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"They agreed?" a raspy voice asked. Its voice wasn't human, and no one could differentitate if it were female or male.
"Yes," a man replied, holding up several documents filled with papers and fingerprints. Then the man pushed up his glasses while his light grey eyes pierced the speaker in front of him. "I think that you better look over these documents." Then he threw them on the desk with a huge thud; dust rising from the papers.
The being raised its orange eyes and narrowed them, the pupils like black slits. Their gaze held and finally the being snarled and picked up the papers, one finger getting slit; some of its white blood escaped a small cut on his finger and it dropped on the document file. It started to burn a small hole, deeper into the papers. He opened the first folder and it read:
Name: Beastboy (Garfield Logan)
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Abilities: Able to transform to any animal
History: Once in past team
Team: Unknown at moment
Parents: Deceased
Siblings: None
Features: Green Hair; Green Skin; Green Eyes; Wears Purple and Back Sandex with Boots
Character: Charismatic, Clever, Protective of Friends
Team Currently in: Teen Titans
Other:
1) Easily Fooled
2) Seems to have feelings for Teen Titan Raven
3) Struggles with slight insecurity
Race: Human (Used to be Caucasian before incident)
Opening another document reading:
Name: Koriand'r (Starfire)
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Abilities: Super Strength, Flight, Starbolts (Eyes and Hands)
History: Princess from Planet Tameran
Parents: Deceased
Siblings: Komand'r (Blackfire). Black Hair; Violet Eyes; older; Same Powers and Abilites
Features: Red Hair; Green Eyes; Golden/ Orange skin; Wears Tameranean Royal Armor clothes w/o Armor and Crown
Character: Intelligent, Loyal, and Strong-willed
Team Currently In: Teen Titans
Other:
1) Vulnerable
2) Has feelings for leader Robin
3) Innocent/ Naïve
It turned to the next document reading:
Name: Cyborg (Victor Stone)
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Abilities: Super Strength, Mechanical Resources, Sonic Beam
History: Son of a doctor
Parents: Mother deceased; Father still living
Siblings: None
Features: Half robotic; Skin showing is brown
Character: Smart, Competitive, Caring
Team Currently In: Teen Titans
Other:
1) Stubborn
2) Very possessive of creations and friends
3) Slightly regretful of past
Race: African American
The next document read:
Name: Robin (Richard Grayson)
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Abilities: Combat skills; Analyzing situations
History: Protégée of Batman
Parents: Deceased
Siblings: None
Features: Black hair; Mask; Cape; Spandex; Boots
Character: Brilliant, Impulsive, Dedication to Comrades/ Friends
Team Currently In: Teen Titans
Other:
1) Secretive/ Manipulative
2) Feelings for Koriand'r
3) Hard working
Race: Caucasian
"No powers, yet the leader," it said, tracing a hand on the paper then putting the document down. "And batman, I remember him. Yes, I remember." Finally the last document said:
Name: Raven (Rachel Roth)
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Abilities: Telekinesis, Dark Magic, Empath
History: From the dimension Azerath
Parents: Father: Trigon; Destroyer of Worlds; Demon
Siblings: Sister: Falcon
Features: Black-Purple hair; Pale Skin; Violet Eyes; Black Cape; Leotard; Boots
Character: Secretive, Protective, Insighting
Team Currently In: Teen Titans
Other:
1) Analytical
2) Slight feelings for Beastboy?
3) Bilingual
Race: Unknown (Possibility: Caucasian)
"This group is definitely a candidate," the being finalized, standing up as long white hair shadowed the face and body. As it gathered the documents, it smiled darkly.
"Did you actually believe them?" Robin asked his mask wide as he paced around the room; his steel boots clumping on the floor. "What they did. What they do…it's horrible."
"Life is terrible," Raven spoke mildly, although her words held a deeper meaning.
She lowered her hood, and her gaze focused completely on him. She continued, "To be honest I felt nothing sinister about coming from them. Only nervousness and slight fear. They were also being honest, so nothing about what they were saying was a lie." Then her gaze fell on Starfire, who was listening quietly.
"What do you know about them? How much do you know?" Raven asked.
Robin turned his gaze to her as well; ready to get more information on this group.
Starfire laced her fingers together and she answered, "I do not know much. But another thing I may see as information is that they have another program. There is a building; that is where the council is. Then there is a small building and open space. That is where the representatives go."
"Representatives?" Cyborg asked, his real eyes showing confusion.
Starfire nodded and continued, "Yes. That is what we are. Representatives of…Earth," she finished softly.
"What do they do?" Beastboy asked, joining the conversation with interest.
"Many things," she answered. "But the two main things are making an alliance to fight another galaxy. The second one was fighting to the death. That one was abolished er…not too long ago."
"Whew," the changeling said, wiping a trickle of cold sweat from his brow.
"Then," Robin said, punching his hand. "Since we're the first option, we now know some of our options."
