Aaron opened the door and saw no one; he looked down and saw a cell phone and picked it up. Aaron closed the door and brought it back to his room. Almost instantly the phone began ringing; Aaron answered it.
"Who is this and what do you want?" Aaron asked sternly.
A deep sadistic voice replied, "My dear boy is that anyway to talk to new friends."
"What makes you think we're friends?" Aaron replied.
"We share similar goals, and I think we would benefit from each other's company meet me in the alley by your school tomorrow night." The voice said.
"No thanks. I don't even know your name." Aaron told him
"Just so you know I am not fond of not getting what I want, and the name is Slade." He replied sternly hanging up the phone. Aaron smirked as the phone started beeping. He quickly threw it out the window realizing that it was going to explode.
Slade sat behind his computer smiling evilly knowing that this boy would be his new apprentice.
The next day after school, Aaron was sitting at his workbench tinkering with his wrist gauntlets until a video popped up on his computer. Aaron recognized the man on the screen as Slade once he began speaking.
"My boy, you stood me up." Slade said sarcastically.
"What can I say you're not my type." Aaron retorted.
"Funny, but here's something that's not funny. If you do not accept my proposal in five minutes your house will be stormed with my henchmen who are not fond of my enemies." Just then the message ended and a countdown clock appeared on the screen. Aaron sighed as he pulled the uniform from the box under the floor. Aaron put the uniform on and put the sword on his back as well as a pair of dark glasses that Aaron had designed himself.
Aaron walked out of his house and stood in the middle of the street calling out for Slade. As soon as he mentioned the name, Aaron was encircled by several figures that resembled Slade. Aaron pushed something on his gauntlets and the goggles powered on so that Aaron could analyze the figures easier. The henchmen pulled out ray guns and began firing at Aaron. Aaron was not agile, but he was tactical. He pushed several buttons on his gauntlets as an energy shield materialized from his hand. Aaron quickly pulled the sword from its sheath as the shield dissipated. Aaron swung the blade and watched as the henchmen were sliced in half by the waves of energy. Aaron aimed his gauntlet at one of the henchmen and pushed a few buttons as hooks shot out from the gauntlet and latched on to the henchman and several electrical impulses travelled at him as he collapsed to the ground. As soon as Aaron finished slashing through the last henchman, he ran back inside and changed out of the uniform which was now torn in several places. Aaron changed back in to a hoodie after he finished cleaning his wounds and the dried blood on him. Aaron heard a knock at his door; he tucked the gauntlets under his sleeves as he cautiously went to answer the door. Standing there were the Teen Titans, Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Raven.
"What do you need?" Aaron asked.
"We heard reports of Slade's henchmen, but it looks like they've been taken care of. Do you know how this happened?" Robin asked intrigued by the robot parts scattered in the street.
"No idea." Aaron said backing away as Robin instinctively grabbed his arm. Robin knew that Aaron was hiding something as he rolled up the sleeve to reveal the gauntlet on his arm.
"You sure you don't know anything?" Raven asked staring at the gauntlet with a look of judgment. Aaron invited them inside knowing that there was no alternative.