A Girl Called Crow- A Teen Titans Fan Fic

[Crowgirl]

Erm...well, hi. This is my first ever fan fic, which involves a lot of old characters and some new ones as well. Consructive critism would be appreciated greatly! Many thanks to those who have written TT fanfics that were fantastic!

Chapter 1- Search

There are many reasons I keep a diary, none of which I wish to disclose. However, if you have read my earlier entries, you will find that the main reason I keep a diary is so I can record all the events that changed my life. Like when I witnessed my neighbor’s murder, like when I was put under protection (and some protection that was…), like when Alpha… I can’t even put it in writing, for what he did was something I will never forgive him for.

Because of him, I am alone, with nothing but my belongings, inventions, and Zorro, my only companion. My family is dead, my father, well, who knows what happened to him after he left us, is gone, and I should be dead or gone, with everyone else.

But I am not. I was fortunate, unlike the others. I remember their screams of pain. I did what I could to save them, which was not enough. I was too weak, then. Not now. I could save anyone I wanted to. Even if I had to use my ‘full potential’, which I hate and could live without.

Actually, now that I think about it, I do not know if I am alone. I do not know what happened to Robin and Bruce after the fire. I suspect if Alpha has not gotten them, they are fighting, or if Bruce has passed away, Robin, my best and truest friend, is. He was the best friend a person like me could have. Like me. I hate those words.

Tonight I will travel through my series of underground tunnels to reach Jump City (and I will not accidentally go to that island with the T again!) to find Alpha. Jump City is my last bet, so I will vigorously search by night. Also, if he is alive, I hope to find Robin, somehow, somewhere. He has to know how dangerous Alpha is and what really happened. If he doesn’t know… well, the result will not be good.

Now I must leave, dawn is coming.

The following segment of time is six years ago

“You are sure no bodies were recovered,” I asked for the fifth time. I couldn’t believe it. She was gone. My best friend, gone. The family that I was supposed to protect, dead. I had failed, miserably.

“Son,” the policeman looked down at me “when I say no bodies were recovered, I know no bodies were recovered. Run along now, kids like you shouldn’t be in this area. It’s not safe, ‘cause in case you haven’t noticed, the fire is still burning.”

We both simultaneously looked over at the segment of the building that was still burning. The rest was ash and coals. I saw fire fighters use hoses that spat water at the fire. I knew it was no use, but I didn’t say anything. I didn’t need a police officer on my case.

“Thank you for your help.” I said. I sprinted away, my hat almost falling off. I placed my hand on it to keep it from flying away. I knew the hat was a bad idea, but Bruce made me wear it anyway, so they couldn’t see my face. As if they could anyway, I always keep my mask on, except in extremely public areas.

I ran to the nearest deserted alley, leaned against the corner, tired, and full of mixed emotions. I yanked off my hat, which unleashed my spiky black hair. I could never get it to relax, even though I didn’t really try. Okay, so I use hair gel. Just a little though, just a little.

I took the communicator out of my pocket and flipped up the lid. The screen crackled into life. Showing me a picture of Bruce.

“Robin,” he said, he did not show that emotion in his voice, but his eyes full of worry. “I did not expect to hear back from you so early, what news?”

I spoke quietly, but loudly enough for Bruce to hear me “I first searched the area myself, and I found nothing. I asked the authorities after, but nothing had been recovered. There was nothing more I could do, so I left and contacted you.”

“Bruce,” I spoke softly, “We failed, Alpha succeeded, all of them are gone.”

I wiped my face of tears. She was my best friend, even though I was supposed to protect her, but we had fun. She was into extreme things like I was, she was a mechanical genius, and had given me my first birdarang. She was my best friend.

“Robin, her death is not your fault. We could not have done anything to prevent the fire. We did what we could, and her life, as well as her family’s life, lasted for at least two more years.”

“ I know but still, it’s just…” I trailed off. He didn’t know how this felt. To be torn apart by emotions, of loss, anger, the want of revenge. “It’s just truly hard to say good-bye to your best friend.” That wasn’t even a fifth of how I felt, but like I was really going to tell Bruce how I felt.

“I know you feel as if your emotions are tearing you apart, but she is in a better place now, is she not? Now, if there is nothing else suspicious going on, please come back, we cannot afford you getting sick in this cold. And besides, I need to show you your improved birdarang. Over and out.”

The screen went black. I closed the lid and slumped down onto the ground, my back against the wall. How could this happen? I knew it wasn’t my fault but still, I couldn’t understand why.

Why did it have to be this way? Why couldn’t it have been another family that witnessed that murder? Why them?

I got up, tears streaming down my face. I took off my mask for a brief second to wipe them away. I stood up, putting on my hat, and zippering my long coat. I sauntered out of the alley. Alpha will pay for this, I thought, he will pay…

The rest of the story takes place in the present

I was zooming down the avenue on my R-Cycle. The rest of the Titans were coming to the crime scene from different directions. Nothing is more effective than surprise. That is what I learned when I worked with Bruce.

“So what exactly are we looking for again? A giant robot destroying everything in its path?” Cy’s voice crackled over the speaker.

“What else?” I replied. “There’s been an increase in crime the past month, I think someone is behind this, and I know it’s definitely not Slade.”

“Or maybe it’s just an accident out of control. Things like that do happen.” Raven’s monotone voice echoed through the speaker.

“I know, but I…” I heard a rumbling sound coming from my cycle. It grew louder and finally, all power was shut off.

“Not again!” I whacked the R-Cycle with my leg. This was the third time it had just shut off on me. Cyborg had checked it, but he said nothing was wrong. Wrong!

“Cy, it shut down again, I’m going to have to go on foot. You really need to check this thing.”

I took off my helmet, placed it on the handlebars. And led it into the nearest alley. “Hey Robin, need a ride?”

I jumped and turned around, Cy and Raven were sitting in the T-Car, which had the window down and was sitting in the entrance to the alley.

“Thanks Cy.” I opened the door to the back seat, hopped in, and slammed the door shut. “How close are we to getting to the scene?” I asked.

Raven’s turned to look at me with her pale face and said, “Well, if we keep making unnecessary stops, like for milkshakes, then I’d say we’ll be there in about 5 hours.”

I grinned, when Cy was thirsty, hungry, or whatever, you could obviously tell.

“Hey! That was not an unnecessary stop! I was thirsty!” Cy said to both of us, trying to clear his name.

“Yeah,” I said with a grin as I pointed to the seven empty milkshake containers, “I can tell.”

Cy turned back to the windshield, turning red. “On the serious side, we should be there about… now.”

He turned the wheel and the car swerved into a neat stop. Cy put the car in park and stepped out. I could see him put his hand on his head and I heard him say, “Um, did we miss something?”

Raven and I stepped out of the car, and I saw what had confused Cy. There was nothing here, except the remains of a battle and Beast Boy and Star looking around.

Star saw us and gracefully floated over to the three of us. “Hello friends!” she exclaimed, “I fear someone else is here, for this is all that we have found.” She said in a more sorrowful voice, as she gestured to the piles of rubble.

Beast Boy came over and transformed into himself, for he was recently a cheetah. “Do you want to know what I think of this mess?”

Raven looked at him and said, “The question is not what you think about this, the question is, do we care about what you have to say?”

Beast Boy frowned, but Cy and I laughed softly. Star looked at us puzzled “I do not understand, why is it funny to make fun of Beast Boy?”

I thought for a moment, why is it funny? “It… just is, I guess.”

“Oh.”

“Oh, gee thanks for standing up for me Robin. BLECH!”

He made a face at me. Star giggled, Raven frowned. Focus, I thought. “Okay, right now we should spread out and search for clues throughout the whole area.” I sectioned off the area into five parts, including air. I wandered to the east part of the block, where I only saw concrete, dirt, and broken bricks. Anything, I thought, would be a good clue right now, anything.

Just then, as if to answer my thought, a long feather floated gently down in front of my face. Reflexes made me snatch it. I looked down in the palm of my hand, and there sat a foot long feather. It was a dark, rich purple. I knew where this feather had come from, and who it belonged to, but she was dead. I searched for her myself, and came up with nothing. I racked my brain for thoughts of anyone else who would have this feather. Alpha was the answer I came across. Her killer and arch-nemesis, who else?

I looked up in the direction the feather blew from, and there, on top of the building, stood a man in a long cloak down to his ankles, which floated around him in the wind. If my guess was correct, it was Alpha. Now, as she would say, time to test my skill.

I took an explosive disk out of my utility belt. As quietly as I could, I stepped back four paces, ran forward five, and flung it as hard as I could. It swerved a little to the left, but it looked like it was going to hit its mark directly. She would be proud. “YES!!!”

As soon as I said that, all of the Titans turned to look at me. “Dude, did you find something?” Beast Boy asked me.

I looked at him innocently and said back “Me? Uh… no. Sorry about that.” They all stared at me, and then they turned away and continued searching for clues. Raven’s gaze left me last. I focused my attention on the spiraling disk, which was now directly to the right of the figure.

As quick as a flash, the figure stuck out his right hand and grabbed the spinning disk right out of the air.

My eyes grew wide. Oops.

He threw the disk back at me, much faster than I had thrown it before. It spun right towards my chest. Impact. I was hurled back against the wall.

Instantly, Cy was at my side. “Whoa, where did that come from?” he questioned. I looked where the man had been earlier, but he was gone. I didn’t feel like explaining everything from start to finish. “I have no idea.”

I staggered, and with Cy’s help, stood up. The feather was still in my left hand, I slipped it in my utility belt without anyone seeing. I didn’t want them to know.

After questioning everyone if they had found anything (to which the answer was no from everyone), we bounded into the T-Car, questions running through my head. Was Alpha here? Why? Was he after me? And the biggest question of all, why would he give me Crow’s feather, to taunt me of her death?

[starburn1116]

well it looks like a good story

i'm a little confused but im sure that will clear up when you write the next chapter
PLEASE WRITE SOON
and to answer your question:
i have no idea if you find out pleasse tell me

[PressureCooker]

O.K. First off, nice... real nice. Gritty and realistic just the way I like it. I'm seeing so many fics lately that I can hardly keep up!

[Crowgirl]

Awwwwwwwww........ I feel so appreciated.


Okay, much to your demands and my own, here is the next chapter. Please tell me if it gets confuzziling.

