AN- Sorry for the lack of updates, but I only update when a reasonable amount of people have read my story. I wait for 12 or 13hits for the previous chapter before I post anymore, but I haven't even reached that in other chapters. Due to lack of viewers, this story will be going on HIATUS until each chapter reaches its goal amount of hits. Sorry, but try to enjoy this chapter! ;)

Upon arrival, the team spotted Mammoth, Jinx and Gizmo robbing a jewelry store. Jinx was lying on the counter, slipping on dozens of rings and necklaces. Gizmo was stealing money from the cash register, and Mammoth was smashing everything into pieces. The clerk was long gone, afraid to even stand up for himself. The titans burst in and took poses! "Well, well, well…if it isn't Titans East." Jinx said as she jumped off the counter. "You guys interested in getting your butts kicked by the HIVE?"

"You guys aren't even as good as the other butt sniffing teen titans!" Gizmo taunted and laughed. Sapphire stepped out and crossed her arms and the HIVE students went silent.

"True, but now there's another member." She told them. "Now who's going to get their butt kicked?" and she grinned.

"One puny human won't make a difference!" Mammoth bellowed.

"Maybe…but then again, I'm not human."

"Titans, move!" Bee yelled, and everyone went into action. Speedy took out some of his arrows and shot them at Jinx, but she jumped out of the way, throwing waves of bad luck at him, making his arrows explode before he even shot the next bunch. Out of the smoke, Bee flew overhead and shot her weapon at Mammoth. But Mammoth grabbed her by her leg and slammed her down onto a glass counter, shattering it and temporarily impairing her. Mas y Menos tried their luck and did a great job distracting them as Aqualad took some water from the pipes and formed a giant water ball above is head. Sapphire took the rest of the water and formed a force field as Jinx sent more bad luck out. The waves hit the water but didn't pierce the dome of water, so Sapphire formed a stream with the water and caught Jinx in it, wrapping her up and not letting her go. Jinx struggled.

"Who are you!" she yelled at her capturer.

"My name is Sapphire…and your luck has just run out. Bee, now!" she called to Bee, and she used her B-guns to shoot at Jinx. The water only increased the harm and sent Jinx unconscious. Sapphire gave Bee a thumbs up and looked at Aqualad who threw his ball of water at Gizmo just as he was trying to get away and sent his gadgets into a sparking frenzy! He screamed and then Aqualad ran over and grabbed the little boy as his backpack fell off.

"Looks like we're better than you think!" Aqualad said, but Mammoth tossed Mas y Menos into him and sent the three of them skidding into a glass counter.

"You can't win!" Sapphire yelled and dropped the unconscious Jinx and ran over to Mammoth and Gizmo. She kicked Gizmo in the face, sending him flying back and he hit the wall! Then she gathered all the water in the room and formed it into a giant stream and whipped Mammoth with it! Then she formed it into spears of ice and threw it at Mammoth, nailing him to the wall! Just as he broke free of the pins, he was hit in the face with one of Speedy's punching arrows, knocking him onto the floor and down for good! The titans cheered and Sapphire walked over to Aqualad. "Are you hurt?" she asked him.

He just rubbed the back of his head and looked at her. The dream he had flashed through his head and he gulped. Speedy was right…she really was attractive. But wait, she had just asked him a question. "No, I think I'm fine." He replied. She reached forward and pulled out a shard of glass from his hair and smiled at him.

"Good." She said and offered him a hand. He took it and she pulled him up. He just smiled back at her and she dusted him off. Oh sweet Atlantis, she's touching me! But it was just a friendly gesture.

"Uh, are you hurt?" he asked her.

"No, I'm okay."

"Just making sure." He replied. She just gave him a look.

"You're acting strange today, Aqualad. Are you feeling okay?" Uh oh…he thought.

"Yeah, just tired." And she just gave him one last look and walked away.

"Sapphire, you are amazing!" Bee cheered and gave Sapphire a hug. "This team would be nowhere without you!"

