Iamgoku: Hi everybody ! I am here to introduce my spin off/Prequel to Intangible ,which follows my character, Shaun Jaymes Quinzel, and the two year journey before he became a member of the Justice League's Youth program.

Intangible as you may know was original titled 'Invisible' and 'syoc' originally authored by 'AC333', which the first 10 chapters were written solely by her, before I began co-writing in chapter 11, and continued to do so until chapter 23. AC333 decided to let me adopt the story after she desired to re-write it, not wanting the version we had both worked so hard on to die, I am now posting and continuing it on my account, with AC being m a consultant on various characters.

Now 'Intangible' and 'Blaze Year One' are both sequels to her story 'Suicide Squad' which takes place in Justice League following the Thanagarian invasion and Shayera's decision to quit the League, it is completed and can be found at the link below, I urge you to read that first, as it has several plot points that come up in 'Intangible' that you might get confused with otherwise.

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Now, one thing to realise about this story, is that it will eventually contain characters from the 2003 series 'Teen Titans' The Animated Series, which you would know if you've read far enough into 'Intangible' as Shaun becomes a member in the third 'Arc' of this story, which is the longest arc, and covers season 3 and 4 of the Teen Titans Animated Series.

And before we continue, I would like to thank AC333 once again for allowing me to continue this story that we have both worked so hard on, and found friends in one another through doing so.

Disclaimer: All DC characters are property of DC (duh).

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Five year old Shaun walked next to his mother as they entered the old abandoned Ace Chemical Plant, he was wearing a pair of red overalls and a black long sleeved shirt and a pair of sneakers.

He looked around to see most of the interior was beginning to fall to pieces but the machinery and equipment still seemed to be in working order.

Tugging on Harley's sleeve to get her attention, he looked up at her sleepily.

"Mommy, I'm tired" he said rubbing one of his eyes.

It was late at night when the Joker had decided to take them here, claiming he wanted to show Shaun where he had become who he was today, in hopes of inspiring him in 'the family business'.

"It's ok sweetie, we'll be home before ya know it" Harley said ruffling his hair slightly.

"Besides, there's something I want to show you" The Joker said grinning from ahead of them as he walked up a flight of metal steps leading to a railing overlooking the entire Plant, there was tanks and control panels littered around the place and Shaun winced at some of the smells coming from the vats as they walked up to the higher level.

"Oh the memories this place holds" The Joker said gesturing to the surroundings before walking over and putting a hand on Shaun's shoulder, leading him ahead of Harley.

Shaun tried not to flinch at his touch; he tried to hide the slight fear he had as his father's hand gripped his shoulder.

"You see sunny boy, this is the site of a very important event. It's were your dear old dad became the stunningly handsome individual you see before you" The Joker said gesturing to his face before as he glanced down slightly at the numerous vats and large tanks of chemicals down below, most were dry and empty but he saw a few at the end which were still full and heated, however only one didn't have a container lid on the top, a large vat full of orange-red chemicals.

Suddenly The Joker lifted Shaun up and sat him down on the railing overlooking the vat. This caused the young boy to let out a cry of surprise before gripping the bar tightly, trying to lean forward, however The Joker held him firmly seated on the rail.

"Uh…hehehe, P-Puddin, what're ya doin?" Harley asked nervously.

"Quite Harley! I'm trying to have a father son chat with the boy" He said before turning back to Shaun who was shaking slightly.

"I've been thinking about this for a while now, you see taking a dip in one of these tanks was the greatest thing that ever happened to me." He said enthusiastically.

"It made me a new man, literally. And it got rid of all my previous faults, and I'm sure it'll do the same for you too" he said as Shaun was more afraid.

"That's what I'm talking about!" The Joker exclaimed with a sneer.

"Always scared, that's what you are. You never embrace the hilarity of our fun and games, always worried about 'hurting people', you're an embarrassment" The Joker exclaimed gripping Shaun's collar and lifting him up off the rail.

"That's about to change" he said moving him over the railing above the tank.

"No! Don't!" Harley cried running over towards them; however The Joker only grinned as he let go.

"Mommy!" Shaun cried out as he fell through the air, his eyes were wide with terror as his arms flailed in the air helplessly. Time seemed to slow as he plummeted towards the tank.

"NOO!" Harley screamed out as she moved to grab him at the last second, only for The Joker to grab her arms and restrain her.

