The Realm Five: Titanic Proportions

Chapter 1: Today's Mission

The scene is now in the dimension previously mentioned, more specifically in the city of Orlando, Florida, USA. This world is pretty much considered normal by most people's standards. Though the city of Orlando is full of fantasy all on its own with its vibrant theme parks, beaches, restaurants, shopping outlets, and other various tourist attractions. Orlando is one of those places where people could just take a break from their day-to-day lives, to forget about the frustration and monotony involved with going to school and work and just have some fun in the Florida sun.

As a person could probably tell you, Orlando is a city for those who love adventures, and for some of these people, five people in particular, this is exceptionally true. These teenagers love adventuring and fantasy, though what they experience is far beyond the scope of any other person in the city.

At a garage in someone's house…

Girl: (holding up a small device) "Maybe this one would be good?"

She then turns to a boy in the room.

Girl: "Hey Jean-Paul, what do you think?"

The boy, Jean-Paul, was currently asleep. The girl, annoyed, brought an air horn to his ear and blew it.

Jean-Paul: "Ah! Wendy! Are you trying to make me deaf?"

The girl, Wendy, set down the air horn on the table she got it from and responded.

Wendy: "That's the fifth time you fell asleep so far."

Jean-Paul: "But you can't blame me. You're just spending a load of time in your garage looking through your old gadgets. Why do you need me?"

Wendy: "Because the science fair is coming up and I need a second opinion on which gadget to submit."

She then took out another box.

Jean-Paul: "Oh man. You're almost as bad as Maddie picking out clothes!"

Wendy: "Let's get started on this one."

Wendy pulled out a device that resembled a heart defibrillator. But as soon as she started it up, something began ringing in the two teens pockets. Jean-Paul and Wendy pulled out a couple of pagers and looked at the display. On the displays of both devices, the same message was displayed: "Realm Crystal Detected".

Jean-Paul: "Yes. Safe."

He then looks over at Wendy, who is giving him an annoyed look.

Jean-Paul: "Uh, I mean we should get to the base and go for that Realm Crystal."

Wendy just shook her head and followed Jean-Paul out of the garage.

In other parts of the city…

Right now, a boy was eating a stir-fry of chicken and vegetables in a Mongolian Grill restaurant, when the same type of pager seen earlier rings in his pocket. After checking the device and getting the same message, he gets what was left of his meal in a take-out box and runs out of the restaurant.

At the same time, in a large manor, a girl is in her bedroom brushing her hair and admiring herself in the mirror when the same pager rings on the table of her vanity. She checks it then puts down the brush, grabs her purse, and walks out the door.

Also, another boy is at the magazine stand of a department store, looking at an article about a video game he likes when the same pager rings. He checks it, then leaves the store, after buying the magazine because he wanted to look in it some more.

Later…

All five of the teenagers meet at the same spot: a small shack in a wooded area just outside the city. After all five are inside, one of them takes out a key and unlocks a door inside the shack. In it is a staircase, which leads to the basement. The basement is decorated in the style of a typical teen hangout: furniture, posters, game tables, and a large circular table in the center of the room, surrounded by five chairs.

The five teenagers took their places in front of the posters in the room, then lifted up the framed posters, each revealing one of five different security devices: a numbered keypad, a card key device, a handprint scanner, a retinal scanner, and a voice recognition panel. As all five of them were activated at once, the circular table in the center of the room opened up. A large tunnel leading downwards was now in the center of the table.

The five teens jumped into the hole in the table, which closed after they were all in. The tunnel was a large slide that led three stories downward. While in the slide, a scanning device gave them a full body scan.

Scanner: (scans Jean-Paul) "Jean-Paul Mickelo cleared."

(scans Wendy) "Wendy Lauren cleared."

(scans boy from the restaurant) "Isaac Tazmire cleared."

(scans other girl) "Maddie Columbus cleared."

(scans boy from the magazine stand) "Antonio Williams cleared."

After reaching the end, all five of the teens landed on a large padded surface. In front of the landing pad was a door with a touchpad next to it. Antonio, being closest to the door, pressed a finger to the touchpad and opened the door. Behind the door, was a large and impressive looking place. It was large but not too large. The main room, the room the five teens were in right now, had a long concrete walkway going from the entrance of the room to a door on the other end labeled "Supercomputer/ Briefing Room". Not that far from the entrance were two other doors labeled "Lounge" and "Supply Closet", but for the moment those two were unimportant.

Proceeding down the walkway, a view of a laboratory below was presented. There were several long tables with tools, gadgets, machine parts, chemical flasks, test tubes, beakers, and other scientific items on them. A few more doors leading to other rooms were also visible from the walkway and everything was lit by lines of fluorescent lights along the ceiling.

Wendy: (looking at the tables) "I wonder if any of those would make good science projects."

Jean-Paul: (gives an angry glare at Wendy) "Not now!"

The five teens reached the end of the walkway and the door to the supercomputer and briefing room. After hitting another touchpad lock, the five of them went inside. In the room, there was a large sofa in front of a large desk with what seemed to be a built in laptop computer in the middle of the desk. On the wall behind the desk is a large monitor connected to the terminal in the desk. The floor of the room had a dark blue carpet and the wall in the room had a lighter blue color with at atmospheric lighting adding to the feel of the room. On the other end of the room was a door marked "Transport Bay."

