Generation

Everyone's grown up now. Robin, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, Beast boy. They're not kids anymore. Richard Grayson and Starfire are married and have two kids. Raven and Aqualad are married, Cyborg and Bumblebee are married, and Beast Boy and Terra are married. They all have children. But when Richard Grayson Jr. feels like something is missing in everyone's life, he sets out on an adventure that will lead the rest to a new era. Please enjoy this story: GENERATION.

CHAPTER 1…KIDS

"I said shut your mouth Grayson!" A boy punched RJ in the mouth as he feel over on the floor of the school. Kids started hooting and hollering.

"FIGHT!"

"Get 'em Ronny!"

"Come on kid! Fight that bully!" Kids voices came from all around the 7th grade hallway. Kids from other classes started coming out and watching as well.

"You don't know when to stop running your mouth! My momma ain't no whore, yours is though!" Ronny got close next to RJ.

"You always bullying me Ronald! I'm not taking it!" He got back up and punched Ronny in the nose. He got a bloody nose and rammed RJ into the wall and started beating on him. He was loosing epically. A male teacher finally pulled Ronny off of RJ and pulled him into the office. The kids started going there separate ways and back to classes. A teacher took RJ to the side and stared him down. It was Mr. McDonald. The 7th grade science teacher with a rough, scruffy, gray beard, and dark brown intimidating eyes. He was bald, well not completely; he had a few gray hairs on the top of his head. He was African American. He sighed at RJ and leaned against the wall.

"Grayson, you can't keep doing this to yourself." RJ looked up at him. RJ was 5 foot with dark black hair and green eyes. He always had 3 bangs sticking out from his kulich and one bang hanging down the left side of his face. "Getting in fights every month with that Ronny boy!"

"He picks on me!" RJ replied. "I can't take it! It's not fair!"

"You always get beat down!"

"It's worth a try…" Mr. McDonald glanced over to the office window to see RJ's father come in. RJ saw this too. "You called my dad? He's going to kill me!"

"Your mother wasn't available so we called your father. You have three days of suspension." RJ gulped, as he was being lead to the office. They entered the room as Dick Grayson Sr. stared down at his 12-year-old son. The school bells rang signalizing it was the end of the day. Dick turned to RJ.

"Since we're here, I guess we'll pick up your sister as well." He said in a harsh tone. Suddenly, a 5'3 girl with long red hair and bright blue eyes came in the office and smirked at RJ. She turned to Dick and hugged him.

"Daddy! Sorry you had to get off work because little brother over here wanted to get in a fight!"

"Shut-up Star! He deserved it!"

"Make me!"

"Both of you stop it!" Dick said, they hushed. He signed some papers and led them out to the car. Star sat up front while RJ sat in the back.

"Like I was saying, sorry about you having to get off work. You must be feeling really bad right now, I mean how many people are getting injured or shot right at this moment and you can't help them?" Star continued.

"You know what Star? You're a year older than me, act like it!" RJ said to her.

"Well act like a 12-year-old instead of getting into fights all the time!"

"12-year-olds get into fights!"

"Whatever! Shut-up!"

"You first!"

"Make me you little brat!"

"You're a prissy prep!"

"UGH! I will come back there and slap you!"

"UGH! I don't freaking care!" Dick started to get annoyed with this.

"Little b word!"

"Go to hell Star!"

"WOULD YOU TWO STOP?!" Dick yelled. They were quiet. "RJ, do not use that language! You're in trouble enough as it is! And Star, be quiet before you get in trouble as well!" She crossed her arms and pouted while RJ just got quiet. Everyone was quiet until they got home. Star ran into the house and yelled.

"Mom? Are you home?"

"Over here sweetie!" Starfire came out to see the three. RJ looked scared, Dick looked agitated, and Star just looked happy.

"Guess what RJ did?"

"I already know. I had a missed call from the school and they told me what happened."

"Oh." Starfire walked over to RJ to see he had a black eye.

"Oh baby, let me get something for that." Dick walked over to Starfire.

"Can we have a talk?" He asked. They walked into another room. RJ sat down on the floor and looked at Star he smirked at him.

"This is going to be hilarious when you get into trouble…AGAIN!"

"Why do you hate me so much Star?" RJ replied. Star looked down at him. She could tell he was really down. She sighed and sat next to him.

"I don't hate you; I just think it's funny when you get in trouble?"

"But why?" She shrugged. RJ got up and walked toward the door.

