What up my fellow readers. Sorry it took me a while to post this chapter. My mom grounded me for two days and I've been really busy with double homework since I missed two days of school. Ooh, before I forget, I'd like to thank my other reviewer Dyethe for posting 5 reviews. Oh, the reason Chris is still cooperating with Slade is because she has to have full control of her powers before Slade sends her back home. And yes, Chris didn't watch that much TV when she was younger what with school, being grounded by her parents by her parents for failing classes, and hanging-out making trouble. Oh, the chapter that I posted last time, the one with the songs, I kinda put some spoilers in their. (Rubs back of her neck in embarrassment) Sorry. But I promise, no more spoilers. Well, enough with the rambling, here it is! The fifteenth chapter!

Chris sat on top of the Titans roof watching the stars.

She sighed. "Well, if Slade approves with how I fought today, then I'm heading back home tonight."

Chris turned and looked at the door to the rooftop. She turned back to the sky. "I'm really gonna miss this place."

Just then, Chris heard the door open and turned her head quickly to see who it was. It was Robin, followed by Crow and the rest of the Titans.

"What are you doing up here?" Robin asked taking a seat next to Chris.

"I could ask you guys the same questions." She said looking at the Titans.

"We came here to get a little fresh air." Beast Boy said sitting down and looking up at the sky.

"Wow, small world, er, dimension." Chris smiled.

"So, how long do you plan on staying here?" Raven asked.

"Why, you guys beginning to get sick of me?" Chris asked giving Raven a smirk.

Robin laughed while Raven gave Chris a glare. "Do you always have to have a comeback for everything we say?" Robin asked her.

"Not really. But having a comeback for everything anyone says is one of my specialties." Chris said flashing a joking smile at the Titans.

Everyone was silent for about three minutes until Crow broke the silence turning to Chris. "So, what's life like on your dimension?" He asked.

"Just like yours, only you don't see people with 'special abilities' walking down the streets and saving the world. You only see that on TV or comic books." She told them.

"Really?" Cyborg asked becoming interested.

"Do you know if we're ever on the tube?" Beast Boy asked.

Chris looked at Beast Boy and Cyborg who had hopeful smiles and saying 'Please say yes! Please say yes! Please say yes!' in their twinkling eyes. She laughed. "I don't know. I've never really watched TV before."

Cyborg and Beast Boy dropped their heads in disappointment; hope shattered.

"Do you have any friends on your dimension?" Starfire asked in her usual gleeful tone.

"I have one friend; Mikey. He's my best friend and I guess my only friend seeing is I don't get to meet that many new people." She told her.

"How come?" Crow asked.

"Because Mikey and I are kinda tramps. We don't go to school or hang-out where regular teens hang, so we don't get to meet that many people."

"You don't go to school?" Robin asked. "You should."

"Says the boy who doesn't have any powers and still doesn't go to school." Chris shot back.

"Hey, I'm a superhero. I have an excuse." Robin told her.

"Mmhmm." She taunted. "I use to go to school, but I dropped out when I was around twelve. My parents would always get mad at me if I got bad grades in school which was mainly all the time. 'Why can't you be more like Elie or Ai?' they would always say. 'They get extremely good grades. Why can't you be more like them?' and blah, blah, blah." She said making her left hand into a mouth flapping it up and down.

"What did they say when you dropped out?" Crow asked.

"Nothing. They left me in a fire accident when I dropped out along with Elie and Ai." She said holding her legs close to her chest.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Starfire said placing a comforting hand on Chris' shoulder.

Chris looked up at Starfire and gave her a warm smile. "It's okay. In fact, if it weren't for that fire, I wouldn't have met Mikey."

The apartment on Conner Street was coming down. The flames danced through the building burning it to ashes as the fire department tried all they could to put out the fire.

"Help! Someone please help me!" A younger Chris cried huddled in a corner staying away from the fire as best as she could. The giant flames scared her and she was completely alone. She wished her parents were here. She even wished Elie and Ai were here but she hasn't seen them since she started to smell smoke. They must've gotten out when everyone in the apartment rushed out. She wished she could've gotten out also, but there were too many people trying to get out all at once.

She coughed. The smoke was too much, she could feel her vision becoming blurry and her body becoming woozy. She was going to collapse any minute.

"This is it," Chris thought holding herself up with her shaky arms. "I'm really going to die."

"Mom! Dad! Where are you?" A younger version of Mikey yelled running through the halls.

Chris looked up and saw the boy. She struggled bringing her body up with her arms. "Help." She said barely in a whisper. "Please, help me."

She dropped to the floor, her head buried in the hot ground. "I'm too weak to yell."

