Here I am, with a new chapter ready to update. I know this chapter was a little longer, but I had to get the details going on what I'm supposed to do. I hope you all will enjoy this as much as I did writing it. But before we start, let's start with some news on the last chapter. Sadly I didn't have any reviews for the last chapter, but it appears I got 13 hits. So the story could be getting a little slow since there's no action, yet. Let's hope this chapter gets their attention. LM made it back to Titans Tower and now wanted to get some rest. But Robin isn't as happy as Jackson was. What is he going to say about what happened?
Chapter Notes
The Teen Titans are going to make an official appearance in this chapter. I was supposed to put them in the last chapter, but I had made some last minute thoughts before doing that. So here you go. Also on this chapter, I'm going to put each of the Titans biography on this chapter. Now we all know how the Titans got together in the episode 'Go!' and the Beast Boy and Cyborg origins comic book on the last issue, but this is my version on how the team got together. This also includes the second Robin's history from the original Batman series. Sorry if I had to do it like this, but I've been typing these stories down since 2004. No hard feelings.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or the Matrix
Chapter Three: Meet the Titans
On an interstate freeway in a wooded area, a damaged GTO was driving down it to reach Jump City. Inside the car, LM was driving by, sighing at the fact that he was able to dodge one bullet from Jackson. But now another bullet will be struck, and this time it's going to be from Robin, the Titan leader. He knows that Robin is a little concern about all these solo missions he always takes. And sometimes it always involves getting hurt, in an accident, or probably a near death experience. He hopes that the Boy Wonder would be in a good mood, cause if he isn't; it's not going to be pretty.
After an hour and a half of driving, LM had entered the bridge to Jump City. From there, he spotted the first thing any civilian and tourist sees, Titans Tower. The tower is a big building shaped like a T on top of an island, and it's home to Jump City's finest heroes, the Teen Titans. There's Cyborg, a half human, half robot hybrid who is intelligent yet strong at the same time that has multiple weapons within his armor. Starfire, an orange skin, red hair alien from the plant Tamaran who can fly through the air, is incredibly strong, and can fire green star bolts and eye beams at her enemies. Beast Boy, a green changeling who can change into any animal, including extinct ones. Raven, a mysterious telepath from Azarath who can levitate in the air, and has dark obsidian energy to lift various objects and throw them, bend any type of surface, and shoot it at her opponents. Terra, a blonde rock and roller that have the ability to move all that is rock. And Robin, former sidekick to Batman is a bold leader and never gives up without a fight.
And what about LM? Well let's just say he became an honorary member by accident. It happened months ago when word got out Merovingian was working with Slade to build the Alterer, a weapon capable of changing the entire Matrix. It was LM's mission to stop them and destroy the Alterer before it was too late. But there was one problem. He had to work with the Teen Titans, a group that has a connection with Slade. He didn't like that option because the last time he met the team, he defeated them himself. But at the same time, he saves Robin from getting run over by a subway train. He tried to protest against this, but it was a direct order from the council of Zion and he had no choice in the matter. When they all meet, they were a little on ease with each other. But slowly and surely, they managed to work together and stopped the two egomaniacs from taking over the Matrix. LM thought it was all over. That was until he got a surprising turn of events. Days later, he got a shocker that after helping the Titans from saving the world, he became an honorary member.
For one thing, he didn't see it coming, but on the other hand he was glad to be a part of the team then against it. And so far he was able to save the Titans on a number of occasions. But he yearns for a chance of some real action in the occasional months. Of course since he's one of the good guys now, Agent Jackson calls him up once in a while to help the feds out on some programs that has gone rouge. But the problem from it is that the Titans would be worried about him going on these missions on his own. Even Robin was concerned about these solo assignment LM keeps on getting. And after every mission, the leader keeps on bitching about his reluctant actions on these things and explain to him what the true meaning of being a hero is all about. Boy that's exciting… After thinking all this through, the rebel Titan sighed once more as he sped his car straight to the Tower, getting ready for what might be another earful.
Inside the garage of Titans Tower, Cyborg was tuning up the T-Car's engine to give it more speed. While he was doing that, the huge garage door's lock started to turn and the door itself opened up to let a vehicle in. Cyborg peeked through the hood of the car to see what's coming in, only to see a heavily damaged Pontiac GTO coming into the garage. Upon seeing that, Cy couldn't believe what he saw.
Cyborg: "Oh man…. You got to be kidding me!"
