This is my first attempt at a Teen Titans fic. I hope you enjoy!
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The fearless leader of the Teen Titans sat perched on the rooftop of Titans tower deep in thought.
He had seen her today. He hadn't seen her in nearly five years…
Flashback…"Hi, my name is Angela, care to show me around the neighborhood?" A young girl asked. She had long black hair and green eyes and had a slim figure.
Ten-year-old Richard Grayson agreed to his new neighbor and decided to show this new girl around.
A few days later Angela and Richard were fast friends.
In their first year of middle school they had finally started dating…
And then, Richard had to leave Gotham City. He was in his final year of middle school at the age of fourteen. Batman, Bruce Wayne, decided it was time for Richard to move on. Richard decided to go to Jump City to start fighting bad guys over there. Who knows? Maybe he'd even start his own superhero team.
But Richard had to leave behind his one and only lover, Angela. After that, he hadn't talked to her, and he hadn't seen her since.
Robin sighed. What would Angela say if she knew what he was really doing? Had she moved on to another boyfriend? Or was she still waiting for him? They had been friends for two years, and girlfriend and boyfriend for another two years. They had grown to understand each other, and they had a deep connection. The question was, had that connection gone away?
Just then, Robin heard the alarm sound from below. Cyborg was up on the roof in seconds, as Robin stood up from his seat.
"What's the trouble?"
"An apartment caught on fire, nobody knows how it got caught, but there are people trapped inside. We have to help get them out!" Cyborg exclaimed before whirling around and racing down the stairs.
Robin raced after him, his thoughts would have to wait.
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When the Teen Titans arrived, the apartment was all ready completely on fire. Firemen and neighbors from the apartment carried out stunned people from the burning inferno.
"Titans…GO!" Robin exclaimed, and the team set to work.
Raven engulfed some of the fire in her black aura, preventing the fire to spread even more. Starfire began flying in and out of windows rescuing people as she flew. Beast Boy shape-shifted into an elephant and began to spray water on some of the flames. Cyborg helped carry victims to safety. Robin was watching everything, making sure that the rescue was going smoothly.
Soon, the firemen reported that everyone appeared to be out from the building. They had to put out the fire quickly, before the building collapsed. Robin was about to help the firemen when a disheveled teenage girl came up to him and grabbed on to his arm fiercely.
"Please! My daughter is still in the building! She's only four-years-old and I didn't have time to grab her. Nobody's brought her out. I need you to find her! Please!" The girl pleaded as tears ran down her face.
Robin was about to say that there was nothing he could do when he heard a scream from inside the building.
"Somebody's still in there!" One person called.
Robin turned back to the girl, who gave him a pleading look.
Robin hesitated, before running full speed into the building.
"Robin!" He heard Cyborg shout.
"What are you doing?" He heard Beast Boy exclaim.
But it was too late. He was all ready moving through the blazing inferno.
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On the third floor, the screams appeared to be louder. Robin stepped into the third room from the stairs.
"Where are you?" He shouted over the crackling flames.
"Here!" Came a meek voice.
Robin moved towards the voice until he was inside a room that appeared to be for a child. There, sure enough, was a little girl around the age of four underneath a burning beam.
"It's okay, I'm going to get you out!" Robin exclaimed. He lifted up the beam. Luckily it was so dry it was easy to move.
The little girl quickly crawled out from underneath before Robin slowly lowered it. He was about to move towards the girl when a part of the ceiling collapsed.
He heard the girl scream. "It's okay! I'm here! Don't worry."
Robin pushed through the rubble and grabbed the girl, racing out the room at full speed as the rest of the building began to collapse.
"It's okay, we're almost there." Robin said, trying to reassure the girl.
He stopped short when he noticed a big gap between the stairs where the floor had collapsed. Robin took a step back and jumped over the gap racing down the stairs.
Soon he realized that he would never make it to the first floor in time. He searched around frantically for a window before finding one and swiftly dove out of it.
"Cali!" He heard the young teenager call.
"Mommy!" The girl replied scrambling out of Robin's grasp.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" The girl exclaimed.
Robin was about to answer her when he went into fits of coughing, and then he sank into a world of darkness.
