Attention Readers: I want to say I hate fashion and girly stuff so I stick to the street clothes. I do not know names of clothes... I look it up... so if I get it wrong... blame the internet. It's not tellin' me what I want to know...
Gray unzipped zip up hoodie - appears in this chapter. Understand it please? If you don't, read this - A regular hoodie has no zipper. A zip up hoodie has a zipper. An unzipped zip up hoodie is just not zipped. Okay?
Warning: Sexual Harassment mentioned. MENTIONED ONLY!
For readers that read the chapter with a little of Cass's past in it, I changed it so she was adopted at 11 and lived homeless for four years. K? It used to be she was adopted at 17 and lived homeless for ten years.
Chapter 4: Explanations
Richard Grayson and Jason Todd glanced at each other before looking back at Tim. Robin refused to look at Tim, while Jason smirked at him. "Well, I guess I'll go first. You see, Timmy, I came back to life–"
"How?" Timothy Drake narrowed his eyes at his younger brother.
"Getting to that. Ra's and the Lazarus Pits. After I found out Batman died, but didn't avenge my death, I became Hush for about three months until I heard of Red X in Jump City. I knew baby bird here was missing, and went to see if this Red X guy was him since the description matched, you know lithe and small, and he was. Shortly after, the whole... Slade thing happened, but while the Slade thing happened, which I didn't know of, I stole the Red X suit. Robin found out I was X soon after." Jason finished his explanation and exhaled. He might've left out a few details.
"...Jason, why didn't you tell us you were alive?" Tim asked in a gentle voice.
"I was mad that Bats didn't avenge my death." Jason grit his teeth. "I thought Bruce cared, but he didn't avenge me."
During the explanation, Adam and Richard stood off to the side watched the two. After a moment of Tim explaining what happened while Jason was gone, Jason's eyes softened and he looked guilty for getting mad at Bruce. The two brothers hugged even though Jason wasn't much of a touchy-feely guy.
"Now you," Tim turned to the youngest of the four, "are in so much trouble."
After Tim yelling at Richard, Richard explaining that he was kidnapped by Cassandra, and the Slade thing, the three brothers made up and started to prepare for the night, but they weren't going to sleep.
Robin got changed into a black hoodie, similar to Tim's, and jeans tucked into black and white high tops. He got the gel out of his hair to hang in his baby blue eyes, which were covered by lead-lined sunglasses. Red X borrowed some of Richard's clothes, which were a little small but still fit him. The anithero put on a plain blue t-shirt under a gray unzipped zip up hoodie. He wore dark brown pants and blue sneakers, and of course, lead-lined sunglasses covering his dark green eyes. His auburn hair with a white streak was disheveled like Richard's hair.
The four boys were night owls, so they went out to enjoy the night. And search for Cassandra of course.
With Cassandra
Cassandra was pissed. Someone kidnapped Robin, well, someone else, while she was holding him with a knife to his throat. Right now, she was walking down the sidewalk, senses on alert if anyone were to attack her. She wasn't only pissed about someone else kidnapping Robin, but the other kidnapper managed to catch her off guard and steal the boy. Also, she didn't know where Adam was, so she was pissed about that too.
She didn't bother to check the Tower since she knew this new kidnapper wouldn't take Robin there. Blackbat knows that there were only five Titans, unless the Titans decided to get some help. But they seemed confused after Robin and the figure disappeared, so Cass was guessing they didn't have a connection. She was standing on the window under from where she was with Robin before he was taken. The two Titans didn't even bother to look there, which sort of disappointed Cassandra. They need training.
Two people in dark clothing were walking towards her. Cassandra stopped before she entered the circle of light coming from the streetlight above them. The two stopped on the other side of the light.
"Nightmare, correct?" The one closest to the road asked.
"Yes." Nightmare replied. She recognized them from this morning when she was in Club Vanish with Adam. The one more closer to the building was See-More, and the other was Brother Blood it looked like. "So... what do you two want?"
"I'm Brother Blood and that's See-More. You and Adam Mack are new in town. That means you don't realize–"
"Shut up, weaklings." Cassandra did need to play a villain. "I'm only here for one purpose, and it doesn't include you."
"Don't call us weak." See-More growled out as he clenched a fist.
Brother Blood narrowed his eyes. "We're not here for a fight. A warning more like. The Teen Titans aren't easy to beat if your goal is to defeat them."
Nightmare smirked. "You don't even know my plans, and you don't know me. You see, I've beaten the Titans one time in Central City four months ago, but I easily vanished from sight and the news never got around. I'm here with Adam to fight them again for a refresher."
The two men snorted. "No one has ever won against the Titans, except Slade but he doesn't work with others, and he disappeared a while ago."
"Isn't the H.I.V.E. Five supposed to be locked up?" Nightmare asked, ignoring Blood's last statement.
"Broke out earlier today. Five hours after the Titans locked us up." See-More said, and he grinned. "Jail in Jump City is easy to break out of."
Shadows moved around them, but only Nightmare seemed to notice. "Someone is here and listening to our chat." She said before she got out the her hidden knife.
"Relax, Nightmare, it's only us." Adam said behind Nightmare.
Nightmare stepped back into the light of the streetlight with Adam, Tim, Jason, and Richard following. The four bats, and Adam, were now in the light with two villains watching them. Cassandra widened her eyes when she saw Jason, wanting to run over and hug him and ask how he's alive, but she assumed Tim already done that when he found out.
