Uncanny Titans East

Chapter 1: Dolphin

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Author's Notes- After all the controversy of the last chapter of 'Uncanny X-Men', I decided to kick back and start a new UDC-Verse fic. This time it's starring… Titans East! Who can possibly get offended by that? Especially with two canon pairings in the story. Enjoy!

Steel City Beach-

Steel City. Home of Titans East. Steel City beach. Present playing area of Titans East

The quintet of young heroes (Speedy, Aqualad, Bumblebee and Mas y Menos) were playing catch with their guests, Donna Troy and Cheetah. (1) The pair was still hanging out with the Titans after Donna had completed her photo shoot. (2)

'I'm open, Roy! I'm open!' Aqualad yelled as he jumped up and down waving his arms about.

Speedy back-pedalled as he tried to line up a shot past his opponent. Donna had chosen to shadow Speedy for the game. Everybody knew why the young Amazon wanted to shadow the young archer. Donna had the hots for Speedy. To tell you the truth, Speedy kind of felt the same way about Donna. It was obvious that beauty was hereditary as Donna was one of the most beautiful young women Speedy had ever known. And Speedy had known a hell of a lot of beautiful women.

'Throw it, ya doofus!' Aqualad demanded impatiently, starting to become more agitated by the minute. 'Give me the ball, Barnacle Head!'

Mas y Menos joined in the chanting as they jumped up and down, trying to get Speedy's attention.

'Yeah, do us all a favour, Speedy.' Bumblebee groused. 'Stop leching on Donna and throw the darn ball!'

Speedy finally let the ball fly through the air, making everybody dash for the ball. Donna and Bumblebee took to the air as they tried to grab it, only for the ball to fall into Aqualad's waiting hands.

'Oh yeah!' Aqualad crowed triumphantly. 'Who's the kingfish, baby?'

'Run, Garth!' Speedy yelled as the girls charged towards the cheering Atlantean. 'Run!'

'Tentacles!' Aqualad hissed as he sped away from the charging women. 'You're not gonna get me, ladies!'

'Sez you, Fish-Lips!' Cheetah responded as she took to all fours and sprinted towards her opponent like her namesake.

Aqualad had almost made it to the touchdown mark when he tripped up on something lying half concealed by sand and seaweed.

'Tartar sauce!' Aqualad yelled, punching the sand in anger. 'That wasn't fair! I demand a recount!'

'It's not our fault that you choked, Aquaboy.' Donna snickered as she bent down and picked up the ball.

'How many do I have to tell you?' Aqualad groused. 'It's Aqualad! Not Aquaboy!'

'Not from where I'm standing.' Bumblebee snickered.

'Uhh, guys?' Speedy piped up. 'I think you'd better take a look at this…'

Everybody turned to where Speedy was knelt, overlooking a suspiciously humanoid-looking shape concealed with seaweed and miscellaneous oceanic junk.

'Is that… a person?' Donna blinked.

'Don't touch it!' Aqualad warned. 'It could be a zombie!'

'Don't be an idiot.' Bumblebee snorted. 'This isn't a zombie… Is it?'

Speedy quickly pulled off some of the seaweed to reveal a silver-haired young woman, roughly the same age as the gathered Titans.

'Hellooo salty goodness!' Aqualad grinned as he pushed Speedy out of the way. 'We've hit pay dirt! Hot naked chick lying unconscious on the beach! Aww yeah!'

'You're such a perv, Garth.' Bumblebee groaned.

'I think we'd better get her back to the Tower.' Cheetah suggested as she gently picked the unconscious girl up. 'There's no telling what could have happened to her.'

'I've got first dibs though!' Aqualad grinned. 'I wanna be the first one to greet her when she wakes up.'

Mas y Menos had something to say about that as they babbled rapidly in Spanish.

'I think they want first dibs too.' Donna translated. 'Cute little perverts, aren't they?'

'Nobody'll be able to hit on her if we don't get back to the Tower.' Speedy sighed.

'You're just jealous cuz you're already spoken for.' Aqualad groused.

'Bite me, Aquaboy.' Speedy retorted.

'Aqualad!' The young Atlantean groaned. 'For halibut's sake, can't anybody remember my name? It's Aqualad!'

The Tower's med bay: Later-

Just as he said, Aqualad was the first beside the bed as the mysterious silver-haired girl began to wake up.

'Ooooh. What happened to me?' The girl mumbled in a language that the other Titans didn't understand. 'W-where am I?'

'What in Hera's name is she talking about?' Donna blinked, scratching her head. 'I can't understand a word she's saying.'

