Arrivals

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It was night time on the docks and not a sound could be heard except for the rhythmic thump and splash of water as it crashed against the hull of the ship and the woosh of the wind. The only person about was the lone security guard doing his rounds and the girl stowed away on the big ocean liner docked at the wharf. The ship had been unloaded hours ago and now stood empty and alone. Zola, the girl in question, had been stuck in her little hidey hole for hours waiting for a good time to make her escape.

With an irritated huff, Zola shoved a strand of hair out of her face and slowly sat up to sneak a peek out of the little round window. The walked slowly past the ship causing Zola to grin in relief. This was her chance.

Once the guard was out of sight, Zola quickly crawled to the other side of the ship facing the ocean and opened a widow. A gust of wind burst through the new opening startling Zola. Good thing i'm not wearing my usual skirt. She thought Its a bit windy today. That was, however, the only thing unusual about Zola's appearance. As usual, Zola wasn't wearing any shoes and her hair was in a messy plait down her back. Shaking her head Zola slung her bag over her shoulder and peered out of the window to the water below. It wasn't far from the window to the water, so the fall won't be to bad. Reaching out a hand Zola used her abilities to freeze a small portion of water next to the ship to make a little platform for her to stand on. After making sure that the ice platform was secured to the hull of the ship and wouldn't float away she proceeded to climb feet first out the window. With a little push, Zola shoved herself the rest of the way out of the window and landed lightly on the platform of ice.   

"Finally, I was getting a wee bit squashed in there"

Sighing, Zola checked to make sure that she had everything with her; arms, legs, cloths and her small bag of possessions. Satisfied, she walked the edge... and then off it, however instead of crashing in the ocean the water froze as soon as her foot made contact with it. Walking forward, Zola began to make her way around the front of the ship and towards the wharf keeping one eye out for the security guard and the other on the ice at her feet. Her powers didn't always behave themselves, she needed more practice, but freezing water was easy... usually. Its better to be safe then sorry. Anyway, once she reached the wharf, Zola threw her bag up first and then hauled herself up beside it. Brushing herself off, Zola picked up her bag and with a sigh began walking away from the ship.   

"Time to see where I've ended up this time"

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There we go. First post. I apologise for spelling and grammar. I have tried my best to fix any mistakes but I'm dyslexic and there is only so much I can do. Feel free to join in here. I need to be introduced to the Titans .    

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There was a perfectly logical reason for scouring the docks at night and it had to do with Slade. Of course. The warehouses squatted low along the dock like a bunch of fat toads soaking in the moonlight. Robin wasn't fooled by their innocent appearance as his motorcycle puffed to a stop and he slid off of it, pulling his helmet up over his head. He'd gotten a tip about suspicious activity in the area and a flash of orange and black had been the first thing to cross his mind. Nothing could have stopped him. He'd told his team as such; that if they wanted to they could come, but they couldn't stop him.

And here he was. The unstoppable force known as the Teenage Thunderbolt headed off along the boardwalk his steel toed shoes finding traction easily enough on the sea-slicked wood. He didn't know exactly which warehouse he was looking for. He didn't even know exactly what he was looking for. Robin would know when he found it though. Until then, he kept his masked eyes peeled and his senses aware.

The air was thick with salt. He could taste it on his lips, dry with nerves anticipation, as he scoured the docks for signs of Slade suspicious activity. The Boy Wonder gave a nod to a passing security guard who momentarily blinded the walking traffic light in his beam, but the man gave a smile and a wave before moving along. The docks were safe with Robin around. Or at least, that was the hope.

Continuing along his way Robin was startled to see something dark moving along the water a few yards ahead. The boy moved towards the side of the dock, peering along the edge of the water-logged wood, his masked eyes widened at what he saw. There was a girl. She was walking on water. That wasn't exactly normal.

He watched, mouth slightly agape, as she made her way over to the dock and climbed up onto it. The kid didn't take long to regain his composure as he continued along the dock, now headed towards her. Robin really was a mini ninja. He didn't make a sound as he moved to walk slightly behind her. Or at least, she didn't seem to notice him as she continued to walk, voicing a question aloud.

“You're in Jump City,” he said, and then quickly held up both of his green gloved hands, palms facing her, to prove he didn't mean her harm. “Welcome.” the boy smiled in greeting, the classic smile that lined all the posters in Gotham. “That was a pretty neat trick you did back there. Got any others?” he asked before realizing he was forgetting something. “I'm Robin,” he reached out a hand in greeting, an amicable expression still on his partially masked face.

