"Hi, glad you could make it on such short notice," Robin greeted their guests as he opened the door and guided them into a conveniently empt room. "We're going to need to interview you," He told them. "And then you're going to be tested," Robin concluded. "So, who's first?" He asked.

"I'll go," A voice said.

Robin nodded and lead the way to the common room where he instructed their guest to sit. The Titans took a seat on the couch across from them.

"Let's start with your name," Robin began.

The girl across from the Titans paused for a moment. She looked about 16 and was a bit shorter than Starfire. She had curly, brown hair that fell to about the middle of her back and slitted green cat-like eyes. This girl had brown, cat ears sticking out the top of her hair, cat claws, which she was flexing on top of her knee, and a brown cat tail, which lay twitching on the couch next to her. She was wearing a tight, white short-sleeve shirt, tight, white leather pants with a pale yellow belt, and white leather boots to match. "My name is Rachel," She finally said. "But I prefer the name Kitten," Rachel added.

Robin's stomach did a back-flip at the sound of the name Kitten. It reminded him too much of Killer Moth's daughter, who Robin had to take to the prom.

"Uhh... Okay," Robin continued. "What are your powers or abilities?" He asked in a very professional voice that made Starfire giggle.

"Well, I have super-human strength, I can jump really high, I have the stealth of a cat, and, of course, my claws and teeth," Rachel grinned, showing her at-like fangs.

"I think that's enough for now, we're doing tests later," Robin stood up. "I'll take you back to the room and bring out someone else," Robin instructed.

Rachel stood up and the two of them walked out of the room.

A few minutes later, Robin walked back into the room with a guy who looked to be 19. He wore a blue long-sleeve shirt, blue tights, a blue and black cape, and black tennis shoes. He had short, dark blue, spiked hair, and dark blue eyes.

Starfire nearly fainted. Instead, she fell off the couch. She blushed as she got back up. "Please, enlighten us with your name," She stammered.

"Name's Mr. Super!" He struck a hero pose. Robin put a hand to his forehead, closed his eyes, and shook his head as he walked over to the couch and sat down.

"Most people would tell us their real name," Raven retorted.

Mr. Super rushed to Raven's side and bent down on one knee, "For you anything!" Robin closed his eyes and shook his head again at the stupidity of this guy. "My name is Ricky, and what is this beautiful young maiden's name?" Ricky held out a hand to Raven.

"Raven," She replied dryly, ignoring Ricky's hand.

Fortunately for Raven, Ricky knew he was being snubbed and sat down on the other side of the couch.

"Okay..." Robin pressed. "What powers or abilities do you have?" He asked in his 'professional' voice. Starfire giggled again and Robin looked at her funny.

Suddenly, Ricky grew twice his size, then, just as suddenly, he shrank to half his original size and then returned to normal. He stretched his arm out across the room, behind Raven, and tapped her on the shoulder. Raven responded by surrounding Ricky's hand in a black aura. As Ricky was trying to pull his arm back, Raven suddenly let go, causing Ricky to smack himself in the face. The Titans, with the exception of Starfire, cracked up and Ricky flew hotly into the air.

"Starfire..." Robin managed to say between laughing and gasping for breath. "Can you (Ha ha) Please (Ha ha) walk Ricky back (Ha ha) and," He burst out laughing again. "Bring someone else out?" He finished quickly, wiping tears from his eyes.

She did as she was told, and Starfire and Ricky glided out of the room.

Starfire returned moments later with a short kid beside her. He couldn't have been over 15. His uniform was almost exactly the same as Ricky's, except where Ricky had blue, this new kid had red and instead of a long-sleeve shirt, he wore short-sleeves. The new kid had dark red spiked Hair and dark red eyes.

"Okay, what' your name, 'Mr. Super Jr.'?" Beast Boy joked.

"No," The kid said quite seriously. He struck a hero pose in perfect imitation of Ricky, "It's Invinci-Kid!" He plopped down on the couch, "Okay, so my name's Brandon, but Mr. Super said I needed a cooler name."

"Okay..." Raven said, thinking this kid was WAY too much like Ricky (hint, hint).

"And you listen to Ricky because...?" Beast Boy wondered.

"I'm his 'side-brother'!" Brandon stood up again. "Wait..." He thought for a second. "That didn't come out right..." Brandon sat down again. "I meant to say 'brother-kick'?" He thought again. "No... That wasn't it either," Brandon was now completely enveloped in his own thinking.

"Do you mean 'a side who is a kick'?" Starfire offered. "Who is also a brother?" She added.

"No, no..." Brandon replied. "Close, but no... 'Brother-side'?" He mumbled.

Getting the point, Robin continued, "Okay, what can you do?" Robin asked casually, trying not to make Starfire laugh again.

Brandon flew around to the side of the couch and picked it up, with the Titans still on it, and lifted it into the air. He set them down. "I can also do laser-vision, but I didn't want to break anything..." He looked at Raven, "Hey, nice belt!"

Raven looked down at herself. Her cloak was completely surrounding her. No-one could see her belt unless they had x-ray vision... Raven glared at him and sank through the couch and into the floor.

"Well, okay then," Cyborg said.

Brandon grinned and floated back down to the couch.

"Okay, Uh, Cyborg, can you take Brandon back and--" Robin was cut off by the hallway doors sliding open.

Raven then appeared at the door with a new person, who had his arm draped around her shoulders, blushing hard and making light bulbs shatter with every step. Raven broke away from the newcomer for a moment, long enough to push Brandon out of the room, then flew at nearly the speed of light back to the newcomer's arms. they walked over to the couch and sat down together.