Shaun fell into the tank with a large splash, his small form instantly being swallowed up by the chemical mixture, disappearing from sight.

"Let me go!" Harley yelled, yanking herself out of his grip.

He however merely looked over the side seeing the tell-tale sign of bubbles appearing from Shaun's breathing arriving at the surface; however they saw no body emerge from the tank.

Harley leaned over the side of the tank, her eyes darting across to see any sign of movement or life, but saw none, the bubbles had stopped and the chemicals were still.

The Joker merely stroked his chin.

"Hmmm, well at least the mistake's been taken care of" he said apathetically.

The sound of a gun being cocked caught his attention.

Turning he saw Harley was now standing there pointing a revolver at him with both hands on the gun; tears were streaming down her face as her body shook lightly.

"Y-You…..You BASTARD!" She screamed, still aiming the gun shakily at The Joker.

"Oh come now Harley, don't you think you're overreacting slightly" he said, only for Harley to walk towards him angrily, the gun steadying its aim.

"HE WAS OUR SON!" she screamed as she aimed at his head.

"Key word being 'was'" The Joker said mostly to himself, not realising Harley's resolve.

"THAT'S IT! THIS IS THE LAST STRAW!" She said as she was about to press the trigger, only for a splashing noise down below to catch her attention.

"Huh?" The Joker said as he looked down towards the tank, Harley also looked down, her expression changed to one of shock and hope as the tank began to move slightly, as if it was being hit from the inside.

The chemicals continued to bubble and splash about as a figure began to be seen coming up from the tank at a rapid rate, and moments later they saw the form come rocketing up from the tank and into the air.

It was Shaun

However he was different, his skin was becoming paler and his hair was beginning to have green streaks appear in the blonde. His body seemed to float in mid-air for a few moments, until his eyes shot open and he suddenly was propelled back across the Plant and collided with the brick wall, quickly falling to the floor below.

The Joker stared in fascination, and Harley instantly dropped the gun and ran across the walkway towards the stairs. Reaching the bottom she was about to run over to Shaun when a sound echoed throughout the plant, stopping her in her tracks.

"Aaaaaaahhahahahahaha" Shaun began laughing, his small hands clutching his head as he managed to stand, however his body was hunched over as if in pain.

"HahahahahAAARRRGHHHHHHHH!" He cried out as his hands flew to the sides and he arched his back, a sickening crack rang out throughout the area, as Shaun's eyes were wide and unblinking for a moment before his right arm made a similar sound, the bones twisting and turning to unnatural angles.

Harley looked on in fear and concern as Shaun suddenly hunched forward again, his spine cracking once again, this time however his shirt tore, as if it was too small for him, the overalls he were wearing began to strain as well as he continued to go through the morbid transformation.

His body began to faintly glow an orange aura as he fell to his knees, his legs cracking and lengthening as he slammed his fists into the concrete, the ground cracking under his assault.

The orange aura suddenly exploded around him and the energy seemed to be pouring out of his very being.

"AAAAAARRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Shaun screamed as his body suddenly began to grow faster, his clothing burst and tore from his body, his hands gripped his skull painfully as it seemed to expand and grow along with him, his hair also growing more and more as each second past, however his cries suddenly cut off and he gasped and took in a large intake of air.

Harley moved over slightly closer to him, thinking the worst was over and still in awe of the strange transformation that had overtaken her son.

"S-Shaun? Are you ok?"

Shaun looked up weakly, his blue eyes seemingly blurred for a moment as if they were getting used to the surroundings, however in an instant they flashed orange and he found himself propelled back towards the wall he had hit previously, his body arching into the bricks as he continued to change.

Harley covered her mouth as she felt her eyes begin to moisten with tears again at the sight, not knowing how to stop the pain he was in.

His body was now older and larger; he looked about fifteen years old. His fists clenched as his body began to fill out with muscle, his skin stretching to accommodate the change in physique, he was now sweating profusely as his eyes were clenched shut as if to try and block out the sensation.

However a moment later, after another flash of orange surrounded him, it stopped.

Shaun dropped to the ground with a thud as he landed on his knees, he was now breathing heavily and mostly naked, except for the last few scraps of his overalls which now looked like a makeshift loin cloth.

Harley slowly made her way closer to him, wary of another outburst, however it seemed the worst had passed.