"Hey! Wake up!" Mikey yelled shaking Chris' arm. Chris looked up and saw the boy she was trying to call hovering above her. She smiled trying to say something, but was too weak.

Mikey had a worried look on his face as he got a hold of Chris' left arm and draped it over his shoulder planting his right arm around her rib cage and holding her arm that was over his shoulder with his left hand. He picked her weak body up and started to walk.

Chris looked up at the boy who was trying to save her trying to say something but couldn't.

"Don't worry, we'll get out of here." He promised her with a disarming smile. Chris looked at his face and smiled also.

Chris and Mikey were almost at the exit when suddenly, a piece of the roof above them fell down making the flames bigger.

Chris screamed and grabbed tightly onto Mikey scared out of her wits.

"It's okay, we didn't get hurt and it's not blocking the exit. All we gotta do is go around it and we'll be out of here in no time." Mikey told her.

"No!" Chris yelled, her eyes closed shut. "I'm too scared!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you." Mikey said wrapping a comforting arm around her.

"How do you know?" Chris asked burying her face into Mikey's dark blue sweater; her tears seeping through it.

Mikey reached his free hand and wiped Chris' tears with his thumb and stroking her shoulder length hair behind her ear. "Because, you have me and I promise I won't let anything happen to you."

Chris looked up at Mikey. His disarming smile was having a powerful affect on her and those eyes made her feel extremely warm inside. She smiled and rested her head on Mikey's chest.

"Okay." She said. "I trust you."

Mikey smiled as him and Chris walked out through the exit unharmed and safe. They both collapsed to the ground breathing large gulps of fresh air.

The fire department ran to their side examining them and giving them blankets.

"You kids can rest in here while we try to bring this fire down." A fireman told them leading them into a paramedic car. Chris and Mikey both sat at the edge of the paramedic car with the double doors open as they watched the fire department people do their job.

Chris glanced at Mikey and saw him staring at the burning building with a serious look on his face. Chris smiled examining her rescuer. She blushed, he was—cute. He had dark brown hair that looked almost black that was spiked up but a little messy from the fire. His skin was a dark Mexican color and beads of sweat were planted on his face. Chris blushed even more. The sweat on his face and the serious look he was making made him look adorable.

"Um—I never got the chance to thanking you. So, um—thanks." Chris blushed nervously.

Mikey turned and looked at Chris. He smiled. "You're welcome uh—"

"Bennington!I'mChristineBenningtonbutIlikedtobecalledChrissincethename'Christine'soundssupergirly.YoucancallmeChristooif youwantwhyamIstilltalking? I'msuchaspazz." She said super fast it was really hard to tell what she was saying.

Mikey gave her a confused look and then just laughed.

Chris' smile faded as she turned her head away blushing madly.

"Well—Chris was it? My name is Michael Jimenez but you can call me Mikey." He said reaching out a hand for her to shake. Chris looked at his hand and shook it with hers giving him a smile.

"Hi! I'm Christine Bennington but you can call me Chris." She smiled.

"Um—you already said that." He told her.

"I did?" She asked. She blushed. "Oh. Sorry."

"So, Bennington? By any chance are you related to Chester Bennington?" He asked.

"I wish. Wait, you like Linkin Park?" She asked.

"Who doesn't? They're like the tightest band ever." He said.

"I know! Aren't they? I'm trying to collect all their CD's. So far I have Hybrid Theory, Meteora, and Linkin Park Live From Texas."

"You have Live From Texas? I've been trying to get that CD/DVD for months! You gotta let me borrow it sometime." He said.

"Well, that is if it doesn't get burned in the fire." She pointed out.

"Ah man. My Linkin Park poster is in their." He whined.

"You have a LP poster?" She asked.

"Yup. It's really awesome. It has Mr. Hahn on the left then Mike, then Brad, then Chester, then Phoenix, and then Rob and they're all sitting down together." He explained.

"Awesome." Chris said with a smile.

Chris and Mikey were then quiet when a fireman walked towards them with a disappointed look on his face.

"What's up fireman?" Chris asked.

"Well, we put out the fire and all the people that got out are all right, but the police reported four non survivors." He told them.

Chris and Mikey looked at the fireman with shocked look on their faces.

"What are you trying to say?" Chris asked wishing this wasn't happening.

The fireman looked down at the ground and put a comforting hand on Chris' shoulder. "Your parents and this boy's parents didn't survive."

Chris gasped as she felt her eyes water. "What about my sisters. I have two sisters! Elie and Ai! Did they survive?"

"I really don't know. The police only reported four adults; Barbara and Israel Bennington (Sigh. What can I say mom and dad, Chris' character is based on me.) and Leticia and JoséLuis Rodriguez did survive the fire." (Sorry Tish and Tio. Just couldn't think of any other names.)