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Jaime hadn't been around for a lot of Robin's more serious phases of Slade obsessiveness, but he had heard enough to know that the Boy Wonder's fixation with the man in orange and black probably wasn't healthy. But hey, his nervous system was fused to an overly paranoid alien AI -- he shouldn't be pointing fingers. Having his own living quarters outside the Tower kept him free from a good portion of team drama as well. It was probably for the best, just coming there for training, missions, and the occasional team bonding; there was no way he'd get through his homework if he lived in a tower filled to the brim with superpowered teenagers. Apparently, small children and a giant snake man had recently been added to the mix as well. Titans Tower was turning into a massive home for the world's strangest runaways and miscreants. It was definitely more chaotic than El Paso had been.

Darn, now he was homesick again.

Maybe this mission would help take his mind off things. Though he was sure that he hadn't been Robin's first pick as a patrol buddy, it was late at night and a lot of the other Titans were either off doing their own thing or getting ready to hunker down for the night. Jaime had just been in the right or wrong place at the right wrong time, and was one of the few people willing to check out the docks with Robin when he came in hollering something about Slade. Well, not hollering. He didn't really holler. But whatever.

Besides, maybe an outing with the Boy Wonder would help to smooth things over. Jaime knew that he wasn't Robin's favorite person in the Tower, but most of that really wasn't his fault. He didn't know that the Titans' fearless leader was in a grudge match against his own mentor, nor that he had the hots for Starfire. It was safe to say that his first impression had made the worst impression -- and he was still trying to recover from that.

It was probably why he was so quiet while he flew over Robin's head in the Blue Beetle armor, his wings thrumming in comparative silence to the R-Cycle's engine. That and when looking for suspicious activity, Jaime simply assumed that one would have to be quiet. Once Robin stopped his motorcycle, Blue Beetle landed beside him and began walking, his wings and rocket booster retracting back into the armor as he moved. Blue bug and traffic light quietly patrolled the docks together, Jaime maintaining his silence in an attempt to avoid an argument than anything else. The last thing he needed was for the Scarab to react over Robin blinking wrong at them, which would only result in Jaime appearing to argue with thin air.

The two Titans weren't the only ones on duty tonight. Blue Beetle glanced casually at the security guard as he nearly blinded them with his flashlight. Or at least, nearly blinded Robin; the armor automatically defended Jaime's eyes from the sudden beam of light, causing his pupils to mist over and his eyes burn an eerie yellow. It lasted but a moment and probably weirded out the security guard a bit before his eyes returned to their normal hue and the Blue Beetle continued to walk alongside Robin.

The sudden light was meant to unbalance us, Jaime Reyes. We must proceed with extreme caution, should an ambush be lying in wait.

"You are the most paranoid thing I've ever had the misfortune of being bonded to," Jaime muttered surely before mentally slapping himself. Darn, this always happened. Why could the Scarab ever just shut up --

Robin was staring at something out in the water. How long had he been doing that? "You see something, jefe?" Blue Beetle asked as he stepped up next to his fearless leader, tilting his head at the boy in curiosity before following his gaze. With the armor providing some extra night vision, it didn't take long to see what Robin was gawking over. There was a girl...walking on water. Whoa.

"That's not normal." See Robin? Jaime can point out blatantly obvious things too.

Scanning for threat.

Blue Beetle merely rolled his eyes at the voice inside his head, then turned back to Robin -- who was now stalking after the girl like a mini ninja. Yes Robin, stalking a strange girl that you don't know in the middle of the night is totally acceptable.

Jaime darted after his leader -- quietly, but not nearly as silent as the Boy Wonder -- and caught up to him just as he announced his presence to the girl out of the blue. Well, at least he was answering the girl's questions...even if she hadn't actually been talking to anyone when she asked them. Blue Beetle stood next to Robin, yellow eyes awkwardly meeting the girl's own, wondering just how freaked out she was by all this. If she was normal, then he expected a good amount of apprehension and possibly panic. Then again, judging by her little walk on water act, she wasn't exactly normal. So there was really no telling how she would act.

You are right, Jaime Reyes. This girl is an unpredictable factor. I suggest we appraoch her with extreme prejudice.

