Jade slept well that night. It was the first night in four years that she had slept on a real couch; fluffy and manufactured and all. She was up at 6 a.m. She decided to go walking around the Tower some more. After a while though, she found herself on the roof. She walked to the edge and looked down. She gasped and stumbled backwards. She fell over on someone.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to trip you," Robin said, laughing.

"No, it's my fault. I was just startled, is all," Jade said.

"Afraid of heights?"

"Well, I'm not supposed to be anymore. I can fly; I've been at heights worse than this. I think it's just because I'm on Earth. It reminds me of my the height frights I used to have." Yes, Robin remembered all about those. They sat down by each other, along the edge, looking at the sun rising ahead.

"You'll get used to it. It's really a marvelous view."

"Yes. Alkia never sunsets or sunrises as Earth did."
"Is this why you're up so early, for the sunrise? I was thinking of waking you up a little later."

"Yes, part of it anyway. You see, my powers run on memories; my past. So, every morning and a couple times a day, I must 'reboot'. I have to meditate, in a way, on past events. The stronger and more influential the events are, the more control I have over my powers. If I don't get to revive myself with my memories, I won't be able to fight or do anything."

"Do you like it that way?"

"I guess it doesn't matter if I like it or not, it's something that must be done," Jade looked down. "It's ironic really. Me, the person with a horrible past, lives on the memories that are hated most."

"Well, each day gives you new memories. Soon, you don't have to live on the bad memories, but the good ones too," Robin said, comforting.

"Yeah, you're right. Thanks, Robin," Jade said as she turned around to see Cyborg and Starfire walking over to them.

"It's ready for us," Cy said.

"Great. Jade, I am happy to introduce to you the new combat course Cy and I have come up with," Robin said, taking Jade's hand and leading her off the roof. They soon went to another part of the Tower.

The room was white and apparently empty except for the door at the side and the large window. Inside the window was a room where Beast Boy and Raven were waiting for them.

"And you left Beast Boy alone with me in a combat course room? Not a good idea," Raven said. Jade smiled. I could get used to her, dark as she may be.

"Alright, Starfire first," Cyborg said. "Just watch," Robin whispered in to Jade's ear. Starfire entered the all white room. She stood in the middle and gave them the thumbs-up sign. Cyborg then pressed a button and laser came out from the ceiling and started to shoot at her.

"Question: if the lasers touch her, does it hurt her?" Jade asked.

"No, it's a simulation. We'll get a count number on how well she did not getting hit, but her main goal is to avoid the beams. The hard part, for me, is to resist destroying the lasers. Star has to last two minutes," Cyborg said. Jade watched. It was quite interesting. The two minutes were up and Starfire came in, looking slightly exhausted.

"Alright Star! You got hit 12 times," Cyborg said.

"Next up is Beast Boy," Robin said.

"Watch and be amazed," Beast Boy said.

"Amazed at what? That you'll get your butt kicked again?" Cyborg said laughing.

"That wasn't my fault, Cy! Just give me the hardest you got!" Beast Boy said, walking in. "We'll give you the exact same that Starfire got," Cyborg said. After two minutes, Beast Boy came back with a count of 21.

"Aw man!"

"You just need some practice, BB. No worries," Robin said. Next was Raven with a count of 14, Cyborg with a count of 16, and Robin with a count of 9.

"You're up, J.G." Cyborg said.

"J.G.?"

"Jade Green," Cyborg said. "What? Can't I give you a nickname?" Jade looked at him and smiled. "Of course you can."

"Do you want to try? I mean you don't have to yet if you don't want to. It's pretty hard, if I may so myself," Beast Boy said.

"It's not hard, BB just sucks at dodging," Raven said. Jade laughed.

"No, I'm up to it," Jade said as she walked in the middle of the white room. The door closed firmly behind her. From this angle, she felt a little nervous. She was being watched, but by her friends. The worst I can do is not move.

She heard the triple beep and she knew the time had started. The beams lowered and shot at her, one at a time. She moved to the side and dodged one from behind. She was moving rapidly at all times. The beams followed her and so she pretended that if she got hit, it would hurt. "Look at her!" Beast Boy said.

"It's been a minute so far and she hasn't gotten hit yet," Robin said. Jade didn't hear them. All that was on her mind were the beams. She noticed a pattern in their firing and so moved to where it would not fire at a certain moment. Thirty second to go and this isn't half bad. She enjoyed it somewhat. She wanted to see the Titans faces. They were all looking with wide eyes and opened mouths. She knew she hadn't been hit yet. So, she moved a little slower and allowed herself to get hit. Action now, questioning later. She allowed herself to get hit 10 times in the last thirty seconds.

She came back in. Immediately, she was somewhat praised.

"Great job, Jade! You're placed in second!"

"You were awesome! … Except for the last thirty second," Beast Boy said.

