ETA (02/01/14): After some deliberation, I've decided to change the title of this story from "Demon Marked" to "Luck & Devils." Sorry for any confusion, but I think the new title works a lot better to encompass the entire story.

A/N: All characters who appear are DC creations in some form or other, from either Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, or the DC Comics universe and its spinoff franchises. For new/unfamiliar characters, I'll do my best to make a note at the bottom of the chapter providing a bit of info on their canon background. Geo-Force is not an OC, and, despite how this prologue make it seem, he's also not the main character. If there are any "main characters" here, they are Jinx and the original H.I.V.E. students. Geo-Force is auxiliary. Any other new/unfamiliar characters will be explained in due time within the story.

Arc One, Prologue
Title: Heaven and Earth
Characters: Geo-Force, Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, Jinx, Angel, Gizmo, Kyd Wykkyd, See-More, Billy Numerous, Mammoth, Shimmer
Summary: A young man without any memories wakes up to find himself being hunted by the protectors of Jump City, and receives unexpected aid from another group "outside" the law.

ARC ONE: THE OUTSIDERS

Heaven and Earth

"I don't know what you people want from me," Geo-Force threatened, backing away until his back was flat up against the wall of the building behind him, "but I swear, if you don't leave me alone right now, I'll flatten all of you into the ground!"

For all his words, Geo-Force was far more frightened right now than angry. He could hardly tell if he was living in reality, or some kind of awful nightmare. He had no idea why his subconscious would do something like this, if it was the latter: his day had begun with a rude awakening in the streets of a noisy, crowded city he didn't recognize, devoid of memories and surrounded on all sides by strangers speaking American English. When he had groggily come to, he was half-buried uncomfortably in a pile of dirt and rocks, which provided no clue whatsoever as to how he had gotten there or who he even was.

When he tried to get up, and ask the surrounding onlookers for help or directions, they all began to scream and run away from him. The noise had given him a splitting headache, further worsening his bewildered mood. His mind was a tangled mess of dead ends that lead to nowhere and his body ached like he'd been savagely beaten. He didn't even know his own name, but a part of him could tell at once that this bizarre city wasn't meant to be his home.

That was when the strangers had arrived—the Titans, or so the group of costumed heroes had called themselves. There were five in all, most appearing to be around Geo-Force's age, if not younger. They called out to him like they knew him personally, using his moniker instead of a name, though perhaps it was his name. All Geo-Force really knew for certain was that whoever these people were, they weren't happy with him.

And he didn't want to go anywhere with them if he could help it.

"Get away! GET AWAY from me!" Geo-Force screamed at the Titans bearing down on him, three on foot and the others flying by air. "I told you already, I don't know what I'm doing here, or what these powers are! What the hell do you want?!"

"Please, friend Geo-Force!" one of the Titans called out pleadingly, an orange-skinned woman with fiery hair that had pelted Geo-Force earlier with green starbolts. "We only wish to talk!"

"I don't WANT to talk to you!" Geo-Force screamed, building hysteria clawing its way up his throat along with his boiling anger. "Just leave me alone!"

Beneath his feet, the ground began to tremble.

The leader of the Titans, an acrobat in a brightly colored costume, went pale underneath his mask. "Move! Get out of the way!" he shouted at the others, sprinting in the opposite direction from Geo-Force while the magnitude of the earthquake started to intensify.

The others began to disperse, but the youngest Titan—a green-skinned boy in hues of gray and purple—hesitated for a moment, before stepping back in the geokinetic's direction.

"At least tell us why!" Beast Boy shouted angrily. "How come you're attacking the city like this, Geo-Force? You're Terra's brother! We thought you were one of the good guys!"

For some, inexplicable reason, his words made Geo-Force's panic rise up in full-force. His head pounded sharply in agony, and behind him, the walls of the building began to crack from the foundation upward.

"Don't come near me!" Geo-Force screamed in desperation, holding out his hands to call up a column of solid stone. "Whoever you people are, I don't know this city, and I don't know any Terra! If you don't leave me alone, I'm going to kill you all! Just go!"

At this, he flung the slab forward, knocking it directly into the Titan's side. Beast Boy was sent flying with a yelp of pain, landing several yards away with the building with a noisy crash. His companions, already a good distance away at this point, turned around again at the sound of his yelling.