"Behave yourself," Jaime growled under his breath, then immediately stiffened as he realized he'd said that out loud. Ohhhh crap.

He fumbled to recover; the last thing he wanted was to scare the girl. If his armored appearance hadn't done that already. "Not you. I mean...I'm Blue Beetle. We're a part of the Teen Titans. Ahh..welcome to Jump City." Like Robin, Blue Beetle extended a hand for a girl to shake.

Unlike Robin, he prayed that his hand wouldn't turn into a weapon of some sort during said handshake.

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Zola had only taken a few steps when she heard someone answer her originally rhetorical question. It scared the hell out of her. Spinning around, Zola crouched as if ready to fight but stopped when she saw the boys hands go up in the universal sign of 'i mean no harm'... in other words he raised them palms forward in front of him. 

"That was a pretty neat trick you did back there. Got any others?" said the boy. Oh dear. oh no. He saw me. I was sure there wasn't anyone around to see other then that fat guard. Fretted Zola silently. She had been hoping to at least get to see the city before she started freaking people out with her weirdness. Not that she went out of her way to freak people out... mostly... but it was kind of inevitable when you could do something that others couldn't.

While Zola was internally freaking out the boy had extended one of his hands towards her as if to shake her hand and said "I'm Robin" 

Zola's expression changed from one of mild panic to confusion with one eyebrow going up in question as she stared at the outstretched hand and then back at the face of the boy who's name was Robin huh, not the reaction i was expecting. This was usually about to time people ran screaming or at least called me a few names and called the police. But Robin didn't look threatening or threatened. In fact, rather then the 'hi, I'm going to turn you into the authorities' vibe that she expected, she was getting more of a 'hi, welcome, lets be friends' vibe. It was odd.

Just then there was movement and suddenly there was another person standing next to Robin. Zola couldn't stop staring at the the new arrival. He had yellow eyes and was wearing body armour. Her opinion of him wasn't helped by his sudden out burst of "Behave yourself!" 


Zola raised an eyebrow at him. She hadn't been aware that she was misbehaving. The guy stiffened as if realising that he had said that out load and had may not have intended to. "Not you. I mean...I'm Blue Beetle. We're a part of the Teen Titans. Ahh..welcome to Jump City." He too extended a hand towards Zola but again she didn't take it. She still wasn't sure what their intentions where and was fighting the urge to freeze them a run... though admittedly freezing them would be kind of funny. 

Well colour me a leprechaun. This just gets weirder and weirder. Here I was wondering if they where going to run from me and now i have the strangest urge to run from them... no wait, thats no strange. The guy has yellow eyes for Hades sake. 

Zola reached up to rub her face and sighed deeply. She had yet to say anything but who could blame her. This was the weirdest meeting of her life. Deciding to throw caution to the wind and see where it led her Zola spoke. 

"Right then" she said, turning to Robin. "If by 'neat trick' you mean my walking on the water then yes i have a few others but I'm having a little trouble trying to understand why that is not making you run in the opposite direction. I don't suppose thats a common occurrence here. I mean even I find it a wee bit strange now and again." Zola waved her hands about for emphasis. It did cross her mind to wonder if they even understood her because of her thick Irish accent but waved the thought away as the turned to Blue Beetle. "And you. I wasn't misbehaving so I don't see how you get of by telling me to behave. Any way, my name is Zola but most people call me Nymph. It'll become pretty obvious why once you get to know me... If you get to know me" She paused to take a breath "By the way, whats a Teen Titan? Never heard of it." 

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Finally!! I am so sorry for the wait. I wrote an AWESOME reply on Wednesday but when i tried to post it my internet decided to die on me then and there and delete all my work and i hadn't saved it anywhere else. Guess what i won't be doing ever again?  

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So, on second thought, maybe sneaking up on her hadn't been the brightest option. Robin tried to keep his posture as open as possible, the smile on his face faltering as she eyed him like he was going to hurt her. He'd never really thought of himself as overly threatening before: scrawny, wearing ridiculous clothing, and with a dumb grin on his face. Usually people laughed at him when they first saw him or heard of him. 

The laughing always stopped after he kicked their butt.

