Well, here I am, starting my first-ever fanfic! I admit, I'm excited. Just a little into to it: This idea came when I first saw the commercial for the first Aqua Lad episode. For some reason I didn't trust Aqua Lad, and I wasn't able to see the episode that night. I think it was about 1 month or so before I actually saw it, and in that time I came up with another story line. This fanfic is basically that, except that I changed the characters from Aqua Lad and Trident (that was the villain's name, right?) to . . . well, you'll see. Oh, and there's a twist. :D I guess you'll all just have to wait to find out what it is. . .

Anyway, like I said, this is my first attempt at a fanfic ever, so please, no flames! But do review! I like to know what I can improve.

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans – I don't think I coulda come up with something like that! – But the villain in this is mine, and so are a few other characters.

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Chapter 1: The Note

"TITANS GO!"

Robin sprang into action, leading the other members of the team. The crook turned around, terrified. No surprise there. He was just an ordinary bank robber and there he was, face to face with the infamous Teen Titans.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven uncoiled a rope with her powers and sent it flying at the bank robber. He futilely threw up his arms to protect himself. In a few minutes he was securely bound. Becoming an eagle, Beast Boy flew down and picked him up.

"Take him to the police, then meet us back at the Tower," Robin ordered.

With what could be interpreted as a nod, the green eagle flew out the door and towards the police station. The other four made their way back to Titans Tower.

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"How is it that we're completely worn out and all we're up against is NORMAL bad guys?" Cyborg shouted as the Titans entered their home.

"You have to calm down," Raven informed him. "If we get stressed over this, we won't be prepared when we have an actual villain to face."

"Raven's right," Robin agreed. "We have to keep training. We can't let our guard down just because we haven't had any real challenges lately."

"Lately!" Cyborg fumed. "We've been picking up bank robbers armed with guns and trespassers who technically haven't done anything violent for three weeks! Can't the police take care of them?"

Robin glanced at him before heading into the elevator. "They could. If there weren't so many."

Cyborg followed him, grumbling, along with Raven and Starfire. The doors opened onto the main room of the Tower. Raven immediately sat down on the couch, picking up the book she was reading currently. Starfire rummaged through the fridge, looking for some of the pudding left over from her concoction: chocolate pudding, chopped olives, smashed sour cream and onion chips, and grapes. No one else had eaten any, so Starfire happily savored the last of the snack. Cyborg vaulted onto the couch, nearly catapulting Raven through the ceiling, and flipped through the television channels. Obviously he had forgotten his frustration. Robin started towards the weight training room, but an envelope on the door caught his attention. In bold blue letters on the front, it simply read "ADOLESCENT AVENGERS".

Puzzled, he opened it and pulled out a folded piece of paper. In small, typed print, it read:

Teen Titans:

I see my mockery of your name has caught your attention. Perhaps you thought this was addressed to someone else. But no. You are my targets. I merely toyed with you, and it worked apparently, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this right now. I suppose you're too busy for me to ramble on endlessly. Here's my reason for writing this note: this is a threat. I have a way to destroy the entire world without actually destroying it. I'd tell you what that is, but I'm far too smart to make a mistake like that. I know that as soon as you know what I'm planning, you'll find a way to stop me. I'm sure you would, which is why I'm not telling you. But know this: I will get the better of you, in one way or another. Rest assured. Or lie awake tonight, wondering how you're going to stop a mystery. I couldn't care less. You'll be hearing from me again.

Your New Nemesis,

O one

"Robin?" Starfire asked behind him, having just finished her snack. "What is that?"

"A note," Robin replied, still reading.

"Duh!" Cyborg had come up behind him. "Who's it from?"

Robin pointed. Cyborg took the note, Starfire flying up slightly to read over his shoulder. Raven read, indifferent.

"Please," Starfire said after reading the note. "Why is this signed with '01? I did not know a year was an appropriate identification for a nemesis."

"It's not," Cyborg assured her.

"Shouldn't it be '05 if it was the year?" Raven asked. She had come up silently and scanned the message.

"Perhaps it is a mistake?" Starfire suggested.

"That's a pretty big mistake," Robin observed.

"Maybe this guy is playing with the spelling, to mix us up." Cyborg shrugged. "Maybe it's supposed to be zero and W-O-N."

"Not likely," Raven argued. "Why would he boast winning zero times?"

"It could mean the good guys have never won," Cyborg retorted.

"Whatever." Raven returned to the couch and her book. "You keep thinking that." Robin stared at her. She ignored him.

Just then, Beast Boy walked in. "Hey, what's the party for?" he called. In a second he was next to Cyborg, reading the note. When he was finished, he laughed. "That guy must be crazy! Who writes a note just to make a threat?"

"This guy it seems." Robin wasn't laughing. "And we have to take him seriously."

"Dude, I think that's impossible!" Beast Boy snickered. "The only threat this guy poses is a challenge to whatever asylum we drop him in."

"The note wasn't that crazy," Raven grumbled from behind her book.

"Alright," Robin concluded. "We'll get right on this tomorrow. We need rest now. Are there any questions?"

"Yeah," Beast Boy said, holding up two fingers. "I got a couple. Who's O and what does he own?" The other Titans just stared at him. "What?"

Raven shook her head. "It's won, not own. Or maybe one, as in the number. We aren't sure if it's oh or zero either. And we don't know who O one is."

"Wait a minute," Beast Boy said. "You lost me there. It's 1 or 1, not own. It's either O or 0. And it's some dude's name?"

"Something like that." Raven stood up, still reading. "Now if you'll excuse me, it's late. I'm going to bed." Without another word, she levitated to her room.

"I'm gonna turn in, too," Cyborg yawned.

"Yes," Starfire agreed. "I shall go chase my blinks."

Robin sighed. He really wasn't up to this right now. "Star, you mean you're going to catch forty winks." Starfire nodded cheerfully.

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One by one, the Teen Titans dropped off to sleep. Through one of the windows, a silhouette watched as they slept. He had been listening to their conversation about the note, and a slow smile spread across his face. "Phase one is complete, my master," he said.

"Very well," a voice answered from a small communication device. "Tomorrow the real work will begin."

"Copy that." With a click, the line went dead. The shadowy figure smiled again. "Sleep well, Teen Titans. Soon you won't have the comfort of peaceful nights. See you in the morning." The lone figure leapt silently into the air and flew high over the city. He disappeared suddenly, as if he had darted behind a curtain hanging in midair.

Well, what did you think? It wasn't all that long, but the next chapters should be longer (hopefully). I don't know exactly how long this fanfic will go, but I doubt it will be more that about 10 chapters. Like I said, I'm not sure, so . . .we'll see. I should get a better idea once I get farther in the story.

I had fun with the whole one/won/own and oh/zero thing. Sorry if it was confusing, but it's fun writing a conversation that revolves around homonyms. Hehehe

Review, please!