Disclaimer: Don't own characters. DC does. I just own the plot. Don't sue.
Chapter One
Destination: Metropolis
"Come on kids!" Bruce yelled from the bottom of the stairs, "We've got a plane to catch!"
Soon Dick came down carrying two suitcases over his right shoulder, three in his left hand, and a dark blue backpack on is back. He looked up at Bruce.
"I don't see why you're rushing us," He said as he reached the last few stairs, "We're going in your private jet."
"I'm the best man, Dick," Bruce reminded Dick as he straightened his tie and collar, "I have to be there early for practice. Don't forget that you agreed to be an usher."
"How could I forget," Dick said as he tried to open the door, "You've reminded me everyday for the past two weeks."
After he said that he walked through the door and out to the awaiting limousine.
Bruce just sighed and grabbed his last bag.
"Hurry up!" He yelled one last time before stepping out the door.
A few moments after he said that Gar and Vic came down the stairs.
"Man," Vic said holding his suitcase in one hand and his school backpack in the other, "We are comin back in August. You don't gotta take everythin with ya."
"You don't gotta go home to my dad," Gar replied while pulling three rolling suitcases behind him and a dark green backpack over his shoulder, "When I came home for Christmas without some of my video games, he flipped out! Besides I kept most of my stuff in my room."
"Then what the hell is makin those bags so heavy?" Vic demanded.
"All my video games, movies," Gar explained as they went out the door, "You know. Things like that."
Vic just shook his head as they stepped out the door.
"Hey guys!" They heard someone call behind them. They looked up and saw Tim coming down the large staircase, loaded down with suitcases.
"Hold the door!" He said as he tried to go down the stairs without falling.
"See dude," Gar said looking at Vic while holding the door for Tim, "Tim lives here all year round and he packed about twenty suitcases and four backpacks for himself."
"Ha Ha," Tim said as he reached the door, "I only have two bags I'm bringin. The rest of this stuff are Karen and Babs and Rachels'."
"I only have two bags in there to, Tim," Rachels' voice came up from behind him, "So don't go saying that most of them are mine."
She walked straight past the three boys and into the awaiting limo.
Gar and Vic turned back to Tim.
"How'd Karen and Babs get you to carry all that stuff?" Vic asked with an amused expression.
Tim just blushed and walked over the to large trunk of the limo. Gar and Vic exchanged amused expressions before following.
Finally Kory, Babs, and Karen walked down the stairs.
"…and that's how we got Tim to carry our bags." Babs finished as they reached the last few steps.
"Wow," Kory said as she readjusted the shoulder strap of her backpack, "That's the same way I got Richard to carry my two bags."
"Guys," Karen said as they stopped in the middle of the empty entranceway, "Give 'em a kiss and they'll do everythin for ya."
They laughed and walked out the door and into the summer sun.
"Are you girls ready to go?" Alfred said as he opened the back door for them.
"Yeah we're ready Alfred," Babs said as she took a seat in the back. Kory and Karen followed in shortly after. It took a few minutes before the guys came in too.
"Alright Alfred," Bruce said looking to Alfred through the open inside window, "We're ready to go."
"What about Selina?" Karen asked Bruce, "Wasn't she invited?"
"Yes she was," Bruce answered, "She said she'll meet us at the hangar."
Karen nodded in response.
"Okay now," Bruce said pulling out his wallet, "Before we even get on the jet I want to explain what will happen when we get to Metropolis," He looked around making sure he had the teenagers' attention, "Girls will be staying at the Embassy with Diana and the Boys will stay with me at the Metropolitan.
"Kory, you're in charge of getting to the Embassy since you've already been there," Bruce continued, looking at Kory, "Now last night I told you to call up Diana and Donna-"
"Already done," Kory said with a relaxed smile, "Donna said she talked to the guard and that we can just give our names and go on through. She'll be waiting for us in the lobby."
"Good," Bruce said turning his gaze to Dick, "Dick, I need to go see Clark as soon as I get off the plane s-"
"So I'm in charge of checking us in," Dick finished off for him, "And making sure our rooms are ready. I also have to hide your Bat-stuff and make sure no one gets in your room."
"Good," Bruce said, "When I get back then you guys can go check out the town. Be back in by eleven though. Got it?"