"Where you going?" He shrugged.

"Somewhere." Then he left. RJ opened the doors to see a snowy Jump City. He hadn't paid much attention to it in the car since he was in trouble, again. The soft, cold, white crystals floated down onto the road and their little front lawn. They lived on the outskirts of Jump City, the borderline of Gotham. Just a couple miles away you would enter it. Their house was two stories high. Star and him got their own separate rooms. That was one thing he thanked for everyday. Although he liked his house, he didn't like being far away and in a different school as his old friends. They had just moved into this house at the beginning of November. That's when he and Star really started getting into heated arguments. They could always avoid it by going to their friends but now that was different. He especially missed his best friend Theresa. She had long black hair with bright dark blue eyes. He gazed off into the scene when he heard the sound of his father's voice,

"RJ." He turned around and looked at him. What was his punishment now? "So the story is that he punched you first?"

"And I was defending myself." Dick looked at Starfire who nodded.

"We've decided that you don't have a punishment." Starfire added. RJ smiled but frowned when he saw his dad. He knew it was his mom's idea, not both of theirs. If it were up to his dad, he would've had no phone use, or TV! His dad was all about non-violence with the family, although he's a cop. So was his mom, but RJ understood why. It was the same reason every time they asked. He didn't want them to get the idea that they were invincible and that they were better then anyone else because they had…powers. Well, Star had powers. RJ, since the youngest, got the brunt of it and got no powers. So they think, they always wanted to be certain he didn't have any powers by making him not fight and if does have powers, accidentally unraveling them. RJ turned and walked out of the house and into the snow. He sat on the stone porch. He saw a skinny stick stranded and picked it up.

"Ya know stick, you're just like me. Out all alone in the world, no one is there to pick you up when you fall from your branch and stick you back up. They all just walk over you as you crack and snap even harder once there foot hits you. They kick you when you're down man." He looked down. "Star is my kicker when down, who's yours?" He looked at the stick. "Right, you're just a stick." He paused briefly. "I want to move back where my friends are." He stared at the stick again. "Well, we'll stick together stick."

"That's not healthy." A boy's voice came. RJ looked up to see a spiky red headed, green-eyed kid. He was wearing a white hoodie with red sweat pants. "Ya know, talking to a stick and all." RJ looked at the stick and sat it down.

"What do you know?"

"Well, just saying. I kind of heard some of you're conversation." RJ looked around.

"You did? How much?"

"Well, you started with, 'ya know stick', so from there on."

"That's the beginning." He looked around again. "I didn't see you around when I started, how'd you hear that?" He shrugged.

"Good hearing, I guess." He reached his hand out to RJ. "Name's Eric, yours?" He grabbed it and got helped up.

"Richard, but you can call me RJ."

"Neat."

"So, where do you live?"

"Oh, 5 houses away from here." RJ looked. Each house was 15 yards apart. He stared at Eric.

"How'd you get way down here?" He shrugged.

"Say, you said you're name is RJ? Aren't you that kid who got in a fight today?" RJ looked down. "Ah, don't sweat it. That kid is just a big pile of jerky. Rumor has it that someone hung him on top the flagpole after school." RJ looked back up at him.

"Really? NO WAY!" Eric nodded.

"By his undies." He whispered. RJ started cracking up laughing. "You feel better now?" RJ nodded. "Good, I gotta get home. My mom is probably wondering where I am. Snow supposed to get bad tonight."

"Maybe we can hang tomorrow if there's no school?"

"I'd hang with ya even if there was school." RJ smiled. Suddenly, a van drove up. A smiling blue Cyborg poked his head out.

"Well, lookey there. First one we see is RJ." Cy said. Dick and Starfire came out and smiled. They started talking as they're old friends got out. Star squealed when she saw Tasha. That was C and B's daughter. Raven and Aqualad got out as well with their daughter Theresa. RJ smiled at her as she walked over to him in her fat blue coat and jeans. She had long black hair with the brightest dark blue eyes ever. Garfield and Terra got out as well with their son Tyler who had blonde hair with green tips and purple eyes. Tasha was African American with curly black hair and dark brown eyes. They all started chatting it up. Eric stared at everyone and smiled.

"Hey Eric, I want you to meet-" RJ turned to find him gone. He looked around everywhere, but he was gone. He turned back to Theresa.

"So how's the new school?" She asked. He scoffed.

"Sucks." They all started toward the house. RJ looked one more time for Eric, but still he was gone.