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Summary: Five years ago, the Teen Titans disbanded. Robin ended his relationship with Starfire and went back to Gotham as Nightwing. Raven decided to go to college and Starfire becomes her roommate. Cyborg has become an employer at Star Labs. As for Beast Boy, well …
Somewhere in Wisconsin, an older looking Beast Boy was seen sleeping under a tree. He was very shaggy looking, having grown long and messy hair as well as a beard. He was dirty and his clothes tattered. A drop of water hit his face, causing him to twist. Another drop hit and he twisted some more before waking up. He saw now that it was raining and it was morning. He sighed and sat up, stretched a little and yawned. He went through his pocket and brought out what little cash he had.
"Two dollar and 77 cent," He said with a sigh. "Hopefully it'll be enough for a little food. I do not wanna have to eat leaves again." He said and got up.
He walked down a mountain side and headed for a nearby local town. It was a simple small town with simple everyday people. As he entered, he received odd looks from the locals. But he ignored them. He just headed for to local diner and went inside. There were plenty of people there eating breakfast before heading for work. Beast Boy went straight for the boot where a seat was available.
"Oh, hey, look. It's the super hero washout." One construction worker said, receiving some chuckles.
Beast Boy completely ignored him though. He just sat the boot where a slightly overweight employer with a bald spot and a mustache walked up to him.
"Morning," Beast Boy said and put his money on the counter. "What can I get for this?"
The waiter looked at his money and replied with a sigh, "A side order of fries and some soda."
"I'll take it," Beast Boy replied.
A minute later, Beast Boy got a nice warm box with fries and a soda. He ate the fries with much delight. He hadn't had anything quit this good in months now. And he figured he wouldn't be getting it for another few months after this so he was enjoying it while he could. Suddenly, there was a sound of bikers outside the diner that drove up to the entrance. There were five of them as they all entered, laughing as they went inside and the locals were looking away in fear.
"Hey old man," One of the bikers said as he sat next to an elderly man, trying to eat his breakfast. "How's that brunch? Give me some of that." He said and took the plate, and the old man didn't do anything.
All around, the bikers were causing trouble, taking what they want.
"You call this piss coffee?!" One of them spat after taking a cup of coffee from one of the locals and then splashed it onto the waiter. "Get me something that doesn't taste like it came out of your mother's asshole!" He told the waiter.
"Hey there, beautiful." Another biker said as he sat next to a woman at a boot and began fondling her.
"Hey! Get away from my wife, you creep!" The woman's husband spat as he went for her aid, but the much larger biker simply punched the man in the nose, breaking it.
"Why won't you mind your own fucking business!?" The biker spat. The woman tried going for her husband's aid but the biker grabbed her hair and pulled her back. "Wow, now, sweet thing. We're gonna have some fun, you and I." He said, sporting a grin, showing his disgusting teeth. Suddenly, a green large hand grabbed him by the shoulder. He spun his head around and saw to his shock a green gorilla. What the fuUUUUU!" The biker cried out as Beast Boy tossed him across the diner and onto a table.
"The fuck's a green gorilla doing here!?" Another biker cried out.
"That's no gorilla!" One other biker spat as Beast Boy reverted back to his human form. "That's Beast Boy. One of the Teen Titans washouts."
"You recognize me? How flattered I am." Beast Boy said with a mock smile which turned into a scowl as he told them, "Now leave."
"I don't think so, freak!" The biker Beast Boy had tossed said, having recovered. As all the people in the diner ran out of the dinner, he pulled out a knife and told his buddies. "Let's show this cocksucker who's messin with. Pull out your knives."
"Yeah," Another biker replied as he pulled out his knife from his leather jacket, as did the rest. Beast Boy sighed, rolling his eyes, before walking over to them.
Moments later, all five bikers were tossed out the windows and the door, landing in the mud outside. They all groaned in agony as Beast Boy opened the double doors like a boss. He walked over to the bikers as one of them pulled a gun, but Beast Boy was too fast and yanked it of off his hands, turned into a gorilla and crushed it in his grip.
"Now, one more time, get lost!" He spat at the bikers.
"You'll pay for this, freak!" The large biker spat. "Our boss is gonna come here when we told him what you did and he's gonna fuck you up!"
"How scared I am," Beast Boy said, looking unimpressed. "Get lost," He repeated, pointing to the town exit. The five bulky bikers got up from the watery mud and went for their bikes. "No," Beast Boy said as he turned into a ankylosaurus and with a single hit from his clubbed tail, he destroyed the bikes, as pieces of them flew and rolled all over the ground. The bikers were now angrier than before. Beast Boy reverted back to human form and with a smug grin he told them, "You will walk all the way back. You guys look like you could use some exercise."
"You'll pay for this, freak." The largest biker growled as he was being dragged away by his buddies. "You're history, freak! You hear me?! You're dead meat!" He cried out as he was being dragged away.
"That's what they all say," Beast Boy, arms crossed and smiling and watched them leave. He turned around to face the townspeople who had gathered to witness the ordeal. "Sorry about the windows to the diner. I will of course pay for it."