"Beast Boy!" the grey-skinned psychic called out urgently, running back for her teammate with her dark cloak flying behind her. "Beast Boy, are you all ri—"

Above them, chunks of the building began to fall from the sky, dropping down to the street below with an explosion of dust and noise. "Aaaugh!" Raven cried, throwing up a hand to defend herself and Beast Boy with a telekinetic shield.

Too much. There was too much noise. Too much energy. Geo-Force yelled in pain as his command over his powers began to slip, an unknown force within him unleashing itself powerfully into the deepest layers of the earth. He was out of control.

"Nooooo!" he screamed in anguish, losing his balance as the ground below began to twist and deform. Pillars of rock shot up in jagged formation to trap him in place, solidifying around his body to block his escape. The earthquake was now unstoppable, dust and stone flying in all directions as the terrible pain in his head blinded him completely. "Help me! Oh, god, please, somebody—"

The last thing he registered was the ground caving in beneath his feet to swallow him whole. New, unknown voices began to echo all around him, their words urgent and alarmed, but instead of listening Geo-Force sank gratefully into the merciful embrace of darkness. Oblivion was heaven, compared to the awful pain.

If it were up to him, he never would have woken up again.

—

However, wake up he eventually did. This time, it was to the sound of hushed voices:

"So, let me get this straight...this guy wrecks half of downtown, and beats the Titans bare-handed by himself...and you guys have the bright idea to bring him here?"

"Yeah! What he said! 'Sides, I coulda done that myself..."

The voices were talking about him, which was enough to rouse Geo-Force from his murky realm of half-sleep. Groggily, he registered that he'd been laid out on some kind of bed or sofa cushion, covered in blankets that were rather more scratchy than warm.

"I hate'ta say it, but Billy's with the big man on this one. What's the point of havin' two guys around here just fer wreckin' stuff?"

Geo-Force heard a girl's irritated sigh.

"You're all completely missing the point. It'd be a total waste of talent for a guy this strong to be wasting away in a jail cell, while the Titans are out here hunting us like rabbits! What, should we have just left him there, to get killed or arrested?"

"Jinx is right. Plus, the guy is like, a total babe."

"SHIMMER!"

"What? He is!"

The voices were quiet, even arguing, but even so the sounds of them worsened Geo-Force's dull, persistent headache through his fogged-up mind. He did his best to ignore them, and go back to sleep, but found it impossible now that he was relatively alert. Gentle fingers unexpectedly brushed his forehead, pushing strands of sweat-soaked hair out of his face, and that alone was enough to compel him to give up on sleeping.

Reluctantly, Geo-Force forced his bleary eyes open. He was greeted at once by the sight of two perfect, shimmering golden eyes boring into his, alit with impossible brightness and warmth. As his vision gradually solidified, he found himself gaping up into the face of the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen: a slim young lady with fair hair, curly blonde pinned back tightly against her head. She wore a blue and red sleeveless top with a high turtleneck, and a matching skirt, her pale arms bare save for a glimmer of silver bracelets upon her wrists and shoulders. When she saw that Geo-Force was awake, she smiled at him, perfect red lips parting only slightly.

"Good morning," she said to him pleasantly, drawing her delicate hand away from his face. She stood up, causing Geo-Force to belatedly notice a pair of small, white-feathered wings protruding from her back. His mouth hung open at the sight.

"Are you...Are you an angel?" Geo-Force blurted out stupidly, unable to close his eyes or look away from her.

The woman blinked at him in surprise. Then, her smile widened.

"Oh...so you've heard of me?"

Suddenly, there was a great commotion from the other room. "Hey!" a child's voice yelled, high and grating in Geo-Force's ears. "Yo, asswipes! Hurry up and get in here—the freakazoid's finally awake!"

Warily, Geo-Force sat up on his cot to see what was going on. As he watched, a group of unfamiliar adolescents and young adults began to file into the room, all of them in various states of casual dress and costume-wear, the latter type much like what the Titans and Geo-Force himself wore. Many of the group were young, in their late teens at the most, but a few seemed old enough to be legal adults. Something in the way they held themselves screamed out 'trouble,' but Geo-Force stubbornly scowled in their direction anyway.

