Author's Note: Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or anything that the creators of it have made up. I do own all of the characters I have and will make up in this fan fic, and the things that I have done with them.
Chapter Seventeen
"The Accident"
Anders woke up the next morning and slowly sat up in his bed. He looked around his room, still trying to wake up. He grumpily got up and put on his dusty cap. He opened his door and walked down the hall to the kitchen. He picked up his lunch and went out the door, still feeling horrible about what he had said to Tendra yesterday.
He looked for the tall blonde, but there was no sign of him. He hung his head and walked on torwards the mine. Tendra must of went early, purposely trying to avoid Anders.
He hopped onto the elevator and slowly descended . It stopped 5 floors later, Section F. He saw Reny telling a man to take it easy. The man looked like he was about to faint from working. He was going to like this section leader. Reny turned to face him.
"You must be Anders, I heard a lot of good things about you from Alder."
"Yes sir."
"Oh you don't have to call me sir, just call me Reny."
"Ok Reny."
Reny walked torwards the end of the section.
"Here is your spot. I'll be going around inspecting. If you feel faint, just take a break. The rock is a little softer up here, but you have to dig deeper to find something, a lot deeper."
Anders picked up his axe and used the technique Tendra had shown him. He worked quickly. He found two gems in the next two hours. They weren't rare at all, so he didn't attract a crowd.
"This is going to be a long day."
(Back at Starfire's hut.)
"Come on Starfire, help mommy sew up Anders clothes."
"Ok mommy, but only for a little while."
Starfire hopped up on her mothers lap and sewed Anders socks. She had been taught how to sew a year ago. She had become quite skilled. They were finished in an hour.
"Well, that's done. Thank you for helping me sweetie."
"Mommy, can we bake glurries?"
"I don't have the mix."
Fiera saw her child's reaction and quickly changed her response.
"But we can go borrow some from Gordando."
"Yeah! Gordando is nice!"
The two pulled on some shoes and went to Gordando's hut. They knocked on the door.
"Come in."
They entered the hut to find a busy Gordando. He was apparently baking some foreign dish.
"What are you baking?"
"An Earth desert called 'cookies'. They're supposed to be quite good. Would you like some?"
"Yeah!"
"Here you go Starfire. Don't eat them too fast. You'll get sick. Or get a 'stomach ache' as the Earth people call it."
Starfire took a bite.
"These are really good."
"Can I try one Gordando?"
"Sure. Just pick one out of that bowl over there."
Fiera took a large bite.
"These are delicious! What are they made of?"
"Various earth ingredients. Complicated."
"We just came here to ask you if we can borrow some glurros mix."
"Sure, here you are."
He picked up a sack and handed it to them.
"Thanks Gordando, see you later."
"Take care. Tell Anders I said hello."
Starfire grabbed another cookie before leaving. They walked down the road to their hut. They passed a man on the way.
"Good day ma'm. Would you like to buy some cookies?"
"No thank you."
"Are you sure? Their really good."
He was slowly walking torwards them now. Fiera grabbed Starfires hand and started to back away.
"No. Now please, go away."
The man didn't stop coming at them. He looked at Fiera's bag and then to Starfire. She stuck her tounge out at the man.
"Why you little!" (Oh yeah, that's a Simpsons quote.)
The man reached for Starfire's arm but Fiera was too fast. She told Starfire to run as fast as she could to the hut, no matter if she was behind her. She did as she was told. Fiera kicked the man where the sun don't shine and ran too. They ran all the way home and locked the door. Fiera checked out the window to see if the man had followed. He hadn't.
"Are you okay sweetie?"
"Yeah. That was really scary. Who was that man mommy?"
"I don't know. I don't want to either. Well, he's gone now so lets make some glurries."
"Yeah!"
So the two forgot the strange man and baked some of the funkiest looking glurries you've ever seen.
(Back at the mines.)
Anders had been digging for hours, and still no gems worth keeping. He saw some men talking to Reny. They were frantic. He went over to them to see what was happening. Right when he got there they got onto the elevator.
"Whats going on?"
"Haven't you heard? There was a crumble in Section J. It took out all of them."
"Oh Miyu. Tendra!"
Anders scrambled onto the elevator with everyone else. It took them to Section J and they all got off.
"Oh Miyu." Anders could hear people say.
He struggled to see. He reached the front. There was tape there. He saw Alder's crumpled body under a rock. He saw a lot of other familiar faces too. Then he saw Tendra. He was under a rock. He ran under the tape to his side.
"Tendra, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to say it. It just slipped out."
"I know."
Anders held his friend's gloved hand.
"I'm sorry too."
Those were his last words.
Anders cried. He cried for his friend. He cried for Section J.
The funeral for them was held outside the mine later that night. Anders picked flowers and put the beside his friends name. He was relieved that Tendra went knowing he was sorry. They ended it by lowering an axe down into Section J. They closed off Section J shortly afterwards. Anders walked home with a heavy heart. He had lost his best friend. Everything good has been taken from him. He only had his mother, sister, and Renee. If only they could know what I've been through. Anders went into his room. He couldn't sleep so he hummed a song:
Memories Consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know its not alright
So I'm breaking the habit tonight
Author's Note: Was that good? I hope so. The song is "Breaking The Habit" by Linkin' Park. They rock my socks!