But even if his reputation proceeded him, then this shouldn't have been the reaction. Unless she was working for Slade. Unless she was a criminal. He wasn't left time to contemplate this, however, because a very unwanted interruption occurred in the form of an armored bug. The glare Robin shot Blue Beetle when the other teen had the misfortune of talking to himself at the wrong moment was scathing, partially because the teen thought Jaime had been talking to him. Behave yourself? It didn't look like the other girl had taken it the correct way either. Although, that could have also been because Blue Beetle, in his armor, looked a lot more threatening then Robin the rogue circus runaway.

She finally started talking and the corner of Robin's mouth tipped up at the Irish lilt to her voice. Alright, she was from Europe. They handled things a little differently there. It made sense she wouldn't instantly recognize them as well. It had been a loooong time since Robin had been in Ireland.

“Nymph,” the Titan's leader repeated the codename with a nod. “Things are different here, Zola,” the boy began with a glance at his Titan compatriot. “People with your abilities aren't exactly common,” he frowned as though he was trying to explain it. “but here those abilities are seen as a gift. And the people who have them often use their special abilities to help those in need.”

“If you had run into anybody else, they might have been a little bit shocked, but we,” he gestured to himself and Blue Beetle, “are members of that...community. We're superheroes. We use our abilities for good. To protect the people, to protect justice, truth, and everything in this life that is worth protecting.” so he was kind of getting on a soapbox. And parroting Superman. And he should probably stop.

“The Teen Titans are a superhero group made up of teenage heroes, like us,” Robin explained doing his best not to start ranting about saving the day again. “My friends and I created the group, and we've become the biggest alliance of super powered teens around the globe,” the boy shifted to a prouder stance at that. It was something to be proud of.

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Zola was relieved and slightly awed at the same time. Though it might have been a little self centred of her, Zola hadn't really given much thought to the fact that there might be others out there with unique abilities like hers. Well, not exactly like hers but similar in the fact that they can do something that no one else can. The thought was dizzying. What was even more amazing was that these extraordinary teens had gotten together to use those powers to protect others. Sure, she had used her powers every once in a while to help someone but it was always surreptitiously and sometimes even as a knee jerk reaction. A subconscious need to make sure that someone didn't get hurt. It had never crossed her mind that someone could make a carrier out of it, though in hind sight Zola could see the obvious benefits. 

When Robin finished his speech, and that was what it was, a speech born of pride for his occupation, he struck a pose that made Zola grin (Irish humour can be odd).

"Your rather proud of that aren't you, but i can see why. Thats amazing. I don't know why I didn't think of using my powers like that a long time ago..." her voice trailed off and Zola frowned "I suppose that if there are people that use their powers and skills for good things then there are people that use them for bad things right?" she asked. "Do you just fight them or do you deal with other crimes as well?"

Intrigued, Zola wanted to know everything. It was so cool. There where quite a few thoughts zinging through her head at the moment but the loudest was I wonder if they need any help.

Blue Beetle dude hadn't spoken yet but she assumed he was part of this teen titans team. At least she thought so. He certainly wasn't a normal human and Robin seemed to know him. It also helped that they weren't currently trying to kill each other so she assumed they weren't enemies and there for must be allies... of some sort.

Suddenly something that Robin had said earlier clicked a little more and she blurted excitedly. "Wait, you said that there are other people with 'gifts' as well? And they are a part of the teen titans? Do you have any gifts or skills? Can you show me?!!"

By this point Zola was practically bouncing. There was finely someone else with skills different from the everyday person. This was something that truly excited her.       

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ooc: Ahhh my turn got skipped. @____@ -fumbles to catch up-


She was staring at him. A lot. Blue Beetle did his best not to squirm under the girl's rather penetrating stare. It didn't help that the Scarab was ranting in his head and was causing him to make comments at the most inappropriate moments. Like right now.

'Behave yourself?' Seriously? Jaime, you really need to work on your first impressions.

He could mentally slap himself later. Right now, he was fumbling under Robin's piercing glare -- which he responded to with a raised eyebrow and a what did I do? look -- and trying to redeem himself before this strange girl.

Fortunately -- or unfortunately, he wasn't sure yet -- Robin wasn't making a resounding impression on this girl either. Or at least, she wasn't showing it if he was. She had been doing nothing but giving them odd looks since the get-go, with most of those looks reserved for him. Well, the Blue Beetle armor could do that, he supposed; it was no walking traffic light, but it probably looked a little strange to those who didn't know who he was and what he did.

