After going through some writer's block (again), I've managed to finish chapter six. This chapter introduces a character that will be around for the rest of this volume (kinda like Ravager was in volume three): Wonder Girl. Just to let everyone know, I am not very familiar with this character. I did a little 'research' before hand, but it is still likely that she may not be portrayed entirely 'accurate.' Though since this is all based on the Teen Titans cartoon, as well as being a fanfiction, I guess complete accuracy is less of an issue here.

Chapter Six: Wonder Girl

We had all gathered in the infirmary to recover from our defeat at the hands of the god of war, Ares. Most of us simply had flesh wounds and bruises from the encounter, but three of us, more specifically, Link, Robin, and me, had suffered more serious casualties. Robin had been beaten up by his own bo staff and had received several fractures to his skull. Link's injury was even worse; he had his arm broken by Ares himself. Worse than that, it was his left arm that had broken, which was his sword arm, meaning that he wouldn't be able to use his sword for a while. As for my injuries, the only thing I had was a few tiny fractures in my legs and a few cuts here and there, but it was enough to warrant me a hospital bed. Raven had used her powers to reduce the severity of the wounds, but we'd still need a few days to recover.

Link was awake, with Starfire leaning next to him for support, with her hand on his cast. Robin however, was still unconscious. Ares must've knocked him out bad when he was controlling Robin's staff; he'd been out for nearly two hours now. I was in the bed across from him, looking at him with a look of remorse.

"He's gonna be okay, right? You don't think Ares…." I began to ask.

"Did him in? Not a chance. Robin's been pummeled way worse before." Cyborg told me.

That was reassuring, but still… I couldn't help but feel bad about all of this. If I had just gotten my head in the game before, the outcome would've been different. At the very least, the casualties would've been less severe. While I was thinking all of this, the other Titans decided to leave the room for now, to give us a chance to rest. Starfire wished us all well and hoped that we'd get better soon. Link smiled back at her before she left, but Robin was still out cold.

"Robin is going to be okay, right?" I asked again.

"Robin? He'll be fine, don't worry." Link reassured me.

He could see from the look on my face that I felt really bad right now. He also seemed a bit surprised that I had called Robin by his name.

"Well, that is his name." I replied, even thought that wasn't technically true. "Why?"

"It's just that you usually call him 'Spikey,' or some other name." He mentioned.

"Oh. Yeah. I do call him that a lot. For fun, y'know. But seeing him like this, well… I can't bring myself to make fun of him right now…" I told him.

Link already knew that I liked Robin; he and Starfire even tried to help by getting him to warm up to me, which worked… although not in the way they intended. Robin may be kind of a jerk, but… he was willing to give me a second chance; well, eventually anyway. Considering my past of thievery, not a lot of people would give me that chance. I was grateful to him for that.

"I just wonder if he'd see things the same way… if he was in my position." I pondered.

"It doesn't seem like you were hurt that badly." Link mentioned.

"Me? Oddly enough, no. It was like Ares was going easy on me or something." I responded. "What I meant was, if he was conscious and I wasn't… would he feel sympathy for me?"

"Of course he would. Robin acts really serious and secretive most of the time, but he still has a heart. You may be new here, and your background is… well, 'iffy', but we all see you as a friend, Robin included." Link told me.

Part of me believed him, but at the same time, part of me doubted his words; at least regarding Robin anyway. I mean, when he met me, he just saw me as a criminal; just another ne'er-do-well to punish. And even afterwards, he treated me more like a convict than a friend. I know that he's begun to warm up to me, but I couldn't help but think that if I did just one thing wrong, he would turn his back on me again.

"You know, I sometimes have the same fears regarding my 'relationship' with Starfire." Link informed me.

"What? You're joking right? The two of you seem closer than milk and cereal." I responded.

"Yeah. She and I are best friends… but I often feel that I'll do something to mess it all up." He told me.

"Like when you turned evil?" I inquired.

"Heh. The others told you about that, huh?" Link asked.

