Chapter 2: Weakness Revealed
Gavial stumbled in the kitchen & flopped on the seat, putting her head in her hands.
"You look tired." Cy said as he set down a plate of bacon
"Tired? More like exhausted." She stammered
"What've you been doing all night?" Rae asked with one eyebrow raised
"Why should I tell you?"
"It's not that we don't believe you, Gavial, -" Robin started
"Yeah, it pretty much is." She got up & went to the top of the tower, where BB met her
"I believe you, Gavi."
"I know. It's not that they don't believe me, it's that they won't leave me alone! I have to defeat him on my own."
"But you never said why."
Gavi turned her head in the opposite direction; "Can you keep a secret?"
"Maybe." He smirked
"Can you keep a secret?" She repeated, more firmly & clearly agitated
"Just tell me."
"Not before you swear on your life you won't tell."
"Fine, I swear." He said as he raised his hand slightly
Gavial revealed her Jewel; a golden dragon wrapped around a large, round ruby. "This is the Jewel of Reptia. It signifies royalty."
Her brother appeared a bit stunned; "You're…."
"The princess of Argine." She finished
"Cool, my sister's royal!" he shouted, before getting a cold hand slapped on his mouth
"What part of 'secret are you not getting!"
"Sorry." He grinned as an anime sweat dropped from his head
At the time they started in, a bird could be heard flying off. Nothing unusual, just a little blackbird.
"Report." A deep voice said firmly
The blackbird shifted into a misty, black form & assumed a strange shape, similar to Zokar;
"The girl revealed her secret to her brother. She has a soft spot for the Titans."
Sharp, white teeth could be seen through the shadows forming a grin.
Back at the Tower:
Gavial was once again on the top of the Tower, practicing her new powers.
"HYA, HYA!" she shouted as she threw several flames in front of her
"That'll come in handy during winter." Robin grinned
"I…. didn't know anybody was behind me." She grinned
"We got a call…. bank robbery. Wanna come?"
"Really? I can?"
"Yeah, sure."
In the city:
A shadowy, caped figure seemed a bit startled when the 6 teens crashed through;
"¡No hágame daño!" it replied as Cy's light shone on him
"Dude….speak English. You know how, right?" Gavi said sarcastically
"¿Sé hablar o hacer sé decir el inglés?" He chuckled
"We're not here to play games!" Robin shouted
"Fine." He said in a heavily accented Spanish voice; "I was framed…. there was a dragon boy, he didn't even rob the place. Like, he knew I'd follow…."
"Not sure if we can believe you." Rae said to him
"Wait, dragon boy? What'd he look like?" Gavi asked him
"Hmm….about 5 feet tall, his size," pointing to Robin; "no shirt, long tail, wings, four red eyes…."
"Zokar?" Starfire said softly
"The Tagorian? Ha! No no no….Zokar is mucho más grande. By the way, my name is Pit Viper, you are?"
"The Teen Titans!" Starfire shouted in her bubbly way
"Never heard of you."
"Never heard of the Teen Titans!" BB yelled
"Nope. Grew up on another planet, Reptia."
Gavial stood in shock….what are the chances she'd see another Reptian on Earth?
"Maybe we should get outta here….Viper might can provide information on Zokar that somebody won't tell us." Raven said, starting out
"Did it ever occur to you that she isn't telling for a reason?" Beast Boy said to Raven, a rather unusually serious look on his face
Back at the Tower:
"So, you were raised on Reptia too?" Gavial asked, seemingly intrigued
"Sí, my whole life, Señorita."
"Where?"
"Well, don't know the first place, but I got lost on the island next to Argine, lived the rest of my life there. Came to Earth as a captive of Zokar."
"Argine? Really! That's my home!" She grinned with an ear-to-ear smile
"Wow, really? Cool. Heard Chief finally has the next heir to the throne chosen."
Gavi bit her bottom lip & looked up a bit nervously; "Yeah….I heard that too."