A/N: okay so this is the 4th chapter and we are just getting into it. I still can't figure out how to read reviews. Yeah, Raven is interesting and we'll see what the future holds. On with the show!

Knight of the Titans

Chapter 4

Life

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or the characters from Knight Rider or the excerpt from Eragon but I do own Max, so Ha!

The next day: I woke up at roughly 4:00 in the morning. I had barely gotten any sleep, but I shoved that thought aside and buzzed Robin. I got him on video and he was tired looking. "Hey Robin, where's the training room?" "Oh, it's on the lower level. It's clearly marked. Why?", He asked "I'm going for my morning workout." I replied, "Robin, do you guys have anything I could train with a sword on?". He looked at me like I was crazy, "A sword?", he almost yelled "Yeah, a sword. I brought my sword Soulfire with me, something wrong with that?", I asked him nonchalantly. "No, it's fine. Ummm, go talk to Cy, he might have a couple things.". I looked at him again and asked him, "And Robin, I wanted to organize training today if that's alright?". He looked at me funny before responding, "Fine". "So when we're all ready organize everyone in the training room and you can help me roll out the sparring mats. We're gonna have a little fun.", I said with a mischievous sparkle in my eyes. He closed out and i'm guessing went back to sleep. I got out of bed and grabbed Soul out from my bag. I also grabbed the shoulder harness and my thin chain mail jacket. Harness and sword on my back and with the jacket on I quickly grabbed my Ipod as I headed out the door. I walked down to Cy's room and quietly knocked on the door. He slowly opened and eyed the sword on my back and the chain mail I was sporting. "Where you going with that thing?", he asked. I looked at the sword on back and then said, "I was gonna go to the training room and Robin said to ask you if we had any sword training material, do you have any?. He gestured for me to follow into the room and started to rummage around in what looked like a storage closet. He came out with what looked like two volleyball net poles. "Follow me, and i'll get these installed for you." he said, and after that turned and left the room. I followed him down the hallway, chain mail clinking against itself. He came to a door that was marked "Training Room" and walked in. He walked over to one wall and installed the poles into sockets in the ground. He then proceeded to press a couple of buttons on the poles and they came to life. "Now", he said as he turned to me, "these are the training poles for Robins Bo-staff. I don't know how well they will work with your sword but you can try them. If they don't work, over in that closet are 4 practice dummy's you can set those up and hack away." I turned to him and said, "Okay, one last question, is this room fireproof?" he looked at me oddly and said, "Why do you ask?" I deftly removed my sword from its sheath on my back and flicked a switch on the handle. Cy leapt back in shock when the blade burst into white hot flames. He looked at me in awe and then said, "Yeah the room is fireproof and the sound system is in that plexiglass case over there." He continued to look at me and I said, "Thanks Cy." He turned and walked out of the room after quietly shutting the door. I turned to the sound system and put my ipod into it and then selected the song. I hit play and turned the volume up high. "Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting!". I leapt into action, executing several flips that would have made Robin stand on end. I executed several swift slashes as I tested the holographic testers. When I found out they would work to my standards I continued to hack away. I dropped into a low crouch as I rested a moment and then sprang at the dummies that would have made Beast Boy's beast form look on in awe.

Raven's POV

I awoke to the sound of loud music coming through the walls. I slowly got dressed and walked out of my room. As I followed the sound of music I realized it was coming from the training room. Maybe Robin was getting in some extra hours, I thought. But as I rounded the corner and looked in the window, I was surprised to see Max in the training room alone and the ipod in the corner was the source of the music. As I he turned around I saw something red flash through the air. As I was watching he stopped and walked over to his ipod and started changing the song. He finally got to where he wanted and as he was walking back I couldn't help notice the way the sweat ran down his finely chiseled abs and the way his biceps flexed when he lifted the sword. I then turned my gaze to the sword he was holding and noticed it almost seemed to glow with such intensity I felt the need to turn away. He started the song and got back into a fighting stance, with a determined almost fiery look in his eyes. The song started and he looked at his target then when the word started he leapt into action, the sword whistling through the air. As he was hacking away I couldn't but look at him in awe. If given the chance he could easily beat Robin a fight. I then watched as he continued to deftly use the sword. He then did an impressive flip and when he landed I saw that he had slid the sword back to it's sheath while in mid-air. He then ran through a series of impressive hand to hand combos that would once again rival Robin. He did another flip and just like that the sword had returned. The song soon ended and he walked back to the ipod. Now he was really sweating and I was now almost staring at his body. It was in extremely good shape. He was well muscled and he looked very impressive. I tried to hold back a blush and keep my emotions at bay. I turned back to see him turn around to face the next target. I watched his hand as he curiously fingered the blade. What was he up to?

Max's POV

I turned it to Superstition and and began to run through my form. I then decided to give the flame a workout so I fingered the switch to activate the fire sword. But, right before I hit the switch, my nose picked out the smell of a gas leak. But it was too late, the blade was already lighting up. Then I noticed Raven watching me and I decided to do something else. Right before the blade lit up I turned around to face her and then the world in front of me exploded. A huge tongue of orange flame ripped through out the room. I had just enough time to see her gasp in shock before my view was completely blocked.

Raven's POV

As I watched him move though another form, he sharply turned around to face me. I then gasped in shock as he and the whole room were engulfed in flames. A loud explosion resounded through out the tower. I turned back to the glass in time to see a very courageous looking Max come casually walking out of the flames with a smoldering sword sitting on his shoulder. His hair was slightly singed and so were his outer clothing, but I almost gasped from the the new feelings that rose inside of me as I watched him exit the inferno. He looked extremely good as he started to walk toward the door. I watched as he approached the door. Then he noticed me.

Max's POV

I came out of the inferno still standing. I looked toward the door, satisfied to see Raven's shocked face. I began to walk towards the door and as I did, I turned off the blade. I got to the door and opened it and my smile turned to a smirk when I saw Raven gasp slightly then try to hide it. I was just about to ask her how much she saw when the whole team came careening around the corner. Cy had some fire equipment on and Robin was looking worried. When they saw the dissipating explosion behind me they gasped and took in my singed clothing and hair, and the sword slung over my shoulder. Cy gave me a look that said, "What the hell?". I simply turned to him and said, "You said the room was fireproof." I then turned to Robin, "Go ahead and have everyone gather in the common room, and Beast Boy i'm sorry I haven't properly said hi, so hi." Beast boy turned to me and said, "That was awesome and hi."