"Yeah Sapphire, that was an incredible performance. If you weren't admired by someone else I'd ask you out myself." Speedy teased Aqualad from the center of the room. Aqualad threw him a glare and Sapphire looked at Speedy with a puzzled look.

"Who admires me? And what do you mean by admire?" she asked. But Aqualad came up and pushed everybody out the door.

"It would be great to stay and chat but we have three suspects for the precinct. Now let's go." And everybody left. And as they did, Speedy met up with Aqualad and gave him a taunting look.

"Do you enjoy creating havoc?"

"Just for you."

"Tee hee." Aqualad wasn't so amused.

Later, the titans were back at the tower and doing nothing in particular. Sapphire was listening to Pink when something inside her went off and she turned off the music. "Something's not right." She said to herself and got up. She walked into the far back corner of the main room and found Aqualad fast asleep on the couch with one foot on the opposite armrest from his head. He looked funny, and she would have laughed if she wasn't so concerned. She gently shook him to wake him up. "Aqualad…Aqualad." She woke him and he sat up and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Sapphire? What is it?" he asked as he yawned.

"Something's wrong."

"The censors would have gone off."

"No not here, in Atlantis. I can feel it!"

"I'm sure it's nothing." He said and he went to lay back down.

"Aqualad please, I'm worried something may really be wrong." And he looked up at her with one eye open. She gave him the cutest face she could, with puppy eyes and a baby pout…and it won him over.

"Alright, alright. Let's go." He gave in as he stood up. "We'll be back soon!" he called to the other titans. He and Sapphire walked to the tank opening and dove in. Aqualad watched as Sapphire's feet molded into fins and her hair changes colors. She swam up to him and he pushed a button and a tunnel opened up. They swam out together and continued to swim until they reached the ocean. Sapphire decided to strike up a conversation to pass the time.

"Speedy and you seem to have a grudge." She said using telepathy.

"No, he's just a bit much to deal with sometimes." Aqualad replied.

"Like yesterday. What he said must have been so embarrassing for the person whom he was talking about." Aqualad let out a nervous chuckle.

"Uh, yeah…I bet it was." He agreed, knowing it was.

It wasn't fair, Speedy was giving Aqualad so much trouble and he didn't even like Sapphire like that. Stupid Speedy, he'd better watch it. I don't even like her…I just had a dream about her that's all. Just one. And so what if I stare at her sometimes? I guess she's just fun to stare at. There's nothing going on between us. He thought without transmitting his words to Sapphire. Sapphire swam ahead by just a bit.

"This place is so beautiful, I never get tired of it." She spoke of the ocean.

"But you've only been here once." He reminded her.

"Yeah but I feel like I've been here longer, like I know this place somehow."

"Than why did you want me to come along?" he asked out of curiosity.

"I dunno…I just feel safer when your around." She said and she swam further ahead. Had she really just said that? She felt safe when he was around? He was touched by her words and smiled. It was a pleasure to know that she felt that comfortable around him. Aqualad was about to say something to her when she called out to him. "Aqualad!" and he sped up until he was right behind her, "I just saw Trident!"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive! He went behind that rock!" she pointed.

"Impossible, the titans sealed him up in a cave a while ago!"

"I swear it was him!" she said.

"Okay, you go to the cave and see if there's anything suspicious. I'll go after Trident."

"Are you sure? I mean, I wanted to catch him."

"I'm sure. Besides I don't want you to get hurt. Trident is dangerous."

"But what if you need help?"

"I'll be fine. I work alone anyway." And he swam off. Sapphire just looked at him as he went.

"Wait, where is the cave?"

"It's past the coral rock that looks like a dolphin, southwest." He said and then went out of sight.

