Part 3: Initiation

Draco woke up to the smell of food coming from the kitchen. He walked towards the door and it slid open. He had spent the night in Titans Tower and he was going to be tested today. He wanted to join the Teen Titans since he was new in Jump City, and he needed some local help to find any loose monsters. He slowly made his way towards the kitchen, clad in his armor.

In the kitchen the Titans were having breakfast. In the background, Cyborg and Beast Boy argued about what to have for breakfast.

"Meat!" yelled Cyborg.

"Tofu!" yelled Beast Boy

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!"

"Tofu! Tofu! Tofu! Tofu!"

This went on for quite awhile. Draco walked in and stared at the arguing pair. "Good morning guys."

Starfire looked up from her plate of pancakes and smiled at Draco. "Good morning, friend Draco!"

"Morning," said Robin. Terra and Raven followed his example.

Draco looked at the arguing changeling and hybrid arguing. "Are they always like this or did they both wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"

"Both," Raven said, sipping her cup of herbal tea.

"Oh." Draco sat down and a plate of eggs, sausages, pancakes and toast was set in front of him. There was also a glass of orange juice to wash it all down. Draco looked up and thanked Starfire.

Terra looked at Draco and asked curiously, "How are you going to eat with that thing on?"

"You mean my helmet?" Terra nodded. "Like this," Draco pressed a button on his belt and the mouthplate opened to reveal his mouth. "Comes in handy when I'm eating on the job." He started eating his breakfast. Cyborg and Beast Boy had stopped arguing awhile and ate their breakfast. Beast Boy had toast, soy milk, tofu eggs and non dairy pancakes while Cyborg had eggs, bacon, ham and sausages. When they were done, Robin led Draco to the obstacle course.

At the obstacle course…

"To see if you are cut out for the team, all you have to do is go through the obstacle course," Robin stated.

Draco looked incredulously at Robin. "That's it?" Robin shrugged.

"It's harder than it looks."

"Fine by me." Draco smiled as he closed his mouth plate, covering his mouth.

All the Titans were watching on the sidelines. Robin said, "Ready, set, GO!" and started his stopwatch.

Draco ran into the obstacle course and laser guns started firing from the ground. Draco quickly drew a card and inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Guard Vent-Buffalo Shield!" The shield materialized as Draco ran, deflecting all of the lasers. He threw fireballs at the guns, completely destroying them. After that, a pair of buzz saws rose up in front of him, blades spinning wildly, stopping Draco in his tracks. Draco drew another card and inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Strike Vent-Black Lion Claws!" The shield disappeared and his hands held a pair of deadly claws. When the buzz saws came again, he slashed them to bits. Afterwards, he was surrounded by 12 robotic ninjas. Draco shrugged as he crossed his arms in an X pattern then ran into the crowd. He started thrashing ninjas left and right, landing a devastating punch into one and a kick into another. Finally, came the last part, a robot that looked like Slade stood in front of the finish line. Draco's lenses glinted as he assessed the opponent. The robot punched Draco but he easily blocked it. The robot swung his leg towards Draco's head, knocking him to the side. Draco retaliated with a flurry of punches, denting the robot's armor. Draco drew another card and smiled as he inserted it into his gauntlet.

"Final Vent!" Draco leapt up into the air, surrounded by the same red dragon as his extended foot burst into flames. "DRAGON COMBUSTION KICK!" The flaming flying kick hit the robot head on, destroying it. Draco easily crossed the finish line after that. He looked towards the other Titans, who stared at him wide eyed and with their jaws dropped. He finally spoke up. "So, how did I do?"

Robin looked at the stopwatch. Draco had finished the course in less than 1 minute. That was a new record. "Y-you did great." Robin walked towards Draco and handed him a communicator. "Welcome to the Titans."

"Oh, this is great!" Cyborg said happily.

"Woohoo! A new guy!" Beastboy cheered.

"Welcome new Titan!" Starfire said happily.

"That was awesome!" Terra said.

Raven tilted her head. "You have some pretty fancy moves, but what's with those cards?" Raven asked.

"You mean my deck?" he pointed at the case attached to his belt. Raven nodded. He then started to explain. "My Zodiac Deck allows me to summon my armor, access weapons, activate certain abilities and summon my monsters."

Everyone listened with amazement.

"Monsters…you mean like the one you destroyed last night?" asked Robin.

"You mean the Des-Spider?" Draco responded. "Kinda…but I call my monster my Zodiac Beasts." He pointed to his belt, "This crystal orb is the source of my powers and also acts as a power regulator. Without it my powers will overload."

Suddenly, the alarm blared.

"Titans, trouble!" Robin yelled as they all ran back into the tower and towards the living room. Robin turned on the big screen TV, to show the HIVE team robbing a bank and destroying anything that got in their way.

"Titans! Go!" Robin ordered as they ran or flew towards the scene. Robin turned his head towards Draco. "You coming?"

Draco nodded. "Be there in a sec." After the Titans left, Draco turned off the TV and stood quietly. "Looks like its time to show them what kind of wheels I've got." Draco walked into the glass surface of the TV and ended up in a crystallized room. In front of him was his Knighrider; a two wheeled capsular vehicle, resembling a futuristic motorcycle. The top canopy of the vehicle lifted up as well as the seat. Draco sat down and the seat lowered again. The top part of his vehicle lowered to reassume the capsule shape. "Coordinates, Jump City Bank," he said to the onboard computer in his cockpit. He lowered his headpiece over his eyes and revved up his engine. The vehicle soon shot forward, ready to meet up with the Teen Titans.

To be continued…