"Dude, how can anyone have such disregard for life?"

Outside the room, three young ladies were fighting over the limited space while trying to eavesdrop. "Sarah! Move your fat

"Jeanette is in my way

"Nicole, get your foot off of my hand." Sarah slowly massaged her arm from where she crouched on the floor. A sudden tingle ran down her arm that she never felt before, but she felt powerful. The voices on the other side of the door turned into surprised screams as a small earthquake shook the tower.

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Commissioner Brian Addams collapsed into his chair behind his desk. Putting his head into his hands he dramatically sighed. Having just got off the phone with Commissioner Gordon from Gotham in an attempt to learn everything he could about the Joker and Poison Ivy, he and the entire Jump City police force had been shocked at what they learned. Nothing they had seen in their entire careers could possibly have prepared them for these murders. The chief-justice had been killed, along with several prominent members of society at the club the other night. The public was in a barely suppressed panic. He and the entire Jump City police force were working overtime, trying to figure out everything they could and keep the public from panicking too much.

A sudden knocking on his door made his head throb. Rubbing his temple to prevent the migraine from getting worse, he glared at the door. "Come in." Lt. Kimball entered.

"Sir, I think you should turn on the news." Staring questioningly at his friend, he picked up the remote on his desk and turned on the tv he kept in his office. Flipping to the news, cold panic entered his bloodstream. Barely controlling it, he watched a lynched body being taken down from City Hall. The Mayor!

"We are live at City Hall. Our mayor, who has worked ceaselessly with the hero vigilantes The Teen Titans, as you can see. Has been murdered. How this has been done, is anyone's guess. All calls to the office had been answered with his voice. His family had reported that he called them and told them not to worry as he was working nonstop to aid the Titans bring in the psychopath known as The Joker. The only clue this station had that the mayor had been murdered, was actually a video sent to us. We will now play it. But avert your eyes if you have problems with certain content. This video is disturbing."

Commissioner Addams leaned forward over his desk as the video came on. It was in the mayor's office. What shocked them all was that it was a security footage. It had to have been hacked into and copied, then deleted so that security wouldn't find it. It showed the mayor talking to an attractive woman with flaming red hair and wearing a green business suit. The dress reaching down to slightly below the knees. She was dressed to impress in more ways than one. At first it started simple. This apparant bitonist was talking to the mayor about the ecosystem, the relation of plants and animals. The mayor appeared somewhat bored by the topic of discussion, but somewhat amused by the candor and passion she held for it. Addams watched with interest as she grew more and more passionate, calling on extremes. Destroying every kind of nuclear power plant in the country, remove technology in all forms, get rid of all antibiotics, chemicals, and help the planet thrive. Addams was almost inspired to call her a nutcase and by the look on the mayor's face, he was thinking the exact same thing.

But then she made an audacious request. Well, demand would be the better word. She demanded a meeting with the Titans, particularly Beast Boy. That caught Addams attention. The mayor for his part, openly laughed in front of her. "Madam, please understand this. I understand your candor and desire to save the planet. There are many environmentalists who may feel the same as you. However the Titans are vigilantes working alongside the law. We call in and sound the alarm in situations where our own units won't be able to handle it. They are not a charity case and are not open to the public as a tourist attraction." Addams nodded at that. He watched the mayor's phone go off. The secretary announced the arrival of his wife. The video showed the mayor attempt to dismiss the woman in front of him. However, the woman smiled with a glint that Addams hated to see in anyone's eye. Dropping her purse, it started to wiggle around the floor of its own volition. Soon vines started pouring out of it as a giant flower quickly grew out of the purse, its roots covering the room. The large yellow flower stared straight at the mayor as small purple ones grew out of the vines surrounding the office. A woman entered the office at that moment. Dressed exactly as the mayors wife, except for one key difference. This 'wife' had a smile far too large for anyone. Taking off the wig she wore, it revealed green hare and the top of a white forehead. "Hi mayyyyoorrrr. Say hello to daddy." The Joker walked straight into the room, using his dress to wipe off the makeup that disguised his white face. Addams couldn't help but think it didn't look right for Joker to wear woman's clothing.

The mayor stood straight up, eyeing the Joker and woman. "We will not allow ourselves to be frightened by terrorrists and criminals. Nothing you do will allow us to welcome you or your ilk. I'm calling security."

