Sooo, sorry for the wait. But now I have a laptop, and can type on my time! But since 9th grade- freshman year- HIGH SCHOOL! - is coming up in less than 10 days, there will still be long update gaps :( sorry. I checked my poll out, thanks for all the votes! I can do everything that got above one vote! Since 'Send 'em home in the next chapter or so, I don't want them here, I don't care, you shouldn't have brought them in, in the first place' only got one vote each, they get scrapped, sorry for those who voted for them, but the majority beat you! All the other votes will go great with my plot! Thanks to all my supportive reviewers! Thanks to all who offered help for my Batman/DP crossover! Sorry Zii Raevyn but I probably won't add Cujo, and if I do it won't be for a little bit. Also, I don't know the story with the two Aqualads, so I'm making mine up :)On with the story!
It was the day after the incident with the Halfa siblings and the G.I.W., and you could find both super-teen teams in the Training room. TT-KF returned with Speedy after taking Jinx home, and they were extremely worried for the siblings, but more for Dani of course, being her best friends.
In the training room you could find Dani, Danny, and Superboy beating the daylights out of special made punching bags that can endure the superhuman/ ghost strength they have.
The three Archers' were having a competition of how many arrows they could get in the bulls-eye in ten seconds...Red Arrow won.
The two speedsters were racing around the entire room at super-speed, while the two alien girls were floating around giggling as they chased each other.
Beastboy had become a gorilla and was lifting weights while Kaldur and Cyborg talked about random things. Raven was meditating in a dark corner of the room.
Up high, above the floating girls, and all the noise, the two Robins were on the trapeze equipment that TT-Robin had put up high, to make it feel like the circus trapeze. They were practicing on the trapeze together, flipping each other and catching each other as if the had been brothers in the circus and practiced every day.
"So," YJ-Robin spoke suddenly. "is it hard?" he asked vaguely.
"What do you mean?" his older half asked. "Is what hard?"
"Well, you didn't seem so shocked when they were called murderers, and when they're eyes went red, you didn't seem shocked that they were red, just that they were bright red." he explained. "So, is it hard to have two teammates with obviously such bad reps that they needed to change their hero identities? And is it hard to be with someone that could turn evil or something just if they get pissed off too much?" he asked.
"No, lots of heroes have bad pasts, or something that could haunt them, no pun intended." TT- Robin sighed when his younger self snickered. "They also won't change that easily." he said.
"What?" the younger Robin asked, confused. TT-Robin dropped him off on one of the platforms, then jumped onto it himself. He motioned for his younger self to sit down. They both sat down and TT-Robin explained.
"They won't turn evil so easily. I've talked to Dani about it, when they get mad, they're eyes will go red because their evil part comes from the anger that the ghost, that killed their family, friends, and English teacher, caused." he said, carefully sidestepping the fact that the ghost was their future selves. "Now when they get angry, that ghost sort of pushes them from the inside, frustrating them further, but they can handle it quite easily to an extent. When they are threatened, and angered, it is harder, but they can still control it with some effort."
" Then they told me about when it's harder to control." he said, a sad look taking over his face. "That's what we saw yesterday. It's when friends and loved ones are threatened to have a terrible fate, like imprisonment or death, and their emotions are mixed and confused, but their anger over their friends and loved ones being threatened tops it all. Since their emotions are going crazy, they can't reign in their anger, and that's when they can go evil. The only way to calm them down enough is to knock them out while their fighting against the anger." he said sadly.
YJ-Robin simply stared at his older counterpart. Before he could say anything, Dani, as Riqis, appeared.
"Hey." she greeted, there was still a red tint in her eyes that the punching bag wasn't able to release. TT-Robin smiled.
"Hey." he said.
"Hiya kid!" She exclaimed to the younger of the two, smirking and ruffling his hair.
He smiled, letting loose his signature cackle. He ignored the kid comment, knowing that she needed to be happy and didn't mean any harm by it.
