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Teen Titans/Young Justice Xover
Young Titan
Chapter 1
Robin stared at the massive device that had been imbedded into the grounds by the Gordanians on the small island in the Bay area. It projected a large holographic image and was used to send a message to the local populace. This had fortunately caught many people's attention and most had evacuated before anyone was seriously injured. He turned towards the Gordanian ship, and joined the other young heroes near the water admiring their handy work as a group of Green Lanterns used their rings to lift it out of the water.
Infiltration had been easy with the help of the gothic looking girl named Raven and her ability to control dark energy. With her, they were able to pass through the hull of the ship and board it without being detected. He had some doubt about the stealth of the other three, Beast Boy, Cyborg and the bronze skinned alien girl, but they were lucky enough to have made their way to the bridge uncontested. The battle that followed had been intense and, although it had not been their main goal to do so, the damage they had caused to the bridge had dropped it from the sky.
The Lanterns had arrived a short time later and had been surprised to find the invaders subdued. They had not come alone however, and the entire group had been chastised by Batman with Superman trying to soften the blow. During the lecture, Robin just stoically stared at his mentor, but noticed the others were visibly reeling from his words. In the end, both men did commend them for their ability to rally together and overcome the odds.
"Please," came a feminine voice that belong to the alien girl they had help. Robin turned to face her, as did the others.
"Do I look, nice?" She asked as she shyly presented herself. She was wearing a slightly more revealing and comfortable version of her outfit she had worn during the battle. Looking at her, Robin was reminded of the kiss they had shared during their first encounter as she smiled shyly towards them. He had quickly realized that she had only did it to learn the native tongue, but he could still feel her soft lips pressing against his.
It was almost enough for him to forget about Artemis, and he needed to forget about her. He knew he screwed up any chance with her the moment he walked out on the team, and he needed to move on. Distance was the first step, and maybe, just maybe, this bronze beauty before him might be the next.
"We don't even know your name." He said.
"In your language, it is Star Fire."
Several months later, Mount Justice
"Ouf!" Jaime, AKA the Blue Beetle, grunted as he hit the ground from being hip tossed by Kaldur.
"Jaime, you need to stop dancing around." Black Canary advised as she watched from the side. Although she was no longer the permanent den mother the Young Justice, she had enjoyed instructing the younger generation. She had offered to continue as their instructor, which the team had wholeheartedly agreed.
"Maybe you're better off on Broadway than here." Jaime didn't even need to look to know that the voice came from Artemis. He just didn't understand why she hated him so much. Ever since Batman had introduced him to the team, she had gone out of her way pick on him. It was almost like she was blaming him for all of her problems.
"What Artemis means, is that you're projecting your moves to much." Black Canary interjected before Jaime had a chance to retort. The animosity between the two was quite evident to the rest of the team after a few days of Jaime's arrival. Heated arguments were quite common between the two, but they fortunately have never come to blows.
"Alright, that's it for now." Black Canary said ending the day's combat training. As others dispersed, Kaldur gave Jaime a hand getting up.
"Give it time." Kaldur said, seeing the annoyed look on Jaime's face.
"Time? I gave her two months!" Jaime nearly screamed in frustration. "What's her deal anyway?" Jaime asked as he began to calm down.
"It isn't your fault, shes been like that ever since Robin and Kid Flash left so suddenly a few months back."
"Wait, Robin and Kid Flash were members?" Jaime asked in surprise. "Get out! Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Not 'were'!" Conner stated firmly as he walked up towards them with Megan following behind him. "They're still part of this team!"
Jaime hadn't noticed that Superboy and Miss Martian hadn't left like the others did when training was done. The subject about their two recently discovered absent members seemed to be a sensitive one which, he noted, not to bring up again in the future.
"Whoa whoa whoa, I get it! They're just taking a break!" Jaime said as his hands came up and quickly trying to diffuse the situation.
"Superboy!" Megan called out to calm him down. Superboy just stared at him a few more seconds before he turned and walked away.
"I'm sorry Jaime," Megan said. "But this isn't something we like to talk about."
"No harm, no foul." Jaime said watching Superboy's retreating form. "But why did he look like he was about ready to punch my face off?"
"Robin's technical aptitude and devices has allowed us to have a certain finesse during some missions." Kaldur explained as Jaime silently listened. "We were still able to operate covertly since his departure, yet certain options were closed off to us."
"That is, until Batman brought you here." Megan interjected. "Your armor has allowed you to fill a role that was missing since Robin's departure."
"I get it! You're saying that others are thinking that I'm here to replace Robin?" Jaime asked. "Let me guess, Artemis is one of them."
"Yes, we've tried to explain to her that you are not here to replace anyone, but her stubbornness is not allowing her to listen to reason." Kaldur explained. "As you can see, some of us suspect the same, although, not as strongly." He continued, hinting towards Superboy's earlier reaction.
Jaime finally understood why he and the team's archer had never gotten along. He had gotten along with Superboy well enough, and today was just a little misunderstanding. He knew things between him and Artemis wouldn't change until she accepted the fact the he wasn't here to replace anyone. The question is; how was he going to convince her? If others, who she had known since the beginnings of Young Justice, couldn't bring her around then who could? Suddenly an idea popped itself into his head. The only ones that could do it was the two that missing members!
"Why don't you just ask those two for help?" Jaime asked.
"Kid Flash isn't the right choice given his turbulent relationship with Atremis, and we do not know where Robin's current location." Kaldur explained.
They don't know where Robin is? Shouldn't he be in Gotham? Jaime thought in surprise. Although, he did recall not seeing Robin in Gotham the few times he and Batman worked together.
"We have asked Kid Flash, but all he told us was that Robin was heading west." Megan offered.