"That won't be necessary," The waiter from before said. "Just get the hell out of town," He said and the crowd shouted in agreement.
"What the hell?" Beast Boy said, visible surprised at this act of hostility. "Normally when a guy chases away some bad guys, people are grateful for it."
"Those bikers," The sheriff said, stepping forward "are part of a much larger gang. They have over a hundred members. Each of them are vicious killers. Now that you've riled them up, they'll be back to level this town to the ground."
The whole crowd shouted spiteful things at Beast Boy for the trouble he has caused them. "This is what you get for being a good citizen," He said silently and raised his hands in defeat. "Alright, alright already." He said and the crowd went silent. "I've caused you people a bunch of trouble. I take full responsibility. I will wait for them and take care of them once and for good for you all."
"I think we'd rather you leave," One of the townsfolk said and they all agreed.
"Okay then," Beast Boy said and turned his back on them. "Then I'll leave you all to deal with an army of some very angry bikers who will do lords knows what to all ya." He said. This silenced everyone as that realization hit them like a train.
"Wait!" The sheriff cried out and Beast Boy stopped, sporting a smug grin. The sheriff looked like he was swallowing his pride and said, "Will you please stay and fend of those biker gangs for us?" He asked.
"Sure," Beast Boy replied. "I'm a hero after all. Let them come."
New York
At a dance club, another former Titan had found a way to make a living through being a dancer. Starfire was in a dance cage, wearing a V-kini as her dance outfit, dancing to the rave music with glow sticks, performing a sexy dance. She was very popular among the boys and Star surprisingly enjoyed the attention.
"Hey, Kory." One dancer said, having walked over to Star's cage. An orange haired girl in a green short dress.
"Yes, Lily?" Star asked.
"Pour these on the other dancers, will ya?" Lily said, handing over a basket to Star.
"Sure thing," Starfire complied as she toke the basket and flew across the room and poured glowing confetti all around the rave dancers.
The crowd cheered as Starfire joyfully waves at them while going back to her dancing cage, telling Lily thanks, as Lily replied "No prob, Star. But again, it's Lilith." As Lilith Clay walks out backstage.
Meanwhile, at a campus somewhere at a New York college, students were having class outside in the warm spring weather. The professor would ask his students, "Can anyone recite Edgar Allen Poe's poetry?" Only one student raised her hand. The literature professor sighed, at the lack of enthusiasm among his students. "Yes, Miss Roth." He said.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door- Only this, and nothing more." The former Teen Titan, Raven cited, as she was under her civilian name, Rachel Roth.
"Very good, Rachel." The professor complimented. "I see you are well ridden on poetry. I only wish some more people would share that enthusiasm." He said, glaring at the other students, who looked away from the professor.
"Yes, well, Edgar Allen Poe is a personal favorite of mine. I've read all his works, dozens of times." Raven replied.
"Impressive," The professor complimented. "Congratulation on being the only student in the entire campus with a glimmer of hope for the future. The rest of you better learn how to mop floors and how to properly say 'would like some fries with that' rather than wasting your time here and my own." He said with a dry tone, making the students feel bad. "Class dismissed."
Once class was over, some students stomped over to Raven. "Hey, you bitch." One of them spat. A tall guy with pink colored hair and piercing on his nose. "Will you stop making the rest of us look bad?" He demanded.
"Oh, trust me. You don't need me to make you look bad." Raven retorted. "If you and the others would spend more time studying and less time complaining on the internet about who used the wrong pronoun, you wouldn't be getting put down so much." She mocked.
"Why you …" Another student growled, ready to attack Raven.
"What are you gonna do about it?" Raven asked him, giving a cold glare that made their spines quiver from the chills. The students left her alone, turning the opposite direction.
"Freak," One of them said, but Raven couldn't care less as she just rolled her eyes.
"Rachel, wait up!" She heard someone call. Raven turned and saw her friend, Lori Zechlin, running up to her.
"Hello, Lori." Raven said in a monotone. "How was your day?"
"Probably the same as yours, I gather." Lori replied. "But that's not what I'm here to talk about." She said, earning a raised eyebrow from the former super hero. "There's this guy, Eric, from my class. He wants to know if you're single."
Raven rolled her eyes and thought, 'Is he some nerd or glorified jock who just wants a piece of me?' But then she felt something and turned her attention to the opposite direction.
"Would you like for me to introduce you to him?" Lori asked. When she didn't get a response, she said, "Rachel?"
"I have to go," Raven told her and began walking in the direction she had sensed danger.
"Okay then," Lori said and then thought, 'She's flustered that someone actually has an interest in her? Didn't expect that from Rachel of all people.' She then called out, "Don't forget the party and to bring your roommate!"
Raven's only response was a simple wave.
Once raven is in the clear, she engulfs herself in the shadows so she is able to change out of her costume. She wore a new leotard that was without sleeves, as she wore arm gloves that are fingerless, wore high heeled ankle boots and now had a split dress which still shows her toned legs. She traveled with her shadow bird and headed into town.
