A/N: I am SO sorry for putting this fic off to the side only after its first chapter! I wanted to go ahead with another fic, but I had to put this one to the side to do so. So I forgot about it for a few months till now! I have great plans for it. It will be more like my writer's block fic, though. Once school starts up I won't have work and will get to create a schedule for writing my fics. This chapter will only be of two Titans. I hope you enjoy. Please give a review! Thanks!
Disclaimer: Don't own anything from the Teen Titans or Jak and Daxter. But that does not stop me from writing about them!
Chapter 2 Robin's Zoomer Race
"The mask stays," Robin said while coming out of the bathroom with his new outfit on that was not as flashy or odd looking. He now wore his metal bottom shoes with tight black pants just like his green ones from before. His top was blue with different metal armor all over his arms and shoulders that looked very similar to the ones he had to wear while working for Slade. His long, green gloves were replaced with black finger less ones. He had a new belt with his gadgets in it. A holster was strapped around his right leg. The gun had not been given to him yet.
"Good," Krew said while flying close to Robin. The teen gave the big guy a look to back off. He needed to know what personal space meant. "I think it looks better than just a normal face anyway," Krew said while fanning himself.
"I think it looks cool on you!" Tess said with a small giggle. Robin gave her one of his wry smiles. He was starting to like the girl. She kind of reminded him of Starfire. "Now are you going to race Sig or what, weird eared guy?"
"I told you guys," Robin said while being shoved out of the Hip Hog Heaven Saloon. It seemed as if everyone was coming out to watch him race. "My name is Robin," he told Tess while getting his first glimpse of Haven City. Not the most beautiful sight.
"Whatever you say, weird eared guy," Tess said with another one of her giggles. "Go beat him!"
"No, you don't understand," Robin said while being forced onto a small zoomer. "I…"
"Ready, kid?" Sig asked him. He was sitting on his own zoomer parked next to Robin's. The teen looked over to Sig with complete confusion on his face. He had no idea how to ride these things! He did not even know its name. "Krew says that if you beat me he can put you into a race. I'll race you around the port three times."
"Um…" Robin said while thinking it over with a gloved hand on his chin. It would not hurt him to race. He was good on his R-cycle. How bad could this new hovercraft be? He did need money in this new world, and if he found a home here it would be on the up side on his part. He had no other plan right now. "I'll take you up on that offer," he said with a cocky smile.
"Now, I'm not the best racer in Haven City," Sig said. "But I'm pretty good. So don't get too cocky, kid."
"Ready," Tess said while holding an old rag up over her head. "Set. GO!" Sig took off. The crowd groaned as they saw Robin trying to figure out how to start the zoomer. They had all put up beats on him. He gave Tess a wide grin of nervousness. He had no idea how to get started.
"You suck!" someone called out to him in the crowd. Robin found the keys and turned them while flooring it. Suddenly he was flying over the ground at tremendous speed. The wind whipped his face and hair as he smiled slyly. His quick mind figured out how to steer the zoomer in seconds. He turned the corner so sharply that he was sideways on the flying machine. He could not keep himself from smiling. This was just too much fun!
On the second lap Robin caught up with Sig. They came side by side and glanced over to each other. Sig looked very surprised to see Robin there. The kid had just been stuck on the starting line without even knowing how to start a simple thing as a zoomer. Now he was about to beat Sig on only the second lap!
Robin was a speed demon. He gave Sig a smile and pushed more on the gas. He saw the astonished look Sig gave him as he pushed ahead. The teen beat the race with flying colors. He slammed on the brake and skidded to a stop close to the saloon.
"Wow!" Tess said while running up to him with a big smile on her face. Robin hopped off the zoomer a little dazed at first. He had not that much fun in a long time! Zoomers were a blast! "That was the best racing I've ever seen!" Tess said and then hugged him. Robin blushed a little and gave her a grin while staying silent. She might like him, but he knew that his heart was still with one of his teammates.
