The New TEEN TITANS! (IC)

"...Red x... follow me you have 20 seconds."

"Yes, ma'am," X said, sliding off the back of the couch and falling into stride beside her. He'd have to be blunt, which likely meant offending the psychic, but that was on her. "Bottom line: I think you need help, and I'd rather not have to deal with you guys stopping me everytime we happen to cross paths with the same bad guy. Not to say you couldn't do it with some practice, but it would save you a bigger headache in the long run." With the primary motives out of the way, all X could do was wait to see how Athena would respond, though he did throw out one last quip, "How about it, goddess?"

"Yeah some where around here," Matthew said looking through the medicine cabinet, he picks up a bottle of pills and rattles them a bit. "I'm surprised Athena didn't numb the pain, hmm." he said placing the bottle and a cup of water next to Oliver then grabbed a device that looked like a tablet and hovered it over Ollie's injured leg, a light came from it and on the screen of the tablet was a picture of his bones. "Well doesn't look too bad but you should try to stay off of it," Tech says turning back to the cabinet returning with some more supplies. He puts on some gloves and begins to clean the wound. "I seen what you did, it was pretty cool and a little weird seeing everything stop but your still able to move," Matt says finishing up by wrapping his leg. Matthew goes to a closet and brings back a crutch so it would make it a bit easier for him to walk, "so when ever your ready we can get this tour start."

Athena allowed Red X to talk with out interrupting him and for the most part he was right, two members had just left today and even if Oliver would join them he still needed to be trained. However Nova's research had place this Red X as a former villain of the original titans. "Please don't call me that, heroes fall because they get full of themselves... Nova's research says that you are a villain and with out my ability to read your mind I don't know if I can trust you, call it a downside of being a telepath." she says stopping allowing the conversation continuing pass the 20 second limit.

Downing the pills and water in one gulp, Olli nodded his head in agreement with Tech. "Just imagine his weird it is to know you're the one causing everything to freeze," he chuckled. After Tech, or Matthew as Athena called him, finished working his leg and provided him with a crutch, Olli told the boy to show him around. "Show me any- and everything you feel comfortable with and I won't say anything unless I have a question."

Matthew nodded, "alright if you'd follow me there is plenty to see and if you need to rest just say, mkay." He said playfully bowing like a butler. Matt lead Oliver up and around the giant “T" and at the end of the tour they were back in the common room, "well that's pretty much it," he says then looks at his watch. "wow it's getting late, your welcome to crash here if you want, the couch is basically like a bed. Or one of us can escort you home."

Not wanting to worry his parent further than what he was sure they already were, Olli said that he'd need to get home. "But how will I get back in contact with you guys? I'm pretty sure that Athena doesn't want me yelling in her head all the time. You guys have a phone number or hotline? Maybe an email address I can contact you at? I'd hate to lose touch with you guys. And I am going to need a ride, or fly, home. I didn't see a ferry when Athena flew me here."

Matthew dug in his jacket pocket and pulled out a round yellow and black communicator, "here you can get a hold of us with this," he said then handed it over to Ollie. "I think Athena's busy but I can give you a ride home," he said neglecting to mention that he did not have a license. Tech led the way to the garage, he presses a button on the wall and the lights turn on revealing half finished vehicles and also a black car with a yellow "T" on the door. "Well here she is, built it myself, this is my baby." Matthew presses a button on his watch and the butterfly doors open and Matt jumps in.

"Please don't call me that, heroes fall because they get full of themselves... Nova's research says that you are a villain and with out my ability to read your mind I don't know if I can trust you, call it a downside of being a telepath."

"You have the wrong way of thinking about it," Red X replied, holding back on the nickname. He ignored the first part of her statement as she'd stopped to talk, which meant that he'd gotten through to her, at least somewhat. This conversation was now serious. "I don't know if I can trust you. You might be spearheading this comeback for the Titans, but what proof do I have you won't turn against the city if they don't accept you?" He let that question hang in the air for a moment, hoping the girl understood the gravity of the situation before continuing, "And this is the normal way of life for most of us. We don't know each others' thoughts, and the world keeps turning. You say you can't trust me because you can't invade my mind. Then don't, and keep me where you can see me, if that's what you feel you have to do," His eyes narrowed at her now as he finished speaking, "but I have a right and a reason for my privacy. I won't give it up so easily."

Athena could feel a headache coming on, the type she'd get while talking to Snow. It was true that she had no right to invade peoples private thoughts but she was born with this ability and it didn't help that the people that were supposed to protect her abandoned her. With a sigh she made a decision, "fine your in but do anything to make me think you'd cross us and you'll be out of here," she said soberly. Athena hoped that she wouldn't regret trusting him, "find an empty room, training starts at sunrise." She says turning around and started back to the common room where she would stay awake waiting for an emergency, after all crime never sleeps.