Coming out of a burning bank was a blonde haired man of average height, carrying a big bag of money. "I made quite the bust today, didn't I?" He said to himself, grinning. "Stephanie will be very happy with her allowance this week." He said with glee. But then, a dark wave came towards him. He leaped out of the way, dodging it. "Who's there?!" He spat and spotted Raven having arrived on the crime scene.
"End of the line, Cluemaster." Raven told the villain and attacked with another dark energy wave.
Star Labs, Metropolis
"Alright, fire it up." Cyborg said, wearing safety glasses, as he was in a laboratory with a group of other scientists. Ever since the Teen Titans split, Cyborg has since become an employee at Star Labs and made quite the career for himself.
"You got it, Vic." A young brunette named Caitlin Snow, complied and pulled a lever.
The small group of scientists was behind a glass window, observing a reactor from the other side. As the reactor activated, it glowed pure white.
"We're up at 32 percent," A man with black hair and safety glasses said as he was monitoring the power level. His name is David Connor. "We're still stable. Let's crank it up a bit."
"Alright. But not too quickly now. We don't know how much the core can take." An elderly man said. He had grey hair with a bald spot and also wore safety glasses. His name is Martin Stein.
Caitlin slowly pulled the lever, carefully, towards her and the light in the reactor room glowed brighter.
"We're up at 49 percent and still stable," David said.
"Think we can crank it up some more?" Cyborg asked, arms crossed.
"Be ready to shut it down if we're gonna, just in case." Martin instructed.
"Going up," Caitlin said as she pulled the lever a little more. Suddenly, a red light was flashing followed by an alarm. "Did I do something?" Caitlin asked, frightened.
"Turn it off! Now!" martin cried out.
Cyborg pushed large green button, and the core began to slowly die down. Some pillars emerged around the reactor, shooting nitrogen at it to cool it down.
"That was a close one," Martin said with relief.
"What does the scale say?" Cyborg asks David.
"We reached 67 percent. That's higher than we've ever reached before." David replied, smiling with satisfaction.
"We're making a lot of progress. And fast to," Cyborg said, sporting the same smile as David.
"Uh, guys. We have a problem." Caitlin said as she looked on the monitors. It showed a mob outside the facility.
"Environmentalist," David said and rolled his eyes. "The only thing worse than them is PETA."
"Don't these fools know were making an energy source that is environment friendly?" Cyborg asked.
"Welcome to the modern era, Victor. People have to complain about something." Caitlin told him.
"I wouldn't worry about them. They cannot get inside this facility. Not unless they have a code." Martin assured everyone. "Come on. Let's take a coffee break, shall we?" He suggested and they all left the room.
Outside the lab, indeed people were unable to get inside with there being a large wall keeping them out. This activist group was being led by a middle aged man with a brown afro and a beard named Eddie Earhart. He got up on a box in front of the crowd, holding a megaphone and began preaching.
"These god-fearing heathens have poisoned our planet with their so-called science! Science, which have caused wars and devastation! You all know what nuclear labs do to this planet? Chernobyl, Fukushima, Hiroshima, Kyshtym, Metropolis, all suffered nuclear disasters all because of science labs like Star Labs! Do you want to just stand there and let them deformed and miscarriage our children while these heathens try to recreate The Day After movie? No! We've already suffered from nuclear fear in the Cold Wars, and we will never relive that fear again today!"
This speech got the crowed more riled up and started throwing stuff at the facility. Among the crowd was a black teenager who was not looking as enthusiastic as the rest of them. This young man is a high schooler named Ronnie Raymond.
'Man, these people are insane.' He thought. 'But if it means getting laid with Doreen, I'm game.' He added in his thoughts, sporting a grin.
Eddie Earhart got of the box and walked over to another man in his age. This man had a better physic than Eddie though. He was a white man with black hair and blue eyes. He is the former assistance of Martin Stein, Danton Black.
"Fine speech," Danton said, arms crossed as he sported a smirk. "It'll keep them busy. Shall we proceed?" He asked.
"Indeed," Eddie replied, returning the smirk as the two men left the crowd.
The two men didn't think anyone would notice them going, but one person did. 'Where are those two going?' Ronnie thought.
Eddie and Danton were at one of the entrance to the lab with a security code. Danton typed in the code and they were given access as the door opened.
"Ha. That fool Stein didn't think about changing the code after firing me. That will be his downfall." Danton said with an evil grin bas the two men entered the facility.
'What are those two up to?' Ronnie thought in curiosity and followed them.
Back inside the facility, the group of scientist entered the common room. It was a typical hang out place, with a fridge, kitchen counter, coffee machine, couch, table and chairs.
"Who wants donuts? My treat." Cyborg said as he saw at the table where a box filled with donuts.
"Aw, damn. I forgot my reading glasses in the lab. Be right back." Martin said, turning to head back to the lab.
Unknown to Martin, the two men, Eddie and Danton had invaded the reactor room.
"There's she is," Danton said, looking over the reactor.
"This will help fulfill our cause," Eddie said, smirking like mad man.
"Indeed it will," Danton agreed as he walked over to the control panels. "It'll only take me a minute to set this up."
"Once the reactor overloads and goes boom, it will bring more supporters to our cause." Eddie said with a maniacal grin.
