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

Rabin/Kimberly's Story

I raced through the corridors of the palace, searching for Ripred. I found him in the High Hall, talking to some soldiers.

"There you are! So you received the letter." he said, smirking. I pulled him aside.

"We need to talk now! In the hospital. Ares' room. Follow!" I made my voice sound as mad as I was in order for him to follow.

Ripred didn't budge an inch. Not even a half of an inch. He was shocked by the immediate intensity I showed. I drew my sword.

"You will follow!" I gritted through my teeth. He reluctantly followed.

He matched stride with me as we sped toward the hospital wing. "Ok, what is up with the sudden intensity?" he asked. I picked up my pace.

The doctor stopped us with bad news. "Ares is worse. As of now, we can't allow him to have any visitors."

"Ok, I would understand if he wasn't my bond and I wasn't the princess of Regalia." I said, "so you better let us go in, because I am also the head of the Regalian Royal Army AND a rager. Ripred here is a rager as well. So two ragers against a doctor. Who's going to win? The two ragers, that's who." The doctor let us go in reluctantly.

"Found Ripred!" I said, taking the chair near Ares' bed. We both stared at the rat.

"Look, Robin probably wouldn't let you come. So I had to give the reason more meat." Ripred said.

"More meat? Ripred, telling me that Ares was in the hospital was good enough. You, out of all people, know we are closer than anyone and/or anything on this planet. You think I would sit in Titan Tower and let my own bond suffer! Much less my friend!?!?!" My voice was now rising with my anger. 90 of my mind was on my side. The other 10 told me to not lunge at Ripred. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Ares moving around on the hospital bed.

"Whoops, forgot that.

"Forgot it? Ripred, I've known you ever since I was nine. How could you forget that, at thirteen years of age, I would let one of my bonds and close friends die?"

I moved toward Ripred, drawing my sword from the belt strapped around my waist. A wing came up to block me.

"Calm down, Kim! Take a breather!" Ares said. I forgot that we could tell when the other's feelings and mood changed in my fury.

Ripred stood up. "The flier's right. Besides, I have valuable news for the two of you." I moved closer to the bed. Ares dropped his wing but locked his claw on my right wrist. I returned my sword to its sheath around my waist.

"Luxa and Hazard have been thinking. They agree that Kimberly needs to share Ares."

My rage grew. The sword came out from its hilt from the belt around my waist. "I have a reply for them. Tell Hazard that if he wants me to share Ares, he has to share my sister. Also tell him that before he came to live with us in Regalia, Luxa and I were very close. Maybe even closer than Ares and I were." I retorted.

Ares jumped from the bed and in front of me. "Don't you even dare, Ylrebmik!" Uh-oh, Ares only turns my name around when he wants me to do something and he wants it done right then and there. And normally he gets mad because I don't do it.

I looked at him, then at the bed. He didn't understand what I was getting at. If he did, he ignored it. I sighed. Sometimes, Ares can be so stubborn I can't even control him. And that is very rare!

Luckily, the doctor came in. Ares quickly retreated to the bed. After taking a few tests, the doctor told Ares that he was well enough to leave the hospital. As soon as the doctor left, we abandoned the hospital. When we reached the High Hall, Ares knocked me over. Confused, I didn't resist, thinking he did it playfully. But my suspicion was wrong.

In an instant, Ares was on my chest. Our faces were inches away from each other. "I am disappointed. Kimberly, you should have at least told me what you were doing." And with that, he rolled off.