I don't own Teen Titans blah blah blah.

So I lied, and I wrote another story. Sue me :) (Seriously, don't)

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Chapter 1.

The Titans were bored, plain and simple. Ever since Slade had died in his heroic act, crime in Jump City had been at an all time low. Sure there was the occasional bank robbing by Mumbo. Or Cinderblock got out of prison and decided to wreck a couple buildings. But those instances were few and far between, leaving the Titans with almost nothing to do. There had been no alarm, no warning of a monster tearing Jump to pieces in almost a month now, and the Titans were getting restless. There seemed to be nothing out there to break the monotony. The Titans had fallen into a rut, a daily routine if you will. A routine that generally followed this order,

1. Wake up, shower, and eat breakfast.

2. Two hours of daily training.

3. Robin and Starfire: Go out to the park, the beach, the "mall of shopping", the movies, so on and so forth.
Beast Boy: Snack, watch movies, play video games, snack, watch movies, play video games, so on and so forth.
Raven: Read, meditate, and practice her dark magic.

4. Meet up in the Tower or go out for dinner.

5. Robin, Starfire, and Raven: Go to bed.
Beast Boy: Play video games, watch movies, snack, play video games, watch movies, snack... You get the idea.

And so the months passed for the Titans, with nothing to do except spend time in the tower, or go out and try to have fun. It even got so bad that one especially dull day Raven left the confines of her room to go and play "Rock Hero: The Full Setlist" with Beast Boy. The only thing the Titans had to look forward to was the return of their friend Cyborg, who had been at his fathers lab for the past couple months.

They had sent their metal teammate to his father to remove the virus Slade had implanted in him during his brief possession of Robin's body. The purging of the virus was only supposed to take two weeks, but Cyborg had been gone over two months. The Titans had tried contacting Dr. Stone to inquire as to why he was keeping Cyborg for so long, but they always received the same response.

"Cyborg is fine, the virus was just more complex than I was expecting. He should be back in a couple weeks."

The last time Robin called Dr. Stone was delighted to report that his son would be returning in only a few days, and that Cyborg had a surprise he would show all the Titans upon his return. The arrival of this news sparked many conversations and arguments as to what the surprise would be. Beast Boy was convinced that while Cyborg had been in central city, he had picked up a lady Cyborg and was bringing her back to the Tower, while Starfire insisted that Cyborg would return bearing " a new styling of hair."

Robin and Raven had more realistic expectations of the surprise and had both agreed that whatever the Stones were hiding from the Titans, it would be beneficiary to the crime fighting needs of the team. The news of their friends arrival back to the Tower was the first excitement the Titans had for nearly three months, and they set to planning a party to celebrate the return of Cyborg. They planned to invite all the honorary Titans, as well as Titans East to the Tower for an all night bash to celebrate Cyborg's glorious return. There were many details to work out, so the whole team was crowded around the table in the briefing room, which had been transformed into "party planning central." As Beast Boy called it, for the next couple days.

The four were looking over guest lists and menus for the large dinner they were planning to serve in two nights when Robin's communicator starting to ring and he took a look at it. His eyes grew wide and he hurried out of the room saying, "Keep Planning, I need to take this call."

The others watched him leave, shrugged, and then turned back to the numerous piles of paper piled onto the table that needed attending to.

"Why is Bud Light on the grocery list for the party?" asked Raven, shooting Beast Boy a questioning look.

"Oh...yeah. That." said Beast Boy, slightly embarrassed, "Well I thought that if we really wanted a party we should probably get some...drinks." He laughed weakly and rubbed the back of his neck.

Raven raised one eyebrow and to Beast Boy's surprise said, "I guess one case couldn't hurt." Beast Boy beamed at Raven which made her feel very pleased, and she gave the slightest of smiles back. The two then turned back to their work.

Robin returned after a couple minutes with a hard look on his face, and the others immediately stopped what they were doing to look at him.

"I just received a message from Gotham City. Batman is in trouble, apparently there was a mass breakout from Arkham Asylum. The Joker, Scarecrow, Two Face, Poison Ivy, Bane, and Killer Croc have all escape and are at large in the city."

There was a collective gasp from the other Titans. They had heard stories about all those villains from Robin, and shuddered to think of all of them loose at the same time. All of them were shocked, and Starfire was the first ask the most prevalent question in all of their minds, "Robin, although that is most horrific news, why did Batman call you personally?"

Robin took a deep breath, and delivered the news he really didn't want to, "The Batclan is overwhelmed, they are stretched too thin in Gotham. So Batman requested that I return to Gotham to help fight the large number of criminals now free in the city."

Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire stared at the Boy Wonder in disbelief. This was terrible news for the Titans, and there couldn't have been worse timing!

"But What about Cyborg? You can't miss his party Robin!" insisted Beast Boy.

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to, I can stay to greet Cyborg back to the team, and maybe see what his surprise is. But I have to leave for Gotham as soon as I can."

This news had finally had a chance to sink in, and once it did there were varied reaction from the other members of the Team. Beast Boy's ears fell slightly, and his head sunk a little. "The party isn't going to be the same without Robin." Thought Beast Boy sullenly.

Raven seemed to be untouched by the news, but the clock on the wall behind her shattered. Starfire was the most vocal in her reaction, and she wailed and flew out of the room as fast as she could, tears falling behind her all the way. Robin turned around and yelled, "STAR, SLOW DOWN!" He looked over at Beast Boy and Raven and said sheepishly, "I need to go sort that out."

The two nodded and he sped down the hall trying to catch up to the sobbing Starfire. Beast Boy and Raven looked over at each other and stood up simultaneously. They both walked out of the briefing room and down the hall. The planning was postponed for tonight.

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Brother Blood was not happy, in fact he was downright furious. His attempts to build H.I.V.E Academy's in Metropolis, Central City, and Gotham had been thwarted by Superman, The Flash, and Batman respectively. And he had just received news that his prized H.I.V.E five graduates had been eliminated. That two-timing witch Jinx had run off with Kid-Flash, and Seemore, Kyd Wykkyd, and Billy Numerous seemed to vanish off the face of the earth, and Slade had seen to it personally that his only two remaining and faithful graduates had been killed in a horrible manner.

"But there is always a silver lining." Thought Blood to himself. Now with Slade out of the way, and his old graduates out of the picture, it was about time to build another school. And now that the one eyed mercenary was gone he would have the city all to himself.

"Yes, it's about time to return to Jump City." Blood mused, "And I hear my old nemesis Cyborg is about to come back to town. The timing couldn't be better." Blood flexed his muscles and cracked his neck.

"There is something about Jump that draws me back." Said Brother Blood out loud, a small smile on his face. "There must be something in the water."

Author's note:

So I wrote a sequel, but it wont be finished before school starts on the 18th. So don't expect this to be updated as fequently as "Ransom" was. I decided on Brother Blood because besides Slade he is the most intimidating and best villain the Titans ever faced (excluding the brotherhood of evil, but who cares about them?) and he is voiced by John Dimaggio, who also did the voice of Bender from Futurama. Who is the best cartoon character, ever. I don't care what you think, you are wrong. But on a more serious note thank you for reading, and please review. Reviews make this all worthwhile :D

peace.