"Wait, what?" Ronnie stupidly said, out loud, revealing himself as the two turned and saw him.
"Who the hell are you?!" Eddie demanded.
"One of the protestors from outside," Ronnie replied, putting on a brave face. "I followed you in here and I sure didn't expect this from you. You two are gonna kill all those people outside and a large chunk of Metropolis? You're insane!"
"It is necessary evil, boy." Eddie said and pulled a gun.
"Aw, fuck." Ronnie said, throwing his arms into the air.
"What should we do with him?" Eddie asked his partner in crime.
"Tie him to the reactor. A gunshot would only attract unwanted attention." Danton replied as he was still typing on the control panels.
"Who the hell are you people," Martin Stein cried out as he entered the reactor room. When they all turned to his direction, Martin's eyes widen in shock. "Danton?"
"Long time no see, eh, doctor?" Danton replied, giving his former boss a maniacal smirk. "Tie him up with the kid." He said as Eddie turned his gun towards Martin.
"Both of you, over to the reactor. Now!" Eddie ordered them and they had no choice but to comply.
Both the high school student and the scientist got tied up together next to the reactor with their backs against each other.
"What do you plan to do?" Stein demanded.
"Mr. Earhart here, for one, just wants to send a message. That being to let the whole world know the dangers of playing nuclear projects." Danton replied, as he finally activated the reactor. "As for me … I just want to make you suffer for what you did to me."
"Hey, doc, what exactly did you do to this guy?" Ronnie asked.
"I fired him for his insane and illegal experiments, which I was unaware of." Stein replied through shut teeth.
"You really ought to have tried some of the stuff I did, Stein." Danton told the doctor with a wicked smirk. "It did wonders for me."
"Oh, really?" Cyborg said, having entered the room and aimed his cannon at the villains. "But it sure seems it didn't do much for your intelligence." He told the two.
"Is that Cyborg?!" Ronnie cried out in bafflement. "I had no idea he was working here at Star Labs."
"You took your time, doc, so I went to see what the fuzz was about. Lucky you. I may be a former hero. But doesn't mean I've forgotten how to kick ass. Now then, both of you stand down. My cannon is set to stun and I won't hesitate to use it." Cyborg told them.
Danton was looking unimpressed as he began walking forward. He smiled and said, "Take your best shot."
"Okay. You asked for it, bro." Cyborg said and shot him. The beam hit, but Danton didn't even twitch from it. Instead, it looked like he was absorbing it into his body. "What the hell?" Cyborg cried out in surprise.
"That didn't even tingle," Danton said with a smug look on his face.
"Victor! He's super human! You have to use your cannon's full power!" Stein told him.
"Now you tell me!" Cyborg retorted and changed his cannon from stun to blast and shot at Danton again. But he just absorbed it like last time.
"Now that's more like it," He said as he walked towards Cyborg and then speed up, rushing over to the former Teen Titan in an instant and punched him, sending Cyborg across the room and through the wall.
"Holly hell!" Ronnie cried out in shock.
"That's what Danton was fired for. He conducted experiments on himself to turn into a super human." Stein explained.
"We gotta hurry. Someone was bound to have heard that." Danton said.
"Warning. Reactor core nearing critical failure. Meltdown immanent."
The loud speakers cried out. Ronnie glared at Eddie and shouted at him. "You crazy bastard! You're gonna kill everyone outside and maybe even parts of Metropolis!"
"What's your point, kid?" Eddie asked with coldly.
Ronnie was baffled at Eddie's response. "All those people out there. They follow you. They believe in you and you're gonna have them killed just so you can have your way? You're pure evil!"
"What's the old saying? I am necessary evil." Eddie replied with a grin. He then looked at the reactor which was nearing critical failure. "It's starting to get hot in here. We better move."
"Yeah," Danton said as he stepped forward. "Just the way I like it." He said and stuck his hand out.
"What're you doing?" Eddie asked. Danton didn't respond as all of a sudden, the energy from the reactor began to get sucked into his hands, draining it from its power source as he absorbed all the energy. "What are you doing?!" Eddie cried out in disbelief. "If you absorb all that energy, it will ruin out plan!"
"Our plan?" Danton asked, looking at Eddie as he chuckled. "You delusional fool. You were just a pawn in my plans. And you have now served your purpose." He said while still sucking up the energy from the reactor core.
Eddie's expression went from shock to furious. "You lying son of a bitch!" He said and aimed his gun at Danton. "Nobody double cross me!" He spat and fired on Danton. The bullets however only bounced off, much to Eddie's surprise. "What?!"
"Dude, that was just rude." Danton said and moved his right arm away from the reactor, aimed at Eddie and fired an energy blast. It went straight through Eddie's chest, creating a perfectly spherical hole. The now dead anti nuclear activist fell backwards, hitting the floor, completely lifeless. "Nice," Danton said, impressed with his powers.
"Danton, what've you done?" Stein asked in shock.
"Only what I feel like doing," Danton replied as he kept absorbing the energy from the reactor. But then he began grunting in pain and stopped. "Okay. I guess that's enough. Can't absorb anymore than that." He said.
