Chapter Six

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or the song Falling from Chapter Three

(The Outsiders hideout)

Jessica threw down a card and smirked as the two boy's faces fell. X threw down his cards in disgust while Jason merely laughed and glanced at the direction Gar had gone

"You think he's okay?" he asked as Jessica gathered up the cards carefully. The girl shrugged and dealt out a new hand

"He's probably fine Jason; you need to stop worrying so much." X smirked slightly and shook his head

"Worrying is sometimes a good thing Jess." he said looking at his hands. To his surprise the cards were not there. He frowned and looked around

"Hey! What in the world?" Jessica yelled as the deck in front of her disappeared. Jason stood as he felt a rush of wind go past him

"Dude, what in the heck is going on here?" he yelled as the cards disappeared and reappeared. Suddenly a boy about his age appeared behind Jessica

"That would be me." his image wavered then he disappeared again only to reappear over X's shoulder

"Course you probably can't see me." he vanished again and Jason could see a trail of dust moving from place to place

"Who are you?" a voice asked. Jason growled and his hands glowed yellow. The boy reappeared and pretended to look scared

"Oh so you have powers, man I'm shaking in my boots." he laughed and instantly ebbed away again. Jason and the others looked around wildly then gasped when X fell backwards out of the cave and onto the ledge with a grunt. About twenty feet below him was the practice area. He flipped forward onto his feet and looked around for the threat

"Looking for me?" the boy asked appearing and then taking off down the cliff side. He was running so fast that he just went up and down both sides in the space of a few seconds

"Jessica, get him." Jason yelled. The girl smirked and fire appeared around her hands. The boy's face went slightly pale and he had to run back down into the practice arena to dodge the blast

"Alright, if you're so eager to fight how about you come down here?" X smirked and jumped down landing lightly. He threw an X-weapon at the boy who instantly caught it

"Not bad but you'll have to be faster than that." His eyes opened wide as a boulder flew at him. He ducked and barely missed getting splattered against a wall.

Jason lowered his glowing fist and glared at the boy who was panting and looking at the boulder in shock. He turned back around and yelped. X threw a punch but missed

"Missed me. Nope, over here. Missed again." the boy said as if he was trying to taught X. Soon though the caped teen was doubled over in exhaustion and Jessica took time to examine this stranger. He was a little shorter than her with reddish brown hair. His eyes were light blue and kind. His clothes were skin tight. The bottom half was red and the top half was yellow with a red lightning bolt on it. A yellow mask covered the top half of his face but let his eyes show. On the sides were two red lightning bolts. His hands were covered in red gloves much like Robin's

"Jess, look out!" Jessica snapped out of her trance and saw a red and yellow streak heading for her. She threw out both her hands and fire blocked the boy's path. He skidded to a stop and found his path blocked by a wall of solid earth. Jason walked through the wall and crossed his arms. The boy sighed slightly

"You do know I can vibrate my molecules through solid objects right?" he started to run again but he couldn't move his feet. The wall of earth and fire disappeared and Jason smirked

"Don't waste your energy. You're standing in quicksand. The faster you move the faster you sink." the boy's eyes widened as he struggled to free himself. The sand was already up to his waist and rapidly working its way up to his lower torso. Jason's hands glowed yellow and he stopped sinking

"Who are you?" he asked lowering his hands "And why did you attack us? We weren't even doing anything." the kid didn't answer just continued to struggle. His hands were starting to get stuck now. He grunted in effort then sighed and looked up at Jason who was watching him with raised eyebrows

"Jason, stop him from sinking already." X said sounding as if he had only just gotten his breath back. Jason rolled his eyes but obeyed

"You know… you look familiar." Jessica said cocking her head slightly. The boy stared right back at her. His eyes held nothing but innocent playfulness

"Kid Flash. That's who I am. Fastest boy alive." the boy said after a moment. Red-X frowned and crossed his arms

"You're a Titan. Aren't you?" the boy shrugged slightly

"More or less. Why?"

"No reason. Jason can you pick him up and bring him into the cave?" Jason nodded and raised a hand. The quicksand flowed out of the ground and formed a tight ball around Kid Flash's lower half. He sighed and rested his head on one elbow looking bored. Red-X fired a grappling hook at the top of the wall and let it pull him up. Jessica used two long pillars of fire as rockets. Jason just lifted a bolder and flew up to the top.

