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Teen Titans: The Alpha Five
Mind Games – Part 4
Taiyou watched as Phoenix slept on the bed of the room he'd been staying in, sitting in a chair in the corner, just watching her rest, nothing more. She was a complete stranger to him, yet she had said she would help him remember and he got this feeling that she would, just watching her sleep seemed so familiar, yet he knew he'd never seen her before.
As she awoke, blinked back the fogginess and looked at him he smiled.
"Did you sleep ok?" He asked gently and she nodded and smiled.
"Yeah, did you sleep?"
"Yeah, for the first time in days." It was true, something about her being there comforted him, made him feel less afraid, he trusted her.
"Look, I have to go to my shift, if you want to stay here, that's ok." He was trying not to mumble but whether or not he'd managed to pull it off was another matter entirely. She was nodding and smiling so at least she seemed to have understood what he said.
"Thanks." He nodded and left, closing the door behind him with a snap.
As soon as she was sure he was gone her faced dropped into a frown. How had Taiyou lost his memory anyway? She sat there for a silent moment, contemplating this before her communicator crackled into life.
"Phoe? Phoe are you there?" She was glad Taiyou had gone she didn't want to scare him any further by him thinking she'd been lying.
"Yes I'm here."
"Thank God." She could've sworn that had been Isis' voice, but she hadn't really thought Isis would have concerned God when she had problems.
"Where are you? Have you found Tae?" Li asked and Phoenix thought that if this had happened during their first week together they would've asked why she'd gone off like that.
"I'm in a motel. Yes I've found Tae. He's lost his memory though, doesn't remember a thing." There were sounds of disbelief in the background as Li replied.
"That explains the flashing green thing I saw on his uniform."
"What flashing thing?" Phoenix asked and Li had to explain himself.
"Just before he fell when Nostisia bumped into him, I saw a flashing green patch on his uniform." Phoenix glowered.
"You guys track down Nostisia, he'll have a way to get Tae's memory back."
"What are you going to do Phoe?" Zeru's voice asked, though it was obvious to all.
"I'm going to stay with Taiyou and try to get him to remember." With that the conversation ended, but Phoenix would have some of her own explaining to do. She barely had time to replace her communicator on her belt when the door reopened.
"You lied to me." Taiyou said angrily. His face was full of rage, but Phoenix could see the fear in his eyes, the confusion in his mind. "YOU LIED TO ME!" She winced as he shouted, "I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU LIED TO ME!" Phoenix felt slightly scared now, but she knew that Taiyou was more frightened than she was; she just had to get through to him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to scare you-"
"WHO ARE YOU REALLY? WHO SENT YOU AFTER ME? SOME FREAK SHOW SCIENTIST IN A WHITE COAT?"
"No. No! Nobody sent me. I am Phoenix, just like I said I was. I didn't want to scare you-"
"Scare me? YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE ME? YOU LIED TO ME! I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU LIED TO ME!" Phoenix was on the verge of tears now, she'd never seen him like this, when he'd found out about Pyro he'd been angry with her, but not like this.
"Look, my name is Phoenix. I'm the leader of a group called the Titans Alpha. You're part of my team, you're name's not Leo its Taiyou-"
"THIS IS INSANE!"
"Listen to me! Your name is Taiyou and you're a part of my team. We all have powers, me Isis, Zeru, Li and you."
"I CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD YOU'RE SAYING." Taiyou growled through gritted teeth, making his way to the door. Phoenix had tears streaming down her face.
"So if you can't believe me and you can't trust me then how come I know that you can control fire? How come I know that your favourite colour is red? How come I know that you like to dunk chips into chocolate milkshake?" Taiyou turned around at this, his face questioning, he didn't tell anyone that, that was his most embarrassing flaw.
"And how come I know that you have nightmares at night, where there's a little boy beside you that you're fighting to protect and no matter how hard you fight to protect him, he always leaves you." Taiyou was looking at her now, his face pale and eyes wide. How could she know so much about himself that he was still learning?
"How do you-"
"You can trust me Taiyou. I'm your friend." He saw her concerned face, the tears that glistened on her skin. "You once asked me if I trusted you and I said that I did, I still do. It's your turn to trust me Taiyou. Please, let me help you."
Will Taiyou trust Phoenix? Will Things ever be the same again? Find out next chapter.