Olli took the device from Matthew and examined it a little before he stuck it in his pocket. He was too tired to fiddle with any technology at the moment. He looked around the garage and gave a low whistle. "Did you build all of these in here," Olli asked as he limped around on his crutches. There was quite a selection of vehicles but a lot of them looked like they could use some work. Seeing the doors open on the most modest vehicle in the room, Olli hopped in the passenger seat. He tossed the crutches in the back seat and then placed his thumb and index finger quizzically on his head.

"I saw no road connecting this island to the city." He looked at Matthew. "Where's the road, dude? Is there a road? Please say a road pops up out of the water or this thing swims cause I hate flying."

X watches Athena turn and leave until the door closed behind her to the common area, then lets out a sigh of his own. "Well, it's a start," he mutters to himself, turning and walking down the hallway. Eventually he finds himself towards the left end of the T, and opens the door, stepping into a darkened room that brightened as he entered. The walls were bare, with sparse furniture wrapped in sheets, but under the mask, X cracks a smile. He knew it wouldn't have held anything, but it still gave him a thrill to be standing in Robin's old room...

Matthew laughed out loud, "road pop up your funny, but don't worry this can't fly, it hovers, big difference...buckle up." Matt engine roars to life and suddenly the car begins to lift as blue flames shoot out from underneath the car the a flame shot from behind it making the car speed off, it exited the tower and sped over the water, when they got to the road the wheels touched.down. "not everything in here is street legal so we have to keep it low profile but anyways where do you live?" He said like it was no big deal.

"Not too far from Star Labs," Olli breathed as he loosened his grip from Tue door handle. Ever since he could remember, he hated being in the air. He didn't know why and he really didn't care. He just loved to have his feet on solid ground.

As the twosome pulled up on front of Olli's home, he saw that every light was on. "Craaaap! Now I have to deal with the parental units." He looked at Matthew with a sorrowful expression before grabbing his crutches from the back seat and slowly got out of the car. Letting out a relenting breath, he said good night to the Titan and that'd he be in touch. He turned towards his house, shoulders drooped, and limped to his impending doom. He almost wished that bank robber HAD blown him to pieces. That would better than facing the wrath of his parents.

Snow stood in her room, staring out the window for a moment. She finally turned to her bed... Which was just a mattress on the floor in the corner. She slowly walked to the bed and layed down, curling into a little ball and frowning. It was the only real emotion she showed willingly all day. She let out a huff and closed her eyes. The room temperature began to drop as she started to fall asleep. Her dreams filled with the Cold empty embrace of ice while around her body the walls slowly frosted over.

Matt gave a little nod to Oliver, it was an odd idea to have to answer to parents and part of him was envious to have parents that cared enough to worry about you if you miss curfew and to love you enough to correct you when you do Something wrong, the other half said the hell with parents his never did right by him. Matt snapped out of his thoughts and called out after Ollie, "We usually have training at sunrise if we don't have nothing else going on, you should come if you don't have nothing better going on." Matthew revved the engine before taking off.

Athena was seating on the couch reading a book when Matthew got back, she looked up at the boy and for a a second her eyes lit up in smiled. Matthew returned the expression and knew that Athena was all the family he needed and maybe he would one day see the other Titans like that. "Took Oliver home, he's cool a bit sheltered though." Matthew said jumping on the couch next to Athena. Athena gave a half smile, "yeah not everyone is lucky enough to have a tragic back story, besides his heart is in the right place and half of what this job requires heart," she says, her defenses are relaxed with just the two of them. "Yeah the other parts you need is craziness and stupidity," he says laughing at his own joke and even Athena joined in with a lite giggle.

Matthew got up and stretched and added a yawn, "well bed time." He said going to the computer and setting the security system. "Try to get some sleep, you'll need it if tomorrow is anything like today was," Matt says with a grin. "Alright good night," Athena said to her friend then continued to read until she fell asleep on the couch.

Nova stood bare in the middle of a room. There were slits in the ground where Tech's mechanics operate a moving target board. From all around her, targets suddenly rose as if to stare her down.
She wore a black sleeveless top. Grey sweatpants, a bit large for her. Grey hoody arms wrapped around her waist. Her fists are strong, her feet stand firm. They crossed the ground. A heat was present all around her.