He left his open hooded car and approached the GTO that came to a stop. Once it was on park, LM got out of the driver seat and stretched himself after sitting for an hour and a half, while Cy looked at the extent of the damage.
Cyborg: "What have you done to the ride man? It's a complete wreck!"
He looked at the hybrid and rolled his eyes around.
LM: "Sorry Cy, but there had been a few complications on my last mission."
Cyborg: "A few complications? It looks like you took it to a demolition derby or something. The front end is thrashed, the headlights are busted, the windshield has multiple bullet holes on it, you're missing a left review mirror, and you got skid marks on the sides. What were you doing?"
The rebel just played it cool and told him what happened.
LM: "Let's just say I had to chase a few thugs through the streets."
Cyborg: "Chase a few thugs? I thought you were infiltrating a ship."
LM: "I was. Until a certain gang decided to make a quick getaway. So I had no choice but to chase them before they leave the city."
Cyborg: "Did you really have to take this car to chase them instead of something else? I mean it would've been much more easier to fix then this. Do you know how hard it is to find parts for this?"
LM: "Well at least we got E-Bay. So what happened to this city while I was away."
Cyborg, getting his attention away from the damaged car, looked at LM and explained to him what he missed.
Cyborg: "Well, it wasn't anything exciting. Ding Dong Daddy broke in to the car museum and took a 1957 Chevy muscle car. But we've managed to stop him before he got away. That muscle car was fast, but it didn't have a chance against my baby."
He then showed LM his T-Car and was proud about it. LM on the other hand, rolled his eyes around once more and sighed. Cy always has a thing for his car, since he and it are the same. In fact, he always has a connection with everything he builds. All of his inventions he created are a part of him cause they all came from the same technology as Cyborg's. Guess he spent most of his time in his room, coming up with some clever gadgets for his teammates.
LM: "Yes, I know… Your T-Car is extremely fast then any car in the state. But not as fast as my car."
Cyborg: "That maybe true. But as least my car doesn't destroy everything in sight."
LM chuckled at that thought how bad it would be if he used his weapons attached to his car to destroy a priceless muscle car.
LM: "Touché…"
Though Cy is a genius and a key element to the team, he wasn't like that in the past. Before he became a Titan, he used to be an average teenager. Though he was normal, he was the most popular person in school. In the fields, he was a known athlete and won medals for weight lifting, track and field, high jump, whatever sport he takes, he accomplishes. In the classroom, he was an intelligent young man. He got straight As and A+'s on any subject from Algebra to English, Science to History. He even takes tutoring to teach students who are struggling on the problems they have. He was hoping to go to Harvard after he graduates and follow in his father's footsteps as a scientist. But that was all about to change.
One day, he and his mother went to Star Labs to visit his father, where he's working on teleportation. While they were doing the first demonstration, something came out of it, something dangerous. A strange symbiont monster came out of the portal, broke through the observation window, and start attacking what it saw first. And the first victim was Cyborg. It started eating his outer skin and was going to kill him. But just as it was about to finish the job, Cy's mother tried to get it off of him. She did succeed but the thing got off of him and attacked the mom instead. She tried to get it off of her but the strange creature continued to eat her alive. So the father decided to stop this at once by reversing the process of the portal and sucked the symbiont creature back in the dimension it was in, closing the portal when it was gone. He was successful getting rid of that thing, but when he saw the two bodies that use to be Cyborg and his mother, he had made the biggest mistake in his life.
Though it was too late for him to save his wife, his son was still alive and had to act fast before he looses him too. For not only did he created the teleporter that started the mess, he also created an exoskeleton battle armor with some high tech weapons and gadgets. Though it was meant for military purposes, he had to save Cyborg fast and went to work. After long agonizing hours of putting the armor together and lacing up his nervous system into the mainframe, Cy's father managed to save his son from dieing. But when Cyborg looked up, the end result was completely different. When he looked at his new body, he was completely shocked and freaked out over it. Not only that, but his father told him what happened to his mom and was sadden by it. Cy's sadness turned into pure anger and blamed it all on his father for both the death of his mother and turning him into this android abomination.