Crow

Chapter 2: Somber

As seen through Raven's Eyes





After Cyborg put Robin's R-Cycle in the trunk, we piled back into the T-Car to get home. Robin was unnaturally silent during the ride, just staring out of the window as Beast Boy and Cyborg chattered on senselessly.

It was not like Robin to be quiet, he looked sad, as if he was remembering a tragic memory. Normally, I was the only one who looked like that. I mean, It's not everyday you see someone who acts like me. Like me, I hate those words. As soon as I had thought that phrase, I saw something.

"Cyborg, could you stop the car for a minute?" I said, My voice lacked any emotion, as it usually does. Cyborg stopped the car immediately. "What's wrong?" he asked. Every face in the car turned to look at me. "Perhaps she is affected by the sickness of the car?" Starfire said, obviously trying to help.

"No, step out of the car for a moment." I said, as I opened the door. We all stepped out. Robin and Cyborg came around to the same side of the car as the rest of us were. "What's wrong? I don't see anything weird going on." Robin questioned. "Look at the bottom of the water." I said, as always my voice showed no emotion.

I pointed to an unnatural mound of earth at the bottom. It wasn't very high, but it traveled on as if it was the top of an underground tunnel. "Maybe that is the reason that we didn't find anything."

"Except for the feather..." Robin said quietly. I think I was the only one who heard him, but I couldn't be sure. "Raven," Robin said, "I think that it has nothing to do with the fact that we didn't find much. Maybe it's probably been there a while, and we've never seen it before. Let's go."

I agreed with Robin, but I wasn't so sure that my suspicions were wrong. We piled into the car, and drove back to the tower.

When we got there, Cyborg parked the car in the garage, and took out the R-Cycle. "Robin, I'll check this thing again, but I've already checked it twice, empowered the generator, filled the tank, and I still don't think anything is wrong."

"Dude, maybe you could have missed something, I mean..." Beast Boy started to say.

"BB," Cyborg said. "If you have any doubt in my mechanical skills, you should start running about... now."

Beast Boy shrieked and sprinted out of the garage, not even taking the time to turn into something faster than his regular self. I let out a small grin, a grin, but an exceptionally small one.

Beast Boy's idiotic jokes never really made me smile, in fact, they usually made me frown. But when someone made a fool out of Beast Boy, now that was a little entertaining. Obviously, because of my powers, I can't show any emotion. I wish I could though, I really wish I could. That's why it bothers me when Beast Boy and the others waste their emotions or worthless things, like anger or video games.

Starfire announced that she was going upstairs to work on the scrapbook (or what she called a scrapbook) and I decided to go meditate. Robin trudged back up to the living room with me, leaving Cyborg to check the R-Cycle in peace. On the way up, Robin, again, was unnaturally quiet, as if he was hiding something from all of us. I took a guess on his emotions.

"Robin," I said, "You're hiding something from us. I don't know if it's a memory or a secret. All I know is that it's bothering you and if everything is okay."

He looked at me with surprise all over his face. I could tell that I was right on guessing his thoughts, even though I wasn't completely sure.

"Actually," He started off, "Nothing's really wrong. It's just... something happened that triggered a memory of an old friend just now. It's... just... a really sad memory."

"And who was this friend?" I asked, already predicting what the answer would be.

"I would actually rather not talk about it, it's a really long story, and I'm kind of tired." He sighed.

"Well, if you want to talk, I'll always be here to listen." I said. I always know what my friends want and not want to hear.

"Thanks Rae, that helps a lot." He said with a weak grin.

That was the end of the conversation. Robin and I each headed off to our rooms, him to rest, and me to go meditate. I was only planning a couple of hours tonight; I would have to make up the difference tomorrow. When I reached the doorway, the door slid open, as if welcoming me home.

Awhile ago I painted my room black, and I like it that way. Black puts me in an emotionless mood, which is good, to control my powers, not for me. I hang things up on my wall, like the masks of comedy and tragedy, which represent the two types of Greek plays. I like shows, masks, and other weird things, so I am weird. But when I'm with my friends, since the rest of us are weird and abnormal, I feel normal, except when I'm with Beast Boy, that is.

I don't like to let people into my room that often. Once in a while is okay, but I do like my privacy, like anyone else. It's not that I don't like people, it's just that I need time to focus, project my thoughts on controlling my powers. It seems as if my life is all about controlling my powers these days, no fun, no emotion, just powers. I hate it all.

I sat cross-legged in the middle of the floor, floated up about four feet, and started chanting "Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos...."



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I woke up late the next day, so by the time I had gotten downstairs, breakfast had already been served. Not that I wanted it. I always drink herbal tea in the morning to wake me up, plus it's healthier. And anyway, even if I had wanted breakfast, Beast Boy was cooking.

When I got there, as usual, Beast Boy and Cyborg were arguing about breakfast, and Starfire and Robin were conversing about something. I quietly sauntered in and poured my herbal tea. I looked at Robin. He was definitely in a better mood this morning, but he seemed as if he was carrying a heavy loud on his back, or as if he was trying to forget the memory that haunted him last evening.

I calmly sat down on the edge of the bench and greeted the others, who greeted me back. We chatted about the day and what was to come, and after breakfast, I continued to meditate.

After 3 hours of meditation and lunch, we headed to the gym for training. That meant more meditation for me, athletic exercise for the others. As I was in the middle of meditation, I heard a loud thud and then silence and I stopped.

Robin was lying on the floor confused, as if he had fallen or spun himself around several times in a row and had gotten extremely dizzy. I stood up, offering my hand to help him up. He accepted it greatly.

"Man, what happened?" Cyborg asked him, as Robin brushed the imaginary dust off. "Me? I was, erm, trying a new karate move. It involves jumping in the air and spinning really fast so you hover for a couple of moments. I knew someone who could do it, and I wanted to try it. I obviously can't do it." Robin said casually. A little too casually.

My mind immediately thought of his 'old friend'. "Maybe you should take it easy for the rest of the day." I said, trying to help.

"Yes Robin, I agree with Raven. For you have had many unfortunate things happen to you in the past few days. Perhaps you should try to entertain yourself; you have done enough training today."

He looked around at all of our faces, which clearly stated that they agreed with Starfire, all except mine, that is. Emotionless face that would be mine.

"Okay, I see your point guys; I'm going to go watch some TV in the living room. I'll see you later."

At that point, he left, and the rest of us continued to train in silence, until Beast Boy said, “I think something's up with Robin, I just don't know what."

I opened my eyes and made a comment. "Beast Boy, even though you never know what, I, for once, agree with you." The other titans nodded in agreement, and continued to train.

I truly did agree with Beast Boy, for something strange was going on with Robin, something very strange indeed...



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It was almost completely dark when disaster struck. I was reading one of my spell books when the alarm rang. I checked the screen, not good. The cause was unidentified, which meant it was something we had never seen before. Robin decided that we were all going to take the car to the scene, it wasn't the fastest way, but nobody questioned his reasoning.

Nobody said anything as we drove to our destination, and I knew why. What if we found another desolate, used battlefield? What if we found another superhero?? The what ifs in my head went on forever, but I stopped as soon as Robin spoke.

"We're nearly there. Pull over." Cyborg did as he said, and once again, no one questioned why. We all stepped out and Robin, leading the way, walked to a broken brick wall, and knelt down. "Don't make any sudden moves guys, I want to watch this." And we knelt down next to him, and we watched something interesting.

There was a cloaked figure standing in the middle of the street and a robot around 15 feet tall. I looked over at Robin. His face was plain, mouth set in a frown, making no sound. I turned back to the scene. The cloaked figure was now sprinting toward the robot. With a yell, he jumped and planted a foot in the robot's chest, who staggered.

The robot pointed at the figure and his arm became a laser, which fired immediately. The figure back flipped and got out of the way of the beam. The robot kept pointing and firing and the figure kept moving. After around 15 lasers, the figure sprinted towards the robot, dodging lasers here and there, and when he was about seven feet away. He jumped.

In the air, the figure grabbed the edges of his cloak and spun around quickly. With his hands like fists and the cloak's edge in them, the figure was able to hover in the air while destroying anything that came in contact with it, like the robot's face did.

Simultaneously, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and myself all turned to look at Robin. We all knew that is what he was trying to do earlier and failed. Was that Robin's old friend? I didn't know, but I know I had never seen Robin watch anything so intently before. The four of us looked at each other, as if to say what's going on? We shrugged and turned away.

By now the figure was on the ground, literally demolishing the robot with martial arts. In time (like 15 seconds later), the robot crashed to the ground, obviously broken.

The figure stood up and walked over to the robot. He looked at the chest of the robot, and in one single motion, ripped off something that looked like a disk. He placed in it his cloak. There was silence all throughout the area. Until a loud "Whoa," broke the silence.

We all instantly turned to look at Beast Boy. Robin had clapped his hand over his mouth, but it was too late, the figure had heard us, and had started to run.

"Titans, Go!" And Robin began to sprint over to the figure, who was in the middle of climbing the building. We all traveled fast to reach the figure. Starfire and I went to the other side of the building and soared up to the top.



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The rest of this chapter is seen through the eyes of Beast Boy



Me and my big mouth. I knew I was going to be yelled at by Rae and everyone else back at the tower, but now I could try to help. I transformed into an eagle, grabbed Cy and we zoomed past Robin on our way to the top of the building, who was three quarters up the building by now.

I flew to the top of the building, dropped Cyborg, and transformed into a cheetah perfectly poised for springing an attack. Cy had his sonic cannon out and ready to fire at the figure. Robin hopped up onto the roof fully armed with two disks in his hand. Rae and Star were ready to fire as well. Star said the first words.

"Do not move." There was an edge to her voice, but it wasn't sharp.

"We don't want to fight you." Rae said, her voice had a hint of emotion. I transformed back into my normal self.

Then we heard the figure speak for the first time, but first he drew out a sword. I could see Robin's arm falter a little, but I didn't get a closer look.

"No," the figure said, with the hint of humor and malice in his voice, "No you don't."

He slipped the sword back into his cloak, and with a yell, charged toward Rae and Star, who instantly fired. He jumped high, and did a triple front flip in the air. Dodging all shots and lasers. But instead of landing, he soared headfirst over Rae and Star off the edge of the building.

We were stunned. We rushed to the edge and saw the figure falling down the side of the building fast. "Um..." I started. "Am I allowed to say whoa now?" I asked.

