I do not own the Teen Titans or The Underland Chronicles, but Rabin/ Kimberly is mine. Angel is a character I borrowed from State of Matter.


First Steps

By Rabin

Ares' Story

My whole body ached with pain. Aurora was with me most of the time. Luxa and Hazard stopped by, but only for a few seconds. Gregor was in Virginia, so he wasn't there. But the person who I really needed at the time was Kimberly. Last I checked, she was with the Titans on what seemed like the other side of the universe.

Just then, someone came in. I rolled over, wincing at the pain. Then I immediately forgot the pain.

"You came!" I said hoarsely. That was one thing with the illness that was going around the Underland: you had many symptoms.

Kimberly nodded and sat down in the chair closest to my bed. "Robin was almost reluctant to let me go. But he did." she said. We locked claw into hand to show that we were bonds for a few minutes.

Kimberly looked around. "So, what happened while I was gone? Besides the fact that you got sick." she said, looking back at me. "Vikus said we were at war with the rats."

I sat up. "When was the letter dated?"

"Two days ago. And you better lie back down or else the doctors would not let me see you any more." she said. I obediently went back to my original position.

"Someone must have written that letter in order to get you down here because Vikus died last week." I said. Kimberly made eye contact with me. There was only one person who would do that: Ripred!

"Stay here. I'll go find the treacherous rat." Kimberly said. She immediately left the room.