Titans Tower
8:13 AM March 23
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I was leaning against the couch. All of the titans stood around me, exchanging glances. The gray-ish dog that followed Starfire lay next to me. Finally Robin broke the silence.
"We are each going to ask you a question, answer truthfully, and you might be able to join as an Titan apprentice."
I nodded.
The green elf spoke up.
"How do you know that dog."
"This old thing, this is Krypto. We go way back about three years to when I was in Metropolis. As for what he is doing here in Jump City, I have no clue."
"When I was walking with the dog, you…. became apparent out of no where. How is it that you poofed from no where?" Starfire just finished.
"Well I'm a dimensional warper, each mind has an own dimension, a happy place. I can teleport between these happy places, one I get inside I have to find something significant in order to exit the persons mind. After I found a certain flower while in your happy place, I was able to come back to this dimension."
Cyborg glanced towards my right arm and pointed.
"How did you lose that?"
I clenched my eyes shut, and re-opened them.
"It was after me and my friends escaped from Slade's 'camp'…"
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Dense trees and snow covered the area.
"Who knew Canada would be so…lonely."
"Stop complaining Kenny, you know we are better off this way."
Towards the middle of the group of the seven of us was John.
"Guys, we should become superheroes and come up with nicknames and all. You know like Junior Justice or something."
We all turned towards him.
"Its not a bad idea, but we just got away from that damned place. I just want to lay low for a little, try normal life again. But the nicknames are a good idea, that way we can't get our loved ones hurt." I started walking forward again.
Jessica who stood by my side spoke up. "What loved ones… the probably forgot all about us."
I turned towards her.
"Hey don't say that, you don't know. We cant dwell on the what ifs, all I know is that we are here, we are finally free, and that I care about you. We need to keep moving though there's a cabin about a mile and a half ahead."
I hugged her, and continued walking.
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"Five minutes later, I collapsed to the ground. My powers were spazzing out; I never had complete control. While we were in the encampment things all around me would just disappear, leaving like ten foot craters. This one was going to be big, fifty feet easy. There was now way that my friends could escape, so instead of having them die I focused all of that energy towards my right arm."
"I could feel the tendons snapping, the bones cracking, then vanishing. Fingers disappearing and reappearing. Then I blacked out from the pain."
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My eyes slowly opened. I tried using my right arm to get up. Except it wasn't there, but I could still feel it. I used my left arm.
I checked my surroundings. We were in the cabin; cots and a stone fireplace were inside. Jessica was asleep in a chair beside me. Josh stood up from the corner.
"Take it easy man, the doctor will be back soon to help you."
I looked at him. "What do you mean."
"After you blacked out from the pain, you were bleeding, a lot. We didn't know what to do, but John picked you up and carried you here. Half of us went back to the camp."
"What! Dude what where you thinking?"
"Its ok, you remember that guy Slade Wilson, he promised to help us. He bandaged you up, and he went with John and Kenny to find some metal, turnouts Wilson is good with mechanical arms. All we have to do is promise to help him with something. Jessica has been at your side the whole time man, you've been out of it for three days."
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"Day or two later, Slade came back with this arm."
They looked at me perhaps shocked, or scared.
Raven turned towards me, "You seem to be powerful, to powerful, what are your weaknesses?"
"Twice a year I lose my powers for one day, then the next day they get a super charge. Ironically enough those days are during the Equinox, when all over the world the amount of daytime is the same. March 21, and 22. Then September 23 and 24. That plus the fact that I'm emotionally blocked off."
"So you get a day of weakness, the you get more powerful than before?"
"Yeah in a way, but I'm easy to take down."
"So you basically just had a recharge yesterday?"
"Yup but power isn't everything."
"This camp, can you tell us about it?" Robin looked towards me.
"Yeah, a bunch of barracks, barbed wire, healing tanks, genetic testing, DNA reconstruction, destruction. Tons of needles, horrible times. Reason for my disappearance 8 years ago. Reason for all of my problems. I would go into details, but there are way too many painful memories there."
Beast Boy jumped in, "Now that cant be legal."
"No duh man."
"Well if you excuse us we need to go talk."
"Ok go ahead." I said.
They just stood there.
"Oh ok I get it."
I got up and headed to the kitchen. Krypto followed. I reached over and opened the fridge. Inside was a bunch of old food, and some sort of pudding. Some white tofu was stuck inside the back of the fridge. I got the pudding and tofu out.
I tossed the tofu to the dog, and started searching for a spoon. Krypto approached the tofu, and then hit it with his paw. It jiggled around like jello. He reached forward and took a cautious piece of it in his mouth.
After searching through five drawers, I found the spoons dipped one into the pudding and took a big mouthful. A sweet yet sour taste graced my tongue. I started shoveling it in.
The titans broke up from their circle and walked towards me.
"Dude we have food?" Beast Boy took a look at what I was eating.
"DUDE! That's Starfire's pudding." Starfire came up.
"You enjoy the pudding of happiness?"
"Oh yeah its good."
I put the now empty bowl down. And glanced at Krypto who was playing dead.
"Hahaha is that tofu junk really that bad?"
The dog stood up and shook its head up and down.
"Ahem," I turned towards Robin, "we decided you can become and apprentice, Cyborgs going to show you to your room."
"Alright dog, let's go."
We headed for the elevator, I gave a sharp whistle, and Krypto was by my side.
This should be fun.