[Crowgirl]

Well, I had the day off of school so I decided to type another chapter. Please tell me if it gets way too confusing or predictable or stupid. Oh yeah, also, please tell me if the storyline gets idiotic or if any Beast Boy jokes (or any jokes) are funny.

Crow



Chapter 3- The Scrapbook

Seen through the eyes of Beast Boy



This was one seriously messed-up dude. He just jumped off a building, and is now laughing as he is falling. We all looked at Robin. "Dude," I said, "Do we save him?"

Robin looked at his feet. "Starfire," he ordered, "When I say go, I want you to follow him and try to hit him with your starbolts, but stay back at least 15 meters. The rest of us will watch."

"But..." I started to say, I would have finished my sentence, if Rae hadn't elbowed me in the stomach. "OW!!" Why does Star get to have all the action?

I looked back at the scene. The guy was still falling, and around the 15th story, 13th..., 9th..., I knew he was going to hit the ground soon. What a suee...sewi... ugh, never mind (I was trying to say this word: suicidal, but I can't). This guy was trying to kill himself, and all we wanted to do was talk! "Dude, something is wrong with this dude's head." I said talking to no one.

As soon as I had finished speaking, I learned that the dude with the messed up head was not going to crash into the pavement and make a hole to the center of the Earth, 'cause the dude with the not-so-messed up head had a few more tricks in his cloak (literally). He grabbed the edge of his cloak, did a front-flip and a half, spread his arms out like wings. And get this, started gliding at like, a really fast speed.

"Starfire, now!" He shouted. We all jumped, up here since we were all watching, it was as quiet as, erm, the quietness of the night, and his voice cut through it like Cy's teeth through a slice of pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and ham pizza, his all-time fav.

Starfire soared into the air and then zoomed down almost as fast as the dude with the not-so-messed up head was falling before. Starfire made a sharp turn and was directly in line with the dude with the not-so-messed up head. With a girly yell, Star hurled a starbolt at the figure, who swerved to the right (or maybe it was the left, I'm not good with directions...) and dodged it.

Star yelled again and threw two simultaneous starbolts at the dude with the not-so-messed up head, who titled his cloak up and soared up as well. Star tried to stay in line with the figure and flew up to match the dude with the not-so-messed up head. She fired another starbolt and this was he couldn't dodge. The bolt hit the dude with the not-so-messed up head's shoes, and I don't know how, but it bounced off of his shoes and hit Starfire in the head instead, which knocked her to the ground.

I transformed into an eagle and swooped down and caught Star in my talons, then gently brought her back up to the roof. I dropped her in Robin's open hands, and became myself again. "Robin, should we go after the dude with the not-so-mes... I mean that guy with the cloak?"

"No," Robin said, and we were all shocked. “It’s too dangerous. We should go home. Star, are you okay?"

"Yes Robin, I am thankfully undamaged."

"Good, let's go guys."

And Robin didn't say anything else until we got back to the tower.



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The rest of this chapter is seen through the eyes of Cyborg



I was pressing the A button as fast as I could on the controller, trying to make BB eat my digital dust. I was almost at the finish line, with BB about 10 seconds behind me, and I used a speed burst and crossed the finish line with no problem.

"Aw yeah! I win again!" I shouted for everyone to hear.

"Come on dude," BB pleaded, "One more game?"

"Man, I've already whipped your butt 5 times, and it's startin' to get old. I'm gonna go see if Robin is okay."

BB, Star, and Raven all stared at me. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Raven asked, "He seems to be pretty down lately. Maybe we should just leave him alone." She turned back to her book.

"Yes Cyborg, you should go talk to him." Starfire contradicted, "Perhaps he needs our emotional support, I shall come with you." She started to stand up.

"If Cyborg is going to go talk to Robin, I think he should go alone." Raven's monotone voice rang out. "The last thing he needs is for all of us to barge in on him and start to tell him that we want to know if anything is wrong."

"Oh." Star said quietly, and she sat down, returning to sorting her pictures.

"Well, I'm gonna go..." I said, walking towards the door.

My friend’s voices wished me good luck as I walked through the door and it slid shut behind me. I wondered if Robin was even going to give me any answers. I pushed the elevator button and waited rather than going up the stairs. He had been acting strangely for the last couple of days, from that explosion to falling while training. Something was definitely up, I decided as I stepped onto the elevator.

It zoomed up to the level our rooms were on. I designed this building and am very proud of it, so I think I deserve a lot of credit. The doors opened and I walked through the hall to Robin's room. I heard a distant chuckle which I recognized as Robin's. I walked faster and approached Robin's door. It slid open, and I heard a rustling and then saw Robin sitting cross-legged on his bed with his hands behind his back, as if he was hiding something from me.

"Um, hi Cyborg." He said with a grin. The rest of his face looked uncomfortable, as he kept glancing over his shoulder. "What's up?

"Well," I said, wondering why he was so uncomfortable, "You've been acting kinda weird lately, so I just wondering if you're cool." I said sitting on his bed (and tilting it to one side...) next to him. I saw the corner of something behind his back. He shifted it out of view, hiding it from me. "Oh, well..."

"Man, whadda you hiding from me!" I exclaimed. He was definitely hiding something, and I wanted to know why, and what. "Nothing!" He said, but I could tell he was lying. "Man, do not make me take it from you!" I said reaching for it. "You're gonna have to catch me first!" He said jumping and running to the other side of the room.

"Ready or not Robin, here I come!" I charged over to him and he dodged me by jumping over, but I wasn't that stupid. I reached up and grabbed his ankle. "Gotcha!"

He let go of what he was holding as his arms went out to brace himself, and I caught it with my free hand. It was a deep crimson color, and it looked like a book. As I was about to open it, Robin got up and he tried to snatch it away. I opened it, and I saw what looked like the beginning of a scrapbook.

"What is this?" I asked as I started flipping through the pages. "Is this Starfire's?" He snatched it back. "No," Robin said, "It's mine, now, anyway."

He sat on his bed and flipped to a page with pictures of a younger him and a girl on it. He pointed to a girl with a snowboard. "This book, technically, is hers."

I stared at the picture. The girl had short, light brown hair with a dark purple feather hanging from it, and a grin as wide as BB's mouth. Her eyes were closed so I couldn't see them, but in the picture next to that one, her violet eyes had an unnatural sparkle, as if she was extremely happy.

"Who is she? Like, your first girlfriend or something?" I said with a smirk. I looked at Robin, who stared back at me with a solemn face. Oops. Not funny.

"Her name was Crow, and she was one of the best friends I ever had." He said sadly, while flipping to a page with a man, woman, a girl who looked like she was five, a boy who looked like he was fifteen, the girl with the snow board, and a younger Robin. "When I was working with Bruce, Crow and her family witnessed her uncle killing another man. They were witnesses in court, particularly Crow. Instead of going into the witness protection program, they were placed under Bruce's and my protection, which meant they knew our identities."

"Crow was one of the weirdest girls I had ever met. She hated wearing any type of skirt or dress, she was a mechanical genius, into the most extreme sports that you could think of, was the pickiest eater I knew, she knew 5 types of kung fu, and..." he said with a sigh, "She and her family made me feel as if I was part of theirs."

I was silent. The two had obviously been close, and I knew how Robin was an orphan, so I could understand why he seemed to be having so much fun in these pictures.

I flipped some more pages as he paused. There was one which seemed to be like a concert of some sort, and another that showed Crow with her black belt, certificate, a sword (which she must have gotten at her promotion), and the second biggest grin I ever saw (the first was BB's). In every picture, I saw she was wearing that feather in her hair.

Robin started to speak again. "She is the only one I know who could do that spin trick, and the gliding trick, and her birthday is tomorrow."

I had an idea. "Why don't you invite her over here?" I said enthusiastically, "We could meet her and who knows, maybe she could become a titan!" I thought it was a great idea, but from the way Robin looked, well, it made him even more upset.

He looked down at his feet again. "She and the rest of her family are dead." He said with the saddest voice I had ever heard. "She and her family died in a fire six years ago."

My face lost all happiness. "Oh." I said, thinking about how painful that must be. There was complete silence in the room for at least three minutes, until Robin made a comment.

"Her killer was Alpha. He set their house on fire, and left. He worked with her uncle and he vowed to destroy them in the end. He succeeded."

He stood up and walked over to the desk and picked up a dark purple feather. He picked it up and looked at it. "I think Alpha is the one who is hiding underneath that cloak. I also think he is after me, because we were on Crow's side. And if I am right, he appears to have learned some of Crow's best tricks."

He paused. I made no comment; I wasn't completely sure what to say. He was telling me all of this stuff that was so painful for him to remember. Maybe it made him feel better to pour it all out. I didn't know.

"Alpha is one of the most dangerous criminals I have ever encountered, and he is right above Slade on my list. If it is him, then, I don't know what will happen."

He looked at me, "Thanks for coming to see if I was okay Cy, I appreciate it. I'm going to sleep now, so..."

"Okay man, see you tomorrow." I needed to recharge anyway, my batteries were low. I got up and walked to the door. "Oh, and Cyborg,” I turned around and looked at Robin, who was standing next to his bed. "Please don't tell the others. I don't like keeping secrets from them but..." He trailed off and looked away.

"It's okay man, I understand. Night." The door slid open and I walked out across the hall to my room. The door opened to my room and I sauntered in. My room gave of a light yellow glow, complete with some of my best inventions. My bed was a metal slate on poles, not very comfy. I plugged in my recharger and laid down on what I called a bed, recalling everything Robin had told me. And the pictures of that girl and her family.

And her smile...

[Reket]

It is very good! Keep going, but i advise you to clarify some things cos i'm al little confused

[Crowgirl]

don't worry... i'll make sure everything is clear by the end...

[Crowgirl]

I feel so loved...

Okay, here we go next chapter, if it is way too confuzziling, let me know.

Chapter 4- What a Hood Can Hide

As Seen Through Robin's Eyes

It was next evening before anything occurred. Everything was happening at night these days. Alpha's favorite time to strike was night after all, if it is him, that is.

I decided that all of us would take the T-Car, again. My reasoning for this was so we would all be together and say if Star was there first and started fighting, then if the rest of came later, she could be hurt and Alpha could have gotten away, not good. I didn't want to risk one of us fighting him alone. Anyway, I just wanted us to be together. All of the titans, that is, not just Star and me.

