-Other Universe-
-Bludhaven-
Spider-man, Starfire, and Nightwing were in the docks scouring the area for any sign of Warp. Spider-man, was with Starfire, wondering what made the happy, cheerful Starfire all broody, and angry. He wanted to approach her, and ask her about it, but with how everything was going, there didn't seem a good time.
-Flashback-
"What do you mean you believe I am the cause of these ripples?" exclaimed Spider-man.
"Calm down Spider-man its only just a suspicion. I mean the moment you arrived the ripples started to appear." Said Nightwing.
"That's your only proof? One poorly timed arrival? Wait how long have you guys been monitoring me?"
"When we were searching for anything that may have link to the ripples, and Cyborg, and Beast-Boy told us about you around the same time the ripples started to form." Said Batman.
"What about Raven?"
"She wouldn't speak to us." Said Starfire
"Oh...Haven't you guys thought that it was just pure coincidence? Maybe something else is causing it?" said Spider-man in a confused tone of voice.
"We considered that as a possibility, but there is little time left, as more of Earth and this universe is slowly falling apart." Said Nightwing. Spider-man not happy with that response considered his options. Before he could come up with a decision, he had to know what they were planning to do with him. After all if they continued to believe in their theory, they would not risk bringing him here, then again if they really did believe in their theory what would they do to him? There was no time to do experiments
"Ok guys, I know it is hard to believe, but the cause of these ripples is the piece of the Tablet of order and chaos from my universe, which I destroyed by accident, and has scattered throughout my universe and others."
"So it is your fault after all," said Starfire in scornful tone of voice. Spider-man didn't want to believe that this was his fault, but it kind of was. Thoughts of how he could have stopped the Beetle differently from stealing the tablet instead of how he did it raced through his head. Suddenly he looked down at the ground realizing his blunder, realizing all the damage he has done, and the result of everything that will happen all because of him.
"You're right Star, it is my fault." Spider-man looked back up and noticed Star and Nightwing were taken a back by this, but not Batman, well to be honest he couldn't really tell what Batman was feeling, or thinking. "It's my fault that this world is falling apart, and I want to help save this universe."
"No, you've done enough damage to this universe, stay here so we can figure what to do with you." Said the angry Starfire.
"Ok I've had it, what is your problem with me? The Starfire I know would never act this harshly towards me, let alone anyone around her."
"I do not have to answer to a traitor like you."
"Well how I am going to follow your orders, if you can't give the common courtesy to answer my damn question?"
"Enough you too," said Batman, "Spider-man you will accompany both Starfire and Nightwing and stop whatever is causing the ripples from destroying this universe." Starfire looked at him showing discontent at his decision, but she silently listened to his orders, trusting his decision was the correct one.
"So where do we begin?" asked Nightwing.
"I've traced a large ripple slowly forming at the docks in Bludhaven, that I believe is where you should find the fragment." They walked out of the room, and headed for the teleporter, as Spider-man walked out he was pulled to the side by Starfire.
"I do not care what Nightwing, and Batman say or believe, I do not trust you, and if you do anything remotely suspicious I will kill you." Said Starfire.
"Believe you me, I intend on staying out of your way, and out of your life."
-End Flashback-
The three heroes split into two groups; Starfire scoured the skies to see if she could find any possible threats that may hinder their progress, while Nightwing and Spider-man together searched the grounds.
"Hey Nightwing, if you don't mind me asking why is Starfire so hostile towards me?" Nightwing had hoped to avoid this conversation. He didn't want to remember the painful memories that had occurred, but it was only fair to let this Spider-man know what had happened.
"Do you really want to know?"
"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't."
"Well when we first started the Teen Titans, this Spider-man was very distant from everybody, more so then Raven. He was unwilling to talk to anybody intrigued Starfire, and she tried to be his friend. I think that was when she started to develop some attraction towards him, and was doing her best to get to open up to her."
"Woah, wait a minute, she was crushing on me? I mean him?"
"That is one way of putting it."
"Well I guess being hostile towards me is her planet's weird way of showing affection."
"Let me finish, when we fought against Warp, he had badly injured Cyborg. He gloated that he stole contingency plans, in case one of us went rogue and put Cyborg at the state he is in, and made his escape. When the team started to point fingers at each other on who made the plans, this universe's Spider-man admitted he had made them, and Starfire became so disgusted she beat him to death; well she would have if we didn't stop her. The rest is history."
"That is a lot to take in. That would explain why some of the team I ran into acted hostile towards me, but not you and why is that?"