"Just splendid!" Starfire said. All Jade could do was smile. She knew she could have possibly gone through the whole two minutes without getting hit, but she didn't want to give them a 'look at me, I'm so awesome' first impression. She looked at Robin, as he didn't say anything. She saw it in his eyes. He knew I stumbled on purpose. Jade decided not to make eye contact anymore as they walked out of the combat practice room.

"What are you guys doing now?" Jade asked.

"Nothing, it's free time," Beast Boy replied. "And by free time, I mean video playing time," he said as he ran to the common room.

"Oh, in that case, I was wondering… may I take a shower?" she knew it was a silly question, but she asked it anyway.

"Of course you can, it's down the hall to the left. But you already knew that didn't you?" Cyborg said. Jade blushed. "Yeah, but I wanted permission first. Thanks though!" she said as she turned down to the bathroom. It was big and white and just perfect. Running water. I haven't seen you in four years. How good it is to be back.

Jade materialized a very soft red towel and a dark green shirt with big wavy sleeves. She always thought the sleeves fun to play with. She then undressed as she let the water of the shower get warm. She got in the tub and let the warm water run down her back. She felt very comfortable and at ease. The perfect thing after some training. Jade's hair was soon completely wet and she shampooed and conditioned it. She had missed the feeling of warm running water so much that her shower took almost an hour. She finally got out and drying herself. She had put on her new dark green shirt and materialized some new, but the same style pants. She rinsed her hair, but didn't self dry it. Jade just let it flow down, wet.

Jade got out of the bathroom and walked down to the common room. There, she was not surprised to see Beast Boy and Cyborg playing a racing car video game.

"What took you so long? We thought maybe you fell asleep or something," Beast Boy said.

"Sorry, you just kinda miss the feeling of warm running water after four years," she replied when she sat down next to Cyborg and Beast Boy. Cyborg turned and looked at her.

"What'd you mean?" he asked.

"Well, Alkia is exactly like Earth, except that it's less advanced. It has no electricity or running water or technology or skyscrapers. Alkians live simply without television, computers, or radios," Jade put it simply.

"And you call that exactly like Earth!" Cyborg yelled.

"Well it was how the people lived in the early civilizations, in Ancient China and India." Cyborg still had a disgusted look on his face; almost as if he couldn't even imagine living on such a planet.

"It wasn't that bad, I promise. I got used to it after a while," Jade said, smiling. Only Raven was in the room, reading. She heard everything that Jade said though. She was curious about Jade, as was everyone.

"Yes! Haha, Cyborg! I beat your metal butt!" Beast Boy said as he stood up, gloating.

"Hey! Not fair, I was distracted by Jade! Hey, why not Jade play? Jade, do you want to play?" Cyborg said.

"Yeah, we can show you," Beast Boy said.

"Sure, why not." They showed her the controls and she was soon playing against Beast Boy. After a while, Beast Boy stopped smiling because he was losing. After a few minutes, it was over.

"Victory goes to Jade! Please come to retrieve your prize," Cyborg said. Jade laughed.

"Hey! I thought you said that you lived in a world without technology or video games!"

"Yes, but only for four years. Who said I didn't play video games while I was till on Earth?' she said, laughing. Starfire came into the room and said, "Jade? Robin wished to speak to you. He's on the roof."

Jade nodded and walked out of the room, leaving Beast Boy sulking. Her hair was still wet. By now, her whole back was wet as well. On the roof, she saw Robin; his back turned to her.

"You wanted to speak to me, Robin?" Jade asked, innocently.

"Yeah, hey. You cheated, Jade," he said, smiling.

"What do you mean?" Jade said, acting like she had no idea.

"I know you did it. In practice today. You were getting a perfect score except for the last thirty seconds. You could have gone the whole time without getting hit. Why did you mess it up?"

"Because… I didn't want you guys to get the impression that I'm really good."

"But you are really good."
"Yeah, at dodging. So what? Fighting against bad guys isn't all about dodging," Jade replied.

"Jade, you have to do the best you can at all times. So, you're good at dodging. Show us that. The other Titans are better at other things. One of your strengths are in dodging, so don't be afraid to show us. Once we know what you are good at, I'll be able to know what you can handle"

"Alright," Jade said, admitting defeat. What will you do when you find out that I'm good at almost everything?

"Come on, I want to show you something," Robin said, leading Jade to the edge of the roof.

"You can fly down there, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay then, follow me," Robin said as he hooked himself to the building and jumped. Jade gasped and saw that Robin was falling, but he was okay when he got to the bottom. She then flew down to him.

Robin looked out to the ocean. He was standing on some big rocks. The waves were crashing against them. The wind was high, and sprayed mist on them. Robin turned around and offered a hand to Jade who was just watching. She took his hand and joined Robin.

