Hi everyone! This is Johnsmythe58 again. As I said in my first story, I'm a new writer, so this time, I've decided to try my hand at Teen Titans fiction. Reviews would be appreciated as usual. This is my first multichap story, so please go easy on me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or Ben 10
Prologue: Chapter 1: The Meteor
The sun was setting in Jump City as the citizens were getting ready to go home, eat dinner, or go to sleep. It was a quiet night and even most criminals were holed up, ready to take a break. The Teen Titans except for Robin were going about their usual business. Raven was plopped against the couch reading, occasionally reminding Beastboy and Cyborg to turn down their Mega Monkeys videogame. Starfire was in the kitchen trying to make a new purple concoction complete with Zorkaberries. Robin was in the evidence room "searching for leads on Slade". Over the past few months, Robin had become more and more reclusive and secretly depressed.
"Why don't I have powers?" Robin thought to himself constantly.
His crime fighting skill was legendary, but his normal human body was always a liability in a fight. Starfire's Tamaranean body shielded her from gunfire, Cyborg's metallic body was already completely bulletproof, Raven could shield herself with her soul energy, and Beastboy could transform into an animal fast enough to dodge bullets. He was the only one that didn't have any special powers or defenses against such weapons.
As the evening dragged on, light turned to dark and sun turned to blackness. Suddenly, a fiery red-yellow streak tore through the sky above Jump City. It was around 3 a.m., so few people even saw it. Those that did barely batted an eye, except for one spiky-haired human. Donning his traffic light uniform, Robin quietly sneaked out of the tower toward the landing zone of the meteorite to investigate.
It was out in the countryside forest miles away from any road. Robin trekked through the wilderness, determined to fined the object. When he saw the smoking crater, he immediately got vibes from the site. He suddenly got the feeling that something powerful was at work. Peering down into the crater, Robin realized that the object was metallic. Surprised, he slid down the slope to the metallic object. Hidden doors opened, revealing a green metallic gauntlet with a darkened screen. Robin reached from the gauntlet with his left hand, preparing to take it back to the tower to investigate the object.
Suddenly, the gauntlet seemingly acted with a mind of its own! The gauntlet flew up to Robin's wrist and latched itself securely onto Robin's wrist.
"Aaagh!" Robin cried out in surprise as the green object attached itself to him. With no obvious way to take it off, Robin tried using all his gadgets on the object. When he ran out of gadgets, he resorted to using sharp rocks and sticks to try to cut it off, but to no avail. The object was firmly lodged upon his wrist. With no other choice, Robin decided to mess with the strange dial on the surface of the gauntlet. In a flash of green light, the dial came to life.
"Ultimatrix activated, please recognize user," the Ultimatrix intoned.
"Uhhh, recognize user Dick John Grayson," Robin tried.
"New user accepted." the Ultimatrix intoned. "Calibrating systems. Please wait for 30 seconds while system reboot is in progress."
After 30 seconds, the Ultimatrix rebooted and on the circular dial was a strange green hourglass symbol. Curious, Robin tried messing with the dial once again, this time, causing the dial to pop up and emit the image of a holographic green bat. Feeling nostalgia, Robin pressed the dial down. In a flash of green light, Robin disappeared, and in his place was a red Aerophibian bat.
Robin took a minute to get his bearings and opened his blue eyes and stared out at the world. It seemed as if everything had become blurrier. However, he could now hear everything including the squirrel that was climbing a tree a mile away and the cars back in Jump City. Curious, Robin tried jumping in the air and spreading his wings. Strangely enough, he found that he could fly. As he got bolder, he flew faster and faster until an audible boom was heard. Realizing that he had broken the sound barrier, Robin quickly doubled back to Jump City and landed on top of Titans Tower.
After about 20 minutes, Robin felt a strange tingling throughout his entire being. In a bright flash of green light, the aerophibian bat was replaced by a very human Robin. With adrenaline pumping through his veins, Robin suddenly realized the potential of the Ultimatrix. He could transform into a bat that could fly at supersonic speeds for up to twenty minutes and easily outmaneuver his opponents in battle.
Thoroughly exhausted from his flight, Robin sneaked back into his room and fell asleep in full uniform on his bed.
Thanks for reading everyone! I hope I can update soon. We are all busy people in lives, but I hope that you guys enjoyed it. Again, I am a newbie to the writing business, so please go easy on me and review!
Until next time,
Johnsmythe58
