"Woo!" cheered Donna, throwing back another tequila shot.

"I thought alcohol didn't affect her," said Dick.

"It doesn't," smiled Kara, "She and I took some S.T.A.R. Labs meta booze before heading out. She's just doing this part for the experience."

The Titans had just busted a major armed robbery outfit hitting up banks in cities all across the country. After successfully capturing them at the Jump City National Bank, the Titans had decided to reward themselves with a night of bar crawling in their civilian identities.

Donna, Dick, Kara, and Roy were currently seated alongside one another at a sports bar not far from Titans Tower. Dick had worn a blue button down tucked into his black skinny jeans and sharp dress shoes. Roy wore a red button down over blue jeans and matching sneakers. Donna wore high waisted capris jeans with brown high heeled sandals, a sleeveless red blouse, and golden hoop earrings. In addition to her usual thick black glasses, Kara wore a white sweater and a high waisted black skirt over black tights and black ankle boots. Wally wasn't there at the moment. He had been in and out over the course of the night, simultaneously spending time with his friends in Central City by running back and forth with his powers.

Done with her shot, Donna excused herself from the bar to go to the bathroom. On the way, she caught herself on Roy's shoulder and smiled at him. Roy chuckled nervously. She gave him a big hug before running off to the bathroom. Dick and Kara both snickered when they saw that Roy's face was bright red.

"What!?" feigned Roy, turning away and anxiously drinking water.

"Just ask her out!" blurted out Kara, "This is ridiculous!"

"It's not that bad," chuckled Dick.

"You just haven't been paying attention," retorted Kara.

"...you don't think it'd be weird?" asked Roy nervously, "Dating a team member?"

Dick narrowed his eyes at Roy.

"Right," realized Roy, remembering that Dick was dating Batgirl, "I guess you wouldn't."

"Oh, speaking of which!" exclaimed Kara, "Dick, you should invite Barbara! You could have a double date!"

Roy considered it. That would be less awkward. With the help of Wally's speed, inviting Barbara to a date on the opposite end of the country was indeed a possibility. Roy took a deep breath and another drink of water.

"I've been meaning to show her the boardwalk," suggested Dick.

"Oh, that's perfect!" gasped Kara, "Donna hasn't been to the boardwalk yet! She'll love it! Text Barbara! Ask her right now!"

"Wait," interjected Roy, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We don't even know that Donna wants to go on a date with me."

"Aw!" beamed Donna from behind Roy, "Roy! I'd love to!"

Roy went right back to being red again. He slowly turned around to smile uneasily at Donna.

"Really?" he croaked, "That's great!"

Donna smiled back at Roy. He chuckled uncomfortably.

"Babs says yes," said Dick casually, checking his phone.

"Great!" exclaimed Kara, "Donna, what do you think of Dick and Barbara going along too?"

"Haha, a double date!" declared Donna, "Yes, please do come along!"

"This really is perfect!" added Wally, "I was just looking for a place to take Linda. The boardwalk sounds perfect."

Everyone paused for a moment before turning to Wally. He stood at the end of the bar beside Donna, casually leaning against the counter with a drink in his hand. He smiled as he took a sip. Roy sighed. Donna giggled. Dick signalled for the tab.

The smell of funnel cakes wafted through the air as the six youths strutted their way across the wooden walkway crawling with business and patrons. The ocean could be heard ever so subtly over the noise of everyone around them.

Dick wore a green T-shirt over blue skinny jeans and black high tops. Beside him Barbara was wearing tan colored capris with a stylish pair of high heel sandals and loose black blouse that matched the black rims on her glasses and helped make her red hair pop with the outfit. Roy wore boat shoes, khaki shorts, and a polo that he looked profoundly uncomfortable in. Donna had worn a red sundress with black and red flip flops. She seemed to be positively beaming. Wally was wearing a pair of grey cargo shorts with a baggy red shirt. Beside Wally was his date Linda Park: a dark haired woman who had worn form fitting turquoise slacks with a loose white blouse.

"Ooh!" exclaimed Donna, "Look! Let's get a postcard!"

"For who?" asked Roy, "I don't think Themyscira has a return address."

"I just think they're pretty," shrugged Donna, "Wait, better idea! Let's all get matching sunglasses!"

"Themyscira?" asked Linda.

"Oh," dismissed Wally nervously, "Yeah, that's what they call their apartment."

"And it doesn't have a return address?"

Wally shrugged.

"Hey," whispered Dick to Roy, "Ixnay on the work talk, got it?"

"Right," realized Roy meekly, "Sorry."

"How did you two meet?" Barbara asked Linda, eager to change the subject.