"You're gonna pay for all of this, you maniac!" Stein spat.
"Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, you won't live to see it." Danton said as he brought out a grenade.
"W-what are you gonna do with that?" Ronnie asked, looking mortified.
"Oh, I'm just gonna blow up the reactor and what's left of its energy." Danton replied with an evil smirk. "First I take back my work which you stole from me and then I will destroy your own life work, Stein. I couldn't have asked for a better revenge." He said growled at the doctor.
"Alright. Fine! You win. Kill me if you want. But let the boy go. He has nothing to do with this." Stein demanded.
"Why bother?" Danton asked as he pulled the pin from the grenade. "Tata," He said and tossed the grenade inside the reactor before he turned around and left by blasting his way through the walls.
"N-no!" Ronnie cried out in despair. "I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die! There's so much I still want to do! I'm not ready!"
Stein wanted to say something to give the teenager some words of comfort. But it was too late. The grenade went off.
BOOM!
The reactor exploded and the two men in the room were engulfed in a strange looking fire. They both cried out in pain.
In the common room, the others could hear and feel the explosion.
"What the hell was that?!" David cried out.
"C'mon. It came from the reactor room." Caitlin told him and rushed to help.
When they got to the reactor room, the sprinklers had activated as well as the nitrogen.
"Oh my god," Caitlin said in horror. "Victor! Martin!" She cried out and the two heard someone groan.
"Over there," David said, pointing at some ruble. They rushed over and began digging Cyborg out. "What happened?" David asked.
"We were attacked," Cyborg replied, rubbing his head as he stood back up. "Some nut cases broke into the lab and … oh my god!" He cried out when he saw the fire at the reactor. "Don't tell me Martin and that kid was at the reactor when it blew!"
"What kid?" Caitlin asked.
"Guys, look!" David spat, pointing at the disaster. In the smoke, they saw an average sized human figure. What was weird though, was that there was fire coming from the head.
"Hold it right there, punk!" Cyborg said as he held his cannon up, aiming at the mysterious figure. "Hands where I can see them." He told him.
Coming out of the smoke, the mysterious figure revealed himself. He was naked, had a ripped body, but his hair was literally fire and his eyes were glowing pure white.
"Who in the hell are you?" David said after picking up a fire extinguisher and held it up, ready to hit the mysterious man.
The man before them did not answer as he looked at his hands. "W-what happened to me?" He asked. "My hands … they're white?"
'I don't believe this,' The voice of Martin Stein said inside the man's head.
"Who said that?" The man asked, looking around him.
The others looked him, confused. "Err, nobody said anything."
'Young man, calm down.' The voice in the man's head said.
"Calm down!? Are you fucking kidding me?! How can I calm down?! This is some fucked up shit going on here!" The man spat, making himself look like an idiot in front of the confused people.
"This guy must've hit his head," Caitlin said, spinning her finger next to her head.
"Enough of this shit! I think it's about time you explain yourself." Cyborg growled. "I'm not gonna ask again. Who the hell are you!"
The mysterious man looked at Cyborg and replied, "R-Ronnie Raymond, sir. And I have no idea what the fuck's going on here."
Bludhaven
Bludhaven, the sister city of Gotham. Almost always run by organized crime, its crime rate is even higher than in Gotham. But recently, crime has decreased since the arrival of a former Teen Titan.
Dick Grayson, once Robin now calls himself Nightwing, was overseeing a meeting between two mobsters. There were six cars present with about a dozen men on either side as the deal was being made. The two leaders of each group stepped forward. One looked normal, being a man of average height, with black hair and brown eyes. The other guy stood out from everyone else. He was a hulking man with red skin, white hair and beard. This was a mobster from Star City, Brick. And he's a super human.
"Zucco," Brick said, arms open and sporting a grin. "It's been too long."
"Not long enough," Zucco replied with annoyed expression. "Do you have the goods?"
"What do you take me for?" Brick asked.
"You really wanna know?" Zucco said, silently.
"What was that?" Brick spat, looking angry.
"Nothing," Zucco said, arms raised in defeat. "I apologize. I haven't slept well."
"Oh?" Brick said with an eyebrow raised. "As a certain bird kept you awake?"
"You could say that again!" Zucco cried out. "That damn bastard has been after me for years. And I don't know why. It's driving me crazy."
"Don't worry. You're about to find out why." Nightwing said, catching everyone's attention. But before anyone can do anything, Nightwing had already tossed a Birdarang into the center of the group which caused a cloud of smoke.
"It's him! Nightwing!" One of the mobsters cried out.
The sound of people getting punched and whacked could be heard and panic broke out with the men shooting in random direction.
"Hold your fire, you idiots! You'll hit me to!" Zucco spat as he was taking cover behind a car.
"Oh, trust me." Nightwing said as he appeared before Zucco, which had him yelp like a puppy that had been stepped on. "They're the least of your worries." He told Zucco before he kicked him the face. "Its payback time, murderer." He growled as he pressed his foot on Zucco's face.
Suddenly, the car was lifted. It was Brick, holding it above his head with ease. "You don't know the meaning of it, boy." The mobster told Nightwing.
