Hi guys. I'm still here battling away. This chapter didn't even take me a month.
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It wasn't that unusual that Beast Boy was up early, often he was woken by the alarm when a villain chose to strike in the early hours of the mourning. However, this mourning was one of the very few occasions the changing woke early of his own free will. This decision was motivated by Beast Boy's desire to keep Angela around. To do this, the green teen thought it best to counter Raven's hostilities with some friendly gestures. What better way to make someone feel welcome than make them breakfast.
"You're up early."
Beast Boy nearly jumped threw the roof, only to turn and find a half dead Robin, staggering out of the gym after an early mourning workout.
"Dude, do you ever sleep in?"
"Not really."
"So would you be able to help me make breakfast?"
The Boy wonder's body may have been worn out, but his mind was still sharp as ever.
"Sure. You really wand her to stay, don't you?"
"Can she?"
They stepped threw the doors to the Team room and its adjoining kitchen
"My concern is whether she and Raven would be able to work together, or at least it was."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Robin pointed to the sofa, where Angela and Raven both slept silently.
"Keep it down. We don't want to wake them."
"It's too late for that."
Both boys jumped when they herd the familiar monotone with a hint of malice. Though Raven supposedly was completely devoid of all emotions, including anger, the rest of the titans knew that wasn't true. More to the point, Beast Boy once found out the hard way that it could be dangerous to wake Raven early.
Robin's survival instincts kicked in but the same couldn't be said for his fearlessness.
"Um, ah, Raven, would you like some breakfast or, herbal tea."
"Why not. I'll have my usual."
Raven had been awake for a few minutes but saw no reason not to take advantage of Robin's new found 'generosity'. It was only when the two boys franticly scurried to work preparing her breakfast that it occurred to Raven that their current psychological state would be well suited to her agenda.
"One more thing; If Angela doesn't want to answer any questions about her past, you forget about it. Understand?"
This perplexed the Boy Wonder.
"But didn't you say…"
"Trust is no longer an issue."
"Why the sudden turn around."
"I've seen inside her mind. It's important that you don't dig too deep into her past. We also need to arrange another room for her, one that's very different to Terra's."
"But why?"
"Don't ask, just trust me. And make sure the others understand as well."
Robin decided to humor her, at least for now. Though he made a mental note to re-visit the subject with Raven at a time when she would be less prone to violence
"Ok. You must have your reasons."
About a minute later, Angela stirred then woke to bee greeted by an un-characteristically pleasant Raven.
"Good mourning. Sleep any better?"
"Much better. This is a very comfortable sofa."
"The boys have graciously offered to make us both breakfast" She turned to face Robin and Beast Boy, the hint of malice returned to her voice and her eyes flashed red. "ISN'T THAT RIGHT?"
The whole Trigon mess finished a while ago, but neither Robin nor Beast Boy were willing to take the risk.
After a relaxed start to the day and consuming almost the entire tower's remaining food for breakfast, Angela proceeded to astonish the entire team in the training room. Even Beast Boy, who'd already seen what Angela could do, couldn't help but be astounded by her performance against the training robots.
Despite being outnumbered ten to one, Angela made the fight look effortless. Using a variety of scare tactics, whereby Angela would briefly appear and disappear, she broke up their formations, scattered the robots and as the opportunities presented themselves she viciously and decisively picked off the robot that strayed into the most vulnerable position.
Angela fought well, defeated all the robots and prepared herself for every possible response but the one she got. For as long as she could remember the thirteen year old girl had dreamed of meeting the Teen Titans and possibly one day being like them. But never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that they'd be giving her a standing ovation.
"You guys… really think I'm… that good?" asked the sweat drenched girl.
"Your performance was most wondrous!" shouted Starfire as she embraced Angela with such force that Angela though her ribs were about to crack.
As Starfire released Angela, Robin steeped forward, right arm outstretched left arm reaching into a pouch un his belt
Could it be? thought Angela as her heart rate tripled
"Angela, Welcome to the Team." He removed a communicator from the pouch and shook her hand "Congratulations"
The others broke into another round of applause. Raven even adjusted her hood to conceal her larger than normal smirk.
Angela didn't know what to say. All she could do was stand there and hope that this all wasn't a dream. Cyborg eventually broke the science after handing her a towel and a bottle of Power Aid
"Here. Drink this before you pass out. You must have lost a good few pounds of sweat."
Without a moment's hesitation, Angela ripped the lid off and skulled the entire bottle in two seconds flat before responding.
"That's how my power works. I sweat a different sort of sweat that bends light. That's how my cloths disappear with me."
"So is that why you're always wearing Farley thin cloths?" asked Robin
"Not quite. It get's pretty hot when I'm invisible, which is weird because everybody always tells me I'm so cold to touch when I'm invisible."
Robin's left eyebrow rose
"What is it?"
"Nothing. Ok for the next few days we'll…"
Robin was cut off by the alarm. He instinctively flicked open his communicator, looked at the screen for a few seconds before his face broke into a big grin.
"Ready to take down your first bad guy?"