Chris lower lip quivered as she looked down at the ground letting her tears stream down her face.

"What the hell is wrong with you people?" Mikey yelled. Chris looked up at Mikey and saw him with an angry look on his face and tears forming in his eyes. "Why didn't one of you go into the building and check to see if there were anyone else in that building? It's your job to make sure people are safe and to save them!"

"Listen kid, I'm really sorry and we tried our best but—"

"But your best wasn't good enough! You killed our parents! You burned our home to the ground and let our parent's burn down with it!" He yelled shutting his eyes and looking down on the ground with his fist clenched tightly. "Some heroes you are." He whispered.

"Mikey." Chris said looking at Mikey. She reached out her hand and tried to call him down but he pushed her hand with his shoulder and ran off.

"Mikey! Wait!" Chris yelled running after him.

"Hey you kids! Come back!" The fireman yelled about to run after them but lost sight of Chris and Mikey.

"Mikey! Where are you?" Chris yelled looking around a dark alley she saw Mikey run off to.

She then saw him standing in front of a brick wall; his arm above his head resting on the wall with his other hand tightly balled into a fist resting on his side. He was crying.

"Mikey, its okay. It's not the firemen's fault that our parents died." She told him.

"Yes it is!" He yelled looking at her with anger and pain in his tearful eyes. "Those stupid bastards killed our parents! They let them die in hell! They did all this! I hate them! I HATE THEM!"

Mikey then punched the brick wall with his left fist crying madly and punching the wall one more time; his knuckles turning extremely red.

"Mikey," Chris said grabbing his arm before he punched the brick wall again. "I know you're mad at the fire department, but they're the only ones that can help us right now. They can find us an orphanage to live in and—"

"No!" Mikey yelled glaring at Chris. "If those stupid police couldn't even save our parents, I'll bet you anything that they'll send us to a crappy orphanage with crappy food, crappy rooms, and send us to crappy schools."

Chris gasped and looked down at her shoes. That was the last thing she wanted. To be sent to a crappy school or any school for that matter.

"I'd rather be a tramp." He whispered.

Chris looked up at Mikey and saw the serious face he was making. He was still crying and his fist was still clenched tightly, but he looked calmer.

She gave him a smile and reached out her hand. Mikey looked at it in confusion.

"I'd rather be a tramp too." She smiled.

Mikey looked at Chris and then looked at her hand. He smiled and shook it proudly.

"Let's make a promise," He said still holding her hand. "Let's promise to never go soft and go running to an orphanage."

"Yeah." She smiled. "We don't need schools or a home to live in. All we need—is each other."

Chris sighed and looked back up at the stars with a proud smile on her face. She then felt a comforting hand on her shoulder which belonged to a teary eyed Starfire.

"Oh, I am so very sorry that you and your friend had to suffer such a horrible tragedy." She said crying.

"Hey, it's okay Star. That was all in the past. And like we said, we don't need all that stuff as long as we have each other." She told her.

Crow looked at Starfire and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You're a very caring person aren't you?" He said.

Starfire turned and looked at Crow; his smile warm and comforting. She smiled also but then her smile turned to a frown as she turned her head so that Crow couldn't see her tears.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

Starfire sniffed wiping away her tears. "It is nothing."

Crow gave reached his hand towards her face and grabbed the bottom of her chin so that she looked straight at his face. He wiped away her tears with his thumb and gave her a smile. "So, crying for no reason is just part of your everyday schedule?"

Starfire smiled and looked down at the ground. "It is just, the smile you gave me—reminded me of the smile my parents use to give me when I was younger."

Crow raised his eyebrow. "What happened to them?" He asked.

Starfire looked up at Crow and then looked back down on the ground. "They—left me."

Crow gave Starfire a sorry face and rested a comforting hand on her left shoulder. "Star—I'm sorry."

Starfire looked up at him as tears started to fall down her cheeks. She then shoved herself into Crow's arms while Crow wrapped his arms around her stroking her hair and rocking her back and forth like his own child.

"Well, well, well. Isn't this a comforting scene?"

Crow turned around and saw Raven with her arms crossed giving him a sly smile.

"Shut up." He smiled.

Raven just glared at him and rolled her eyes but was laughing while she was doing this.

"Who knew Crow had a comforting side." Beast Boy said looking at Crow holding Starfire in his arms.

"Yeah, even I'm surprised seeing him act like this." Raven said.

Beast Boy turned and looked at Raven. "So, if Crow, this stupid jokester, can have a comforting side to him, does that mean you have a comforting side too?"