I was silent once again as we drove to the site, my mind was full to the brim with questions. Was it Alpha? Why was he in Jump City? Many more were there, but I stopped considering the answers to them when we got there.

Cy swerved the car into a neat stop and we hastily got out of the car. The others waited for me to lead the way, and I did. I walked through an alley and looked at the happening scene. The only thing there was a robot, around thirty feet tall, armed with missiles which it was using to destroy everything in its path. The figure in the cloak was nowhere to be seen.

"Looks like our 'friend' isn't here yet." Cy commented dryly. I checked once more to see if he was there, then said, "Titans, Go!"

We sprang into action. Cy and I ran to the robot, while Raven, Beast Boy, and Star took to the sky, soaring to the robot. I threw an explosive disk cleanly at his chest, while I spun around to give it distance and impact speed. It hit its mark. The robot made no sign of pain, as it kept walking forward. With a yell, Star shot several starbolts at his head, and like my disk they too hit their mark, but the robot continued traveling forward. Cy used his sonic cannon, Raven used her powers to levitate some rocks, Beast Boy used his animal transformations for forceful impacts, nothing worked, we needed a plan.

"Titans!" I shouted sharply. "On my go, go up to him and give it all you've got!" The robot somehow sensed what was going on and strangely enough, sprouted two more arms, so altogether he had four. Those arms had lasers too, which were starting to aim for us. "Now!" I yelled.

Cy and I sprinted as fast as we could, but Cy was at least 50 feet ahead of me. Star, Beast Boy, and Raven flew as fast as they could towards it, but without warning, (as if we were going to get any...) all four arms reached out and snatched Cy, Beast Boy, Raven, and Star from the air and ground, and prevented them from using their powers.

"Hang on!" I shouted. I had to save them; I could not defeat the robot on my own, no matter how hard I tried. The electrical eyes of the robot faced me; I stared back coldly into them, although my mask prevented the robot from seeing them.

My friends were struggling to get out of the robots grasp. They were failing miserably (no offense...). The robot's eyes were turning a dangerous glowing yellow. I turned back towards Cy. He had gotten the arm with his sonic cannon free. He looked at me, his arm in the air and his eyes wide. "Robin! Watch it!”

The robot's eyes shot lasers directly at me. I could not dodge them, they had too wide a range, and I couldn't move fast enough. I felt rooted to the spot.

Suddenly, I felt a rough impact on my sides, as if they were hands that had grabbed my waist to move me out of the way. It wasn't the lasers that Cy was warning me about, it was this.

I had dodged the lasers, but the lasers hit the waist of my attacker (or rescuer, as of right now I'm not sure...) and they must have burned his skin because he let out a yell of pain. He must have leaped to move me, but we landed with a skid on the street, right next to the display window of a store.

Almost as soon as we had landed, we got up as quickly as possible. I positioned my self to attack, but my attacker/rescuer was faster. He pulled out a sword and put the point directly on my throat.

"I don't know who you are or what you are doing here. But I would really like to know, and it may be best for you to say." And as soon as that was said, that's when I realized something.

The voice belonged to, not a man, but a girl, probably around my age. I started to speak, "I am..." I stopped. My glancing eyes had landed on the hilt of the sword she was holding. It had two jewels implanted in it, one a ruby red and the other a deep purple. I know that hilt, I thought, but it's not hers, it can't be, she's dead.

And that's when I saw it. A shimmer attracted my eye, and I looked in that direction. It was the decoration on a necklace. The decoration was a silver line, about an inch wide, with diagonal lines on both sides stretching out about 3 inches.

"Answer me!" The girl said, the point of the sword digging deeper into my throat. "Do not waste my time!"

I was wrong, it wasn't Alpha, couldn't be. It had to be...

"Crow?" I said skeptically, not even believing my own guess.

The girl lowered her sword and put it back in her sheath. She took both of her hands and used them to take down her hood, unveiling her sparkling violet eyes.

And then she spoke. I had not heard that voice in six years, and I was overjoyed to hear it again.

"Robin?"

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We embraced each other, we couldn't help it. I thought she was dead, but she's alive. She's alive!

"I thought you were dead." I said, my voice shaking with emotion. "Why didn't you tell me you were alive?"

"I couldn't find you, and besides. It wasn't safe to go out into the open if I was supposed to be dead. I took matters into my own hands."

I knew what she meant. I would have done the same thing if I was her.

"Is Alpha here?" I asked. That question had been on my mind for days, and it was good to finally get an answer.

"Yes," she said, gesturing to the robot. "This is his, as were the others. But who are the people that the robot has?" She questioned me. "My friends." I said, "We live here in this city, in the building that looks like a T. Have you seen it?"

She racked her brain while wearing a look I knew so well, "I can't think of it right now. But we should probably go rescue you're friends. Then we need to talk."

She put her hood up, covering her face once again. "But Crow," I stuttered, " Nothing we have can destroy it, let alon-."

"Yo Robin!" I heard a familiar voice shout. It was Cy, and it looked like he was almost free. "If you don't mind me interrupting your little quiet session there, we could use some help over here!"

He was blasting the robotic arm with his sonic cannon, and the blasts kept ricocheting off of his mirrored surface. "Hold on!" I screamed back, turning my face to Crow.

She was looking over at Cy again, "Very patient." She said sarcastically. "What were you saying?"

"I said we have nothing that can destroy it, let alone scratch it. It's too strong, can you help?"

She didn't say anything instantly. She slowly reached into her cloak and drew out her sword. She held the blade a foot away from her face to examine it. "I would think this is sharp enough to cut through it. Don't you think?" She asked, twirling the blade so the handle faced me. She extended it out to me.

"Crow, I never knew how to use that thing, and I still don't! Do you really think th-."

"Trust me." She said, and I knew I could. It was as if time slowed down as I was reaching for the sword. I finally grabbed the handle and Crow let go. It was much lighter than I had thought. I placed it at my side, my fingers running over the two implanted jewels, I always wondered what they were there for.

"Thanks." I said hastily, "Now come on!" I said turning to go.

"No Robin, I'm not going with you, but I will help. You will know when I do." She said. "Once you cut your friends free by the way, hit the robot with everything you've got."

I knew there was no point in arguing with her about her coming with me, but how was I supposed to use the sword, let alone destroy the robot.

"Um, Crow? Do you want to tell me how to kill the robot?" I asked, she would know, I knew, I trusted her with my life.

She looked at me, and if there wasn't a hood over her face, I would have been able to see her grin, as wide as Beast Boy's mouth.

Quite calmly, she said, "You hit it," she paused for dramatic effect, "Until it breaks."

A typical Crow answer, and I couldn't help but grin.

[HEADphones]

Oh, my, gosh. excellent charactor development, awesome new charactor, intense fighting scean, emotional stuff, secrets, supurb points of view, is there anything you can't do crow girl. If HEADphones could cry, they'd be crying along with me. Please, by all means update soon. PS you're right you are loved. And by the way cheak out "As The Bird Flies" my fan fic. I'm not sure if you have or haven't cheaked it out, but if you have, keep cheaking for updates. Peace out.

[Reket]

wonderful! I was hoping Crow wasn't gone...that would make it depressing. Please don't make it depressing...keep writing, keep the fighting, and keep the suspense!

[Crowgirl]

Actually, I was thinking of having her die.....

Just Kidding! Next Chapter will be out reeeeeeally soon

[Crowgirl]

Who knew that reeeeeeeeally soon meant i like a couple of hours! (Okay... I did but, still... )

Anyway, this focuses on Starfire a little more...

Ready or Not, here it is!

P.S. If you are not ready, then don't read this.

Chapter 5- Friend or Foe?

As Seen Through the Eyes of Starfire



I screamed as my own starbolts skimmed my pale orange skin. Why was Robin not helping us? Was he in danger? I could not bear the thought of it. I yelled and shot an enormous starbolt out of my free hand at the mechanical device's head. Like my other bolts, it bounced off and hit a wall made of the reddish blocks which I believe are called bricks.

"Please let me go! We only wish for you to stop damaging our city!" I shouted. I hoped the anger inside this mechanical device would cease from my words and he would let us go free.

"Star," My friend Raven said, "I do not think talking to it is going to help at all." She was using her powers to attempt to tear the arm of the robot, but she was failing, for she lacked the necessary concentration.

I heard a cry of battle that could only belong to Robin. I looked and he was running towards the robot, carrying a large shiny knife. With another cry of battle, he jumped into the air at me. I gasped as he swung the knife so it crashed down onto the mechanical device's arm, and it sliced the arm in two parts. Robin caught me in the arm that did not have the large knife in it. He carried me safetly to the ground and helped get out of the mechanical device's hand.

"Are you okay?" Robin questioned me, he was in the out of breath state. "I am undamaged, Robin." I answered back. He looked at me and said, "Good, now give the robot everything you've got." He started to walk away.

"Robin, what does that mean?" I asked, unsure of the statement.

"It means use all of your power." He shouted while running to go free our other friends.

I soared up into the air, my hands and eyes glowing with the light of my starbolts. I shot green starbolts from my hands and my emerald colored eyes (I think that is what Robin called them) and all of my bolts hit one of the mechanical device's moving legs, leaving a black mark.

Beast Boy, in bird form, swooped past me, diving for the mechanical device's head. The eyes on this device glowed orange and shot beams at Beast Boy, forcing him back into the wall made of brick. "Beast Boy!" I called out. He was on the ground, obviously in pain. I flew to his side, "Friend, are you damaged?" I asked him.

He moaned, I extended a hand to help him up, but a pair of lasers hit my chest. I screamed as I fell back to the brick wall. I hit it, and I fell to the ground, my eyes closed.

I didn't open my eyes, but I heard yells, cries of battle, and screams that belonged to my friends. I couldn't move, even though I tried hard. I heard a yell and gasp that belonged to Raven, my only female companion. I heard Cyborg's yell that was closely followed by a crash. My friends and I were very close to defeat...

I found I could lift my neck and open my eyes. I saw Robin standing there, poised with the large knife in his hands. The mechanical device's gaze landed on him, and lasers shot directly at him. He twirled the knife in his hands to deflect the lasers, and it worked, in a way. He was not wounded, but the impact of the lasers, forced his body back, slamming himself against the wall.

We had lost.