"Come here," Robin said as he directed her in front of him. Robin instructed her to spread her arms out to the side of her and to close her eyes. Robin held on to Jade's waist and they just stood there. Soon enough, the waves crashed into the rocks and they were sprayed by a list of water. Jade laughed but Robin told her hold still and think. Jade thought about what she wanted right then. She wanted Richard. She wanted him to be with her right then. She wanted to hear his voice, see his eyes, and feel his hair. I have the Teen Titans and that's enough for now. They stood there for a while. Robin didn't mind holding onto Jade. He knew she would probably fall if he wasn't keeping her balance anyway. Robin was also thinking though. He was thinking about Jade and all the things they never got to do because she was gone. Four years wasted, but at least I have her now; in my grasp. After a long time, Robin let go of her and Jade opened her eyes. She was much more relaxed. She enjoyed it very much. Jade turned around. She looked into Robin's eyes. She was kind of leaning on him now; the rock did have that much room to stand.

"Why do you wear a mask?" she asked him, softly.

"To hide my identity," he said.

"From me or the bad guys?" she asked, smiling.

"Both," he said, smiling as well. Jade felt that there was something about Robin that she didn't know. Something that would make her very happy, yet very sad. She decided to let that thought go. She noticed that she and Robin were swaying. Her hair was almost dry now and it was being moved by the wind. It had grown darker and colder since they came out. After all, it was almost fall. The sun didn't shine as bright as it used to. Jade smiled. We're swaying. She couldn't stop laughing. For some reason, the picture of Robin, holding onto her arm, and she, holding on to his shoulder and them swaying, was hilarious. Robin smiled. He didn't exactly understand Jade's reason of thinking, but if she was happy, he was too.

Just then, Starfire came, flying above them.

"I heard some laughter and I thought it would be you two," Starfire said, hovering by them. Jade immediately let go of Robin and Robin did the same. Unfortunately, Jade also had stepped backwards when she let go and she fell. Jade fell backwards into the ocean's waters.

"Jade!" Robin yelled. Jade was alright. The fall just caught her off guard. Starfire had a look of concern, Jade was not out of the water yet. Jade concentrated while she was in, deep in the ocean. She did some movements, and up she came. She came out of the water; a swirling tower was under her. She was on top, coughing.

"I'm not a water bender for nothing," she said, in between breaths.

"Are you alright?" Robin asked.

"I'll be fine, thanks," Jade said as she directed the water up, higher and higher until she was on the top of the Titan's Tower. She didn't feel so well though. She just remembered that she never had time to revive herself or powerize herself that morning. Using her powers now was dangerous. She coughed a few more times and walked inside, to where she laid down on the couch. Her mind was spinning. She closed her eyes. She fell asleep almost immediately.

"Jade? Why are you wet…" Beast Boy asked.

"Shh! Can't you see she's asleep?" Raven hissed. Beast Boy looked at Jade again. She did look exhausted. Robin and Starfire came in.

"The wind is getting strong out there. Don't go outside," Robin said. Then, his eyes rested on Jade, who as peacefully sleeping on the couch. She was somewhat glowing.

"Why is Jade having a greenish glow?" Starfire asked.

"I think she's regaining her strength. She came in here looking pretty tired. What exactly happened out there?" Raven asked.

"Uh, Jade just lost her balance and fell in the ocean. She used her water bending skills to get her out. Regaining her strength…Oh, Jade forgot to meditate today. Her powers…" Robin started to say.

"What are you talking about, Rob?" Cyborg said.

"In order for Jade to use her powers well and to be able to control them, she has to meditate. Her powers run on memories. In the mornings or sometime, she has to revive herself by thinking about past events. I don't remember her doing that today because I pulled her away to the training room," he said, explaining what he knew to the confused Titans.

"But didn't she use her powers today, to avoid the beams?" Beast Boy asked.

"I don't know. Maybe she didn't. At least, maybe she didn't need a lot of her powers to avoid them. She could have avoided them on her own," Robin guessed. At that moment, Jade began to open her eyes.

"What's up, guys?"

"How are you feeling?" Starfire asked.
"Let's just say that I shouldn't use my powers if I don't have a strong memory to live on," she said. "Did I fall asleep?"

"Yeah, only a few minutes ago."

"Oh…" Jade said as she got up and left the room.

"Hey Cy, can I talk to you a minute?" Beast Boy asked. Beast boy and Cyborg got into a corner of the room.
"Okay, I have a little project for me and you to do. Since we don't know a lot about Jade, we're gonna find out. Everyday for the next six weeks, we're gonna find out what she does in her free time. Then, according to what she's into, we're gonna grade her. This way, we'll know who she's more like out of the Teen Titans," Beast Boy said.

"So, you want me to help you spy on Jade?"

"Well… yeah," he answered.

"Look, I wanna know a lot about Jade too but we just can't spy on her to see what she's into!"

"Sure we can! We just can't get caught," Beast Boy said, smiling.

"Fine, I'll help you. But, if she finds out, I'll blame it on you," Cyborg said, sneakily.

"Deal," Beast Boy said with a satisfied grin. "Tomorrow, we start," he said. The rest of the night was basically quite.