(I do not own any of the TT or YJ characters. Everything belongs to DC and their perspective creators.)
Episode One
Go!
Jump City
7:06 pm
January 12, 2013
It's been three years since I left the Team and the Bat Family.
My name is Richard Grayson but you may know me as Robin aka the Boy Wonder aka Batman's sidekick.
Not anymore…
I was casually walking alone in Jump City as a civilian when I heard the police sirens wailing in the night. I turned to see what's going on and saw a man running to an alley with a sack.
Criminals…
I sighed. I rushed to the other alley and suit up as fast as I could. I took my jacket of revealing my Robin costume. I placed my new designed mask and new plain green gloves.
Who needs holo-gloves anyways?
I took my grappling hook and launched it to the roof tops. I rushed to the next roof and finally caught up with the man.
He stopped running and looked at the sack. I leaped across the building leaving my shadow to pass through the criminal.
Alerted, the man took a crowbar and moved back.
I threw one of my prototype birdarangs at the criminal who instinctively dropped the crowbar in surprise.
"I don't want trouble, okay?" He called out in the shadows.
He looked at the dark alley where I landed. Hordes of bats flew towards the man from the alley forcing him to drop the sack.
"You should have thought of that before you committed the crime." I said as I stepped into the light.
I ran toward the man and gave him a kick from mid air. He regained balance and tried to land punches on me. I easily blocked every hit until I countered with a punch and an attack with my knee. The blow pushed the man back.
Let's end this.
I ran to the wall and bounced over his shoulders. I grabbed him by the shoulders and slammed him to the ground and into the wall.
The man crumpled into the ground.
"Hey, this isn't your town!" He protested. "Aren't you supposed to be with-?"
I didn't let him finish. I know what he's about to say anyways.
"Just moved here," I cut through his sentence. "And from now on, I work alone."
Everyone thinks I'm still a sidekick… no, not anymore…
Before I could do anything else, I saw a line of bright green light pass through the sky and crash over the distance.
I returned my attention at the man and gave him a glare. I tied him fast as I could and dialed the cops. Then, I ran to search the crash site.
…
Another casual night a solo super hero turned complicated, now I have to fight an alien, I told myself. Just great…
By the time I reached the crash site, the being that crashed looked human. It was female. She wore weird looking dark clothes and her hands were cuffed by strange unearthly metal braces. Her eyes were glowing green orbs of light like the energy that flew through the sky earlier. And she was… I don't know, fighting the Pizza place? And what's she saying?
I have no idea. I wish Miss Martian was here. She could easily use her powers and translate whatever the girl was saying in a flash.
I shook my head.
I don't need the Team, I can do this alone.
I looked at the building and saw people stranded to it. She slammed her cuffed hands again at the Pizza place destroying the platform, outbalancing the civilians stranded on it.
"Okay, I don't wanna hurt a girl," I muttered to myself. "But this is necessary."
Before she could land another blow on the post, I threw a batarang at her face. The projectile bounced off from the strange metal headgear she wore.
She turned to me with a scowl fixed on her face.
I stood on top of an abandoned vehicle and struck her a fighting stance.
"Who are you?" I asked.
Instead of a response, she leaped and tried to land a smashing attack with her metal cuffs. I dodged out of the way making her hit the car instead. She tried another attack but I rolled away just in time to avoid her. She charged again but I ducked and jumped away in time to avoid her. She lashed out a few attacks but I automatically evade every single one of them. She tried to smash me again but I jumped out of her way and threw an explosive disk at her.
The smoke dissipated revealing her unharmed.
"Huh?" I tilted my head.
With her foot, she lifted the car next to her and gave it a kick, launching it towards me.
I lay on the ground to avoid the flying car. The vehicle flew past me and embedded itself on the building with an explosion behind me.
I stood up and observed the damage.
"Hmmm," I said. "Stronger than she looks."
I looked back at her only to get hit by her cuffs. The blow launched me back to the Pizza place.
"Damn, new bruises…" I muttered. "There goes the recovery from Deathstroke…"
I tried to stand up again and saw the girl jump to smash me again. I moved quickly out of the way and took a small cylinder. The cylinder expanded until its size grew into a staff.
Just like Deathstroke's.
I don't know why but the encounter with the assassin gave me enough time to plan counter moves and make counter weapons. The staff was still a prototype but screw it.
I jumped to deliver her a hit, launching her to a parked car.
Prototype or no, it works. The staff shattered. Okay, I'll modify it soon enough…
The girl stood from the car and made a crack sound in her neck. She smiled at me.
"Sota." She said and jumped for another attack.
I poised for another attack. Out f nowhere, a green mountain goat—or something—rammed the girl.
"What the—?"
The goat morphed into a green skinned boy wearing a purple-black uniform equipped with a somewhat goofy mask. His uniform was kinda familiar though…
"Ex Doom Patrol member Beastboy, sir," He said with his hand on salute. "How can I help—?"
His eyes widened.
"Wowzers," He said. "You're Robin, aren't you, sir?"
He returned to his salute pose.
"Well, you could start by not calling me: sir." I said. Is he really from the Doom Patrol? From what I heard, the Doom Patrol was strict and serious. This boy is… kinda… ridiculous.
Beastboy smiled with his eyes shining in I don't know… excitement, perhaps?
