Part 35: The Cat Returns

Back in Jump City, to be more specific, in the Wilsons' Mansion, Kat was getting ready.

She was getting ready for battle.

She put on the suit Slade made for her and put on a new black bow ribbon. Her hair had also been put in a tight braid. She also put on a choker with Slade's emblem on. Finally, she hooked the Zodiac Deck to her utility belt. She gazed at her armored hands and at the clawed fingertips. She scratched the claws together and the brief contact made sparks fly. She then balled her fingers into fists and then let them fly open, revealing 6 inch longs claws. She grinned. She looked in the mirror and noticed one thing: she had no mask.

Usually, Kat wore a helmet when she was in armored form, her Zodiac armored form. However, she was not in her Zodiac Armor. She was in her Slade armor. The sharp black S within a red heart on her chest a testament to that. She went over to her dresser drawer and pulled it out. Reaching in, she pulled out a domino mask.

It was the same mask Robin wore during his apprenticeship with Slade.

She fixed it over her eyes and blinked, getting her eyes into focus. She looked herself in the mirror. Not bad. On the dresser was a piece of paper. On this piece of paper was a drawing of a red glaring wolf's face. It was the symbol of the Sabretrons. She picked it up, threw it into the air, right before swiping down and reducing it to pieces. She grinned.

She was ready.

She walked over to her door and swung it open telekinetically. She leapt over the banister and landed on the floor, on her feet. She then proceeded to the door. However, there was still one obstacle: her teammates.

Grant had his arms crossed over his chest, Joey was silent, and Rose had a pleading look on her face. Kat tried to look away; she hated that look, it made her feel guilty.

"Step aside," she told them, brandishing her claws.

"Sorry, sistah," Grant retorted, "No can do."

((Be reasonable Katherine)) Joey spoke in her head.

"And don't go through with this," Rose pleaded.

Kat shook her head and pointed to her choker, "Don't worry, guys. I'll be fine. I just need to get rid of some pests…Sabretronian pests."

"Okay, you've been talking about these Sabretron guys a lot lately," Grant glared, "Just who are these guys and what is your deal with them?"

"It's none of your concerns," Kat walked forward and pushed past them. However, someone had a firm grip on her shoulder. Kat threatened, "Let go Grant, or else."

"Please don't do this, Kitty-Kat," Rose said, holding onto her girlfriend's shoulder.

Crap! Kat swore in her head. If it was Grant, she would beat him up. If it was Joey, she'd pull away. If it was Rose…If it was Rose…She didn't know what to do.

"I don't wanna see you hurt…" Rose said, placing her forehead on Kat's back. "Don't go after the Titans now…without father or his androids…"

"I don't need him, or his toy soldiers…" Kat said to her, not turning her head to look. "I can do this on my own." Kat pried her shoulder away. "See you later Rosey."

Rose was almost to tears. She latched onto her brother Joey and cried into his shirt. Kat didn't care. She went over to the double doors and pushed them open. She looked over her shoulder and saw the disapproving look on Joey's face, the look of contempt on Grant's, and Rose…Rose had tears in her beautiful gray eyes.

God she hated that look.

She ignored it and went down the stoop and headed towards the front gate. She leapt over the bars and landed opposite it. She looked back. She would be fine, she knew that. She had Evil on her side. She pulled out a communicator and flipped up the viewing screen. With a push of a button, she had the radar on. She stared, trying to find a blip. She found it.

Kat smirked, "Purrfect…" Kat purred…she put her hand to the domino mask she was wearing. Truthfully, she hated the half orange half black mask she used to wear. It wasn't very comfortable.

She then leapt into the air and teleported.

Meanwhile…

"Pizza? What is pizza?" DT asked.

"You mean you've never tried Pizza?" Beast Boy said in disbelief. DT shook his head, "You really are from another planet, aren't you?" he laughed. Everyone else groaned and DT failed to see the humor.

DT asked, "Is it going to taste as good as your tofu, Beast Boy?" DT asked hopefully. Cyborg stuck his tongue out.

"Dawg! How can you eat that stuff? It's not even real food!" Cyborg said, disgusted.

"It is too real food!" Beast Boy protested.

"No it ain't!" Cyborg protested.

