Morning Surprises and Beginnings

Italic: thoughts

Bold italics: Jericho writing something down or signing

JPOV

A knife.

Terror.

Pain.

DADDY!

MOMMY!

GRANT!

GONE! GONE!

Darkness.

A dirty matted face, oily hair, cruel smile, evil beady eyes.

"Sorry kid, it's not personal…"

"ATTENTION ALL TITANS!" Robin's sounded through the speakers connected throughout all the rooms in the Tower. Jericho's eyes snapped open at the announcement, as he sat up, breathing heavily, and wiped the sweat that had accumulated on his face.

"Please change and come to the communication rom and area in the next ten minutes. And yes, Beast Boy, 10 minutes means 10 minutes, no an hour, not 30 minutes, not even 15 minutes. 10 minutes! That's all."

Jericho shook his head and mentally thanked Robin. He hadn't had nightmares in year. Why were they coming back now? Was it an omen of some kind? No, that's sill. Rosie was the one with precognition, no him. He just needed to get back to his mountain that was all. Hopefully this meeting that Robin had called would explain why Robin had insisted all Titans and Honorary Titans to stay the night, something he would rarely do, and Jericho would be on his way back to Tibet by early afternoon.

Rising from the bed, he quickly took care of his needs in the restroom and put o it from then his traditional purple tunic and gold pants, strapping on his boots securely. After making sure that his throat was properly covered, he was his fingers quickly though his hair, taking a quick look in the mirror and nodding approvingly. He started walking out the door when, hesitantly, he stopped and backed up. He slowly picked up his guitar and slug it on his back and, most importantly, opened his guitar case he had left under the bed. Taking the bow staff taped to the inside cover, he hid it in the inside of his boot, thinking how ironic it was that despite how completely different he and Robin were, they were connected by the weapons they preferred to use. Well Jericho preferred to avoid weapons and fighting over all, or at least as much as possible, he wasn't that naïve, he had a feeling that despite his concerns of being found out, he would be needing a weapon later on.

Not that he was going to tell or use his weapon if he could help it. Though he might not really know the Boy Wonder, he had heard enough about him at the celebration last night to understand that he did not take competition lightly. Knowing he didn't have that much time left he hurried out the room as the door opened automatically and took a step outside when suddenly, he was knocked to the by a figure he hazily made out with pink bubblegum hair and, were those antennas? Jericho unsteadily pushed himself back up as an unknown voice exclaimed, babbling, "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!"

KPOV (Kole's Point of View)

Kole rushed through the hallways, groaning at how many there were, as she got lost for the third time. She had gotten up early, her internal clock still on northern Artic time, besides the fact that she had not been able to sleep that much during the night. Since she had met Gnaark they had never really been separated, and it had been strange for her to spend the night by herself, since Gnaark had left the n the daylight before to keep an eye out on the Artic and because he was still or not that comfortable with all the technology lying around. Well, Kole couldn't exactly fault him for that, she herself was amazed how technology had advanced these past few years she had been hiding in the artic, and she wasn't a caveman!

But now she was almost late, how that happened, she still couldn't understand, so she sprinted through the irritating hallway, not wanting to be late. Giving a cry of joy as she finally found the right hallway, she ran as fast as she could, until suddenly she saw an unexpected door opening and, before she could stop her momentum, she crashed into the figure that was emerging from it, knocking him or her to the ground.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, her voice sounding even to her more rushed and quicker than usual. Though she hadn't gone crystal, as she liked to call it, her normal skin was still tougher than a normal human being and she was worried she had hurt the person as he, she thought it was a he, unsteadily pushed himself up.

"I was just…I woke up and then these stupid hallways, there's so many of them, so I got lost, like three times, and then I finally found the right hallway, so I was like Yeah! So I was so happy that I just ran and I didn't see you and…" Kole rambled, as she usually did when she got nervous. I mean, seriously, how embarrassing was this?! As the person stood up and dusted off his pants, Kole's voice trailed off as she couldn't help but stare at the Adonis in front of her. And was by no means exaggerating. The brightest green eyes she had ever seen looked back at her, as if he could see into her soul, shining with amusement, but also with a hint of sadness in them, as if he had seen and knew things that ordinary mortals didn't. She took in the tussled, slightly curly, blonde bed-hair, that though obviously hand-combed, looked good on his lean and slightly thin, but muscular form, if the way his arms looked in his uniform told the truth. He was by no means short though he wasn't really tall either, a head taller than Kole herself, but to Kole, but he had this calm, serene air about him that automatically out Kole at ease as the nervousness and embarrassments she had felt left her.

Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves, and her voice, she said, in a slower voice, "Anyways, I'm really sorry. I'm Kole," as she introduced herself. He smiled and shook her hand, but after a few seconds, curious to know who he was and taken aback at why he hadn't introduced himself yet, she decided to take the initiative and asked, "Who are you?"

The Adonis raised a brow and did a few gestures with his hand. Realizing he was using ASL (American Sign Language), Kole, embarrassed, stuttered, Um, I'm sorry, I don't know…" Noddig his head understandingly, he took out a notebook and pen from an inside pocket in his tunic and wrote something on it.

I'm Jericho, and before you ask, no I am not deaf.

Recalling the battle from the night before, she briefly remembered seeing him in the midst o battle and exclaimed, "You're the one that can take over people's bodies, right?"

He nodded his head and scribbled some more some more in the notebook.

I don't mean to be rude, but we should probably get going to the meeting. We're going to be late and this rate and I don't want to know what Robin will make us do if we are

Kole slapped her forehead and cried, "Shoot, I'm such a ditz, I forgot!" Grabbing the Adonis, Jericho's, arm, she pulled him along with her as she started to, once again, run through the hall, praying she'd, no they'd, make it in time.

Hey, MythologyBookworm here! Wow, I'm glad this chapter is longer than the last one. I'm sorry for those who see my chapters as too short, I know that I prefer chapters that are more than 1K each one, which is roughly around how each of my chapters have been so far, but unfortunately I'm not really a fast or good typer and I don't have that much time to type up what I write. I originally write on paper, which I prefer.) I'd like to thank DG and Reed and Kman1800 for their review. To The Bride of Constant Vigil, thank you for your review and of course you can help me anytime, letting me know if I'm deviating from canon character personalities, giving suggestions to what direction you think the story should go or events you want to occur, and of course, giving any additional information on a character in general, such as what Anon/Guest Reviewer, did. Speaking to Anon, thank you thank you thank you! for the additional imformation and I absolutely loved it and am 99.999% sure I am going to be using some of it in the story. If any of you have any information that you would love to share I would be happy to hear it, I am always interested in learning more about the backstory of these DC Characters and Marvel character, yes I know, I can't choose a side, and in people's opinion of them. Speakin of which, Like Jericho, I do not know much about Kole, but I read that she is supposed to be a talkative, energetic, and social person to counteract Jericho, sort of like Beast Boy and Raven, so I wrote her as such. Hope I did her right! Thank you all so much for continuing my story and please keep the review coming! This is MythologyBookworm, signing off.