Sorry about the biiig break in time from when i posted new chapters. I had writer's block. :shakes head: Excuses Excuses.
Chapter 5 Memories
As Richard caught a glimpse of the helpless look on Kitty's face as she slid away into the darkness, he remembered what had happened that fateful day. She had looked just like that little girl, the little girl in the burning apartment. But that would be impossible because she was too young, much younger than him.
(Oh my, it's a flashback!)
The little girl with long brown hair of about 7 or 8 years old stood in the flaming building looking at Richard. Her eyes pleaded out to him, yet she stayed so far back in the burning debris. Back then the Teen Titans were the greatest crime fighting heroes in the whole of Jump City.
"Titans! There's still a little girl in there, we have to save her!" Richard, back then known as Robin, shouted over the noise of collapsing building material.
"Robin, we can't go in there it's too dangerous!" Cyborg yelled, he was already holding a few people over his shoulders and in his arms.
"What if she knows what happened? What if she knows that there are more people in the building? What if we didn't save them all?" Richard was the type to want to save everyone, not just selective people.
"Stop asking what if, and start helping these people," Raven didn't try to shout over the loud crashing noises but everyone still heard her. Raven had her telekinesis around a bunch more people. They had saved 25 people already and that just wasn't enough for Robin. He knew that an apartment should have more people.
He looked back and saw the little girl run around a corner, going deeper into the inferno.
"I've got to save her," he whispered under his breath.
He ran over to the building and got cut off by a falling piece of concrete. Raven and Starfire came over and pulled him away from the building and he couldn't stop looking back. They slept after they had gotten the people to the hospital.
The next day they all got around the TV and beastboy wanted to watch cartoons, but Robin needed to see the news.
A reporter was by the remains of the apartment from the night before.
"…May 22 2004 Overall, 4 people died in the fire and without the Teen Titans there many more people would have been taken by the fire." The TV was turned off and Robin played those words over in his mind. He walked over to the window kicking some things along the way.
"Robin, why do you not share the happiness of saving so many people?" Starfire inquired.
"We didn't save them all, some of them died because I didn't go in there. It was my fault." He sounded sad.
"No, friend Robin it is not your fault. You would have died and then there would have been more casualties." She stated.
"I can't keep on trying to save people and failing. I don't do failure." He looked out at the horizon.
"You did not fail, you saved so many people. Many grateful people." Star felt his sadness, but she did not dwell on it.
A couple days passed and gradually Robin gave in his cape. The Titans knew they couldn't be as good without him so they put up their hero titles and went on to become normal teens. No one noticed that as soon as the Titans mysteriously stopped fighting crime, four kids about the same age suddenly appeared at Jump City High.
The titans soon got used to the normality of average teen life and blended in. Robin became Richard and became popular. Raven's name stayed the same and she became what is known as "gothic", Beastboy went back to his Doom Patrol name, Garfield, and Cyborg became better known as Vic.
The pounding of the door made Richard stop remembering and start acting. He put his bookcase and his dresser in front of the door so no one could get in. Eventually the noises stopped and the people looking for Kitty left. Richard fell asleep on the couch and woke up to a poke and a warm body sitting next to him.
"Wha?" He blinked a couple times and realized Kitty was next to him, "How did you get in here?" The bookshelf and dresser were still in front of the door and the 'secret way out' was too high to reach from the ground.
"That's not important right now, you're late for school." She was looking outside and then looked back at him.
Richard got up without asking questions and got dressed and ready for school. Right now what had happened the night before felt like a dream to him. When he came back out he moved the dresser and the bookshelf and they both walked out the door and were on their way to school.
It was a dark and dreary day, on the verge of raining. They were the only ones walking alone on the street. Richard didn't know why he didn't drive, he just followed Kitty blindly.
"…What, what happened… last night?" Richard uneasily brought up.
"That you do not need to know." Kitty hesitated and then added, "yet"
"But, I want to know. No, I need to know." They were almost at school. Richard looked at his watch, it was 12:15, time for lunch.
"I'll tell you, some other time…" She drifted off and stopped talking all together.
"I get to keep bugging you if you don't tell me right?" He playfully stated.
Kori was coming out of the school (they are alowed to eat outside) and saw them.
Richard went along and kept on asking and asking and asking (you get the idea) until Kitty turned to him and kissed him, "Now will you be quiet!" She exclaimed.
Richard blushed and softly said, "Yes"
Kori gasped and ran up to Richard with a scowl on her face. Richard saw the look on her face and then looked at the ground.
"I thought you liked me, not her!" Kori screamed. The few people coming out of the school for lunch looked up and stared. They went back inside not wanting to come out into this "fight" and because of the weather.
Kitty's eyes widened and then she shut them.
"Im going to avoid conflict, okay?" she sweetly and politely asked.
"No, it's not okay!" Kori looked as if she could slap her.
Kitty muttered something under her breath and rain started feirsly pouring down.
"We better get inside." Kitty started to walk into the building.
Kori tromped inside with Richard close behind.
"Richard, maybe it is best if we have time apart as friends." Kori looked angry but said this so calmly.
"No, I still want to be friends!" Richard was saddened by the fact that Kori didn't want to be friends anymore.
Kori looked at him then walked away. Kitty had been watching them from around the corner.
"Richard! You guys are so perfect for each other, I don't want to ruin that." Kitty looked at him with her big eyes.
"You're not ruining anything." He grabbed her hand but she pushed it off.
"I… I'm…. well, you can't hang out with me because im…" She struggled to find something to say, "…moving!"
"You just made that up." Richard half smiled.
"So, I don't need to ruin your life again."
"Again! What are you talking about? You never ruined my life." Richard was a bit confused.
Kitty had tears in her eyes and took off without an explanation.