When the girl finally did open her mouth, he wasn't sure whether she was simply reacting defensively because she was around two oddly costumed strangers, or if she was openly chastising his remark to the Scarab. That she didn't know about. Darn, she had taken that the wrong way. It was enough to make him cringe slightly as she confronted him.

"I wasn't...I mean, uh...sorry?" he asked, eying the girl awkwardly before his gaze darted over to a piece of driftwood that suddenly looked very interesting. He would have said that he wasn't talking to her, but that would have just earned him another scorching glare from Robin. Plus, explaining the whole concept of the Scarab right now, when he had just met the girl, would be more than a little awkward.

Oh hi, I'm Blue Beetle and I have a piece of advanced technology grafted to my spine that comes with an artificial intelligence. Think Jiminy Cricket, but with a really bad attitude. So what do you like to do, complete stranger?

Ahhh, no. He'd cross that bridge when he came to it.

The girl, who had introduced herself as Zola, or Nymph, or both, didn't know what a Teen Titan was either. It made sense, he supposed; she had some sort of accent to her voice. What was it --

Vocal fluctuations suggest that the Zola is of Irish decent.

"Irish, got it. Wait -- how do you even know that?" Jaime asked, casting a glance behind his shoulder as if he were trying to look at something on his back. Smart aleck Scarab; it thought it just knew everything, didn't it?

But now Robin was launching into a speech about heroism and acceptance and all that jazz. The guy almost sounded like Superman, or some sort of pastor preaching to a sermon. Blue Beetle stood next to the Boy Wonder and let him ramble on, partly because it kept Zola from confronting him about his utter failure at normal conversation, and party because he really didn't know what else to do.

The Robin's logic is sound. It is wise to build up a strong alliance in a planet infested with threats.

"Seriously?" Jaime groaned under his breath, glancing over his shoulder once more. Hadn't the Scarab just been griping a few months ago how the entire team wasn't the be trusted? It was all too easy to forget that there were other people around with such an obnoxious chatterbox in his head. However, Zola was beginning to talk again, which meant that Robin had stopped preaching explaining the ins and outs of heroism. Blue Beetle tuned in to hear what she had to say.

His mind skipped over the girl's question about the intricacies of their job description -- Robin was more than able to fill her in about that kind of thing. The armored Latino did perk up a bit when Zola mentioned if there were other people on the team with powers. Now that he could answer.

"Robin doesn't have any powers, but he's our leader," Blue Beetle spoke with, jerking his head towards the Boy Wonder. "And under this armor, I'm just a normal person. Most of the Teen Titans have powers of some sort, though."

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Zola pointed out his obvious pride, and Robin didn't deny it. But then the conversation slid to what, exactly, they had to fight. The boy raised his brows at her curiously, surprised at the girl's astuteness. “There will always be people who use their abilities for the wrong reasons,” Robin said with the tired voice of a man who has seen far too many to count.

“But they aren't all that threaten our city. Jump sometimes attracts monsters,” both the human and inhuman kind, “as well as non-super powered criminals. The JCPD is pretty good, as far as police go, but sometimes we lend them a hand.” Or rather Robin did. Because he'd been trained vigilante and it was hard to stop old habits.

“If there's a threat to the city, we're going to stop it,” Robin explained as though that summed up everything neatly.

Then the conversation switched to one of Robin's least favorite topics: powers. Of course that would be what the girl was most interested in. That thing he didn't have. He opened his mouth to reply, but shut it abruptly when Jaime bluntly pointed out that Robin didn't have any powers, but as some sort of consolation prize they'd decided to make him the leader of the team.

“I don't need powers to kick butt,” the boy said defensively with the air that if he had powers all the world problems would be instantly solved and they'd be out of a job. “Like Blue Beetle said, most of our members have powers. We have shapeshifters, speedsters, aliens, cyborgs,” the spawn of Satan Trigon, “we even have a couple Atlanteans with powers similar to yours.”

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Oops, I think i hit a sore spot. Thought Zola with a sheepish grin on her face.
She reached up to rub the back of her neck in embarrassment. "hehe, Sorry. Didn't mean to undermine your abilities. So your the leader? Thats cool." and it was. To be the leader of a group of super powered teens must be a pretty hard job to do. "I might be a bit slow on the uptake but are there only teenagers in this group? Wow."