I heard an unfamiliar voice. "Hey Metalmouth!!" I heard an earthing shout. I looked up at the top of a building. There was a figure standing there, his long cape blowing in the breeze. "Heads up!" He shouted. Then he jumped off.

In the air, he straightened his legs as if he was sitting down, then flipped twice, while keeping that poisition. He fell down, feet first, and after a while the bottoms of his shoes hit the mechanical device's head, which made the mechanical device stagger.

He landed on the ground undamaged. The mechanical device's eyes shot laser beams at the earthinling, who flipped and got out of the way. The mechanical device kept shooting lasers at him, but the earthiling kept moving out of the way.

I found the strength to move, but I was not fast as the earthling. The figure kept moving out of the way and I noticed that he was slowly going near Robin. The figure grabbed the large knife from Robin's side and picked Robin up, then jumped out of the way.

He ran, carrying Robin over to a safer place, where the figure placed him on the ground, than ran towards the mechanical device with the knife in hand. With a yell, he ran towards the mechanical device and waved the knife in his hand so it cut through the mechanical device.

He kept waving the knife so the mechcanical device was no longer one, but several pieces. I was interuged. Is person a friend or a foe? I was not sure, so I turned my attention back to the figure, who was ripping something off of the mechanical device.

He put an object that looked like a disk inside his long cape and put the large knife in there as well. He walked over to Robin, who looked like he was staring to awake, and gently picked him up and placed him in his arms. He looked at me attempting to get up, and with Robin in his arms, he walked over to me.

I used my arms to lift myself up from the ground, but I was too weak and I collasped. I attempted again, and I failed again. I saw a hand was extended in front of my face, I heard a voice. "Do you need a hand?" I had never heard a voice like that before, it was higher than Robin's, yet almost like Terra's. I wondered who this person was.

"I am very grateful for your timely assistance." I said, able to speak at last. I stood up with his assistance, stumbling at first. I soared off the ground and over to where he lay stirring on the grass. "So," the figure said as I knelt down beside him. "I'm guessing you're a friend of Robin's as well?"

"Yes, I am Starfire from Tamaran. May I ask what you call yourself?"

The figure paused for a moment, thinking. "Starfire... name rings a bell, never been to Tamaran though, hmm...." He mumbled. "Ah! Your question. For now..." He paused again, leaving me with no answer, for Robin was sitting up. "Robin!" Both of us exclaimed, the earthiling rushed over to his side and extended his hand to Robin like he did to me. "You okay?" He asked, in that voice which I had never heard an equalivalent to.

"Yeah, If I'm not now, I will be." He said massaging the unatural lump on his head. "WHy don't you and Star go get the others?"

"Sure, why not?" He said. He looked at me, "Are you coming?" "Yes, I feel as if my friends are in danger. They are your friends as well?"

We started to travel over to Cyborg. "No, I only know Robin. Yet I know I've heard of you somewhere..."

"I am confused, if you have never met me or been to my home planet Tamaran, how would you know who I am?"

"That's just it, I don't know. Here," He pointed to Raven. "You take her, and I'll take him." He pointed to Cyborg.

"I do not think that you will be able to carry him, for none of the others are able to..." I gasped as he gently lifted him up from the ground and placed him in his arms. "Able to what?" He said, a joyful tone in his voice.

Soon, we had carried my friends into one area, where they were started to awaken. While I was tending to my awaking friends, the earthling and Robin were deep in conversation.

"I can't believe you didn't think it was him." The figure was saying.

"Well, I could have gotten some hints if someone wasn't taking them away." I was not sure if he was joking or if he was really angry. But after a long pause between the two, they laughed loudly.

"Dude," Beast Boy said. "Do we know who this guy is?" He pointed his finger at the pair.

"No," Raven spoke, "But I have the feeling he and Robin are good friends." She gestured over to the pair, who were laughing loudly at something, though I did not know what.

"I mean, dude," We all looked at Beast Boy. " It's like they're old friends that haven't seen each other in like ten years."

"First off," the unique voice said, and we all stopped, "Six years actually, and also, you can just say a decade instead of ten years, it makes it so much easier." We all turned around, and there stood Robin and his friend. Robin was grinning, and even though I couldn't see it, I had the feeling that his friend was grinning too.

"Uh.." Cyborg stammered, "How did you get from there," he pointed to where they just were, "to here?"

The friend of Robin held up what looked like a metal circle, about an earth measurement of two inches wide, which had several buttons on it. "It's called a TP." He said. "Teleportation Portal. Made it myself. Connects to any other portal I've made, anywhere."

"Guys," Robin said. "I want to introduce you to my old friend named..."

"Crow." I heard Cyborg gasp. "I'm new to Jump City, as you might've guessed from what you've seen."

"Dude, I'm Beast Boy, welcome to Jump City! It's nice to finally meet the daredevil who jumps off buildings." Beast Boy said enthusically while shaking his hand.

He laughed, "Devil? I am no devil, that is, compared to others I know." She walked over to Raven, leaving Beast Boy as if he had just been punched in the face.

"And you are..." he said to Raven. "Raven. Nice to meet you." "Same here." He said and walked over to me.

"I already know who you are, but you didn't know before, so..." He stuck out his hand and I grabbed it. Suddenly, as soon as I touched it, a jolt of something ran through my arm into my hand, and into his, which blasted him against the wall of brick.

I flew over to him. "I am truly sorry! I do not know what happened, please forgi-." I gasped.

It was not a male earthling under that hood, it was a female earthling. Her features were quite exquisite. Her skin was the color of Robin's, her face was longer though. Her eyes were a glittering purple, the color of my clothing. Her light brown hair was longer than mine, for it reached her waist. She stood up and rubbed her head. She wore a shirt the color of the sugar that Beast Boy dumps into his cereal in the morning, which showed part of her stomach . The sleeves to it were longer than her arms, and the edges were angled to show the tips of her fingers. She had on a pair of black boots with heels that reached her thighs, and beneath those were a pair of chocolate colored leggings. Last, she had on a belt with several circlular pockets, and on one of the sides was a black tube, which th large knife's handle was sticking out of.

"That's okay," she said with a small grin. "I'll live." She walked over to my friends. Beast Boy and Cyborg's mouth were opened wider than usual, and Raven eyes were wide. Crow walked over to them, noticed their unnatural stares and looked at Robin. "Um, did I miss something?" She asked him.

"You're a GIRL!?!?" Beast Boy shouted, Raven stuck her elbow into his stomach, "Ow!"

Crow looked at the plams of her hand, then at Beast Boy. Without a smile, she said, "Is it really that hard to tell?" She grinned, and so did Robin.

"Well, if you act like a boy all the time, then yes, it is pretty hard to tell." A voice said from the shadows.

Crow spun around, taking out her sword. Her eyes glttered with a powerful force, anger, perhaps? "Come out where the whole world can see you, instead of hiding in the dark. " She shouted into the darkness. Robin started to say something, "Crow, is tha-."

"Shh!" She said to him, while staring into the blackness. After a long pause, a man dressed in a red bodysuit covered in black plates stepped out of the darkness. On his chest, there was a golden disk with a strange symbol engraved into it. Meanwhile, his mask was a blood red with a thin black stripe down the middle.

Crow said something first. "Alpha. Nice to see you've faced your fear of light." Alpha, that must have been his name.

He spoke again. "Crow. Nice to see you've finally found your friend."

Crow put a scowl on her face. "Pyro." She growled.

"Orphan." He spat at her.

"Your fault."

"Was it?" Alpha said with a laugh. "Don't let him tempt you." Robin said quietly to Crow, her hand gripped the handle of the large knife so part of her fingers were white.

"I think you'll be pleased to see what I've done with my creation." He said, pulling out a black box, with that strange symbol on it. The box was small, it fit into his hand nicely. I did bnot see that it could do any harm, yet Crow gasped and said, "No!"

"Yes. I'll think you will like its new improved effects. Would you like me to demonstrate?" He said with a hint of humor.

"Crow, what is that?" Robin asked her. She did not answer him at first, but she then said later, "I'll tell you when we talk, it'll take too long now. But for now, all you need to know is that you can only avoid it by-."

"Crow, you haven't answered me," He said tauntingly, "So I guess that means... YES!" He shouted as he opened the lid fast. A red ghost soared out of it flying towards us faster than I ever could.

"RUN!!!" Crow and Robin shouted together, and we needed no persuasion.



TA DA!!!!!!!!!!!!

So.... what do you think?

[raven54]

*crack* aaaaand it's OUTTA HERE!!! That's another grand slam for Crowgirl!

[Reket]

Amazing! Fantastic! Extraordinary! *finding words to add to rrarbecy's list*

Very good. It's really cool how the story is shown through other people's eyes so you get everyone's point of view, their feelings, their thoughts. To one person it might be one way, to another it's different. As I said before, Fantastic!
Yes, good...yessssssss.....must have more right NOW!

[HEADphones]

I... I... I'm speachless. Crow, are you sure this isn't a future story of the teen titans you stole? Just kidding! But please proceed with the next chapter. I'm dieing to hear it. Literally . Muah ha ha! Peace out.

[Crowgirl]

Yes, I secretly stole this from Japan...

I have this whole thing worked out, I just need to type the chapters actually...

P.S. HeadPHONES, Can you see why I can relate to Raven?

[Lord Welshi]

You have asked it of me, so I have read this story. I am impressed, this is some excellent work. Good character development, good plot, a good choice of first person perspectives. Very good work, keep writing.

Lord Welshi

[Crowgirl]

Well, I nearly died trying, but here is my next chapter...

Chapter 6- Getting to Know You...

As Seen Through the Eyes of Beast Boy



We ran, I mean, it's not like we were gonna let that ghosty thing get us. So we ran, and actually, we were still running. I had become a cheetah and was leading the others, who were going as fast as they could. "Robin!" I heard Crow call out. I didn't bother looking back, I really just wanted to get away as fast as possible. A couple of seconds later, I saw Robin, Crow, and Cy on this thing which looked like a skateboard with no wheels. It had a single rocket on the bottom of it instead, and it zoomed by so it was in front of me by at least nine meters.

"Follow me!" Crow cried out to the rest of us, "I know how to dodge it!" She knelt down and gripped the front of the board. "Hold on!" She shouted, and the board zoomed directly up. "Whoa!" Cy shouted as Robin gripped his hand before he fell completely. Star and Rae followed the exact path of the board, while I changed into an eagle and soared up on the side of the building in circles.