"Aw, fuck." Nightwing groaned and back flipped away, tossing three Birdarangs at the villain, which exploded on impact.
Brick came out of the smoke, still holding the car over his head. "You fucking asshole! Do you have any idea how expensive it is to get a suit in my size?!" He spat before tossing the car at Nightwing, which he dodged and tossed another Birdarang at Brick, which he smacked aside with his bare hand. "That all you got?" Brick growled.
"Nope. He's got back up!" Another man cried out before Brick was shot by an arrow that exploded on impact.
"It's Green Arrow!" One of the mobsters spat upon seeing the Justice Leaguer.
"Please, no autographs." Green Arrow joked.
"He's not the only one you need to worry about!" Another man's voice said. It was Speedy.
"You boys are hopeless!" Huntress cried out as she jumped in and whacked some mobsters with her cane. "Always rushing into things recklessly without a plan."
"You're not one to talk!" Green Arrow spat as he and the other heroes began dodging bullets.
"Arrow!" Brick cried out and charged at him like a bull.
"You guys! This is my turf. Just what the hell are you doing here?" Nightwing demanded.
"You're welcome!" Speedy spat, dodging bullets and shooting arrows at the mobsters.
"To hell with this! I'm getting out of here!" Zucco spat as fear took over and he went into a car and drove off.
"Oh, no you won't!" Nightwing spat and ran after Zucco. He tossed a Birdarang at the back wheels of the car, which exploded on impact, sending the car flipping forward and slid all the way to a container.
"I'm gonna blow your head off and shit down your throat!" Brick spat at Green Arrow as he threw punches at him, which Arrow dodged each one. Green Arrow dropped to the ground and shot and explosive arrow into Brick's face, which gave him time to escape.
"Red Arrow! Now!" Green Arrow told his former sidekick and Speedy shot an arrow at Brick, which upon impact unleashed a foam, that quickly engulfed the villain.
"What the hell?!" Brick cried out as he struggled but found himself unable to move. "What is this thing?!" He spat before he was entirely engulfed.
"Nice," Speedy, now Red Arrow, commented.
Back with Nightwing, he had ripped out the door from Zucco's car. The mobster pulled a gun at him, but Nightwing knocked the gun away from him, effortlessly and pulled him out. Nightwing pressed Zucco to the car and punched him hard in the gut, knocking the air out of him. "I've waited a long time for this."
"Why?" Zucco asked, catching his breath as he held his stomach. "What did I ever do to you?"
"My family…" Nightwing growled as he held up Zucco by his suit, glaring at him. "You murdered my entire family years ago."
Zucco's eyes widen in horror as he realized how deep in shit he was now. "W-wait. Don't kill me! I'm sorry! I …"
Nightwing didn't let him finish as he punched Zucco across the face, knocking some teeth out. "Shut up! Believe me. Nothing would bring me more pleasure than to free this world from the likes of you." He admitted. Nightwing inhaled and went on, "But … that's not my way." He said and let Zucco go, letting him slid down the car and onto the ground. "I'm not like you," Nightwing finished as sirens could be heard.
The other heroes had witnessed the ordeal and Green Arrow turned to Huntress, telling her, "You could a thing or two from him." Which Huntress only brushed off. "I'm actually glad I met you. Dinah has been unable to call you due to being sent on a mission. But we wanna invite you to our wedding."
"So you're finally gonna tie the knot." Huntress said, arms crossed and sported a smirk. "I'll show. And so will Question, I assume."
"Yeah, he will." Green Arrow replied, looking gloom about it.
"So," Nightwing said as he walked up the trio. "What brings you two so far from home?"
"Sorry to intrude, Nightwing." Green Arrow apologized. "But we were tracking Brick from Star City to Bludhaven."
"It's cool," Nightwing replied and turned to Red Arrow and said, "So, Red Arrow is it now? At least I'm trying to do my own thing."
"Oh, shut up." Red Arrow retorted.
"You know, Nightwing, the invitation is still open. The League could use a guy of your caliber." Green Arrow offered.
"No thanks. I prefer to go solo for now." Nightwing said, waving of their offer. "Give Flash my regards." He said before leaving.
"I like his style," Huntress said, grinning and crossing her arms.
New York
Back in New York, Cluemaster was on the ground, beaten. He was easy to take down for Raven.
"You must be one of the D-List villains," Raven mocked.
"It's not over yet!" Cluemaster spat, forcing himself up.
"Oh, yes it is," A voice that was familiar to raven said. The sorceress turned her head in surprise and saw one of her old time enemies, Mammoth, standing over by the sidewalks, along with a young woman she has never seen before.
"What are you two doing?!" Cluemaster spat. "I have everything under control. I can handle this!"
"Clearly, you cannot." The girl said as she pulled a gun and shot Cluemaster in the chest.
Raven watched in horror as the villains dropped dead. The spun her head to the villainess and angrily spat. "You monster! You killed your own teammate just because he failed to meet your expectation?"
"Sympathy for an enemy? What nonsense." The girl said, mockingly.
"I told you sis, super heroes are dumb that kind of way." Mammoth told her.
"Sister?" Raven asked as her hands glowed with dark magic.