This was all so amazing. Zola had intended to come here, get a job and hide what she could do. But instead she had now met two people who say they are a part of a group of super powered teens just in the first few minuets of exiting the boat. There where all sorts of possibilities popping into her head now. However, throughout the conversation with Robin she couldn't stop throwing glances at Blue Beetle. Robins outfit was strange enough but the guy standing next to him takes the cake for odd clothing choice. It also didn't help that he was blurting out of comments for no apparent reason. He had apologised but it was still weird. 

Now, with all the introductions done, Zola didn't know where to go from here. "So, um, It was great meeting you but I really have to go and find somewhere to stay for the night. I don't have that much money so I need to find somewhere cheep. Do you have any suggestions? I also need a job." A cheeky grin spread over Zola's face "Know anyone looking for a teenage illegal Irish immigrant who will work more minimum wage? Your not going to arrest me are you? Hehe, I promise i'm not a bad guy." 

It was already so late and it was going to be hard enough to find a place to stay just because of the fact that she was a lone teenage girl who obviously had little money to her name. To be honest she really hadn't thought that part of her plan through. More often then not Zola is a wing-it-and-see kind of girl. Some times it worked... and other times it doesn't. 

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Snap, he'd offended Robin again. He should probably stop doing that. Then again, the Boy Wonder was a pretty touchy person from what Jaime had experienced. It wasn't exactly the Latino's fault that he managed to push almost every single button his fearless leader had. Maybe it was a hidden talent. A really awful hidden talent.

"Never said you did, jefe," Blue Beetle said. He knew that Robin was leader of the Teen Titans for a reason; there was no need for him to get sensitive over the subject of superpowers. Besides, if he had superpowers he'd probably solve all the world's problems and put the Teen Titans out of a job.

He turned his attention back to Zola, who had not stopped flashing him weird looks since the beginning of their encounter. Blue Beetle shifted his stance awkwardly, trying not to feel too uncomfortable over her staring. Answering her questions helped to take his mind off of it, at any rate. "Well, we are called the Teen Titans, hermana," he said, injecting a light and teasing tone into his voice. At the same time though, the answer was pretty much common sense. They weren't the Toddler Titans or the Child Crusaders or the Adult Avengers, now were they?

She was still staring at him, though. It was a little weird; Jaime would often meet her gaze for a second before blinking rapidly and looking away.

Ask the Zola as to why she stares at us.

"What? No," Jaime muttered, his gaze darting to the side as if the ocean was suddenly a really cool thing to look at.

Ask.

"No."

ASK.

"Alright, alright!" Jaime hissed, taking a deep breath before turning back to Zola like an awkward turtle. Or Titan. Yea, he was a Titan. "So, uh...is the armor too weird? Or my eyes? Some people notice the eyes," he fumbled, mentally driving his face into the wall the entire time. He felt like an idiot. Someone, anyone, needed to change the subject. He didn't want to know the answer to that question.

I hate that Scarab right now. That was freaking embarrassing and full of awkward.

Fortunately, Zola began talking about finding a place to stay for the night and ideas on where to find a job. Blue Beetle's gaze immediately sought Robin's, as if asking for a silent sign of permission before proceeding. A lot of the Titans, especially Ink, tended to bring in superpowered strays from every corner of the city. Why should Zola be any different? The girl could walk on water, por el amor de Dios!

After a moment's hesitation, Blue Beetle chuckled and said, "Unless you plan on committing any crimes, the Teen Titans won't be arresting you anytime soon." Plus, a part of him felt sympathetic towards the fact that she was an illegal immigrant. Blame the Mexican in him.

Not that Jaime was an illegal immigrant or anything. Goodness no. Moving on.

"The Tower -- where the Teen Titans live, I mean -- has extra space. We've got a lot of people living there right now, but if you want you could, uhm, stay there for the night. If it's alright with Robin," the armored teen offered, giving his leader a pointed look. It wasn't like he had extended an official invitation for Zola to join the team; he was just offering a lone girl a place to stay for the night. The Boy Wonder couldn't possibly refuse her that.

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Robin was glad that they let the topic of powers slide. He could feel inadequate later about things it was more logical for him to feel inadequate about. When she asked him if he was the leader and reaffirmed that it was cool the nod that he gave her in response said more than words ever could. The young leader shot her a smirk that said no hard feelings. Blue Beetle, however, yeah he was gunna kick bug-boy's butt next training session.

