Robin's padded fingers gently pushed the CD into the slot and watched as the stereo sucked it inside. The sound of the CD spinning around inside made the leader smirk. He pushed the triangle button and the number 01 appeared on the LCD screen. Instantly the sound pumped through the over head speakers. The song blasted loud in the Titans ears as the leader turned and smiled at them.
"Let's get going guys." He remarked and moved towards the punching bag. Raven rolled her eyes as the loud music made her cringed inside.
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
Go berserk
Letting out a giant breath she ignored the fact that she could feel all three pairs of eyes on her. They all knew she hated Robin's loud, repetitious, and fast beat music. She was never afraid to voice her opinion with him but today she knew that it was only going to go on deaf ears. Robin for some reason needed to hear this type of music. It was a weird desire and need to feel the music pulsing in his chest. It was the only way he could work out. Especially after the team had been force to retreat after a lengthy battle with Red X. Robin attitude had been anything but cheerful since then. It honestly didn't surprise any of them when he woke the whole team up at 7 am to start a "new improved" training. They had been given the details briefly but were still unsure of what to think of the Boy Wonders new training methods.
Go berserk
Hyped up on adrenaline
Feelin' like a kid again
But then again
It's a win, win, win again
So genuine, oh, so genuine
Pop, pop, pop like a firecracker
Crack that back like a chiropractor
I go berserk on a daily basis
Y'all recognize me?
I'm meltin' faces
She moved to her stretching mat and looked over shoulder. The alien princess was gawking curiously at her boyfriend. The look on her face told the Empath everything she already knew. Star had had a long night. She had cornered Red X at the docks, and soon was overtaken by him. Using a material that was specially made to withstand the girl's incredible alien strength, she had been captured, and rest of the team was back inside the warehouse also dealing with Red X's antics. Beast Boy was the first one out of his restraints. He directly bee lined to help Raven only to be reprimanded by his leader. At first he was annoyed that he wasn't allowed to help, then his anger for his leader was replaced with complete hatred as soon as his eyes took in the scene in front of him. Star laid on her stomach, her head was thrashing back and forth as she tried to removed red bindings around her eyes. Both hands had been bound behind her back. Red X's knee was digging deep in her back keeping her there while his hand was wandering up her skirt.
Beast Boy instantly turned into a bull and charged at him. Never had the Changeling been so mad at someone before. No one was going to touch his sister like that. He wasn't going to stop and had every intention of turning Red X into a speared piece of trash he was. As soon as Red X was knocked away from Star he made a snarky comment about almost getting to third base before disappearing into the night.
The whole team had been on edge since then. Beast Boy had blood shot eyes that told the truth about how he didn't sleep at all the night before. He had only asked Star a million times if she was okay. He started on the tread mill his heart pounding before even taking the first tread. He promise that if he ever saw Red X again he'd bite off his hand. So many thoughts had been running through his mind he just couldn't focus on one. He was worried about Star, although she assured the team that Red X had not hurt her. "I've suffered worst at the hands of Gordanians." This statement only made the green one wonder if what kind of torture she had been put though. He pressed the up arrow on the face panel increasing the speed of the tread. He sent a glare behind his leaders back and scoffed under his breath.
BZ-R-K
Gonna get your heart rate
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
BZ-R-K
Gonna get your heart rate
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
Robin bounced on his toes as he waited for the punching bag to swing back towards him. He was angry at Red X but it was nothing to the hatred he was feeling for himself. He mentally was beating and cursing himself into oblivion.'How stupid can you be? How could you have treated her like that? Why weren't you more careful? You're a terrible leader. A fucking nobody who pretends that they are best. Bruce would be so disappointed in you. Your team can't trust you to even lead them anymore.' He heaved in a breath and punched as hard as his muscles would permit. His jaw clench as he thought about the previous night. Once again he let his weakness get the best of him. Then as he entered the common room he heard the words coming out of his mouth and couldn't believe they were his.
Flashback
"Star I'm glad to know that you weren't hurt but what were you thinking? You should have been able to take down Red X."
"...but Robin." her soft voice whispered
"You're so much stronger than him you should have been able to take him down. You're lucky he didn't go further with his attack. You're lucky Beast Boy was there in time." The leader bit.
"Robin." Raven stated with warning in her voice.
"Shut it Raven. This is an important lesson that everyone can learn from." Robin shot toward the Empath. She had her hand on the Changeling's shoulder she was desperately trying to keep him from exploding. She hated when Robin acted like this.
"Robin. I will not apologize for being taken advantage of." Starfire replied getting more courage in her voice.