"Letter to the editor," smirked Linda.

"Pardon?" replied Barbara blankly.

"Linda writes for Jump City Times," explained Wally, "I wrote a letter about her articles. The editor put us in touch."

"You wrote a letter to the editor?" scoffed Dick, "What in the world was the article about?"

"The Titans, of course," said Linda.

Roy and Donna both looked away uncomfortably. Dick and Barbara kept their expressions the same. Wally shifted uncomfortably. He only just then realized that he probably should have warned the others about this.

"What about the Titans?" asked Dick, narrowly avoiding an awkward silence.

"Well it was an op ed," explained Linda, "but it was about how they lacked the experience or authority of the Justice League. In short, I was saying they're too young."

"But you're… the same age," said Roy, taking care with his phrasing.

"That's more or less what Wally said," nodded Linda, "and I'll say the same to you: being a reporter is different from being a superhero."

"But I pointed out that their track record spoke for itself," interjected Wally, "and that the Justice League was seen in a similar way when they were formed."

"And you managed a date out of this?" said Barbara.

"I liked what he had to say," smiled Linda, playfully bumping her shoulder into Wally's, "and it helped that he was receptive to my points as well. What can I say? I wanted to meet the guy."

"First thoughts?" said Dick.

"He's alright," she smirked.

They all laughed. Donna had become enamored with a rack of sunglasses. Roy bought her a few pairs and she quickly dragged Barbara and Linda over to join her in a makeshift photoshoot. Once Dick was sure the others were fully engrossed in this he pulled Wally aside.

"What the hell are you thinking!?" demanded Dick quietly.

"What?"

"A reporter!?" clarified Dick, still hushed, "And one that writes about us!?"

"So?" shrugged Wally, "Flash dates a reporter. So does Superman, I think."

"That's not the point," continued Dick, "You didn't stop to consider she might deduce our identities?"

"She won't. Not if we're careful."

"This was irresponsible!" hissed Dick, "She could expose all of us, Wally!"

"...hm," considered Wally.

"What?"

"It's kind of ironic, isn't it?" said Wally, "This is probably the exact kind of thing Linda was saying would happen because of our lack of experience."

"Wally…" groaned Dick, clutching his forehead.

"Ooh!" chimed in Donna's voice as the others returned, each sporting a distinctly different pair of sunglasses, "Let's go check out those games! Then let's get some snacks!"

"I dig this girl," chuckled Linda.

"Which game do you want to hit up first?" asked Barbara.

"That one," said Roy, pointing without hesitation.

Roy was pointing to a booth hosting one of the many classic carnival games on the boardwalk. The booth featured bowling pins balanced in structures that players had to knock down with baseball. Both Roy and Donna rushed up to the booth. The others followed suit, standing a distance behind the couple as Roy put down some cash for them to take their turns.

Roy went first. The attendant, a tired looking middle aged woman, lazily set up the bowling pins, walked over to Roy, and placed three baseballs in front of him. She then returned to her stool at the side of the booth.

Roy picked up a baseball, tossed it once to judge its wait, and pitched it right at the bowling pins. The ball collided at the center point of the structure, causing the central pins to all collapse inward as the structure was quickly no more. Roy smiled proudly as several onlookers murmured and politely applauded. Roy pointed to a large teddy bear hanging with the prizes. The woman got it and handed it over to Roy, who offered it to Donna.

"Thank you!" she said cheerily, "Just one moment, though! I have to go too."

The attendant returned the bowling pins to their structure and brought an additional three baseballs to Donna. As soon as the attendant had returned to her stool, Donna quickly grabbed a baseball and whipped it at the structure. The impact blasted the bowling pins away, sending them flying to different corners in the back of the booth with a deafening crack!, knocking several other sets of bowling pins down too.

There was a moment of complete silence before the onlookers all burst out into cheers and applause. The attendant even found herself passionately cheering. Roy was wide eyed and silent. Dick and Wally nervously peered over to Linda, whose jaw had dropped in disbelief. After a moment, Barbara leaned over to Linda.

"It's a party trick," she lied, "Don't tell her we know, though."

"Wow," mused the attendant, leaning over to Roy, "Your girlfriend's got quite the arm. You must be quite impressed."

"...she's not my girlfriend," was all Roy managed.

"These are amazing!" declared Donna, holding a single cheese fry up in the air.

Barbara and Dick chuckled. Donna's awe of the world never ceased to endear them. Dick looked over to Roy and saw him staring into space. His mind was elsewhere. Donna dropped the fry into her mouth and continued her meal.

"You've never had the Jump City cheese fries?" smirked Linda.

"She's new in town," answered Dick.