Speaking of bug-boy, he seemed to be moving right along with the conversation. By the time the Boy Wonder wandered back into the talk Jaime was asking her about whether his eyes were creepy and Robin gave the other boy an exasperated sort of look, catching his gaze but not the meaning behind it. They were trying to help this girl, not ask her out. There was this thing called professionalism.

Finally! They were back to talking about relevant things. He nodded in agreement to the bug's statement before tacking on: “We don't arrest people anyway,” Robin assured her even after Blue Beetle had done so first, saying that they wouldn't arrest her. It was more of a couldn't. “That's a job for the police.”

And then Blue Beetle was inviting her to stay at the tower that he didn't live at. Robin had been about to do the same thing, but there was slightly more irony in it coming from the bug. The young leader forced a smile which quickly turned natural when he glanced at Nymph. “Yeah, we have plenty of space in the tower. It's no problem at all. I'll also see about getting the paperwork to make you a legal immigrant.” the kid offered.

“You'll have to get a job on your own,” he might have had a lot of connections, but he wasn't a job hunting service. “But we can give you a place to crash for as long as you need it,” Robin really needed to stop taking in strays. It had proved dangerous a few times. Still, he was too much of a bleeding heart to say no to kids who had no homes. He'd been in that position once. It sucked.

“If you want to head back with us after we finish checking the pier you can meet the team.”

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Zola couldn't believe her luck. She hadn't even been here a day and she already has a place to stay and two new friends. Now all she had to focus on was finding a job and even that looked like it may be easier then she first anticipated. If the people of the city where as comfortable with powers as it seems than she may be able to find a job where she could use her powers and get a little practice in while being payed for it. It was a win win situation as far as she could see. 

"If its alright with you Robin then I would love to stay at the tower. At least until I can find a job and look after myself. I don't take up much space" She said with a sheepish grin on her face and lifted her only bag up in emphasis. "I'll even be happy to do some chores so that you don't feel like i'm free loading on you and i'll start looking for work first thing tomorrow." Zola assured them and then looked down at herself with a grimace. "I really want to change too. I hate pants, much more of a skirt girl myself and I think I need a shower. I've been trapped in the boat for a few days and I'm feeling a bit gritty." 

Zola looked back up at the two boys and smiled. Apparently Robin needed to scout the area first before they headed off which didn't bother Zola a bit. She wanted to see what they did for a living anyway so this was the perfect opportunity. "Great. Sure. Lead the way." She went to take a step forward when a thought popped into her head at the last second. "OH! Hang on a tick" She practically shouted as she spun on her heel and ran to the edge of the dock.

Zola dropped her bag on the ground and crouched down to rummage through it. With a sound of triumph Zola pulled out a 2L flask, screwed off the top and set it on the ground beside her bag. That done, Zola stood and extended her hands, feeling the familiar tingle that meant her powers where working. If she had been facing the boys they would have seen her eyes begin to glow. At times when she would using her powers at full strength her eyes glow a bright white. At the moment, because she is performing a simple task that requires only a little power, her eyes have only lightened to a icy blue with a gentle shine. 

With a quiet swooshing noise a small rope of water began to rise from the ocean below. Zola moved her hands in slow, rhythmic waves directing the water up and then into the canister that she had set out earlier. When the canister was full, Zola made a sweeping motion with her hands causing the water to pulled back and drop with a splash in to ocean. Her eyes settled into their usual colour as gathered her things and then ran back to the boys.

"Ok, now we can go. Lead the way" She said with a completely innocent grin on her face. 

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Aaaaaand she was ignoring him again. Okay, that was cool. He didn't need to know if she thought his armor was weird or his eyes were creepy. In fact, he almost didn't want to know. The only reason he had even asked was to get the darned Scarab off his back. Not literally -- that was never going to happen -- but at least it had halted the stream of words and obnoxious demands in his head for a short while.

Robin was shooting him another look, to which Blue Beetle could only reply with another glance full of "what did I do?". It wasn't his fault there was a malevolent AI in his head that could find danger in the innocent eyes of a puppy dog.