"What's up?" he asked, still smiling. He barely knew her, but she had this...this...sisterly and fun feeling about her that he couldn't help but smile. He realized that the sister thing was kind of weird, since his older counterpart was dating her, but maybe he only thought of her as a sister because he hasn't fully matured or gotten to know her yet... 'that makes sense, right?' he thought to himself.
She smiled at him. She thought of him as a little brother already. He was different than her Robin, but in a good way. He has a more...playful, and brotherly feeling about him, that automatically makes you overprotective over him, even though you know he can take care of himself. Just by his huge smile and funny little laugh, she could feel the red draining from her eyes, and the anger disappearing with every second of being around the two Boy Wonders'. 'Kinda odd that one's a brother and the other's a boyfriend, but who cares.' she thought.
"So, me n' Danny gotta head off to work, it's around dinner time, and since only you can cook, and we barely have food in the tower, you guys should come down to get pizza soon." she said with a smile.
"Sure Dani, we'll be there in half an hour." TT-Robin replied with a calm, warm smile. Dani laughed happily and flew off, grabbing her brother along the way.
"So, I've heard that every ghost has an obsession. From what you told me, does that mean that hers and Danny's are to protect loved ones?" YJ-Robin asked.
"Not just loved ones, but it is stronger for them. No, their obsession is to protect everyone in danger, even if that person picks on them in human form. Heck, they've even saved ghosts that tried to kill them." his older half explained.
"Wow." was all YJ-Robin could say.
"Let's go." TT-Robin said, climbing down the ladder, his younger counterpart right behind him. When everyone was on the ground and chatting, a voice interrupted them.
"Seriously Speedy! You ordered fish taco's before you left! What kind of sick joke do you take that as!" exclaimed a very pissed of TT-Aqualad as he stormed into the room. Kaldur looked slightly horrified at what he just heard, while Speedy just fell over laughing. YJ looked between the two Aqualads', completely shocked by how different they were.
When TT-Aqualad saw YJ-Aqualad, he froze.
"K-Kalur'ahm?" he asked, dropping his anger for shock.
"Garth?" Kaldur asked, confused due to the difference in this Garth, and his friend back home.
"W-what are you doing here?" he asked, still shocked. "You ran off a couple years ago...when did you-?" he was cut off by Kaldur raising his hand.
"I apologize, friend, but... I am not your Kaldur'ahm, I am not from this dimension." he said in a calm voice.
"Oh, I should have figured as much. My Kaldur'ahm ran off after Black Manta alone and never came back, I should have known you were not him." Garth said with a sad smile.
"Curious though," he continued. "you look just like the Kaldur from here, but from the way you are looking at me, I assume I do not look much like 'your' Garth." he said. Kaldur nodded at this.
"The Garth in my dimension has brown hair and purple-ish eyes. He also, did not take to being an apprentice of Aquaman." Kaldur explained. Garth nodded.
"Maybe some counterparts have major differences, while others only have minor ones. Like how our KF has green eyes, and your KF has blue ones." YJ-Robin inquired.
"It's as good a guess as any." TT-Robin replied, walking towards the door. "I'm gonna sweep the city really quick, anybody wanna come?" he asked. His younger counterpart, Cyborg, BB and the three archers' decided to come with him, but everyone else decided to do something else. Raven had to meditate, the two alien girls wanted to go fly around, the two KF's wanted to race around the city...again. Garth wanted Kaldur to come to Atlantis for a little bit, and Kaldur agreed to go. Superboy just said 'no'.
After twenty six minutes, the group came back, having found no crime. With that done, the two Robins', two KF's, three archers', Cyborg, and BB decided to head down to the Pizza Place. The alien girls stayed back to talk with each other, Raven was still meditating, and once again, Superboy just said 'no'.
They got there, and after serving the pizza's, the sibling took a break and sat down with the heroes. Half an hour later, everyone was fed, and the heroes went back to the Tower, while the siblings got back to work.