The Joker meanwhile was over by the steps, having watched the entire thing; he was now smiling deviously at the development.

Harley was now in front of Shaun and kneeled down slightly, placing a hand on his shoulder, he didn't seem to respond immediately.

"Shaun….are you ok?" she asked softly, he merely stared off into space, not acknowledging her at first.

However his eyes blinked after a moment and he slowly turned to face her.

Harley smiled slightly at him, she was about to lean in to hug him closer when his right hand suddenly came into contact with her stomach, and with a surprising amount of force, Harley was flung across the room, slamming into the vat he had come out of with a loud clanging noise.

Harley slipped to the floor and let out a groan.

Shaun shakily stood to his feet and gazed down at his hands.

"N-No…." He said shaking his head in a combination of confusion and denial, his mind not being able to fully comprehend the unexpected and sudden change and shift in his body.

He reeled back as his left hand suddenly became encompassed with a small orange glow, which than intensified into a darker hue before the energy discharged from his hand and flew across the room smashing into a wall.

Shaun shuffled back in shock, only to than see his right shoulder glowing intensely, before it than seemed to glow less and disappear. Shaun started to become worried and confused even more so as his body parts randomly began to glow and surround themselves with this strange energy at varying levels of intensity and variety, some areas felt warm, others felt hot, some simply felt fuzzy, while other parts felt sharp and hard.

Clenching his eyes shut he shook his head rapidly and tried to cover his ears and block out the ordeal, and a moment later he felt his body seemingly calm.

Opening his eyes he found that the orange energy had disappeared.

He still felt funny however, he felt stronger and…harder, he also felt taller.

The Joker took this moment to speak up.

"Well isn't this a surprise!" he said clapping his hands in applause.

"You know I didn't think you'd survive, and even if you did I couldn't have expected this!" he said gesturing to Shaun's new appearance and obvious displays of power.

"Now that you've got an upgrade, we can really have some fun, whaddya say?" The Joker asked enthusiastically.

Shaun merely starred at him for a moment, unsure of how to react, than looked down to see his right arm was glowing again, not as intensely as before, but still glowing with energy.

He turned back to The Joker, his face morphing into a glare as he snarled at the man before instinctively launching his right hand forward and sending a blast of energy straight towards him.

Before he even realised what had happened, The Joker found himself indented into the nearest metal wall, his midriff had a large hole through his clothing and his skin was burnt, a moment later he fell to the floor unconscious.

Shaun staggered on his feet for a moment as he looked at The Joker and then back to his hand, but turned when he heard a small shuffling noise from behind him and saw Harley had finally managed to get back up.

She looked over at The Joker in shock before looking at Shaun, she tried to make herself look calm as to not agitate him, not knowing what kind of mental state he was in after going through his metamorphosis.

"Shaun, sweetheart..." she began, only for him to back away slightly from her.

"No…..N-No!" he exclaimed before turning and beginning to jog towards the exit.

"Wait!" Harley yelled out pleadingly, trying to move faster, but winced as she found herself still sore from being thrown across the room.

"Baby wait! Please!"

Shaun however had made it to the large metal door blocking his escape and without thinking had rammed his shoulder into it, causing it to crumple against him and give way; he merely looked at it in surprise before hearing Harley's voice yelling out at him to come back, and began to run as fast as he could.

Making his way to the gates he leapt up, instantly clearing them and continuing on without pause, getting as far away from the two as possible.

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Shaun kept running until he could no longer see the Plant, the cold night air filled his lungs as he ran through the streets, its chill barely seemed to faze him despite only having the scraps that remained of his overalls covering his groin while the rest of his body was left unguarded towards the elements, he continued on as he was slowly coming into the more populated areas of the city.

He looked up slightly as he continued along, seeing the moon high in the night sky peeking out behind the grey clouds.

However in doing so he failed to realise he had walked across a street crossing and was now in the middle of the road, a loud horn caught his ears and he turned to see a car swerving to try and avoid him.

The car continued to come towards him, failing to move in time to avoid hitting him, yet Shaun in a flash swung his left arm up, connecting with the car's front underside and sent it up onto the sidewalk on two wheels, the driver's side facing upwards as the car was on its side.

The people who were on the streets looked on in shock and slight fear at the sight, while Shaun still wasn't able to fully understand what was going on, his body mostly acting on instinct as his mind was dazed and confused.

