Teen Titans Season 6
Episode 5: Complicated
Author: Brruundin
Warning, I do not own the Titans or any other DC characters I may use.
It's been a couple of eventful days for the Titans. Return of Red X/Jinx/Kid Flash; Slade appears to have a big plan in store; Vibe is now a member of the Teen Titans; the entrance of Rose; the fact that she could be a true threat; Terra starting to remember everything that she once did. Yes it was indeed a handful, but the Titans were adjusting, some better than others.
5:45 am, a familiar time in the Titans tower, and down at the end of the east hallway Jinx could not sleep to save her life. She tossed and turned, looking at her alarm clock every so often, sighing at each passing minute. Maybe it was getting used to sleeping in a new place, after all this was the home of friends she once called enemies, or maybe it was the time delay from Europe she wasn't used to yet, well whatever it was, it really was starting to get on her nerves. By the time the clock said 6 am, she decided she might as well get up, sleeping wasn't working and she wouldn't rather attempt to do other things than just lay there. She slowly rolls out of the bed; she looks into her mirror, her hair a mess, pink and all over the place. She sighs; she doesn't want to change just yet, so she walks out in her purple tank top, and black shorts. As she enters the living room, she notices that someone is in the kitchen, her eyes still tired, and not yet fully open, she walks towards the kitchen. A voice calls out, "Good morning sunshine, don't you look wonderful this morning"
She realizes who it is, and starts to blush. "Yeah well, I normally don't get up this early, and I figured no else would be around. So umm Vibe why are up at this hour?" She finally recovers full vision, and sees him sitting at the table, with a cup of coffee, and the morning paper.
"I'm usually up at this time, I can't sleep most night, and I'm trying to get used to being in this tower and being a part of this team. It's not easy but I'll get over it." He takes another sip of his coffee, then sits and thinks for a minute. "So umm Jinx why are you up at this time?" He then glances up from his newspaper and looks at her again. He never really noticed how pretty her eyes were, or how nice the shade of pink her hair was.
"I can't sleep either. I guess I'm in the same boat as you, it's just weird. I'm used to being the bad guy, and now I live in this place with them. It's a little awkward sometimes, especially because Raven and Robin don't trust me yet. It's so frustrating". She sighs and then looks down at her feet, bare without socks or shoes of any kind.
"I see, well I only know you as of a short while, so that's how I am going to judge you, and so far you're cool with me". He smiles at her and she smiles back. She thought about how nice he had been the entire time she had been there, maybe this could be the start of something, something more than just friendship.
"So do you mind if I join you before I decide to go get changed?" She looks at him as she approaches him.
"Sure it's fine with me, have a seat" He points to the seat across from him, and moves the part of the paper he wasn't reading from the other part of the table. She takes a seat, and lays her head down on the table, and sighs. Great now only if I had something witty or cute to say.
"Something wrong" Jinx lifts her head slowly to reveal Vibe staring down at her, newspaper still in his hand.
"Oh no, I was just trying to think of something interesting to say, and I tend to do that when I can't think of anything." She then tries to sit up and continues to think of stuff. Vibe nods, and then looks back at his paper; he starts to read a new article, before she interrupts him again.
"Yeah so it was nice talking to you this morning, maybe later we could go grab a bite to eat or something? I'm gonna go take a shower and get changed before our daily duties, I'll talk to you in a bit". She gets up slowly, and before she can take one step, Vibe gets up very quickly in front of her. He leans in and kisses her on the check. Her face turns bright pink. Then she stares at him, confused not knowing what to do.
"Later". He gets up and walks into his room. Jinx, now confused and shocked about what just happened also walks to her room, on the other side of the Tower. Does he like me? What about Wally? What do I do about this? Ugh why are boys so confusing sometimes… She heads into the nearest bathroom, and turns on the shower. The warm water feels good on her body, thoughts race through her head at first it's so overwhelming and she doesn't know what to do, but by the time she gets out of the shower she figures out what she has to do. She gets dressed in her usual gear, and exits her room. When she sees Vibe, her mind goes blank. Her stomach groans, butterflies, she swallows hard. She knows what must be done. She slowly heads towards him, each step feeling like walking through cement. She finally gets close enough to speak, she swallows again, praying for the best to come out.