[3 hours later]
Everyone (minus the two Aqualads, who were staying in Atlantis) was sitting in the main room, chatting idly with one person or the other,or in the case of Superboy, standing with a stoic expression. TT-Robin and Dani were in a corner, making out (rolls eyes and sighs) Raven and Danny were talking about their day like an old married couple, YJ-Robin was jumping around with the two KF's...they all found Dani and Danny's candy stash. The rest of the big group was just...chatting.
At one point, Wally had started to calm down, and Artemis had pulled her boyfriend out of the room by the ear, forcing him to go to bed. After that, everybody slowly drifted to their own rooms.
He was walking through darkness, there was no light anywhere, it was as if he was in a never-ending dark tunnel, when suddenly, lights appeared and he was standing at the top of one of the trapeze stands, watching his father take off.
He then watched as his mother took off, the ropes shaking as she jumped. He knew what would happen, and he felt like crying but he couldn't. He couldn't turn away or close his eyes. He was forced to look up and see the ropes snap.
He heard his mother shout his name as her cheerful and free expression turned into one of pure terror, and she and his father began plummeting to the ground.
"Noooo!" he heard himself scream. 'Why do I have to relive this?' he thought to himself. He felt himself cringe as he heard the smack of the bodies hitting the ground, hearing the sickening crack off bone.
He rushed down the ladder and towards his parents mangled bodies.
"Mommy, Dad! Please don't leave me! No, no no no no no no!" he fell to his knees right in front of them, their blood soaking into his uniform and robe as he sat in their pool of blood grabbing their arms and trying to wake them up.
"Don't do this to me! Don't leave!" he sobbed, as the world turned to black.
YJ-Robin shot straight up in his cot, panting heavily and covered in a cold sweat. He hadn't seen that much of that day in his nightmares since he was nine. As quietly as he could, so as not to wake up his other self, he got up and left the room, heading for the rooftop.
"YOU EXIST TO SERVE ME! DO IT!"
"You're just a useless, sorry excuse for a clone, and I never should have created you."
"I don't think so, you don't dare use your powers again. This is over!"
"He's lying to you!"
"You're just a mess that he's not going to clean up!"
"Every time I fight a clone, they turn into goop!"
"You ecto-brat!"
"Well of course I was using you."
"If you continue to struggle, then there will be nothing left of you to dissect."
"Clearly she is only mildly more sound than the other clones. Question is, why did she live longer than the rest?"
"It seems the only way that I'll be able to make a perfect clone, is to melt you down AND STUDY YOUR ECTPLASMIC REMAINS!"
"Breaking up is hard to do, unless you have a weapon that does it for you!"
"DANI! NO!"
"You exist to serve me! To serve me, serve me~"
Dani gasped as she woke up, her eyes flashing green. She hated that nightmare. It was nothing but a bunch of detached voices, in a pitch black 'room', yelling at her, telling her of what a failure she is. She shivered at the memories of all those voices, tears slipping down her cheeks. She slowly began phasing up towards the roof.
[Rooftop, Titans Tower]
Dani phased up to the rooftop and was surprised to find another person out there. As she got closer, she saw that it was mini-Rob (as she called him in her mind) and he was shaking. Only as she got next to him did she realize he was crying. Even with his head on his knees, covered by his arms, she could tell that he didn't have his mask on.
"Hey Dickie." she said softly, trying not to spook (no pun intended) him. He jumped anyways, and looked at her with tear-stained cheeks, and wide, crystal blue eyes. She stared at him sadly with similarly shocking eyes, but hers were more azure, or sky blue.
"H-hey." he said shakily, wiping away at the tears, but they just kept falling.
"Nightmare of the past?" she asked softly, grabbing his hands and taking them away from his face. He looked shocked at her question, but also at her soft, kind voice, and her taking his hands from his face.
"Y-yeah, but how d- how did you know?" he asked.
"This is where me and Dick come when we have nightmares of the past. We usually have them on the same nights- weird, I know- and if we meet up here, I would usually take him flying." she answered, referring to her boyfriend.