"Please friends! Do not fight!" Starfire pleaded.

"Hmph!" Cyborg grumbled.

It was the day after DT was found and brought to the Tower. He still slept in the hospital wing and today he had an interesting day.

(Flashback to morning…)

The Titans were having breakfast and both Beast Boy and Cyborg were fighting over which foodstuff was better: Tofu or Meat?

Naturally, as the 'newbie', DT was 'volunteered' to put a stop to the (idiotic) debate. He sat at the table with two plates in front of him. One had an assortment of cooked meats on it while the other had Beast Boy's favorite, tofu.

He picked up the spoon and scooped some of Beast Boy's tofu (poison) and put it in his mouth. Nearly half the team expected him to turn green and vomit and the other half was shivering with anticipation. DT began to chew…and stopped.

"DT?" Robin began. "Are you okay? Need a glass of water or something?"

"Yes new friend Trouble-of-Double? Are you falling ill due to Beast Boy's concoctions?" Starfire asked fearfully.

That was when DT's face broke into a large broad grin and began shoveling the tofu into his mouth quickly, "By Primus! This is GOOD!" he smiled. Cyborg's jaw dropped and Beast Boy began doing a victory dance. When DT was done with the tofu, he ate the meat Cyborg prepared to him. He let out a modest belch and patted his stomach, a satisfied smile played on his lips. Cyborg groaned while Beast Boy kept saying, "See! See!" Terra giggled.

Later, they went to play videogames. DT watched with curiosity as Cyborg and Beast Boy pressed the buttons on the controller. DT asked, "Is this a training or battle simulator?"

Both Cyborg and Beast Boy said, "It's a videogame."

DT asked, "What's a videogame?"

This caused the two Titans' eyes to bug out, causing their virtual cars to crash into one another. Their heads turned to DT's direction and they were staring at him like he was some sort of weird alien, which wasn't farther from the truth.

"You haven't heard of videogames?" Beast Boy said in disbelief. DT shook his head.

"Seriously?" Cyborg gasped.

"I have seen training simulators for combat, but not something quite like this I'm afraid," DT said.

"You…" Beast Boy said hesitantly, passing the controller to DT, "Wanna play?"

DT shrugged, "I guess." He sat down on the couch, between Beast Boy and Cyborg, and stared at the screen. He asked, "What do I do…?"

"Just press the buttons. Okay, let's start a new game!" Cyborg said excitedly. They soon began racing after showing DT the basics.

10 minutes later…

"DT WINS!" the game announced. Cyborg dropped the controller and gasped. Beast Boy began snickering.

"Dude!" he laughed, "DT kicked your butt, on his first try!"

"Beginner's luck…" Cybrorg grumbled as he bent down to pick the controller up.

"Did I do something wrong?" DT asked.

"No dude," Beast Boy said, "Cy just hates to lose."

"Do you want to play again?" DT was almost afraid to ask.

"Yeah!" Cyborg shouted, a look of firm determination chiseled on his face as his red eye flashed, "Rematch!"

30 minutes and 15 seconds later…

"DT WINS!" the game announced.

Cyborg dropped his controller in defeat. DT looked at him worried, "Is he going to be OK?" the alien cyborg asked the green skinned (or furred) changeling, who was laughing his head off.

(A/N: I'm not really sure if Beast Boy has green skin or fur all over him. It was just never mentioned. I may alternate between the two descriptions until someone tells me otherwise)

Cyborg was catatonic and Beast Boy just said, wiping a tear away from his eye, "It's okay, dude. It's okay. He'll be fine.

DT shrugged, "OK," and walked towards the elevator. He wanted to talk to Robin and he knew he'd be in the training room.

Of course, when he arrived and walked in, he immediately turned back around and into the elevator.

(A/N: 3 guesses to what DT saw in the training room and the first two don't count)

He was outside of Titans Tower and he heard a, "Hey," behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see Terra there, smiling.

"Hello, Terra," he smile to her. "What are you doing out here, really?"

"Just like to get some fresh air, plus I like the feel of the ground on my feet," Terra said to him. DT noticed that she was without her usual hiking boots, and she wasn't wearing socks either. She was completely barefoot.

