Don't own Teen Titans. Things will hopefully start picking up soon. Or not- unfortunately, I have to get the titans to college and get their mission rolling before things get exciting.
Starfire was the last to arrive in the common room that morning, blinking away the sleep. The alarm had gone off twice, once around four and another time at six. The second time, she had let her guard down too early, only to be surprised by a seventh robber who had insofar escaped detection. He didn't last long, but had managed to give Star an egg sized lump on the back of her head. She probed the tender skin now, whishing her headache to go away.
"Everyone here?" Robin looked terrible.
"You look terrible, dude." Beast Boy took in the sunken, dark skin around his leaders eyes and, true to his nature, spoke his mind.
"At least he's not green," Raven snapped. She too seemed to be overly tired, and thus was exceptionally snippy this morning.
"Friends. I have the headache. Please?"
Beast Boy managed to silence his comeback, less for Starfires benefit and more for the mere lack of having anything quick witted to say.
"Look. I know last night was rough. It's been a rough couple of weeks. But I've made some decisions about the Greenly Case."
Raven sulked quietly. The others, however, looked interested.
"You guys all remember the general stuff, big university, radiation exposure and the subsequent cover up, etc. Some intelligence probing into the injuries came up with weird stuff, but people lawyered up, kept it all hush hush."
"Weird stuff," Cyborg concluded, "Which basically means people are starting to react to the radiation, and no one wants to take the blame."
"Right. I'm operating on the premise that some of the weird stuff that's been happening around Jump is a direct result of that spill. I'm willing to bet-" Robin turned to the computer screen and pulled up pictures that looked like images from a science fiction film. "-That some kids were affected. They drive up here on the weekends, and now we're seeing stuff like this." He indicated to a photo of a bank, the first floor of which was seemingly in the process of flowing out from under the rest of the building like lava.
"We all know radiation can cause mutations, and in the cases where subjects survive, superpowers." Robin nodded to Beast Boy, who puffed out his chest and grinned proudly.
"I guess I am pretty super, now that you mention it."
"You're also a result of a mutation." Raven quipped.
"It's called evolution baby!"
"Enough!" Cyborg said firmly, as Raven allowed an emotion to cross her face- murderous fury.
"As I was saying," Robin continued, irritated. "There are some pretty strong indications that we need to get involved here. I'd like to get in there and find out if these things are even happening, and if they are, make contact with people who've developed abilities, get them on our side, etc. There's also been some chatter at some of the seedier bars downtown that the Hive Academy has inserted agents into the school already, and if it's true that's something we definitely do not want."
"So, you're saying…." Beast Boy paused. "So what are you saying?"
"Titans, congratulations. You've all been accepted to Greenly University."