Once in the cave Jason lowered the quicksand down into the earthen floor then sat down on a small cot and amused himself by making rocks float around his fingers. Kid Flash crossed his arms and hummed loudly while looking around the cave. Jessica leaned against the wall and watched him intently. Red-X sat on the ground and started tinkering with some pieces of metal

"You know you could just let me go. I'm not leaving." Jason snickered and twitched his fingers. A rock flew at the boy who moved his head out of the way quickly

"Ya right, like we're really stupid enough to believe that." he muttered. Kid Flash just shrugged and continued to look around with interest

"So you three live here?" Jessica nodded "All by yourselves?" the girl shook her head and the teen hero raised an eyebrow

"There's someone else who lives with us and we're waiting for him before we do anything." as soon as she finished speaking X got up and looked outside the cave. Then he began pacing

"Where is he? He's been gone all day." he muttered under his breath. Kid Flash perked up slightly then scratched his head

"So… to answer your earlier question: I attacked you because… well actually I was just trying to joke around with you but when you started attacking me I fought back."

"You punched Red-X first. He didn't do anything to you." Kid Flash smirked slyly and held up one finger

"He tried to. He was reaching for a weapon, so I hit him before he could throw it." suddenly there was a loud skidding sound and Gar ran in with his cloak over his face

"Where've you been?" Jessica asked giving him an evasive look. The man shrugged then spotted Kid Flash who still looked bored

"What are you doing here?" he asked. The smaller teen jerked a thumb at Jason who was still twirling rocks around his hand

"Your little friend over there figured if I was in quicksand I couldn't get free. And as long as this stuff stays liquid I'm stuck." Gar laughed and flipped his hood down

"Figures you'd get yourself into a fix like this Flash." the boy shrugged and the other three looked at Gar with anime question marks

"You know him?" X asked taking off his mask and wiping sweat from his eyes. Gar nodded and motioned for Jason to release the high speed hero.

Once Kid Flash was free he proceeded to take a quick run to get all the quicksand off of him. A moment later he was back, leaning against the wall watching Gar

"So… what now?" he asked carefully. Gar shrugged and unbuckled his cloak tossing it onto a large protruding rock

"I dunno, you can go turn me in to the Titans or you can let me go." Gar said. Jason sat up the pebbles thumping him in the head

"You can't let him take you Gar! No way!" he shouted. The ceiling shuddered slightly and Kid Flash looked up at it nervously

"Calm down Jason. I'm not going anywhere, not even Kid Flash can catch me if I don't want to be caught." the boy snorted and crossed his arms

"Only because you turn into a fly and I can't see you." he grumbled. Gar chuckled and leaned against the wall closing his eyes

"So, what's it gonna be Speed Feet?" he asked quietly. Kid Flash looked at the other three teens that looked ready to kill him if he even tried to capture their leader

"I'll leave you alone. Well not exactly. I'll make you a deal."

"I'm listening."

"You let me visit you every now and then. I'll even bring some food and stuff so you guys won't be bored out of your minds." Gar raised an eyebrow

"And what's in it for me?" he asked. Kid Flash smirked and leaned over to whisper something in the changeling's ear. After a moment Gar nodded

"Alright. You got a deal." the blue eyed teen smiled happily

"Cool, I was getting bored all by myself."

Jessica smiled at their new found friend. He smiled back with kind eyes and she couldn't help but blush. Red-X just grunted and continued with his tinkering. Jason however glared at the exchange between Jessica and Kid Flash. It made him feel kinda funny in the chest area. Like a monster was inside him

"Well I gotta go. Anything you'd like me to drop off?" he asked looking at Gar. The changeling nodded and slipped a white letter into his hands

"Make sure she gets it. If you loose that I will make sure you pay for it." Kid Flash smiled and nodded. He waved to the other teens and in a flash was gone.

Jessica peered out of the cave at the yellow and red streak zipping across the boy waters. She sighed a little then went back into the cave to join her teammates.

(Titans Tower)

Raven allowed herself the smallest smile as she breathed in the salty ocean air. A slight wind had picked up and blew her hair out to one side. Suddenly Kid Flash was standing in front of her. She screamed a little and threw a shield over herself. The boy simply vibrated through the dark energy and tapped her shoulder

"Chill Rae, it's me. Jeez don't have a heart attack." Raven looked up and glared at him. The speedster just smiled at her and held out the letter while bowing

"This is for you Milady. It's from… a certain friend of mine." he said when he spotted a security camera looking their way. Raven took the letter carefully and Kid Flash winked at her

"Thank you." she turned to leave through the door then paused and looked back "I guess I'll be seeing you a little more?" but Kid Flash was already gone and she could see his trademark streak heading towards the city. She smiled and looked at the letter in her hands. A faint but familiar aurora surrounded it. She tucked it into her cloak then made her way to her room.

(What'cha think? I know it's kinda cheesy to have Kid Flash in there but I just saw Lightspeed and I really liked his character. I'm even considering doing a KFxJinx oneshot. Tell me what'cha think)