Summary: A new evil has come to Dakota City, and it's not a Bang Baby. When Static, Gear, and their new partner, Mimic, run into Robin and the Teen Titans, they discover that this evil isn't so new, and that it means to use Dakota's Bang Baby population to take over the world. (Static Shock/Teen Titans x-over; hints of slash)
Main Pairing: Static x Gear x Mimic Secondary: Robin x Starfire (others may rise later)
Rating: T for language, mentions of recreational drugs and sexual innuendos
Disclaimer: I don't own Static Shock or Teen Titans, someone else with a helluva lot more money than I do does, I just invited then over for a sleep-over. Mimic and Rip are mine, though, so hands off!
Notes: Mimic is a character I created specifically for this story. Her powers consist of being able to copy the powers of other meta-humans/mutants/aliens she touches. Kinda like the Leech, except in Mimic's case, the "donor" gets to keep their powers. The powers she possesses in this story are: telepathy/telekinesis, "splitting" (or being able to split into several miniature versions of herself), and shrinking (making herself smaller). Rip is a bad Bang Baby that Slade recruits in the story, his power being inter-dimensional teleportation.
Timeline: Virgil, Richie, Sera, and Rip are all 17. Beginning of the story takes place just after the end of Virgil, Sera, and Richie's junior year.
Chapter One - Enter the Titans!
"Man, this is turning into one boring summer..." sighed a young blond teenager as he took off his helmet, wiping sweat from his brow. The blond looked no older than seventeen, his body lean and trim, covered in a hard green armor. He kicked his booted feet off the edge of a building whose roof he was currently occupying. The boots were equipped with a pair of jets that granted the blond the power of flight. On his back was a strange machine simply known as Backpack, the legs of the machine clipped around a slender waist and narrow shoulders.
A deep sigh brought the blond's blue-green eyes to the other occupant of the roof. It was a young African-American male, his black hair done in short dreads carelessly flopping over brown eyes so deep in color that they looked black. This teenager was no older than the blond seated beside him, but he was several inches taller, broader in the chest. The African's arms were well-built, shown off by the sleeveless black shirt he wore with a pair of blue and yellow pants. An over-sized jacket matching the pants rested next to the teenager. Over his face was a white mask, blue sunglasses trying unsuccessfully to hold back his mass of black hair.
"Man, Gear, if something doesn't start happening soon, I'm gonna go nuts," the black male, known as Static, groaned, flopping back on the roof, his arms stretched out on either side of him, dark eyes staring up at the stars. The view was interrupted when a face suddenly popped into view above him. The teenager yelped jumping up and would have fallen off the side of the building if the blond, Gear, hadn't caught his arm. "Mimic! Jeez! Don't sneak up on a man like that!"
The figure just giggled. It was a rather small girl, looking ill-proportioned to be a child, stubby legs covered in boots, a black skirt and a blue shirt completed the outfit. The chubby girl's brown hair fell down to her waist, stubby arms clasped behind her back. Her skintone was tanned, eyes dark brown and heavily lashed and lidded, giving the small, child-like girl a heavy exotic look.
"C'mon, Mimic," Gear rolled his eyes at the child, "Get back to normal." At the blond's words, other small, child-like figures, exact copies of the first one, popped out of random places on the building's roof. The copies then converged on the first one, all disappearing with a small burst of a smoke-like gas. When the gas cleared, a young Hispanic girl was standing in their place. She was the same age as the other two, long, toned legs shown off between where her short skirt ended and her knee-high boots began. The cornflower-blue shirt was held together by a gather over her breasts, the rest able to flow open, exposing her toned mid-drift. The girl's hair was a rich, deep brown, falling down to just below her waist. Dark eyes were thickly lashed and heavy-lidded, giving the taller girl the same exotic look the child-like creatures had.
"We gotta get," Mimic told the two, "One of my splits saw a new Bang Baby robbing Dakota's branch of Wayne Enterprises." Static and Gear looked at each other skeptically, but before a protest could be given, the machine strapped to Gear's back beeped, a camera extending up, looking at the three heroes. Mimic arched an eyebrow at the other two with a smirk. "See? It takes a while for Backpack to pick up on meta-human activity, while it's instantaneous with my splits."
"Sorry, Mimic," Gear apologized for the two as he threw out a surfboard, holding it aloft with the same type of jets that were in his boots. He offered a hand to Mimic, who accepted and stepped onto the board, wrapping her arms familiarly around Gear's waist. "We're still getting used to your splits." Mimic smiled, shaking her head slightly as the two took to the air, Static beside them on a metal disc charged to hold him in the air.