"Got it." All four boys answered at once.
"Good." Bruce said while taking out his cell phone, signaling the end of the conversation.
Just as he pulled out his cell, Karen pulled out her iPod and headphones and started listening to music. Gar got out his PSP and started playing a video game while Vic and Tim watched him.
Dick just leaned back and relaxed while Rachel took out a thick book from her backpack. Babs pulled out her PDA and Kory looked over her shoulder to check out what they were going to do.
In about a half hour they had reached Bruces' private airport. They each went to the back and grabbed their own bag before heading over to the hangar their jet was at.
"Bout time you got here," Selina said as they entered the hangar, "I've been waiting for about ten minutes."
The teenagers laughed while Bruce just rolled his eyes.
"You're hilarious Selina," He said as the stairs were brought in, "But right now we have a flight to take to get to a wedding, where you are one of the bridesmaids."
Now it was Selinas' turn to roll her eyes.
"You need to loosen up Bruce." She said as she grabbed her bag and followed the eight teenagers onto the jet. Bruce just shook his head.
"Wow this jet is hot." Vic said as he looked around the large jet. It had first-class seats with a big plasma screen TV up front and even a couch in the back. He walked up to one of the seats and took a seat.
"I could definitely get used to this," he said sitting back in the seat.
"You know Sparky," Karen said taking a seat beside him, "For once you're right."
Vic just glared at her.
The others took seats as well and waited for Alfred to come aboard. About five minutes later he came in closing the large door behind him. Once he locked it into place he turned to Bruce.
"We are all ready to go sir," He said in his thick British accent.
Bruce nodded before pressing a small red button.
"We're ready to go." He reported into the intercom, before letting the button go.
Alfred buckled in next to Bruce and Selina just as the pilot started up the engine.
"Hey Rae," Gar said, turning to look at Rachel, a half hour after the jet took off. She just glared at him from the top of her large book, "You got any gum?"
"Why would I have gum?" She asked in a monotone voice.
"Just askin." Gar said shrugging a little before turning back to his game.
He paused his game after a few more seconds and looked around at the other Titans.
Karen was listening to her iPod and flipping through a magazine while Vic was on his laptop looking up car parts online.
Tim and Babs were whispering something to each other while looking and pointing to her PDA.
Dick had his head leaned back to make it look like he was sleeping, but because of his dark sunglasses, Gar couldn't tell if he actually was. Kory was reading a book called Metals of the Machinist. Gar guessed it had something to do with her shop.
He looked up in front of him and saw Bruce, Selina, and Alfred whispering something to each other.
He shrugged and started playing his game again. He ended up getting so caught up in it; he barely noticed another half hour pass by. Of course, Bruce made sure that he noticed when they landed.
"Get up!" he commanded from his seat up front, "We're here."
After the others put their stuff back into their backpacks, they got off the jet and went to wait for their suitcases.
"Alright," Bruce said as his taxi pulled up, "Alfred and I will be back by six. I don't want to see any problems when I get back either."
"Why do you always look at Gar and I when you say that?" Tim asked swinging his backpack over his shoulder.
"Because I know Dick and Vic are to mature to go running out on their responsibilities and the girls are even more mature then all four of you combined." Bruce replied coolly as he opened the taxi door.
"That hurts, dude." Gar said with a small pout.
"Sometimes the truth hurts," Bruce said as Alfred got in the taxi, "You better get used to it. It's a main part of the real world."
With that he got into the taxi and closed the door. A few seconds later the taxi pulled out of the private hangar.
"So Selina," Kory said turning to Selina as if that talk with Bruce never happened, "Where are you staying?"
"I'm heading to a different hotel then the guys," she said looking at the four teenage boys, "So don't worry I won't be spying on you."
Gar, Vic, and Tim looked relieved.
"That way when Clark and Diana leave for their honeymoon," She said turning back to Kory, "I could watch over a different part of the city."
Kory nodded just as another taxi pulled up.
"Selina Kyle?" The driver said getting out of the car and looking at the girls in the group.
"That's my ride," Selina said grabbing her suitcases, "I'll see you tomorrow at the rehearsal."
As soon as Selinas' taxi took off, the eight teens turned to each other.
