Chapter 2: Hi new guy
The flames died quickly leaving a fast cooling pool of molten metal.
"I was so hoping that wouldn't happen." said the now burning guy.
It was then the Titans turned to see what had apparently fried the monster intent on destroying them. His clothes had burned away revealing a costume made of a strange, obviously flame resistant material. It was colored in a weird pattern of brown and orange and differently colored fire shaped pinstripes going down the side of each limb. The right arm: red, left arm: blue, legs: orange. This suitcovered everything but the head and hands which were bare. His left hand covered as much of his face as it could while his right grabbed a piece of the same material as his suit and hurriedly tied it around his head and fastened it to the rest of his costume. When he was done all that could be seen was a narrow strip around his eyes.
"Sorry 'bout that." said this new costumed figure.
"And who are you supposed to be?" inqiured Raven.
"I'm supposed to be me, let me know if I'm anyone else." he replied extending his hand toward Beast Boy.
"Heh, so who are you?" said Beast Boy shaking his hand.
"You guys can call me... Igneous" he said
It took him about 3 seconds to realize that the hand he was shaking was around 130 degrees Fareignheit so he quickly withdrew his arm.
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!" said Beast Boy looking at the burns on his hand.
"Oops, its hard to get used to that." said Igneous apologeticaly.
"How did you do that?" asked Cyborg.
"Trade secret, but anyway I hope you don't think I'll let this whole car thing slide..."Said Igneous.
"You've made that very clear, but do you mind if we deal with it in the morning, Its late."said Robin.
"Not at all, I'm exhausted." he replied.
"So... where can we reach you?" Robin asked.
"Hmmm...?" said Igneous.
"Where do you live?" asked Robin.
"Nowhere near here."said Igneous.
"Where are you staying?" Robin asked.
"Nowhere" he replied.
"Huh?"
"I was just going to keep driving through after a short break, but I can't do that now, can I?" said Igneous.
"So...?" said Robin.
"Well, I can't afford a hotel either."replied Igneous sheepishly.
"What are you going to do?"asked Robin.
"Your concern is touching, so I have to ask, there any extra rooms in the big fricking "T" over there?"he asked
"Are you asking..."
"Don't worry, I'll give you a minute to talk about it while I sift through whats left of my car and see what I can salvage."he finished with a glare and went off to do as he said.
"Titans?"
"He doesn't have anywhere else to go." said Cyborg.
"I don't care." said Raven.
"He's a jerk."said Beast Boy still rubbing his hand.
"It would be most mean to destroy this person's vehicle and leave him with no place to stay."said Starfire.
"So I guess he's staying with us." said Robin.
"But under tight surveilence." said Cyborg
"Fine, but put any surveilence devices in the room you give me and I'll fry you like a bug on a grill.Igneous (now carrying a slightly charred suitcase in hand) chimed in from behind Cyborg in a jovial yet serious manner.
"Wow nice place, which room do I get?" Inquired Igneous.
"Room SM 203" replied Robin.
"Uh... can I get some sort of guide?"
"Starfire, show him to his room."said Robin
"This reminds me of the last time we had a guest." she said sadly as they walked away.
"Who was that?" Igneous asked.
"Her name was Terra."Starfire said.
"What happened?" he asked not sounding very interested.
"Room SM 203, right?" asked Beast Boy.
"Yeah, why?"said Robin.
"No reason." he answered.
He ran off down a hallway.Raven walked to her room. Cyborg and Robin went over the security measures.
"Good night to you Ig-nee-us."said Starfire as she left.
She had told him the whole story: meeting to betreyal, betreyal to atonement, start to finish as they walked to his room. He had listened intently but not so intently as to arouse suspicion. As he walked into "his" room he realized too late that there was a reason the door was propped slightly open.
Around the corner Beast Boy chuckled as he heard the splash-thunk of his trap hitting its target. He was suprised however when he heard a hoarse yell of "help" quiet enough he could barely hear it. Soon followed by "I'm dyin', you bastard" equally quietly. He rushed to the doorway to find a steam cloud obstruting his veiw as he said "whoa, seriously?" only to be met with the response "no, just kidding" in a cruel voice that continued "water isn't my weakness, but I'll bet fire will work on you" the Igneous walked through the steam with both eyes glowing red and his right hand accumulating fire. To which Beast Boy turned around, ran, hit the wall, turned left and ran till the end of the coridoor.
Igneous looked left, looked right ,closed the door and said "man, I love doing that!" as his eyes returned to normal and the fire on his hand disappeared. After spending an hour searching for cameras and eavesdropping devices he was finally satisfied and settled into sleep.
The Titans woke and went into their daily routines: breakfast, then a morning training session. Yet their guest still had not awoken; so the person who finished practice first had to wake him up. This day it was Raven whom had finished first. So after having grabbed a book from her room she went to wake up Igneous.
Knock, knock, knock
Nothing was to be heard inside.So she knocked again.
Knock, knock, knock
She could hear low volume mumbling and shuffling from within.
Knock, knock, knock
"What do you want from me? I left ya the last doughnut..."
Knock, knock, knock
At which point the door opened and Igneous stood there in full costume except for the head wrap.
"What?" he said grogily.
"Don't you have some kind of identity to hide or something?" she said in her usual monotone.
"Nah, don't have any live family or anything." he replied.
"Then why do you hide your face?" she asked.
"Oh, actually its to protect..."he stopped mid-sentence and looked at her with awe.
"Where did you get that mark on your forehead?" she said.
He then covered his forehead with one hand and squeezed her shoulder with the other.
"What the hell is going on?"he said as she echoed this sentiment in her mind.
Then he went into his room and put on a bandana made of the same stuff as his costume.
"You guys have a phone?" he said hurriedly.
"Yeah, in the living room, but what the hell was that all about?" she asked.
"Tell you as soon as I make some calls."he said as he ran off.
She slowly followed as she usually read in the living room. When she got there he had already left with the cordless phone.
While she was reading she heard foot steps approaching from behind. She knew the other Titans schedules well enough to know none of them should have been nearby passing by for a while so she assumed it to be Igneous.
"You never explained how you got that mark on your head." she said without looking behind her.
The answer however, was not what she was expecting. A low, demonic sounding voice responded.
"I am disapointed Roth, I would think you could recognize your father."
End of Chapter 2 (of course)
Ha! bet you didn't see that coming!