Thankfully, Zola's excitement over finding a place to stay was a good distraction from Jaime having to explain his weird mannerisms. He couldn't help but grin at her enthusiasm; she reminded him of his little sister a bit. But if he continued to think about Milagro and El Paso he would just make himself homesick. Jaime pushed the random comparison away with a quick roll of his shoulders, and was prepared to wrap up patrolling the pier when OHWAIT. Zola suddenly ran off to do something or another.

Round yellow eyes blinked after the girl in surprise before Blue Beetle relaxed and watched her do...something. Actually, he had no clue what she was doing besides sitting down and fiddling with something while her back was turned to them. Whatever it was, it had something to do with water; he could tell that much by the way streams of it were magically rising to and from the ocean. But he could barely see that, even with the enhanced vision the Blue Beetle armor provided.

"What do you think she's doing, hermano?" Jaime asked, crossing his arms and looking at Zola's back quizzically. Maybe it was some sort of weird ritual she did whenever she arrived at a new place.

Perhaps the Zola is preparing herself for an attack against us.

"Nobody asked you," the disgruntled Latino snarled under his breath, his gaze darting over to the area behind his shoulder as if looking at the Scarab would help it shut up. Fortunately, before he could dig himself into an even deeper hole Zola returned and happily announced that she was ready to go.

"Great," Blue Beetle said with a friendly grin, his wings extending out of his armor as he leaped into the air. He didn't move, however, instead choosing to hover over Robin and Zola until the Boy Wonder decided to lead the way. The leader of the Titans had a thing for staying in pairs, and Jaime didn't want to piss him off for what was surely going to be the umpteenth time that night.

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The young leader grinned and nodded as Zola told the pair of teenage guys about how she would do chores, preferred skirts, and needed a shower. The boy was used to girls giving him more information than was necessary. It came with the territory of being best friends with Starfire and Wonder Girl. “Okay,” was really all he could input on the matter.

Robin watched as Nymph ran off, looking just as perplexed as his teammate. When Blue Beetle asked him what he thought she was doing the only response he could give was a shrug. Just because he had been working on teams with teenage girls for years, and was best friends with some of them, didn't mean he completely understood them. And then bug boy was arguing with himself. Again.

Zola coming back was a welcome distraction and he gave her a curt nod when she said she was ready. “Blue Beetle, do an aerial survey of the area. Nymph and I will patrol on foot. We will rendezvous back at the R-cycle,” the boy gave out orders like it was what he'd been born to do. “Call if you spot anything suspicious.”

Orders doled out Robin gave his teammate and his new...adopted teammate a quick nod before gesturing that Nymph should follow him and continuing to move along the wharves. “We received reports of suspicious activity in this area. Keep your eyes and ears open for anything that doesn't seem to belong.” he explained to the girl with control over water as he squinted between every building they passed that had space for hiding. He stopped to listen outside of every building as well, but was so far coming up with nothing.

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It was as if a switch had been flipped. When she got back from gathering water Robin seemed to go into leader mode and was giving orders to the blue beetle fellow about scouting out the area for suspicious activity and what not. It all sounded very thrilling and she couldn't help the small grin that made its way onto her face. 

Robin gave Blue Beetle a nod and then did the same to Nymph which she took to mean that the conversation was over and it was time to follow. Blue Beetle was still hovering in the air above them so before she followed Robin off to where ever he planned to lead them she turned around and looked up to face the Beetle boy.

"Btw, I'll admit that your eyes are a little unnerving but giving that my eyes glow an eerie white when I use my abilities I really can't talk. As for the armour? Yes its weird. You don't see very many people in such get up but I wouldn't say that it looked bad... Just odd. Besides, blue is my favourite colour" With that said she gave him a big cheesy grin and then turned to run after Robin. 

Robin seemed on high alert as he squinted into the dark places between every building. Nymph followed suit and kept her eyes open for this so called 'suspicious activity'. When she did speak she spoke quietly for no other reason then it felt right to do so. "Umm, out of curiosity. This 'suspicious activity' that you say was reported. Could they have been talking about me? I mean, I have been hiding in the cargo hold of a boat all day and someone could have seem me poke my head out. It's just a thought" Even Nymph admitted that her activities could have been viewed as suspicious... and slightly illegal but no one needs to point that out again.

Nymph listened to the sounds around her and tried to make out anything that shouldn't be. So far the only sounds where the waves as they crashed against the ships and the dock, the gentle creaking of the old where houses and the soft footsteps of Robin and Nymph themselves. Nothing out of place... yet.