Shatterpoint
By Serena Kenobi
Author's note: Thanks for all of your reviews. Sorry I made Jason a little immature, but he isn't like that most of the time. He'll get better, I promise.
This is turning out more to be a Justice League story than a Superman story, since I'm including multiple DC characters, but don't worry. This is still focusing on the Kent family. But there will be a lot of Batman family in here, too. Hope you enjoy this chapter! We're still getting to know the characters. This is also MAJOR AU, and I'll be taking characters from many different settings.
Disclaimer: Don't own Superman, or Batman, or Teen Titans, or Justice League, or Batman Beyond. I'm not making any dough off of this. Maybe I'll just make a pizza!! Lame, I know, lol. Seriously, I don't own any people I don't create. DO own Kara and Nate. WOOHOO!
(Jason POV)
Alfred pushed the door open, and my sister rushed inside, followed more slowly by me. Kara went up to Helena and hugged her tightly, while Alfred shut the door behind us.
"Hey, you're not wearing your wig or your contacts," Kara commented, staring at Helena's dark, wavy hair.
Helena shook her head and glanced distastefully at the blonde wig she was forced to wear as Bruce Wayne's daughter. She also had to wear dark brown contacts to hide her steely blue eyes, and her mother had to do the same thing to keep from being recognized as Wonder Woman. She then glanced past Kara to me. "Come on, Jason, you're not just going to stand there, are you?" the second Princess of Themyscira quipped, a hint of a smile was on her face.
I swallowed and tried to stay cool. "Course not," I said, and went towards her. She engulfed me in an affectionate hug, which completely astonished me. I was usually met by a slight punch on the shoulder or just a small greeting.
I slowly returned the embrace and noticed Kara grinning. Embarrassed, I cleared my throat, pulling back. I started, feeling my face turn slightly red, "What was that for?"
Helena shrugged. "Dunno. I just felt like it. Got a problem, flyboy?"
I resisted rolling my eyes at the name she had gotten used to calling me. 'Flyboy' was a mocking term because she knew I wasn't able to fly yet. Ignoring the name, I nodded, smiling. "You keep calling me that, Helena, when you know that you can't fly either."
"I'm working on it," was the cool reply.
"Same here."
We stared at each other for a moment, unsure of what to say next.
"Oh, Helena," Kara decided to make herself known, "where's Terry?"
"He's at football camp," Helena explained, "but he should be back pretty soon. He'll want to talk to you, Jason."
"How's camp going?" I asked.
She shrugged. "He likes it, but it sometimes annoys him when he can't use his full strength. He always was hotheaded."
"Can't blame him," I replied sympathetically. Changing the subject from her younger brother, I continued, "So, you had something to show us?"
Helena nodded. "Yeah. Look." She took a remote off her nightstand and pressed a button, pointing the remote at the wall. To our amazement, the wall folded back into panels to reveal a miniature model of a building. "This is the design for the official Teen Titan headquarters," she said. "What do you think?"
I looked it over. "Impressive," I said, staring at the metallic 'T' shaped structure. "Whose idea was this?"
"Tim's," she answered. "He, of course, as the team leader, decided that we should have some headquarters instead of an old, abandoned building, so… here it is."
"Haven't seen Tim lately," I said with a hint of remorse. Tim Drake, the latest Robin, was one of my closest friends.
"Well, you've both been busy," Kara said.
"Have you shown the rest of the team this project?" I asked Helena.
She shook her head. "Only a few, but the results so far have been encouraging."
Kara, I was noticing, seemed to be looking hard at the building, and she glared at it intensely.
"Kara, try not to laser the thing," I said.
"I'm not," Kara replied, "I'm using my x-ray vision, but it's not fully developed yet. Rrrgh! Why isn't this easier?"
I shrugged. "It took me until I was sixteen to see through things completely, so don't rush it. It'll come."
Helena pressed the button on the remote that caused the model to flip back into its panels and disappear behind the wall. "Also, we've bought some new technology for the building – Kara, I think you'll enjoy working with it."
Kara grinned. "I can't wait to see it! I hope it's good. I want to mess around with the programming a bit before we install it in the headquarters."
"Well, since you're the computer genius of the group, go right ahead," Helena said, shooting me an amused look.
"Speaking of which," Kara said, "I have to get my own super codename. Just being 'the watchtower' just isn't cutting it."
"I think we should call Jason 'flyboy'," Helena added mischievously.
"How original," I said, my tone dry. "But I don't think I'll keep Dad's title of Superman. And I highly doubt that I'll stay Superboy."
Ah yes, Superboy. The other members of Teen Titans had decided to call me that. I had hated the name, but Connor Hawke, Green Arrow's son, had come up with it, and the others thought it was a good codename for me. Go figure. Connor was the second Green Arrow; and he was a cool guy and a good buddy.
Helena laughed, something that was very rare with her. She was more like her father most of the time – stoic, sometimes unemotional, hard to read, and severe.
To see this side of her was… well, refreshing.
"That's actually not a bad idea," she answered, opening up more panels to reveal different gadgets. "Terry's sticking with Batboy before he takes up Dad's role as Batman, which, knowing how dedicated my father is to his job, won't be for a very long time."
"I really have to get me my own suit," Kara sighed wistfully. "Terry's is really awesome."
"He'll be glad you think so," Helena grinned, knowing just as well as I did that my sister had a huge crush on Terry.
Kara blushed and didn't say anything.
"Moving on to other matters," Helena continued, "Mom is going out with your parents to some… event tomorrow, so it'll be just me, Terry, and Dad," she continued, "Do either of you want to come over?"
"Do we ever!" Kara exclaimed.
I shrugged. "Why not," I added. "It's gonna be just the five of us? What about Alfred?"
