A Watchmen Returns Chapter 1: Prologue, a Teen Titans + Watchmen Crossover fanfic

A/N: Welcome all to the first chapter of our sequel to A Watchmen Arrives! A Watchmen Returns. We hope you like it! And thanks go out to me friend and co-author MaxGentlman 1!

Disclaimer: We still have no claim to Teen Titans or Watchmen.

Dimitri Lousteau, a local underworld celebrity. Equally at home in high-class art shows and shady, back-alley crimes. A former mob enforcer, he now runs a nightclub on the west side. Thumping music, colorful lights, and a hint of danger lure in chic young patrons from all over the city; and it's here where we'll find him.

-Nightclub Peacock, 9:43 PM-

In the midst of those flashing lights and blaring music, three girls were sliding through the group of people with ease, making their way to the stage.

"Do you all really have to do this?" Raven asked through their comm. units.

"Oh, come on, it won't be too bad." Jenny said carefully, "Yeah, you might even have had a little fun had you come along." Jinx said and Raven could tell just by her tone she was smiling as she, Terra, and Jenny headed to the stage.

"I really doubt that." Raven muttered as the other three girls made it to the stage inside the club, "Raven, we have got to get you to go out more." Terra said seriously.

"We just need to keep people's attention for a while, and with the three of us how can people not stare and listen?" Jinx asked simply.

"They can't." Jenny said simply, smirking.

The trio made it to the end of the crowded dance floor and climbed onto the stage where instruments were setup for the bands that played the club every other night. Terra sat herself down at the drums while Jinx stepped up to the mic and Jenny picked up an electric guitar. Checking that the amps were turned on and plugged in, Jenny took the pick and struck a chord, causing the entire club to look to the stage in curiosity. Some stage lights then came on, shining brightly on the teenage heroines.

Most of the crowd was silent while some murmured amongst themselves and they could here some men giving them cat calls from one end of the room. Jinx just smirked, knowing that she got their attention.

"One. Two. One, two, three, four." She counted them in. Jenny then began to strum a hard rock chord on the guitar and Terra joined in after a few seconds before Jinx grabber the mic stand and leaned into the microphone.

"I'm gonna cast a spell on you.
You're gonna do what I want you to.
Mix it up here in my little bowl,
say a few words and you'll lose control.
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
(I'm gonna put a spell on you)
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
(Put a spell on you)

As she continued to sing on stage, a young man stood amongst the crowd; surveying the area, looking for his target. As he looked around, he put his finger to his ear and spoke.

"Gizmo, you spot him yet?" He asked.

"Not yet, Rorschach, though it would help if you blinked less." He responded over the comm. link. Sure enough, the young man was in fact, Carter Kovacs, a.k.a. Rorschach. While the girls were distracting the audience onstage, Rorschach was having Gizmo scan the room for Dimitri using a contact lens camera that he had in his right eye.

"Quit joking about and do your job." He said firmly as he continued to look around the room carefully as the song continued.

"You'll feel the fog
as I cloud your mind.
You'll get dizzy
when I make a sign.
You'll wake up in the dead of night,
missing me when I'm out of sight.
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
(I'm gonna put a spell on you)
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
(Oh yeah)

With this little cobweb potion,
you'll fall into dark devotion.
If you ever lose affection,
I can change your whole direction.
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
(I'm gonna put a spell on you)
I'm a Hex Girl,
and I'm gonna put a spell on you.
We're gonna put a spell on all of you!"

The song ended and the whole room erupted into cheers for the three heroines' performance. The applause died down as two large bouncers made their way through the crowd, shoving aside some of the patrons as they did. When they reached the stage, they separated to show a man that was standing behind them. The man seemed to be in his mid to late twenties; he was tall, skinny, had greasy black hair and was smoking a cigarette.

He then climbed up onto the stage and stood before the trio. Now that he was standing right in front of her, Jinx noticed that he slouched and was very pale, probably due to the cigarettes. She had no doubts that this was their guy, crime lord Dimitri Lousteau.