The targets had jerked and suddenly began rotating around her. She did not hesitate. Nova's body turned to meet the first one with a glancing right punch-- fire errupting from her knuckles and hitting the target dead center. The fire burst from it and seemed to shatter the target whole. Another target popped up to replace it. She continued this. She turned about her, throwing out a flurry of punches into the air toward the targets, intercepting their path and unleashing bursts of flame from her knuckles that destroy the targets.
4-- 5-- 9-- 14-- 23-- 30-- 35
Nova turned and kicked off the ground. She spun in the air and swung her foot through the air. Flames trailed from her leg and were unleashed in an all around wave that sliced through the tops of every target around her. She dropped to the ground with a hand to it for balance and spun again. Her leg whipped another flame wave all around her at the ground that sliced the lower sections of all the targets around her. Targets kept popping up around her, replacing the old ones. Nova took up to one foot with speed and raised her other to kick the air toward another target, a flame burst launching from her foot that breaks apart another. She is sent back only to turn and meet the targets with another flurry of punches.
42, 48, 53, 61, 68, 76, 83, 89
Nova was launched into the air and came back toward the ground with a fire in her eyes, erupting from her fist. She slammed her fist to the ground with such force the room shook. A shockwave of fire was launched from her fist that expanded and obliterated the remaining targets. Nothing gets up.
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Nova stood and looks around her at the burned room. She turns from it and walks to the door to exit.[/i]

Changing Room

Nova stood in the showers, bare of all clothing now. She looked up at the shower head as hot water poured from it and onto her. Steam rose from her body as it clashed with her. The steam made for a good veil. She closed her eyes and thought back about the day past. She only counted one victory that day. For a person like Nova, who made fighting her life, such things were strange. She wasn't used to a lack of combat and certainly not used to not winning. After all, not winning would usually mean not living. Nova thought about Athena; she didn't try to invade her mind today. A good show. She thought about Tech; This brought a smile to her face. She destroyed a good deal of his toys today. He would be trolling her in the future. She thought about the villain; An idiot. She suspected she would see him again. Cockroaches don't disappear forever. Finally, she thought about Snow. Her face became tinted with a redness and she seemed to make a light whimper. Confusing. Nova opened her eyes and grasped the valve to turn off the water. She stood still for a few moments before releasing a sigh. Then she turned from the showers.

Hallway

Nova walked fully clothed now through the hallway. She wore a black top, a light blue skirt, with black stockings. A towel over her shoulders around her neck. She rubbed the towel against her hair to dry it. Sigh. Nova's eyes open and she comes to a stop. She glances at the door next to her. A cold breeze. She shivered a little suddenly. Her hand reached for the door, but suddenly stopped. She turned from it and pulled away from the door with a light stride back toward her room.

Living Room/Main Room

Nova opened the fridge and took a can of soft drink. She closed the fridge behind her and approached the monitor. Her eyes glanced at Athena who laid on the couch. Just one snap, she thought. She looked back at the monitor; she had it turned on silently to a karate movie about a robot. Amusing. Nova popped open the soda can and she tilted the can to sip on the drink. As she rested her hand back down. She wondered about the combat ability possessed by their newest acquaintance; X. By the reports that she read that the old Titans had, he was as talented in hand-to-hand as Robin was. She would find out tomorrow. After finishing the can, Nova discards it onto the counter. She turned off the television.

Revenge on Athena, without warning she would wake up with a marker mustache and glasses. Nova popped the lid on the marker as she stood with her back to the room. She had a half smirk at the edge of her mouth.

Bedroom

Nova fell from her feet into the bed on her front. She closed her eyes and her feet gripped the bed covers. She pulled on them and her body twisted, rubbing to the blankets. Sweet warm loving friction. She bit her lower lip and smiled. Her room was warm. Her body was hot. Her mind was too-- something strange. She thought of things she shouldn't be. She laid still and relaxed, waiting to succumb to the endless ring that is sleep.

Athena had woken up before the sun rose and found that she was a victim of someone's prank, she didn't dwell too much on it as it washed off easy in the shower. The teen puts on her usual tee and jeans combo with black and white canvas shoes, she examined herself in the mirror, she didn't wear anything to enhance her appearance such as make up and her nails were never done and her hear was always in a fast ponytail, Matthew always joked how she should have been a boy but Athena didn't feel the need to dress up. She looked herself over again and didn't see a hero, just a regular teenage girl, "Maybe I should look into making a costume," she said then left her room and made her way to the training area outside. Athena made sure she was the first one out each day giving her some time to meditate in the darkness of the morning.

The sun poked out of the horizon and Matthew finally was seen, his nano suit covered his body and his blond hair was showing and it had been perfectly messy. He was the opposite of Athena, he took time to make sure he looked presentable and he actually looked like a hero with his suit. The boy was holding a mug of coffee and some sort of tablet, "We should really change this training thing to noon or something," Tech said with a yawn.