Sapphire was surprised by his answer because he was on a team, and not only that but he knew Trident was dangerous and that Sapphire's entire purpose was to defeat Trident. But he went off on his own anyway. It seemed wrong. Still she went in the opposite direction and swam as fast as she could. Why didn't he let her go? Was it a matter of really worrying about her safety or wanting to be the hero? She knew he loved to be the hero, and if he really cared about her safety he would have went with her since she was so unsure of where she was going. And yet somehow it came natural to her, she knew were to go and how to get there like she knew the whole sea like the back of her hand. It was like running a course she had done before.

None the less, she continued past the coral covered rock that looked like a dolphin. She spotted a cave with some rocks in front of it, but there was an opening that was big enough for her to squeeze through. She swam in and looked around. It was a dark tunnel, but she managed to keep going at a steady pace. Then she came across and air pocket and jumped up out of the water, letting her legs and feet form and her hair changed when she landed. She walked around the cave, listening to the echoes of her footsteps. There was nothing there, or until she stumbled further into the cave. She came across what looked like a cloning device and above her head were millions of eggs that had hatched, and some still held their contents, live growing copies of Trident. She gasped and looked around, there were at least a hundred more of them. Aqualad would have to see this right away! So she ran back to the water and dove in, and when she changed back into a mermaid she swam off as fast as her fins would take her!

She swam so fast that she couldn't see what was passing her. "Aqualad! Aqualad!" she called out using telepathy. But she got no response. She saw a school of fish swimming for their lives, and they didn't even swim around her. They bumped into her, sending her spiraling until she got her bearings again. She knew there was trouble and she quickly made her way along the path the fish had taken. Within a minute she saw Aqualad, but it wasn't just him. He was surrounded by three Trident clones! They scratched at him, and kicked him, knocking him back against the rocks! "Aqualad, fight them! Come on!" she cheered, but he could only take so much of them, and two more swam up and began to beat him. "Oh no!" she swam forward with one fist out. "Leave him alone!" she yelled and gave one of the Trident clones a sound uppercut in his jaw!

The other four had pinned Aqualad against the rock, while hitting him in the stomach! He was growing weaker by the second and they began to throw him against the rocks, knocking the wind out of him! Sapphire swam over to the others. "I said, let him go!" she hit one with her fin and another one with her fist! The shook off the blows and swam at her! She took a deep breath and threw her hands out in front of her, creating a giant light blue beam of energy that hit one of the Tridents and made him crash through a coral rock! She had discovered a new power! With a grin on her face she did it again, throwing bolts at each Trident, knocking him back! Aqualad swam up behind her and watched.

"Foolish girl, you cannot beat perfection!" he told her. She aimed another bolt at him.

"Thy name is Sapphire you evil menace!" and Trident looked stunned.

"Sapphire! She has returned!" he yelled, "Retreat!" he commanded his clones as they all quickly swam away! But just as they swam under another rock bridge Sapphire shot a bolt at the rock, making it collapse and crush the team of Tridents underneath it. She lowered her arm and turned to help Aqualad who was struggling to breathe.

"Aqualad, are you alright?" she asked concerned.

"I'm fine." He replied, "How…how did you fire those energy bolts?"

"I don't know how…but I know they're called Aqua Bolts and that I just used them. It dawned on me that I had that power. It happened when I saw you in danger." She told him. "Are you sure you are unharmed?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." And he looked her in the eye.

"You should have let me stay with you and engage in battle against Trident." She lectured him. "But I did find a whole cave of clones."

"What!"

"Yes, the cave blockade has been opened and they are escaping! There are hundreds of cloning pods! I fear that Atlantis may be in danger." She informed him.

"But they knew you somehow. And they're scared of you. Did you see how they ran when you stated your name? Somehow, I don't know how, but they've been expecting you."

"Some rest might help the answer come to us easier." She said. And she took his arm and placed it around her neck. She swam off, taking him with her.

"Uh, Sapphire?"

"Yes?"

"Thanks. You really saved my butt back there."

"You are quite welcome, Atleantean. Saving people is what I do best." She smiled at him and swam home.