Jump City, Two Months After Braniac's Invasion

In the streets of the city, Mammoth, Gizmo and Jinx run amok. Answering their challenge are the new Titans. Blue Bettle pursues the jetpack propelled Gizmo while trading small tazzer bolts with him in a shootout.

"Ah! Crud Muncher!" Gizmo shouted.

"Plenty More where that came from, little man!" Beetle yelled back.

Mammoth ran through the street, stomping over and throwing cars aside before locking hands with Starfire in a struggle. Starfire's eyes grew brighter as she pushed Mammoth back and sent him flying with a blast of a Starvolt. She then looked to the side as she heard a crackling noise. A firehydrant across from her then burst open, hitting Starfire with the piece that popped open and drenching her.

"Poor little Titan. You're all alone now." Jinx said.

"I am never alone, Jinx." Star answers.

"Don't worry, the grave is filled with your friends."

The two began their fight. Star took hold of a car behind her and forced it to roll across the street, hitting Jinx as she rolled over the hood and roof of it before hitting the ground. Jinx was dazed but not defeated. She then punched her fist into the ground, sending a fault line of pink aura towards Starfire and causing the ground the spike up from underneath her, sending Star flying up into the air. Jinx followed this attack up by making some cutting gestures across the air and sending out waves of her pink aura, juggling Star from a distance.

Starfire hit the ground but was not out just yet. She got back up and fired a Starvolt across the street, hitting Jinx. Star then flew forward and spun across the air, firing out some volt beams while doing so, and knocked Jinx back. Jinx took hold of Starfire, kissing her while glowing bright with her aura, then pushed her back, leaving Star glowing with her aura as a meteor fell from the sky and smashed Star over the head. Starfire stumbled back to the sidewalk and next to a post. She up rooted the post and batted it across Jinx, pushing her back.

Jinx stood back up and stomped her foot into the ground sending out a longer fault line of pink aura. This time, the ground opened up beneath Star and erupted some fire as magma oozed out before closing back up. Star, resistant to the burn, stood back up and rather than shooting out a volt she scattered her energy for a shorter but wider attack that dizzied up Jinx and made her vulnerable for one last punch, knocking her down.

"The few friends you have will not be able to visit you in prison." Starfire states.

She then turns to see Beetle falling out of the sky.

"The blue dude is a total noob. Say, where's Cyborg? I bet he's still aching for a game." Gizmo says while hovering down, holding a gaming controller in hand to operate his techpack.

"I'm afraid you'll just have to settle for me, Gizmo."

Gizmo accepted Starfire's offer and struck first, hitting Star with some tazzer volts that shot out from shoulder mounted turrents on his backpack. Star answered with a volt but was blocked by Gizmo's instant building dome, a see through window constructed by his pack. Gizmo then shoots out a missle from the center of his pack which breaks up into three more smaller missiles before hitting Star. Starfire was pushed back to the side walk, where she was next to a mailbox. She uprooted it and threw it at Gizmo, sending him flying back. Star then dashed forward as Gizmo got back up, shot him with a volt, dashed ahead again, and preformed her scatter blast to stun him once again. Star preformed a new attack by clapping both of her volt charged hands together, sending out a small bubble of the energy all around her and knocking back Gizmo.

Gizmo flung back up, hovering in place and twiddling on his controller. He gestured his left shoulder forward, as if to throw a punch, and in place a holographic fist appeared and socked Star back while tazzing her. Starfire stood back her feet as Gizmo flew in closer, grabbing her with a claw made from his packs belt by the waist and tazzed her before pulling out a gun himself and shoots her back. Star was hurt but not defeated, uprooting another post and slamming it into Gizmo. She then dashed towards him taking hold of him, socking him twice in the gut with a volt charged fist before releasing that energy and sending him flying back.

"Be thankful it was me and not Cyborg who had beaten you this day."

Star then stumbles back as she feels a sudden and sharp shot hit her in the shoulder. She looks up and spots the reflection of a scope from the rooftops. Starfire flew to the side, dodging the next shot, then bolted upwards. Once she reached the rooftops, she found an all too familiar face, walking back and bolstering his sniper rifle on his back.

"Slade. Are you still pursuing your late sons contract?" Starfire asks

"There's still the job to do at the end of the day, Princess." Deathstroke answered while taking a fighting stance.

"Throwing your life away is an odd profession." Starfire retorts.

The fight begins between the two old rivals. Slade striking first with his automatic oozy holstered on his belt. Starfire blocks the barrage of bullets and retaliates with a volt. Slade is pushed back, landing near a rooftop attenna. He pulls the attenna free and swats Starfire with it before tossing it away. Star retaliates by taking hold of Slade and slamming his head into a nearby Air Condintioning Unit. Slade answers with an uppercut from his Pormethium steel sword followed by him leaping off of the AC unit, leaving a bomb strapped to it and blasting Starfire back with it.

Starfire gets back up and turns to face Deathstroke. She stuns him with her scatter shot and takes hold of him to sock him in the stomach with her volt fist twice before blasting him back. Slade leaps back up and stomps at a flock of pigeons, causing them to scatter towards Starfire and stun her. Deathstroke dashes by Starfire with his blade and then twists around to riddle Star with gunfire by dual wielding his Oozies. Starfire then takes a shot at the ground with her volt energy, shaking the floor under Slade and stunning him in place. She then flew over and preformed a divekick at his head, knocking Slade back.

