"Titans, go!" Robin commanded and everyone ran over and began to fight the spiders. But Angel stayed far away and watched. Beast Boy turned into an elephant and began to step on them, Starfire shot them with Raven and Cyborg blasted them with his cannon and smashed them with his fists! Robin ran back to Angel. "Angel, we need you." He told her.
"I can't do it." She turned away.
"Sure you can, you can do almost anything."
"But I hate spiders." She stated again and turned her back to him. "I'm…I'm afraid."
"I know it was scary, but the city needs you." He tried. And then he took her hand. "You can do it." There was a moment of silence between them. And then her eyes began to glow orange as she spun around.
"Tell the others to get off the ground." She instructed him. He smiled and ran off to them. Raven created a giant disc and lifted them up into the air. The spiders began to close in on Angel and she took a deep breath. She threw her arms out in front of her and sent flames surging all over the place! The fames covered the ground and burned all the spiders to ashes. The titans cheered and Raven let them back down onto the ground.
"You did it!" Robin cheered her on.
"But Kataro got away." She growled.
"Then let's go get him." Robin said to them all. They all ran down the street and after Kataro.
Much later after the job was done, the titans returned to the tower. Angel went to walk into her room but Beast Boy stopped her. "Angel, what happened back there? You freaked out on us." She sighed and turned to face them.
"I'm sorry everybody." She said, "I was scared. I know it seems crazy, but I am terrified of spiders. Kataro knew exactly what would get to me and slow me down. I can't be your leader anymore."
"But, why not?" Starfire inquired.
"Because you need a leader who isn't scared of anything. You need a leader who is brave." She explained.
"But you are brave." Cyborg told her.
"Looking back on what happened tonight tells me that there are still fears I need to conquer before I even think about being a leader. So I resign."
"Who will take your place?" Raven asked.
"I think Robin will do nicely." Angel said with a smile. "I'm going to take a shower and get the rest of the goo out my hair." And she walked away. Robin waited for the others to leave before he walked up to Angel again.
"Thanks." He thanked her. She just smiled and went to walk away. But he grabbed her by her elbow and pulled her back to him. "I'm proud of you for fighting back there."
"Thank you, but you inspired me." Robin's smile dropped to a frown.
"So…just friends?"
"Yes Robin, just friends." She confirmed. And she walked into the bathroom and closed the door.
"Just friends." He repeated to himself. He felt worse than ever. It was total rejection, but he had to deal with it. He just walked away and into his own room to try and sort out his emotions.
The next day was very low key. There was no action or sirens going off at all. Mystic Angel was practicing her water skills down in front of the tower. She was by herself for a long time, just creating waves and geysers. She streamed the water and tried some new ideas she had thought up. Angel was most pleased to discover that she could dive into the water without creating any ripples. She figured it would really come in handy to sneak up one people. After she felt satisfied, she started using her earth skills. She picked up boulders and reshaped them without lifting a finger. At one point she spotted a small sprout that popped out of the ground. She knelt down and placed a hand over it and concentrated. Within seconds the seedling grew into a dazzling blossom. She smiled and stood up, feeling like she had really accomplished something. She had found new ways to use her powers.
"Angel," she heard Robin call to her from behind. She dropped the rocks and turned to him. "I see you're practicing."
"Practice makes perfect." She replied with a smile.
"You're learning new things."
"Sure am."
"That's good to hear." And he stepped forward, "Listen, I hope I'm not interrupting you. But I wanted to give you something." He said and he pulled out red, heart shaped box of chocolates with a teddy bear tied onto it. The bear held a ribbon that said I Love You across it. She sighed and looked at him.
"Robin, I'm flattered, really. But I told you, we're just friends. Nothing more."
"I know but, I just wanted to make you feel special. You've been off to yourself a lot lately and I thought it was because you felt left out."
"We're just friends now, and I'm sorry that you don't want to accept it. But that's the fact. I don't trust you enough to be with you…but I do have feelings for you."
"Then why can't…" but she cut him off.
"I just can't do this to myself. I've been hurt enough before. I don't want to be hurt again." And she turned away and flew off in the opposite direction. Robin sighed and walked back inside with the chocolates. He knew that he still liked her, and the chocolates were an attempt to gain her trust back, but it didn't work. It would take a lot more than a few gifts to make her feel better.
Later that night the siren went off unexpectedly. Mystic Angel was learning about Instant Messenger with Cyborg at the time of the event. They jumped up from the computer and ran out with the rest of the team and jumped in the T-car. Cyborg hit the gas and sped into the city. They were livid by the sight of Overload who was standing at the top of a wrecked building. He had destroyed it, and threw pieces of metal and boulders down at the civilians of the town. "Titans, go!" Robin commanded and everyone jumped into action! Beast Boy turned into an eagle and began to flutter and dive around Overload, trying to distract him. Starfire threw star bolts at him and Cyborg used his cannon. Raven flew up and created a dome around the people who stood under the building to shield them from the debris. Robin climbed up and began to fight him with his bowstafff, but was electrocuted am fell backwards and almost off the building. Angel had caught him and helped him up. "I can't hit him!" he told her. "His weakness is water. You can shift water, Angel. Do something!"
"I'll need a good source of water." She told him. "Get the others to help you find a good amount of water while I stall him." And Robin and Angel went in different directions. Angel looked on as the people below were running for their lives as Overload tossed down more debris at them! Angel's eyes glowed green and she lifted her arms up in the air, lifting up rocks and smashing them into what he tossed down, shattering it into tiny pieces that were harmless. This continued, and she was preoccupied with her earth shifting abilities. One after another she would lift a huge piece of the earth into the air and revoke Overload's attempts to harm the innocent people. Finally, the Titans returned with huge jugs of water in their arms. They set them down and took off the caps.
"Let it rip, Angel!" Beast Boy called up to her with a thumbs up. She gave him a thumbs up and her eyes turned a light blue again. She raised her arms into the air above her head and the water flew up and gathered above her. Then she threw her arms down and caused the water to splash onto Overload. He roared as a huge globe of energy emitted from him and knocked her back a couple feet. The electricity that formed his body died down and all that was left was the chip. Angel picked it up and flew down to her friends. "Alright, we did it!" Beast Boy cheered. Angel handed the chip to Cyborg.
"Here, I don't want anything to do with it." And then they took it off to prison, where it was locked up in a safe and hopefully never to be seen again.