I nodded. Link told me all about it; about how he saw Starfire kiss Robin, how this villain named Slade (whom the Titans had a lot of trouble with, until Link ended him almost a year ago) got into his head and helped unleash Link's 'demonic' side, how he had captured and attempted to kill everyone who had been his friend, and how Starfire hadn't given up on him and brought him back to normal. It was all in the past, but Link feared that it might happen again, and that Starfire was only 'being with him' out of pity. If you ask me, that was a load of baloney! Starfire was definitely into this guy. She didn't seem like the kind of girl to fake her feelings; and as a girl myself, I think I'd know what I'm talking about.

"Well, I guess we should get some rest now." I insisted. "Oh, and uhh… sorry about your arm."

"Oh, this?" Link replied while looking down at his cast. "This is nothing. Raven used her powers to reduce the injury to a simple fracture. At the latest, it'll be fine by the end of the week."

Link smiled at me and assured me that we would all recover just fine. I'm glad that someone was looking on the bright side of all of this. I put my head down on my pillow and fell asleep. It wasn't really a peaceful sleep though, as the memory of my battle with Ares was replaying over and over in my subconscious.

About one week later, most of us had recovered from our injuries. I was in the bathroom at the moment, double-checking to make sure that nothing was wrong with me. My physical wounds had all healed, but the mental scars from the encounter had not faded yet. I stared at myself in the mirror, close enough that my reddish-brown eyes were only about an inch from it. Because of my amnesia, I still had no idea who I really was; but Ares claimed that he knew. But how?

"Who am I?" I asked myself.

At that moment, I heard Robin's voice over the tower's intercom. He told everyone to meet him in the ops room, to discuss what our next course of action was going to be. That was just like Spikey to want to plan ahead. If you ask me, he took this hero thing way too seriously. But who am I to talk, I'm an ex-thief after all. I finished up what I was doing and exited the bathroom and made my way to the ops room. I was the last to arrive, but fortunately Robin hadn't said anything yet. He still had a few bandages on his arms and face, but other than that he looked good as new. I then turned to Link, whose broken arm seemed to have healed.

"Hey, Link? How's your arm doing?" I asked.

"It's still hurts a little, but otherwise it's fine and ready to go." He answered.

I was happy that everyone else had recovered from the encounter; I had recovered too, but the memory of the encounter was still bugging me. Regardless, Spikey said that we needed to figure out a strategy against Ares for the next time we had to face him. None of us believed this would be easy, after all, Ares was a god; he seemed unbeatable. I mean, for all we know, he may not even feel pain! Alright, I may have been overreacting there, but seriously, this whole 'Ares' thing was kinda freaking me out! If not for the unbeatable factor, then for the fact that he had the same kind of powers I could use! Eventually, even Robin admitted that Ares was a foe that the seven of us couldn't handle… and that's why he suggested that we call in someone to help. Someone who may know more about the legends behind Ares: Wonder Girl.

"Who's Wonder Girl?" Link and I both asked.

Starfire explained to us that Wonder Girl was a friend of theirs and also an honorary Titan. She is one of the Amazons that hail from the Island of Themiscyra. I was not familiar with the 'Amazons,' but as it would turn out, the others were not too familiar with them either. All they knew was that the Amazons were a race of all-female warriors that possessed unparalleled strength. That actually sounded pretty cool. It's good to know that there were girls out there that were tougher than guys; but then again, that's pretty much a fact of life anyway!

Everyone discussed it for a few minutes, and ultimately agreed that having her here could help in case Ares attacked again, so Robin decided that he'd give Wonder Girl a call. Hopefully she would agree to help us; and maybe there would even be a slight chance that she'd have an idea as to how Ares knew me. Cause to be honest, I really didn't want to have to go to Ares himself for the answer.

After he made the call, Robin told us all that Wonder Girl would be happy to assist us and that she would be here tomorrow, at the latest. Starfire in particular seemed to very happy from the news. I'm guessing that she and Wonder Girl were really good friends. I was looking forward to meeting her too. In the meantime I decided to finish up what I had been doing before and then head to the training room for a little combat practice.