"Well, well, you three are a great show, in more ways than one." He said in a heavy French accent, and Jinx did her best not to pull back in disgust as the man eyed them like meat.

"Thank you, we try." Jinx said, brushing her hair out of her eyes.

From the back of the room, Carter sighted the man talking to the girls. Narrowing his eyes and making sure no one was looking he slid his mask on and tapped his comm, "Gizmo, we got him, tell the others to feel free to move in when they want. Something tells me that he has more guards than what we see."

"Got it, we're all en route. ETA six or seven minutes." Gizmo answered back.

'Perfect, gives me some play time.' Carter thought, smirking beneath his mask as he began to approach the stage.

Back with the girls, Dimitiri continued to eye them and spoke again, "You know, you three should consider making yourselves a full time act here, I'm sure we could make it worth your while." He said, taking a few steps closer.

"Is that right?" Terra asked skeptically as Jenny smirked, setting down the guitar as she saw people parting in the crowd.

"Yeah, you could make a whole lot of money, and you could have all of this." He said, gesturing to himself.

The stink of his breath very nearly made them all retch, but they kept their calm and lunch as Jinx spoke, "Thanks for the ummm... tempting offer, but I'm a little too busy to do this every night. Besides that, I'm happy with the man I'm with now." She said casually.

"Is that right? Are you sure? I am sure that I can show you what a real man is." He said.

"I'm pretty sure the lady said no." Said a gruff voice from behind his bouncers.

Dimitri and the bouncers turned around and Dimitri's eyes widened when he found Rorschach standing in the middle of the dance floor. He stood there, his mask shifting, his body language stoic. Dimitri gulped a lump that formed in his throat and took a drag of his cigarette to try calm his nerves.

Breathing out the large breath of smoke, Dimitri regained his composure.

"Everyone who doesn't work for me, clear out." He ordered but only got confused murmurs from the crowd of people, "NOW!" He yelled loudly, causing all the patrons of the club to run out as fast as they possibly could. As soon as the room cleared out, all that was left in view were Dimitri, his bodyguards, Rorschach, and the girls. Dimitri took yet another drag on his cigarette and climbed down from the stage.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the big bad Rorschach. And I take it these fine foxes are members of the Titans?" He asked nonchalantly.

"You guess right. You're going to jail, Dimitri. Forgery, fraud, drug dealing; only three crimes on the long list that is your rap sheet." Rorschach said in his low, threatening voice.

"Oh, come on; Rorschach, baby, let's cut a deal, eh? Whatever you want I can-"

"No deal. You may have gotten away with bribes in Gotham, but not with us." Rorschach cut him off.

"Oh, so the big man wants to prove he's got the cajones to take on Dimitri, eh? You think you got juice? Show your bling and let me shine you." Dimitri said, trying to sound threatening but only making everyone in the room look confused.

"Uh, I have no idea what your saying." Rorschach said, completely confused.

"Yeah! And your suit sucks!" Jenny yelled. That seemed to strike a nerve with Dimitri. His eyes widened and became red with anger. He began to grind his teeth, biting the butt of his cigarette before letting out a scream and pulling out a gun that was equivalent to a hand cannon.

"Oooh! Let's dance!" He yelled furiously and aimed his gun at Jenny, pulling back the hammer and ready to pull the trigger.

Several things then happened at once: Rorschach leaped forwards, seizing the man around his wrist and wrenching the gun downwards so that Dimitri literally shot himself in the foot. Dimitri fell to the ground in a heap, screaming his lungs out. Just then, Robin, Starfire, Raven, and Night Owl came smashing in through the club's skylight. The door was thrown off it's hinges as Cyborg, Beast Boy, Mammoth, and Gizmo came in as well.

Even as they all arrived, Dimitri's bodyguards began to flood in from both backstage and from other places around the club and surrounded the heroes as they gazed around.

"Oh, you gone and did it now; none of you are getting out of here." Dimitri gloated through clenched teeth.

"Is that right, because I think that you're just going to have to pay for a lot of people's hospital bills before heading to prison." Night Owl said.

