"Ok Bite-Size," Cyborg instructed Rowan bright and early the next morning, "if at any time this gets to be too much for you, just tell me and I'll stop the simulation." He said gently.
"Go easy on her Cyborg." Raven said softly, causing Rowan to cross her arms and huff. Ah, a sign of sisterly affection from Raven: Queen of the Ice People, Cyborg mused.
"Crank it up as high as you can!" Rowan snapped, determined, "Give it all you've got!" Cyborg shrugged and Terra began to chew on her finger nail. "I'm serious Cyborg, if I think you're holdin' back, I'll blast ya'" She giggled to show she was kidding, but Cyborg had seen Raven mad and didn't feel like finding out if Rowan was as bitchy. Cyborg began tweaking various knobs and dials and Rowan stood at the starting line.
"How old are you anyway?" Beast Boy asked.
"Eight and a half, why?" he shrugged.
"Just curious."
"Ok, kid, ya' ready?" Cyborg asked and Rowan nodded. "Set…GO!"
"LEVEL ONE!" the computer said in a monotonous voice.
Rowan took off like a shot weaving through the weave poles, without even touching them, so fast she was almost a blur. The lasers engaged themselves, and before they could even fire at her, she used her power to disable them. She leaped up on to the platform to the second level of obstacles.
"LEVEL TWO!"
Steal buzz saws shot out of the walls and she dodged around them. One of them sliced across her shoulder.
"Turn it off now!" Robin ordered as Terra and Starfire were about to leap the wall to run to the little ones aid.
"She's a big girl, Robin," Raven said coolly, "she can handle it herself."
"Don't you dare turn that thing off!" Rowan yelled, covering her bleeding shoulder with her hand. "I'm fine!" She glared fiercely as the buzz saw turned around to strike her down again. One blast of Rowan's dark powers and it blasted into a zillion pieces. "HA!" Six boomerang blades came out at her then and she dodged them perfectly, then blasted all of them at once.
"Azerath, Metrione, Zinthoes!" she cried and the light pole was pulled up out of the ground to knock away the bombs that flew at her next. She shielded her eyes as they exploded.
"LEVEL THREE!"
The ground opened up below her and Rowan was thrown into total darkness. Rowan heart began to pound as she heard a noise from the far wall of the pit. The Titans, who were watching on the monitor, began to worry. "I don't think she can handle this, Robin," Raven said, her voice making no effort to disguise her worry.
Rowan was cracked in the head as a giant robot came out of the darkness. She hit the wall with a yelp. "I'm alright!" she yelled. She closed her eyes and focused her energy, sending a deathblow to the robot, who disintegrated. Raven let out the breath she hadn't even been aware she was holding. Rowan levitated out of the dark hole.
"COURSE COMPLETED!" The computer droned.
Cheers went up from the entire team.
"COURSE TIME: 1:56"
"She beat out all of us and tied with Terra!" Beast boy said incredulously. Rowan was beaming as Terra examined her wounded shoulder and the bleeding scrape on her forehead.
"She's smaller, so she can get in and out of obstacles easier." Cyborg said immediately trying to make excuses for himself, just like he had when Terra beat him. Robin nodded in agreement.
"That will come in handy someday." Robin said. Raven put a hand on Rowan's shoulder.
"Good job, sister!" she said coolly making Rowan's simile wider.
"We have something for you," Robin said and handed Rowan her very own communicator "Welcome to the team."