"He has the night off," Helena explained. "Dad's gonna look after us."
Kara grinned, and I smiled at her excitement. "Sounds cool."
Helena nodded. "Great. You guys hungry?" She walked downstairs, the two of us following her.
(Kara POV)
I stared at the moon pouring through my bedroom window, wide-awake. I glanced at the clock, which read 12:55 a.m.
Only five more minutes.
Deciding to get a head start, I sat up, threw my covers aside, and quietly hopped down. I made sure that I didn't trip on anything as I grabbed my clothes and quickly slipped them on. Tiptoeing to my closet, I opened the door and snatched a backpack that was hanging, concealed, in the very back. Throwing it over my shoulder, I turned around to see Jason standing there, already dressed in his typical black T-shirt with the red 'S' Superman emblem on it, and dark blue jeans.
"Geez, you startled me," I whispered.
"Sorry." He didn't sound very apologetic. "Let's go."
We slinked into the kitchen and went onto the balcony, opening the door slightly so we could get by. Once the door was closed securely behind us, we ran down the few flights of stairs and headed outside onto the sidewalk. The city was still a blaze of lights, and the traffic as congested as normal, but we ignored it, weaved our way through a few streets, and, when we were sure it was safe, super-sped to Bludhaven.
When we had reached Bludhaven, we zoomed to the designated place, an old back alley shop that had been abandoned for ages, and stopped at the door.
Jason knocked the password, and the door opened to reveal Raven. She looked at us and said in a low voice, "You're late."
"By a mere two minutes," I said, passing by her, exasperated. "You're a great person, Raven, but sometimes, you need to lighten up." I dropped my backpack on my designated desk and unzipped it.
"Where's everyone?" Jason asked as he followed me inside.
"Already out there," Raven replied, "but Nightmaiden and Green Arrow are still here." She motioned to an open doorway, and Helena and Connor came through.
"Took you long enough, flyboy," Helena scoffed, her dark hair falling in front of her eyes. She was dressed her normal suit – a miniskirt-length, sleek black dress lined with red, high black boots, and a dark red cape that was fell behind her shoulders and came just short of her ankles. Under her dress, she had special bulletproof armor made by the god Hephaestus, as were her two steel armbands.
Jason shot her a look. "There was a lot of traffic," he said. His tone was sarcastic.
Connor, dressed in his Green Arrow apparel, clasped Jason's hand in a friendly way. "Good to see you, Superboy," he said, nodding. "Kara, how's it going?"
"Same old, G.A., same old," I sighed, booting up the main computer. It really bugged me that I didn't have an official super-suit, but I was working on one. I also put the small com. device in my ear and cleared my throat as the main screen lit up. "Testing, one, two, three, testing. All personnel report in."
It only took a second for me to hear an answer from the team.
"Robin, standing by."
"Miss Martian, standing by."
"Impulse, standing by."
"Cyborg, standing by."
"Batboy, standing by."
The three Titans that were left in the room with me waved and shot out the door to join the others.
"Raven, standing by."
"Superboy, standing by."
"Green Arrow, standing by."
I waited for more, but there was silence. "Uh, I think we're missing some people."
"Hey, Kara," Terry's lower voice said into my ear link.
I smiled and said, "Hi, Batboy."
"No time for chit-chat, Watchtower," Robin's voice cut in, "we've got a job to do. The others can't come tonight, but they'll be back soon. Now, what's our first mission?"
I quickly ran a scan of Bludhaven and its surrounding towns, which included Gotham City. However, I wouldn't risk Jason going into Gotham in case Batman found out that we were part of Teen Titans. He'd tell our parents; and, to make a long story short, Jase and I would be dead.
Something blinked on the screen and I clicked the pop-up, reading the new dilemma.
"Listen up, Titans," I said, putting a hand on my ear link, "we've got a situation in East Bludhaven. There's an armed robbery taking place in the E. B. Credit Reserve on 24th Street. I'm doing an internal scan to see what kind of people we're up against, so stand by." I ran a quick scan to see how many armed thieves we were looking at. Tapping into the reserve's cameras, I could see what they looked like and how big they were. "Okay, we've got seven armed robbers," I continued. "All of them have machine guns and other weapons. Two are located on the third floor, and three of them are in the safe trying to decode the locking mechanism. Two are on guard on the first floor, and – wait; they've got a hostage. I repeat, they've got a hostage."
"Roger that, Watchtower," Robin said.
Continuing my scan of the building, I said, "There are three entrances I can see: the main front entrance, the back door, and a… whoa!"
"What?" Batboy asked.
"There's an underground door that leads to an extra building a block away from the reserve," I said, reading the data. "Said building is a barber shop."
"Not your average credit reserve," Jason remarked.
"They must be holding something special," Miss Martian added, "Which is most likely what the robbers are trying to steal."
"Watchtower, what is the reserve holding other than money?" Robin asked.
I super-typed for a second and said, "Looks like some high-tech equipment. Hang on, I let me bypass these security codes… got it. It looks like-" The screen abruptly changed, and I stared at it, stupefied. "Oh, man."
"What is it?" Impulse asked.
"The robbers are trying to steal secretly stored explosives hidden in the reserve's vaults. They were apparently kept there for safekeeping by the government."
"Then we'd better make sure it stays in the reserve," Robin said. "We'll be there soon."
I sighed, staring at the video of the bank. "Good. You'd better hurry, too, cause it looks like the robbers are picking up their pace. They'll be done soon."
"Copy that."
Hope you enjoyed that chapter. I had to completely rewrite this story after doing a little more DC research, but I finally got it the way I wanted it. Don't forget to leave a review and tell me what you think!
- Serena Kenobi