The other Titans, deciding that no-one who made Raven this happy could be good, decided to look him over. He had black, spiked hair and dark blue, almost black eyes. He wore a tight black shirt, black jeans, and black army boots. He looked about 16.

"So.."Robin started."What's your name?" He asked suspiciously.

"Sting." He replied a bit cold. Too cold for Robin...

Robin took Sting's tone an insult. "You better watch it--"

A lightbulb suddenly burst above Robin's head, showering him with glass, "Oops..." Raven said not at all innocently.'

Sting smirked, "Nasty cut there." He gestured to Robin's forehead, "I can fix that..."

"Don't touch me!" Robin exploded, jumping out of his seat.

"I won't have to." Sting replied.

Suddenly, Robin's wound was healed. He plopped back down on the couch and muttered, "I still don't trust you..."

Raven stood up, walked across the room, grabbed Robin's arm and drug him into the hallway. As soon as the doors slid closed, Raven exploded. "What is your problem?"

The other Titans must have heard because they too came into the hallway.

"I don't trust this 'Sting'" Starfire confessed.

"I don't think any of us do," Cyborg agreed.

"Except you..." Beast Boy added.

"Would you at least give him a chance!" Raven pressed.

"We gave Terra a chance," Robin pointed out. "And you--"

"I was right!" Raven said triumphantly. "I was right about terra, wasn't I!" She glared at her friends.

"You were half right," Beast Boy defended.

"She was trouble!" Raven ranted." That was all I accused and I was right! You really need to learn to trust my instincts!"

The titans stared at her in shock and realization.

"Do you think that after all that's happened to me," Raven said, thinking of Malchior/Rorek."It's easy for me to trust people!" She continued. "Give Sting a chance, that's all I'm asking." Raven concluded.

"Fine," Robin agreed bitterly. "But anything suspicious, and he's gone," He threatened.

Raven walked back out into the common room, where Sting was waiting, with the rest of the Titans close on her heels. Raven's shoulders took their place under Sting's arm and the remaining Titans sat across from them.

"Well," Robin tried to continue.

"What's your real name?" Beast Boy interrupted.

"Don't have one," Sting replied. Four out of five of the Titans were confused. "I dropped my first, and last,name and started going by 'Sting' about..." He paused for a moment, "Almost ten years ago..."Sting paused again, Raven moved closer to comfort him. Sting held her tighter. "At the orphanage," Sting finished with great difficulty.

"Orphanage or no orphanage, RAVEN IS MINE!" Beast Boy suddenly found himself standing up. "Aww man! Did I just say that out loud?"

"Yes..." Raven told him. Sting smirked and laughed inside his head.

"Umm... Okay..." Beast boy sat down and tried to pretend like nothing happened.

"Anyway..." Raven tried to continue. "Umm... Sting, why don't you show them your powers?" She suggested.

This seemed to set things back to normal. Sting was a bit of a show-off. He could not help but smile as he stood up and surrounded Raven in a barely visible shield of air. The Titans watched in awe as Raven was lifted into the air and guided towards the middle of the room. Three rings appeared around Raven's bubble, one of fire, one of water, and one of rocks. Sting then glided up, separated the rings and the shield, picked up Raven by her waist, and glided back down and set Raven on the couch. "As you saw earlier, I can heal too," Sting concluded, referring to Robin's no-longer-scratched forehead.

"Fine," Robin said with a wave of his hand. "Someone go get the last person," He said, rubbing his forehead out of exhaustion.

"I still don't trust him," Beast Boy whispered to Cyborg.

"Yeah right, we all know you're jealous," Cyborg whispered back.

"I am not!" Beast Boy shouted as Raven and Sting stood up and began walking across the room to the other side of the couch. Beast Boy suddenly looked guilty and rushed off to get the last person.

Beast Boy entered the room moments later with the last person to interview. Robin could not help but stare. This last girl looked to be about 16 and had short, straight blonde hair and big brilliant blue/green/grey eyes, similar to Starfire's. She had the same basic figure as Starfire, but shorter, and was wearing a tight tank top with tight jeans and boots, all in pale yellow.

The new girl seemed to notice Robin staring. "Umm... Hi?" She offered.

Robin shook his head quickly, "Hi!" He said, "What's your name?"

"Serina," She answered. "But my friends call me Rain," Serina added.

"Uhh... Dud?" Beast Boy said, snapping his fingers in Robin's face. "You're drooling," He told him.

Robin shook his head again. He could see what Serina's powers, or rather weapons, were. She was carrying a coiled up whip in her hand and had a sword in it's sheath. Serina also carried a folded up staff and various other weapons in her belt.

"That's al... Nice looking sword you got there," Cyborg complimented.

"Thanks," Serina said sincerely, standing up and unsheathing her sword. It was all white with a pale yellow stripe down the middle and a gold handle. "I made it myself," She added.

"So did I!" Robin said, jumping up and unsheathing his own sword (The one he used in "The End III).

"Why do you carry that around with you?" Cyborg asked. "And I helped on that thing!" He pointed and accusing finger at Robin's sword.

Robin seemed not to hear him as he and Serina waled to the center of the room and exchanged swords. They then started talking about sow technical stuff that the Titans (and I) couldn't follow.

Beast Boy turned to Cyborg and muttered something like "Show off..." to which Cyborg replied, "Guess she's staying..."