I do not own the Teen Titans or anything related to them, however I do own this story and all of the non-original characters except for Isis, who I have been given permission to use by a friend of mine and all are copywrited. This means you can not copy the story or any of the characters or use them without permission from their original owners. Check out the mini-fics by my friend, Starfire Fury, called Teen Titans: Alpha Humor, they're mini-fics about these characters and they're really good and absolutely hilarious, so go read them!
Teen Titans: Alpha
Flights down memory lane
The quiet hallways of the Academy were quite eerie as Isis and Taiyou led Zeru and Li through the corridors.
"So you think she came back here then?"
"Duh, else we wouldn't be here." Li muttered back to Zeru, who stuck his tongue out in reply.
"Why is it so quiet?" Isis asked and Taiyou shrugged.
"Lessons are on, else these corridors would probably be packed."
"Which room are we looking for?" Zeru asked and Taiyou stopped abruptly,
"This one." The wooden door had a glass window in it and they could see that there was only the teacher inside, well two teachers to be precise. They seemed to be having a discussion, which the Titans failed to hear from outside, well until it got a bit more heated...
"You just let her go?"
"I couldn't stop her, you know how determined she is."
"She gets that from you, they both do."
"You're not such a quitter yourself you know." The red haired woman sighed.
"I'm just worried that's all."
"I know me too." The room went quiet and the Titans looked at each other, before Li nudged Taiyou to knock the door. Taiyou didn't appreciate this and was just about to retort when the two teachers realised that they had visitors and opened the door. The Titans smiled sheepishly and Starfire just smiled back.
"Yes?" They were just about to explain why they were there when she added; "She's not here."
"We kind of guessed." Zeru muttered, earning a sharp jab in the ribs from Isis' elbow. He stood there rubbing the rising bruise as they were ushered into the classroom.
"We guessed that Phoenix would have come to you for help." Isis stated, getting straight to the point with the sort of bluntness that only she could get away with.
"Well you'd be right, she did come to see me, but I'm afraid she's gone now." Robin replied and Taiyou immediately asked,
"How long since she left?" Robin raised a masked brow and looked at the clock on the far wall.
"She left at noon, so that's an hour ago now."
"That means she could be anywhere right now, especially if she took her bike." Robin nodded. The Titans looked crestfallen as Starfire and Robin looked at each other, though Isis noticed that there seemed to be something else besides worry in the look they were sharing. It seemed to her that they were not telling them everything and she was soon to find out that her suspicions were correct as Starfire nodded to Robin who nodded in return.
"She left this behind." He opened up his top desk draw and pulled out a small red and pink envelope and the Titans instantly recognised it as being from the same set as her previous note. "It addressed to you." He placed it on the desk as the Titans looked at it in quiet thought for a moment and Taiyou picked it up, reading the twirly blue writing on the front that he recognised instantly as Phoenix's.
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The wind blew her hair back as her bike raced along the road. A silent tear rolled down her face, splashing against the base of her helmet's visor. 'I'm sorry guys. I really am.' She revved up once more and accelerated further away from her past, from her friends and family.
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Taiyou noticed some slight staining to the envelop and small smears and runs in the writing on the envelope and he soon realised that Phoenix had cried when she'd written the note. The front bore the simple addressee of 'The Titans' and Isis, Zeru and Li all looked over his shoulders as he opened the envelope, opened the letter inside and began to read.
'Dear Titans. I would put 'Dear friends' but it has been pointed out to me that I haven't been a very good friend lately and so I don't want to insult you...' Taiyou bit his lip at this as he continued to read.
'... I wanted to say that I am sorry for not treating you with the proper respect that you all deserve. I should have told you about Py- my brother, but I guess I thought you'd hate me if you knew and that you wouldn't want to be my friend in case he came after you, but I guess I should have told you anyway...' The same thought ran through all of the Titan's heads at that moment - 'How could she think that?'
'... The truth is, I'm not perfect, even though I wish I was sometimes. All I'm trying to say is, is that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not believing and trusting in you like you did in me, I'm sorry for betraying your trust in me and I'm sorry for not respecting you as my friends.
But most of all I'm sorry for shutting out the friends I care about so much, exactly when I needed them most.
I know I don't deserve to ask things of you, but please, please, please, do this for me; Do not come looking for me. Do not follow me. Do not try to find me. This is between me and him and I don't want him hurting any of you in the process. Please, just stay away.
I'm sorry.
Phoenix.'
The Titans all gulped as they finished reading the letter. Taiyou's mouth felt drained of all moisture as he bit his lip once more. Li and Zeru were actually lost for words and Isis was even more silent than usual, if that was possible. You see, despite all their bickering, their playful snipes and their full blown fights, they were friends, a unified group of people who shared this bond of friendship that they thought no one could break.
"Do you have any idea where she's gone?" Isis asked and Robin nodded.
"She gone after her brother."
"We'd guessed she had." Taiyou said quietly, finally finding he was able to speak.
"Do you know where he'll be?" Robin and Starfire looked at each other.
"I'll tell you what I told Phoenix, if Pyro doesn't want to be found then he won't be found." Robin looked at the replay of their crestfallen faces that he was replied with now.
"However, Pyro knows that Phoenix will come after him, and so will want to be found, which Phoenix knows too. So I can say, with quite a degree of certainty in my logic that Pyro will be in the most obvious place so that Phoenix will find him."
"Where's that?" Zeru and Li asked quietly and Robin smiled.
"Exactly where she left him. Where you left him." The Titans all looked at each other and then at their mentors as Starfire nodded at the logic after a moment, she was good at puzzles, but with such worry and stress occupying her mind she was bound to find things harder to follow.
The penny seemed to drop with Isis and Robin and Starfire weren't surprised when they were left standing in the classroom alone.
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"It'll take us ages to get there!" Zeru shouted against the wind as he flew above the T-Car, that Li had based on Cyborg's original 'Baby', where Li, Taiyou and Isis were speeding along.
"We'll just have to go faster then won't we?" Li remarked as Taiyou and Isis nodded their replies.
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"Hello again Pyro." The room was just as dark as before, though Phoenix's face displayed a more defiant look than ever before.
"I thought I told you never to call me that."
"Maybe, but to be honest I really don't give a damn." Pyro's fists clenched at the insolence of his sister.
"You know you could make this so easy. You could make life so much easier by renouncing your father. Its that simple dear little sister. Denounce your filthy human blood and join me. It is a simple enough choice."
"You're right, it is a simple choice. Here's my simple answer: Go to Hell." Pyro slammed his fist in anger.
"Oooooo temper, temper big brother, you wouldn't want to set a bad example now would you?" She barely dodged the mass of green star bolts that flew her way. However the fact that she did manage to dodge, left her rather unprotected for the blast of electricity that circled her body. She collapsed to the floor as her nerves spasmed in shock.
"You know you really shouldn't anger his Highness, Princess. You won't stand a chance." The same girl from before was standing over her, holding one of those shock guns over her.
"Ninjari... Take her to the Morana room." Ninjari and Pyro smirked smiled that made Phoenix's blood run cold.
"Yes your Highness... Gladly." She once again stunned Phoenix with the Electro Polarity Manipulator gun, causing Phoenix's nerves to burn and sting once more before she blacked out.
