Titans Assemble
Chapter 2
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to those who reviewed, if your not in the story yet you'll be appearing later, also i need villains, so think up arch enemies and make them REALLY bad, for Vanalisa, i expect a demon
Rain fell in sheets as thunder rumbled and lightning streaked across the sky, a lone figure stood on the edge of a skyscraper. Looking down he watched as several heavily armed thugs were loading large crates in the back of a truck, but his attention wasn't on them. His gaze stayed steadily on a tall figure dressed in black, his face was covered by a mask that reflected whatever he was looking at.
"Mirror," he mumbled, his name was Palladian, he was tall, with short brown hair and a scraggly goatee, his costume was a full bodysuit, blue, with a white stripe down his chest, and black boots. "This ends tonight."
Leaping from the building he straightened himself out to increase speed, faster and faster he came down until everything was a blur to him. Flipping at the last second he landed without a sound. Standing up he raised his hands, palms out, and fired a blast of energy from both, the first hit one of the thugs, who was in the process of turning around, and sending him flying back.
The second missed Mirror by inches, he had felt the energy from Palladian flowing though his suit, and dodged at the last second, causing the blast to impact with the building.
"Get him!" Mirror said, before firing a burst of energy from his own hand.
Palladian rolled, dodging the blast before leaping and hitting the closest thug in the face with his knee. Quickly firing another two bursts he took out two more thugs. As the others, armed with crowbars and several had guns, surrounded him and moved in together he charged his hands up until he felt them go numb, and slammed them into the ground, causing a huge shockwave.
Standing up he looked around at the scattered bodies of the injured thugs, Mirror was gone. Cursing under his breath he turned to walk away when he stopped in his tracks. Someone else was here, two someone's to be exact. A flash of light blinded him for a second, and one of the persons was gone, the other was still here.
"You have no business here Grayson," he said, turning to face the Titan dressed in red and green. "Bludhaven is my city, go back to your tower and your team."
As he turned to go Robin spoke.
"I need you to lead a team," Robin said, skipping straight to the point, he knew Palladian wouldn't wait around through a lecture. "You're the best, we need you."
Turning back he scowled at the Boy Wonder.
"I don't take orders from you anymore, I quit remember?" he said. "I work alone."
"Mary's death wasn't your fault Russ," Robin said. "You have to accept there was nothing you could do to-"
"She died because of your obsession with Slade!" Palladian roared, pointing his finger at Robin as if to accuse him. "You sent her into an ambush even when Cyborg told you it was a trap! My wife is dead because of your so called heroics. I couldn't save her even with all the power I have she still died."
"She died a hero, she died protecting people," Robin said, taking a few steps towards Palladian, before finally placing his hand on his shoulder. "You know she wouldn't want you to be fighting this war alone, the team needs you to lead them, to make sure they don't end up like Mary did."
Palladian looked away, as a tear ran down his cheek.
"Alright damn you, I'll do it," he said, stepping back, before falling to his knees and finally letting the tears fall. Robin watched him for several seconds, before kneeling and embracing his former teammate.
Watching the security monitor he saw that the team was different to say the least. The first was a girl with curly brown hair, dressed in a leather jacket, pink tube top, black short shorts, and black sandals, she twirled a black beanie on her finger. Beside her was a tall boy with long black hair, and dressed entirely in black as well, he seemed to be praying.
"Fire warmth and protect me, may my wings never tire, may no arrows pierce my scales," he mumbled.
Next to him was a…. little girl? She was dressed in a tshirt reading "life is less painless for the brainless", blue jeans and sneakers, her long blond pigtails reached all the way down to the seat cushions, she was rocking her head back and forth to something on her I Pod.
Finally, the last was a blond girl who dressed as if she was colorblind, a large black rat sat on her shoulder, she talked to it, and it seemed to be listening. He sighed to himself and walked towards the door, time to meet and greet.
The 3 teens and 1 preteen turned to look as the door slid open and a tall teen walked out into the room, he was dressed in a blue vest, black jeans, and black boots. The girl twirling her hat whistled.
"Blimey, this just got a whole lot better," she said, her voice thick with a British accent.
"Listen up, my names Russell Figgins, in the field you will call me by my CN, Palladian," he said, stopping in front of the couch. "Now, names and Codenames, you first."
"I'm Angela Charlotte, you can call me Foxface," she said, causing the boy next to her to turn and look at her.
"Why do you call yourself Fox-" he stopped mid sentence, as Angela smiled a large, and creepy smile. "Never mind….. I'm Leo Lionheart, call me Firestorm."
"Next," Russ said, the small girl smiled and raised her hand.
"My name is Melinda Piper Kensington and I'm 11 years old," she said. "My codename is Jemima, just like my favorite character from Cats I'm allergic to-"
"Next," Russ said, interrupting her.
"I'm Vasalisa Levi, my codename is Ariana," she said, before pointing to her shoulder. "And this is Whiskers he-"
Turning her head she was surprised to see the rat was gone, and just in time to see Melinda, who had turned into a cat, suck Whisker's tail into her mouth. Vasalisa screamed before leaping at the smaller cat girl and began strangling her.
"Spit him out spit him out spit him out!" she screamed, before the combined efforts of the other three teens pulled her off, Whiskers escaped as Melinda gasped for air. As the sopping wet Rat scurried up onto Lisa's shoulder the girl's eyes started glowing green, as did her hand. "Avada Kedavra!"
A flash of green light filled the room, mere seconds before a beam of green energy streaked towards Melinda, who barely leaped free, as the beam caused a part of the floor to explode, and ran around the room on all fours as the enraged magic user fired blast after blast, destroying several pieces of furniture and leaving several holes in the wall.
"Avada Kedavra! Avada Kedavra! Avada Kedavra!" she shouted.
Seeing enough, Angela fired a wave of energy at Vasalisa, causing her to fly forward, and crash against the couch.
"That's enough!" Russ ordered, "Everyone go to your quarters and stay there until I summon you!"
After the four left, but not before Angela winked at him, Russ sat down on the couch and sighed heavily.
"This is gonna be a long day," he said, leaning back on the couch. Grabbing the remote he flipped on the TV to see a dark haired man in a business suit holding a press conference.
"Mr. Tenkage, how do you feel about rumors about your company being involved with underhanded deals in the city?" a reporter asked
"Shada Industries, a company I built from the ground with my own two hands to help the impoverished and struggling people of the world, but; most importantly, to give them food and shelter after natural disasters or wars tear their country apart, but, my highest reason for my company is to help the people of Bludhaven," he said, smiling broadly. "So I say to you, how could I be involved in all these dirty deals and such, when I have proven time and time again to be one of the good guys? That's enough questions."
Leaving the podium he entered his company, and rode the elevator to the top floor. Sitting down at his desk Bren leaned back in his chair as a champagne glass filled with Coke was set before him.
"Thank you Wesley," he said, taking a drink. "Aahh delicious, there's nothing more I love after a press conference then an ice cold drink."
Owen Wesley, a thin man with short blond hair and glasses and dressed in a dark blue suit(imagine Owen Burnett from Gargoyles) placed the can of Coke on the desk, and nodded slightly.
"Another good show for the press sir," Owen said, causing Tenkage to smile.
"Show? You should know by now Wesley that's who I am," Bren said, taking another sip. "I'm a champion for the people, a hero to the homeless, a god to the Middle East. Now tell me Wesley, who am I going to help today?"
END CHAPTER 2
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