My mind was full of thoughts. Why had I reacted so oddly to seeing what Crow looked like? I mean, I was unsure of her honesty before I had seen her face, but why did I find her so, erm, untrustworthy? I put two and two together and it clicked. One word, Terra.

Terra was, like, my best friend, only better. Before the Slade Incident (as Rae calls it) I could have seen the two of us spending the rest of our lives together, as one. I... I... I loved her. But now she is made of stone, and I miss her, I always will.

I finally reached to the top of the building, where Rae, Star, and Cy were talking, and Crow was telling something to Robin with a Raven-like look on her face. I joined the conversation that Rae, Star, and Cy were having.

"She seems, Raven, what is the word?"

"Suspicious." Raven said as she answered Starfire. "Extremely. How awkward is it that Robin's old 'friend' shows up after six years, and Robin compelety trusts her? Something is definitely up. We need to find out what."

"Yeah, I mean she seems so weird! She jumped off a building, and she just flew directly up one!" I said, adding to the conversation.

"Hey guys." Robin's voice cut through my pause. "I have to ask you something."

"I know it seems really, really weird that Crow just shows up now and stuff. But I was wondering... uh.. if it would be okay if she came to the Tower with us tonight, just for a couple of hours or so, because Crow and I, we, um..., need to fill each other in on some, erm... stuff."

"Robin, it is 'okay' with me." Star said, and I looked at her with suprise.

"Yeah," Said Cy, "Why not?"

Robin's face broke out into a small grin. "Thanks guys, this really means a lot. " He walked over to Crow, who looked like she was looking at something on her board. Robin staring talking to her, and she listened.

"Um, why did we just say yes if we think something is up with her?" I asked quietly. "The best way to prepare to fight an enemy is to learn about the enemy." Rae said.

"So the more we get to know her, the more we are able to conclude about her personality." Star finished.

That seemed to make sense. "Hey guys, ready to go?" Robin called. We nodded and walked over. "Umm, Robin? The T-Car only seats five, so..." Cy started to say.

"That's okay." Crow said while looking up at Cy with a grin. "I have my own method of transportation."

"You do?" Robin asked. "Yeah, how else would I travel, with this thing?" She held up her board. "It's down there." She pointed at the street below. "And how are we going to get down there?" I asked

"Exactly how we got up." She stood up got on her board, and it floated up about 6 inches. She extended her hand to Robin and Cy, who both got on. It floated off the edge. "Are you coming?" She asked with a grin. Rae and Star both floated up about two feet, while I transformed into an eagle. Suddenly, the board holding Crow, Cy, and Robin dropped.

The three of us (Star, me, and Rae) followed them down the side of the building. It happened in like two seconds, so we all reached the ground about the same time. Crow, kicked the board with her heel and it flipped up in the air and she caught it with one hand. Not bad.

She walked into the alley, "Give two seconds!" She called out, and sure enough two seconds later, she sped out on what looked like a dark purple motorcycle. She swerved and neatly stopped it in front of us. I was wrong about the motorcycle thing though. It was dark purple, but it was,and I shrieked when I found this out, a moped.

"You have a moped? Whre did you get it?" I cried, almost drooling.

"I built it myself out of scrap metal. It can go up to 240 miles per hour, once I make sure the nitro works, that is. I need to test it." She took a matching helmet off the handlebars. I looked at Cy, and I could tell he was impressed, 'cause his eyes were as wide as Star's usually are.

"Here," Robin said, "If you have an extra helmet, I'll come with you, to make sure you find the place." "Where is it?" She asked him as she tossed him a dark red helmet. How do you stay here for a couple of days and miss seeing the Tower?

"It's the building that looks like a giant T, you must have seen it." He answered. Crow thought for a moment, then said, "I think I may have, I'm not sure..." She gasped and opened her eyes wide. "Starfire!" She said joyfully (and randomly...), "Do you have a sister named Blackfire?"

"What do you know of my sister?" She asked suprisingly, I was amazed that she even knew who Blackfire (a.k.a Blazin' B) was. "Not that much," She said with a shrug. "A while ago I saved her from a black hole in one of the forbidden nebulas, I was just passing, so it was lucky I found her. I saved her, and repaired her ship for her. She told me about herself. She mentioned you, and that you were living on Earth."

" I see..." Star said quietly. Nobody said anything, there was something weird about Crow, and we wanted to know what. "Well," she asked Robin, who was thinking, "Are you coming?" "Yeah." He said, climbing on to the seat.

"I can bring another person, if someone else wants to come..." Crow started to say, but I interuppted her.

"I'll go!!" I said happily, and I climbed on the back of the seat as fast as I had been running before. "You'll want this." She said as she tossed me a dark green helmet. I pulled it on with a grin. "Tower that looks like a T, right? I think I know where to go, I accidently landed there. It's on an island, right?" She asked Robin.

"That's the place." Robin answered. He looked at the others, "We'll meet you there." He said as she backed the moped up. She turned a little, and sped away.

Riding on a moped was everything I've dreamed of. Okay, so I was behind Robin and Crow, but it was still fun.

"Umm... Crow? You're going the wrong way." Robin shouted over the engine and wind. "I know exactly where I'm going Robin, trust me." We drove a little faster and I had to grip onto Robin to stop from falling off. It seemed like Crow was counting the alleys that we past. "Thirteen." She shouted, "This is it!" She turned the moped around so we were facing the brick wall at the end of the alley. "Time to test the nitro." Crow muttered to herself. Were we like, gonna ride up the wall?

"Crow, what are you doing?" Robin asked. He sounded a little scared. "I'm going to go as fast as I can." Crow said as she turned around and grinned.

She pressed a button on the front, and there was a mechanical hum. "Crow, are you crazy?!?!" Robin yelled as she pressed the pedals as hard as she could. We zoomed past dumpsters and trash cans, coming close to the brick wall. Robin and I yelled loudly. My eyes were closed, I'm gonna die! I thought. I put my hands in front of my face, expecting a crash.

But there wasn't one. We didn't crash into a brick wall or anything actually. I opened my eyes, and saw that we were in a underground tunnel, 'cause we were surrounded by dirt and rocks.

"Crazy?" Crow shouted with a laugh to the two of us from the front, "I don't think so!"



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"I still can't believe th-." I started to say before Star's hand covered my mouth.

"Beast Boy, you must learn to be quiet. We do not want Robin and Crow know that we are eavesdropping on their conversation." Star whispered. "In other words," Rae said grimly, "Shut up."

I frowned. This spying idea Rae and Cy had wasn't all that fun. "Shh!" Cy said to all four of us. "Listen!"

Cy had used the camera built into his hand to spy on them. Since we couldn't take the chance of them seeing Cy's hand, it was hidden behind the door. The vision wasn't that good, but we were able to hear pieces of their conversation. They had decided to talk on the roof, so we followed them, but not taking the same route. Rae had brought us up here.

Anyways, Crow was floating on her board, and Robin was sitting on the ledge. From what we had heard, Crow is able to make Robin laugh easily, and the same thing the opposite way around. Cy focused the sound a little more, and we heard this.

"Mostly elem.... uff, but I can ha....e it okay" Crow's voice rang out. The door must have been interfering with the sound, 'cause there was a bunch of static.

"Are you sure? That's wh.....bout making Sod....." Robin said.

They burst out laughing for like the millionth time. Must have been some inside joke. I mean, we had plenty of those.

"You guys, I have an idea." I whispered quietly. They all turned to look at me, and I told them what I thought.

"Maybe, uhh.., Crow is somehow connected to Slade, like she's his, erm..., apprentice or something." I swallowed down sobs. "Maybe she's here to annilate us, like..." I swallowed down more sobs. "Like... she was. Maybe Crow's here for revenge for the deaths of Slade and, um..., you know..."

There was a pause. Their faces were emotionless, then Rae said. "I hate to say it, but Beast Boy is probably right. I noticed a resemblance between the two when I shook her hand. Maybe she's like Terra's sister or something."

"Or maybe not." Star said quietly. "They do not look anything alike. And besides, Robin would have mentioned something if she was related to Terra, is that not true?"

"Yeah, BB. As true as it could be, it's probably not gonna happen. She's not gonna turn out to be another, erm..."

"So what!? It's a possiblity? Does anyone wanna bet that it could happen?"

"I will."

"Okay then! It's a bet!" I grabbed the person's outstretched hand hand shook it violently. "Umm... BB?" Cy said, as if he was scared of something. "What?" I asked roughly. I looked at the hand I was shaking. It was a girl's hand. I looked up at the face of the person who's hand I was shaking. It wasn't Rae or Star. "Oh.." I said quietly, looking into her eyes.

Two people floating on a board burst out laughing.



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As Seen Through the Eyes of Robin



We couldn't help it. It was hilarious. Crow and I were laughing so hard I almost fell off the board. We shouldn't have been eavesdropping, but they were doing it first. Besides, it was worth it just to see the look on their faces.

"You should have seen your faces!" Crow said in between laughes and breaths. After about a minute, when we had stopped laughing, Cy asked us, "Uh.. I know how you went from one place to another before, but how are you in two places at once?"

"Oh, that?" She said, finally getting over her laughter. "It'sa hologram. Not one of my best either. It keeps repeating itself after about, erm..., every five minutes."

" And how many times had it reapeated itself?" Cy dared to ask.

"Oh, I'd say about six." She grinned.

"You've been listening to us for that long?" Beast Boy said, as if he didn't believe us. "Yeah," Crow said with a smirk. "Actually, we wouldn't have found you if you hadn't been talking so loudly, you gave it away."

Cyborg, Star, and Raven all turned and glared at Beast Boy, who's face was turning bright red. "I asked Crow if she would check my R-Cycle while she was here, so we're going to the garage, are you guys gonna come?" I knew that they were going to say yes, considering that they didn't trust Crow at all. I found it interesting that Crow didn't show any grudge against them for saying all those things about her. But there was Crow for you.

The six of us walked down to the garage together. I couldn't help but notice the guilt on the other Titans faces as we were going there. "You guys," I whispered to them as Crow was in front of us. "It's okay, she doesn't really hold a grrudge. Relax." I gave them a small grin and caught up with Crow.

When we got to the garage, I showed Crow the R-Cycle and told her what was wrong. She got under it and started to examine it.