"You're crazy, kid!" Sig said as he came up to Robin. "You were going so fast that if you even touched something the thing would have blown up!"
"What do you mean?" Robin asked him while dropping his smile quickly.
"Everyone knows that all zoomers blow up with only a few hits," Sig said while giving Robin a strange look. "They are easy to make and easy to destroy. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Robin said while running his fingers through his jet-black hair. It had been a nervous habit of his since working in the circus when his parents were still alive. No wonder Krew wanted a racer so bad. Racing like that was deadly. No one wanted to have a job that had a sixty- percent chance of the driver dying. Did Robin need this job?
"Let's go tell Krew that we have our hands on the one of the best racers in Haven City!" Tess said while pulling on Robin's arm. "You'll be on that track in no time. Krew always gets pretty good people to give you a zoomer to race."
"How much do I get for doing this?" Robin asked Tess and Sig as he walked back to the saloon. He was looking around the place and taking note of different things. He was in some port area. The air was musty and cold with so much pollution in it. He noticed the police force right away with their bright red armor all over their bodies and huge guns in their hands.
Before any of the two Elves could answer Robin's question, the Krimson Guards walked up to the three. Robin saw how the two stiffened up as they waited for the three Krimson Guards to speak to them. It was at this moment that he thought that maybe he was not on the right side in this city.
"No more zoomer races in the middle of the city!" one of the guards shouted into Robin's face. "You can race as much as you want in the Arena. Is that clear?"
The white in Robin's mask was wide to show them that he was surprised. He had broken the law somehow. Not his first time, however. He never had a policeman talk like that to him in his whole life. What was the guy's problem? They should be respectful to the people if they were giving them a warning.
"Perfectly," Robin said with a nod. "I understand." As a superhero he had to obey the law. This had been his mistake. He had forgotten that what he had been doing was dangerous on his part and the people around him. He would never do that again. Too bad that promise would be broken all too soon.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" the guard barked at Robin again while shoving his gun into the teen's stomach. "I do not fall for that response. If I get anymore of it then you'll have to answer to the Baron."
Robin frowned while looking down at the gun aimed at him. This was no way for the guard to act. He was now angry. "What was I supposed to say?" he asked the guard while pushing the gun away from him.
"You do not address any Krimson Guard that way, kid!" the guard yelled at Robin. He brought the end of his big gun down on Robin in an attempt to knock the teen out. Big mistake!
Robin dodged to the side of the man swiftly. He jumped into the air when the guy turned to shoot Robin. The boy flipped over the man and knocked him down with one sharp kick to the spine. He now faced two other Krimson Guards that had their guns aimed at him.
Robin had no time for them. He took out two bird-a-rangs from his belt and ducked down as shots rung out in the air. The guards had terrible aim and missed Robin by what seemed like miles to the skilled teen. With a battle cry, Robin threw the weapons in his hands at the two with perfect aim. Their guns were quickly flying the air. They landed a few yards away in sparking bits with a bird-a-rang in each.
The two guards ran away quickly to get backup or because they were too scared to think straight. One small kid had just taken down three big dudes in only a few dizzy seconds. Tess and Sig were surprised as well. They just stared at Robin with wide eyes and their mouths open.
"Next time you don't accept a good answer from someone please remember me," Robin said while pulling the one dude up off the ground. "I have friends out there that don't take crap all that well either. So watch yourself." He let himself express a small smile as he helped the guy stand up.
"I'm going to report you to the Baron, kid!" the Krimson Guard yelled to Robin when he was a safe distance away from Robin. "You will regret ever doing that!"
"You go do that!" Robin said with a small, amused laugh. If the Baron was as stupid as these guys were he would have no problem in this city. It did bother him that the leader of this city had people like that one Krimson Guard running everything. What side was smart to take at this point? He would just try to mind his own business and not get into anymore trouble.
"How…how did you do that?" Sig asked him as Robin walked up to his two new friends.