"Yeah, me too." Rorschach said as all of them and the girls on stage sprang into action, attacking the guards. The DJ, seeing no way to really get out, decided that the best thing for him to do was to wait and watch.

Scooting over to his computer and pulling up the playlist, he played one of the songs that was going to play that evening. The music began to play, a distorted-sounding electric guitar riff blared over the club's speakers, soon followed by the drums. Hearing the music, Jinx began to smirk as everyone looked at everyone else as she began to sing along to the track.

"I don't really wanna wake you
I just came to get my things
But the pretty lil' thing lying there beside you
Better take off my wedding ring
Hey, girl, do you really wanna do this
You don't know what you're stepping in
He's got more where that came from
You're not so special in the end

I'm messing up the place
Kicking down the door
Never wanna see his face no more,"

The team then exploded into their attack.

(Ooh, ooh) Girl, you better wake up

(Robin and Starfire tackled two guards each, disarming them and knocking them out cold.)

(Ooh, ooh) Girl, you better run
(He's gone) First thing in the morning
Faster than a bullet coming out of that gun

(Ooh, ooh) Tells you that he loves you

(Rorschach and Nite Owl used each others strengths to their advantage, using each other as springboards and having each others backs.)

(Ooh, ooh) Then he take it all back
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that

Uh-oh, now he's got you
Right where he thinks you belong
Did he bite you on the neck
Right before the job was done
And does he ask about your mama
Does he sing your song when you get mad
Well, I been there, done that many times
And all the kicking and the screaming won't bring him back

(Beast Boy partnered up with Terra, who he just saved from being shot in the back by one of the guards. She looked back to see him smile, a look that said "You owe me one". That was until another guard tried to stab him in the back by punching the guard in the face with and earth fist. Beast Boy looked to see what she did and she smirked back at him, a look that said "Now we're even".)

I'm messing up the place
Kicking down the door
Never wanna see his face no more

(Mammoth was grabbed by the arms by a groups of guards, who tried to restrain the massive red-haired giant, who merely laughed at their pathetic attack before lifting his arms and slamming the guard against each other, knocking them out cold.)

(Ooh, ooh) Girl, you better wake up
(Ooh, ooh) Girl, you better run
(He's gone) First thing in the morning
Faster than a bullet coming out of that gun
(Ooh, ooh) Tells you that he loves you
(Ooh, ooh) Then he take it all back
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that

(Cyborg and Gizmo stood together, taking out guards left and right with their sonic canon and machine guns respectively. Since switching sides, Gizmo only loaded his guns with rubber bullets. They may be non-lethal, but they hurt a kick to the face.)

(Watch out, watch out) He's gonna get you
(Watch out, watch out) He's gonna get you
(Watch out, watch out) He's gonna get you
(Watch out, watch out) He's gonna get you
(Watch out, watch out) We're gonna get you

(Silk Spectre was flipping and dodging the guards' attacks and countering them with ease. It was if she weren't even trying, she was just having fun with it.)

(While everyone was fighting however, Dimitri made his way over to the sidelines and propped himself against a table. He took out his gun again and scanned the fight for a target. If he was going down, he sure as hell was taking one of them with him. His target showed itself when he noticed the distracted Jinx. He pulled back the hammer again and aimed down the sights.)

Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder
Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that

(Knocking out one last guard, Rorschach turned and saw Dimitri aiming his gun. Time seemed to slow down as he looked to where he was aiming and his heart nearly skipped a beat when he saw his target. Not wasting a second, He rocketed forward to get between Dimitri's gun and his girlfriend.)

Girl, you gotta wonder 'bout a man like that

The sound of Dimitri's gun exploded through the air of the nightclub. The bullet flew through the air at hundreds of miles per hour, but before it even made it a couple of feet, Rorschach got in the way and fell to the ground.

"Rorschach!" Robin yelled.

"No!" Jinx screamed in horror.

The Titans were paralyzed with shock at seeing their teammate get shot. As they stood in their spots, Dimitri began to laugh at his action. It wasn't a maniacal laugh like that of the Joker, but rather a very subtle continued to do so as he began to limp toward the heroes body.