However a siren caught his attention, he turned slightly to see a police car coming along the road quickly, turning to look around he saw the man in the upturned car trying to get out, and many people were now beginning to come out.

Just as the police car pulled up, Shaun jumped up off the ground, his body going high in the air and doing a summersault before he landed on top of a street light, he then jumped across to the roof of a two story building and took off again, making his way from the scene as quickly as possible.

'…G-Gotta…..find….safe….p-place' he thought, his mind still dazed as he ran across the roof, jumping over concrete ledges onto the connected building next to it, and continuing on, his body moving faster and faster as he approached the ledge that separated the next building, this one had an alley between it.

Without stopping or slowing down, Shaun leapt into the air, clearing the alleyway with ease before landing with a thud onto the next roof, stopping for only a second before he resumed his pace.

He kept this up for several blocks, jumping from building to building, climbing up several fire escapes at one point and finding himself up onto higher buildings.

He stopped on one roof however, seemingly seeing a familiar sight, it was the old Gotham Park, and it had been closed down for years after they had developed another park in a different neighbourhood. Yet that wasn't what was important, the fact that the park itself was also connected to the former Botanical Gardens, it too having an updated version connected to the newer park.

But he knew who inhabited the old one currently.

She had been there for almost two years.

'A-Aunt Ivy...' he thought before dropping down into the alley below, causing the concrete to crack upon his landing. He slowly made his way to the opening of the alleyway, checking to see that there was no one around, before taking off across the street, he jumped over the high fence and entered the Park.

Running through the abandoned area he crossed the pond by means of a wooden bridge, and continued past overgrown bushes flower beds. A few minutes later he found the gate's on the other side of the park which opened to a long walkway which had large shrubs on the side, this was the way to the Botanical Gardens.

Walking along the path quickly he saw another gate at the end, this one locked. Beyond the gate was a glass walled path which led to the front door, with a glass roof in an archway, not bothering to open it he merely jumped up, grabbing the top of the gate he used it as a medium to propel himself up and onto the top of the glass archway, and began walking along, towards the doors which were below.

His footsteps made small squeaking sounds as he stepped on the smooth glass, Shaun looked down to the glass so he could see the interior of the walkway; however a loud cracking noise suddenly rang out.

Shaun looked to his feet just in time for the glass to shatter under his weight and he found himself falling through the air.

"Aaaarrghhhhh!" he screamed out as he fell, his hands flying up to his face in an X shape to try and cushion the blow which he was sure was coming.

Yet he felt none.

Opening his eyes he saw the floor below him, ten inches from his face, the stone floor staring back at him. Shaun moved his hands away from his face and looked around to see his body was suspended in mid-air, floating above the floor.

Flailing his arms around slightly he found himself evening out and his legs were now facing the floor before he suddenly felt gravity take hold again and he dropped to the floor, falling over face first.

"Uurrrghhh" he groaned as he managed to stand, his body suddenly starting to become fatigued and sluggish, though the site of the doors ahead of him gave him the incentive to keep moving.

Reaching the large wooden doors, Shaun banged on it with his right hand several times, the wood cracking under his strength. He could see his vison beginning to blur slightly, looking at the door he brought both hands up and banged on the door once more, this time however the energy from before and the doors completely blew of their hinges, flying across the entry way.

He staggered for a moment, as the energy faded from his arms, a figure made its way into view.

"Who dares to disturb my sanctuary!" the familiar voice said, as Poison Ivy walked down a flight of stairs and across the entry way, wearing her usual green plant themed attire.

"A-Aunt Ivy" Shaun said weakly, before dropping to the floor.

Ivy looked in confusion at the person who had broken into her home, he was young, almost completely naked except for some scraps he had on, had blonde hair streaked with green in some placed, and had a pale complexion marred his muscular form.

Ivy tilted her head in confusion at what he had called her, only one person called her that, and he was someone very close to the villainess.

However looking at the scraps of clothing the person had on, she saw a small name tag hanging on at the back, and the name on it caused her eyes to widen in shock.

Quickly running over to the boy she rolled him onto his back and cupped his face as his blue eyes flickered softly, starring at him as a look of recognition came to her face, it was mixed with sadness and horror.

"Oh my god! …..Shaun…..what have they done to you" she said softly as he finally passed out, Ivy bringing his head up and cradling it to her chest as she let out a sob.

