Well, here is my new Teen Titans story, based roughly on my old story (New Titans, New Team) which I wrote 3 years ago and which some may still remember.

Some notes: All of the characters are around 18 Years old, making the story a bit more mature, and mostly all characters are wearing their One Year Later costumes. The story is somewhat of a mix between the Comics and the Animated Series, and this is AU (a bit) As a last note, Dick Grayson is Robin in this one, not Nightwing.

Disclaimer: I don't (unfortunately) own Teen Titans or any other characters I use in this story, however, I wish i did.

Chapter 1: Rebirth

It had been a long, long time since Dick Grayson had last stepped into the tall, T shaped tower as Robin. He had traveled with Batman and joined the Titans, and had met the love of his life in this costume. Then, he had become Nightwing, the vigilante hero and leader of the New Titans. After a number of tragic events, it was decided that the Titans break up permanently. Dick had decided to drop the Nightwing altogether, and try to go back to living a peaceful life in Gotham City.

Unfortunately, his peaceful life would never last. The crime rate in Jump City had nearly tripled ever since the Titans had left, with villains running rampant and wreaking havoc all over the city. The police system was corrupt, the judges were corrupt, the whole government was corrupt. Any criminal caught who had drug dealer acquaintances were able to get out of jail free, and no one was brave enough, not even the aging Batman, to come and try and liberate Jump City. So Grayson brought it upon himself to come back to the city, and he hoped that the Titans would be willing to come with him.

Dick had arrived at Titan's Tower near midnight, where criminal activity was less likely on the road to the tower. The tall, beautiful tower that Grayson had grown to know and love was decimated, and close to destroyed. Chunks of the top of the tower were missing, Windows were shattered, and graffiti was everywhere. Dick nearly shed a tear looking at the tower, but was able to hold back his feelings and step off his motorcycle. Grabbing his backpack Dick stepped back into the tower for the first time, feeling his memories rush back to him.

Dick took the stairs up to the top floor, opting not to take the probably broken elevator. For Dick, it was just a brisk run, but for any other ordinary person it would have been hell. Arriving at the top floor's door, he took a deep breath and gingerly pushed open the door.

The room was painfully dark at first, but after flicking the switch the room became somewhat illuminated, seeing as half the lights didn't work. The "Common Room" of the Titans was all but destroyed, with everything but the giant flat-screen TV missing. The god-like couches and sofas were gone, the old Gamestation-3 obviously stolen, along with every other laptop and piece of electronic equipment. The cooking equipment was all but gone, along with all silverware and china, and the refrigerator was all but empty. The thieves were very through with their stealing.

Solemnly Dick continued down the hallway to the bedrooms. Raven, Starfire, Beast-Boy, and Cyborg's rooms were all trashed, as well as Dick's own. All that lay on his barren floor was his old mattress, which had obviously been too big to carry out of the room. Dick walked over to his bed, took his laptop out from his bag, and threw the rest of his stuff on the bed.

Dick took a seat and booted up his new laptop, accessing the Titan's Tower network commands. He turned back on the power to it's full capacity, which didn't seem to do much, other then turn on the air conditioning, and probably bring back the water and plumbing to the tower. He continued to fix things in the Tower's mainframe, which included fixing the security system and actually turning it on this time. It took Dick roughly an hour to get it ready, but atleast it would let him know if anyone else tried to get into the tower. After making a few other changes, Dick yawned, shut the laptop, and decided that it was time to go to bed.

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Before he knew it, it was six AM, the time he was trained to wake up everyday since he had lived with Bruce. The sun did not shine down on Jump City as it did in any other city; the ominous clouds blocked the source of energy that everyone looked up to. Dick stretched a little bit and went into the common room with his laptop, turning on the flat-screen. The colors were all distorted, but atleast he would be able to watch the morning news while he did his work.

"Good morning Jump City," The channel six anchorman said with little enthusiasm. "I'm Ken Adams, and I am here to bring you all the exciting news you can bear," Dick could tell that this news station was obviously run by the thugs, who wanted to bring as much fear into the city as he could.

"Today's breaking news is that yesterday, around five PM, Bane, the infamous "Man Who Broke the Bat" has come to Jump City, and robbed a bank, killing five civilians in the process. Bane is famously known for his defeat of Batman, nearly snapping him in half. Bane has obviously come to the city to make his name more wide known, seeing as there is no one here to oppose him." The name Bane sent shivers down Dick's spine, and he remembered how destroyed Batman was after that fateful night.

The newscast, which got progressively more annoying as the scrawny Ken Adams went on, was on a grim note the whole time, with not one hint of happiness throughout the broadcast. Dick had found this slightly annoying while he tried to work, but thankfully after an hour it was over, only to be proceeded by another grim newscaster.

Dick had been working on research on the villains of Jump City, finding various occurrences of Bane, Braniac, The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Blockbuster, Mad Mod, but most of all, he found that most crimes were committed by one more, Dick's former arch-nemesis: Deathstroke the Terminator. It seemed that he was running all the crime organizations, importing mass amounts of drugs, and most of all, he was the one bribing the Police and Judicial systems. Dick marked him as his number one target, and before he shut his laptop, he booted up one last program: The Titan Finder.

Dick sent out a message to all the former Titans: Raven, Cyborg, Beast-Boy, and Starfire, that he; no, Jump City, needed help, and needed it fast. He just could hope that they would come.

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After of long day of shopping, Dick Grayson finally turned to Titan's tower, with all the food he and the other Titan's would need for a few months. He desperately checked his laptop, but no one had replied to his call for help. He let out a heavy sigh and put away all the groceries and silverware and plates, and then walked into his room. It was time to take back the mantle.

