Speedy felt horrible for leaving Rain after the movies. The team walked back into the tower, cheering for themselves and preparing for a celebration. All except Speedy. He just walked over to the kitchen and went to grab himself a bite to eat. "Don't bother." Aqualad said. "Bee's ordering pizza." And he took a seat on a stool. "Man, I love our job! Don't you?" Aqualad asked. Speedy didn't answer. "Speedy?"
"Sometimes." He said.
"Oh," Aqualad could take a hint, "You were doing something with Rain weren't you?" And Speedy nodded.
"I feel terrible. I mean, we were having such a good time. It seems like every time I hang out with her something pops up and I have to leave. It must really annoy her."
"Than spare Jen the aggravation and stop hanging out with her." Bumblebee said as she walked by. Bumblebee showed how much she hated the girl by calling her by her real name.
"I can't do that" Speedy replied.
"Why not?"
"Would you just abandon your best friend? Oh, that's right, you don't have one." Speedy taunted. Bumblebee glared at him, turned up her nose and walked away. Speedy smiled at his little victory and poured himself a glass of soda.
"So, how did you meet Rain?" Aqualad asked. Speedy chuckled and smiled as he swirled the soda around in his glass.
"It's an interesting story actually. Do you remember when the museum caught fire and we went to go help?"
"Yeah."
"Well that was when I met her."
Flashback
Titans East pulled up to the city museum in their new shiny T-car. They all jumped out and ran up to the flaming building. They had seen the smoke from a nearby pizza parlor. "Titans, move!" Bumblebee called out and everyone sprang into action! Aqualad helped out the firefighters with his water powers to try and douse the flames. The fire was so out of control that there was no use in even saving the museum.
"There's people in the museum!" a firefighter told Bumblebee.
"Guys, let's get the people out! Hurry!" Bumblebee commanded and she, Mas y Menos and Speedy raced into the building. There was fire all around, the floor, walls and even the ceiling was engulfed! Mas y Menos raced through the halls, Bumblebee flew around through the smoke, trying to see if there was anybody in sight. Speedy coughed and had a hard time seeing, but he still pushed through. A rafter fell from the ceiling and landed right in front of him! He backed up away from the flames and looked around.
"IS ANYONE HERE?" he called out. His teammates came back to him, each one carrying a person on their shoulder.
"That's it, let's get out of here!" Bumblebee said and they all ran out of the building. They brought the people to the ambulances outside and made sure that they were okay. As they did that, Speedy heard someone screaming.
"THERE'S TWO LITTLE GIRLS TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING!" an old woman yelled. "SOMEBODY HELP!" Speedy didn't even think twice before running towards the building. But just as he did, the building shifted and began to collapse! People screamed and ran back as the ceiling came crashing down! Speedy stopped dead in his tracks and watched with his mouth agape. "NO!" the woman began to cry.
Just as all hope was lost, a figure appeared in the flames. Speedy looked on as a girl ran out of the building! And the girl had the two little girls over her shoulder! The girl ran away from the building and then collapsed to her knees and began to cough violently. Paramedics and the old woman ran up to the three girls. Speedy walked up to see who the crazy girl was. He noticed that all three girls wore the same outfit, a white chemise T-shirt, a pink and purple plaid skirt and black boots. The two little girls ran up to the old woman and she hugged them, and then she walked over to the older girl who was being checked out by the paramedics. She hugged the older girl too and spoke to her. Speedy walked over.
"Are you okay, miss?" he asked the older girl. Now up close, she appeared to be his age.
"Yes," and she coughed, "I'm fine." And then there was a moment of silence.
"What you did was dangerous." Speedy said.
"Well I couldn't just let the girls get hurt." She replied. Speedy looked at the girl and then noticed something unusual. She had two different colored eyes. He cocked his head.
"What's your name?" the girl looked up at him.
"…Jen. But everyone calls me Rain." She replied.
"Rain." He repeated, and he held out his hand for her to shake. She shook it. "Speedy."
"And that's how I met Rain." Speedy finished explaining.
"Wow, so she's an orphan AND a hero." Aqualad said astonished.
"Yep." And Speedy took a sip of his soda.
"I had no idea."
"So she did something crazy, big deal." Bumblebee said. Speedy and Aqualad looked at her.
"Yeah well, her crazy actions just so happened to save two young lives that night." Speedy said, "Rain's more than she appears to be, I told you that. I guarantee nobody else would have stayed in that building to save those two girls."
"Sounds like she's a bit of a teen titan herself." Aqualad stated.
"She can't be. She doesn't have any special powers of abilities." Bumblebee said, happy that there was no way Rain could join the team. "Unless you think she can beat a villain by singing."
"I'm going to go call her." Speedy said and he walked out of the main room and into the hallway, where he entered his room. He picked up the phone in his room and dialed the number. First he got Mrs. White but then asked for his best friend. Rain came onto the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Rain."
"Hey Speedy."
"Listen, I'm sorry about leaving you earlier. I didn't want to."
"Don't worry about it."
"But I feel really bad." Speedy said as he sat down on his bed and looked out the window.
"Hey, I understand. You're a superhero, and you're needed sometimes."
"Tell you what, tomorrow, we'll spend the whole day together."
"Really?"
"Really. We'll go to the movies and see whatever you want, my treat. And then we'll go to the pet shop and play with the animals, and then we'll finish off the day at the pier. How does that sound?"
"That sounds great! Oh, but I can't. I have a paper I need to work on all week."
"Okay, than how about next Saturday?"
"It's a date!" Rain said, and then paused. "Well…not a date. But you know what I mean."
"Good. I'll pick you up in the morning. But until then, would you still like a ride to school?"
"Sure, I'd love that." Rain answered.
"I hope this will make up for my having to leave earlier."
"You don't have to make it up to me Speedy." Rain said sweetly, "I know you mean good."
