it_iS_ What its is.. [Open+Titans]

[advantchild]

Feet high up in the chair next to him, a double cheeseburger, two large fries, a mountain of ketchup; with a light dusting of salt on top, as well as three milkshakes each a different flavor stetting in front of him. Marco was engrossed in a graphic novel chewing on a fry. His coal black hair draped over his eyes ever so slightly and his hazel eyes drifted from left to right following the story on the pages before him.

He was sitting in a local burger joint, fresh from helping an old lady, whose breaks went out in her beater. If it was not for large bull elephant, (in an ever so light green tinge) had not ran out before her and stopped the car safely, a group of children would have been creamed. Apparently helping people paid off he found. People always wanted to give a hero free food. A hero that can change into animals at will, paid off with a plate of hamburgers. (Plus kid’s meal toys from amazed children) At the very moment, a little girl, about 3 or so years old stared at him. (He was still green from his last transformation) From his peripheral, he could see her wild blond hair pulled up in a bow. Her bright blue eyes were magnified by her glasses, and she clutched her cardboard crown in her hand instead of wore it.

A smile played across his face as he sat down the novel and turned in his seat, stooped down at her and raised his brow. The girl beamed, and tilted her head, reached out and touched his face, and gave a toothy grin. There was a small puppy on her t-shirt, with pink spots Marco noticed. “You like puppies?” He asked, winking at her parents, who stood a few paces behind her wide eyed. “Yes!” She said, pointing to her shirt. Then, in the instant her eyes drifted to her shirt to point at the puppy. Marco, in a rippling of the air, changed into a puppy with green spots. The girl looked back to him and yelled, “Puppy!” Her parents looked at the dog, and their daughters delight, snatched her away giving him the evil eye.

In his experience as Beast-boy, Marco came to realize that people are fine with him being a freak, AS long as he was helping. But, when he is in a normal social situation, and uses his powers. He is a freak of nature and everyone fears him. This case however he thought was different, what the girl’s parents were afraid of was more like… “Show the kid a puppy; she is going to go home wanting a puppy for a year-and drive them insane”. This however made him a sad little puppy, long floppy ears hung to the floor, and his sad green eyes were large and shimmering. “Ahem?” Sounded a voice high up above him, he instantly noticed a pair of shoes belonging to his waitress.

“No dogs allowed…” She muttered while chewing her gum. Then dropped the check, letting it flutter and fall near him and walked away, napping her gum.

..................// Minuets later //................

Marco was carrying a bag of his leftovers and walked down the sparsely populated sidewalk. His skin loosing all its green completely, leaving the dark tan he came by naturally. The sun was setting, deep orange in the sky, littered with; blue, pink/purple clouds in the horizon. He had to squint, and hold his arm over his face to catch where he was walking. There was footsteps coming from all around, but… he was way to full to identify who are what was walking around him.

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[renate]

Rena had been all over the world. The titans did that for her. While her life back in New York was fine and all, she liked that this team allowed her the freedom. Being the daughter of two famoud X-Men, many just thought that she would end up joining the mutant team like her parents. While she liked that idea, she found herself behind the shadow of Shadow Cat and Colossus, two very, very large shadows. Silver, as Rena called herself, just wasn't able to do that. Not with the control she had with her powers. She could use them sure, but she was no superhero. Not yet anyway. Many were surprised when she told them she was going to be a titan, one of the leaders of the Teen Titans, actually, which was strange, considering her rather cool almost shy demeanor. She hoped she was a good leader, all she wanted was to protect people, she prefered using her defensive abilities, like phasing people out of trouble or deflecting bullets with her steel form. She did her best, but she almost wondered what others thought of her as a leader. Was she too soft? Too quiet? Not commanding enough? Those questions ran through her mind constantly

Right now, she was in California just across an ocean to Russia, her homeland, and just a continent away from her parents in New York. California was so strange, all the people, it was easy to get lost and just pretend that you were human for a while. No one bothered you, ever. Which was nice. Rena just snapped her gum and walked, watching her soft, black leather boots walk in front of her, letting her black skirt swish around her knees and her white shirt feel nice and fit around her stomach. She looked so normal without her uniform on, which was nice and all, but it was great being a normal girl for once. It would all be normal until she spoke, her accent reminding her and everyone else that she was not from this country. It wasn't bad, her Russian accent was light enough for people to hear and understand everything she said. But still. It reminded her of everything, her parents, her heritage, and who she was.

It wasn't until she actually looked up that she realized she was now lost. She had just been walking in thought, totally out of tune to everything else around her. Great, she was lost. Rena wasn't normally like this, but being normal, just walking, was so refreshing. She twirled around, looking for the impossible, maybe a familiar face. Luck was on her side, she found one. Headed her way was Marco, another Teen Titan, Beast Boy. She admired him, his powers allowed for actual physical acknowledgment, while Rena could just fit in there was a time when Marco always stood out after using his powers. Rena recognized his soft face and hair. Quickly, and without much public knowledge, she phased into the concrete sidewalk and came up right beside him, with a small smile on her face, just happy that she found someone. "Hi, Marco,"

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