Joker walked foreward slowly. "Now that's not very nice, especially since, in about two seconds your security will be all over the place." A muffled explosion was heard. "Now to make you feel better, I think a magic trick is in store." Joker took out a pencil and jammed it into the mayor's desk. "I will make this pencil disappear." Behind him, the door opened and some badly scorched security rushed in. Before anyone could truly react, Joker turned quickly around, grabbing one of them by the scruff of the neck and slammed his head down onto the desk, where the pencil was sticking out. By doing this, he jammed the pencil into the man's head. The pencil, sticking half way out of the man's skull, blood dripping out of it. The other security screamed in rage as he pulled out a gun. "My my my, you two must have been friends. Why don't you kiss and make up?" Joker threw a roll of scotch tape at the guy, hitting him in the forehead and throwing off his aim. Still holding the dead security, Joker grabbed the other one and jabbed his head towards the dead one. Their lips smacked together as the pencil drove straight into the other one's forehead. Joker looked at the desk and waved his hand mystically above it. "Now you can see, the pencil is gone." Addams watched in horror as Joker took a razor to the mayor, slowly slicing him into ribbons as the large flower devoured the dead corpses. The woman was at the computer going over confidential information and uploading into a backup chip she had brought with her. After Joker was finished with killing the mayor, he picked up the phone and called the mayor's family. Then talking with the Mayor's voice entirely, using the exact same words the mayor would have used, informed the family that he was fine but wouldn't be able to come home for awhile. Hanging up he laughed, long and loud. Addams noted the woman's forehead was growing wrinkles of annoyance. When Joker finally stopped laughing he smiled straight at the camera. "My demands are simple. Robin will unmask and show the world who he really is. That greyskinned demoness will leave the city, return to her home dimension of Azarath. Robin's squeeze Kor'iandre will return to her home planet, that bucket of bolts Cyborg will dismantle himself. The speedy idiot and the unlucky princess will leave town. As for the green one. Kermit will announce in public he will meet me in a single place at a single time. I will meet him there. If my demands are not met, I will kill more people. Maybe blow up a retirement home or two. Ta Ta! Ouch!" Addams stared horrified, but amused as some of those purple flowers shot poisoned barbs at the Joker. The woman smiled sadistically at Joker before she looked up at the camera. "I am Poison Ivy, and my demand is simple. Beast Boy will present himself to me, where I will give him the time of his life....before I kill him. Eating plants! You murderer! The screen went black.

Without waiting Addams was rushing out of his office, shouting for all available units available. "Listen, I don't care whos, what's, wheres, hows, or whys, we are going to City Hall and investigating everything TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY!" Every police car in the city converged onto City Hall.

In his car, Addams fiddled with his gun as his partner and driver sat nervously. "Sir, what of the citizens. This will create a panic. Maybe even a riot?"

"We'll have to trust the Titans to take care of that."

"But Brian, how can we handle this. If the date of this is true then this went unreported for two days!"

"I know that Jameson! I know that. That means narrows things down to two things and two things only. We have either been infiltrated and someone inside our dept is helping them, or Joker is very skilled in impersonating EVERY security officer who didn't go home that day. I believe it's the former." Addams felt his temple twitch.

"Brian, I hope you're wrong."

"So do I Jameson. So do I."

*******

Back at Titans Tower, everything was chaos. After watching the news everyone was rushing to get ready to rush towards City Hall, the mad flurry of activity nearly had Sarah, Nicole, and Jeanette trampled in the stampede of heroes. The phone ringing brought all that to a standstill. pushing a button the wall, the screen revealed the face of Lt. Kimball of the Jump City police force. "Titans." the Lt. said with barely held contempt.

Robin internally groaned. He hated working with this Lt. He was one of the many advocates against vigilantes, constantly pushing against the Titans having free access to crime records or even being informed about crimes regardless of who was committing them. "Yes Lt?" He could hear Beast Boy moan and Cyborg pacing violently.

"Titans, the situation at Town Hall is in perfect control. You presence is not needed. However the public is panicking and you are to calm them."

Starfire flew up and glared at the screen. "Listen good Lt. We are not under your juris of diction! We take no orders from you!" Robin mentally applauded the enthusiasm she put into it.

Lt. Kimball smiled at them. "You are vigalantes and nothing more. The commissioner may allow you to do our work for us often enough, but the situation is under control. You are not allowed at City Hall. " His eyes were positively glowing. Beast Boy groaned. He absolutely hated this Lt.

"Dude, we have a warrant that

"That warrant is not valid. It required the chief-justice's signature. He was murdered before making it official, you are not to go near City Hall. Lt. Kimball out." The screen went black amidst the angered murmurings of the teens.

Cyborg stomped his foot down. "Man! This sucks, does anyone else share the opinion that this sucks!"

Starfire's eyes glowed angrily. "That KLORBAG tells us how to do our jobs!" She burst into a spiel from her native tongue that no one understood, but everyone figured she was calling him names that weren't appropriate for everyday language.

Sarah watched the entire mess in silence, sitting on the couch helplessly. But the remote had been left on the couch and turned the tv back on. The complaints ended at seeing the news. The public was out in the streets throwing everything they could get their hands on at the police, breaking into stores now that the patrols were no longer there, mass panic ruled. Robin felt his eyes narrow beneath his mask.

"Titans, even if we can't get to City Hall, we can help the public. That Lt. is right. We should help the citizens. We still have access to records so we can still get everything they find." The titans all nodded.

"Titans, Go!"

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Author's Note: I watched the Dark Knight over the weekend (I'm sure many of you recognized a few movie moments I put into this chapter) Like in Me? Leader! as the legal system was used for and against the Titans, I thought why not expand on that. I'm pretty sure every hero has enemies they aren't even aware of. Please read and review.