Chapter One.

"Dude, how long will it take for you to fix my baby?"

"As long as it takes, I'm trying my best!", the mechanic teenager screamed at the top of his lungs, trying his best to keep his attention on the object above his head.

"But DUDE, I wanted to go to town today, and I can't go without my swanky machine of cool!"

"BB, give me until lunchtime, and I'll tell you if you'll be able to ride your moped today or not, okay?"

A boy of sixteen slumped his shoulders and stared at the floor, "Dude...". Suddenly he felt the heat of an angry breath above his head, and notice the dark shadow that loomed from above. "Eep! I'm going, I'm going! See you at lunch, Cy!", cried the younger teen as he ran out of the garage, quickly morphing into a mouse as he made his exit.

xxxxxx

Floating only inches above the couch, a young girl with pale, seemingly gray like skin, mediated, her hands and lower torso concealed by her long overrobe. Behind her a young man walked in the room, muttering various calculations to himself. Not far behind, a girl with flaming red hair also came into the room, floating over to the couch beside the mediating teenager.

In an attempt to be less disturbing to the concentrating girl, the redheaded teen yawned lightly into her hand and then moved into a similar position as the her friend. Softly, she spoke to the meditating girl, "Um...friend Raven, would you like to participate in a day of buying many garments and perhaps the drinking shakes of milk?"

"Sure", was the simple reply.

"Glorious! I shall go to my room to prepare for this day of fun!", exclaimed the happier teen, moving quickly away from her former position and onto the floor. Suddenly, she stopped. "Friend Raven?"

"Yes, Starfire?"

"What time would you like to go?"

"I'll be ready in 15 minutes.", answered the gray-skinned teen, as she stretched slightly to her left.

"Glorious!", repeated Starfire.

xxxxxx

Standing in the now abandoned common room of the Titan's Tower, the young man continued to mumble to himself. Suddenly the tv screen began to flash bright red, portrarying the signal for an incoming message. Running quickly over to the couch and then flipping over the back to land sitting next to the remote, the young man turned on the screen to receive the message.

"Robin, this is Bumblebee, we're sending a new kid your way-will be there in about an hour. Can't talk long, working on communicator now. Bye!"

Even before Robin could utter a word, the message had be closed. "Wow, what a great announcement, they didn't even mention who the new person was..." The screen flashed again, and once more, the young man opened the communication line. This time it was his old friend, Speedy.

"Robin, sorry about the previous message, but the communicator in the East Tower is broke–"

"I know."

"I'm current on my way with Stormfist now, estimating about a 45 minute travel period.."

Robin scratched his head, "Why are you bringing this 'Stormfist' here, what's up with the East Tower?"

"Ehh...Mas y Menos discovered a missing panel in the left wing, which led to them discovering missing wires to many of the security boxes around the tower. So...yeah. Bumblebee's doing an extensive check around the station, keeping us going on only the generator power. It's been pretty tough right now to accept a new recruit. I hope you don't mind."

"No problem, I'll see you when you get here. Is there anything on the records about the new recruit?"

"No, nothing has been entered about Stormfist yet, sorry. Oh, can you relay a message to Cyborg that Bumblebee needs him to get in touch with her, I dunno, somehow?"

Robin smiled, "Sure thing Speedy, see you soon!"

Speedy closed the connection with a smile on his face.

xxxxxx

Cyborg stood back from the moped he had just finished repairing. "Man, I'm good", he said with a laugh, "and BB better appreciate what I did for him. And if he ever tries to run through a muddle puddle a foot deep again, I'll-"

"Cyborg", a voice called from a screen behind him, "Cyborg, you need to get in contact with Bumblebee A.S.A.P. Something's wrong with the security of the East Tower. We're also getting a new recruit in 30 minutes, so you can ride back to the tower with Speedy"

"Cool, you said I've got 30 minutes, right? I'll be ready then. I'll tell BB about the new Titan."

"Later", replied Robin as he shut his connection. Cyborg opened a new line to Beast Boy's room.

"Hey BB!" He shouted, then jumped back as a green face plastered itself against the screen.

"Is she okay, is she alright?"

"Your moped is working great now, you can come get her, but–"

The connection had been cancelled before he could finish.