Days later, he ran away from home and headed to Jump City to start a new life. But when you're a hybrid that's half human half metal, things could get a little complicated. That was when he met Robin and Beast Boy when they were fighting a rocky monster named Cinderblock. They were on the verge of defeat until Cy charged in, blasted the thing with his sonic cannon, and beat it at his game. When the two teammates were pleased at Cyborg's success, they made him part of the team, became friends, and started the Teen Titans. LM certainly respected Cy for all the things he did for the team and was proud to be working with him. It was Cyborg that gave him the Pontiac GTO that was loaded with weapons and gave him a few technological gizmos for some of his missions. But sometimes when the rebel always comes from those adventures and missions, he always have Cy's gadgets broken and the car trashed, which makes Cy's work a lot harder. Either way you put it, LM always looked up to Cy like an older brother, despite they're at the same age.
Cyborg: "Also, Robin wants to talk to you when you come back. He says he wants to see you once you enter the Tower."
LM lifted his head up and gave out a desperate sigh, knowing that was going to happen."
LM: "Where is he?"
Cyborg: "He's up in the commons room."
LM: "Thanks."
He then walked away from both the cars and the hybrid and exited the garage. When the rebel Titan was gone, Cyborg looks at the GTO and rubbed the back part of his metallic head.
Cyborg: "This is going to be a long night…"
While Cy was busy trying to figure out how to fix the car up, LM was in the elevator, taking him up to the top floor where the common room is. While he was waiting to reach the top floor, he sticks his hand into his jacket pocket and took out the playing card the dead Skull leader had. Looking at this strange skull card, the Titan was concerned whom this terrorist organization Merovingian's working with. Well whoever, or whatever it is, they like to keep themselves completely discrete.
He knows Merovingian is a dangerous program and won't stop at nothing to get what he wants. And when you have a person that has power, there's only one thing they would need, more power. He tried to take over the Matrix on his own twice. One by destroying a metal factory in Steel City, and another by releasing a virus that would turn people into zombified slaves. But thanks to LM and his old team, Last Hope, they foiled his plans and shut down his operations once and for all. Then the Frenchman decided to join forces with some as egomaniacal as him. When he chooses Slade and created the Alterer, he thought he was going to succeed. But thanks to LM and the Teen Titans, the Alterer was destroyed and their plans were up in smoke.
Sure it was easy to stop Merovingian from ruling the Matrix, with or without any help. But joining forces with this terrorist organization seems to be a desperate attempt to get what he wants. And what this organization is, they've certainly had a way in planning. Having high-tech machines and computers from different companies stolen from 2nd rate gangs, the illegal trade in isolate locations, killing eyewitnesses that know about this group, it all seems too complex even for Merovingian. It's like this group is pretty smart to cover up their trail. What is this group that want to hide themselves so much? LM took one last look at the card and placed it back into his pocket. He then thought to send the card to Zion's imaging department to find out who this terrorist organization is, right after he confronts Robin.
After what was a while, the elevator made it to the top floor as the doors opened sideways. After that, LM walked through the doors and walked down the long hallway that would take him to the common room. While walking, the rebel thought of what Robin might say next, being that he has his words of wisdom with him all the time. Just before he was going to figure out what would happen, his train of thought was interrupted by some laughing. He turned his head to the right to see a door that's labeled, "Terra". He went close to the door and placed his ear to the surface to hear what the sound of the laughing is. From what he heard, there were the voices of Terra and Beast Boy. And by the sound of it, Beast Boy must be making new jokes to her, and lame ones at that.
Beast Boy: "Wait, wait… I got one more for you. How many Starfires do you need to fix a light ball?"
Terra, who was still chuckling from the last joke, gave up and wants to know the answer.
Terra: "I don't know. What?"
Beast Boy: "None! Cause Star is an alien light bulb after all!"
The two then laughed at the joke, thinking it was funny. But on the other side, LM shook his head and snickered, knowing this is another lame joke from the green changeling.
From what he could understand about Beast Boy, he wasn't always green. He used to be a normal kid until something happened. When he was between six or seven, he had a family that were zoologists, studying animals that would be in the endangered species list and figuring out ways to prevent them. They always go to these exotic places from Africa, to South America, Asia to Antarctica to see these wonderful creatures, so they never come home much. One day in the jungles of Nigeria, BB's parents were doing research on a typical panther they were searching for. While they were doing that, little Beast Boy wondered off the campground to do a little exploration of his own. And for a boy his age, he was a little curious at the animals he saw. During his search, he spotted a strange green monkey he never seen before. But his curiosity got the best of him, as the monkey leapt off the tree, landed on the human BB and bit him right on the arm. He screamed so loud from the pain that his parents heard him and raced to the rescue.