"You have a connection to the Earth, I see," DT surmised as he had witnessed the use of her powers the previous day.

"Got that right," Terra sat down next to him. "How do you like it so far in Titans Tower?" she asked.

"It's great. Though I can't compare it to anything yet since my memories are yet to return," he pointed to his head.

"Well, I hope you get them back," Terra picked up a stone pebble and threw it on the water, watching it skip across the surface.

DT watched this and picked up a pebble of his own. He then threw it. However, it didn't skip over the water. Instead, it flew over the water like a rocket and split a nearby boulder in half. He gasped, "Looks like I don't know my own strength."

"You need some control," Terra said, "I'll show you." She demonstrated and the pebble skipped over the water effortlessly.

"Easy for you to say," he grinned, "You're a geokinetic."

"Hey, some people got it, others don't," she joked back.

DT then looked over at the city. "What is that place?" DT asked.

"Oh, that's Jump City. We told you that we protect it from bad guys and other stuff," Terra told her. They did, when he woke up without any knowledge of whom he was or where he was from. He only knew his name, or at least a nickname. Double-Trouble. But, what was his real name? He looked over at the city again and sighed.

"You wanna go see it?" Terra asked.

"Can I?" DT's eyes sparkled under his mask.

"We'll all be going out for pizza anyway. I'll tell the others," she summoned up part of the ground under her and flew back to the Tower.

"What's pizza?" DT asked, puzzled.

(Present…)

That was why the Titans were all in Cy's T-Car and driving towards the pizza place.

"So, if I may ask again, what is pizza?" DT asked. The one to answer was Starfire.

"It is a large round piece of bread with various toppings including cheese and sauce of the tomato and baked into delicious goodness!" Starfire beamed.

DT understood, almost. He knew what Starfire's idea of delicious was. He had tried some of her 'famed' pudding…

And puked into the toilet for over an hour.

Strange…maybe he wasn't supposed to eat Tamaranian food. Oh well. Since this was Earth food and he had liked his previous meals, except the ones Starfire made, this would probably be a new experience for him.

"Okay, okay," Beast Boy began giggling, "Stop me if you've heard this one! A guy walks into a bar and said..."

"Beast Boy," Robin groaned, "Remember, 'no jokes in the car'."

"Hmph!" Beast Boy grumbled.

"What did this man say as he went into a bar?" Starfire asked.

"Yes," DT agreed, "What did he say?"

"He said…" Beast Boy snickered, "He said…"

CRASH!

Suddenly, a large rock slammed into the side of the T-Car, sending it flying and rolling onto the ground until it hit a lamppost.

"…Ow…" Beast Boy groaned.

"What hit us?" Cy shook and rubbed his head.

Terra narrowed her eyes. She had sensed the use of geokinetic powers, powers like hers.

The Titans helped each other out of the car. Terra looked around and saw silhouette walking towards them. She tensed. Why was she tensed?

"Hey Titans," the silhouette said in a silky voice, like she was purring, "Remember me…?" the dust cleared and Terra froze.

"No…" Terra shivered.

Kat walked into visibility, clad in her Slade suit. The suit that gave Terra nightmares. The suit may have been different, but still the same. The metal wrappings, the bolts, chestplate, and the Slade emblem on the chest.

Terra cringed and Beast Boy went over to her, "Terra, are you okay?" she answered his answer.

She screamed.

Kat played with her bangs, "Looks like blondie saw something that she didn't like. Wonder what it was?" Kat said this innocently.

Robin demanded, "Who are you?"

"Oh, Robin. I can't believe you don't remember me," Kat pouted. "After all, I did drive my claws right through your dragon Knight friend."

"COPYCAT!" The Titans shouted in unison, realization on their faces, all except DT.

"Who is she?" DT asked.

"Your worse nightmare….Sabretron scum…" Copycat snarled.

The Titans looked at her, confused.

"Sabretron…?"

That was when she lunged and went to attack them. Robin then responded with his trademark, "TITANS! GO!"

To Be Continued…

ZK Chromedragozoid: Looks like its Copycat VS The Titans. This time the Titans don't have the Knights' help or the powers of the Zodiac. This could be bad. And is DT in trouble?