, but he would have to add up the details later. "I don't know about joining, but I think we can let you wander around the tower freely now at least."
Nigel smiled. Finally, a place to call home.
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Another chapter done. I hope you are enjoying it, and this PROVES that Nigel is a normal person, who isn't perfect. But now I have to think of a name for him, a super hero type name. See ya in Chapter 4!