"Well, let me just say that it's a real honor to—" He started.
"Beastboy, was it?" I interrupted.
"Yes, sir?" He asked, still on salute.
I casually pointed my finger at the girl who began lifting a bus. With a heave, she threw the long vehicle at me and Beastboy. The two of us moved out of the way, sending the bus forward.
Instead of exploding, the bus was stopped. Someone stopped the bus.
Out of the smoke, a guy emerged. He was tall and big that's for sure. He wore a grey jacket paired with black jeans and dark gloves. The jacket's hoodie was pulled over his head covering his face. What confused me was his left eye. It was red and glowing.
"Yo!" He yelled in an angry tone. "Who's here, messing up my neighborhood?"
"She started it!" Beastboy said pointing a finger at the girl.
Okay, it's confirmed. Beastboy is ridiculous… he must be a Doom Patrol rookie…
The girl strode forward and slammed her cuffs on the concrete road. The earth shook… literally…
I looked at the girl: her cuffs' outer shell was opened but everything still seemed intact. She aimed her arms and her and glowed green with energy.
Not good…
The girl released the energy in the form of spheres at us. The hooded guy, Beastboy and I dodged out of the way in time the blasts exploded right where we were standing.
The smoke cleared giving me a chance to launch a surprise attack… but this time, I'm not alone. I took the left side, while Beastboy took the center leaving the guy taking right side.
I ran towards the girl, carefully avoiding the green energy fired at us. I looked at the mysterious guy with the jacket: he was calm and tough, as expected. Beastboy on the other hand… was having trouble with the blasts.
As we got closer, the green energy became feral; hitting random targets. Soon, the place was in total chaos. The three of us ran towards the bus the girl tried to throw at me and took cover.
The firing stopped.
I took a quick look and saw her collapse in exhaustion. I turned to my fellow fighters. The three of us were tired and gasping for air.
"The name's Victor Stone by the way," The hooded guy said between his breaths. "And I'm guessing you guys are heroes."
"Gee, you're guessing?" Beastboy heaved a sigh.
"Girl's gonna wreck the whole city." Victor continued, ignoring Beastboy.
"I won't let her…" I said. I won't fail this time… "I won't lose this fight."
I rushed out of cover followed by Victor and Beastboy. It was only a few steps away from the girl when a dark wall of energy shaped like a raven blocked our path.
Dark energy…
"Maybe, fighting isn't the answer." A voice said behind us. I turned and saw a girl wearing some kind of ancient blue robes with a hood.
Her purple eyes sparkled mysteriously.
Who is this girl?
The wall of energy dissipated. I turned my attention back to the 'alien' girl who nearly killed me multiple times.
She was still stunned on the ground with her hands smoking.
"Stand down," I ordered Victor and Beastboy.
I could hear the former Doom Patrol member raise another salute.
"What, do you think you're the boss or something?" Victor protested.
I don't want to be a boss or a leader… I wanted to yell back.
"Just give me a chance." I answered.
Victor lowered his stance. I walked towards the girl, cautiously with a plan to help her instead of fighting her.
As I got close, the girl stood and aimed her arms for another shot. I backed way in surprise. She began to speak her language, possibly telling me to 'back off'.
"Easy," I reasoned with my arms poised harmless. "My name is Robin and I don't want to hurt you. I just wanna help."
I reached for my utility belt and pulled out a lock picker.
The girl yelled something with her language again.
"It's okay," I showed her the lock picker. "Look."
The girl's scowl didn't leave her face. I smiled to show her I'm not an enemy. It's been a long time since I smiled. I think the last time I did smile was when Wally tried to impress is girlfriend Artemis by vibrating his molecules and got stuck in the wall.
That happened before the night I faced Deathstroke. It was the last time I interacted with the Team.
Kaldur, Wally, Conner, Megan, Artemis, Raquel and Zatanna… I admit, I miss Billy, Black Canary and Red Tornado too.
… I also miss Alfred…
I pushed those thoughts aside and moved closer. I lowered her arm and began unlocking the cuffs. Te glow in her eyes died reveling… well, not glowing green eyes, that is.
The cuffs fell to the ground with a loud clank. The girl rubbed her wrists. Her expression was still blank, though.
"There," I said. "Now, maybe we can be—"
My words we cut as the girl pulled me into a kiss.
WTF!? I yelled inside my mind.
After a few seconds, she pushed me to the ground.
"If you wish not to be destroyed," She threatened. "You will leave me alone!"
With that, she flew away.
I sat there, confused.
What in the name of Superman's underwear was that?
"So," Beastboy said behind me. He was obviously referring to the girl wearing dark blue robes. "I'm Beastboy, who are you?"
*Well, gotta end this episode right there. Sorry if the fight scenes are still rusty and if you noticed wrong grammar sentences and wrong info (like Rocket's real name. Was it Raquel?) Please tell me right away so I may fix it.*
*I added a few scenes and dialogues if you're confused.*
*Next episode: Go! Part II – The alien girl caused trouble in the city alright but another alien race is actually trying to capture her. Robin has decided to lead the group of young heroes to fight the invaders and help the girl thus leading him to form the Teen Titans.*
(I do not own any of the TT or YJ characters. Everything belongs to DC and their perspective creators.)