Athena scowled at the boy suspecting him of drawing on her face as she slept, she was trying not to read his mind it was her training for the day, she would have to learn to trust her team without invading their thoughts. "Your the one that needs this training the most, you have no skill in hand to hand combat." she said as if stabbing him with her words. Matthew just looked down and kicked some rocks from under his shoes, he knew that Athena was right, he relied mostly on his tech to fight for him so he never gave learning to fight with his hands a thought til now.

Snow sat up quickly from her bed, sweat beading over her body. What had she just dreamt? Her mind flashed to the flame that was in her dream and she found herself biting her lip. She shook her head hard, her long blue hair flailing. Only in my dreams. she muttered softly. Snow looked to her clock, it was about time for the training excercise. She let out a mental sigh before she stood up and walked to her small lockbox. She pulled out a cherry flavor sucker and popped it into her mouth before she walked to a mirror in her room. It was then her eyes widened and she spun around to face her room.

It was gone. The frost that coated the walls of her room had faded. Her brow physically furrowed... The dream? Her arms hugged around herself, unsure of how to deal with something like this. With another rough shake of her head she resumed her usual blank expression.

Snow went and took an ice cold shower, embracing the cold to erase the heat that somehow found its way inside of her and then got dressed. She walked to the center of her room and stood in silence for just a moment before she threw out both arms and let out a strong aura of cold. Instantly frost grew upon her walls. The air resumed its icy chill. And ice formed upon her bed. Satisfied her room was back to normal she tapped her foot and a solid ring of ice formed beneath her. Her body slowly seeped into the ring, disappearing, and a thin line of frost skidding around the floor and out her door.

It didnt take long before a solid ring of ice formed on the ground behind Tech and Snow rose from within. As she got fully out the ring faded. There was no sound to her arrival or the deforming of the ice circle. To Tech she would of just suddenly been there. What are we to do? her silent voice chimming in around t he sucker in her mouth.

Olli was grounded. His parents listened to his long, drawn out story about the events of yesterday and pretty much blew a gasket. They tried their best not to yell at him but they started asking why would he even get involved in those situations. He was thinking that it was finally time to come clean to his parents. How else would he explain what he was telling them.

When he finally did spill the beans about his ability to stop things from moving, his parents weren't as surprised as Olli thought. They told him that there were quite a few members of his family on his dad's who possessed superpowers and that somehow, it skipped over his dad. Because Olli never told them he had a power, they just went and assumed that he was normal too.

After he woke up earlier, his parents were waiting for him in the kitchen. They said that while he isn't in trouble, they wanted to keep a closer eye on him to make sure that he wasn't off somewhere trying to be a hero. Their reasoning was that he didn't know how to use his power voluntarily and they didn't want him putting himself in any dangerous situations simply because he was a meta-human.

So he spent his day off in mainly in his room comtemplating whether or not he should use the communication device Matthew had given him. But what would he say? Contact them just to say that he wasn't going to be able to make it to the Tower anytime soon because he was under watch from his parents? That would be lame. Plus, his leg was still injured. He was sure he wouldn't be able to do much of anything anyways.

He hobbled downstair with one crutch, limped to the kitchen to make himself a sandwich, stumbled to the living room, plopped down on the couch and turned the TV. Today would be VERY boring considering the events of yesterday.

Suddenly a chill crept up Matthew and Snow appeared from seemingly nowhere, Matt jumped as usual but quickly calmed down, he was getting used to her ninja like appearances. "Nothing just waiting on Nova to lead us in training," Tech said still thinking of a way to get back at the hothead that kept destroying his stuff. He didn't know why she had to lead the training for combat anyways, Athena was a decent fighter and a strategist, okay maybe Nova did shine on the battle field but he doubt she could beat Athena let alone Katarina, who was even better at hand to hand combat then Athena. The thought of Katarina made his spirit sink a bit, she was now an enemy and they would run into her again and have to take her down. Matthew desperately wanted to think of something else. "Hey Snow, I can probably make you a suit that keeps you ice cold even in high degrees of heat, kinda like a sweater but opposite...an opposweater," he says.

Snows cheeks suddenly took a gentle pink tint at the mention of Nova though she still stayed rather expressionless. She then shook her head slowly at his offer. No thank you. My body temperature does not rise about freezing even in the middle of a desert. Her face remained blank as she spoke, though as soon as she said that she knew she was lying. Her dream crept back into her mind and Tech would notice her twitch slightly in an effort to push it from her mind. Besides your tech would be ruined as I utilized my powers. My ice comes from my body. I do not materialize it. As if to prove a point a spike of ice speared out of the middle of her upper arm before it turned to a sparkling dust and seeped into her open skin.