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Prologue

It is best to start any story with a little background. A few years ago in Dakota, a chemical explosion, known as the Big Bang, took place at the docks in the middle of a gang war. Most of the Meta-Humans produced by this gas were not so much evil, as just plain bad. However the gas did turn out two of Dakota's greatest super heroes, Static and Gear. Approximately half a year before this ago, an antidote for Big Bang gas was released into the air over Dakota, and many of the Bang Babies lost their powers. However two Bang Babies, Ebon and Hot-Streak, stole more of the Big Bang gas and set off another Big Bang on a boat in Dakota Harbor. Many Bang Babies regained their powers from this second explosion, including Static and Gear, but Ebon and Hot-Streak were fused together,turned into a giant blob monster, they were defeated by Static and Gear... supposedly.
Ivan Evans, aka Ebon, was a gang leader before the Bang and became the leader of the Meta-Breed after the Bang. The closest thing to evil of all the Bang Babies, he believed that Meta-Humans were better than regular people in every way. He was thwarted by Static on many occasions. At one point Ebon went back in time in an attempt to create a bigger Big Bang, which would turn the entire city into Meta-Humans. He was beaten by Static, Gear, and Time-zone.
Francis Stone, a.k.a. Hot-Streak, was another gang leader before the Bang. He frequently bullied Virgil Hawkins (Static) before the Big Bang. After the Bang he attempted to kill Virgil. He is not really evil, just a super powered criminal. He worked mostly on his own and was known for his temper, and was a member of the Metamen. When Joker was in Dakota, Hot-Streak had also worked with him.

This is just perfect Ebon. How are we going to separate? Hot-Streak asked. They were sitting in a dark room, in an abandoned building.
Listen here hothead, arguing isn't going to help us get separated any faster. We need to stay cool and think this through. Ebon said, getting more agitated every second he was connected to this fool.
A voice came out of nowhere, I may be able to help you. If you are willing to work for me.
Ebon and Hot-Streak searched the room and could see nothing, Who are you? they said. They saw a dark figure come forward from right in front of them.
You may call me Slade.
Who's Slade?they thought.

A good question asked by two not so good people. Slade was an enemy of the Teen Titans. Slade was a madman bent on nothing more than becoming more powerful by any means necessary. He first took an interest in the Teen Titans, namely their leader, Robin, several years ago, and hired a trio of mercenary villains from H.I.V.E. to deliver a message. And the message was received. Robin, after defeating the mercenaries, had asked the exact same question.
Slade had toyed with the Titans for a time before revealing his intentions. Under the mask of using a Chroniton Bomb to freeze time in Jump City, he infected Robin's teammates with nano-probes and delivered his ultimatum -- that Robin would become his apprentice and carry on his legacy of evil, or the other Titans would die. Slade always got what he wanted, but this time he didn't keep it, Robin was able to outsmart him. After a time as Slade's apprentice, Robin broke free by infecting himself with the nano-probes.
Slade had not given up, but he had ceases his pursuit of Robin for a time. A new opportunity arose, a young girl named Terra who was befriended by the Titans. But he had his eye on her before she met them -- he wanted to use her power, and make her his new apprentice. And he did, because Slade always got what he wanted. But again he'd lost his apprentice, because the Titans had been able to get her to turn on him. She had killed him, but she herself had been petrified in the act.
Then he'd been dead. But no more. Over the last year he had been serving a supernatural entity called Trigon as a skeletal messenger and servant, with the promise of his body being restored to him. He had trusted Trigon, up until the last moments. When he confronted Trigon about holding up his promise, he was barely saved by a magical ring. After recovering, he made a pact with Robin -- he would help him find Raven, but he always had his own agenda. He was going deep into the underworld abyss that Trigon had emerged from in order to reclaim his body. With that done, he even helped the Titans defeat Trigon.
But now they were enemies again, and Slade was scheming. He wasn't hiding from the Titans, he was avoiding them for the time being. What he wanted would require him to enlist some other aid, to keep himself off the Titan's radar for just a little while longer. Slade would always get what he wanted. That was simply the way he worked. And right now, he wanted these two to get him what he would need, in order to get what he wanted.
Slade was scheming and manipulative, and his choices are always calculated. Even though there was a risk in obtaining the technology to split these two smalltime criminals from each other, their benefits to him had outweighed the chances of getting caught taking it. He couldn't risk stealing what he needed himself -- not when it was right in the Titans' territory. If he were to steal these himself, they'd start figuring out what he was trying to do. And that would only lead to trouble.

Time-zone a.k.a. Nina Crocker: Was a Bang Baby with the power to control the time-stream, and move herself and others through time. When Static used her powers in an attempt to go back in time to keep his mother from dying, Ebon came along at the last minute. In this time period Ebon attempted to create the new Big Bang. After almost having her powers used for evil, Nina used them one last time, to keep herself from getting the powers in the first place.

Raven was gone, because she had been used as the portal to summon Trigon to the mortal world. She was supposedly destroyed in this process, however there she was still alive deep in the underworld, and she was needed to beat Trigon.