When he was right next to him, he used his bad leg to flip Rorschach face-up while using his good leg for balance. Rorschach's body was limp with his arms at his sides and his right hand balled into a fist. Dimitri just continued to chuckle but stopped when Rorschach's balled fist fell open, revealing a 44. caliber bullet with a very small amount of blood on the tip of it. Dimitri's eyes widened when he figured out what had happened.

"Oh shi-" He started before being cut off by Rorschach's boot heel to his face, followed by being sweep kicked and having his other leg broken, making the crime lord scream again before being knocked unconscious by Rorschach's fist.

"Language." Rorschach said simply, rubbing his fist.

"Well that was fun; great singing by the way, Jinx." He said, smiling over at her as they all just stared at him for a second.

"What? Is there something on my mask?" He asked in a casual voice as he placed cuffs on the now unconscious man right before Jinx walked over and slapped him hard in the face.

"Don't you ever scare us like that again! Seriously, we thought he got you!" She scolded, hitting him a few more times before he caught her arm and held it there, "Okay, okay, sorry, I just didn't want you to get hurt and I knew I could get it." He said.

"That's another thing: Did you just catch a bullet!?" Jinx demanded, now sounding more curious than angry, a little worried as she looked at his hand that had a little blood coming from it.

"Yes, yes I did. I haven't had to do that a while; I sort of forgot how much it hurts." He said as the police and several ambulances arrived with sirens blaring.

"I didn't even really know that you could do that, did any of you?" Jinx asked, looking to the other Titans and Outsiders. Terra stepped forward, "Yeah, I mean, Slade told me he could way back when, but I thought he was exaggerating." Terra shrugged as they left the club through the smashed sky light with her and Raven providing the boost.

"Well, no, he wasn't. Listen, we can talk more later, after all this, I think we've all earned a good night's sleep." Rorschach said and it was as he said it that they all suddenly realized just how tired they really were. So, with nods and goodbyes, they all set out to the Tower and The Vault respectively. Rorschach couldn't help but smile as he lead his team back.

In the few months since the return from the other dimension, things had gone well. The new arrivals had managed to situate themselves well, and Danny and Jenny had joined the Outsiders and Titans, becoming the only people to simultaneously serve on both teams, not that they minded really. As he walked into The Vault, holding Jinx's hand, Rorschach couldn't help but wonder how long the peace would last before another problem arose, as it usually did.

-Titans Tower, Later that Night-

Everyone in the Tower was sleeping soundly, enjoying a solid night, until the intruder/attack alarm went off, waking them all. They rushed from their beds, Beast Boy being forcibly woken and dragged by Cyborg. As they stood in front of the main door to the Tower, it began to dent then slowly it peeled open.

They all braced for an attack, but it didn't come. Instead, the flashing red lights revealed a young man about their own age. He wore a blue and black turtleneck unitard with white zig-zag patterns all over it, and had long, black hair that ran down to his shoulders, and seemed fairly muscular.

"Aqualad?" Robin asked confused.

"Your trash is in my ocean." He said seriously.

-The Vault-

Carter lay in his bed, sleeping heavily. The mission and fight during had taken a lot out of him. As he slept, he tossed and turned frantically. He kept hearing a familiar voice call out to him; calling his name. He couldn't place his finger on who the voice belonged to, but as he was trying to figure it out, he heard it whisper in his ear "I'm coming back... Grandson." It said deviously.

Just after the voice said that, Carter shot up from his bed in a cold sweat. As he panted and wiped his face, he heard his communicator go off on his bedside table. He picked it up and answered, not bothering to put his Rorschach mask on. Another thing that had changed over the past months was that the team had become more open with their identities, at least those who wore masks or had identities that needed to be secret in the first place.

"This is Rorschach." He said, tired but alert.

"Rorschach, we need you at the Tower. Bring your team also, this concerns them as well." Robin said.

"Alright, we'll be there as soon as we can." Carter answered before hanging up and getting out of bed to suit-up.