Dick took the brand new costume from his backpack, and looked it over. It was brand new, made of highly flexible, flame resistant Nomex, and had protection from bullets as his chest-plate was made of the military test project Dragon-Skin. The costume itself was nearly all red, excluding the tights around his lower-mid section, which were black. He put on his black gloves, with the three blades on each arm as sharp as swords, and he put on his black boots.

Now on his bed lay the last parts of his costume, his cape, his utility belt, and the mysterious mask wore by all Robin's. He put both on, making sure the cape, mask, and belt were tight enough, and took his motorcycle helmet. It was time for Jump City to learn that someone was here to stop them.

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It was a cold, dark night, the same as always in Jump City. 28 year old Elizabeth Pedroia, a doctor in her first year at Jump City Hospital, had missed unfortunately missed her ride with her co-worker and was now stuck walking down the streets of Jump City, alone with all the criminals and drug addicts. Elizabeth was generally a wearing caring woman, it just happened to be that she had forgotten to catch her ride and was now stuck walking five miles to her house.

She wore her heavy jacket over her head, trying to cover herself from the rain, but i didn't work very well as it just soaked through and got her wet anyway. She held onto her purse dearly as she walked across the street onto the next sidewalk, where she was encountered by a strange looking man. He stood in front of Elizabeth, smoking a cigar with a giant smirk on his face.

"Hey pretty lady..." He said in an intimidating voice, blowing a puff of smoke out of his cigar. "Where ya going?"

Elizabeth was as scared as she could possibly be, she backed up a few steps, only to bump into another man. He also had a very scary demeanor, and was a lot more muscular then the other man. She had no escape now, to her left was a fence and her right was a red sedan.

"Now now, this won't hurt a bit..." The first man said, as he came over and grabbed her and slammed her against the fence. With the help of his other partner the first man was able to hold her down, and he unzipped his fly.

"Wait a minute," The second man said, pushing back the first man a little. The first man looked disgusted, hitting Elizabeth across the face so she fell to the ground. "What is it Bruno? I wanna hurry and get this over with," The first man asked.

Bruno twiddled his thumbs for thumbs for a second. "I coulda swore I heard somethin-" He stopped in mid sentence as he heard something from behind. In front of them now stood a man, roughly around six foot tall, with some sort of staff in his hand.

The first man let out a laugh, and Bruno reluctantly laughed along with him. "Look at this new wannabe superhero Bruno! What a joke!" He continued to laugh, and pull out a Colt .45. "I'm sorry bird-boy, but your 'superhero' tenure, is over," He finished, and fired a shot at him. The man with the staff jerked back a bit, but stood steady.

The first man's face went blank. "What the-" Before he could finish, the masked man's bow -staff connected with his face, sending him crashing into the red sedan. Bruno, the bigger man, quickly reacted, grabbing the staff and blocking his blow, but then met a devastating punch to the face, which forced him to drop the bow-staff. The masked man then swept Bruno off his feet, hearing a crack as his head connected with the concrete. As fast as he could, the masked man took out his rope and tied the two men together from a street pole, and turned back to the girl.

Elizabeth was in pure amazement of the man's athletic ability, as he had single-handedly taken out the two men. He looked young, yet surprisingly mature, having slicked jet black hair and a mysterious mask covering his eyes. Elizabeth's face was in pain, but she no longer cared. The masked man walked over to her, and helped her up.

"You-you-you were amazing," She stuttered. "I have to know, please tell me who you are," She begged.

He looked over to her. "The name's Robin. Now hurry and get home ma'am," He said, and ran off into the nearest alley. Elizabeth watched the man go, but then turned and quickly ran home as fast as she could.

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Robin had finally 'rescued' his first innocent person, and had defeated two, well, not so much villains, but punks, in hand to hand combat. He finally felt the adrenaline of once again being a superhero once again come back to his body. He used his grappling hook to get to the nearest rooftop, and continued to jump from roof to roof in search of crime.

His search for crime didn't last very long; before he knew it, The First Union Bank of Jump City's alarm went blaring, and Robin skid and looked over at the place. The double doors had been tore open, and left in pieces, with shattered glass all over the floor. Robin knew it could only be one person.

Bane.

Robin sprinted and dived off the top of the building, landing on his shoulders in order to somersault and break and his fall. He heard panicked screams now from the building, and a giant churning. Bane must have been trying to break into the vault.

Robin grabbed one of his birdarangs and threw it at the over-sized blue mass, hitting him in the back of the neck. Bane let out a small grunt and quickly turned around to see who had thrown something at him. With a somewhat of a snort, Bane abandoned the safe and started walking towards Robin.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the bat's boy wonder." Bane said, somewhat chuckling at him. "What are you here for? Are you trying to stop me, Bane, from taking all this precious cash? Or maybe, just maybe, you want revenge for your old man, who I snapped like a twig," He continued to mock Robin. "Well I'll give you a hint, boy wonder. If you don't want your back snapped like him, I suggest you get out here now,"

Robin stood his ground. " I hear you must be rusty, Bane. I mean, not fighting any heroes or anything in a year or so," Robin drew his bow-staff once more and extended it. " Come on Bane, show me what you got,"

Bane merely laughed once more, but then realized that Robin was not kidding. He let out somewhat of a sadistic smile, and then cracked his knuckles. "You asked for it, punk."

Sorry guys, but thats the end of the first chapter! Hoped you guys enjoyed it! Please RR! I promise my fic is gonna get better as it goes on!