"This Spider-man and I grew up together practically as brothers, when Batman adopted us, trained us, and taught us everything." Nightwing paused for a moment, looking regretful for what had happened so far, and looked back at Spider-man prepared to tell him the one secret that he never revealed to anybody, "When we started the team, we ywanted to be sure the world was safe from all threats, ever from ourselves, so together we came up with the contingency plans." Underneath the mask, the look of confused, and anger was on Spider-man's face. He couldn't understand why he had let his friend take the fall, let alone come up with the contingency plans. He punched him in Nightwing in the gut, and grabbed his collar and pinned him to the nearest wall. Right before Spider-man pounded Nightwing's face in, his spider-senses go off, and before he could react, he turns to his left and sees Starfire glaring at him with glowing emerald eyes, and her hand glowing pointing at his head.
"Release Nightwing at once traitor."
"That's it I just had about enough of this, I just came from an alternate reality where all of the Titans don't trust me, this is the last thing I want to deal with." Spider-man lets go of Nightwing and walks towards the edge of the building. "You guys can go back to the Watchtower I don't need your help."
"Yes you do, you can't beat Warp, he knows how to beat you just like everyone else." Said Nightwing
"Doesn't matter, I'm better off fighting one person that wants to kill me rather then two."
"Ugh, I had enough of his mouth." Starfire grabs Spider-man around his throat, and lifts him up the ground preparing to squeeze the life out of him. Before either Spider-man or Starfire did anything, Nightwing jumps in before either one of them would regret what they would do.
"Starfire put him down now."
"Nightwing, he is the one causing all of this, he should be punished for what he did."
"Starfire you are not making any sense. There is no evidence to prove this, and you are letting your emotions cloud your judgment."
"Dick, why do you continue to defend him?" Nightwing takes look at the ground trying to avoid eye contact, but he knew he could no longer hide the secret any longer.
"Star, the reason is, Spider-man wasn't the only one who created those plans. I also helped create those plans, in fact I was the one who approached him about it." Star stared at Nightwing with disbelief, and dropped Spider-man.
"Why Dick, why would you do this?"
"I wanted to be prepared for any situation, and I knew there was going to be a time when a member of Titans would pose a threat."
"How could you not trust us? We were your friends, you know us better then anyone that we would never go that far."
"That didn't stop me and Terra from joining Slade."
"But we're not you, how can you judge us like that?" At this point Spider-man had to step in before the argument got any worst. He slides in between the two, and attempt to do his best to get the two to focus.
"Guys, as much as I love to see everything fall apart, but we have literally everything falling apart right now." Spider-man then pointed to the sky to show the two a giant ripple in the sky.
"Dick, we will talk about this later, for now we have to stop Warp from destroying the universe, and Spider-man do not think this..."
"Isn't over, blah blah blah we have a universe to save." Said Spider-man, he then turns his attention towards at Nightwing, "Nightwing do we have Warp's location?"
"Yeah hold on," Nightwing types in something on his wrist, and then looks up at Spider-man, "Found him he is in warehouse 616." As Starfire and Spider-man walked towards the warehouse, Nightwing continues to type something in his wrist, and catches up with the rest.
They arrived at the warehouse, and snuck in through the ceiling. Spider-man and Nightwing walked on the girders, while Starfire floated around the ceiling. They noticed right below them was Warp working on a strange device with the fragment on the center.
"Soon when this is completed, I will go to other dimensions and search for the other fragments, and control all of reality." Mumbled Warp as worked on his device. He hears a small metal clanging on the ground, and he immediately turns his attention to the source of the sound. Starfire floats down and as soon as Warp turns around, she punches him in the face. As stumbles backwards Nightwing drops from the ceiling and heel kicks him in the face, then Spider-man drops from the ceiling and lands on top of Warp, and backflips to stand in the middle of the two heroes.
"Didn't you say the fragment was supposed to give anyone a huge power boost?" asked Nightwing.
"It's supposed to, but a easy win is still a win, right?" said Spider-man. Warp got up and started to glow and float in the air.
"You had to talk?" said Starfire.
"Shut up."
"Fools, I was going to spare all of you when I harness the power of the tablet, but now I am going to erase you from existence." He then fires a powerful beam at the trio. They all jumped out of the way, and then Starfire fires laser beam from her eyes, and from both her hands. Warp fires back with his energy blast; Nightwing pulls out his electric escrima sticks and leaps towards him and wails at Warp, however Warp blocked every attack with one hand. Spider-man fires a webline at a nearby crate and throws it at Warp. Warp, having enough of this, creates a force field around him and unleashes the energy sending the trio flying.
"I have no time for this foolishness, let's see what tricks I have up my sleeve." He then rips several tears in the time and space fabric and pulls out Blackfire, Clayface, Plasmus, Cinderblock, Overload, Kraven, Rhino, Scorpion, and Sandman. "Face it you're outmatched and outclassed."
