Summary: The present is only the past of the future. When the new Generation of Titans find themselves with their parents in the past they'll have to do the impossible to not change the time… Unless they actually want to do it.
While the new generation deals with their own problems; the Titans we all know will have theirs as well: Why is it the new generation says they're street kids trained by them in the future when the teenagers and kids look a lot like them. Do they actually want to know their future?
A/N: I'm going to college this year and I just had to start this before going back to school. Everything is already prepared, I only need to write the episodes: That way I won't go out of context even if I'm not able to update often once school starts again. And I know it'll be hard to keep up with my fics but I'll try at least during these couple of months so let's see what happens.
Ok, now; I was going to make the new characters children but I thought it would be better if they were a little older than that: Sparks will fly easier that way. Also, I was planning to make this the usual triangle that is palpable for everyone but I decided to make it better a little more subtle at the beginning so you can get acquitted with the new characters before anything else.
By the way, I'd like to thank my beta who will help me with this story as well. I really appreciate your help.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.
The present is only the past of the future
Prologue
: Jump City, year 2028:
A group of teenagers were enjoying a good basketball match on the roof of the Titans West Tower. It was early in the morning and the sun had already risen, spreading its warm all over Jump City, making it a very beautiful day if you were the kind of person that enjoyed Sunlight, if not then it was just another day with horrible sun and pretty hot.
But, that's not the point, let's go back to Titans Tower where the teenagers were playing, or at least some of them were, seeing as how others decided to keep away from the court and just cheer on the ones they wanted to win; it didn't matter whether it was because they were related or just because they were really close friends.
"Go Derek! Alex is going to fake left as always!" One of the teenagers watching the game yelled to a member of one of the teams.
"Alex, give the ball to Terry! Deah, go closer to your team!" Another of the expectant teenagers yelled to the other team and it only showed how excited everyone was.
"Adam, Trevor wants to take the ball away from you; give it to Tori!"
"Viv! James and Jen need to be taken care of!"
A man looked up from his job and chuckled at the youngsters; it reminded him so much of when he used to play with his friends in the very same place. It could be basketball, volleyball or whatever but always together. Those were the days, but now, it was these teenagers who played there instead of him who rarely played with his friends anymore even though they were all living with him.
Now that he thought about it, the Tower was pretty crowded now and he still couldn't understand how it had happened; the other Towers weren't as crowded as his was and it was mainly because the Titans of the other Towers were more organized with their relationships than his team was. They had even thought about creating a new Tower or joining other teams but no-one wanted to leave and the new generation was so used to being together that they didn't want to be apart from each other. Well, there was nothing they could do even as parents of the new heroes of Jump City.
"Cyborg… Cyborg..." Cyborg, now 40 years old, answered his communicator, trying to block out the noise of the game.
"Cyborg here."
"We'll be leaving in five minutes, could you give instructions to the kids?"
"Sure, I'll see you in a bit." Cyborg turned to look at the new Titans; even though most of them were already teenagers, to the old Titans they would always be their kids "Hey guys! Guys, can I have your attention for a moment, please?!"
The new Titans stopped the game and the cheers and turned to look at the elder man waiting for him to speak up.
"We're off to meet the new boys that want to join the Titans North; I trust you can handle everything while I'm away and I also hope you'll let the other kids play with you."
"Don't worry dad." One of the teenagers said "We'll let them play."
"Why is it necessary for all the Titans to meet the new boys?" A girl asked curiously. "I mean, why can't it just be the Titans North?"
"I don't mind; Sasha, Krisha and Tania will be here with us and that means more people to play with." Said another girl with a big smile.
"They should be up here in a moment." Cyborg assured, smiling before becoming serious. "Listen guys; I'll leave the teleporting machine here and I hope to find it in one piece when I get back. I still need to add some final details before trying it."
"Why do we need a teleporting machine anyway?" One of the older teenagers asked. "I can teleport and most of us can fly."
The machine in question was nothing but a door frame with just a few buttons here and there; possibly they would only need to add the coordinates and go through the portal so they could get to the place they wanted.
"This will be faster than flying and you won't get tired by using your powers." Cyborg explained. "The only one who would get to the crime scene faster than this machine works is probably Jen."
"Can you blame me for being faster than a machine?" The aforementioned girl said smugly crossing her arms over her chest.
"Well then, I don't want to find it destroyed by the time we come back ok?" Cyborg asked one last time just to make sure.
"Ok!" All the kids yelled before Cyborg turned around and walked into the Tower.
"All right everyone! Let's continue with the game! Bro, the ball is yours." A girl said to her brother hardly throwing the ball, unfortunately, the boy didn't catch the ball in time and it went directly to-
"The teleporting machine!" Before anyone could do anything the ball hit the machine making sparks fly everywhere. The kids watched worriedly for a few seconds until the sparks stopped flying and just stared at the machine not daring to go near it.
"Way to go Tori." A boy said sarcastically, walking to the machine, the others following after him. "But I guess it couldn't be helped."
"Hey! It was Terry's fault, not mine." The girl retorted, rather insulted.
"Oh yeah, blame it all on me!... You think something happened to the machine?" Everybody shrugged, not really knowing how to answer; not even Cyborg's son, being just as intelligent as his dad had been when he was the same age, knew how to know if the machine was ok or not.
"I'll turn it on."
