Disclaimer: I see no point in putting a disclaimer in every chapter. If you're here you obviously already read Chapter 1 and thus read the disclaimer.

Chapter 2

Member of Black

Jake sat watching Robin train. He was good. Very good in fact.

"Hey, Rob," he said standing. "Wanna spar?"

"You? Against me?"

"Yeah, It'll be fun. Besides, you can afford to lose every once in a while."

"Would you like to put a wager on that?"

"Sure. What should it be?"

"Not money. That we don't have. Let's say if I win you have to do all of my chores for the next month."

"All right. Same goes for you."

"Okay. Begin!"

Robin lunged forward with a kick for Jake's head. Jake dodged and caught Robin in the chest knocking the wind out of him. Robin recovered faster than Jake had anticipated and hit him in the face. Jake retaliated be faking a kick at Robin's left leg and, instead, jumped and kicked him in the head. Robin was on the ground and in an instant Jake had him pinned to the ground so that he couldn't move.

"I win!" Jake said getting off of Robin.

"Where did you learn to fight like that?"

"I don't know. I just knew how."

Robin decided to stay on the roof and train some more while Jake when downstairs to get some food. While he was in the kitchen he heard Beast Boy talking to Cyborg.

"I just can't figure out how to ask her out," Beast Boy said.

"Just do it. It'll be fine."

"No, it won't. If she gets mad at me I'll be in pain for weeks."

"Raven is your friend. She'll be fine."

"I hear you're trying to figure out how to ask out Raven?" Jake said strolling in on their conversation.

"What?" Beast Boy asked trying to sound bewildered.

"Heard you guys talking from the kitchen."

"Oh."

"I'm gonna go now," Cyborg said and left the room.

"I have some advice."

"Give it to me please!"

"What does Raven like more than anything?"

"Um… Tea?"

"No. Well, yes, but that's not what I'm talking about. What does she do when she has free time?"

"She reads?"

"Exactly. So if you want to score get her a book."

"But what book? I don't know what she likes."

"Try fantasy. I saw her reading Lord of the Rings yesterday. I would suggest Eragon. Best book I've ever read."

"Really? Thanks!" He ran out of the room and left the building.

Jake had befriended the Titans during his two-month stay at Titan Tower. He had discovered that he had the power to make things he touched burst into flames at will. He found that there was no record of him in the missing persons folder at the police station. They found no one with the name "Jake" in the public records that fit his description. It was as if he had never existed. It looked like his stay at Titan Tower was going to become a little longer than first expected. They had made a room for him from Beast Boys old one (it had been damaged in an attack and Cyborg never got around to fixing it until now).

An alarm sounded.

"What's that?" Jake asked confused.

"The alarm," Raven said coming in the room and exiting the other way that led to the exit of Titan Tower. Robin came through as well.

"You should probably come too," he said.

"But I have no training. I don't even know who I am."

"But you're good. That's all that matters." Robin grabbed Jake and pulled him along.

They arrived at the street where the terror was originating from. There was a monstrous black shape in the middle, smashing cars and buildings. They couldn't tell what it was. It looked like it had a form but it was hard to tell with all the windows reflecting it. It turned towards them and they could see it had one giant blue eye.

"What is it?" Jake asked.

"Dunno, but we have to stop it," replied Robin. "Titan's go!"

"That's our queue," Raven said floating forward, her hands outlined in black.

"Hey, Raven, you think you can get me up there?" Cyborg asked.

"I can try." She created a black platform for him to get on. When he was on it he crouched, waiting to pounce at the thing. Raven brought him up close to its face, but when he jumped a tendril sprang from its head and swatted him away like a fly. This gave Jake and idea.

"Raven, can you do that again?"

"Sure."

"Okay. When I tell you remove the platform. And Robin, I'm going to need your stick."

Robin sweat dropped.

"Fine," Jake said picking up a metal pole that was too twisted by the monster's destruction. "I'll use this."

"Ready?" Raven asked him. She had already summoned the platform and Jake crouched on it as Cyborg had.

"Ready."

She sent him up through the falling debris towards the monster's head.

"Now!" he shouted and jumped and the platform disappeared. He was acting on instinct now, and the only instincts he really had were his powers. So he used them.

The metal grew white hot at his will. The monster tried to slap him away, but Jake hit it with the pole and it recoiled in pain.

He was on its head now, trying to reach that eye. When he did he jammed the pole into it, burning its brain and killing it instantly. He jumped off and Raven caught him with her telekinetic powers.

"Dude," Beast Boy said marveled. "That was awesome!"

"Yes, it was," Robin said and handed him a communicator. "I think we can afford to have another member, don't you guys?"

"Yeah," they all said.

"Well, we need something better to call you than just Jake," Beast Boy said.

"How about Flame?" Robin asked.

"Black Flame," Raven said. Everyone looked at her. "Well, the fire is black."

"It's decided then," Robin said to everyone. "Black Flame to newest addition to the Teen Titans."

A/N: I know it was kind of lame towards the end but I couldn't find a better way to get him in. Thanks for reading it anyways.