Author's Note: Ah! Guys! This chapter! I have been looking forward to writing this chapter since I thought up this story! I hope you enjoy reading it because I had a blast writing it! Also, HUGE shout out to chinaluv for leaving my 100th total review! And another shout out to my friend lonelybelovid, who I constantly borrow jokes and life experiences from. If you like Degrassi, you should go and check out her new story!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Teen Titans or Divergent. But you already knew that.

Chapter 6

I wake up the next day and every part of my body hurts. I have never been so grateful that I took a bottom bunk. Rachel recognizes my struggle and comes to help me sit up.

"You get dressed. I'll go get us some breakfast. You look like you could use some extra time."

Rachel leaves and I get up and get dressed. I am distracted when I see my reflection in the mirror. The girl in the mirror looks nothing like Korina Anders. Korina would never have a bruised face and scarred knuckles. The girl looking back at me is Kori, who wears her hair in a braid and has certain ferocity in her eyes. I smile at myself and Rachel returns with two muffins. She hands me one and we head to meet the other initiates and Robin and Jason at the train tracks. I am pleased to learn that the more I move, the more the pain subsides.

Jumping on to the train burns but with some help from Rachel I make it on just fine. I see Xavier snickering over my bruised up face with Malcolm and Toni. I roll my eyes and ignore them, but laugh when the wind picks up and knocks all three of them over. Other than that, the ride to the fence is fairly quiet. We jump out just as an Amity truck is opening the gate to go to their compound. Robin leads us inside the gate and clears his throat.

"Guarding the gate. If you pass initiation by the skin of your teeth, this is most likely where you'll end up. And trust me when I say, this is not where you want to be."

Robin keeps on talking but I stop paying attention when I feel someone tap on my shoulder. I turn and see an Amity boy wearing a red t shirt and had blond hair and green eyes.

"Jericho?"

Jericho nodded and smiled. After my father had heard about Jericho's accident, he had insisted that my sister and I learn sign language so we could communicate with him. It was seen as an act of selflessness, and I am grateful that I know it now. Jericho's smile falls when he sees my bruised face.

"What happened, Kori?"

"It's just a part of initiation. You wouldn't understand."

"I understand even better than you. Slade is my father."

My stomach drops as Jericho signs this. His father is the reason he's mute. His father should be in prison for attempting to kill him, but Jericho wouldn't officially frame his father. Jericho points to his right eye and then signs.

"I fought back and took his eye. I hated myself for it though. Don't let Dauntless make you violent. Be brave. But be happy."

"Kori! Come on, the train is about to come, we're leaving."

Jericho hops in the back of the truck and waves goodbye. I wave too and follow Rachel to the tracks.

That night, sleep doesn't come to me. I'm too busy thinking about what Jericho said and trying to figure out what Divergent means. Being awake comes in handy though when Jason and Robin burst into the dorm and tell everyone to get dressed and meet at the tracks in 20 minutes. Before anyone can ask what's going on, Jason and Robin leave us to get dressed.

20 minutes later, we meet at the tracks with the Dauntless born initiates and jump on a train. Once on the train, Jason hands us each a gun.

"Okay, what's going on?"

Robin stands at the front of the car and once everyone is armed Jason stands next to him.

"First of all, those are paintball guns. Don't shoot; we don't want to clean up the mess. Second, tonight we are playing capture the flag. Jason and I will act as team captains." Robin turns to Jason. "You wanna pick first?"

Jason shrugs.

"Sure. I pick Xavier."

"Rachel."

"Vic."

"Kori."

"Malcolm."

"Wally."

"Sergei."

"Gar."

It goes on with Jason seeming to get all the biggest, strongest initiates. I look at Robin's team, trying to figure out his strategy. Everyone on his team is smaller and faster. I guess speed is his strategy.

We jump out of the train near a field and a long abandoned boardwalk carnival. The teams split up to decide where to hide the flag. One of the Dauntless born initiates- I think her name is Jenny- speaks up.

"Where did your team hide the flag when you were an initiate, Robin? I heard you won that year."

"Now if I told you that, it would ruin the game."

Another initiate, Wally, speaks up.

"My brother was on that team too. They hid it on the carousel."

We all let Wally take charge after that. Once we hid the flag, an argument broke out over who should stay and guard the flag and who should go look for the other team's flag. I got bored listening to it and eyed the Ferris wheel, an idea forming in my head.