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Ten minutes later, Ivy had managed to bring him into her hideout, with the help of a plant construct she had carried him in. Now she had moved into her laboratory area and set up a bed for him in an adjoining room.

She didn't know exactly what had happened, and knew she wouldn't until he regained consciousness, but she had begun taking notes on Shaun's physical changes from what she could see, as well as hooking him up to several machines in order to monitor his vitals.

Walking over to his side she stared down at his unconscious form, taking in the change. It was almost unbelievable, that this was the young boy she had only seen a few weeks ago, who was now a young man.

Ivy had placed him in a pair of dark workout shorts and a white singlet for the time being, replacing the rags he had arrived in, they clung to him closely.

Running a hand through his hair she let out a small growl of anger and disgust as she saw the streaks of green in his blonde hair, it was still mostly blonde. She was angered as it reminded her more of that bastard of a clown who was his father.

No, not his father, as far as Ivy was concerned that lunatic was no more than a genetic donor, nothing more. She cared for him more than he did, and she cared for Harley more, yet despite all her previous beatings and abuse, despite all the times Ivy had needed to tend to and care for Harley in this very room, she still went back to him.

However staring down at Shaun, she hoped Harley might finally see the truth after this.

Placing her hand on his forehead, Ivy could see his skin was also paler as well, where it used to be a healthier peach colour, however he wasn't as pale as The Joker, whose skin was chalk white. Ivy was thankful that he still had a normal, albeit still pale, skin tone, he looked more like a Goth's tone of pale.

Stepping away she walked back into the laboratory area and was about to get herself a glass of water when suddenly a loud beeping came from one of the machines and she heard a blood curdling scream which made her instantly run back into the room.

Shaun was now awake and thrashing around the bed, his eyes were closed shut and he was clutching his head and tossing and turning on the bed, still screaming.

"Shaun!" Ivy cried as she ran over to him, she tried to grab onto his arms and calm him down, yet something happened which caused her to gasp.

Shaun's eyes burst open, and what happened next blew Ivy away, literally.

A wave of orange energy erupted from all around him and sent Ivy flying back across the room, she hit the wall before falling to the floor, it took her a few moments to recover and look up in shock to see Shaun, still screaming, but surrounded in this energy.

The mattress he was on was beginning to singe and burn as he flailed around in pain, Ivy quickly motioned for a number of potted plants in the immediate area to come to life, and they sprung up around him in vine form in order to restrain him down onto the bed.

However he kept thrashing around screaming, Ivy tried to calm him down but he didn't seem coherent of anything except what he was going through.

"AARRRGGHHHHHHH! AAUUUGHHHHHHHH" He screamed out as suddenly the mattress under him exploded in a torrent of foam and fabric, the vines around him beginning to singe and burn as well.

Ivy was about to call out to him when his head snapped around in her direction, his eyes wide and still orange, and he let out a choked gasp.

"It huuuurts!" he cried out as he thrashed around.

"Buuurnss!"

Ivy merely watched on as he continued to go through this torture, she grabbed a blanket and tried to cover him with it, but the energy around him suddenly heated up and Ivy had to pull it off him before it burst into flames.

Whatever this was, she hoped for his sake that it would stabilise soon, she couldn't bear to see him in the state he was in.

Unknown POV

Meanwhile, in a totally different setting, a man was standing by a window in a high rise building, looking out onto the city, the lights of the buildings seemingly uninteresting him as his attention seemed to be on something else entirely.

He looked young, in his late twenties, and had brown hair that was combed back. He wore an expensive dark suit with a navy blue shirt that fit perfectly around his muscular build, and matching tie. His skin was a brown tan, and his eyes were dark brown.

Another man entered the room, he too was smartly dressed, with dark hair, a lighter complexion, and carrying a small tablet, he adjusted his dark rimmed glasses as he saw the other man standing at the window and seemingly lost in thought.

"Sir? Is something the matter?" he asked.

The man by the window turned his head slightly to address him, yet kept his focus mainly on the city.

"…There is another" he said, his voice was lower, and had an Australian accent.

The other man holding the tablet merely looked on in slightly confusion as his employer turned back to the window, however he decided not to interrupt him while he seemed to be concentrating on other matters, and merely placed the tablet on the desk and exited the room.

The remaining man stared back outside the window for a moment, his own reflection coming into view.

He smiled slightly and his eyes flashed blue.