"Oh." he replied. For some reason his tears wouldn't stop falling. She frowned and pulled him into a tight, sisterly hug. He was shocked by this gesture, having not really been hugged like this since he was still with his parents, but slowly, he relaxed into her hug and began crying shamelessly. She pulled away, holding him at arms length, and bending down to stare him straight in the eyes. He looked back at her, looking intently into the one eyes that her bangs didn't cover.
"Just remember, the past is the past. It may bite ya in the ass sometimes during nightmares, but it will not happen again. Remember that you're surrounded by people that care about you and that will help you if you allow them to." she told him with a smile.
"What a sappy speech." he said, the teasing little brother that he was just meant to be. She smirked and lightly hit him upside the head. He simply laughed. His face got serious then.
"But seriously, thank you." he said. She smiled again and hugged him.
"Well I just can't stand to see either of my favorite Birds so sad." she stated. She then held her hand out to him.
"Wanna fly a little?" she asked. He nodded enthusiastically and grabbed her hand. She took of with him, and the young Boy Wonder's cackle could be heard through the Jump City night sky.
[Unknown specific location, Jump City]
The man watched as the Halfa girl hugged and comforted the younger Robin. Though he never saw Robins face because it was too dark, he did like the fact that this one looked easier to break than that traitorous older Robin apprentice that he used to have. And now -he thought as he sat forward, revealing a half black, half bronze mask with one eye- he can destroy one Robin, get another, and deliver two Halfas to his partner, at one time, since they were all getting close. Perhaps he could even get the Gem. Maybe he would keep the Halfas and cut ties with his ghostly partner.
"Very intriguing." he stated, leaning back in his chair, a smirk on his face, unseen due to his mask. He must wait patiently to get them all alone. But once he does, there will be no escape. A bone chilling laugh could be heard echoing through Slade's lair.
[Rooftop, Titans Tower]
"That was awesome!" Robin exclaimed once Riqis set him down, transforming back to Dani.
"I know, it just makes you feel so free." she replied, a big, goofy grin on her face. Robin yawned and she went into big sister mode.
"Now get to bed, you need rest, my little insomniac." she said with a smirk. He rolled his eyes in the darkness.
"I saw that." she said. He looked at her.
"How? It's totally dark over here." he asked.
"Heightened ghost senses, they work in human for to. Instead of Superman, I'm 'SuperGhost'!" she said, putting her fists on her hips and puffing out her chest in a mocking superhero pose. Robin laughed.
"Wow, non-stop surprises with you, huh?" he said.
"And that's why I am so interesting." she stated, patting his head. Then she yawned.
"Alright, I guess both of us insomniacs need to try and sleep." he said to her. She laughed and phased him to the older Robin's room and onto his cot. She said good night than went to her own bed. They both fell asleep within ten minutes. Neither of them had nightmares after that.
Everyone was awake by ten thirty, and there was, surprisingly, no villainous activity, so they had all had a good nights rest, if you don't count Dani's and YJ-Robin's nightmares.
As it was a good day, and the criminals were quiet, the teams decided to split up for a bit of relaxing. The two Wallys' went to Central City to have fun in familiar surroundings. Artemis went with them, and TT-KF picked up Jinx so they could go on a double date. Cyborg and Beastboy went to a comic convention, not even needing to dress up. Starfire took M'Gann to her homeplanet, to introduce her parents to her new best friend. The Aqualads' were still in Atlantis.
Superboy holed himself up in the training room, fighting against the training robots. Then, Raven and Danny went to one of Raven's favorite cafe's, Raven it was open mic. night and Raven wanted to hear some poetry. That left Dani and her two favorite birds'. They decided to go to the park to have a picnic-like day. Funny enough, the park was right next to the cafe that Raven and Danny were at.
Little did everyone know, that their separation could lead to the destruction of the halfas and birds of the group.
That's it for this chapter! If anyone wants a possible one to three shot, then I would be happy to give it a shot, tell me the name of the show, and what you want to see, and I'll tell you if I can do it. Now that I am getting to where I want, I should be able to type faster...except for the fact that I'm gonna have school =_=*. PLEASE REVIEW!