"Soon, my boy; very soon"
TT
The sun was high in the sky. It was an hour or so after the chaotic sparring match. Both boys had showered and changed, Abel was in his only set of clothes, except for his extra belts and boots. Robin was in his uniform with his cape off, but close at hand. When the others asked why he had removed his belts he explained that they were only for catching extra energy.
"Since I'm not using my powers, I don't need anything to catch them," he said as he re-braided his hair. Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Robin were playing video games. Starfire took on her usual role of cheering them on. Raven sat at the far end of the couch watching in boredom; she had nothing to read, having finished her last novel while Robin and Abel were taking their showers.
"I've gotcha, man! There's no way you're gettin' past me!"
"Dude, that's cheating!"
"You're just jealous"
It had been something like that since they started, but Abel wasn't really paying attention. He was watching Raven, his sister; who was watching the game out of complete and utter boredom, he could tell. The look of boredom seemed to disappear from her face when she glanced at Robin.
'He's kicking some pretty good butt,' she thought to herself. Her hood was up so it hid the smile that crept onto her face, 'And speaking of butt!' she thought as Robin shot up in an attempt to gain an advantage. She blushed a little, but her hood concealed it. She had partially accepted that she might have feelings for Robin, but she still surprised herself when she started to think about him. Cyborg's cry of victory yanked her from her thoughts.
"BOO-YAH!" he started to jump around while Beast Boy accused him of cheating.
"What happened?" Abel asked Robin from his perch on the back of the couch, "You were about to crush them"
"I… got distracted," he said glancing at Raven, 'What happened?' he asked himself mentally, 'You saw her watching you,' he answered himself, 'Oh yeah… she was watching me, and she might have been smiling. Blushing! She was blushing! She was watching me! Smiling and blushing! Watching me!'
Abel heard this because he had his hand on Robin's shoulder, the physical contact giving him access to his immediate thoughts
'I knew it,' he thought as he withdrew his hand so Robin would not hear his thoughts too. Even if his hand hadn't been on Robin's shoulder, he still felt the emotion emanating form him. It was a mixture of joy and excitement. He glanced at his sister, and it was obvious that she had felt it too. Abel felt a hint of embarrassment form her, as well. He smirked knowingly when she looked at him.
'He knows?' she thought, 'No, he can't possibly-' his smirk grew a little too big for her comfort, 'He knows!' her eyes widened, but before she could say anything the alarm went off. Raven and Robin both sighed.
'Saved by the bell?' Abel projected into his sisters head.
'Yeah- wait, how did you do that?'
'We're related, we have a natural mental connection. Now that we're sure of each other's existence, it's been established'
Robin grabbed his cape and put in on. Closing the clasp he ordered.
"Titans, Go!"
The other four Titans ran out the door. As Raven walked out she turned to Abel.
"Are you coming?"
"Well, I was planning on cleaning the fridge, but what the heck?" he pulled his boots toward him with his telekinesis and put them on. He put his belts in their appropriate places, "I could use the exercise"
TT
The Titans arrived at the bank, but when they got out of the car, Robin noticed they were short a member.
"Where's Raven? And Abel?" he must have been so busy trying not to think about her that he forgot about her all together.
"There they are," Beast Boy pointed to the siblings not too far away. When they landed they glared at them halfheartedly.
"Thanks for waiting," Abel said, "So, what's up?"
"Don't know yet," Robin answered. No sooner had he said this, when he heard the voice he dreaded more than Slade's.
"Robbie-poo!" Kitten shouted; Fang was behind her carrying bags of money and jewels in his spider limbs and human arms.
"Girlfriend?" Abel asked. Robin rounded on him.
"No! I took her to her prom to save the city once and that's it!"
"That was the worst night of my life!" Kitten shouted back.
"Okay… and what about her pet spider?"
"I'm her boyfriend," it answered. This caused Abel to raise an eyebrow.
"Robbie-poo, who's the cutie?" Abel then raised both of his eyebrows. Everybody looked from Kitten to Abel and back again. Kitten was biting her bottom lip, in a seductive way. Abel had a look of confusion, horror, and disgust. Fang tensed in anger and glared at Abel. Civilians in earshot, who had been running for their lives, stopped and watched the spectacle with interest and amusement. Raven saved everyone from the awkward silence.