"Hey um Vibe, do you wanna go catch a bite to eat or something later on?" Ah come on Jinx, you're supposed to be the cool collected one, not the one getting tongue tied.
"Yeah sure, that'd be cool". Vibe responds seeming all nonchalant. The other Titans were now all present in the living room. It seems something big was about to go on and Robin was on top of it.
"Titans I hear rumors that Slade is supposed to strike any minute now, we need to be ready to stop him".
The others look at Robin with skeptical looks. Robin's face changes when the others show doubt.
"Guys I realize this may not be the best idea but it needs to be done this way. We need to split up into groups and patrol the city. Group 1 will be me and Star, Cyborg and Raven will be Group 2. Beast Boy if you think Terra is ready you bring her along for Group 3. Otherwise I want you with Vibe and Jinx. If Terra does come you two will be Group 4. If anything goes wrong or gets too out of hand, let the others know. Get ready Titans we move out in 30 minutes".
Insert English Intro Music.
Beast Boy scratches his head at Robin. "So where exactly are we gonna be patrolling? And what are we looking for?" He then morphs into a golden retriever and starts panting and barking.
"Any sign of danger. Slade or Ravager could be anywhere too, Group 1 will take downtown, Group 2 you guys got the docks, Group 3 and 4 stay around the west side and towards the Tower. And like I said if anything goes wrong let the others know". Robin said while clinching his fists. They then take a few minutes to talk within the small groups, while Beast Boy tries to get a hold of Terra.
Jinx and Vibe smile at each other, but don't say anything for the longest time. Finally Vibe opens his mouth, trying to get words to come out.
"So we finally get that chance to do something together don't we?" Jinx smiles back and giggles,
"Yeah it appears so, maybe we should just go do something fun while the others do this lame search and rescue mission". Jinx thinks to herself again, why do I always have to suggest away from the plan? It makes it looks like I don't want to part of the team. Agh this is why Robin never takes me serious, and neither does Raven. I just want to be accepted. She signs.
"Haha, you okay?" Vibe notices her sign, "That sounds like a good idea, but we probably should at least look around a little bit, if we don't find anything after an hour or so I'll come up with something fun for us to do. How does that sound?"
Jinx's face turns bright pink, and she smiles with delight. Yay! She exclaims inside her head, finally some good news from a Titan, and someone who really wants me around, this could be a good change of pace around here, I'm super excited about this.
Meanwhile, Raven and Cyborg have got what they need to do figured out, so they head out to the docks to investigate
When they get to the docks, they notice it looks perfectly normally.
"Hmm things seem fine around here, you want me to tell Rob about it?" Cyborg asks Raven.
"Not just yet, we need to look around a bit longer, an attack of any sort could happen at any minute". Raven says, while looking around for any sign that could help them. She notices a warehouse not far from where they are located, and decides to proceed in approaching it. Before she can enter it, a swarm of Slade's troops appear, blasting at them.
"Uh-oh looks like we got company Rae". Cyborg says as he gets ready to take some out.
"Looks like it, Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos!" Raven chants as she blasts a few of the soldiers out of the way.
Cyborg does the same, and then charges towards a few more, suddenly a few more troops appear, looking bigger and stronger than any of the others the Titans have seen before. They charge into Cyborg and smash him down into the ground. He breaks a couple of the dock boards, and yells in pain "Ouch, these new guys pack a serious punch, how you hanging Raven?"
"Just peachy" Raven replies, while take out a few more of the normal guards with her dark power. She notices Cyborg's struggle with the big guys and starts to help take the large guys out. They have some success, as the goons are no match for Raven's psychic power. However, they are soon greeted by a familiar friend, smoke covers the entire dock, and Raven and Cyborg begin to cough.