"I'm not saying you should apologize I'm just telling you not to make a mistake like that again. We can't afford mistakes like that."
"Rob don't you think you're being a little bit harsh? I mean YOUR girlfriend could have been..." Cyborg trailed off catching Robin's look.
"I'm not being harsh. I'm telling our team member that she is fully capable of taking down Red X, there is no reason he should have gotten the upper hand on her. It's almost like she let him-" A loud grunt cause Robin to look up just in time to see Beast Boy's fist colliding into his nose. A loud crack and the sound of Star gasping loudly emitted into the air.
Breathing in deep angry breaths the tall green Changeling spat venom toward the now bleeding leader. "How fucking dare you talk to her like that. There is something truly wrong with you. Starfire deserves someone so much better than you."
End of flashback
The alien girl had been hurt by her love's words and yet she couldn't find it in herself to be angry with him. After Raven had healed his nose he excused himself to the bathroom to clean up. It wasn't until much later that he came knocking at her door. She opened the door to his guilt ridden face and forgave him instantly. He told her how much it nearly killed him that Red X had gone as far as he did. He apologize profusely telling her that all words that left his mouth were out of anger for the villain and not meant for her. The tall woman let her kisses show that he was forgiven.
Her bright jade eyes stared at her boyfriend, she had forgiven him but that didn't mean she was in agreement with his new training plan. She shook her slightly and moved towards Cyborg. She picked up a 30 pound weigh like it was 5 and began pumping her arm. Her eyes never left the boy wonder as she warmed up her muscles.
B-Z-R-K
Goin' out of control
We are that F-F-5
Goin' digital gold
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
Go berserk
Go berserk
Raven gently breathed in and out. Breathing was important not only for her powers but also physical well being as well. Raising her arm gently above her head, feeling her triceps gently pull together. She turned her head counting softly to herself. Her violet eyes caught the look of deep emeralds staring at her. She raised her eyebrows at him she was surprised to see him staring her down. Beast Boy noticed that he was indeed focusing on her and tore his gaze off of her. He huff in and began praying that she wouldn't pry deep into his feelings.
It was hard for him to focus on anything when it came to her. He was so pissed what had happened to Star but he felt guilty for being glad it wasn't Raven. Bad things tend to happen when it came to her, and he was quite positive that if had been her it wouldn't have been able to control the monster from coming out. The truth was, Beast Boy knew the second the beast had been formed that it would choose it's mate. Unfortunately it had chosen her. He couldn't figure out why it was her. Out of the six billion people in the world and his animal self had picked the dark one. He hated it because he knew that she would never reciprocate the feelings back.
Somebody call that fire department
Flames turned up at my apartment
Gotta stop drop
'Cause it's getting' hot
Yeah it's getting' hot
Hot
BZ-R-K
Gonna get your heart rate
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
Up to the sky, up-up to the sky
BZ-R-K
Cyborg moved his human eye back and forth from each team member. He started up his circuits and turned on his training mode on. Using the 15 pound dumbbell he flexed his cyboric muscles. He smirked softly as he watched the whole scene play out in front of him. His best friend cheeks were tinted red not from the heavy running that the Changeling would have everyone believe, but because he was once again caught. His cyborg eye gently scanned the green one and immediately told him that his heart rate was elevated, and well as his body temperature. This wasn't really a good indication since the young man was now in full sprint on the treadmill. It was easier to catch him when he wasn't exercising. The emeralds gently lifted and soon saw that the half robot was indeed smirking at him.
"YOU LOVE HER." Cy mouthed to the green one. Beast Boy gently raised his eye brows and looked back towards Raven. Thankfully for him she was softly glaring at Robin. His eyes moved back to his friend and he huffed a low growl. He shook his head as his left hand gently raised up. He sent the middle finger towards the Tinman and then turned the treadmill up once again.
So authentic
One sixteen and the fam in the building homie
You know we gotta kill it
Keepin' it cataclysmic, chaotic
Calm and cool, and you kiddin', come on
I know you feel it
When the beat drop
Girls like "No you didn't!"
That's my song
Handle my business
Got my witness
Give it a minute
Cyborg let out a gentle chuckle as he turned his face towards the Empath. She was now on her back doing the different yoga stretches to help warm her up for the next part of the training. She had been dreading it since Robin had the told the team a week ago. One on one combat. Normally she wasn't so apposed to it but this week he had put in a new rule. NO powers. She had been the most powerful on the team and everyone knew it. That being said the team also knew that she was the weakest when it came to hand to hand combat. Robin was definitely the strongest in this department. Which was the only reason he was on the team. Starfire and Cyborg both had strength as advantage. Even Beast Boy was good in hand to hand combat considering he was fast on his feet. The poor girl had nothing going for her. This made her slightly uncomfortable but it wasn't about to keep her from training. She just had a bad feeling that because of what happened last night Robin wasn't going to let her off easy today. Yes in fact she knew that who ever her partner was going to be told not to hold back at all. She could only pray that Robin wouldn't find a reason to throw himself in with her. There would be no sympathy for her if he was fighting her.
