Hey sorry for the late update. a week in florida, no computer, you get the idea. anyway, now that school's out i'll have a lot more time to update and fix up my sucky story. so sry if this chapter isn't that great. i'm really tired and i just wanted to give y'all something to read. i'll do batter next time! R&R! thnx

SarahxRobin

It took the Titans a surprisingly long time to get to the hideout. When they finally did, the first thing that they noticed was me in that box. Robin and Beast Boy rushed over. I told them that I couldn't find a way out, no matter what I did. Of course, Robin told the other Titans to try and break the box open, and when I told them that it wouldn't work, they didn't listen. Starfire's starbolts bounced right back at her. Raven's powers simply didn't do anything; Robin tried kicking it, smashing it, anything within his power, and guess what: he failed! Beast Boy tried ramming into the stubborn thing, and I think that he hurt himself more than he did the box.

For a while it was just the six of us (Slade wasn't there for a few minutes, I don't know why), so I just floated around, messing with my hair. I whipped up a cushioned chair and I lay back, relaxing. I had told the Titans that the stupid box wouldn't bust, and I knew that if I couldn't break through it, then neither could they. I was just waiting for something to happen

"Uh, Sarah? What are you doing?" Robin asked.

"I told you, no matter what y'all do, the stupid box won't break. So I figured that I could just relax until y'all come to your senses and listen to me," I stated simply.

Seconds after I said that, Slade came into the room. The Titans got ready to fight, but he didn't seem bothered by them either. He just kept right on walking.

"Titans, ready", said Robin, and they all got ready to spring into battle.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you", said Slade. As he said this, two little lasers were lowered into my cage. Slade held up a button, similar to the one he had used to activate the probes that he had infected the Titans with a few weeks before. He then told the Titans his plan.

"I would not fight if you want your new friend to remain with you much longer. My plan is this: In order to ensure your friend's safety, you will surrender, and you will make me the ruler of the city. You do that, and you all leave here unharmed. If you fail to cooperate, then I'm afraid that your friend shall never find her way home, or out if that box. Now, do we have a deal?"

With this, he looked at Robin, and Robin looked at me. I shook my head. I didn't want the Teen Titans to surrender because if they did, the whole city would fall. I had to tell him.

"Robin, don't make me say this. You know that y'all can't surrender. Would you rather live in a city ruled by a psychopath, or never see me again. It would be the same as if I had found my way home. Anyway, just say no deal and get out of here. Don't try to do the whole rescue-the-captive-and-save-the-city thing. That's so old-fashioned. Now do what I said." I looked him straight in the eye, and I felt a tear run down my cheek. Robin turned to Slade.

"I'm sorry Sarah, he said but I can't listen to you this time!"

As he said this, Robin lunged at Slade, temporarily knocking the button thingy out of his hand, but before anyone could reach it, Slade kicked Robin off of him, reached the button, and pressed. I saw and heard the lasers powering up, so I got ready to move at the speed of light. When they fired, I flew all over the cage. What I found out, though, was that they were motion-sensitive. No matter where I was in that box, the lasers found me. I even tried going intangible, but instead of the laser going right through me, it hit my arm.

"AHHHHH! OOOWWW! Owie, owie, owie! Oh, man that hurts!" I cried. It felt like my arm was on fire! Another one hit my leg. You've got to tough it out, Sarah, I said to myself. You've got to think of a way to destroy those lasers. Then, I got an idea! If I could get the lasers to fire at one another, then my problem would be solved! I flew up and got dangerously close to one of them. I held onto the back of it to keep it from turning, and the other laser fired and hit the one that I was holding. The blast threw me against the side of the box. I looked out at the Titans and Slade; they were still fighting him. I started clearing my mind so I could talk to one of them telepathically. I'll call Raven, I thought.

Raven, I've destroyed the lasers, so Slade has nothing against y'all now. Just kick his butt and help me get out of here...please.

She didn't answer me, but she looked over at me and I gestured to what was left of the lasers, and I almost fell over; that laser really messed up my leg. Raven told the other Titans, and they gave Slade one final punch, and sent him skidding across the ground, but he got right back up and ran from the room. Then the Titans all rushed over to me. We still had no clue how to break open this thing. Suddenly, I had an idea.

"Hey guys, what if we all concentrate on one spot of this thing to make a hole in, like near the top. Starfire and I can hit it with our starbolts, Cyborg can use his blaster, Raven can use her powers, and Robin and Beast Boy can run and hit it or something. Just combine all of our powers together. Maybe it'll work." I looked at them for approval.

"We need to try anything possible", said Robin.

"Okay, on three. One...two...three!"

We all hit it with everything that we had. I added my eye beams in, hoping to add extra force.

What do you know, it actually worked! I had to duck and cover when it shattered, and I was grateful to get out. I had trouble climbing out though, because of my leg, and I was afraid to fly for fear of dropping out of the air. I mean, I was pretty banged up. Man, for someone with all these powers, I sure did get hurt a lot. Robin and Starfire helped me down, and Robin was nice enough to help me back to Titans Tower. I was so grateful. I apologized for getting them into that mess. I apologized for almost making the city the worst place to live. I asked them why they came to my rescue in the first place. Obviously, they found this a stupid question. All their answers were basically the same. They said that they liked me and cared about me.

"Why would you question that?" Robin asked.

"Well, for the past couple of weeks, it seemed like I got on you guys' nerves with the way I act. Admit it; I'm way different than the rest of you. I mean, I've lived a completely different life than you guys have. I blast my music, I'm really loud, I'm hyper, and I feel like I've kind of been annoying you guys for a while now", I explained.

"Well, you are different; no doubt about that", said Robin with a smile, "but that doesn't mean that we think that you're annoying or anything like that. I think that I speak for everyone when I say that we've never met anyone like you."

