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Chapter 6: Surprises
Scorpio rushed to the door and pressed a button that made it fling open. Beast Boy was standing in the doorway, grinning his awkward grin with a twinkle in his eye. "We have a surprise for you," he said again. "It's great, really! Come on!"
He grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the doorway with a small "eep" of protest from her. They ran down the hallway of the West Bay and went into an elevator.
"You're going to love this," he mumbled under his breath and he punched in some numbers to the keypad. The doors closed and the numbers on the top of the door began to light up. He turned to her and grinned. "Almost there!"
Without warning he went behind her and slid his hands over her eyes. Scorpio let out a small "eep" of protest again. "Beast Boy, don't!" She said, trying to gently pry off his fingers.
He doesn't know...I shouldn't blame him...
Beast Boy realized that Scorpio didn't want to her eyes to be covered, but he was as subborn as a mule when he wanted to be, and so he kept his hands over her eyes within a firm grip. "I want it to be a surprise..." He bagan.
Let go...I don't want to...
Too late.
Her mark began to glow, this time in red, and the lighted mist sifted through Beast Boy's fingers from her eyes. It looked like a cloud of blood and yellow light. Beast Boy pulled back, more in convern rather than fright. The light continued to escape her until he had let go entirely and was about 4 feet away from her. She knocked her fists together and the light disappeared abruptly. The elevator door opened, but neither moved.
After the uncomfotable silence was beyond her limit, Scorpio sighed and rubbed her lower back. "I guess I have some explaining to do...huh?" She blushed without notice.
Returning from his shcoked trance, he met her gaze. "I do want to hear more about...what just happened here...but not right now..." He smiled slightly. "We've still got a surprise, remember?"
Scorpio nodded, but her gaze remained on the floor. "Right."
"Promise you'll tell me after? I do want to hear about it. And I'm not just saying that."
Reluctuantly, Scorpio nodded. "I promise."
"Great! Then come on."
He was careful not to get too close, and he only touched her arm lightly when he saw they had almost arrived at their destination. "Close your eyes," he instructed when they had reached Raven's room. "Follow my voice." She did as she was told. Beast Boy tried to breathe a bit heavier so that Scorpio wouldn't bash into a wall. She heard a pair of doors hiss and Beast Boy lead her inside.
"Beast Boy?" She asked, moving her arm infront of her. "Beast Boy?"
She opened her eyes.
The room was dark, but then someone flipped on the lights and Scorpio saw that all 5 of the Titans were infront of her. "Surprise," said Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy, all grinning slightly.
"Yes! Surprise new friend!" Starfire added in merrily, hugging Scorpio so tight that Scorpio had to control the red mist from escaping again.
She was confused, but then Scorpio realized that the room had been designed for her.
My room...
Opposite the door was a wall sized window that was draped in dark purple curtains. The walls themselves were different shades of blue, and the carpet was pure white. Facing the window was a long, curved black leather couch and a small coffee table infront of it. To the left of the door was a twin sized bed, and then the main attraction of the room: a small, quarter of a circle shaped pool that looked to be about 4 feet deep. It spaned from the two walls about 3 yards into the room.
Scorpio's eyes lit and she could feel the hot tears of joy burn behind her eyes, they oozed out a bit but she was smiling so big she couldn't feel it. She squeezed the group into a bear hug, even the reluctuant Raven who hadn't really welcomed her but just smiled.
"You can stay until you want to leave," said Robin, much to his disappointment. Just leave now...
"Until then," Cyborg said. "You can stay in Titan's Tower for as long as you need to. The only catch is that you have to be a Titan." He smiled broadly.
"What that means is that you have to train and clean and stuff like the rest of us." Robin told her. "If you decide to stay you can fight on our team. Until then the choice is yours."
He held out the communicator, expecting her to either turn it down or take it. Whatever she would do next would determine her future...
She took the communicator gladly and shook Robin's hand, who, despite that he strongly disliked this new comer, accepted and smiled. "Great."
"Now who wants some breakfast? I'm starvin'!" Cyborg and Beast Boy dashed for the kitchen. Robin, Starfire, and Raven soon followed them, leaving Scorpio to the room of her own.
It was much better than the West Bay, to say the least. Not only was it bigger, but it had her own mini-pool inground pool and an actually comfortable bed. She sighed from happiness and flopped down on the bed, stomach down. Being a Titan can't be all that bad. Must be better than being a Saphirian... She smiled at the thought. Titan, a new home, new friends, a new life...
It was then a bone splitting red alarm went off in the Tower...