"Which are?" Cyborg asked.
Robin put a hand on his hip and turned away from them to the TV. Pulling out a black, plastic chair he lifted the screen of the small computer and began to type; his fingers moving rapidly while the noise filled the room.
"Dude! What are you doing?" Beastboy asked, starting to get from the couch and walk over to where Robin is.
Robin pressed the power button on the remote and the TV screen lit up. "I'm getting in contact with Titans East, so they can help over here while we're gone," he explained. "I think I'll get them in just a…"
Then five faces peered from the screen. A handsome boy with pale skin, black eyes and slicked back long hair. A girl with brown skin, elegant nostrils, gray brown eyes, big red lips, and black course hair in two buns atop her head. There was another boy with orange hair, tanned skin, and a mask similar to Robin's. Finally there were twins with a goofy grin on their faces, while they had some sort of fabric covering their faces.
"Hey Sparky," Bumblebee said with a wink for Cyborg. He smiled at her, and waved. Then her gaze turned to Robin.
"What's up?" she asked.
Robin explained, "We have an errand to run so we need you guys to watch over our tower. Check up on it, stay at it…don't care."
Speedy smiled handsomely at Starfire and said, "I wouldn't mind that."
Starfire blushed innocently while Robin narrowed his eyes.
Bumblebee exchanged glances with Aqualad and his black eyes widened with a shrug of his shoulders. Then bumblebee's eyes returned to the screen. That's when they realized she had bags underneath her eyes.
"I don't think we can," she said sadly; her eyes drooping yet fierce. "We have our own battle over here and it's not letting up anytime soon."
Beastboy put a hand on Robin's chair, and his forest green eyes set on the screen with determination.
"Maybe we could help you," he said with a kind look in his eye.
Robin double blinked exaggeratedly.
"We have some time," he added. "Then you can come over to the tower."
"I think we got a deal then," Bumblebee grinned. "Come over tomorrow then. That way we can inform you about what's going on over here. See ya!"
Then the screen went black and it was silent all over again. Then Robin swiveled around in his chair, pure anger prominent in his face. Angry crinkled were forming between his mask and his hands were turned to fists.
"What were you saying?" he roared, his arm rising and swiping empty air with ferocity. "We have enough to worry about and you can say that we can help them?"
His chest was raising up and down, his gaze set hard on Beastboy's. Beastboy narrowed his eyes angrily as well. He really hated when Robin yelled; especially since half the guy said were lies, manipulative reasons, or stupid excuses. He did that with Slade and look how it turned out. The team almost falling apart, and trust starting to seem thin and translucent. Not clear or pure like it used to be before all that chaos happened. Robin seemed perfect to reporters and civilians, but to his teammates he seemed strong and heavily stressed. A leader shouldn't be like that, but yet he was the best candidate out of all of them. It was bad enough the guy was really hardcore with everything he did.
"Well," Beastboy said, his teeth grinding. "You said we needed them to guard the tower right? Well I just did that stupid job for you!"
Robin snarled and pointed a finger in the changeling's chest. "We had enough to do with the Intergalactic Council! Now we have to worry about helping them? We don't even know what the council wants with us! Sure Star explained a little but it's still a haze! We don't even know how long this will take!"
Raven stood up; her eyes cold as well as her face. "Calm down, your emotions are…"
"Who cares?" Robin yelled at her.
"Don't speak to Raven like that!" Beastboy growled, his hands turning to fists as his teeth grew longer and pointier.
"Robin," Starfire said, her short red eyebrows knotting together in worry. As she put a gentle hand on his shoulder he shrugged it off angrily and she gasped; tears starting to form in her eyes. Looking at those tears, he cursed himself. He swore that he would never cause them again, but look at what he had done. Then he turned away from them and walked to his room frustrated. In a few seconds they could hear a door shut, making the ground vibrate. Cyborg crossed his arms and shook his head; his human eye closing. He understood how Robin felt, but yet the majority was here; and he knew how they felt also.
"I'll talk to him," he said, causing everyone to look at him
Raven had a hand on Beastboy's arm and she was still, contemplating the events that happened so quickly. "We should leave him be. He's really…aggravated right now."
"Is that the excuse you have for him?" Beastboy asked, looking at her with a pleading gaze. "He was being a total dick."
"No," Starfire said softly, as she looked at the floor underneath them. Her hands were still clasped and her face was troubled yet beautiful. "Robin is Robin friend. There is nothing we can do about it. He may be "the jerk" at times or "a dick" at times but he is warm at heart. The Robin we care about, and trust as our leader."
That silenced everyone.
Though the alien was naïve and innocent, she wasn't the least stupid. Cyborg put a brotherly arm around her shoulders and she leaned into him with a soft smile; the gentle care clearing her thoughts at the moment.
Beastboy relaxed and looked at Raven as her eyes remained blank.
Now it was time to departure and go to bed.