Raven turned and looked at Beast Boy who was blushing a little. She gave him a smile and rested her hand on his. "That's something you'll have to figure out." She said.

Beast Boy looked up at her and gave her a smile as he noticed she was moving her face a little closer to his. Beast Boy, happy and excited, did the same moving his face closer to hers until he felt an invisible force slap him in the back of his head.

"Ow." He said holding the back of his head watching Crow give him a death glare.

"Not with my sister you don't Play Boy." Crow said to him telepathically while a cold shiver went down Beast Boy's spine.

"What's wrong?" Raven asked seeing the scared look on Beast Boy's face.

"Oh, nothing." He said nervously moving away from Raven. Crow gave him a smile and a nod.

Raven gave him a confused and then looked back at Crow. Crow gasped and then turned away.

"Ugh!" Raven groaned as she moved closer to Beast Boy. Beast Boy had a scared look on his face and tried moving away. "Don't pay any attention to Crow. He gets way over-protective when it comes to me and boys."

"Just like your typical brother." Beast Boy said with a smile. Raven smiled also and gave Beast Boy a small peck on the cheek. Beast Boy's face was flushed.

"Ah, isn't that cute?" Chris asked looking at Beast Boy and Raven.

"Haha. I so wish I had a camera. The look on Beast Boy's face is priceless!" Cyborg said laughing his head off. Robin was the only one that was silent. The sight of Raven kissing Beast Boy made him sigh.

"Lucky." He thought to himself.

"Oh great, not you too." Crow thought telepathically. "I can't keep my eyes on two boys who want to hit on my sister."

"Ew! I'm not hitting on Raven! That's ridiculous!"

"Why, what's wrong with her?" Crow asked a little angrily.

"Nothing. I'm just saying it's not fair because . . . I wish that were me and—"

"Chris."

"Is it that obvious I feel that way about her?"

"Well, you are talking to a guy who can read your thoughts."

"True."

"Well,"

"Well what?"

"When are you gonna tell her?"

"Chris?"

"No, Edgar Allen Poe. Of coarse Chris!"

"I don't know. I don't think I'm even going to tell her."

"What! Why!"

"What if she doesn't feel the same way I do?"

"Oh come on man. She's going to be leaving any day. For all we know she could be leaving tomorrow. Might as well hurry up and tell her."

"It can never be with me and Chris. We live in two different dimensions. It'll never work-out."

Crow smacked Robin in the back of his head with his powers almost making Robin fall flat on his face. "That's the kind of attitude that's keeping you from telling her. Now I want you to buck up and tell her right now Mister!"

"All right, dad. I'll tell her when she and I are alone."

"Leave that to me. Oh, and son, I know about those magazines under your bed." (Laugh. Sorry, I was just watching "Full House". You gotta love Uncle Jesse and Joey.)

"Just go. And don't tell anyone."

"You got it."

Crow looked down at Starfire and noticed that she was asleep. He smiled and stroked a few strands of hair out of her face as he picked her up in his strong arms. He turned and looked at Raven, who was resting in Beast Boy's arms. He rolled his eyes.

"Ah, what a cute couple." He teased dryly.

Raven looked up and looked at Crow. "What do you want?"

"Robin wants us to go back inside."

"Why?"

Crow turned and looked at Chris. "Take a wild guess."

"Oh. All right. You take care of Cyborg and I'll take care of Beast Boy."

"Nice try, but I'll take care of Beast Boy and you take care of Cyborg."

"Fine."

Raven turned her attention to Cyborg. "Robin wants us to go back inside."

"How come?"

"Robin plus Chris plus being alone on a rooftop under a beautiful starry sky equals—?"

"Oh. All right."

Crow walked towards Beast Boy. "Hello Beast Boy."

"Um, hey Crow." Beast Boy said nervously.

"Come on, we gotta go back inside the Tower." He said.

"Why?" He asked.

"Robin's orders."

Beast Boy looked at Crow with a confused look on his face but then got the picture when he saw Raven and Cyborg going back in. "Oh, I see. Well, I'm getting sleepy anyways." He said getting up.

Crow put a hand on his shoulder. "Before you head off to bedie-bye, I'd like to have a talk with you about my sister."

"Oh." Beast Boy said disappointedly. Who knew having Raven as a girlfriend would be so scary.

Man! It took me five hours to type this chapter! Well, maybe it's because I was watching Spiderman 2 while I was typing half of the story. Couldn't help it. Spiderman rocks! I simply cannot wait for the third movie. (Sigh) I wish it were May already. Oh well, hope you guys liked this chapter and are ready for chapter number sixteen. I'll try posting it as soon as possible. Peace out!