"Who are you people?" he asked cautiously, not as panicked as he'd been the last time he woke up, but still a far cry from pleased at these turn of events. "Where am I?"

The teens only snickered at him. Feeling a rise in anger, Geo-Force opened his mouth to yell, but was stopped when the group suddenly parted to allow entrance to another figure into the room. The new arrival was so short that it took a moment for Geo-Force to actually see him, but when his eyes finally caught on the shrimp, he was surprised to find a young adolescent grinning up at him with the air of a person used to being in command.

The boy was short and scrawny, clearly youngest of the lot. He might have been thirteen at the oldest. His fine brown hair was cropped short, resting beneath a pair of lab safety goggles. He wore a dark jumpsuit strapped with a metal backpack, and had pale eyes that were lit brightly with a spark of intelligence and mischief. Despite his stature, Geo-Force could see that he was the leader of the group.

"Glad you could join us, rocky," the boy jeered at Geo-Force. "I'm Gizmo. These lame-brains behind me are the guys who rescued you from the Titans."

"More like rescued him from himself," another girl interjected from the front of the room. She was among the oldest-looking of the group, and one of its few females, petite and rail-thin with a shock of grey skin and bubblegum hair. "This guy caused a massive earthquake in downtown that wrecked a ton of buildings and caved in most of Main Street. If Wykkyd and I hadn't been out and about when the fight started, GF here would probably be lying in a shallow grave right now."

Geo-Force blinked. "GF?" he asked, before glancing down belatedly at the letter-emblem that was stylized on his chest. "I...oh. It's Geo-Force, actually. At least, I think it is..." At least, he couldn't remember being called anything else. "Thanks for earlier, I guess. I don't know what happened with my powers. I'm pretty sure they usually don't go out of control like that."

The pink-haired girl gave him an appraising stare. "Well, then, 'Geo-Force'..." she said, stepping forward to stand beside Gizmo and gesturing to all the others gathered in the room. "If that's the case, then it's very nice to meet you. I'm Jinx, and these guys here are Gizmo, Mammoth, Shimmer, Billy—"

"I'm Billy Numerous!"

"—See-More, Kyd Wykkyd, and Angel. Your resident nurse."

Belatedly, Geo-Force glanced over at the winged girl again, his face flushing involuntarily. She smiled at him with a small wave.

Jinx smiled as well. There was a smirk behind the expression, but also a measure of sincerity as well.

"On behalf of all of us, let me be the first to say that any enemy of the Titans is a friend of ours," she said, lavender eyes gleaming catlike in the dim light. "Welcome to the Outsiders."

A/N #2: Most of this fic takes place approximately two-and-a-half years after the episode "Titans Together," and two years after "When There's Trouble...", the final issue of Teen Titans Go! (companion comic to the show, not the 2013 cartoon). This story is more serious/toned down than the original series, mainly to reflect the changes of adolescence heading into adulthood. There's some plot stuff mapped out in my head, but mostly it's a focus on the day-to-day lives of the characters. The Jump City Titans, Titans East, New Teen Titans, and miscellaneous villains are all liable to receive focus chapters, in addition to the main H.I.V.E. group. Yes, there will be an explanation for why Jinx left the Teen Titans. No, it will not happen in this chapter. Be patient.

Character Notes

Geo-Force – Made one appearance in Teen Titans Go! #51, "Metamorphosis." Older brother of Terra and crown prince of Markovia in Europe. Like his sister, he was experimented on to give him geokinetic powers during his childhood. He met the Teen Titans while traveling to Jump City to find out what had become of the runaway Terra, but decided to leave her in peace when he saw how happy she was as a schoolgirl.

Shimmer – Did not appear in the show, but is a regular accomplice of Mammoth, Jinx, and Gizmo in DC Comics. Shimmer is Mammoth's sister and has the power to transmute any substance into any other substance of her choosing.

The Outsiders – A group of superhumans from DC Comics that has had multiple incarnations over the years. The group appearing in this story is only an adaptation by name, and does not reflect the roster(s) from the comics with the exception of Geo-Force.