As the three flied through the air, Mimic filled them in on what her split had seen. Apparently, someone had decided to break into Dakota's branch of Wayne Enterprises, one of the worlds technology leader. There were many valuble inventions in the building, any one of them could be the Bang Baby's target. When they arrived at WE, Mimic split again, each split going into a different part of the building.
"Wonder how long it'll take her..." Gear looked worried over Mimic's welfare. Static was about to open his mouth to reply, but was interrupted when he was suddenly pitched into the air by a...green gorilla? Gear stared, dumbfounded, at the green ape. His mind instantly giving him a list of unlikely scenarios that would give a full-grown gorilla a green tinge to it's fur. "Static! You okay?" He was answered with a groan from his friend as Static picked himself up and glared daggers at the gorilla.
"Just peachy," Static replied, then gave the ape a cocky grin, "This has gotta be the Bang Baby Mimic told us about. Lets just hope that they have a demand for green gorilla fur, 'cause this guy just became a new winter coat!" With that, bolts of electricity shot from Static's hand, only to miss the ape when it was contained by a...a black forcefield? The bolt bounced around the bubble for a few moments before Static absorbed it into his body again.
Gear decided to take action and threw a Zap Cap, complete with capturing tendrils, at the ape. The Zap Cap connected and thick, tough tendrils wrapped around the enraged animal. Gear's whoop of victory was cut short as a beam of green light hit him dead in the back. Luckily, his armor absorbed most of the attack, but it still stung a little. He went to throw another Zap Cap towards the offender, only to find a pair of...wait...cybernetic arms? The cybernetic arms were wrapped around his own, holding them down and preventing him from throwing the Zap Cap.
"Titans! Stand down!" barked a very familar voice to Static and Gear. The two looked up as a slight figure walked from the shadows. This new character was dressed in a pair of green tights, a red shirt emblazoned with the letter 'R' on his chest, and a black cape. A black mask hid the boy's face, but, nonetheless, it was a face that the two heroes being held hostage knew well.
"Robin!" both Static and Gear exclaimed in surprised as the forcefield dissolved around Static and the cybernetic arms holding Gear retracted. The two stepped away from their fallen prisons to greet the boy they had worked with alongside Batman.
"Sorry about the attack," Robin said as he shook hands with the two Dakota heroes, "We were tracking down a man from our city that we believe came here. Allow me to intorduce my team." Robin then turned from them towards the group assembled behind him. The boy pointed to a girl wearing a blue-black cloak that covered most of her body from view, "This is Raven," his finger travelled to where the ape once stood, in it's place was a small green boy wearing a black and purple bodysuit, holding the remains of the Zap Cap, "Beastboy," then to a rather large teenager that looked half-man, half-robot, "Cyborg," last was a young girl with long red hair and bright green eyes who was floating a few feet off the ground, "And Starfire. The Teen Titans, my new team."
"When did you cut it with the Big B?" Static asked the younger boy, "Last I heard, you were still under him."
"Well, I got offered to lead the Teen Titans not long ago," Robin replied, "I left Batman to lead them. He's still in Gotham and works with the Justice League often."
"I hate to interrupt," came a high, squeaky voice as one of Mimics splits climbed onto Gear's shoulder, "But I found-" before the split could relay the information, she gasped and disappeared suddenly into a small cloud of smoke.
"Gear! Find her!" Static called to his partner, "Whoever's in that building has Mimic!"
"Who's Mimic?" Robin asked as Backpack began relaying information to Gear, tracking where Mimic's splits had gone and where they had converged, which was where their Mimic would be.
"A girl we teamed up with not too long ago," Static replied, anxiously waiting for Gear to tell them where to go, "It's kinda a new arrangement we fixed up. Gear, got a fix on her?" The blond raised a finger as Backpack beeped, relaying the last of the information.
"Mimic's splits convereged on the fifth floor," Gear answered Static's inquiry, "Someone else is with her...I can't tell who...it's a Bang Baby, and it's giving Mimic a run for her money." Without needing much else, Static and Gear took to the air and, after hearing Robin give orders to the Teen Titans, were soon joined by Starfire and Raven, the two girls easily keeping up with the two boys. As they reached the window to the fifth floor, they heard Raven mumble something before the same black forcefield that had encased Static earlier wrentched the window from the frame, neatly leaving an opening for the four to enter the building.
They stood in the dark for a few moments before the room was suddenly illuminated with a green light. Turning to Starfire, Static and Gear were shocked to find that her fist was glowing green. Raven, on the other hand, didn't seem to be bothered by it and lead the way out of the office and into a long, dark hallway. Before either could ask where Mimic was, Backpack suddenly beeped, leaping off Gear's back and scuttling down the hallway on it's spider-like legs. This time it was Raven and Starfire's turn to be shocked at the sudden activity of what appeared to them to be an inanimate object.