"What?" The new Titans turned to the youngest one there who was about to push the 'On' button "Karla, no!"
Too late, the little girl had done just as she had said; the machine then started to shake and sparks started to fly again. At first it started as a light movement but it became more violent by the second. The new Titans started to step backwards in order to get away from the machine. Suddenly, a light shot from the portal and, like a vacuum, it started to pull the new Titans into it. Everyone tried to get away but the portal was too strong and it continued pulling them.
"Titans, resist!" The leader's instruction, as much as the rest of the Titans wanted to follow it, couldn't be accomplished due to the fact that they were already halfway through the portal.
"It's too powerful!" Those were the last words the new Titans could hear before the portal swallowed them whole leaving only a bouncing ball near the roof's door.
The present is only the past of the future
: Jump City, year 2008:
"So, are we great or what?" Asked Cyborg, exited, as he drove his T-car back to the Tower after the Titans successfully accomplished another mission.
"Dude, that was like the best battle ever!" BB agreed from his place in the passenger seat, not able to believe they had actually won.
"It was a good exercise; the villains seem to be training harder nowadays." Robin said through his communicator; he was driving his R-cycle back home, he just felt the car was too crowded.
"C'mon Robin, you could be more energetic, you know?" Terra commented from the backseat, her leader was just too serious.
"How shall we celebrate our victory, friends?" Starfire asked happily already thinking of a way to celebrate the accomplished mission with her team.
"There's still the movie I brought; we could watch it tonight." BB proposed with a toothy grin.
"Another one of your silly Comedy films?" Raven asked, bored, from the backseat while looking out the window; those were the movies Beast Boy always picked.
"They are not silly!" The shape-sifter complained indignantly. "And no, this is an Adventure film."
"What made you pick Adventure this time?" Terra asked, those kind of movies were her style not BB's; he always went for the latest Comedy film there was even if it seemed to be plain silly.
"Well…" The questioned boy rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly not knowing how to answer "It… I've heard it's pretty good; y'know, it has good critics and all."
"Yeah, sure; it was just that." Cyborg said sarcastically, earning a glare from his green friend "But anyway, it's a good idea; we can watch it tonight before going to sleep. And it'll give me some time to continue working on my new project."
"New project, Cyborg?" Asked Robin as they neared the Tower "What's that?"
"I'll show you once we get home."
After Cyborg's promise, the Titans stayed quiet wondering what kind of new toy their friend would be working on. There were a lot of ideas; some very crazy and some very simple, but they all were too exited to just leave the idea alone. Soon, the T-car and the R-cycle were parked in the Tower and the Titans got out of them as fast as they could, very exited to see Cy's new project.
"Ok Cy, what is it? What is it?" Asked Beast Boy, jumping up and down, the rest didn't go that far but had expectant faces that looked very amusing to Cyborg,
"Ok guys, get ready for this." Cyborg started to announce walking over an object hiding underneath a curtain "I introduce you to my new toy!"
"…"
"…"
"… Is it a new door for the Tower?" Asked Starfire upon seeing what was under the curtain; it seemed just like a simple door frame with some buttons on it.
"No!" Cyborg exclaimed annoyed. "It's a Teleporting Machine!"
"A teleporting Machine?" Asked Terra not sure what to say about it.
"We don't' need it, Cyborg, I can teleport all of you rather quickly." Raven said seriously, it seemed like a waste of time.
"Yeah, but I know you get tired after doing that and I don't want you to get hurt or anything because of that. Besides, this will be faster than flying; the only one who would be able to beat this machine will probably be Kid Flash." Cyborg explained, smiling proudly because of his work; it seemed like a good idea.
"You do have a point there Cyborg." Robin acknowledged; Raven had told them once the teleportation needed a lot of energy and Beast Boy had complained about flying when they couldn't use the T-car, perhaps it could be useful. "And how does it work?"
"Well… It actually doesn't work yet." The mechanic Titan admitted a little embarrassed "But it won't take long before I can make it work; this baby will be running in no time."
Suddenly, the machine started to shake, startling the Titans and making Cyborg jump back in fright.
"What's going on Cyborg?" Asked Robin as the machine started to shake more and more violently by the second, Cyborg neared his team for protection.
"I don't know! This isn't supposed to happen!"
Suddenly, what was once an empty space in the doorframe became a space full of different colors that seemed to be twirling around slowly.
"What's that?" Asked Raven staring at the colors like the rest of her team, expecting to see some kind of reaction.
"I don't know but-" Suddenly they were all blinded by a white light and a strong force sent them flying backwards, falling hard on the floor. The last thing they saw before losing consciousness was the white light disappearing.
The present is only the past of the future
There's the Prologue. Just an introduction; you'll get to meet the new Generation in the upcoming chapters and decide which new Titan is your favorite. I'd really appreciate it if you told me which characters you like and dislike as the story goes on; it'll help me know if the character actually is what I wanted them to be.
And guys, I need to know if this actually sound entertaining so I can decide if I should continue writing it or just delete it now; you can tell me all that by leaving some reviews please.
Now, DO NOT flame me for the pairings which you probably know by now if you've read my other fics, if you don't like them then don't continue reading; that will save you from reading something you don't like and me from getting flames about something that I asked not to have.
The rest of you, let's see what you've got to say about this little Prologue.