"That's not very specific." Jaime pointed out.
"No it isn't." Kaldur agreed "I also wonder why Robin would head west, when most villainous activity happens mostly in the eastern states."
"Wait, nothing happens in the west coast of America?" Jaime asked in confusion.
"Nothing from the bigger named villains from what Uncle J'onn has told me." Megan explained. "He said that S.T.A.R. Labs has distributed weapons and technology to the local law enforcement to deal with most threats to help the League focus on bigger hot spots."
"Although, there have been some reports of activity increasing in California." Kaldur mused. "More specifically Jump City, where an alien ship had crashed a several months ago."
"Right after Robin left!" Megan exclaimed, realizing a possible connection.
"Great!" Jaime cheered. "So lets hop, skip, and jump over to the Bay area and start looking!"
"Agreed." Kaldur said with a nod.
"I'll go gather the team!" Megan said in excitement, but was stopped by Jaime before she could send a telepathic message out to everyone.
"Hold on, why not just the three of us?" Jaime asked. "We could surprise everyone when we find him!"
"What a wonderful idea!" Megan said smiling at the idea
"I see no problem in that." Kaldur agreed.
Jump City
"You sure you guys can handle this without me?" Robin asked through Cyborg's communicator built into his arm.
"No Problem." Cyborg replied.
It shouldn't be a problem. Tonight was a repeat of the crime from the night before. Slade had sent his men to steal a computer chip, but was unable to acquire it due to the Titan's interference. If it's anything like before, Robin wouldn't need to handle Slade's henchmen. This would free him up to focus on a more important matter, locating Slade himself. However, a problem had presented itself as a black caped figure coming out on to the roof from one of the vent covers. Not your typical Deathstroke minion.
"You workin' for Slade tough guy?" Cyborg asked, announcing his and the rest of the team's presence. He transformed his arm into his sonic cannon as the thief turned to face them, revealing his mask to have a skull like design with a small red X on his forehead and one of its lines extending over his right eye.
"Red X works alone." The thief answered and without warning, he quickly raised his hands and fire two red Xs from the palm of his hands. Cyborg was able to quickly shoot both objects, as the rest of the team scattered. He continued to shoot Xs, but wasn't able to land a single shot. Cyborg decided to switch tactics to close the gap as the masked thief retaliates with his own ranged shots from the palm of his hands. He quickened his pace as he watched Beast Boy was hit and was covered in a large amount of adhesive preventing him from transforming. As he finally got behind his target, the thief quickly naturalizes both Raven and Starfire and tried to grab him, but his target just slipped through his hands. Cyborg quickly spins around as he uses the momentum to deliver a haymaker to the masked man behind him. Unfortunately for Cyborg, his fist didn't connect as the thief jump over him once again to dodge his attack.
What the...? Cyborg thought to himself as he felt his back panel forcibly opened. X had somehow able to gain control of Cyborg and began searching for a way to shut him down.
"Hey, who told you how to shut me down?" Cyborg exclaimed has he lost control of his body followed by a near complete shut down. Fortunately Cyborg was still conscious and had began to initiate start up, but it would have been too late, until he noticed a blue figure land in-front of the thief as he tried to make his getaway.
Is he an accomplice? Cyborg wondered as all he could do was watch. He saw the blue figure, which he now clearly see is armored changed both arms into cannons while noticing two other appearing out of nowhere. One was a dark skinned bare footed man with blades that looked to be made of water, and a green skinned, red-headed woman with a cape.
"Where do you think you're going?" The armored one asked as Red X took a step back.
"Surrender, and no harm will come to you." This time the one with the water blades spoke. The thief just surveyed all three, not saying a word. Cyborg knew what was coming, maybe these new guys did too, but they just weren't fast enough to react. X quickly fired 2 shot at the one in blue, with both X's sending a high amount of voltage disabling the armor for a short time. Then he quickly aimed at the other two and shot both with the same adhesive that Beast Boy was hit with. Noticing that the armored one was coming to, he made his escape and disappeared.
"So... Do you guys see what I don't see?" Beast Boy asked, who had stopped struggling ever since the three unknown heroes arrived. No one answered, as the blue man and Cyborg, who had finally started up soon after the fight, began to help the others with their bindings. As soon as everyone was free, they decided that introductions where in order. Cyborg was glad finally place a name to their face and to find out that they worked for the JLA.
"Thanks for the help, even though he still got away with the chip he stole." Cyborg said, once introductions where over.
"No problem, we weren't too sure who was the good guys, but I recognized Beast Boy from the Doom Patrol." Blue Beetle explained, as he puffed his chest a little, proud of his super hero knowledge.
Beast boy gave a big smile at the mention of recognizing him.
"Maybe you can help us?" Miss Martian asked hopefully.
"Yes, we are looking for another hero named Robin." Kaldur asked.
"Well, you came to the right city." Beast Boy exclaimed seeing the ease of the request.
"You also found the right Team." Cyborg added. "He is part of the Titans. Come on, we'll take you to our tower!" He invited as the made their way off the roof. Both Kaldur and M'gann just looked at each other with a mixture of surprise and confusion. They where told by Artemis, who was the last one to see him, that Robin had left to fight alone. This was starting to look less and less great as they originally planned. This new found information might anger a member or two. They quietly got into M'gann's ship and followed the T-car towards Titan Tower.
TBC
A/N: Sorry for the massive delay. Had to rewrite this chapter several times, and my original beta read pulled out from beta reading because of classes. She didn't tell me and I waited to the point I had forgotten about the story. I would also like to thank Reina Grayson for helping me by beta reading this story.
Comments, reviews and critiques are welcome and are appreciated!