"Robin," Said Cy, who seemed to fell a little less guilty now, "I'm telling you that I've checked that about four times, and the nothing is wr-."

"Found i- arghhh." She made a noise as if something had just been stuffed in her mouth. Leaving Cy in shock, I knelt down and said, "Crow, you okay?"

She pushed herself out from underneath the R-Cycle. Her entire face was covered with oil, and the only thing that really stood out were her eyes. "I'm fine." She turned to the side and spit some out of her mouth. "But you've got a crack in your generator, it's about three inches wide. That's where the problem is. I can fix it though. I just need to get something out of my moped.

Crow climbed out from the bottom of the R-Cycle and skipped over to her moped. She opened the seat, and a black blob leapt out and ran towards Star. Star shrieked and fired a starbolt at it. "Easy!" I cried, and all of them stared at me. I looked at Crow. "Is that.." "Yup." She said.

Crow knelt down and held out her arms. The black blob, who's name is Zorro, rushed into her arms. "Starfire, you like cats, right?" Star nodded. " This is Zorro. He's my cat." Two green eyes opened of Zorro's face, and Star flew over to the cat and pat his head. "May I hold him?" She asked. Her voice was so sweet and inviting. Crow placed Zorro in Star's arms, and he immeditately began to purr.

She pulled out two jars and a towel out of the compartment. She wiped her face free of oil, then quickly repaired the R-Cycle. Cy was still in shock. "I can't believe I didn't find that." He kept muttering to himself. Star and Beast Boy were enchanted with Zorro, while Raven was watching Crow intently. "Well, she said to me a couple of minute later. "Try it now." I did. It worked perfectly.

"Thanks Crow!" I said enthusiastically. I put it away, and Crow looked like she was about to leave and say good-bye when Cy said to her. "Why don't you stay a little more and do something with us, it's the least we can do."

"Yes, yes!" Star said, her voice full of joy. "I must agree! You and Zorro shall stay with us!"

Crow shrugged, "Why not?" She put her things away and asked "What are you guys doing tonight?"

Star suggested, "Let us have a stay at home movie night!" Beast Boy and Cy contradicted her. "No way! We should go out for pizza!" All three of them started arguing about our plans, then Raven joined in with her monotone voice.

After about a minute or two, I heard a shrill whistle. The four of them turned to look at me. I jerked my thumb in Crow's direction.

"If it's going to cause this much trouble, why don't we do both? If you want, I'll make pizza here and we can watch a movie." She suggested, I knew she was concealing a laugh. "I don't want to you work whi-." I started to contradict.

"Oh, it's no problem. I like cooking, especially pizza." She said with another shrug. "Oh, you can cook stuff besides soup and cereal now?" I asked jokingly. "Yeah, can you?" She answered. I chuckled, typical Crow and her sarcasm.

We went to our living room/kitchen area and showed her where the supplies she needed were. She asked us what type pizza we liked and how many slices we each ate. After she had 'interrogated' us, Crow started to work on the pizza.

While Crow worked on the pizza, Cy and Beast Boy went to go rent a movie, Raven went to meditate in her room, Star observed Crow making the pizza ("It looks just like you are making Zikos!" She had exclaimed. And Crow had answered her, "Actually, I think it's called pizza..."), and I sat down on the couch with a book. I noticed Crow's feather was still in my utility belt. I jumped up and gave it to her, and she thanked me, and placed it in her hair. Now she looked exactly like I remembered with the foot long drak purple feather in her light brown hair. I hoped my friends liked her, because maybe then she could join the Teen Titans. That would be really cool.

Beast Boy and Cy got back just in time. "Dudes, check it out." He held up the movie 'Into the Real World'. "Just out on video. Thought we'd see if it was cool. It looks like a sci-fi and action flick." Cy stated factually. "Sounds cool. Crow, Star, did you guys hear that?" I asked them. Star and Crow were now putting toppings on the pizza.

"Movie sounds great! I'm interested." Crow called over. "No, Star, wait! You put the olives on the cheese!" "Ohh..." Star said quietly, taking them off of where ever they had been and putting them where they belonged. I grinned.

Soon enough, Crow had slid the pizza on the table. "Crow, what would like as a beverage?" Star asked. "Lemonade, if you have it." She replied, while getting plates. "I am afraid we only have soda at the moment. Would you like that as a beverage?" "No thanks," she said casually. "I don't like soda."

Beast Boy practically shrieked.

"You don't like soda?!?!?!" Beast Boy said disbelievingly.

"Yeah..." She drew out her answer to let it sink in. "Lets just say if I drink it.... erm, my tastebuds don't react that well." I knew what happened when she drank soda, or when you made her laugh when she was drinking. It happened to me once, and if it had happened to somebody else, it would have been hilarious.

"The pizza is ready for eating!" Star called out. Beast Boy went to go get Raven, and Cy and I sat down at the table. After everyone was there, Crow realized she forgot to put something away in her moped, and she left to do that. As soon as she was gone, Beast Boy poured some clear soda into Crow's water.

"Beast Boy!" I said suprisingly. " I truly wouldn't do that if I were you..." I wouldn't have warned him if he hadn't been sitting across the table. He looked at me with innocence all over his face. "I just want to see what she does..."

"I'm warning you..." I said. I would have told him what happened,but just then, Crow walked through the door.

"Sorry, about that. I had to put the stuff I used earlier away." After she said that, everyone grabbed their favorite type of pizza. Mine was olives, Raven's was garlic, Star's was mint frosting and mustard (interesting combo...), Cy's was a meat combo, Beast Boy's was a bunch od veggies, and Crow's was pepperoni. Cy commented first. "This is..." He dramatically paused, "The best pizza EVER!!" He gobbled his first slice down and snatched another one. "Dude! This rocks!" Beast Boy commented. "Oh yes! Most delicious earth food!" Star announced to the whole table. "Not bad." Raven stated. "Yeah Crow. This is really, really good!"

"Glad you think so." She said with a smile. I could tell that she was happy we liked it. Crow gently put her piece down on her plate and reached for her glass of water/soda. The cup touched her lips, and everyone stared at her. She noticed. "What?" She said, wondering what she did wrong. "Nothing." Beast Boy said in a completely innocent voice. She stared hard at Beast Boy, then took a gulp of water/soda.

It all happened in about three seconds, not even, actually. Crow spit out the soda out of shock and I put my hands up to my face. When I took them down about ten seconds later, her eyes were wide and her hand was covering her mouth. I turned to Beast Boy, and he was drenched. The whole top half of Beast Boy was covered in soda. Star, Cy, and I looked back and forth to Crow and Beast Boy, and then we burst out laughing.

Raven and Crow even laughed a little. Beast Boy, however, was not amused. "This really isn't that funny..." He has said, and that only made us laugh harder. After all the laughter had stopped, Crow told him. "Now do you understand why I don't like soda?" She said comically. "Yeah," Beast Boy said, "Yeah, I think I get it."

After all the pizza was finished and compliments to the chef had been made, we all volunteered Beast Boy to do the dishes. I set up the movie, and Beast Boy asked if we wanted any popcorn. "That depends." Crow said with a smirk. "Did you drench it in soda?" We all laughed again, except for Raven who smiled. Crow seemed to know that Beast Boy had put the soda in her drink. I don't know how, but she did.

We started the movie, which wasn't all that bad. A couple of funny lines, lots of action, cool sci-fi stuff, my kind of movie. It was really late when the movie ended. You could see the harvest moon shining above Jump City. Everything looked so peaceful.

"Well." Crow said abruptly as she stood up and Beast Boy shut off the TV. "Thanks for letting me stay tonight. I had a lot of fun. It was nice to meet you all. Maybe we'll see each other again sometime." She smiled out of politeness.

"Hold on!" Cy said with a grin. "Who said you have to go now? Why don't you stay the night here, unless you already have a place..."

"Well, as of right now I sleep in an underground tunnel, so..." Crow said quietly.

"Absurd! You shall spend the night in our home, not in some underground tunnel!" Star proclaimed, her long auburn hair swirling around her. "Why not? It's the least we can do. Just as long as you cook in the morning instead of Beast Boy. We could use a better cook." Crow laughed at Raven's dry comment. "Consider it a deal." She said with a true grin.

"Here, I shall go fetch some blankets." Star said. "No, it's fine, I'll do without." Crow said kindly. "Well y'all," Cy yawned, "See you in the morning. Time for bed." He led the rest of the Titans upstairs after turning on the security systems. I stayed though, I wanted to tell Crow something.

Crow stretched out on the couch and yawned. "Robin, thank you so much for everything. I really appreciate it. This is really generous." "Don't mention it." I said with a friendly grin. "You need it, no offense."

"None taken. Well, night." She put her hands behind her head and Zorro climbed onto her chest. I leaned down near her head and said, "Crow? One more thing. Happy Birthday."

She grinned, and I walked away to my room for the night.

Oh, FYI. I'm running for class president, so don't expect a chapter real soon.


CROWGIRL FOR PRESIDENT!!!

[rrarbecy]

I was thinking you meant the Zorro movie character. You know, the Z with the sword, three cuts. I love that guy!

[Crowgirl]

Originally Posted by rrarbecy

Hey! Hold it!
She hasn't broken up the Star/Robin relationship! Crow and Robin are just good friends.
Or are they something more...
IF THEY ARE, CROWGIRL, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't break up anything.....
yet. (Just kidding, or am I) I am actually trying to drop hints about something in the story, let's see if you pick it up....

Sorry if I messed up people when I said the edit signature thing. Oops.

This story actually focuses more on a couple of different things. Crow's past (oops), Alpha (oops), and a suprise (no oops there ). Robin + Crow doesn't really exist....
yet.
I'm not sure it will....

I know I'm running for Class President and all, but I decided to type and post this. If you are a fan of Cyborg or Crow please don't kill me....
yet.

Alright, here we go.

7- Plunge

As Seen Through the Eyes of Raven



My eyes shot open as I continued to breathe heavily while tangled in my sheets. I untangled myself, my breaths becoming lighter, and I sat up in my bed. The nightmare that I had been having for the past two weeks woke me up. Again.

I replayed the nightmare, premonition, or whatever it was in my head. How did it start.... Oh yeah...

