Disclaimer: U see, what had happened was...I bought the deed to the Teen Titans headquarters building on Ebay for a dollar sixty five...so technically I do own the Teen Titans...well, maybe not...It was worth a shot though.

Chapter Five

We rounded around the side of the cement wall, and found something I can only call freaky. A guy with a giant spider for a head was looming over a girl with blond hair. She had fallen to the ground, and was throwing rocks at the spider/boy.

"Get away from me! AAAAAGGHHH!" She screamed. Speedy had an arrow aimed and with a clean swish, he caught the spider by the sleeve of one of his human arms. The force carried him to the wall where it pinned him. He struggled to get free, but Speedy pinned his other sleeve with three more arrows.

The girl looked at the pinned spider in shock. Then with a smile, she leapt at Speedy, arms around his neck.

"OHHHHHHHH! MY HERO!" she yelled loudly, "THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF YOU HADN'T SHOWN UP! OH, HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU!"

"Uh-" Said Speedy, trying to pry her off of him, "It was nothing…really."

"HEY! Get your grubby paws off of my girl!" said the spider.

"SHUT IT FANG! This is my NEW boyfriend! He protects me! UNLIKE YOU!"

"WHAT?" yelled Speedy; now realizing he just got caught in between the strangest love-triangle in the history of love-triangles. By this time, my head was spinning. "I'm not her boyfriend! I just met her!"

The girl let go of Speedy in a big huff, and put her hands on her hips. "So what, I'm not GOOD enough for you? Is that it?"

"N-no-no. I'm sure you're a very…nice girl. It's just…I…"

"You! Stop flirting with my girlfriend." In a sudden surge of strength, the spider boy broke free from Speedy's arrows. He rushed at us. Suddenly he spit something at Speedy, and he went rigid. He started spitting the same stuff at me, but I dodged it.

"HEY! What are you attacking me for? I didn't hit on your girlfriend!" I yelled, as I ran behind the targets.

"Aww, hiding are we? Come out, come out wherever you are!" I left from behind a target, feet first, aiming straight for his face…if you would call it a face. He flew backwards as my feet made contact. Smiling, I said to the blond, "I don't object to being smothered." Her face turned red, and she slapped me across my cheek with all her might.

"You didn't have to hit him, you BIG CREEP! FANG! Are you okay?" The two reunited and she held his spider head between her hands. "You fought for my honor! How SWEET! Lets never fight again!" She hugged him, and I could tell the disturbance was over…or so I thought. The blond got a malicious look on her face, and spat at Fang: "You're not just going to stand there and let that creep get away, ARE YOU!"

Fang got to his eight legs, and ran at me. Thinking off the top of my head, I dodged once again behind the targets. I looked behind me and saw stacks of hay held up by a net. Grabbing the net, I spun it around my head, and threw it in Fangs direction. It caught a good draft and soared straight at him, trapping him and the blond as well, who was practically standing in his shadow. They struggled to release themselves from the heavy trappings, but only succeeded in tangling themselves up more.

Knowing that good things don't always last, I didn't stick around to see if they got free. Grabbing the still paralyzed Speedy, I ran as if my life depended on it back to the little cabin.

It seemed Brave Bow knew something like this would happen. He was already on the porch mixing ingredients that might cure Speedy from this paralysis. No sooner did he give him this foul looking liquid did Speedys joints begin to loosen up.

"Now that I know you'll be alright…what did I say about staying out of trouble? You could have been killed! We have enough troubles on our hands without you jumping into fights. I want you to do double training tomorrow, as punishment for not heeding my words." He said, sounding so much like a dad I never had. As if he heard what I was thinking, he turned the dad routine on me next.

"And I want you to join him! You were undoubtedly involved in provoking an attack, so you should share in his punishment!" he said.

"But I had nothing to do with it! I saved his life!" I said incredulously, feeling like I was put up in front of an unfair jury.

"You had to be involved in some way if you had to save his life. Now both of you, to bed. I want you up bright and early for training." He said harshly.He got up from where he was sitting and went inside. I heard a slamming of a door and I knew that he had retired for the night.

"How can you just accept that punishment! You didn't do anything wrong!" I yelled, hoping somehow he could get me out of this.

"This is not a punishment. We got of really light. One time, I had to skin 12 squirrels because I jumped on a guy I thought was stealing a purse. Turns out it was his…" he said, moving and cracking his joints.

"But why should you get in trouble for trying to help someone?"

"Brave Bow doesn't think I'm ready. He also doesn't want me to attract attention to myself. If I'm training to be a crime fighter, like Green Arrow, I will have an advantage if no one knows about me at first. Besides, it doesn't help that every time I try to help someone, it ALWAYS ends in disaster. I'm glad he gave us double training. Then, next time I encounter that spider thing, I will be fast enough to dodge his attack. You were good though…not what I expected from a thief." He said, glancing sideways at me when he said the last part.

"Yeah, well, I couldn't let him finish you off, could I. I told you, I am not a criminal. I hope this makes you believe me. Besides, you took me in. Where would I go if Spider-Boy ate you?"

"Oh, so you did it for completely selfish reasons!" he said sarcastically, smiling for the first time since he found out what I did. His face suddenly got serious again, though. "I want you to promise me though, that while you are living under this roof, you won't steal. I also want you to promise me that you will train with me every day. You don't have to do archery, but we could arrange a track for that agility thing."

"It doesn't sound like I really have a choice, does it. But sure, I promise." We shook hands, and I knew living there would be a bittersweet existence.