"She's down here!" Gear called, pointing in the direction Backpack had taken off to. Raven and Starfire took to the air, flying above Static and Gear as the two ran down the hallway, following the robotic Backpack. The robot stopped at a door, it's red eye turned towards the four as they made their way down the hall. Static motioned for the others to hold back until he opened the door and saw what was up. It didn't sound like anything was going on in the room, and he didn't want the girls to open fire on Mimic...if she was in the room at all. Slowly, Static inched the door until it swung fully open, allowing them to see fully into the office.
"Mimic!" both Static and Gear let out as they took in the condition of their friend. Currently, the young Hispanic was unconcious and being held in the arms of a teenage boy, looking no older than themselves. His hair was black, the tips dyed a lavender color and spiked on his head. Blue eyes seemed to glow as he looked at Sera, the glimmers of several piercings visible in the half-light Starfire's ignited fist offered. He wore what looked like a black and gold bodysuit that fit his lean body like a glove, a strange armor around his shoulders and a belt around his waist. He was sitting on a desk, one booted foot placed on the desktop, acting as a prop as he held Mimic, cradling her body against his chest.
"Oh, so that's her name..." the boy smirked slightly, his eyes flashing slightly as he looked down at her, "She never had a chance to tell me what she was called...pretty little thing, isn't she?" Static felt his fists clentch at his sides as the boy raised his hand and brushed Mimic's hair away from her slack face, revealing a developing bruise on the side of her face. The Bang Baby then looked back up at them, smirking darkly as he took in Static's reaction. "But I suppose you'd want her back, right? Oh, how terribly rude of me..." The boy stood, holding Mimic against him, "Name's Rip."
Static blinked and he was gone, leaving Mimic laying on the desk. As Gear scanned for any lifesigns in the building, Static moved over to the girl laying on the desk, wanting to make sure Mimic hadn't been harmed any more than the bruise on her face, which made him mad enough to begin with. He sat down on the edge of the desk next to Mimic, brushing a hand against the undamaged cheek, sending a tiny shock through her system. Static felt her flinch under his hand before her eyes opened, blinking in a dazed manner before she focused on who was over her and smiled.
"No sign of Slade." Static almost jumped when he heard Robin's voice talking. He hadn't even noticed when Robin had arrived along with Beast Boy and Cyborg, he'd been to concerned with Mimic's welfare. Standing, Static offered a hand to Mimic, who gladly took it and slid off the desk, taking a moment to smile at Gear who had then arrived alongside them, his scan of the area complete.
"I couldn't even pick up this Rip fellow," Gear muttered as he took in the damage done to Mimic's face, "Wish I had, though..." Gear looked over at Robin, as if suddenly realizing what the masked boy had said, "Who's Slade?" Robin opened his mouth to answer, but was interrupted by a sudden beeping sound. One of the computer monitors in the office suddenly came to life, lighting to show a masked face on the screen, the mask half-gold, half-black, like Rip's outfit had been earlier.
"Slade..." Robin seemed to spit out the name, his eyes narrowing as he took in the face. Static looked and noticed both gloved hands were clentched at Robin's side. Obviously, Robin didn't like this fellow, and if he had anything to do with Rip, Static knew he wouldn't like the man, either. "What do you want now?"
"Is this how you greet me after so long?" the man asked in a tone of voice that told all he didn't take Robin's angry question seriously, "Young Robin, I figured an old friend deserved more than an angrily asked question." Robin flinched as if Slade had dealt him a physical blow, and Static noticed the hands at Robin's sides were shaking slightly, almost undetectable under his cape.
"You're no friend of mine," Robin spat out, voice full of venom, "Why are you targeting this city?"
"Why, the endless supply of power," the smirk could be heard in Slade's voice, "A multitude of young men and women, each possessing an unique power, each waiting to be taught how to properly harness that power. I take it you've met my new apprentice, young Rip?" Slade leaned back in the chair he was sitting in, elbows resting on the armrests, fingers steepled in a way that comically reminded Static of Mr. Burns, "Amazing power Rip has. Interdimensional teleportation, simply amazing. Of course, he needs to be controlled, lead by a steady hand to reach ultimate greatness." Slade's white eyes narrowed slightly. "I am here to teach, Robin."
"I'll bet," Robin replied, same intense hatred hardening his voice, "You're teaching them to become criminals. In the end, they will suffer the same fate as Terra did!" At the mention of this name, Static felt the tension in the room rise as each member of the Titans stiffened slightly, all glaring at the screen with malice.
