Hello everybody. It is me, DUPERBRO, and it's time for a new chapter of New Titans, Go! Shoutout to everybody, I'm not accepting OCs anymore, but don't worry, peoples who already submitted their OCs, I plan to use all the ones I have. So, here we go!
Chapter Three: Owen Wildmoon
KAPOW!
Another dummy at Titans Tower bit the dust as Talia blasted it with a large stream of magic energy, knocking it into the stone wall. Robin and Muscle-Man watched on. They had seen a lot of Talia's power and appearance. She had medium tan skin and wavy black hair was pulled into a braid that reached down to her waist and had hazel eyes. She may have looked pretty, but if you saw what she was doing to the obstacle course, you'd have second thoughts.
"I think Raven said it best-you're gonna need a new obstacle course," Muscle-Man joked to Robin as they watched Talia destroying everything their obstacle course had to offer.
"I think she was right. Anyway, we oughta tone it down a little; it's almost time for lunch."
"Oh, good. I'm starving!" Muscle-Man said greedily. As if on cue, a great rumbling shook the space they stood on. "Uh… sorry," Muscle-Man said guiltily.
Robin, Muscle-Man and Talia sat in the main room eating some pizza. While they were eating, Robin ventured a little farther to know more about muscle-man.
"So, MM. How old are you?"
"I don't know."
"Huh? How do you not know how old you are?' Robin asked, puzzled.
"It's a long story. See, it intertwines with how I got my powers," Muscle-Man said.
"Well, tell us. We've got the time to listen, right, Talia?"
Talia nodded.
"Okay, kids, get your popcorn and sodas. All good? 'Kay," Muscle-Man assured. He took a deep breath and started to explain.
"The weird thing about me is that I'm not even from this world, but not an alien like Starfire. I actually come from a parallel universe to earth (we call earth's dimension Universe Prime) called Ravlea. It's not too different, except we're more technologically advanced. We have space travel and all that junk. But anyway, I was thirteen at the time. I was taking a school field trip to Ultra Nioders Institute of Scientific Development, or the UNISD. Anyway, while we were there, an infiltrator for a rival company broke in and set off a massive chemical explosion. Everyone in the building was killed instantly, except for me. I was far away enough from the blast zone to just be sent flying headfirst into a brick wall, sending me into a coma. Nobody ever found me or came looking for me because not only was the area too toxic to explore, but also the professionals had concluded that nobody could have survived an explosion like that, but I woke up a while later. I have to assume it had been a few years, because the whole building was unrestored and falling apart, still abandoned from the disaster. I had gotten up and was walking around the wreckage when I stepped in a puddle of acid. I jumped backward, but I never hit the ground. I opened my eyes to see I was flying! I couldn't believe it. Anyway, I must have made a noise, because I heard someone say in a groggy voice, 'Who's there? Somebody? Help me!'"
"So I flew over there, and saw it was one of my buddies from school. Somehow he'd survived the wreckage, but didn't seem like he could live much longer. He was pinned under a large steel bar, and I tried to lift it, but was unable to. I tried and tried, when suddenly I felt a rush of power and tossed the metal slab aside like it was cardboard. It was the birth of my super-strength. Anyway, I was helping him up, when suddenly he howled in sheer agony. I saw a mutated purple bug, fangs deep in his back. I pulled it out, but it was too late for him. The venom was spreading into his bloodstream and he got infected. He shriveled and mutated until he looked… horrifying."
"He was a small, purple guy with swirly, hypnotic eyes and spiky orange hair. All he was still wearing from my buddy's clothes was his black cargo shorts. He had a demonic grin with razor-sharp teeth and a set of three yellow claws on one hand and… nothing on his right hand. He smiled a twisted grin at me and said in a scratchy, monster-ish voice, 'Where are your friends now, punk?' Then he gave off a devilish cackle that sent me into a rage. I punched him as hard as I could, and that's pretty hard. I knocked him straight through one wall, then two walls, then three, then four, and outside quite a ways. When I ran after him, I moved at such a speed I had to stop when I got outside to throw up in a bush. By the time I came back to myself, he was gone."
"A while later I heard of a new criminal on the rise in Ravlea. He called himself Ultranoid, and I set out to beat him. Turns out it wasn't easy. I had to destroy a whole army of weird robot prototypes he built before I got to Ultranoid. But when I got to him, I was shell-shocked. IT WAS THE SAME PURPLE GUY FROM THE CHEMICAL ACCIDENT! He fought me for a while, but I overpowered him. Then he pulled out the big guns-literally. He'd implanted a magical claw on his right hand that turned in to anything he desired. He shot me, and got away, but I healed eventually. I never forgave myself for not being able to prevent my friend from becoming that butthole. I also never forgave myself for not stopping him the first time. I travelled the multiverse in search of answers, and I eventually came to Universe Prime, saw a flyer for Robin's recruitment drive, and well, here we are."