When they had gotten rid of the creature, they brought Beast Boy back to the camp and examined the damage that was done. What they discovered was that their son was infected with the Sakutia virus, a rare and deadly disease that only animals are immune to. In order to save their son from dieing, they perfected a cocktail shot that is made to make the bond between human and animal DNA. Though they never tested it before, they had no choice but to inject it into BB immediately. A day later, they were able to cure him, but as a side effect, his skin, hair, and eyes were turned green, his ears pointy, and a fang was sticking out of his mouth. Though the side effects were a little permanent, they managed to save their son.
One day, while Beast Boy was still recuperating from his experience, his mother was attacked by a black snake. BB didn't want to get involved with another animal, but something told him to fight it and save his mom. With instinct kicking in, he headed to the attacker and oddly enough, turned into a Mongoose to fend the snake away. When the snake was gone, BB's mothers was shocked to see his son turning into another animal and told his husband. He did a couple of tests on his son and came to the conclusion by giving him the antidote, altered his DNA and made it unstable. Meaning, any animal he pictures, he turned into that animal, even if it's extinct. Kinda like a defense mechanism incase he gets into trouble. They were going to get through further examination to see if they could reverse the effect. But the next day, Beast Boy's parents died in a boating accident.
BB was saddened by their deaths and didn't know what to do with his life. That was until the chief of a tribe took him in, since he was a friend with his parents. There he trained him on how to control his powers. After his training, he later joined the Doom Patrol and fought against a vicious enemy they faced. But after years of following orders with the Patrol's leader, he left the group and headed to Jump City where he would do some solo work. Of course that's when he met up with Robin and began forming a team with Cyborg to become the Titans.
Now to everyone in the team, the changeling is a little annoyance and always known as a Looney part of the family. But to LM, Beast Boy is like a little brother, a green pointy ear, fanged tooth little brother. In a battle, he always changed to different animals to protect himself and his friends. But when it comes to living in the tower, he's always such an annoyance to his teammates. From telling the lamest of jokes to pulling the dumbest of pranks, he always comes up with ways to piss everyone off. LM remembered the pranks BB pulled on him. Like the time all of his weapons were super glued to the racks, or perhaps it was when a cannon was at his door and it fired blue paint at the rebel, or maybe it was when all his tires from his GTO were missing and the car was being held up with bricks. Course LM forgives the changeling for what he done in the past. But if the rebel Titan wants to prank him, he would call either Ryan Dunn from Homewrecker or Ashton Kutcher from Punk'd to make his life a living hell. Oh that will be fun.
Now for Terra, she is what some people would call a free spirit. Sure she has to power to move Earth, but her powers were once unstable for her. Of course she can now control it, but back in the past was a whole different story. She always goes through town to town just to help people, but every time her powers go on the fritz it's the exact opposite. From earthquakes to mudslides, avalanches to cave ins, she had cause so much trouble. All she wanted to do is to control her powers but she didn't know whom to trust. Then she met up with the Teen Titans and they took her in. Plus she made a crush with a certain changeling. She thought of keeping her unstable powers a secret so that the team won't notice anything suspicious, even telling Beast Boy to keep her secret safe. But when the team realized that Terra's powers were out of control and tried to help her, she thought Beast Boy told them, freaked out, and ran away.
Two weeks later, she did return to the Tower and told them she controlled her powers, thus making her an official member of the Teen Titans. But what they didn't know was that she was working for Slade and was spying on them to discover their weaknesses and flaws. She even gave Slade their security clearances to easily entered the tower and attacked the team from the inside out. When they found out it was Terra who gave Slade everything he ever wanted, they were both shocked and angered about it.
Another week later, Terra attacked the Titans and one by one, she had single handedly destroyed the Titans and she and Slade took over the city. But mysteriously, the Titans returned and fought back with pure vengeance against the apprentice. Of course when they did, they found out that Slade was controlling Terra's body and used it as a weapon, like a puppet on strings. It was then that Beast Boy went alone and tried to stop Terra and told her to make her choice on who side she's on. Terra then made a decision and defeated Slade herself. But in the process, she used so much power that she had triggered a volcano eruption that would wipe out the entire city. The Titans knew they had no choice in stopping it so they retreated. But Terra decided to stay put and do what was right for once. She used all of her power to seal up the volcano before it exploded. But at the end result, turned herself into stone.