Maddie: "It's your turn to brief, Wendy."

Wendy: "All right."

Wendy walked over to the seat behind the desk while Isaac, Antonio, Maddie, and Jean-Paul sat on the couch. Wendy activated the computer from the terminal in the desk and the screen on the wall behind her lit up. She then began giving the information displayed on the screen in front of her.

Wendy: "Everyone, we have our first Realm Crystal expedition since that fight with the Great Gadget."

The other four teens gave different responses of approval. Then, Wendy continued.

Wendy: "The Realm Crystal was detected in Dimension coordinates CT-2914."

An image on the computer came up of a large city. It looked like any normal city, but one thing that stood out about it was an island out in the water by the city that had a building on it in the shape of a T.

Maddie: "Do you see that building in the water? A giant T. They must think that's clever or something."

Wendy: "One of the pieces of information we got about this dimension from the Dimensional Scanner was that this is a world where superheroes are easy to come across."

Antonio: "Superheroes? Like faster than a speedin' bullet, leapin' over tall buildings, and all that other stuff."

Wendy: "That's right. One group in particular is relatively close to where the Realm Crystal is located."

She then pulled up a picture of five teenage heroes, each wearing different costumes. There were names printed under each one: Robin, Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy.

Wendy: "These are the Teen Titans, a superhero group stationed in Jump City in southern California in the dimension we are to visit. The scanner was able to pick up information about them and a few more significant heroes in this dimension, as well as some villains. Information about them has been printed out into cards and will be waiting for you when you gear up."

Antonio: "Cards? Are you serious?"

Wendy: "It was the best I could do at the time. If I can get something better I'll let you know, but we're still working this out, so cut me some slack."

Isaac: (smiling while looking at Starfire's picture) "That Starfire girl's cute. I wonder if she's single."

Antonio: (smiling while looking at Starfire's picture as well) "If she is you're gonna have to get to her before I do."

Maddie: (looking at Robin's picture) "Robin looks so handsome. I bet he'd be hot if he lost the mask."

Jean-Paul: (looking at Cyborg's picture) "Cyborg looks ripped. How much does that guy work out?"

Wendy: (snapping her fingers) "Guys! Current events. Focus!"

Maddie: "Fine. Won't let a girl daydream for a couple of seconds."

Wendy: "Anyway, the main objective is to retrieve the Realm Crystal. If we come across any villains of this universe, defeat them and make sure they don't cause trouble. If we come across any of this dimension's heroes such as the Teen Titans or their associates, if we can enlist their help, try to do so but don't bother them about it. We don't want another accident like in Daniel City. Right, Maddie?"

Everyone looked at Maddie.

Maddie: "But Maxwell's parents weren't that mad at me. They even wrote me."

Antonio: "That was a restraining order."

Maddie: "Ah call it what you like."

Wendy: "Moving on, are there any questions about the mission?"

Isaac: "Yeah. Say the Realm Crystal ended up as an experiment in a laboratory or an exhibit in a museum. What do we do then?"

Wendy: "Good question. We would probably need to negotiate something with the owner of the establishment."

Jean-Paul: "Will we have to steal it?"

Wendy: "Only as an absolute last resort. We don't want to spark any unnecessary conflicts. Now, any other questions?"

No one else spoke up.

Wendy: "Okay. Your gear is in the back. When you're ready, enter the transport bay."

On the wall behind the couch, five sections of the wall opened up to reveal shelves with different equipment. Each section of shelves had the name of each of the Realm Five members over them.

Isaac grabbed from his shelves pouches containing ninja kunai knives and shuriken and a kusari-gama, attaching them to his belt. Antonio got an extendable battle staff, a grappling hook gun, and a bag full of lightweight cannonballs. He put the staff and grappling hook in the bag and put the bag over his shoulder, as it was in the style of a messenger bag. Maddie got a necklace and a boomerang, putting the necklace around her neck and folded up the boomerang to put it in her skirt pocket. Jean-Paul got a flare gun and a belt of gadgets, putting the gun in his jacket and the belt around his waist. Wendy got a laser gun and several other gadgets, putting them all in pockets in her lab coat. All of them also got the cards that Wendy provided.

After receiving all of their equipment, they headed through the door marked "Transport Bay." There was equipment along parts of the wall. But the centerpiece of the room was a large machine. There was a terminal beside it and a large circular pad, purple in color. There were actuators surrounding the pad and a giant projector was placed over it. When the members of the Realm Five came into the room and stepped onto the pad, they pressed a "ready" button on all five actuators. Then, Wendy programmed the coordinates of their destination and pressed the command option "Initiate transport sequence."

All five of the teens were in the center of the platform. The actuators were spinning around the platform while projecting a bright multicolored light, the same as the projector above them. Soon, the spinning became so rapid that the actuators were just a blur. Then after gathering enough energy, the projector let out a bright flash of light into the center of the platform. After a bright explosion of light, the actuators started slowing down and eventually came to a stop. The projector stopped charging energy.

And the five teens were nowhere to be seen.

To Be Continued…