Deathstroke gets back up, tossing his mask off. Starfire, while a few feet away from Slade, takes hold of another AC unit and toses it at him. Slade is knocked back and leaps back up but is unable to attack as Starfire got in close enough to preform her scatter shot attack and stun him in place. Star takes another shot at the ground, shaking Deathstroke in place and pining him to the edge of the building. She follows it up with an uppcut that sends Deathstroke flying.

Slade flies off of the rooftop and through three floors of other skyscrapers before bouncing off of a blimp advertising NetherRealm Studios and falling into the turbin closest to him. The turbin explodes and sends Deathstroke flying back down to the streets of Jump City where Starfire joins him.

"Nightwing would be proud." Starfire says.

She then turns as she hears an explosion go off. Mammoth and Beetle continue to fight. Mammoth charging at Beetle as he charges up another blast with his arm canons. The two forces collide, sending both combatants flying back. Starfire comes to aid her downed friend.

"Di-did we win?" Beetle asks as Starfire holds him.

Starfire then looks up as she hears someone clapping.

"Bravo Titans. Out with the old and in with the new and you still manage to put on quite the show." A white robbed figure with red boarders on his hood and sleeves says while clapping.

"Brother Blood, I thought you'd never show up." Starfire states while lowering Beetle to the ground and getting up for another fight.

"You and the new recruits would not be my first choice to follow through with the sacerfical ceremony." Blood explains while tilting his head up to reveal his yellow glowing eyes, wide grin and a pentagram shinning from the shadows that hide his forehead. "But I except all the same!"

The two begin their fight. Starfire strikes with her Starvolt but Blood blocks by summoning a field of fire that shields his upper front. Star changes things up by crouching and firing off another shot, hitting Bloods legs. He counters by waving his right arm up, leaving a trail of fire behind it, and summoning a firey fist construct to uppercut Starfire. Blood then claps his fired up hands together in a horizontal fashion, creating two constructs to clap Star in between them. Starfire gets back up and rolls a nearby car at Blood, running him over like it did Jinx. Star dashes over to Blood as he stands back up and socks him across the street, bouncing him back for three more square punches in the air. Blood breaks the combo by pressing his forearms together and letting out a grunt, summoning a small ring of fire to extend around him and push Starfire back. He follows it up by taking hold of Star and summoning a giant goat head made of fire over his, taking a literal bite out of her with vampiric effects before pushing her to the ground and wiping his mouth.

Star gets back up and twirls upwards, firing a short beam of volt energy from each hand as she does so, hitting Blood in the process. Starfire then leaps into the air and drops back down, breaking the floor with her charged up fists and sending a cutting blade across the street, like a wave but for a short distance. Blood rebounds preforms his phantom limb punching motion, where a firey fist forms near Starfire and strikes at her. But Star blocks it this time and retaliates with a volt, knocking Blood back.

Brother Blood levitates backup and powers up. His body being engulfed in flames as it starts to absorb the hits thrown at him. Seemingly still taking some damage as he kept grunting with each hit but did not show it. Once he got close enough to Starfire, he began to strike at her with his own hands, setting her ablaze with each swipe, jab and kick. It all ended when a phantom of him made from the fire leapt off of him and tackled Starfire, forcing her back. Star, desperate and in one last ditch effort, turned and punched into the building behind her, pulling out the wall and slamming Blood with a wave of debris.

"There will be no sacerfice today, Blood." Starfire informs him.

She then looked to the side as she heard a roar. Mammoth was back up and ready for a fight. Star was prepared to answer but was denied her clash as another bolted by her and tackled Mammoth. The force from the stranger shattered the windows of the buildings nearby and tossed cars up in the street. Starfire looked around as the chaos unfolded before her eyes then turned her attention ahead.

"Was wondering when you'd show up." Starfire smirked.

Infront of her, holding Mammoth upsidedown and by his ankle, Supergirl hovered in place.

"These four aren't the only members of the Hive, Kori." Supergirl jokingly answered back.

"No, but they certainly are the most persistent. Come, help me collect the others. Oh and Beetle."

"*Sigh* Still a rookie, is he?"

"As Beast Boy would say, totally."


A view of the scene as it appears in News Headlines and on a TV screen.

"Pause the image." A voice commands. "Gentlemen, this fight took place in between the time of three o' five to three fifteen today. It took only ten minutes for one Tamaranian fighting five genetically enhanced and enchanted humans of Earth to level an entire city block. Two months ago Braniac had single handidly brought the world to its knees and we were left to sit idly by as the vigilante, Batman, released the fallen Tyrant that we once called Superman. And I don't think I need to remind anyone else here of his reign. My only question being, how long? How long until the next Superman rises from these unchecked protectors of Earth? How long until Mister Wayne decides to play Warden slash Parol Officer of the universe's most powerful weapon again? How long will it take for you, the world's leaders, to see the solution does not lie within the eye of the beholder but in the OMAC initiative?" A room filled with the various governments of different nations sits and stares ahead.

"Very inspirational General, but what kind of man do you think is suitable to pull the trigger on such a totalitarian ideal?" One of the governmental heads asks.

"In times of war there is no room for compassion. It is only a time of necessary evil, a time where man is no longer civilized but a true... Savage." The General Vandal Savage answers.