They thought that Terra was gone forever, but they then discovered that she was still alive beneath the stone. When they went to the planet of Pusionwatu and retrieved the Kipuzoth acid, they headed back to Earth and reawakened their true friend. When they did that, they gave her a second chance, made her a Titan once again, and she was reunited with the changeling. LM knew that she not only had a hero record, but also a criminal record. And though she had confessed about her actions at Jump City's court of law, she apologized for her wrongdoings and there was little punishment against her. Though some civilians think she should go to jail for the rest of her life, there were others who believed heroes come from many path, including the ones that made her evil in the first place. And there were also rumors that Beast Boy and Terra are dating and could be in love. But from what LM could understand that they're just friends. That made him smirk a bit knowing that that part is nearly true.
Ignoring the joke, LM continued to walk straight to the Commons Room where Robin should be. When he was at an intersecting hallway that goes four different ways, he bumped into someone. That someone is Starfire. She was wearing some kind of light purple sunhat and was holding Silkie, the Titans pet worm, in her arms. When she saw the rebel Titan in front of her, she kindly greeted him like she greeted everyone one.
Starfire: "Oh hello friend LM and welcome back! How was your mission?"
LM just looked at Star and answered.
LM: "It was all right Star. Enjoyed the sights, love the sounds, beat up a bunch people, you know the usual."
Starfire: "So you accomplished your mission, correct?"
LM: "You could say that. Though I had a bit of trouble on the way. I also heard that Robin is looking for me."
Starfire: "Yes, he's waiting for you at the main living area of the Tower. He said something about you going on these solo missions."
LM sighed when he heard that and shook his head.
LM: "Should've guessed. Thought he was going to say it. Well I better get going."
LM then noticed Silkie with a purple collar on its neck and a leash attached to it. Feeling a little confused, he looked at Starfire and asked her something.
LM: "Um… What are you doing with Silkie?"
Starfire: "Oh… I'm just taking Silkie out for a walk."
LM quickly checks his watch to see the time and noticed it was 11:45 P.M.
LM: "You're walking Silkie this late? It's almost freakin' midnight!"
Starfire: "Well I thought that the night time air and atmosphere would be perfect for Silkie. Isn't that right my little bumgorf?"
Silkie laughed a gurgling laugh and wiggled its tiny legs around. LM just lifted his eyes in the back of his head and sighed depressfully. Starfire was fully unaware about walking pets past ten or the fact that no one ever had a pet that's a mutant worm created by Killer Moth. But that's what made her special, she's so naive and confused about any of the customs here on Earth. I mean, why shouldn't she be, she is of course an alien from another planet.
Starfire was born and raised on Tamaran, a unique planet from a solar system far away from Earth. She is a princess and is second in line for the thrown, meaning that when her time has come, she has to become queen of Tamaran. Her mother and father were the king and queen of Tamaran, but they died on a ship by the Gordarians while on the way to a peace treaty. The only living relatives she has in her life were her knorfka, or nanny in English, Galfore and her big sister Blackfire. But unfortunately, her big sister is so jealous of Star that she tried everything to get rid of her, even fight her. It's like sibling rivalry except they truly hate each other.
How she met the Titans was a bit of like how she met her first love. It was her seventeenth birthday and when Tamaranean teenager turns seventeen, he or she must pick a planet they would go to and learn about their customs and history. Starfire picked Earth because there were a lot of amazing things she never knew about and had so many wonderful sights and sounds. So when she turned seventeen, she flew to Earth and began learning about Earth's customs. Though one small snag on the trip is that she doesn't know where to begin and she doesn't speak Earth's language. But that was when she would meet someone that would change her life.
One night in Jump City, she was surrounded by a group of thugs that want to hurt her. Just when she thought she would never get out of this, a strange boy appeared and attacked the gang, saving her from getting into any harm. It was surprising for her to see someone she never knew save her, but she was pleased at that. But what was odd was this savior was dress in a colorful costume and a mask over his eyes. It was obvious that the person that save her was none other then Robin. She wanted to thank him for the rescue but couldn't cause she speaks a foreign language he would never know. So she came up with a way to talk to him. So awkwardly enough, she slowly approached Robin and kissed him on the lips. That action kind of freaked Rob out a little, but when Starfire said thank you in English, they become friends the moment they met and she became a member of the Teen Titans.
Now Starfire is a whole lot different then the rest of her teammates. Being new to Earth, she kind of get confused with some of the customs they have and gets difficult to adjust to it all. But she managed and got use to the planet's tradition in the next few days. Though she made friends with the other Titans, she made a special friend with Robin, since he's the one she first met. But for some strange reason, people think of them as something else. Tabloids, underground chat rooms, and gossip folk consider both Star and Rob as a boyfriend and girlfriend. But Robin always tells them that there nothing but friends. Of course, that's not what LM would think.