'It's… Atlantean.' Aqualad blinked. 'She must have got lost somehow.'

'How do you know what language she's talking?' Speedy asked.

'Because I'm Atlantean too, remember?' Aqualad rolled his eyes. 'Really, you've got a memory worse than a goldfish.'

Aqualad turned back to the silver-haired girl.

'Don't be afraid.' Aqualad reassured the girl calmly in his native language. 'We found you washed up on the beach near here. Do you know what happened to you?'

The mysterious girl rubbed her head.

'I-I can't remember…' She groaned. 'I remember swimming near the outskirts of Poseidonis and then… nothing. My memory is blank.'

'That's a mystery all right.' Aqualad nodded thoughtfully. 'Oh well, we'll work it out soon enough. I'm Garth by the way.' Aqualad added as he held out his hand to the young woman.

'I'm Dolphin.' The silver-haired girl smiled sweetly. 'Garth… You're King Orin's (3) adopted son, aren't you?'

'Guilty as charged.' Aqualad smiled charmingly in return.

'Aww, shark spit!' Dolphin hissed as she sat up straight.'Here I am talking to royalty, and I look like I've been in a fight with an electric eel.'

'You don't look so bad.' Aqualad shrugged. 'You look pretty darn hot to me.'

'R-really?' Dolphin blinked. 'You think I'm… hot? Do I have a temperature or something?'

'Of course not.' Aqualad laughed. 'I was just using a little Surface slang. I think you look pretty enough as you are.'

'Oh, stop it.' Dolphin giggled shyly. 'I'm in no fit state to talk to royalty such as you.'

'To tell you the truth. I was never one for all that royalty junk.' Aqualad admitted with a shrug. 'I guess it was just forced on me. It's not like I'm gonna end up as King of Atlantis or anything, that falls to Orin's son. When he grows up, that is.'

'You're a strange one, Garth.' Dolphin smiled. 'I thought that you would be more like Orin.'

'What? An arrogant jerk?' Aqualad chuckled.

'Pretty much.' Dolphin nodded. 'I never knew royalty could be so down to earth.'

'I work for the common Atlantean, babe.' Aqualad grinned. 'None of that pomp and pageantry for me.'

'Do you think your friends will welcome me here?' Dolphin whispered, slightly worriedly.

'If they can welcome somebody like me, I'm sure that they'll accept you like a shark to a feeding frenzy.'

Dolphin just blushed once more.

'Garth, stop it! You're making me blush.'

'You look cute when you blush.' Aqualad smiled.

'You're not all that bad yourself, Garth.' Dolphin smiled in return.

'Hey, what do you say I show you around one you get better?' Aqualad suggested. 'Steel City's got one of the best aquariums on the Easy Coast!'

'Yes. That would be fun.' Dolphin smiled. 'I'd love to go to there with you.'

'It's a date.' Aqualad grinned. 'Now, make sure you get some rest. You're still weak from your ordeal. Whatever it was. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call, 'kay?'

'Sure.' Dolphin nodded.

'And I mean… anything.' Aqualad winked.

Dolphin didn't reply as she had fallen fast asleep.

Aqualad turned and left the med bay.

'So…?' Bumblebee asked. 'What's the what?'

'Her name is Dolphin.' Aqualad explained nonchalantly as he admired his nails. 'And she so wants me.'

'As if!' Speedy snorted. 'Are you mental?'

Aqualad just continued to admire his nails.

'Holy crap! She really does like you!' Speedy blinked in disbelief.

'The poor girl must've taken a bad hit to the head.' Bumblebee shook her head in sympathy.

'Think whatever you want, Barnacle Heads.' Aqualad smiled. 'But Dolphin likes me. So there!'

Speedy and Bumblebee just stared blankly as Aqualad strutted down the corridor.

'This is seriously fudged up, yo.' Speedy shivered.

'You're telling me.' Bumblebee nodded with a shudder. 'The day Garth gets a date is the day I eat my shoes.'

'You want some salt with those?' Speedy teased.

TBC…

Next: Settling In

Aqualad helps Dolphin settle in to life with Titans East. Meanwhile, another young hero makes their debut. Holy Moley! It's Captain Marvel Junior!

Author's Notes-

(1)- Donna Troy is Wonder Woman's younger sister. Cheetah is the newly reformed former villain that was once part of Luthor's Injustice Gang (as seen in 'Injustice forAll'.)

(2)- Donna and Cheetah arrived in Steel City in 'Uncanny Wonder Woman'. Bumblebee was the first candidate for Donna's metahuman swimsuit calendar.

(3)- Orin is Aquaman's Atlantean name.