I promise imma wild out
When I get that feelin'
That feelin' of pure adrenaline
Spirit's fillin' me up
Ain't no tellin' homie when it'll end
I know the fire marshall
Gonna' be comin' around to shut this down
He entered the building
And got his hands up to the ceiling now
Her violet orbs glared at the ceiling as the music pounded against her chest. 'God can he at least turn it down?!' she thought to herself. She knew that she would have to let him finish the song before she began begging for some different music. She sat up and decide that she needed to get her heart rate up a little bit before going into the ring. She moved towards the treadmill next to the Shapeshifter. Instantly she was hit with a wave of uncomfortable emotion. Uneasiness. She did her best to ignore the feeling that was coming off of him but it wasn't a very simple task. Biting her lip she brought her gaze to her feet and moved on to the treadmill.
The green one nearly jumped out of his skin when he smelled the sweet scent brush against him. He took in steady gulps of air deciding to focus on the miles he was burning. He knew that studying her from a far of distance was now going to impossible. 'Don't think about it.' He began begging himself. 'She's so close she bound to feel all the emotion from you. Keep it cool. She super hot, and super scary.' in hisperipheral vision he took notice of how she began to move on the treadmill with such grace. Her strong legs carried her tight body forward as her arms gently swayed back and forth. Her violet locks danced back and forth with every step she took. This action only cause her sweet scent to waft in air, sparking his hunger for her.'God what I wouldn't give to have that tight body under mine.' The unwanted thought made him growl softly under his breath as he once again pressed the increase button.
B-Z-R-K
Goin' off like
Yeezy on stage
All the 808s
Don't need the heartbreaks
Juiced up on faith
Don't play
Everybody in the building go
B-Z-R-K
Goin' out of control
We are that F-F-5
Goin' digital gold
His muscles cried in protest as he realized that he had been running on speed that he had never reached before. The Empath looked at him inquisitive, surely he knew that he shouldn't push himself so hard. Especially if he was the lucky one to be called into the one on one. She had settled on a quick paced jog letting barley letting her warm muscles work for her. Her eyes gently studied the green one. He had sweat pooling in different areas as his chest rose and fell in fast pace rhythm.
Finally she could hear the song ending and she shot a look towards Robin. He was still hitting a punching bag looking more angry than ever. Taking her chance carefully she waited until the music finished the last few lines.
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
B-Z-R-K
B-Z-B-Z-R-K
Go berserk
Go berserk
Go berserk
Go berserk
Go berserk
Silence filled the room for brief second and she took her opportunity while she had the chance.
"Robin, maybe we can listen to something that isn't so mind numbing?" The leader turned slightly hearing the request the next song had already started to play and he gave a lingering look towards the stereo. He wanted to tell her no, that the music had nothing to do with how hard they needed to work out. But that would have been a fat lie. His music mainly pumped him up. He sighed and before he could say anything Starfire rushed over to the stereo.
The alien had been watching carefully and as soon as Robin gave the "okay look" she took her chance to change the music. She didn't mind Robin's fast pace music but she had her favorite as well. She pressed the stop button and gave a cheeky smile towards the Boy wonder. "I'll put something else on." She responded. Clicking a few buttons she switched the input over to the radio. She smiled as her ears picked up the popular song. The one that she had know by heart. Slyly she moved back to her spot next to Cyborg.
Raven let out a big sigh as she suddenly wished she hadn't said anything. Robin's music may have had a horrendous noise to it, but at least it didn't give her the nauseating feeling of Stars bubblegum pop station. Her hand rose and made a quick slap noise as her palm hit against her forehead. She looked up suddenly as she heard her the man next to her chuckle.
"Don't like the music Rae?" He taunted. He knew exactly what song was playing and found it amusing that it bothered Raven so.
"Shut up." she muttered.
Bed, stay in bed
The feeling of your skin locked in my head
Smoke, smoke me broke
I don't care I'm down for what you want
The lyrics began to play in her head as she huffed and puffed. 'Please don't start this.' She thought. As if on cue Raven's brain began it's mental picture slide show. 'Great! Well this day just keeps getting better and better.'