"What?" Robin asked them. "Oh, you mean teaching those guys a good old lesion?" Tess and Sig nodded silently. "I told you already. I'm a superhero. That was nothing compared to what I do at home."
"Krew is going to love you like he loves cake," Sig said with a smile coming to his face. Tess gave another one of her giggles at the small joke he made. Robin smiled but was confused. What did he say? He had no time to ponder over it because he was pushed into the saloon again to talk to Krew.
"What took you so long?" Krew asked them with a frown on his cubby face.
"You will not believe it," Sig said while pulling Robin up by his shoulder to stand beside him. "This kid beat me in the race then took down three Krimson Guard in seconds with skill I've only seen in a Wastelander. He is a perfect new racer."
Krew smiled wickedly. He flew up into Robin's face and asked him, "What do you say, kid?"
"Sure," Robin said while giving the man a cocky smile. "I do get money for this, right?"
"Duh," Tess said while messing up his spiky black hair. "If you win first place in a third type race you get to go to a higher type of race. We can go over to the stadium tomorrow and check it out."
"Here is a security pass, kid," Sig said to Robin while handing him a small piece of metal. Robin looked it over for a few seconds then slipped it into his belt. "Do you think you can take up a full time job here? I need some help sometimes. I could use you."
"What would I have to do?" Robin asked him.
"Take down a few Metal Heads here and there," Sig said. "I have other random jobs, but you would not be doing anything real big."
"Metal Heads," Robin said in thought. "Do they have a big, glowing gem in their forehead?"
"What is your problem, kid?" Sig asked him with impatience in his usual calm voice. "Everyone knows what a Metal Head is! If you don't want to go help me then just say so."
"Or maybe he is just plain stupid," Krew said without giving anyone a hint that what he said was rude.
This pushed Robin over the edge. He frowned in anger and thought of what to say. He had never really been in a situation like this before. He was used to being the smart one and being able to understand most things. Right now he was just a confused mess.
"I guess I'm suffering from amnesia," he finally said with a shrug. "I really have no idea what a Metal Head is."
"Guess we are going to have to knock some common sense back into you," Tess said while lightly tapping the back of Robin's head. "Maybe we should knock you out again."
"Pass," Robin said quickly while giving the girl a weak smile. She shrugged and walked away to clean up the bar. Some guy had gotten fully drunk and was spilling his drink around the counter while singing some song in a slurred speech. When Tess came by the drunk guy started to talk to her and Robin could see the discomfort on her face. What was she really doing here? He knew that Tess did not want to be here.
"So what do you say, kid?" Sig asked him and knocked Robin back into reality.
"I'm fine with that," Robin said with a simple shrug. "When do we start?"
"Right now," Krew said with that same wicked smile coming to his face. "I want you two to go to the Pumping Station and get me a few Metal Heads for the saloon. Or is this too hard for the pipsqueak?"
"Hey!" Robin said with anger in his voice. "I'm not a pipsqueak! What do you want me to call you? Food consuming king? Don't judge people by the way they look. Under estimating an opponent is one of the worst mistakes in a fight. Let's go, Sig."
With that out of his system finally, Robin stormed out of the saloon with his famous frown planted on his face. He leaned against the wall to the saloon and crossed his arms in front of him in deep thought. Sig was talking to Krew about details most likely, so Robin had this time to cool down.
What was he doing here? Where were his friends? Were they having the same luck as Robin? He had so many questions going through his head that he did not know where to start. He was so confused. Another headache was coming on. It would quickly form into a massive migraine. They always did that to Robin. It seemed as if his head always was going through some trouble lately. With Slade back and after Raven it was hard not to worry all the time.
-Raven-
"Hungry?" Erol asked the Goth girl walking next to him. He picked up a random blue fruit from a stand. The person working at the stand gave him an angry look but said nothing. This Raven did not notice.
"Yes," she said while taking the fruit with a shy smile on her face. "Thank you."
"So, these friends you speak of," Erol said while putting his hands behind his back once again as they kept walking through a part in the city. "They all have the same ears as yours?"