Starfire: "I better go, Silkie's getting a little bored."
Star started to walk away but before she leaves the scene, she looks back at LM and said something else.
Starfire: "Good luck friend. I hope Robin wouldn't do the yelling at your face."
That made LM cringe a little, but he shook it off before he could ever think about it.
LM: "Thanks Star, now I feel much better."
Starfire: "I welcome you."
She then walked down to hallway to reach the elevator and head out for Silkie's late walk. While she was doing that, LM walked in a different direction to reach the common area, hoping Robin doesn't yell at him. While he was walking, he passed a room he would never go to. That room is Raven's room. When he approached it, he heard Raven's voice chanting, probably in meditation. The rebel placed his ear on the door and heard Raven saying those same words she always says all day.
Raven: "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos… Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos…"
LM just couldn't help but to feel sorry for Rae. But she's not like anyone in the Tower. She's very secluded to herself and doesn't come out much. And all she does in the tower is either meditating, drink her herbal tea, or read her musty books. And even if she does want to go out, she could either go to a local bookstore or her favorite depressing café. Not only that, but she's always a little secretive to herself, never telling anyone about her past. But there were something's the team knows about her.
For instance, she was born and raised in a place called Azarath, an alternate dimension where they have their own religion and worship their own god. She was trained by the monks and taught how to control her powers and her emotions that fuel those powers ever since she was born with it. Like if she gets too happy, too sad, or too mad, she will loose control of her powers and blows up a car, demolish a building, or maybe destroy the entire world. And that would suck as far as LM or the rest of the Titans know.
But what the team didn't know was her true roots. She never really talks about her mother or farther, and her private life is pretty much a secret. But the team didn't care about it. All that matters is that she's on their side and using her powers for good instead of evil.
How she join the team was a little odd. Back then, the Titans were once three members, and that was Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy. They were on a mission taking on Overload and they were having a hard time defeating him. Suddenly, a couple of fire hydrants exploded and the gusher of water was covered in some strange black energy and was controlled to the direction where the electronic monster was. When it was fizzles into just a chip, the team wondered where the help came from. Then one day, they were in a café to get something to eat when they spotted a girl that looked like she was in a pool for too long. Her skin was as pale as a ghost, her eyes were a light purplish color, and her hair was a darker shade of purple. But what she did was something they never expect would happen. Somehow, she forgot the sugar for the coffee and saw it on top of the counter. When she looked around to see no one watching, she lifted her hand up and it was covered with the same black magic that covered the fire hydrants and water. Within seconds, the container of sugar packs lifted off the table and levitated straight to the girl's hand. When they saw it, the team realized that this person was the one that saved their lives.
After seeing that, they tried to pinpoint and search for the address to wear she lives. Turns out, they found her in an apartment complex in the urban area of the city. When they found Raven, they heard that when she was ten, she left her home dimension cause it was invaded by a dangerous force and she have to leave due to her heritage. She was teleported to Jump City, and later, she was spotted by nuns and took her to an orphanage. When she turned fifteen, she left the orphanage cause no one would adopt her cause of the way she looks and the powers she had. She had bought an apartment from the money she kept and got a job at the café to pay for the rent.
The boys wanted her to join them in the Titans and make her part of the team. She was a little hesitant at first, since she had the dark past that wouldn't change anything. But she thought that maybe if she join this team, she won't be afraid of her blood heritage and she could do as much good with the team then alone. So after giving this some thought, she said yes and joined the Teen Titans. After joining the team, Raven had been quite a big help for the team in a number of occasions and made some friends with them. She even made a best friend of Starfire right after their bodies were switched by the Puppet King. Though she made great friends with the Titans, she never had a date in her life. In Rae's point of view, she doesn't do love. But somewhere inside that cold emotionless body, she has a true love she couldn't say. Wonder who that someone be?
LM thought about it for a second, wondering who this mystery boy could be. But he decided to leave that behind cause if he does, Raven would read his mind and get pissed at him. So he starts walking away from Raven's door and headed to the Commons. After a couple of minutes of walking, he approached the two metal doors that will take him to the living area. He was about to reach it until LM stopped and thought about something. He wondered what would Robin say after the mission he had back at Metro. After all that, he took a deep breath and made the decision.
LM: "Oh what the hell… Might as well get over with it."