"He's my brother," this caused Kitten, Fang, the civilians to look at her and Abel in shock. Abel, unfazed by the stares, used the opportunity to strike. He surrounded Fang's spider limbs in black aura, lifted them over his head, and with his free hand blasted him in the chest with a silver star bolt. Fang grunted as Abel threw him into a nearby streetlight and wrapped it around him.
"Oops," he said with a shrug, "It slipped," he winked at Kitten. This enraged her quite a bit.
"Slip on this!" she screeched as she pulled out a detonator. She pressed a button, but nothing happened.
"Are you serious?" Abel said, the he noticed the Titans looking at the sky in preparation, "What?" then he heard it, a buzzing sound or a hum, and it got louder.
"There!" someone shouted, pointing toward bank. Everybody looked in that direction and coming over the roof of the bank was a black cloud. Abel realized it was not a cloud, but a swarm of moths. Not just any moths, but big honking mutant moths. At the front there was a larger one, it looked almost human.
"Daddy!" Kitten shouted waving. The cloud stopped above her and 'daddy', Killer Moth, landed next to her.
"What's wrong sweetie?" he asked in that 'I'll-give-you-anything-you-want-just-don't-cry' tone, "Tell Daddy what happened."
"Look what he did to Fang!" she pointed to Fang, who was struggling against the pole.
"Who did it sweetie. Tell Daddy who did this," Kitten pointed to Abel. Killer Moth stood and turned to Abel, "And who are you?"
"I'm sorry, we haven't met. I'm Abel. I'm kind of new in town. May I say your daughter…" Abel paused, seemingly choosing his words carefully, "Is a pain in the butt,"
Apparently not.
"How dare you!" Killer Moth shouted, "Kill them!" he ordered. The swarm stopped its rotation around Kitten andflew toward the Titans. The civilians who had been watching, resumed their screaming and running in terror.
"Smooth, dude"
"Titans, spread out! Starfire, get that trigger! Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, take care of those moths! Abel, help them! I'll get Killer Moth. Go!" Robin commanded as he drew his Bo and lunged at the humanoid. Starfire flew at Kitten and tackled her, and the two of them began wrestling for the remote. Raven and Abel threw objects the moths and fired dark aura needles, Abel launching the occasional barrage of star bolts. Beast Boy took the form of a hawk and engaged the moths in claw-to-claw combat. Cyborg, being incapable of flight in any form or fashion, set to work blasting the overgrown pests to little, bitty pieces.
Eventually Robin had pinned and cuffed Killer Moth. Starfire had managed to wrestle Kitten into a position where they were now slapping at each other in an attempt to gain and keep control of the remote. The others still had plenty of moths to take care of; they were covered in cuts and entrails.
"Fear not friends," Starfire shouted triumphantly, finally managing to relieve Kitten of her power. Kitten had a black-eye from Starfire punching her; tiring of the squabble, "I will rescue you!" she crushed the remote in her hand. She looked up to see the moths had not reverted to there larval form, instead they continued to fight; some of the moths that had not been too damaged or completely obliterated, regenerated and entered the fray once again.
"That's not good," Cyborg said, still blasting away. The rest fell in to assist him.
"Any ideas?" Robin asked, readying his Bo.
"Moth-be-gone?" Beast Boy suggested seriously.
"I have an idea," Abel said, "Starfire, I'll need your help"
"What do you have in mind?" Raven asked.
"Moths are attracted to light, right?" he said, his hands glowing, "Follow me, Starfire," he flew straight up and shouted at the moths, while waving his glowing hands, "Oy, Come and get me!"
He flew up over the skyscrapers, and Starfire followed. Up above Abel quickly explained his plan to Starfire as the moths were starting to swarm them. Back on the street the Titans watched as the Abel and Starfire let themselves be surrounded by the moths.
"What are they doing?" Beast Boy asked, "That doesn't seem like much of a plan"
"Just watch," Raven said. They watched as the two teens allowed the moths to surround them; then, their hands glowing, they faced each other, and drew their hands back. The twothrust their hands forward and clasped their hands together. The ensuing explosion was more powerful and more blinding than the one Abel created in the quarry. When everyone recovered they looked up to see the moths obliterated, all but a few, which were dealt with by Starfire and Abel.
"That," Beast Boy started, mouth agape, "Was cool"
TT
Back at the Tower; the Titans had Abel surrounded; Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy held up a rubber chicken, a tutu, and blue wig.
"What are you guys doing?" Abel asked with a little panic in his voice.
"Initiation," Raven said with a smirk.
"Joy," Abel wasn't sure if he should smile or run away.