The trio took step back and assessed the situation. Standing in front of them was Warp and nine of the Titans and Spider-man's deadliest villains they fought in the past. While they didn't want to admit it, but Warp was right, they were outnumbered and outmatched.
"Nightwing you have any ideas what to do?" asked Spider-man.
"Calling in backup." Said Nightwing as he types something on his wrist.
"Cool who are we getting? Batman? Superman? Wonder Woman? Heck I'd settle for Deadpool at this point."
"Not exactly." Five figures suddenly materialize right before their eyes: a floating green skinned girl, a girl in a green costume wielding a bow and arrow, a black boy wielding water blades, a boy wearing yellow with a red lightning bolt across his chest, and a tall bay wearing a black shirt and jeans with an s on his chest.
"So what are they the new Titans?" asked Spider-man.
"I'll tell them who they are later, but right now we have situation right here. GO TEAM!"
-Original Reality-
The trio stepped outside of Arkham Mansion and in the sky there were fireworks going off. The fireworks caught their attention and determined that was where Batman was being held captive. They walked over to the source, Starfire kept staring at Spider-man; she felt a strange emotion about Spider-man, like there was something she wanted to know about him.
"What are you looking at?" asked Spider-man.
"Nothing." Said the embarrassed Starfire.
"You've been looking at me for the past five minutes so it can't be nothing." Starfire looks away because of her embarrassment, but after a few seconds she regained her composure, and looked back at him.
"It's just we do not know anything about you, and yet it seems that you know a lot about us."
"So? Now is not the time for story time."
"Starfire is right, if we are to work as a team we have to know a little more about yourself." Spider-man stopped in his tracks, and looked at both of the heroes in their eyes. Although he was wearing a mask, both of them could tell he was not happy about what they had just said.
"That is where you are wrong. I know a lot about MY Nightwing and Starfire and trust me if you only knew what I had been through you would understand why I hesitant to help others."
"That's the thing, we don't know what happened that's why we asked." Said Starfire.
"I don't have to tell you anything, we have a mission to do and let that be our focus."
"Fine what I do know is that when your aunt and uncle died you were adopted by a rich billionaire, who raised you, trained you to become the hero you are." Said Nightwing to the now shocked Spider-man.
"H...ho...how did you find that out?"
"You forget you're not the only who was trained by Batman." Spider-man knew that this was true, and after pondering for a bit there was nothing much left to hide decides to tell them everything. He told them about his time with the Titans, the adventures they went on, they villains they fought, and they eventual downfall of the Titans.
"I can't believe that happened." Said Nightwing.
"That cannot be true, how can you do that to your friends." Said Starfire
"There will be a time when anyone of us would go rogue, like what happened with Terra."
"I guarantee you we are nothing like Terra." Said Starfire.
"We'll see about that, Nightwing let me have a word with you." Spider-man pulled Nightwing to the side making sure Starfire does not hear their conversation. "Nightwing, I know you made the same plans as I did back in my reality." Nightwing was taken aback what he had just said, but at the same time he didn't want to admit that he had made the same plans, and wanted to keep it a secret until the moment was right.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Said Nightwing as he tried to get out of the situation quickly.
"Whether you made the plans or not it does not matter. I do think however, that you should let your team know."
"Or else what?"
"You'll lose everything." Nightwing just quietly looked at Spider-man and walked back to Starfire trying his best to ignore that last statement. As he walked back Spider-man grabbed on to his wrist and he turned around to his direction. "Take it from someone who is your best friend from another universe, and made a huge mistake, you have to let your friends know about your plan." He lets go of wrist and together silently walked back to Starfire and continued their way to the penitentiary.
A few moments later, they arrived at the penitentiary; standing outside of the door was a line of inmates behind Solomon Grundy.
"Name?"
"You know who we are." Said Nightwing.
"Grundy need name bird man."
"Sigh~ Nightwing Starfire, and..."
"Kaine."
"What?" said Starfire, Nightwing, and Grundy at the same time.
"That is the name I go by."
"Isn't that something you should have told us before, you know before we called you Spider-man?"
"Thought it would be more convenient for you guys."
"Sorry Kaine and Spider-man not on list."
"Listen Grundy you're going to let me in or I will personally make sure you stay dead." Kaine's spider sense goes off, and he quickly moves out of the way as Grundy tried to wrap his gigantic hands. He then fires a webline at his face, and tries to slam Grundy's face to the ground. Since his super strength had not yet returned, Grundy latched his hands around the webline and yanked Kaine towards him a gives him a giant bear hug. Both Nightwing and Starfire rush to help Kaine break free. The other inmates charge in, however Nightwing quickly took care of them by throwing multiple electric batarangs at them. Starfire quickly flies over and punches Grundy where his kidneys would have been, and he lets Kaine free.
