(A/N This will be a SYOC story. Please PM me your submissions, and the form will be on my profile page. The next chapter will be put out on January 21st, once I have all the submissions I need. Thanks to you all! Good luck, and please enjoy the story already in progress.)

Titans Tower - One Month Ago - Jump City

"Robin, are you sure this is a great idea? I mean, this could go south pretty fast, if it's the wrong mix of people." A black and silver clad masked figure asked the red and green clad teen hero leader.

"That's why I chose you to find the right mix of people, right? You were the Black Swordsman after all...if anyone is going to be able to find the right mix of personalities for a job it would be you. According to the rumors, at least, you were the perfect taskmaster and tactician in the hemisphere," Robin said, gesturing towards the hero formally known as The Black Swordsman sitting on the other side of the large black sofa.

He sighed loudly. "Organizing a somewhat impromptu rebellion in France against The Brain was one thing. But an actual legitimate team that is going to be in the actual media spotlight? I'm not really sure I can handle that one," The darker hero said, standing up and walking towards the window so he could look out over the bright lights of the city.

"Thomas, I'm guessing you missed my briefing with the other team leaders about your position with us? I need a team that can operate on the down-low and above the ground as well. Based on what we all have seen from your rebellion in France, you were good at both before your old team was captured," Robin spoke, causing Thomas to turn around and visually shake and look at the flooring under his feet.

"There were thirteen of us, including myself, fighting the Brotherhood of Evil before you Teen Titans came and saved me from Monsieur Mallah. After that stupid monkey … ate the rest of my team. The Brain always found it poetic to save the leader as the last to be killed, when it comes to a more private execution to take place," Thomas finished saying as Robin got up from the couch to put his hand on his shoulder.

"Thomas, you don't need to worry about big four of The Brotherhood of Evil coming after you again. General Immortus, Madam Rouge, Mallah, and the Brain are still on ice and in a secure facility, with no chance of escaping. What I and the other leaders need you to figure out is how all the other villains we had locked up the same way managed to escape. All we know for sure is that it wasn't Doctor Light's doing," Robin said, reassuring his friend that he was safe from the horror he once faced; still not free of the guilt from it.

"I'm still surprised that moron can find his way out of a prison cell without messing it up. I will admit that you are right about one thing, Robin. My time as leader of the 13 Despots, as we were considered to the Brotherhood, is well done and over with, but so is my time as the Black Swordsman. If the 13 are in my past, then so is he. It is time for me to give myself credit as a full-fledged member of the Teen Titans. From now on, call me Cavalry 'cause I will always be there to back you guys up," Cavalry proclaimed with a new refigure, displaying a toothy grin on his masked face for the first time in three whole weeks, despite Beast Boy's, Cyborg's, and Starfire's best efforts at getting the depressed swordsman to smile again.

"You're right, dude, it is finally time for you to do just that. And none of us could have asked for better backup. I've had Cyborg run the new simulator on the recruits all day as a sort of system test and a way of displaying their skills. I know you have been watching and studying them from the monitor up here," Robin said, giving his new comrade a sharp nod and displaying his own sly smile.

"You get first draft pick out of all the recruits since you're going to be forging a completely new team. Myself and the other leaders will be pulling recruits into our existing teams for extra training before forming them into separate teams of their own, although we will only be picking, at most, one, to maybe two, heroes," Robin said, picking up the stack of folders that were on the coffee table and handing them to Cavalry as they walked over to the elevator.

"You can't be serious! Shouldn't the veteran leaders get first-round picks? I mean, I'd be happy to go last and just get what you guys left for me, no matter how misfitted the group may end up being," Cavalry said, with an astonished look on his face, thanks to the tellings of the teen-wonder.

"Dude, me and the rest of the leaders voted on it already, so you're getting first pick, like it or not, and just so you know, it was a unanimous vote, which goes to show just how much your other fellow Titans already have faith in your capabilities," Robin said, giving Cavalry a big smile with a green-gloved thumbs up to go along with it.

"I do get to pick where my team will be stationed, right? I mean, I don't think I can go back to France any millennia soon," Cavalry said, flipping through the various folders and glancing through the ones on the recruits he watched in particular from the Tower's living room T.V.

"Actually, I was hoping I could station your team in New York City. Cyborg had started construction on a tower there before everything went down….it was only supposed to be a transponder tower to help amplify our communications network. But, if New York's not really your style, yes, you can pick your base of operations," Robin said, pressing the elevator button labeled "TTF" standing, of course, for "Titan's Training Floor" and then leaning back on the hand rail bar.

"Well, some of these are quite telling and really in depth, surprisingly, so I'm guessing this was not Beast Boy's handy-work," Cavalry said, continuing to flip through the numbers of pages on each different hero, and making several mental notes along the way.

Robin laughed heartily. "No, I personally interviewed each recruit myself when it came to personal details and backstories. Cyborg interviewed them on the basis on their powers, abilities, and even weaknesses. Raven did the psychological backgrounds on them as well," Robin said, pointing a few things out on the notes written up on a specific page.

"Well, this is a lot more complex than the last time I formed a team! We all just ended up getting grouped together and banded together to start rebelling. Which, of course, is what we teenagers are the best at," Cavalry said as the elevator dinged and the doors opened, revealing a small control room.

Both young leaders entered and walked up to the glass with dozens of young heroes battling an army of robots with some levels of ease while doing their best to show off their abilities, knowing full well that the leaders of the Teen Titans were watching. It was obvious from the footage that each candidate was overly aware of and familiar with the prospect of being under their tutorage. After a few minutes of minimal talking between the small group of Titans leaders and original members, they all converged around a small U-shaped table, with a computer screen in front of each seat.

"Well, what do you think? See anyone you like?" Speedy asked as he tapped the Cavalry on his shoulder to get his attention away from his respective computer screen for a few seconds, before pointing back to the screen and displaying his sly pretty-boy smile that he is known for.

"Actually, I think I do," Cavalry said, and then began pushing a few buttons on his computer screen which then displayed the faces of the recruits he had chosen on a central computer screen in the middle of the table for everyone else to see.

A/N Thank you all for reading my story, and I hope you enjoyed it! I can't wait to see the characters that you send my way.