Chapter 5
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In the room under the stage Raven sat meditating while Falcon sat opposite her, and watching. Spidergirl and Starfire had gone through another door to freshen up.
Falcon sighed, boredly. Raven opened one eye and looked at her.

'Sorry,' mumbled Falcon.

Raven sighed,' I was finished anyways.'

'Oh, I used to meditate.'

'Really? How come you don't now?'

'Too busy with stuff.'

'Oh, well I can never stop meditating. No matter how busy I get. It controls my emotions.'

'I see. You ever try yoga?'

Raven tried to suppress a smile but she just couldn't,' No. why?'

'its fun, relaxing and keeps you fit.'

'Oh, well maybe I'll do it someday.'

'Maybe.'

Falcon smiled at Raven just as Spidergirl and Starfire came back in.

'Friends I am done with the freshing of up,' Starfire said cheerily.

'Its freshening of up!' Spidergirl said, matter-of-factly. Everyone laughed, including Starfire,'Shoot, I meant freshening up.'

'Its okay Spidey. At least somebody in here knows your not all that dumb,' Falcon said, teasing her.

'Hey! Your not so bright yourself!' Spidergirl said, playfully shooting a bit of web at her.

'Oh, don't worry. I agree. I'd have to say I'm more dark than bright,' Falcon said, throwing her cloak over her head.

Spidergirl shook her head,' Please don't do that crawling across the floor thing. Its really scary.'

Raven and Starfire watched. Raven was a bit more interested in this Falcon girl.
Not only did she thoroughly remind her of someone she knew but she's also dark like her? No, not as dark but still dark.

'So, we'll be competing next,' Raven said, looking at Falcon.

Falcon pulled her cloak off her head and looked at Raven,' Yeah. Good luck.'

'You too.'

'I wish both of you luck!', Starfire called out.

'I wish I had a moped,' sighed Spidergirl. Then her eyes went round and she looked at the others who were staring at her ,' Um, did I say that out loud?'

'I would not like to see you on a moped, Webs, remember that time with the cart at the grocery store. All I asked was for you to push it and you –', Falcon started.

'Sh', Spidergirl said shooting webs over Falcon's mouth,' Its quiet time now, Fluffy.'

Falcon rolled her eyes and Spidergirl smiled.

Back out side on the stands Wondergirl began to relax. The boy with the mask and spiky black hair, Robin it was, had given her a pamphlet about the girls.
Falcon was up next and then the final round. Afterwards some kind of social event would be going on.
Mr. Hon appeared back on the stage and coughed loudly everyone looked up at him.

'The last but not least girls to fight are.. FALCON AND RAVEN!'

The bell sounded and the doors slid open. Raven and Falcon entered and the crowd cheered. The girls shook hands then looked up at what the arena they would be fighting in looked like.
'Cool,' They both muttered then looked at each other.

'Okay girls, choose your sides,' Mr. Hon shouted and the girls walked into the church looking around in wonder. When they were on opposite sides Mr. Hon shouted ,' Ready? Set(Falcon got into a martial arts pose and Raven's hands glowed with black magic) Go!'

Raven flew up in the air and picked up two large stones with her magic. She flung them at Flacon. The stones collided in midair and formed into one big rock. Just as it was about to hit Falcon she jumped up, pulled out her katana and smacked the rock then flipped and landed in a crouched position in front of the shattered rock. The crowd ( and Starfire and Spidergirl watching the fight on a TV in the small room) gasped.
Raven was surprised. She flung a ton on tiny, sharp rocks but Falcon swung her katana in front of her and knocked the rocks off course.
Raven lifted the ground from below her and Falcon jumped then flipped forwards towards Raven. Falcon pulled out 2 small disks and threw them at Raven when she landed. Little blades popped out the sides as they flew towards Raven. Raven moved just in time and the stars exploded when they hit the rock wall. The wall shook a bit and everyone waited with held breath but it merely stopped and stood still. Raven lifted the floor from beneath Falcon and flung it (Booyah! Go Ray,' Cyborg shouted). Falcon tried to run the opposite direction but she flew back and hit the shaking wall hard. She collapsed on the ground.
Staggering she stood up then ran towards Raven. She did a front flip and spun, kicking Raven back. Mixed up Raven lifted whatever she could grasp and flung it. Dust covered the air and the crowd began to talk and question each other. They heard a loud crack and a boom and someone yelled. The floor shook violently and crashing and thuds were heard. They waited, sitting on the edge of their seats, for the dust to settle. Slowly they began to see a figure standing – no kneeling. Everyone was confused.
When the dust finally settled they saw Falcon kneeling on the stone floor amongst dozens of rocks. Her katana was snapped in pieces on the floor and she was massaging her wrist. The stone wall had collapsed around the girls and the stone benches had all broken. Raven lay a little bit ahead of Falcon both girls were covered in scratches and bruises.
Falcon coughed then staggered forward and fell onto her knees beside Raven. There was an eerie silence in the room as the crowd watched Falcon pull Raven up in the collapsed church. Raven was conscious but very tired. She had used all her strength to throw whatever she had grasped but it ending up behind the entire church and it collapsed on the girls! In the few seconds Falcon and Raven were able to dodge the falling debris but when the ground shook they had fallen over and Raven had collapsed from exhaustion. A rock had fallen on Falcon's hand but luckily most of the weight landed on the katana and broke it.