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Robin woke up to find himself staring at a white ceiling.
Starfire's face loomed over him. "Friend, you are undamaged?"
Robin sat up slowly. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Dude, that was a huge show you pulled back there. You came out just as the building collapsed!" Beast Boy said.
"Yeah, that took a lot of guts to go in and save that girl." Cyborg agreed.
Robin's eyes widened. "The girl! How is she?"
"She's fine. She's in another room for smoke inhalation, but she'll be okay." Raven said in her usual monotone.
"Man, that teenagegirl was nearly hysterical. She's calm now, but she's really in your debt." Cyborg said.
Robin nodded. "Do you mind if I see her for a second?"
"No problem, we'll go get her." Beast Boy said.
A few minutes later, the door opened to reveal a teenage girl around eighteen. She had a pale complexion, and black hair with green eyes. She was absolutely stunning. She seemed perfect in every way. And Robin found something oddly familiar about her.
"I'd just like to thank you again for saving my daughter Cali, if there's anything you need just come to me. I am so forever in your debt. If I lost her, I don't know what I'd do." The teenager said.
Robin cocked an eyebrow. Her voice was a little soft, but it had a tone of friendliness in it.
"Um, listen, I hate to bother you…But I just moved here last month from Gotham City and I'm still new to the town. Maybe you could show me around the neighborhood and I could get you something to repay you? Of course I'll have to get you a lot of things to repay you for what you just did." She said with a slight laugh.
Robin's eyes widened in shock. "…Angela..?" He asked cautiously.
"Hm? Yes, that's me…Hey, how did you know my name?" Angela asked suspiciously.
"It's me. Richard."
Angela gave him a confused look.
"Um…Ricky Grayson?" Robin asked hopefully.
Angela's eyes widened. "No way. Ricky? I haven't seen you in years. I…You're a superhero now? Playing as Boy Wonder?" Angela asked, a joking tone in her voice.
"Yep." Robin said, beginning to laugh. He knew Angela would never tell anyone, he trusted her.
"Wow. I remember when you used to want to be a pediatrician. Now look at you!" Angela exclaimed.
Robin smiled. "Yep, it's the same Ricky you remember, back when we used to…Well, you know. Anyway…You're looking great."
"Oh stop it." Angela exclaimed.
"No, I mean it. Beautiful as always." Robin said in a joking matter.
"Richard!" Angela said in a warning tone.
Robin's smile began to fade, as reality hit him. He cleared his throat and said, "So, I guess you finally found another boyfriend? Seeing that you're a teenage mother now…"
Angela's eyes softened. "No, I never dated anybody after you left Gotham. I mean, you just disappeared Ricky. I didn't know where you were. But I never dated anyone, I was always waiting for you."
Robin looked up, puzzled. "I don't understand…Cali, is it? Isn't she…?"
"Cali is my daughter, yes…But she's also yours."
Robin looked at her bewildered. "What? I mean I know that we had done it once but I didn't think…You were pregnant while I was gone weren't you?"
"Yes. I raised Cali for four years by myself, and she's very special to me. The problem is; my parents think that you just up and left once you found out that I was pregnant. I told them that that wasn't the case, but they wouldn't hear of it. I mean after all, a fourteen-year-old being pregnant? It does sort of make sense that you would leave for that reason. But, I know you would never do that to me. I didn't even have the chance to tell you." Angela said, lowering her eyes.
Robin looked at her for a while. 'I'm here now, and I'm willing to help raise our daughter together. Maybe, we can pick up where we left off." Robin felt a slight pang as he thought of Starfire when he said that, but he ignored it.
Angela brightened. "I'd like that." She bent down swiftly before kissing him on the forehead, and then she was gone.
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Somewhere underground…
Slade watched the scene again that had just taken place in Robin's hospital room.
"Interesting, it appears that our dear Robin is a father. How unfortunate it would be if he happened to lose the both of them in an unfortunate accident." Slade said to himself as he did a close up on Angela and Cali in her hospital room.
"Yes, how very unfortunate indeed."
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(Steps out nervously) So, did you like the first chapter? If you did please review me so you can find out what happens next! Thank you for taking the time to read this!