"Well it appears that I only have you two to deal with today, no matter, it will be quick and painless, just like your deaths" The voice laughs, and the female figure appears.
"Ravager, what do you want here?" Raven asks, recovering from her cough, preparing for an attack to occur.
"Well dearest Raven, if you must know, I am in the process of obtaining valuable resources from underneath these docks, which will put you and your friends out of business. But I am afraid I cannot tell you what they are or exactly where they are, so goodnight Titans". She throws bombs towards Cyborg, the explosion knocks him unconscious. Raven on the other hand is much harder to take down, and puts up a fearless fight. The two take turns throwing beams and bombs toward each other, until finally Ravager decides enough is enough, and retreats into a cloud of smoke.
Raven sighs, recovers Cyborg and wakes him into a state of conscience. They then try communicating with the others with what had just happened. Beast Boy and Terra answer first, things looks fine on their end, and they are about to head back to the Tower, no word from Vibe or Jinx, but the others figure they went out after the four had no luck around the west side of town. Starfire answers as well, explaining that Robin went out Slade on his own about an hour ago, and hasn't returned or tried contacting the other Titans.
"He'll be fine Starfire, you should probably come back to the Tower with us".
"But friend Robin…"
"Starfire he'll be fine I promise". Raven assures Starfire, the first real sense of assurance by Raven in a long time.
Meanwhile, Robin has been in deep combat with Slade, trying to get information about what has been going on with his sudden return still.
"Come on Slade tell me, what do you want? Why have you returned? What is your plan?" Robin puts his guard up while waiting for another strike from Slade.
"Oh Robin, you don't think I would just tell you my master plan right away, in time you will figure it out on your own, I'm positive of it". Slade stands down, and starts walking towards Robin. "But by that time it will be too late for you and your friends to do anything about it. It seems it is time for me to go again, let's see how many weeks it takes for the next attack to kick in". Then Slade disappears into darkness.
"Ugh, he always does that". Robin sighs then communicates with the Titans. They are glad to know he is alright, and likewise.
"I'll be back at the Tower soon, when I get there we need to discuss business. Make sure everyone is there".
"Dude, we don't know where Jinx and Vibe are; they have been gone longer than you have". Beast Boy responds to Robin.
"Alright, well just make sure everyone else is there, we'll fill them in later, Robin Out".
Once Robin gets back to the tower they discuss the events that just occurred, and Robin has a plan.
"Well it looks like Slade and Ravager have a plan of attack, but it appears it is going to be awhile before anything happens. However, we need to keep our guard up in cast anything happens. But for now, I think it's time the Titans take a break from the action for a bit, which is why I am giving us the week off from crime fighting".
The other are in shock, as Robin is always the one making them prepare for things they don't want to do, but they are relieved to know they are getting a break, and rejoice in the victory.
"All right let's party y'all!" Cyborg exclaims, glad to finally get a chance to relax from the stressful time the group has been having.
Shortly after that outburst, Jinx and Vibe return from their evening together.
"Friends where have you been? You have been missing all the excitement that we have just experienced". Starfire states, while the others just look at the two. Beast Boy notices that they were holding hands, and makes a comment about it.
"Oooo looks like some of us are getting along well". He morphs into a wolf and starts howling, and yipping. This causes the two of them to blush bright red, and they immediately stop holding hands.
"Anyway, I'll fill you two in on the plan later, I'm very disappointed you guys didn't let us know where you were, but that's in the past. So from now on, try to let us know if you go off from plan, if you do, and try not to, especially if it's an important mission like this one was". Robin adds in to break the awkward feelings that had just occurred.
"But in the meantime, everything worked out, and we have the next week off. So take some time to reflect and relax, next week the real work starts".
They cheered, and the night slowly ended on a good night.
A/N Okay Chapter 5 done, sorry it took so long, I've been really busy. The next one will come a lot quicker, and the story is going to pick up quicker. As always comments and suggestions are awesome!