"Yes. Allow me to introduce to you my sister, Shimmer." Mammoth introduced.
"Yeah, I can see the family resemblance." Raven said, with a mocking tone
"What's that suppose to mean?" Shimmer growled.
"You're both equally ugly," Raven retorted.
"Why you fucking whore!" Shimmer cried out and began shooting at Raven but each bullet was halted by her magic.
"Put that pea gun away, sis." Mammoth told her has he cracked his knuckles. "Let me show you how it's done." He said began charging at Raven like a bull. Raven raised a shield wall, bracing for impact. However, just when Mammoth was about to punch the wall, Starfire had shown up and punched Mammoth in the right side of the face, sending him flying several yards away.
"Are you alright?" Starfire asked Raven.
"I'm good." Raven replied. "You've been here long?"
"I arrived just in time to see you take down the Cluemaster." Starfire replied. "You seemed to have everything under control but two against one seems unfair."
"Thanks," Raven said and began advancing on Shimmer. "I'll deal with this bitch. You take care of Mammoth."
"It will my great pleasure," Starfire replied and flew after Mammoth.
"Guess you're gonna have to deal with me on your own. Too bad for you." Raven said as she levitated towards Shimmer.
"Don't get so cocky," Shimmer told Raven as she placed her hand on a car. In a matter of seconds, the car began to transform, much to Raven's surprise. The car had transformed into a massive cannon, attached to Shimmer's arm.
"Transmutation," Raven concluded.
"Die, bitch!" Shimmer spat and fired on Raven. The cannon shot an energy blast of some sort, but Raven was able to block it with her shield.
Starfire was having an easy time dealing with Mammoth as she landed several blows to his face. One blow had Mammoth send into a truck.
"Surrender, Mammoth." Starfire told him as she hovered over him. "You cannot win. You never could beat me."
"Fuck of, bitch!" Mammoth spat as he picked up the truck and whacked Starfire with it like a baseball bat. Starfire was sent flying and struck a building. Mammoth jumped after her and landed on top of her. He began to mercilessly pound her in the face. Star grabbed both his hands and held him back. She then shot her lasers from her eyes and sent Mammoth backing.
"You are an embarrassment to all warriors," Starfire mocked. "Always relying on brute strength and never on actual combat skills. You're nothing but a mindless beast."
"Oh, I'll show you mindless!" Mammoth spat and leaped after Starfire but she effortlessly dodges his every punch. He does manage to kick her in the stomach forcing her to her knees. He then puts his fists together and slammed them onto her back. "What was that you said about being an embarrassment?" He asked Starfire as he picked her up by the throat and began strangling her. Mammoth smirked wickedly as he began squeezing the life out of Star, but she shot him with her star bolts, making him release her.
Raven was easily dodging Shimmer's every attack, using her magic to teleport away or make dark energy shields to block them. "It doesn't matter how powerful an attack is if you're unable to hit your opponent." Raven told her.
"Oh, shut up and stand still!" Shimmer spat in frustration. But then suddenly, her cannon fell from her arm into pieces.
"Looks like there's a time limit for how long you can keep that up," Raven said and used her magic blast to attack. Shimmer however dodged it and back flipped, showing she was very agile.
"Don't count your luck, you goth whore." Shimmer growled as she touched a lamp post. The post then transformed into a cannon, which Shimmer used on Raven. This one shot blast made from pure light.
"Light blasts, eh?" Raven said and held her hands out forming a dark sphere. Shimmer shot at Raven and the light blasts were sucked into the sphere.
"What?!" Shimmer spat in surprise.
"I've developed magic that can counter Dr. Light's powers. So you gotta do better than that." Raven told Shimmer, who was looking increasingly nervous. It didn't get better when suddenly her brother landed on the concrete floor after being knocked back by Starfire and landed in front of her. "Well, looks like the odds has shifted." Raven said as Starfire levitated next to Raven. "Your move, bitch."
Shimmer was both angry and nervous at the same time. She was so screwed now and she knew it. Luckily, she knew how to deal with heroes. She turned her cannon and shot at a building full of people, causing it to burn and become unstable. The two heroines watched in horror, causing Shimmer smirked wickedly. "Your move, bitch." She said, copying what Raven said.
"This isn't over," Raven angrily told Shimmer and flew to help those people, along with Starfire.
"You got that right," Shimmer replied as she helped Mammoth up and the two left as quickly as they could.
Wisconsin
Beast Boy stood outside the town, waiting for the biker gang. It had stopped raining but everything was soaking wet. At least the sky was clearing, which was fine by Beast Boy. He finally heard the sounds of motorcycles and there were many of them, he could tell. Pretty soon, they came into view. At first they were about five or six. Their numbers increased quickly and as soon as they saw Beast Boy, one of them cried out.
"That's him! That's the freak who destroyed our bikes!" It was one of the bickers from before.
"Then let's get him," The lead biker said, swinging his chain around over his head.
Beast Boy grinned and said, "This could be fun."