The next morning, most of us were woken up by a knock on the tower door. I almost forgot exactly why someone was knocking at the door, but on the way there I was quickly reminded by Starfire that Wonder Girl had come to visit. I face-palmed in embarrassment; sometimes I feared that my scatter-brained ignorance would be the death of me one day. Once we were all at the front door, Robin checked the tower's security camera and confirmed that Wonder Girl was outside. The tower doors opened to reveal a girl in a red unitard and steel wrist bands standing outside. She was roughly Starfire's height, and she had black hair tied into a ponytail, and was also carrying a golden lasso that was hooked to her belt. She actually kind of resembled me, except less 'street punk' look and more 'warrior princess' look, or something.

"Wonder Girl! It is most joyous to see you!" Starfire said as she flew up to her.

"It is nice to see all of you again as well." Wonder Girl said with a slight European accent. "It is not very often that I get to see you all."

"Well, as I mentioned over the communicator, this isn't just a visit. We kinda need your help." Robin informed her.

"C'mon, Spikey! She just got here. Give her some time to settle and then we can focus on the important stuff." I told Robin.

Robin was a little ticked from me butting in at first, but he didn't stay ticked for long. However, I noticed that Wonder Girl was giving me a funny look. Which was understandable; she had never met me before, or Link for that matter.

"Umm… not to be rude, but… who are those two?" She asked the others while pointed towards me and Link.

Starfire went ahead and introduced Link, saying that he was an old friend that had been gone for some time but now was finally back. Wonder Girl shook hands with him, but shivered a little immediately afterwards. She was no doubt getting that creepy vibe from Link that he keeps talking about. However, she insisted that it was no big deal, and that a lot of people she knew gave off that kind of vibe. Afterwards, I introduced myself and went to shake her hand, but right before we could, my powers activated out of nowhere and formed a small sword in my hand. It spooked Wonder Girl and the others, and it kinda spooked me too. It wasn't anything new though; on rare occasions I end up forming a weapon at random, and often at the worst possible times.

"Oh c'mon! I thought I had gotten the hang of this by now!" I snarled at myself. "Uhh… sorry. That hasn't happened for a while."

I discarded the sword and tried to shake Wonder Girl's hand again, but she was keeping her distance. Everyone assured her that it was not intentional , but I honestly couldn't blame her for being wary. Still, I finished introducing myself. I told her everything I knew about myself; that everyone called me 'Scarlette,' that I had the ability to form weapon constructs from nothing and the ability to turn invisible, and that I was an ex-thief with amnesia. After my introduction, she went over to Robin and whispered something to him. I wasn't able hear it very well, but I'm almost certain that she was questioning whether I could be trusted or not.

"Scarlette can be… a pain sometimes… a lot actually. But she's a good person; I know that for a fact." Robin told her.

Wonder Girl still looked a little skeptical, but whatever. At least we now had someone who could possibly fill us in about what we didn't know about Ares. In the meantime, I decided to go into the training room for more practice. Hopefully, I could get it so that my powers wouldn't activate at random again. Seriously, it had been like, six weeks or so since it had happened, and I had thought that it wouldn't happen again. I'm just glad that I didn't hurt anyone this time.

After about an hour of practice, Starfire and Wonder Girl came into the room. I had been practicing with my whip at the time and had taken down at least eighty practice targets. Both of them could tell I had been working hard on the account that I was sweating like crazy.

"Greetings Scarlette!" Starfire said to me.

"Hey Star. What's up?" I responded.

She responded by stating that the ceiling was 'up.' I laughed from that, although I couldn't tell if it was a joke or simply her naiveté. Wonder Girl had only smiled slightly, and was still looking at me with a hint of distrust. She asked me about the weapon I had right now; my whip.

"Oh, this? It's a whip. I use it for, uhh… whipping stuff." I informed her.

"It's cute, but one could hardly call it effective." She told me.

Was that supposed to be an insult? She was dissing my whip?! Alright, I didn't know what this chick's deal was, but she had better chill out soon or else I was gonna whip her!

"Excuse me?!" I snapped. "Who do you think you are?! Calling another girl's weapon ineffective!"

"You are hardly in a position to be telling me off! I happen to be an Amazon!" Wonder Girl scolded.