Barb pulled out her PDA once more and turned it on. They all formed a circle around her.
"Okay," she said as she turned it to the calendar, "Guys' your taxi is supposed to come in ten minutes, ours is in five.
"At four o'clock, you four should all be checked in," She said looking up at the four boys, "And we should be unpacked. The hotel is fifteen minutes from the Embassy so the four of us," she continued, pointing to herself, Kory, Karen, and Rachel, "and Donna will be on our way over to the hotel. We hang out at the coffee shop down on the main floor until 5:40. Then you guys head back up to your hotel rooms and the girls and I will head back to the Embassy. We should get back just before Diana does, and you guys will have enough time to make it look like you hung out in your rooms all day."
The others nodded just as another taxi pulled up.
"That would be ours," Babs said as she turned off her PDA and put it back in her pocket, "See you guys in an hour."
The guys nodded just as the girls started putting their suitcases in the back of the taxi. As they drove off, Gar turned to Dick.
"How are you gonna keep your promise to Bruce?" He asked curiously.
"Just let me worry about Bruce." Dick answered mysteriously.
Twenty Minutes Later – Metropolis World Embassy
"Wow this place is huge." Karen said looking at the large white building through the iron gate.
Kory was talking to the guard stationed in the corner. She walked up to the other three girls and saw the shocked expressions on their faces.
"You think this place is big," she said as the gate started to open, "You should see the one in New York. It's about double the size."
They grabbed their suitcases and walked up the white stone steps and into the building.
As they entered the large lobby Rachel, Karen, and Babs looked around in awe once more.
"Kory!" They suddenly heard someone shout.
Kory grinned widely and started running in the direction of the voice.
"Donna!" Kory yelled as she caught sight of her ebony haired sister.
They quickly ran into a sisterly hug.
"It's so good to see you again," Donna said as they broke the hug, grinning.
"Ditto," Kory said her wide grin still on her face, "I've got so much to tell you."
"Same here," Donna said motioning over to the other female Titans, "But first let me show you up to your room."
"Girl, I can't believe you get to live in a place like this." Karen said as they walked over to the elevators.
"Actually," Donna said as they entered the large elevator, "Now that Diana and Clark are getting married, we won't live here anymore. Clark and Diana bought a house that's about ten minutes away from here and the Planet."
"Aren't you a little worried about starting in a new school?" Babs said as they headed for the fourteenth floor.
Kory and Donna exchanged smiles.
"Nope," Donna said with a relaxed look on her face, "I only have one year of school left."
"How?" Rachel asked with wide eyes.
"I skipped a few years." Donna simply stated as the elevator doors opened.
They all stepped out of the elevator and walked down the long blue and gold carpet. Finally after it seemed like they had walked for miles, they reached their room.
The girls checked the white door and saw, in gold paint, 1492 written on it.
"I got extra keys for all of you in the room," Donna said pulling out a small silver key from her pocket and opening the door.
After the other girls walked through the doorway, Karen, Barb, and Rachels' eyes widened in awe.
The room was huge. The walls were pure white with gold trim. There was a huge plasma screen TV on one side of the large living room and about three black leather couches around a large cherry wood coffee table.
There were two Victorian style doors at the other end of the living room that led to a large balcony. The curtains were pulled back, letting the afternoon sun in. There were also two hallways about two feet away from the entranceway.
"Our bedrooms are to the right," Donna said pointing to the right hallway, "There are only three bedrooms so one of them is large enough to fit three of us while the other fits two and Diana has the last bedroom at the end of the hall. Each bedroom has its own bathroom too.
"The Kitchen is at the end of this hallway," She continued, pointing to the left hallway, "The fridge and pantry are fully stocked, so if you ever want a snack you can just grab one."
"Great," Karen said with a small grin, "Now we don't have to worry about starving cause the boys ate everythin."
The girls laughed for a few seconds before walking down the right hallway.
"So what room are you in girl?" Karen asked Donna as they walked to the bedroom doors.
"This one," Donna said as she opened the door to her left, "It's the three person bedroom. I got the top bunk."