He slowly approached the doors, as the doors automatically opened to gain him entrance. When he entered, he looked around the commons room to see where Robin was. He turned his head to the right to see if he's in the kitchen, but he wasn't there. He looked to the left at the seating area where and he wasn't there either. So he looked straight to see the control room where a big screen T.V. that is also a window was there. That's when he spotted someone with spiky hair in the middle chair of the room. He now knows that the person sitting there was none other then the Titan leader, Robin. He slowly walked straight to the control room, hoping Robin won't notice. But when he approached the control room…
Robin: "What took you so long?"
He stopped when he heard Robin's voice and was surprised at the response. The leader swiveled the chair around and stared face to face with LM.
Robin: "You had me all worried all of a sudden."
LM sighed as he tried to figure out a way to reason with him. He knows that Robin is a strict and dominant leader. Not to mention he is a good fighter, so the rebel can't fight it over. But he is the leader of the Teen Titans of course and didn't want to keep all this by himself. But he wasn't like this all the time.
Robin was just a little kid named Tim Drake living in the streets of Gotham City. He never has a mother, nor he barely remembers having one. The only family he had was his father and he was a criminal, stealing money and surviving to support his only son. Sometimes, the future Boy Wonder always gets into trouble by picking fights with punks and gangs just to survive by himself. But one day when he was outnumbered by a group of thugs, he was saved by an unknown vigilantly. He wasn't aware who saved him until he saw the person's shadow coming out. What he saw was big muscular figure with a mask with two pointed like ears, a long black cape, and black bat logo on his chest. That was when Drake realized that this person was none other then the dark knight himself, Batman.
A few days later, Tim wanted to thank Batman but couldn't, being he is a little shy about meeting a hero like him. But that was when his father got involved in a ruthless criminal known as Two Face. He didn't know what to do until he knows one person he could stop a crazy madman. And that person is none other then Batman. So after a while in searching, the future Boy Wonder founded the Dark Knight and told him about the situation. After a few moments in convincing him, Batman agreed and came to rescue Tim's father. Though he was trying his best in stopping Two-Face, he was outnumbered by a group of thugs that works for him. He thought he wasn't going to rescue Tim's dad, that was until Drake came out of nowhere with a strikingly colorful costume and a whole new attitude, becoming the new Robin. Together, they managed to take down all the thugs, taken out Two Face, and saved the Boy Wonder's father from certain life and death.
Though they were able to save Rob's father, the cops had no choice but to arrest him for robbery and assault charges. Though Robin was sadden about this, his father told him not to feel bad. That his son must follow the path that he has chosen. When the police took him to jail, Batman decided to take him in and make him his new sidekick since the old Robin, Dick Grayson, decided to go solo. Thus making him the new sidekick to help the Dark Knight on any situation.
Robin been spending a couple of years with Batman, learning to defend himself and been showed the ways of crime fighting. He even has to keep the Bat's identity, which is of course Bruce Wayne, a secret. But after all those years of being with him, the Boy Wonder decided to go solo as well and left with the Dark Knight's permission to be a real hero. He took a trip to Jump City where it too was infested with crime and no hero was around to stop it.
When he arrived at the city, it was a little easy at first, with a few robberies and car hijackings and what not. But as the criminals get tougher and more violent, he realizes that he can't stop them on his own. One day, when being outmatched by a dangerous thug named Johnny Rancid, he was saved by a green changeling known as Beast Boy. After the rescue, they were able to stop Johnny and soon enough, the Boy Wonder had a partner. A few days later, the two were under attack by a monstrous piece of rock called Cinderblock. Even with the two working together, they wouldn't stand a chance against a big piece of moving rock. But that was when Cyborg came into the picture and rescued them from certain doom. Moments later, they made the hybrid part of the team and when they gathered both Raven and Starfire, they formed a group of teenage vigilantes called the Teen Titans.
Since Robin started it all, he was named the leader of the team cause of his experience with the Batman all these years. He always seems to be the nice, laid-back person in the tower, but when it comes to a mission, he always gets physical and aggressive when it comes to super bad guys. Sometimes he always get obsessed with one of the most dangerous of criminals who goes by the name of Slade. Whenever he hears Slade's name, he always locks himself up in his room and gather clues and evidence to see where that craze criminal is hiding. None of the Titans can't blame their leader about it, since he had became Slade's apprentice. All Robin ever wanted was payback against his former master and would do anything to stop it. But all and all, Robin is a kind-hearted leader and good friend to the team. As long as he's on your side, he's such a nice person. But for LM, he now knows that he isn't on Robin's good side.
