The titans stopped running in shock. No one innocent has ever really gotten hurt while they were on the job before, as far as they knew.
"Oh! What is wrong with us today. We can't defeat the monster, and now a person has been injured. Today is not our day." Starfire said quite upset.
"We need to get rid of this thing before more people get hurt." Raven said , not feeling all too well either. The others agreed. Beast Boy was staring at the monster. He watched as it slowly lifted its arm. He was surprised at what he saw.
"Guys, look!" He yelled cheerfully, yet confused. The others looked in the direction of the monster. In the exact spot she was a second ago stood the girl unharmed with her arms above her head, probably moved their on reflex, and eyes closed. She slowly opened her eyes and lowered her arms. She looked at her hands then looked at the giant monster. A grin spread across her face.
"I did it!" She yelled in excitement. The Titans were deeply confused by what had just happened, but they were happy.
"What did she do?" Cyborg questioned.
"I don't know...?" Robin replied. The monster, on the other hand was not happy. The girl heard him growl and looked up. She looked back at her hands, then the monster again. She put up a weak smile and did a small wave, followed by her darting under him quickly. After a very little while she felt something grab her arm and she stopped. She turned around and saw the Titans. Beast Boy was the one who had grabbed at her. He let go when she stopped running.
"What did you do to it to make it so mad at you?" Beast Boy asked.
"Nothing!" The girl replied. The titans looked at each other in confusion.
"Then, why is it chasing you?" Robin asked. The girl shrugged.
"Oh! I know one you should be able to answer." Starfire smiled, "What's your name?"
"Kerri." She replied. The monster had relieved from shock of what had just happened and made its way towards them. Kerri saw him coming,
"Um... I kind of need to go." She said starting to take off, but Raven spoke up.
"You're sure that you don't know what a giant spider crossed with a monkey would want with you?" She asked.
"I'm serious. It just started chasing me when I..." Kerri stopped and looked at her sweatshirt pocket. She reached inside of it and pulled out a banana. The spider-monkey stopped running. Kerri threw the banana in the monster's direction, and it picked it up. It grunted and started leave. Beast Boy fell on his back and started laughing his head off.
"You almost got killed over a banana." He laughed.
"Like I would have known he was chasing me for food. I even forgot about it being in my pocket." She explained, with a weak chuckle. The other titans were not amused.
"I'm going back to the tower..." Cyborg said, dragging his feet towards the T-car, "You guys coming?"
"Just a second Cyborg. I have one more question." Robin said turning to Kerri. "How did you survive? What did you do?" Cyborg stopped a turned around wanting to know too. Beast Boy stopped laughing and made his way to his feet. Kerri took a long pause, taking time to think.
"I-I can phase through solid objects." She finally spoke, "I've never been able to use it in a situation where I needed it most 'til just a second ago." Beast Boy then had a question.
"Where did you go? I turned around and then you were gone." He was referring to earlier when she disappeared, of course.
"Wall." Was her one word response.
"Oh! I have one too." Starfire was about to ask when Kerri stopped her.
"Exactly how many questions do you have?" She asked, "Cause really, if you want me to just explain everything about myself, I suggest somewhere besides a damaged street."
"Good point." Beast Boy said, "Let's go to the tower." They all decided that it would probably be a lot better than the place they were, so they all piled into the T-Car and headed for the tower.
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"Wow! This is where you live!" Kerri yelled in excitement. They just walked through the door bringing them into the main living room.
"Yep." Replied Beast Boy, "Great view, huh." Kerri nodded in astonishment.
"Starfire, you said you wanted to ask me something." Kerri mentioned.
"Yes! You threw that rock so far and high. What was your trick. I've never seen a human do that before, except for one other person." Starfire asked. She who was referring to Terra.
"I can also control the wind. I used it to carry the rock." Kerri answered turning around from the window, "Who was the other person."
"It doesn't matter." Raven said. Kerri shrugged and looked back at the city.
"So..." Beast Boy questioned again, "Where's your home?" Kerri looked at the city.
"I'm a traveler. I don't really have a home." She answered. Beast Boy watched the girl. Some how, he felt like he knew her, but he's never seen her before in his life."
"Well, then, where are you staying now, until you travel to the next place." He asked. Kerri shrugged.
"I haven't been in Jump City very long. I haven't looked into it yet." Beast Boy watched as she twisted her brown hair around her finger. She reminded him of someone. He couldn't put his finger on it though. He's never seen anyone that looked like her before, but he felt like he knew everything about her, even though knew he didn't.
"Why not here?" Cyborg asked. He and Robin were on the couch playing video games, "We've got food, an extra bedroom," a bunch of noise started coming from the TV, "and a new champion!" He jumped up and ran to the fridge grabbing a bunch of meat, "I'm helping myself to victory grub!" Kerri smiled.
"Yes! It would be wonderful! We could stay up late and watch the movies and-" Starfire's list when on and on. She had flown over from the kitchen where she was making something to Kerri talking right in her face. When Starfire did finish she looked a Robin, who started a single player game, and Raven, who was trying to read.
"Yah, you can stay here if you want." Robin said not taking his eyes off the game. Kerri looked at Starfire who was smiling at her with the biggest grin she had ever seen.
"Um... OK." Kerri replied. Starfire shouted with joy and hugged Kerri.
"Another new friend. I will make you a feast!" Starfire yelled letting go and flying back to the kitchen.
"I can't feel my arms..." Kerri gasped. Beast Boy laughed.
"Yah. Star's stronger than she looks." He said, "Come on, I'll show you the extra room Cyborg mentioned." He led her out of the living room and in the direction of Terra's old room. When the door shut Raven put her book down.
"Are you guys sure about this?" She asked. Robin finished the game, but didn't make a new high score. He turned around and looked at her.
"Sure why not." He questioned.
"This is how Terra started..." She started to mention, "How do you know we can trust her?"
"She's not Terra." Robin said, "Besides, she seems harmless." He turned around and started another game determined to beat Cyborg's high score.
"So did Terra." Raven said quietly. She stood up and went to go meditate somewhere.