I sneak away from my arguing teammates and head over to the Ferris wheel. I find a ladder to the top of the wheel and start heading up.

"What are you doing?"

I nearly fall off the ladder when I hear Robin's voice behind me. But I remain calm.

"I figure I could see the whole area from the top of the wheel. Maybe it'd be easier to find the other team that way."

"That's… Actually a good plan. Mind if I join you?"

"Uh… Sure. This ladder seems sturdy enough for two people."

We scale the ladder and to my disappointment, it doesn't take us all the way to the top; just to a platform halfway up. Robin looks like he's sweating and a little nervous.

"I can't see anything. We're not up high enough."

Robin squeaks.

"Not up high enough? Don't you mean too high up?"

I look at Robin and snicker a little.

"Oh no… Don't tell me. The fearless Robin, the boy named after a bird, is afraid of heights?"

"I am NOT afraid of heights. A fear of heights is irrational. Fear of falling on the other hand, that is a perfectly natural thing. And I am a man, thank you very much!"

I shake my head and look up. There are a bunch of bars crisscrossing to the top of the wheel. I reach up and grab the nearest bar. It burns a little to use so much upper body strength, but it's a good burn.

"Kori! You can't be serious!"

I keep climbing towards the top.

"I need to get to the top. Are you coming or what?"

I hear him sigh then feel him hop up on the bars too. We climb until we reach the top car of the wheel. We decide to sit in the car, mostly because I don't think Robin could stand up here without having a panic attack.

I look across the ocean and squint as I see a strange tower in the distance on an island. As my eyes adjust I see the tower is in the shape of a giant capital letter T.

"Hey, what's that tower over there for?"

Robin shrugs.

"No one really knows. It's been abandoned for as long as anyone can remember."

"Well, what was it used for?"

"No one knows that either. My mom used to tell me a story about it though."

"Can I hear it?"

"Aren't you supposed to be looking for the other team?"

"I can look and listen."

"Alright, fair enough. The story went like this. Long ago, before the factions, before Jump City fell to ruins, that tower was home to a team of 5 teenage superheroes."

"Oh, 5 like the number of factions."

"Yeah, but this was before the factions. Anyway, while all five of them had the traits of all the factions, each one of them represented one more strongly than the others. There was a serious knight, the bravest out of them all. There was a beautiful alien-"

I cut Robin off, laughing.

"There's no such thing as aliens!"

"Hey! Do you wanna hear the story or not?" I don't say anything and keep looking. "That's what I thought. As I was saying, there was a beautiful alien princess. She was the most selfless. Next was a dark witch, the most honest. A half robot, half human, he was the smartest. Finally, there was a green shape shifter, who always hoped for peace; even though he would fight to protect others."

"Wow… So what happened to these heroes?"

Robin shrugs.

"They grew up. They had saved the world so often, their enemies stopped crossing them. The city didn't fall to ruins until long after they had gone."

"But it's just a fairytale, right?"

"It is now."

I shake my head and ignore what he is implying. Then I see something out in the trees.

"Over there! Look! That's gotta be the other team!"

Robin simply smiles and gets up.

"Let's go tell the others."

We climb down the Ferris wheel together and find our team still arguing. I roll my eyes and call.

"Hey! While you were all fighting, I found where the other team is hiding. So, who's going with me?"

Gar, Wally and Jenny volunteer to stay behind and everyone else follows me to the other team's base. Rachel and I see the flag hanging off of a tree, so while the others cause a distraction, we go to grab it.

The look on Jason's face when he sees Rachel holding his team's flag is priceless. Something told me that Jason didn't like losing, especially to Robin. The train ride back to the Dauntless compound is quiet, but I can't keep the smile off of my face. I keep looking over at Robin and think about everything that had happened between us tonight. I am now more determined than ever to become an official member of Dauntless, despite Jericho's warnings. It would all be worth it if I could see that side of Robin more often.

Huh? Huh? See what I did there? Did you like it? I stayed up until 4 am finishing this chapter, so I hope you enjoyed it! I had this marked as a crossover for a few days, but then no one saw it. So now it's back to being just a Teen Titans story. Like I said in the beginning, if you're also a fan of Degrassi, check out my friend lonelybelovid. Anyway, next time on Dauntless Titans, how will Kori fair in the rest of the first stage of initiation? Stay tuned and R&R! -Starprincess