Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own the Teen Titans.
Author's Note: The italicized things are the Blue Lantern's thoughts from his POV, the rest is from a narrator's view. First fic, please go easy on me in reviews. I'm not quite to the romantic stuff yet, but bear with me, in the next chapter, there will be some.
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Training Day
9:00 AM
"OK, everyone, I'm just gonna test the training course…" Cyborg said while booting up the computer.
Alright, feeling good. Ready to-
SIMULATOR TESTING BEGINNING-
BOOM! BOOM! TCHEW! TCHEW! (and many other weapon-ish sounds)
"AWK!" BL squawked in disbelief.
Holy hell! They expect me to pass this?
"I'll start team!" Robin said confidently.
Three minutes later and one BL with his chin on the floor in awe left the rest of the team congratulating Robin on his new course record.
Wow. I would not be able to do that in twice the amount of time.
"Glorious job, friend Robin!" Starfire exclaimed.
Cyborg yelled, "I'm next!"
Two minutes and fifty-nine seconds later, Cyborg completed the run.
"BOOYA!" He shouted triumphantly.
"Nice work Cyborg!" Robin dissapointed.
"Dude, Cyborg! Nice run!" BB exclaimed.
"Friend Cyborg, good job! Do not worry Robin, you will 'get him next time' as the phrase goes." Said Starfire.
"Hm." Said Raven, obviously disinterested.
Wow, again. I wonder how attuned to my mind the lantern is?
"BL, you're up next." Cyborg said.
Well, so much for having time to brainstorm ideas beforehand.
BL faced the course with fear in his eyes. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and focused on the ring. A blue glow began to form around him as well as the ring. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and everyone saw they were the same blue as was seen in the ring itself.
Hm, Note to self: remind me to design myself a uniform after this. OK, focus on flying.
BL lifted off shakily then grew accustomed to the experience, angling towards the first set of challenges.
The gauntlet, eh? Well, a lantern shield should handle the crushing metal slabs easily enough. Just concentrate a little…
The first dropping slab of metal he dodged, the shield not dully formed in his mind. The second was about to come down on him when the shield finally went up. Promptly getting shattered due to lack of power. Luckily, he landed between them and rested for a second.
Ok, you can do this BL, focus the energy into the shield. It should eb the same as focusing it into the ring.
He rose to his feet and charged the ring before projecting a bubble shield from it directly under the last slab of metal. The metal creaked and the shield looked as if it were about to buckle but he gritted his teeth and the metal rose up and he passed underneath it unharmed.
YES! I DID IT!
TCHEW! TCHEW! The next stage of the course took aim and caught him by surprise, shattering the teen's concentration and knocking him to the ground.
Ok, maybe not.
The BL stood up and let out a roar. His emotions charged the ring to full power and launched several bolts right at the turrets, disabling them with ease.
Take that, piece of crap turrets! Now that I know how to do that the rest should be easy. Hey, this next stage looks easy.
Being a track athlete in his previous life, he regarded the short sprint through the swinging and sliding tiles as simple. He infused his body with the blue light to boost his speed and dashed through hurtling one hedge and crossing the finish line rolling when he ducked under the last swinging club.
"What's my time?" He said panting from his exertions.
"4:06. Not bad for the first try." Cyborg said checking the official clock.
Hey, better than I expected. And I learned quite a bit about using the lantern. I wonder how far behind the others that is.
"I'll have to thank you for not destroying those turrets. Somehow you managed to only hit them with miniature EMP's. A useful tactic for training." Cyborg added.
"I'll reset them Cy." Robin said.
"Good job friend BL!" Starfire exclaimed.
"Hey, I wanna go now!" BB said eagerly.
"Alright, BB, you're up."
Beast Boy made it through the chompers with ease, but then the laser turrets got him once. It was the sharp intake of breath from Raven that BL heard when this happened. He glanced at her and saw her biting her lip before she quickly composed herself.
Interesting, she didn't do that when Robin and Cyborg got to that part. I may have to investigate further…
Beast Boy quickly morphed after the blast and dodged the rest of the blasts with ease as a tiger. For the next part he chose a cheetah to make it through and the computer couldn't keep up with the impish green teenager.
Crossing the finish line, he was slightly upset, "Darn, those turrets got me. That's where I lost all my time to."
"It's ok BB, you still did ok. It was a 3:07, an improvement from last time." Robin reassured him.
"Ha, I beat you BB, that means I get to make breakfast tomorrow!" Cyborg said while doing a victory dance.
"I refuse to eat meat!" BB shouted angrily.
"Oh, no. Not this again." Raven said shooting threatening glances at the two from beneath her hood.
BB and Cyborg immediately shriveled up and shook with fear, not wanting to face her wrath.
I don't blame them. From what I've heard, she can be dangerous when angry.
"Friends, it is my turn?" Starfire questioned.
"Yup, go ahead Star." Robin replied. "Just be careful, you remember what happened last time you tried this course."
When he thought no one was looking, he inconspicuously turned down the difficulty level a notch.
Hmm, I wonder if he's doing that because he's the leader of if it's because he likes her. As in more than like kind of like. I'll ask Cyborg about it later.
She completed it in roughly the same time as Beast Boy, meeting congratulations from everyone with a big smile. Then, Raven stepped up to the line and completed it 3 seconds faster than both BB and Starfire.
"Can we go inside now?" She said in her monotone voice after crossing the finish.
Wow, not even breaking a sweat.
"Hey, Cyborg! Wait up!" BL said.
"Sure thing, BL. What's your question?" Cyborg said amicably.
"I noticed that Raven might like BB and Robin might like Starfire. What do you know about it?"
"You catch on quick, man. Yes they do, and BB likes Rae, and Starfire likes Robin. You want to get in on my plan to set them up?" Cyborg asked in a conspiring tone.
"Sounds like fun. When do we start?" BL asked.
"Right after I work on my baby." Cyborg replied.
Haha, this is gonna be fun…
Yes! Another chapter done! All you people know the drill, read and review!