"Yes," Raven said with a nod. "Well, there is Beast Boy. He has tiny elf like ears almost like yours. His are just shorter. But he is not that hard to spot. He has green fur."
Erol gave a small laugh at the thought. "I'm guessing that your world is full of freaks too."
"Well…yes," Raven said. "I would be considered a freak as well."
"I don't think you are," Erol said while glancing over to her. "You seem perfectly normal to me."
"I might not look like one, but I do have powers," Raven said while looking to the ground.
"Can you show me?" Erol asked her with a small smile coming to his face.
"Everyone would freak out, though," she said while trying not to look in his eyes.
"They can't do anything to you," he said. "I'm the Baron's right hand man. If they see you with me they will not lay a hand on you."
"If you say so," Raven said with a sigh. She closed her eyes and when she opened them Erol could only see deep pools of darkness. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," she chanted calmly while holding up the fruit Erol had given her. Her hands were burning with black fire as the fruit turned black and levitated into the air. Erol gave a short gasp at the awesome sight before him.
Raven then made a small yell as she tore the fruit into half with her powers. One perfect side fell into Erol's hands while the other side fell into Raven's. When he looked back to the girl, she was back to normal. She gave him a small smile and took a bite from her fruit.
"Now that is cool," Erol said and gave her a wink. She blushed slightly and took another bite while staying silent this whole time. "And thanks for the fruit."
WOOSH!
A zoomer came flying by above the two at tremendous speed. Raven gave a short gasp while stepping to the side to avoid getting knocked over by the flying machine and Erol did the same. For the briefest of moments Raven felt a familiar vibe coming from one of the passengers on the zoomer. But the thing was going so fast she could not tell if it was one of her friends.
Raven looked back to Erol to see that he was pretty much ticked off by the driver of the zoomer. Normally Raven would not ask any questions about that sort of matter. But this was a new world and she had to quickly learn about it if she ever wanted to help save it like Erol said she would. Best way was the ask questions.
"Who was that?" she asked him as they continued to walk down the pathway.
"Most likely the Underground," Erol said while narrowing his eyes in hatred. He spat the word underground like it was some gross sewer water. "They are against the Baron and want to get rid of him to put up some 'true ruler' in his place." He rolled his eyes in disgust.
"Everyone thinks differently," Raven said after a small bite of her fruit. "Of course there is going to be a group of people against a ruler. It does not mean it is right, though."
"But they are getting more of a threat each day," Erol said with a sigh. "Once the war with the Metal Heads ends we will finally be able to focus all our attention to the Underground and get rid of them once and for all."
"So you have tried to get rid of them already?" she asked Erol with some interest creeping into that monotone voice of hers. The Underground was the enemy and she had to know everything about them.
"We tried some different things here and there," Erol said. "At first they were only bug sized and were not a threat to the Baron at all. But after some years went by they grew by a lot! They are a pain in the ass! Getting rid of them would let us fight the war better."
"So they do not like war?" Raven asked him.
"Yes and no," Erol said after some thought. "Some are so daring and brave enough to go and take out whole Metal Head nests! Of course only one fourth of them make it out alive. Others join because they think that the Baron is making war with the Metal Heads just to stay in power. But that is just bull. The Baron would never use his position to bully his people around. These people are just poor Elves that are mad that they can't get a job anywhere else because they are too lazy. So they join the Underground group thinking that if they take down the Baron their troubles will just go away."
"Wow," Raven said with a little bit of amazement in her voice. "Must be hard to keep them at bay."
Erol shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal and said, "All we can do is muddle through."
A/N: Hoped you liked it. Tell me if it gets too cheesy. But I would like to see who you guys think will be the odd one out in the fic. I know my readers are smart enough to at least eliminate two or three of the Titans by now. But please give a review! Thank you so very much! And have a nice first day of school for those who have not started yet. Mine starts September 8th. But I'm off to type up more on my Switched Lives fic! Please review!