"Amazon, Shmamazon! It doesn't make you better than everyone else!" I shouted.

At this point, Starfire flew in-between us and insisted that we stop fighting. Wonder Girl and I turned our backs to each other and crossed our arms. I bet anything that Starfire had brought her in here so we could get to know each other better, but I hadn't expected Wonder Girl to be such a prick! She was worse than Robin, and I actually liked that guy!

"I just don't think that it is a good idea to trust someone who cannot even remember their own identity, let alone put her on your team." Wonder Girl told Starfire.

I had overheard this, and told Wonder Girl off by saying that not all of us have had a carefree life on a magical island with no worries. However, as it would turn out, that was not entirely true. Wonder Girl admitted that her life on Themyscira was far from being sunshine and rainbows. This caught my attention immediately, and I dropped the tough girl act for a moment.

The truth is, Wonder Girl wasn't born on Themyscira. Originally, she had been an orphan who was brought to Themyscira by the Amazon's ambassador in the outside world; Wonder Woman. Once there, Wonder Girl was trained in the arts of battle by the Amazons, and eventually became one of them through some kind of ritual or something. But her training had been brutal, and she wasn't given any special treatment, as an Amazon or an orphan. That was actually comparable to what I had gone through in the past, except that I had been found by a street gang rather than an Amazon, and I had been used to commit crimes, whereas Wonder Girl was trained for battle against criminals.

"I guess we have more in common than I thought." I told her.

"I guess. I apologize for my rude behavior before." Wonder Girl said. "Friends?"

Wonder Girl extended her hand in friendship, like I had done when she had arrived. Before I shook it, I made certain that one of my weapons wouldn't randomly form this time. After double-checking, I shook her hand and smiled.

"Yeah… friends. And I'm sorry for what I said too." I said.

Despite the fact that she had apologized, Wonder Girl still said that I could use some improvement in my weapon handling. Well, yeah… that's why I came in here to practice. To my surprise, she offered to teach me what she knew about fighting. That would be great! Maybe if I knew some Amazonian battle tactics, I would fare better against Ares next time. I quickly agreed, and she began teaching the basics. The training was a little rough, but nothing I couldn't handle. I wanted to make sure that Ares would pay for what he did to me and my friends; so some intense training would definitely be worth it, even if I'd be really sore in the morning.

Elsewhere, in a meeting that none of us witnessed, Ares had teleported to an undisclosed location to meet with Majora, no doubt to discuss the next stage of their plan; whatever it was. Majora had the an hourglass placed upon the ground in front of him; the same hourglass that Red X had stolen for them, and the black sand inside of it was swirling as if it was alive.

"Bellum has begun to awaken. I can feel the force from his insatiable hunger." Majora said. "But to restore his power completely, we still need one more key ingredient."

"Yes. The souls of Athena's rag-dolls! And once this beast is restored, the Gods of Olympus shall fall." Ares claimed. "Assuming that our deal is still on?"

"Indeed. For not even gods are safe from Bellum's hunger." Majora declared sinisterly. "But what of your daughter?"

"She poses no threat. Despite her… rebellious nature, one way or another, she will fulfill her part." Ares responded.

Majora smiled wickedly, declaring that was good news. Ghirahim warped in at that moment to inform Majora and Ares that Wonder Girl had come to assist the Titans. The sound of that name caught Ares' attention.

"So the Titans have called an Amazon for aid. This could cause… complications to the plan." Ares claimed.

"I assure you, war god, this little girl's presence will not alter our plan in any way. Ghirahim is more than enough to handle her." Majora said.

Majora turned to Ghirahim, who nodded in agreement to his statement, and then snapped his fingers before teleporting elsewhere, most likely back to Jump City.

"Very well. And while your accomplice deals with the Titans, I shall have a word with my daughter. I believe the time has come for her to learn the truth about herself." Ares declared.

Ares then teleported away himself, likely to Jump City to prepare himself for his next encounter with Titans. Would the Titans be able to repel Ghirahim when he attacks? And what of Ares? What were his intentions with this daughter of his? And who exactly was his daughter? The answer to that last question… was actually a lot closer than I would've thought.