They looked in the room and saw a bunk bed on one side and a regular size bed on the other. There was a desk at the end of the bunk bed and a TV at the corner of the room where the single bed was. In between the bunk bed and single bed were two dressers each with three drawers. Above the dressers was a large window which was currently letting the warm sunlight in. In between the single bed and TV was another door, which led to the bathroom.
"I call the regular bed," Karen said as she walked in and threw her suitcases on it.
"I got the bottom bunk," Kory said throwing one of her suitcases on the bed and opening it up.
"While they unpack," Donna said turning to Rachel and Barb, "I'll show you your room."
They nodded and followed her out. They went to the room on the opposite side of the hallway and a little further down.
Babs opened the door to reveal a room similar to the older girls only in place of the bunk bed was another single bed.
"Works for me," Rachel said as she put her backpack on the bed near the TV.
"Yeah," Barb said already putting her suitcases on her bed and starting to unpack, "Me too."
"Great," Donna said before leaving the room.
Meanwhile-At the Metropolitan Hotel
"That guy was an idiot," Dick whispered as he pulled the cart out of the elevator. He pushed the luggage cart down the hall until he got to Bruces' room.
He pulled out the keycard and checked to see if it was Bruces'. He slid the card into the slot and opened one of the double doors. He put the stopper on it before opening up the other door and repeating the process. Then he pulled the packed down luggage cart into the room and closed the doors behind him.
He quickly put Bruces' bat-gear under his large bed. He put the suitcases on the stands and moved the cart back into the hallway.
He closed the door once more and took his backpack off his back. He opened it up and got his utility belt out.
He lifted his baggy dark green t-shirt and clipped his utility belt around his baggy jeans.
He pulled out two small half-circles. He placed one at one side of the wall next to the door and the other at the other end. He clapped his hands and a thin red beam flashed between the two before it disappeared. He lowered the bottom of his shirt over the belt, readjusted his shades, grabbed his backpack, and carefully walked out of the room making sure to step a little higher so he wouldn't pass through the invisible beam.
He went straight to the room on his right and pulled out the keycard from his pocket and opened the door.
When he opened the door he saw Vic closing the last drawer.
"Hey man," Vic said as Dick closed the door behind him, "You put the suit away?"
"Yeah," Dick said taking a seat on his bed, "But the bellhop downstairs is incredibly stupid. When the guy at the check-in desk called him over, he brought the cart over gave it to me, and walked away."
"Damn," Vic said turning on the TV, "You bring it back down?"
"You kiddin," Dick said looking at his tall friend, "I go back down there now, I'll punch the guys face in."
"Good point." Vic said watching the baseball game, "Hey it's the Meteors vs. the Cards. This is gonna be a good game."
Suddenly they heard a crash form down the hall.
"What was that?" Vic asked getting up and following Dick out the door. They saw Tim running down the hall.
"Tim," Dick called out to his adopted brother, "What the hell happened?"
Tim turned around and looked at Dick and Vic.
"Gar found a luggage cart and decided to ride it," he said taking off down the hall again with Dick and Vic behind him, "Guess he crashed into some-"
Tim stopped talking when they saw Gar and the Bellhop Dick was talking about on the ground and the luggage cart in-between the elevator doors.
"I'm okay," Gar managed to mutter, "Or at least I will be when you get Mr. Heavyweight off me."
Dick grabbed the oversized bellhop and pulled him off his smaller friend.
When Dick pulled the bellhop off of Gar however, he ended up pulling up the bellhops' sleeve. On the bellhops right forearm was a tattoo with the letters IG on it.
"You know anything about Intergang?" Dick asked the overweight bellhop.
The bellhop seemed shocked.
"Why do you ask that?" He asked trying to sound dumb.
"Members of Intergang have tattoos exactly like that." Dick stated simply.
"Sorry but those are just my initials." The bellhop stated before practically running to the nearby staircase.
Tim, Gar, and Vic looked toward Dick.
"He's lying." Dick whispered so only the other three boys could hear him and not moving his lips so the security cameras wouldn't pick up what he was saying.
A/N: Alright! The Titans first weekend in Metropolis and they're already having fun! The next chapter will introduce some familiar and yet not-so familiar faces. Keep reading to see who. I'll be posting it tomorrow before I leave on my vacation.
Until then, thanks for reading. Please review!