I could feel myself blushing. I hated when he did that. I always turn bright red whenever the guy that I have a crush on compliments me.

"Uh, Sarah? I have something that I want to tell you", said Robin.

"Uh huh..." I said.

"Well, we've been talking, and we've all come to the decision that-"he got out one of the Titan communicators, "we want you to join the team!"

"W-well, I-I don't know w-what to say," I was speechless. I took the communicator.

"Well, I know that I won't let you leave the Tower by yourself, because Slade is still out to get you. He doesn't give up that easily. Besides, I don't think that you'll be going anywhere for a while in the condition that you're in," Robin gestured to my arm and leg. "You've been a great help, and I know that you'll be a great addition to our team!" He looked at me and smiled. I returned his smile, only I wasn't that enthusiastic. Robin noticed.

I still wasn't sure about sealing the deal yet. I wanted to, I really did, but I still had hopes of getting back home.

"Robin, can I talk to you alone for a minute?" I dragged him out into the hallway to his room.

"Robin, you know that I still have hopes of going home. Besides, how am I going to be any help with my leg and arm burnt up, huh?"

"I know that, but, oh, I don't know. I mean, the other Titans agree with me that you d be awesome, but I guess that this is more for...myself. You see, I really like you, Sarah. I think you're a really cool girl, and I want to get to know you." He turned a bright shade of magenta.

"Oh my gosh. You're saying all these sweet things to me, are you sure that you're not just trying to persuade me to stay?"

"Well-"

"Because if you are, it's working! I see no in problem staying with y'all. It'd be an awesome experience."

With this I smiled at him and then, I don't know what came over me, I just was so happy; I threw my arms around Robin. I surprised myself, and I jumped back. Robin looked as surprised as I felt, but I guess he didn't mind too much, because he put his arm around me and we walked out of his room together.

T

After spending so much time with the Teen Titans, I almost forgot that I had once dreamed of becoming one of them. Now, my dream had come true! I mentioned this to Robin one day, and he asked me how I had heard of them. The two of us were sitting on the roof, watching the ocean and the setting sun and soaking it all in. I had completely forgotten about this until that very moment, but the reason that I knew about them was because they were on a TV show! I was afraid to tell Robin this, because he might not believe me.

"Oh, it's weird. I'd just heard about y'all back at home."

"Oh, alright. That's cool. So, how do you think that you ended up here in Jump City?" Robin asked.

"You think I know? You know what though? I don't care how it happened, but I'm glad that it did, and I'm glad that I chose to stay here. You guys are so sweet. You all have got it made! So, uh, what do you wanna talk about?" I asked Robin with a soft smile.

"Well, frankly, I would like to hear some more about where you're from. You've done so much that none of us have ever done. You've actually known a life outside of fighting villains and things like that. You see, we've never been to school, so we don't know that much about extracurricular activities. What did you do for fun?"

Robin was so interested in my life; it was weird.

"Well, I played flute and piccolo in my school's band, and I was also the drum major. I was a cheerleader, and I was a pitcher and third baseman on my softball team. I loved it. I was going to be in ninth grade next year, so unless any of y'all are 14, then I'm the youngest here. I've really been missing home and school lately. I mean, it's not every day that you're zapped away from home and asked to join a team of superheroes. Do you think that I'll ever get to talk to any of my family or friends again? If I did, would they believe my story? What is my mom thinking right now? She's probably worried sick about me; she hasn't seen or heard from me in almost a month. I really miss her."

I felt tears start to well up. I tried to hold them back, but it was no use. They kept on coming. I was so embarrassed, crying in front of Robin. Luckily, Robin was the kind of guy who cared for you no matter what the occasion. He tried to comfort me in any way possible.

"Come on, it's all right. Cheer up." He put his arm around me, and I just sat there, thinking about home, my mom, and all of my friends.

"You have no idea how happy I'd be if I could let my friends and my mom know that I'm alright. They probably won't believe me, but that's the best that I can do."

"Come on; let's go do something. It's kind of boring just sitting up here doing nothing except talking. What do you want to do?" Robin got up and offered me his hand to get up.

"Well, do you wanna see if the others want to play some volleyball?"

"Sure, why not."

We went inside, gathered up the other Titans, and went back onto the roof to divide into teams. Raven had to meditate, so there was an odd number of players. This is where we got stuck.

"Well, I'll sit out the first game, and then whoever wants to can swap out with me for the next." I offered.

"Ok, Sarah, if you really want to", said Robin.

"Really, it's cool", I said and smiled at him, "and I'll be ref."

"Ok, y'all, let's get this game started", yelled Cyborg.

They started playing. Man, it's so cool to watch them play a sport. They take any sport and make it so extreme. It's awesome.

There was this one play where the ball was right over the net, and Cyborg and Beast Boy were going after it. Beast Boy morphed into a gorilla and hit the ball before Cyborg got to it, so the ball flew over towards Raven. Beast Boy landed and shouted to her.

"Raven, heads up!"

Raven stopped the ball with her powers and sent it flying straight back into Beast Boy. It hit him so hard that he fell on his back a few seconds afterwards. Then the game started up again, and Beast Boy hit it towards Raven again.

"Heads up- AGAIN!"

This time, however, Raven simply moved aside and let the ball sail over the edge of the Tower. Everyone stared and shouted, "Oh no- AAAHHHHH!" Beast Boy volunteered to go get it. He didn't have to though, because after he had taken a few steps, the ball flew right back over the edge, and rolled to a stop at his feet. We all stared in bewilderment at the edge of the Tower. Suddenly, a girl rose up to the edge on a rock, and asked the Titans, "So, which team am I on?"

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