"Still haven't found a cure for young Terra?" Slade asked, sick amusement now in his voice, "Such a pity, she was becoming quite the talented young apprentice. She would have done well if she only gave control of her powers to me-" Suddenly, the screen was shatted by a chair, Beast Boy holding the back of the chair, eyes narrowed almost to slits as he glared daggers at the shattered screen.
"Whoa..." Static stepped back from the enraged boy, taking Mimic and Gear with him. Apparently, there were a lot of issues Beast Boy had with Slade and this Terra person, and Static knew better than to interfere.
- - - - - - - - -
"So, you guys sticking around?" Static, now in the attire he wore as Virgil, asked Robin. Secret identities had gone out the window since the whole thing with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Virgil was aware that if Batman knew his secret, then so did Robin. Virgil stood in front of the Titans with Mimic, now Serafina, and Gear, who was now Richie. "Seems like this Slade guy's pretty much made himself at home."
"We'll have to," Robin, who was out of costume and simply known as Dick, answered, shrugging slightly, "We can't leave you three to handle it alone. Not that I'm doubting your abilites-" Dick had caught Virgil's rebellious look "-it's simply that we know how Slade works. You'll notice that while he broke into Wayne Enterprises, he actually didn't take anything."
"Yeah, that was weird," Richie spoke up from where he was standing slightly behind Sera, a hand resting on the Hispanic girl's hip lightly, "What kind of robber breaks into a building and doesn't take anything?"
"It wasn't to steal," Dick told them, "It was to get our attention."
"Slade knew we were tracking him," Cyborg explained, the half-robot wearing a hologram to make him appear fully human, "We have been since he suddenly reappeared. He must have heard about the Big Bangs in Dakota, as well as the sudden explosion of meta-human activity, and moved his base of operations here."
"He bends the wills and powers of others to his advantage," Raven added, her hood pulled down to reveal a pale face framed by dark-violet hair, black eyes boring into Virgil's as she spoke, "And he enjoys it."
"That is what happened to Terra," Starfire spoke up, her voice sounding sad as she played with a strand of red hair, "She was Slade's apprentice-"
"He brainwashed her!" Beast Boy suddenly exploded, glaring at Starfire, the small green boy also wearing a hologram to make him appear normal, "Slade brainwashed Terra! Then he used that suit of his to control her when she finally realized what he was doing to her! It wasn't Terra's fault what happened to her! It was Slade's!"
"Erm...if you don't mind me asking," Virgil started uncertainly, gaining a bit of confidence as he felt Sera take and squeeze his hand, "What exactly did happen to Terra?"
"Terra was an honorary Titan," Dick began, "She had the power to control the earth. Rocks, boulders, the very ground itself was hers to control...the thing was, she didn't really have that much control. Slade offered what she sought, and she became what he called an apprentice, answering to his orders. Terra fought against us on Slade's side, until he ordered her to destroy Beast Boy. She couldn't bring herself to do it and...we're not really sure what happened...she ended up turning to stone. We're looking for a way to reanimate her body."
"Hmm..." Virgil smirked as he saw Richie's face take on a contemplative look, knowing that his mind was running a hundred miles an hour, going over various technologies that would animate a stone statue. It seemed impossible to Virgil, who knew that an inanimate object could not be made into an animate one, but apparently Richie was going to give it a try.
"Let Rich take a look at her," Virgil offered, jerking a thumb at his best friend, "His mind is a virtual supercomputer, I'm sure he could process something to help."
"We'll see," Dick nodded, stuffing his hands into the pockets of the brown leather jacket he wore, "In the mean time, we'll do some hunting for Slade. He's in this city somewhere, I know it."
"Well, give us a holler if you need us," Virgil offered his hand, which Dick shook with a nod and a smile. Virgil then waved to the other Titans, "Nice meeting you guys, and it's been a blast, but if we don't get home soon, our parents are gonna fry us for dinner." Smirking at the shocked look that ran across Starfire's face, Virgil lead the two people closest to him down the street and towards their various homes, knowing that this wouldn't be the last time he saw Robin and the Teen Titans.
Angel: Well, there you go! The first chapter. Hope you enjoy it. Believe me, I know that Static Shock and Teen Titans cross-overs aren't exactly original, so I added my own Bang Babies for flavor! I was writing another Static Shock fanfiction where Richie and Virgil actually meet Serafina, but that got lost as soon as I wrapped my mind around this fic! Read and Review, but be nice on the flames...keep them toasty warm, or they might melt my marshmallow-filled ass, okay?