There was a girl with long hair who was struggling against a figure, it had looked like a man. They were fighting, and the girl had been thrown back against the road. The man started to say something while walking towards the girl, and when he was practically touching her, he said one thing, and there was a shout and a light that blasted him off his feet.

It took the girl time, but she stood up, her head hanging down. Without warning, speech, or any motion, a huge piece of pavement glowing with light separated from the street and nearly flattened the man, but he rolled out of the way. More pieces of pavement nearly flattened him, but he kept dodging them. The rocks eventually stopped, and the man looked at the girl.

The girl's head was still hanging down, and she didn't move at all. Several smaller rocks floated behind her, then the rocks became as sharp as knives. The girl slowly lifted her head, revealing a pair of glowing eyes (the color wasn't clear enough to see ). She said something while grinning devilishly, then raised her arms. Two bolts of lightning struck her hands and the lightning circled her palms.

Her hands then took on another light, it looked like laser beams or something, and she said something else. She stretched her arms higher, then two simultaneous bolts of lightning shot from her out stretched hands and the rocks became incased in lightning.

She put threw arms down vertically, pointing them at the man, whose eyes were wide with fear. The rocks, still covered in lightning, flew at the man, and then... I woke up.

I thought about the girl and the man in the dream. The girl could have possibly been Terra, and the man could have been Slade. Highly unlikely, but possible. But, the more I thought about it, how could Terra control lightning? That didn't make any sense. The memory of Terra and Slade's final battle had been haunting me for a while now, and I wondered why I cared about that particular moment so much.

I suddenly realized how cold it was, and I thought of Crow. She's probably shivering by now, I thought. I should go bring her a blanket. I looked at the clock on the wall. It read 4:58. I wasn't normally up this early, I was usually up about an hour later. But like I said, the nightmare woke me up.

I put on my cloak, got a warm blanket, and I sauntered to where she was. She probably won't be awake, but still, she's probably freezing. When I got to the door, it slid open and I walked inside. I walked over to the couch where she was sleeping. I walked around to drape it over her, but she was gone.

I placed the blanket on the couch, this was not good. Where is she? She better not be snooping around the Tower, I thought as I sprinted towards the door. The only reason I wanted her to stay with us tonight was so we could learn more about her. I think that's why the others wanted her to stay here for the night too...

The door slid open and I ran through. I collided with something hard and I fell flat on my back.

I opened my eyes and I saw Crow's face. "Are you okay? You took quite a fall." She reached out towards me and I took her hand to help me stand up. "Ugh...” I rubbed my left shoulder. It stung from the fall. "Where were you? I went to give you a blanket because it's so cold and..."

"Oh, sorry about that.” She gave me a small grin. "A nightmare woke me up, and I couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to go get a book to read from my moped. The rest is history." She held up a navy blue book titled Greek Letters. The book was about a foot tall and the title was written in spindly gold lettering.

"Okay..." Sure, she had the book, but I highly doubted her story is true. It doesn't take that long to get a book, unless you're spying on people's homes...

"I'm sorry if I woke you up, did I?" She asked me. "No.” I answered her. "I had a nightmare like you did, and that woke me up." She nodded in understanding and walked back into the living room area. I followed her as she hopped over the couch and sat cross-legged on it with her book on her lap. She stared at page 137 as I sat down next to her. Noticing I was there, she looked at me and said, "You know, you don't have to stay and keep me company, I'm fine on my own. If you want you can go back to sleep..."

"There's no point in trying to go back to sleep, I won't be able to. So I'll keep you company.” If she thought I was going to let her sneak around the Tower again, she thought wrong. "So," I said as her interrogation began. "Where are you from?” "East part of Gotham." She said, still reading the words on 137. "How did you get to know Robin?” I asked her another question.

She sighed and looked me straight in the eye. "It's a rather long and sad story that I'd rather not tell you, no offense. But basically, I was put under protection for safety. And then I met Robin." What she said was true, her eyes told me so. Their shine dulled and her eyes narrowed a little. Definitely the truth.

"You don't trust me that much, do you?" Crow's voice cut through the silence like a knife. I was speechless, what should I have said? "Robin told me that all of you guys, especially you, don't trust people easily because of...” Robin better have not told her about Terra, that wasn't any of her business. "'An incident'. Those were his exact words, and I respect that. It's not my business, is it?" She grinned to herself softly.

I didn't say anything. She was clever, but a little too clever. I sensed something about her, although I didn't know what it was. It wasn't anything extremely unusual, but she seemed a lot like Terra. Could it be that somehow, the two girls were connected? I would have to find out.

Our conversation had ended about ten minutes ago, I had been silent for a long time. Crow was now looking at a different page and was silent as well. I decided to meditate. I floated up in the air about two feet and Zorro leapt up onto my lap. He curled up into a ball and started to purr. I gently pat his head. "He likes you.” Crow said abruptly. He meowed and started to purr softly again. I ignored Crow and Zorro and began to chant.

Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos....Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos...



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As Seen Through the Eyes of Cyborg



Crow cracked her knuckles. "Okay, you asked me to cook this morning, so what am I making?” Early morning. It wasn't as late as I had hoped to sleep, but there was a storm and it woke me up. I looked out the window. Lightning flashed and rain came down hard on the glass, blurring the view. I bet that if you had looked out of the window and onto the shore, the ice cold water would be really high.

"Waffles!” I shouted as the others told her their breakfast choices. She thought for a moment then said, "If it makes it easier, I could just take personal orders. No arguing involved." She shrugged, we agreed, and each of us told her what we wanted. When BB was in the middle of telling Crow that he wanted tofu ( I still don't get how he eats that stuff...), the alarm blared. "Titans, trouble!" Robin said as he leapt out of his seat.

Everyone, including Crow, ran over to the monitor. It showed a map of the city, and then there was an arrow that pointed to the cliffs that bordered the ocean. An army of robots were destroying everything in their path. Going out in this storm and destroying an army of robots? Just a typical job for us Titans.

"Robin, I willing to bet my life that those are Alpha's." Crow grimly stated. "Crow," Robin said seriously, "Since they obviously are, I want you to come with us. You're probably the only one who knows how destroy these things. So come on, we need to get there as fast as we can. Crow, you take your moped, I'll take the R-Cycle, Star and Beast Boy will fly, and Cy and Raven, you guys will take the T-Car."

We rushed down to the garage, where we all set off immediately. It didn't take us long to get there at all. We didn't talk much on the way, I was too busy driving my baby, and Rae, well, she was just thinking.

We met at the beginning of the cliff. Robin, Crow, BB, and Star were ready to fight. Rae and I had only just got out of my baby when Robin said, "Titans, go!"

We rushed in separate directions, each of us headed towards a different robot. Crow took her sword from her sheath and ran towards the nearest one, slicing the air as she went, Robin took out his metal staff and leapt towards a robot, and Star, Rae, and BB all did the same thing.

I changed my arm into my sonic cannon, and I sprinted towards the nearest robot. I blasted it with my cannon and it stumbled. I shot it again, the beam hitting the joints in his arm. The arm that was connected to it exploded, but the other arm transformed into a laser and fired at me. I jumped out of the way.

"Hey y'all! Their joints are weak!" I shouted as my arm became cannon-free. I ran toward the robot with a yell and brought my fist into his chest. He staggered as I kept landing punches until he finally fell off the edge of a cliff.
"Boo Yah!" I exclaimed as I watched him dive into the water, which was full of sharp rocks sticking out onto the surface. A huge splash followed his plunge and I grinned. Out of the blue, two mechanical arms grabbed me and lifted me off the ground. "Yo! What the..." I looked up and saw the robot's mechanical eyes. They glowed with a reddish light. I struggled to get free, but I couldn't. There was nothing I could do. I knew enough to know I would seriously get hurt if those lasers hit me at this close of a range. I needed help.

The lasers looked like they were about to fire. They glowed a deeper red when all of a sudden, a sliver blade sliced through the head of the robot, disabling its systems. The blade continued to travel through the robot's chest until it was completely sliced in half. I pushed the arms that were holding me back away and saw Crow twirl the blade in her hands. She looked like she had been bruised severely by one of the robots or something. She had a purple mark where her stomach showed. "Um... thanks." I said quietly. She just saved my skin, so why did thanking her make me feel weird?

"Hey, anytime." She grinned. I grinned back. I looked around for more robots, and not counting the ones the others were fighting, there were about fifteen left. Yay. "Looks like we've got our work cut out for us.” Crow told me, brandishing her sword. I looked at her, and she looked at me. I felt really weird, I don't know why...

An impact on my side sent me flying with a yell. I couldn't stop myself, I couldn't grab onto anything, hit anything, or land soon enough to stay on land. I soared off the cliff and I plunged towards the water. None of the other knew how to swim, and by the time I either hit the rocks, or have fallen in the water, it would be too late. I'm too heavy to reach the surface in time alone, I sink like a rock.

I knew it, and no else could help me. I was going to drown.



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As Seen Through the Eyes of Crow



I was there, I saw the whole thing. The impact, the flying, and his plunge.

I looked around at the other Titans. They were too busy fighting their own battle, and by the looks of it, they were losing miserably. They were hurt badly, they weren't fighting that well, and it was all my fault.

I shouldn't have gotten them involved. This was a dangerous battle that has been going on for eight years. I have only put more people in danger. I feel so stupid!

I swiftly placed my sword back in my sheath. Well, I thought in my head, nobody else is dying while I'm around. If I die today, let it be by saving somebody else's skin.

I turned to face the edge of the cliff and took a deep breath. Ready or not, here I come.

I remembered Robin's words when we were talking to each other on the roof. "Crow, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, you're innocent. Be thankful you're alive." And I had said back to him, "The rest of my family sacrificed themselves to keep me alive, you think that's an easy burden to carry?"

"No, and I truly know it's not. But Crow, you can't do this alone."

"Yes I can Robin. And I need to. I'm the only one who has fully experienced his wrath. I'm supposed to be dead, remember?"

I stood at the edge of a cliff, ready to risk my life again. Not for me, but for somebody else. It was too late to turn back now, none of the others would be able to help him, and from what Robin said, they can't swim.

I took another deep breath and started to sprint as fast as I could. In a couple of seconds I had reached the edge. I didn't stop.

I leapt off the edge, following Cyborg's path as I plunged to the rock-filled ocean's icy cold depths.


For now, I'm just going to let Crow fall, and all of you hang....

HAHAHAHAHAHA!