I've wanted to... Teen Titans fan fiction! This is one of those very rare instances where I use original characters. I'm not using Terra 'cause, hey, I haven't seen enough of the episodes with her in them, so meh. I love this character... I know, she's basically Beast Boy, but instead of any animal it's any humanoid life form, but meh, there are differences!! Annnd... She's got a secret. But you won't know what it is! Heh... Someone's gonna smack me. Man, this chapter is so short... Oh, and I want ten reviews before I update. Yush, I'm evil!
Disclaimer: I do not own Robin, Slade, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven or Cyborg... Or the Titans. I DO own the 'her' in this story, and her history. (Don't worry, she has a name.)
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Bright lights shined all around her, blinding her every way she looked. Cars zoomed past her, splashing her with the rainwater that had piled up. This city had been going through a particularly rainy season, so that explained the rain. But why so many lights? There were many more lights than windows and streetlamps. The girl swayed slightly, holding onto a bench to steady herself. Her head was pounding. Bright orange hair flopped into her blue eyes, yet they weren't her eyes and it wasn't her hair. The air was so cold all of a sudden... Why did she leave her home? Why had she been wandering- no, running in fear for so long?
She so vividly remembered the day her happy, almost normal, life came screeching to a halt. It was such an innocent game... What was the name? The details weren't too important. That was back when no one knew who- no, what -she really was... She was everyone she'd ever seen; yet she was anyone but herself. A small boy... Shouta? He threw the ball at her... She fell, hit her head in just the right place. Even as she lost consciousness she knew her darkest secret was reveled, her happy life shattered. When she woke up... Her father wouldn't look at her, and her mother burst into tears at her touch. The town wanted to exploit her powers. If they had done what they whished, they would have killed her. That night, she packed a bag and left, not once turning back.
She paused, leaned on a bench. She was cheerful, positive... She loved to make people laugh... How did this happen? The small town she lived in rejected her with all their might... The little boy, Shouta, he was so shocked. She wasn't anything hideous; she wasn't repulsive. She just wasn't the same girl everyone thought she was; she was no longer the girl they called Kokoro. She never was.
The thoughs whirling through her head made her feel ill. Think of what she was... What she wanted to be... It was too much. Her vision blurred; her hand slipped. She fell, hit her head, and slipped into unconsciousness, welcoming the blackness that enveloped her, silencing the memories.
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"Titans! Look out!" Her head flew up. She was slowing coming back to reality when someone shouted those words. They were so odd; they made no sense. She couldn't help but follow the sound of this voice. A bright green light shot overhead, bringing her back to her senses. A word formed on her lips; Fireworks? She used to love to help make fireworks with her father... They made them together. Their town was always celebrating something, and it wasn't a celebration without fireworks. A teardrop threatened to sneak it's way down her cheek; that was all in the past. It would never happen again.
"Azarath Metrion Zynthos!" Another voice chanted, this one dark and female. She realized in an instant they were on the roof of the build in front of her. How? A robot- it looked to be made in the image of a human and very realistic -came crashing down behind her. She approached it without thinking and was blown into the wall as it malfunctioned and exploded. She was shaken, but fine none the less. Besides, all she need was one thing; the hover thrusters installed in the feet of the robot. They would propel her up; she was very petite.
She could hear the people above her, but couldn't see them. "I can't fight, I'm malfunctioning! Aw man, they did something to my system!" Another voice added, an undertone of panic in his voice. It sounded of complete chaos up there. Her natural curiosity was what propelled her, but now the fact like it sounded off a battle up there made her want to go even faster. She looked up and gasped with shock; a huge green pterodactyl was soaring about the building. In the next instant, the dinosaur came crashing down to the rooftop, only to- and this almost made her let go of the hover thrusters propelling her -turn into a green boy in mid-air!
With a whoosh noise she landed on the roof, her dark hair with a slight purple tinge to it flaring out behind her. The sight that met her eyes... A purple-haired robed girl was gagged, unable to talk. A bright orange haired girl had her hands tied behind her back, and tied to her waist to make it impossible for her arms to move. She too was gagged. The green boy she had seen falling was tied in elastics and turning into random animals; the elastics just shrunk or expanded to keep him tied up.. A cyborg had sparks flying from his robotic parts, unable to move at all. The only one still standing, and that was just barely, was a boy with super-shiny black hair, wearing a mask and a super- hero outfit that a young boy back in her old town might have worn to feel brave and powerful.
And the last figure stood menacing before them all, it's- his? -back to her. The boy with the mask was panting heavily. "Robin. You cannot win the way you are now." The figure said. She froze in fear just hearing that voice. I was menacing and mysterious. She realized the purple-haired gagged one seemed to notice her, but she was unable to talk. "You're too weak. I can help."
"N-never, Slade!" The masked boy shouted angrily, then... Collapsed? The collapsed boy was hardly able to breath, but he was still glaring hatefully at the figure, which she deducted to be Slade. Such hate she saw! Slade began to walk towards the collapsed boy, who she deducted to be Robin. There was something about this Slade that she didn't like, didn't trust... It seemed to her that he was quick to exploit and lie. She didn't like that at all, even though she was almost always lieing. Even without talking she lied.
To this day, she won't be able to explain what caused her to do this. Just as Slade was about to grab Robin, his teammates looking on in fear for their good friend and leader, she flung herself onto Slade, only when she made contact with him she was no longer herself. The boy, Robin, looked somewhat surprised for a moment; Slade snarled at her and threw her off. But she had already accomplished what she wanted to; she had given the boy an opening. The next events were rather blurry for her; the boy released his friends quickly; they defeated this Slade, she didn't quite catch how; the boy she helped, Robin, ran over to her, his team, the Teen Titans, following.
"Hey, how did you, no, why did you just do that for us?" He asked- no, demanded of her. She couldn't tell if he was thankful or just annoyed that he needed help from someone he had never met. She shrugged simply; she couldn't have explained if she wanted to. The masked boy gave her an odd look. His teammates surrounded her as well, though she didn't really notice.
The green one she saw turn from animal to human decided to jump in the conversation. "Hey dude, what's your name, anyway? Can you talk at least?" He asked, somewhat teasingly, but she was too tired to realize that.
She only said one phrase before she slipped into unconsciousness yet again. "Call me Mimic."