"So, who are the other three?" See-More asked with a look of confusion.
"They're part of my team. Remember when I said I've taken down the Titans before? Well, my team and I did." Nightmare turned back to the villains, seeing confusion and suprise on all of their faces. "Don't say that we didn't, Brother Blood. Just ask the Titans yourselves."
Brother Blood smirked. "I like your enthusiasm, and your story is believing. Does your team have a name?"
Adam sighed. "Never really chosen one..."
Brother Blood nodded. "How would you five like to join the H.I.V.E Academy? If your story about defeating the Titans is true, then you'd be a big help if you join the H.I.V.E. Five team, which doesn't have Five students in it but they still haven't decided on a better name."
16-year-old Tim spoke up. "We have trust issues, and we like to work alone."
"I never got your names."
"Well, I'm Lucas." Tim said, keeping his real name a secret. "That's Peter," he pointed to Jason, "and that's Ethan." He pointed to Richard. "Nightmare goes undercover a lot, so she uses that name instead her real name Rebecca."
"Rebecca, time's running out." Jason tapped his wrist.
"Please reconsider your answer." Brother Blood said as the mysterious team turned away.
Once the five were far enough so the two villains couldn't see them, they made their way onto the roof and started to yell quietly at each other. Cassandra was shouting quietly at Jason and asking him why he's alive, Tim was explaining why Jason was alive, Adam was yelling at Cassandra asking why she left the alley, Jason was shouting at Tim telling him its his story to tell, and Richard was standing off to the side, waiting for his older siblings, and Adam, to finish yelling quietly at each other. The joys of being the youngest. Five, or ten, minutes later, the five understood almost everything that was happening.
"Kidnapping him? Really Blackbat?" Tim, otherwise known as Redbird, asked, a little amused.
"I had to use force, and don't follow me again." Blackbat walked over to the ledge and stared off into the city. "This place is nothing like Gotham at all... For one, there's more action in Gotham."
Robin walked over next to her and stared off into the city. "I know. That's one of the reasons why I like it here, and one of the reasons I regret leaving.
"Then why'd you come here in the first place, Robin? Dropping out of school... We had to make up a story of how we sent you to a private school to feed to the public." Blackbat sighed.
"I've already told you. Nightwing threatened to take Robin away from me, so I left. My family was murdered, next my new brother, then my new dad," Robin snorted, "and you wonder why tried to commit suicide."
Jason's eyes widened and concern crossed his face. "You tried to commit suicide after Bruce and I died?" His little brother tried to commit suicide because of his mistake.
Blackbat and Redbird glanced at each other. "He cut himself. We found him with a knife in his hand, lying still against the bathtub. I could remember it perfectly." Redbird said, staring at Robin.
Trying to change the subject, Robin whipped his body around and walked off into the other direction. "Come on! It's almost midnight! Let's get back to the tower and–"
"No!" Adam shouted and threw his hands up.
"I forgot you were here for a second." Red Hood smirked at the ghost.
Adam glared at him a bit before speaking again. "I thought you people were bats that stay up at night! Let's roam around and have fun because I did not come here to sing with Cass then lose her and end up finding out a freaking pedophile is in the city! Also, I didn't come here just to chase Robin around and go to sleep at midnight. That's too early! So I want to go around the city and have fun." The ghost took a deep breath and exhaled sharply.
"Sing?" Robin asked, rasing an eyebrow.
"Pedophile?" Red Hood asked, copying Robin's action.
Redbird wanted to laugh at their questioning looks, but the pedophile situation was serious. Robert Sompel was Mexican, and he murdered for his own pleasure. He takes the dead bodies of children and touches their bodies sexually, which is really wrong if you thought that it was right. Adam Mack could've been murdered, but Sompel wanted an alive child, but as a ghost, so he used his ghost powers on his knife when he struck 15-year-old Adam in the heart with it. Before Sompel could grab him, Adam ran.
"Don't tell me it's Robert Sompel, Adam." Cassanra furrowed her brow as she put a hand on Adam's shoulder.
The ghost nodded his head. "He's in the city, and I'm worried for families and your little brothers, Cass."
"We'll get him, so don't worry. Right now, we could go around and have fun." Cassandra smiled up at her boyfriend, and he smiled back. "Alright! Why don't we go to Club Vanish?" She grinned, her voice sounding happy again.
"Club Vanish?" Redbird, Robin, Red Hood asked in usion.
"I thought you would know about it. It's underground in a villain trade market. Adam and I were there, studying the villains you face, but Steph wanted us to sing so we did."
"I go to the trade market, but I never heard of a club." Red Hood said.
"Kids are allowed in there," Cassandra said as she and Adam led the three boys to the club, "and you could study villains like we did, or you could sing like we did." The couple smiled evilly.
The three boys shook their heads. "Now listen, Blackbat, we know we have awesome voices, but we will never sing in public." Redbird stated.
Robin, Red Hood, and Redbird remember that night back at the manor. Having older siblings mean they can force you to do anything when you're in the Wayne family. The four bats, and Adam, were at one of the entrances to the underground trade market which was in the bad part of town in an old warehouse. The door was hidden behind crates and under wood. It was pretty well hidden. Once the wood was moved, there were wooden bulkhead doors with dust.
They entered.