Robin: "Well… I'm waiting."
LM snapped out of his trance and decided to say it before Robin looses more of his patience. The Boy Wonder then got up and approached the teammate with wondering eyes.
Robin: "This better be good."
LM: "Yes well… Like I said to you before when I left here. I got a call from the feds and they told me to go on a simple recon mission. You know, just sneak in, get information on what Merovingian was plotting, gather some evidence, and leave. Nothing that serious."
Robin: "Nothing serious eh?"
LM nodded for a yes.
Robin: "All right. Then do you mind talking about it."
The rebel Titan blinked a few times, not sure what the leader is talking about.
LM: "About what?"
Robin smirked a little as he took a remote out of his utility belt, turned to the direction of the T.V. window, and pushed a button to show a live news feed of what happened at Metro City with a news reporter covering the story from a helicopter.
News Reporter: "We're coming to you live from the Metro City docks where the Federal Burue of Investigation unit intercepted at what appeared to be a smuggling operation in a tanker ship. Whoever was the culprits involved in this trade of is still classified, but the Feds ID the ones involved in the delivery as the Skulls, a ruthless gang on the lower end of the city that was involved in the robbery of a top secret project in Stark Enterprises. No info on what the item they carried was, but officials say that they were trading the stolen item for money. In other news today, traffic is being backed up on parts of the city where two car pile-ups were reported on Lakehill Street and the tunnel underneath the business district and a turn over truck down at 56th Street. There were also reports about a turned over Mustang at a bus stop near the Wykovia Bank building where one man was unconscious in the car and another presumed dead. No reports so far as what caused this bizarre incident, but eyewitnesses state that the Mustang was being chased by what appeared to be an old school Pontiac GTO. Police suspect that there was a chase down these areas where the accidents occurred and there seems to be a connection to the smuggling operation that was taken-"
Robin immediately turned off the T.V. and looked at LM for an explanation. But LM just starred blankly at the screen, a bit shocked that the news of what happened came sooner then he thought. So he decided to play it cool and try not to panic.
LM: "Oh you want to talk about that."
Robin lowered his head and shook it while rubbing the temples of his forehead. He then looked at the rebel and had a sour look on his face.
Robin: "Damn it LM, every time you go into these recon mission for the feds it turns into a total disaster. Why do you keep doing this so much?"
LM: "Well needless to split hairs, but the crooks started this mess in the first place. I'm somewhat there to finish the job."
Robin: "And guess who gets the bill for damages when they find out it was you?" sigh… "LM, do you know why I made you an honorary member of the Teen Titans?"
LM: "Cause I have experience on handling with extreme situations. Not to mention you have a couple of dangerous criminals that could be terrorist related."
Robin: "Right… But for some reason, you're idea of handling with these situations is too extreme. Rather it's a mission with us or the FBI, you always cause more damage then the bad guys!"
LM: "Why are you getting so worked up all of a sudden? At least we stopped the criminals."
Robin: "And in the process, destroy more property then the criminals. And we all know who takes the blame."
LM: "Then why are you looking at me for? You guys cause as much damage as I did."
Robin: "Yeah but we don't have a rocket launcher in our hands! Look, all I'm saying is that you can't stop this battle alone. If you want help back at that recon, you should've just asked us for help. We've faced Merovingian before."
LM: "Yes but that was when he sided with Slade. Now he's helping some terrorist organization and I have to stop him before he does something drastic."
Robin: "Then let us help you stop them. Together, we can stop Merovingian and these terrorists from taking over the world."
LM's only response is to turn his back against his leader. He then slowly put his hand in his pocket and took out the card without Robin knowing it. Looking at it, he thought about getting some help. But then decided to pass and not let his friends get hurt.
LM: "Thanks, but when it comes to Merovingian's plan for world domination, I work alone."
To that end, LM walked away from Robin and left the Commons. As he was leaving, Robin sighed and watched him leave, whispering to himself.
Robin: "But you are never alone LM. You are never alone."
And that's chapter three of the story. Sure each of the Titan's history is different then the series, but I did all this before the episode 'Go' or 'Haunted', so you can't blame me for doing something like that. I did this all before the producer's decided to make the origins and whatnot. So like I said before, I'm sorry for doing this and don't flame me for stuff like that. Now on the next chapter, LM returns to Zion… Hey, what more can I say? Please Review.