Robin and Talia stared at him, flabbergasted at his horribly sick and twisted origin story. His life before the incident had cut his old life short because everyone believed he was dead. Never had they heard such a saddening backstory to a hero. Muscle-Man seemed so easygoing and carefree. They never expected someone like MM to have such a dark past.
Talia gave him a hug, and Robin placed a hand on his shoulder, both trying to comfort him.
The masked might looked up from the floor and smirked at Robin, sadness and remorse filling his blue eyes.
"But to answer your question, I think I look about sixteen, so I go with that."
Robin opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the alarm.
REET! REET! REET!
Muscle-Man groaned. "C'mon, again? I haven't finished my pizza yet!"
"Titans, trouble!" Robin cried. Then he smiled. "Boy, it's good to say that again."
The computer booted up to show Doctor Light with an armful of cash running down the street, blasting the occasional light beam at cop cars.
Now Robin groaned. "Boy, I hate that guy. Titans, go!"
Doctor Light ran down the street, smiling. Those titans were never going to stop him in time. He was almost to an alley he could get away down when a strange figure leapt in front of him.
The man-or boy-or cat? He didn't know what it was… whatever it was, it was shaped like a human and standing on two legs, but had light gray fur all over his body and a catlike face, with ears, whiskers, and a button nose, and paws for hands, but his fingers were shaped normally. But strangest of all, he had a tail flicking out from his backside, where he wore short blue pants.
The thing hissed and popped long, razor-sharp claws from his hands and feet. He then said, "Drop the cash and your suit doesn't become my scratching post. Deal?"
Doctor Light laughed. "And who are you supposed to be? Garfield?" He laughed, but the cat-man didn't. He scowled.
"One angry kitty," he said. Then he leapt up and attacked Doctor Light.
The criminal yelped, trying to get away, but the cat boy was surprisingly fast and caught up to him. He slashed and shattered one of Doctor Light's light cannons, rendering his left arm useless. The man attempted to blast with his other arm, but Light's adversary was just as quick in ripping that one to shreds, too.
Light turned the other direction to face the squad cars forming a blockade. He shot them with a beam of light from his chest bulb, knocking the cars aside. "Well, that was a bright idea," he joked, smiling to himself. He started to get away, but was nearly blasted to bits by a blue flare of light. It nearly hit him. But he got out of the way in time, seeing it hit the pavement and exploding. He looked up to see who had done that.
He screamed. Robin was there! And so were two other people. One was flying, and that guy's hand was illuminated in bright blue energy. Robin smiled.
"Saving the best for last, huh, MM?"
"You know it," Muscle-Man said, winking at Robin. Then he turned to Talia, who was holding onto his wrist on the other arm. "Ready?" he asked her.
She nodded, and Muscle-Man threw Robin onto the roof of another building, where he landed safely. Then Muscle-Man held Talia under his arm like a machine gun and shouted, "FIRE!"
Talia raised her arms and blasted a steady flow of magic at Doctor Light, who ran around trying to avoid it. Eventually Talia stopped, and Muscle-Man flew to the ground. Robin jumped down after them, and landed safely beside the two to face Doctor Light. The criminal didn't hesitate and thrust out his chest, prepping his chest cannon. "Don't move," he warned.
They didn't. Doctor Light smiled at the knowledge that he had the Teen Titans at his mercy. He started to back away slowly. "Try to follow me, and I'll blast you to pieces," he said. He turned around to retreat, but was blocked.
The cat-boy stood there, an angry snarl on his face. "Going somewhere?" the cat-boy asked. Then, without warning, he raked his claws down Doctor Light's torso, smashing his chest cannon. The criminal was completely defenseless.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" cried Doctor Light. Then he fell on the ground and began to cry over his wrecked suit.
The police took Doctor Light away and the Teen Titans came up to the cat-boy.
Muscle-Man spoke first. "Thanks for the help. It was just what we needed."
The boy retracted his claws and said, "You're welcome. Who are you guys, anyway?"
"The Teen Titans. We don't have many team members yet, but… we're pretty good."
The boy looked thoughtful for a second before returning their gaze. "Teen Titans looking for new team members, huh?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"Mind if I join?"
"Really?"
"Yeah. I want to help, and anyway, maybe I can…" he stopped himself. "No. Not gonna talk about it," he muttered. He looked back at the Teen Titans and held out his paw/hand. 'I'm Owen."
Robin shook his hand. "I'm Robin. This is Muscle-Man and Talia."
"Hey," Muscle-Man said, and Talia nodded.
'So, where do we go now?" Owen asked.
"Back to Titans Tower, I guess. We still haven't finished lunch!" Muscle-Man exclaimed.
"Alright,' Owen replied. He climbed onto Muscle-man's back after being offered it, and Robin and Talia got on the Robin-Cycle.
"Hey, last one to the tower has to eat that piece of pizza that fell in the dirty laundry hamper," Muscle-Man challenged.
"Oh, it's on now," Robin answered. And with that in mind, both halves of the team shot towards home, desperate not to have to eat that rancid piece of pizza.
Well, there's that, then. Next chapter's gonna be a real doozy, though, so watch your backs! See y'all later!
