Slade had a plan for the perfect apprentice, one who would not have any ties to make them question his motives, one who would obey him without question. He would create his apprentice this time. Slade had the DNA needed for his future apprentice, he had gathered the material from his battles with the Teen Titans and their ghostly friends.
He hired a well known Fruitloop (Vlad) for the process. Just before he was able to complete his master plan, the Titans attacked. He had stolen a piece of technology for another plan and as always the teens were on his trail. Slade had only one place to run, the lab where his new apprentice was created. She was still in suspended animation as he wanted to be sure that she was completely loyal to him, and that would come soon after waking her. This was his last hiding place, and unfortunately the Titans were after him. Hopefully, they wouldn't foil his plans this time.
"SLADE!" Robin yelled, "Show yourself." Starfire uses a starbolt to light up the room. Slade is spotted dashing into a corner trying to evade the Titans. Beast Boy charges after him in tiger form, knocking him into the chamber holding his future apprentice, causing it to crack. The remaining Titans join the battle, unaware that the chamber is fracturing.
Beat Boy is near the thing when it finally bursts, releasing the girl. She just lays there, as still as when she was in there earlier. Beast Boy thinks nothing of it and rejoins the fight after shaking the liquid off. Cyborg notices her when she finally wakes up and tries to pick herself up. He walks over and tries to help her up. He notices that she's soaking wet and can't stand, so he picks her up. Slade looks at the him. "Leave my apprentice alone. You've cost me two already, you won't take this one either," he states. Robin looks at the girl in Cy's arms. She looks like a soaked girl with cat ears and a tail, wearing a body suit almost like Slade's. He almost tells Cyborg to tie her up, but stops when he notices that her eyes look almost like Star's, only a baby blue, her hair like Raven's only slightly longer and pitch black, and her ears and tail are purple.
"What did you do to her, Slade?" Robin growled. Slade replied, "Nothing, but create the perfect apprentice. At least until you brats foiled my plans."
After they took Slade to jail, the Titans took the girl with them for observation. Cyborg and Raven took her to the sickroom for some tests. "Raven, go get Robin. I think he might want to see this," Cyborg stated. Robin and the others arrived shortly after Raven left. "Go ahead, Cyborg." "She's a clone," he replied, "And not just any clone. She's ours." Beast boy looked slightly grossed out, "That's just sick."
"She's really quiet for being part Beast Boy," Raven pointed out, "But she's just as curious as Starfire was when she first came here." The girl was staring at everyone, listening to everything that was said. "Do you have a name?" Robin asked. The girl just shook her head. "So, no name. What are we going to call her?" Raven asked. Beast Boy opened his mouth to suggest a name, but Raven said, "The last time you gave something a name, it was ridiculous." "I was only going to suggest we call her 'Nova '," retorted Beast Boy. "You watch waaaaay too much TV, Beast Boy," Raven stated. "Hey, don't go dissing SRMTHFG. That's the best series about another superhero team ever!" Beast Boy shot back. Robin looked confused, "What are you talking about?" Beast Boy explained, "SRMTHFG stands for Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go. It's about a boy named Chiro who wakes up these really cool robotic monkeys and beats this enemy called the Skeleton King. Nova's just about the coolest monkey after Antauri."
"Unfortunately, the leader sounds too much like Beast Boy," Raven points out. "So what does everyone think about calling her 'Nova'?" asked Beast Boy. Everyone stares at him, temporarily ignoring the girl who apparently likes the name. She tries to get off the bed, but falls off and cuts her hand. Everyone jumps at the sound and turns to see her staring at her hand in fear. "Let me look at that cut," Cyborg suggested. "What about 'Nova'?," Beast Boy asked again. This time Cyborg notices that she likes the name, "I think she likes the name BB. There you go, Nova. It wasn't that deep." She looks at the bandage and at Cyborg and smiles. She tries to get up again and falls. Cyborg picks Nova up and sets her back on the bed.
She looks at everyone, flicks her ears, and yawns. Everyone heads towards the door to talk. When they finish discussing Nova's possible future, they turn to see a purple and black kitten curled up on the bed sleeping. "She looks absolutely adorable!," Starfire states. Beast Boy looks at Nova and points out needlessly, "She looks exhausted." Robin makes everyone leave the room so that Nova can sleep.
While she's sleeping, everyone works on one of the spare rooms to get it ready for Nova. Beast Boy wants it to be purple to match her ears and tail, while Cyborg wants it blue. Raven compromises and paints the room in both colors. Starfire and Robin pick out some furniture and bring them in to make it feel comfortable. When Nova wakes up to an empty room, still in kitten form, she jumps from the bed and walks towards the door. She decides to looks for the Titans because she's not only lonely, but she's hungry too.