"Oh...Grundy don't feel too good." Kaine gets into his fighting position, getting ready to strike back.
"Grundy is going to feel a lot worse." Kaine delivers a one-two combo to Grundy's face, heel kicks him across the face, and then webs his face to distract him. As Grundy tried to remove the web, Starfire blasted a hole in his giant body causing him to fall over.
"*Gasp* is he not harmed?" asked Starfire.
"Grundy's a zombie, he'll be fine." Said Kaine as he walked through the entrance. As they entered the building, they walked through a long hallway with various Arkham inmates standing by with party hats on welcoming the heroes to the party. Finally at the end of the hallway, there was another door leading into the jail cells, and on top of a large pile of skulls was the Joker wearing a crown on his head, sitting on a throne, holding a puppet in his left hand and to his right was Batman strapped to an electric chair, and at the bottom of his throne there was a giant box.
"I like to thank you for the brilliant plan to take down the Batman." As the three walked towards him, a thug charged at them, only for Starfire to fire a starbolt to knock him out.
"Me? It was all your brilliant idea Emperor Joker, I am just a humble puppet." Another thug came from the side, this time Nightwing sweeps the thug's legs using his escrima, and then uses other escrima and slammed it on the thugs stomach turn on the electricity to knock him out. The last thug charged from behind with a bat, but Kaine delivers a powerful elbow to the thug's face.
"Tell your ventriloquist I won't blowing him up tonight," He then pulls a lever acting as if it was an accident, and in the background there was as a sound of explosion and a man screaming, "Whoops clumsy me, well I never did like dummies, and their puppets HAHAHAHA." He throws the puppet away and hops down from his throne, and casually walked towards the heroes.
"Well if isn't the bird boy and his amazing friends. Where are the rest of the titans and Batman's kiddies?"
"Release Batman at once." Said Kaine.
"Now, Now lets not spoil the fun so soon, the night is still young and there is plenty of killings left to do."
"If you do not wish to be harmed, surrender now!" said Starfire.
"Was that supposed to be a threat? Now that's hilarious HAHAHAHAHAHA." As he laughed he accidently pushed another lever, and another explosion went off.
"Whoops, I am such a klutz, there goes the infirmary."
"How many innocent lives did you just take?" shouted Kaine.
"None, I think, HAHAHAHA." The heroes made their move, the Joker suddenly kicked open the giant box and inside revealed a nuke. As the nuke was revealed the heroes stopped and looked in horror what was unveiled before their eyes. Nightwing made his way to the nuke until the Joker stopped by whacking his face with a crowbar. "Now, now don't be so hasty. It's this little doo hickey you should worry about." He then pulls out a detonator from his left jacket pocket.
"Pull that trigger and eight million people will die." Said Starfire.
"Eight Million and five, I was planning to watch the fireworks from a distance, but since now you're here, what say we have one last dance." Right before he pressed the button, Kaine fired a webline and yanked the detonator from Joker's hand and into his.
"Star, take that nuke and make sure you place it where it can't hurt anybody." She immediately flew towards the bomb, blew a hole in the ceiling and took the bomb somewhere else.
"You're finished Joker, you have no more tricks up your sleeve." Said Nightwing.
"Well maybe not in this sleeve, but how about this one." He pulls out the fragment from his sleeve; the fragment began to glow, alarming both Kaine and Nightwing.
"Put that down Joker, you don't know what will happen." Said Kaine.
"Why spoil the fun chump? I think we are finally going to have a grand ol time with this fragment." As it continued to glow, Joker slowly transformed into a giant monster, with claws, and his spine popping out of his back turning them into spikes. "Showtime boys, let's give Batman something to talk about when he begs for his life." The two remaining heroes charged at the Joker, only to get caught by his massive hands. He throws the both of through the hole Starfire made earlier and both landed on the roof of the building. Joker then took Batman with him as he leaped through and on the same rooftop as Kaine and Nightwing. He tied Batman to a nearby pillar and wrapped a wire around him and had the inmates who were there to serve as a lookout pull a nearby switch when told to do so.
"Let's give the good people of Gotham a show to watch." Surrounding them were cameras pointing at the center of the rooftop, painted on it was the face of the Joker. "Three freaks in a fight to the death, and for one night only we have a special guest referee, Batman." Lights then shine on Batman as an inmate pulls the switch electrocuting him. "You could say he is the most electrifying man in all of Gotham, HAHAHAHAHA." The Joker then takes a few steps towards Kaine and Nightwing. The two heroes go into their fighting stances, which only humored the Joker. "Oh my isn't this precious, bird boy, and the spider-brat think they can take me on? I would laugh if this wasn't so pathetic, oh what the hell I'll laugh anyway, HAHAHAHAHA!"