And we got another vote for Stormy so Dakota and Stormy are tied.
"Okay, Titans! Let's start training!" Avalanche announced.
Stormy was up first. He did the course swiftly and smoothly, but he toyed with the obstacles a little bit, so he could've gotten a better time.
"Who's the bomb!" Stormy cried when he saw his time only 1 minute and 8 seconds.
"You could've been faster if you didn't go around playing," said Avalanche.
Avalanche and Spirit didn't have to train this time, they just time and observe. Shadow did it quickly but not as quick as Stormy,
"See, if you had a cloud to ride on like me, you probably would've gotten a faster time," said Stormy,
"At least I'm not lazy so I don't have to ride on a cloud," said Shadow.
"What? I'm not lazy!" Stormy argued back.
"Want to train, Dakota?" Avalanche asked.
"Sure," he answered in a depressing way and got ready.
When Dakota went through the training course, he proved that he has complete control of his powers and his powers have gotten much stronger too. He also got it under 1 minute and 5 seconds.
"Wow, Dakota, you've improved!" said Avalanche impressed along with the rest of the team.
"Well, I kind of, got the hang of it naturally I guess," said Dakota.
Everyone went in for lunch.
Dakota was about to ask Shadow something, but was kind of afraid of her so he kept his mouth shut.
"Spirit."
"Yeah, Shadow?" he answered.
"I'm not comfortable with Dakota," she said.
"Give him a chance; I know it's hard for you. But, Dakota is…something about him just makes me not really hate him," said Spirit.
"You're a good friend, Spirit, and your heart is always in the right place. I guess I'll try and give him a second chance," said Shadow.
"I'll be there for you whenever you need me," said Spirit. But before Shadow could say anything, Stormy popped in the conversation,
"Come on guys! We're having pizza! Quit chitchatting!" he said.
"Okay, we're coming!" said Shadow. Spirit just followed.
"How come Shadow never talks to me?" Stormy asked himself.
Techna came to lunch but she looks like she's in deep thought.
And the whole lunch time is silent since they now realize that Techna always starts a conversation.
"This is ridicules! What's with the silence?" Stormy said out of nowhere.
"What? Did someone say something?" Techna asked who only ate half of her first pizza while everyone else already finished their first piece.
"Techna, I personally think you're thinking way too hard about this," said Shadow with a monotone voice.
"Techna, I'm sorry I betrayed you guys. All I want is forgiveness," said Dakota.
Then the alarm went off.
"Titans! Move out!"
"EEWWW! PLASMUS!" Techna shrieked.
"I know, he gets uglier every time!" said Stormy,
"Shouldn't he be, you know, dead? After being defeated countless times by our parents and us?" Spirit asked.
"Let's just take him down," said Avalanche, "Titans! Go!"
The battle was fairly easy. But to make it easy to carry Plasmus back to jail, Dakota knocked him out by crushing two rocks together on Plasmus.
"Wow, that was easier than usual," said Stormy.
"Shadow, it's your turn to turn in the criminal," said Avalanche,
"Yes, I know," she said and lifted Plasmus with her powers and flew toward the prison.
About half way there, Dakota flew with her,
"Want company?" he asked,
"No thanks," she answered.
"Want to sit on the rock with me?" he invited,
"No, I'm fine," she said. Then it was silence the rest of the way.
On the way back, Dakota got the courage to break the silence.
"Shadow."
"Yeah?"
"Are you still mad at me?" he asked.
"…Can't really say," she answered.
"I should just leave," said Dakota.
"Don't…"
"What?"
"Don't leave," she said again right as they got to Titans Tower.
The team hung out and did whatever, and then Techna walked up to Dakota,
"I'm sorry, for the way I acted. I'm giving you a second chance."
"Thanks, and I'm sorry for everything," said Dakota.
"But, I can't continue going out with you anymore. We can still be friends, but, I think my feelings are somewhere else now," said Techna,
"It's okay, because, I was feeling the same way," said Dakota as he looked over at Shadow who was actually playing video games with Stormy and just won.
"WHAT?"
"There, now you can't make me play anymore video games with you for the next month," said Shadow crossing her arms.
"Aw man!"
"Hey, Dakota," he turned his head, it was Avalanche,
"As leader, I should've told you earlier that me and Spiritfire has already given you a second chance on the team," said Avalanche.
"Thanks, Techna gave me a second chance too," said Dakota.
"All we need now is Shadow's forgiveness," said Spirit as he walked up with them.
"Hey! Dakota! Want to play games with me?" Stormy asked.
"Uh, sure," he went over and got a controller. And the two also got to know each other better.
"I think I would've forgiven you already. I mean, every time I look at you, you look so depressed and have a huge loss of energy," said Stormy,
"Easier said than done, you weren't even there so of course you might have thought you would forgive me. I'm just wondering what Shadow thinks of me now," said Dakota,
"Shadow's cool. I've never met a girl quite like her," said Stormy as he grabbed a snack and started eating.
"I know what you mean," said Dakota.
Evening:
"Shadow, have you decided yet?" Dakota asked outside Shadow's room.
"Yeah, I'm giving you a second chance," she answered from inside.
There was a moment of silence. Then Dakota grinned for the first time since he awoke from that stone state.
"Thanks," he said in a whisper and left to let Shadow be,
"You're welcome," said Shadow while mediating.
Next day:
"Come on, Dakota! The least you can do is take me shopping!" said Techna grabbing one of his arms,
"What? Hey! Dakota and I just met! We should be hanging out together!" said Stormy grabbing his open hand.
"Dakota should be treated equal," said Spirit,
"I think he should be left alone," said Avalanche.
"You know, this is starting to hurt," said Dakota as Techna and Stormy pulled him back and forth.
"No, Dakota can do whatever he wants to do. He can take Techna shopping for the first half of the day and hang out with Stormy for the rest of the day," Shadow suggested as she walked into the room.
"That works," said Techna,
"Fine," said Stormy and lets go.
"Since Techna forgot that today is training day and tomorrow was a break day, we'll just flop the schedule. Today's break day!" Avalanche announced.
"Want to hang out?" Spirit asked Shadow,
"Sure," she answered.
Stormy watched those two go,
"Come one Stormy, while you wait for Dakota to come back, try and beat me in this new video game!" Avalanche challenged,
"Okay," Stormy answered.
So, it turned out well in the end. Dakota earned a permanent spot on the team. Next chapter: You will….have to wait longer to see who Shadow picked! Besides, Stormy and Dakota are tied, but there's still a chance that Spirit can catch up in the votes! You can still vote people! So, next, Dakota does something and ends "Down Memory Lane." A sequel is already made but find out what Dakota did in the next chapter: Leaving again