Falcon was helping Raven to her feet and they slowly walked to the exit. Mr. Hon and two men dressed in white suits ran towards them. One man took over helping Raven and the other man put his hands on Falcon's shoulders and led her away. Mr. Hon turned off his mic and spoke to the girls.

'Are you okay? What happened,' He asked desperately and looked genuinely worried.

Falcon nodded then shrugged,' I don't know. Go check on Raven. I'll be fine.'

She pushed the man's hands off her shoulders and ran towards Raven. She was sitting on a chair beside the floating stage and drinking some water.

'Oh my god, are you okay?', Falcon said, kneeling in front of her.
Starfire, Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Wondergirl and Spidergirl came running towards them.

'I'm fine. I just used a little too much strength than I intended to,' Raven sighed,' Congratulations though.'

'What? No way. That was unfair. The church collapsed!', Falcon informed,' We both won.'

'No. You did. You're really skilled Falcon.', Raven reassured her,' You won.'

Falcon began to argue again but Raven gave her a reproachful look,' I'm fine. You on the other hand need to get that wrist checked out.'

Falcon sighed.

' Its okay Fluffy. Don't be a sore winner. Our biggest worry is if you guys are okay,' Spidergirl said sympathetically,' Lets go get your wrist checked out.'

Wondergirl and Spidergirl escorted a sadden Falcon off to where Mr. Hon and his medical helpers stood.

'Fluffy,' muttered Wondergirl to Spidergirl
'Its her nickname,' Spidergirl said, rolling her eyes. Wondergirl raised her eyebrow,' You know Fluffy. Falcon.'

Wondergirl gave her a confused but pitying look. Spidergirl sighed.

' The F!'

Wondergirl nodded sarcastically. They reached the medical helpers and Mr. Hon.

'Are you alright?', Mr. Hon asked.

'Yeah. Just check the wrist,' She held out her wrist and on of the medical helpers squeezed it gently.

'Did that hurt?', he asked.

'I don't do the whole pain thing,' Falcon said, evilly.

'Falcon C'mon. Don't be that way!', Spidergirl said, nudging her.

'Oh okay. Yes it hurts – a bit.'

' Well its definitely bruised and swelling but its not broken so all we need to do is wrap it up and ice it,' the man said and Mr. Hon look relieved.

'Great,' he said and smiled at the girls.

The helper slid Falcon's glove off and wrapped a white bandage around her forearm.

The Titans watched from the chair.
'Do you think she's okay,' Robin asked.

'Well considering the way she's rolling her eyes and scowling – yes, yes I do,' Beast Boy said.

' Hey I thought we were checking on our girl, Raven,' Cyborg said, bringing everyone's attention back to Raven.

'I'm fine. Really,' She said looking up at the others skeptical looks.

Mr. Hon turned back on his mic and addressed the crowd,' Alright everyone. The girls are fine and dandy and I'm sure who all want to know who the winner is. Maybe some of you know but it is indeed Falcon. Congratulations Falcon.'

The crowd clapped and wooted. Falcon smiled and waved slightly.

'There will be a long intermission and then we will have the final round. The girls competing in the final round are: Spidergirl, Starfire, and Falcon,' Mr. Hon said and the crowd cheered. The Titans and Spidergirl, Wondergirl, and Falcon started walking back to the stands.
They sat down beside in the seats in front of the others and began talking.
Falcon got up to get a drink and Aqualad took her seat between Wondergirl and Spidergirl. Beast Boy sat beside Spidergirl.

'Your friends pretty skilled there,' Aqualad complimented,' But then again, so are you.'

Wondergirl blushed,' Thanks.. s-so what do you do?'

'I talk to fish,' Wondergirl gave him a frightened look,' No no, I mean I can telepathically talk to fish and other animals under the sea.'

'Oh,' Wondergirl said quietly and looked away, trying not to laugh.

Spidergirl on the other hand couldn't control it. She nudged Beast Boy.
'T-this guy talks to fish,' She said, laughing.

'Yeah,dude, that's what I thought when I first met him,' Beast Boy exclaimed.

Aqualad glared at them and started to talk to Wondergirl again.

'Cool. So um you're green,' Spidergirl said, awkwardly.

'Um – yes,' Beast boy said, slightly embarrassed. What if she didn't like him?

"That's like my favourite colour.,' She said and smiled at Beast Boy.

'Dude,' Beast Boy said happily and they began to chat animatedly.

Robin watched as Falcon walked off towards the concession. He jumped over the back of the seats and ran after her. He caught up to her just as she reached the concession stand.
'Hey,' he said, breathing heavily from having to run to catch up with her. She turned around and gave him a questioning look,' I'm Robin. I'm a Teen Titan.'

' I know,' She smiled then turned back to fill up her cup with pop.

'Raven's my friend and all but I'd just like to compliment you on your skills. You were really amazing!'

'Uh, Thanks,' she murmured and began walking back with a drink and popcorn.

Jeez, thought Robin, is this all I'm going to get out of her? I just want to talk to her.

Robin took a breath and spontaneously grabbed a handful of her popcorn. Falcon stared at him then started laughing

'Okay, you can have some.'

Robin smiled,' Thanks. Hey, want to sit by me?'

'Sure,' Falcon smiled and they began to chat.