The biker swung his chain at Beast Boy, but he dodged it by bending backwards, Matrix style. He then turned into a rhino and began knocking several bikers aside. He then turned into a kangaroo, leaping into the air and kicked one biker of his ride. Beast Boy would then grab the back of the bike as he transformed into a chimp and tossed it into two other bikers. More bikers came at him, but Beast Boy spun around as he turned into an ankylosaurus and whacked several bikers away. He then proceeded with turning into a pterodactyl, launched into the air, grabbed two bikers with his talons and tossed them onto the other bikers.
"Come on! He's just some washed up loser hero!" One of the bikers spat in frustration.
"That loser hero is kicking our asses!" Another biker retorted.
"You don't know half of it!" Beast Boy stated and turned into a raptor, tackling the bikers, followed by a bull, running them down, and then he turned into a gorilla, tossing the bikes around like toys. He then turned into an elephant and whacked them aside with his long snout. After a good while, every biker lay on the ground, groaning in pain. Beast Boy had reverted back to his human form.
"Man, this was boring. How are these guys able to terrorize these people?" He said, unimpressed. But then he felt the ground shake, from what sounded like footsteps. He looked down at a puddle of water and saw ripples forming from each step. "Phone your lawyer, Stephen Spielberg." Beast Boy said, jokingly, as he turned to where the steps were coming from. The trees were knocked aside and out of the vegetation appeared a mechanical T-Rex. "Never mind. Someone tell Michael Bay to call his lawyer."
"These guys are pathetic," A familiar voice said, as Johnny Rancid appeared on top of the Mecha T-Rex, holding onto with chains, connected to the head. "I can't believe I call them my gang."
"Johnny fucking Rancid," Beast Boy said in disbelief. "So now you're reducing yourself to bullying innocent town's people?"
"I'm the bad guy. What did you expect, freak?" Johnny asked. "You know what I'm gonna do to you? I'm gonna have Big Marry here chew you up and spit you out in front of those people in town so they will learn what happens when you mess with me!"
"Oh, bring it on!" Beast Boy spat back, grinning excitingly. "Let's see how that Transformer reject fares against the original!" He spat as he turned into a T-Rex.
"Bring it on! I'll turn you into roast chicken!" Johnny cried out and went to attack. However, before either of them could start fighting, there were some lasers that came down from the sky which began chopping the Mecha T-Rex apart. Beast Boy halted in surprise, and Johnny fell to the ground. "What the …?! Marry!" He cried out in despair as his baby was torn to pieces. "Oh, that is it!" He growled in fury as he brought out a rocket launcher from the wreckage. "Whoever did that, prepare to die!"
"Take your best shot," The mysterious figure who had done it said. When Johnny saw who it was, his jaw dropped as did his rocket launcher. Beast Boy turned around and was equally surprised. He reverted back to his human form and looked even more stunned than when he met Robin for the first time. Floating above them was none other than the Big Blue himself. The Man of Steel, Superman. The Man of Tomorrow looked around him and said, "Quite a mess you've caused here. What say we call the police?" He asked.
"What? Oh, sure." Beast Boy said, snapping out of his daze.
"As for you, if you're smart, you'll surrender peacefully." Superman told Johnny Rancid. Johnny raised his arms, holding back his tears.
It didn't take long until the police arrived to take away the biker gang. The police commissioner talked to Superman and Green Fang.
"Thanks a lot, Superman. We've been trying to take down these guys for months. You've done this whole region a great service." He said.
"Oh, I don't deserve all the credit. Beast Boy here did most of the hard work," Superman said in modesty.
"Is that right?" The police commissioner said, looking over to the green teen. "Thought all you Teen Titans kids retired."
"Some of us did. As for me, I've just been drifting around since we disbanded." Garfield replied.
"Well, thanks for your help, kid. This town owes you one." The commissioner said and went back to work.
Beast Boy turned to Superman, sporting a wide grin. "Man, I can't believe I'm in the presence of the Man of Steel himself. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy." He said, jokingly, as he bowed.
"Oh, I'm not some god. I'm just an everyday guy from some small town wanting to do the right thing." Superman replied with a modest expression.
"If you say so," Beast Boy replied. "So what brings you so far from Metropolis?"
"Actually, you are." Superman replied, which surprised the shape shifter. Superman placed his fingers on his earpiece and said, "Beam us up."
Suddenly, Garfield found himself in a flash of light. When the light had died down, the wet forest and road had disappeared. In place, he found himself in a gigantic room. He looked around him and saw large windows which overlooked the Earth. He was in space. And not just any place either.
"Welcome to the Watchtower," Superman said, and Garfield turned his attention back to the Big Blue and saw that behind him stood the other founding members of the Justice League Unlimited. Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Flash and the former Hawkgirl, Shayera Hol. "Allow me to extend our invitation for you to join the Justice League." Superman said with a sincere smile, extending his hand.
Garfield's surprised expression turned into a smile, and he said, "From Titan to Justice. Count me in. I am truly honored." He said as he shakes Superman's hand.
I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter and want me to continue. Be sure to comment and let me know exactly how you feel. What you liked and didn't like. Especially let me know what you didn't like. It's the only way I can evolve as a writer. Until then, keep an eye out for the next chapter, First Mission.