"Haven't any of you shown her around?" asked Linda.

"We're… all kinda new," admitted Dick.

"Really? How did you all end up-? Hey! Wally!"

Everyone looked and saw that the shared cardboard tray of cheese fries between Wally and Linda had been completely emptied. They couldn't have been sitting for more than two minutes. Linda was glaring at the empty tray as Wally nervously swallowed the last bite.

"...I'll go get you some more," he apologized, slinking off sheepishly.

Dick sighed. Wally's metabolism was a mess whether he was actively using the Speed Force or not. The sudden drops in energy meant that he sometimes ate at an almost comically high and fast rate, even without using his powers. Dick wasn't even sure how often Wally was aware of it. He had eaten that entire box of fries before Linda had even glanced at it.

The Titans and Linda raised their heads as they heard someone scream in the distance. Looking over to a horrified woman farther down the boardwalks, they saw she was pointing out over the water with a look of horror on her face. When the others followed her line of sight they found out why.

A towering figure hundreds of feet tall was lumbering nearer, wading through the waves as her muscular form came into clear view. The red haired giantess of a woman wore a matching set of sports bra and bike shorts, both orangish yellow in color. Donna recognized her right away. She was Wonder Woman's longtime nemesis: Giganta.

"WHERE IS SHE!?" demanded Giganta in a deafening roar, "WHERE IS WONDER GIRL!?"

"Oh boy," whispered Roy under his breath.

Before anyone could make any decisions or take any action, Giganta swung her enormous leg forward. The kick threw up a huge swell in the ocean, sending the swell straight for the boardwalk. Civilians began to panic, dropping their things and running screaming.

"Look out!" cried Dick, leaping away from the table.

The others followed suit as the wave struck the boardwalk, engulfing the crowd. People were thrown onto their side and washed away with the tables, chairs, and discarded personal items. Those that avoided the wave were soon knocked over when the flood of debris washed by.

"Is everyone okay?" asked Barbara as the last of the water trickled away through the boards.

Everyone had successfully gotten away from the table. Their clothes were all soaked through, but no one appeared hurt. The civilians on the boardwalk began to get to their feet and continue their retreat.

Roy spat out a mouthful of dirty wharf water.

"Where's Donna?" he coughed.

The Amazon was nowhere to be seen.

"Linda! What are you doing!?" demanded Dick.

Linda had pulled out her phone and was recording the incoming supervillainess as she stared with intense focus.

"My job," she asserted.

Before Dick could argue, the boardwalk grew dark as Giganta's enormous form towered over them and blocked out the sun. They all looked up in anxious expectation. The giantess lifted her knee high into the air before bringing her foot down toward the boardwalk.

Civilians screamed as Giganta's foot, clad in an athletic boot colored to match her uniform, began to descend down upon them. As the foot came closer it became clear who her target was: the still disoriented Roy Harper stumbling to his feet. He stood up straight just in time to see the bottom of the boot completely filling his field of vision.

"ROY!" cried Dick and Barbara.

Roy winced to accept his fate, but didn't feel anything. He opened one of his eyes to see Wonder Girl standing in front of him, wearing her blue star spangled shorts, a tight red T-shirt decorated with Wonder Woman's golden sigil, and matching red ballet slippers. Her arm muscles tensed and veins bulged as she strained to hold up Giganta's foot, pushing back against the giantess's effort to crush them under her weight and strength.

"That's Wonder Girl!" cried Linda, turning her phone to film the new spectacle.

"She suits up quick," muttered Barbara under her breath.

"Roy," managed Wonder Girl quietly as she strained further, "Move!"

"Right!" he realized, quickly scrambling out of harm's way.

Wonder Girl gave Giganta's boot a shove with all of her strength, briefly throwing the foot back up into the air. Giganta quickly retaliated by bringing it back down with all of her strength. Wonder Girl rolled to the side at the last minute as Giganta's leg crashed through the boardwalk.

Screams rang out as the ground all around that point gave way. Wonder Girl leapt away as the shattered wood tumbled down into the water below. She stopped and looked back for any sign of people in danger. It looked okay. The civilians had gotten away in time. Dick, Roy, and Barbara were still nearby but had all successfully gotten away before the collapse.

"Has anyone seen Linda?" called out Dick.

"Or Wally?" added Barbara.

Neither were anywhere to be seen anymore.

"WONDER GIRL!" roared Giganta, "THERE YOU ARE!"

This time Giganta kicked her leg up from under the boardwalk. Wonder Girl flipped nimbly away as the other three sprinted away. Splintered wood and rods of metal were flung into the air. Dick, Barbara, and Roy all covered their heads and necks as it all came down, ducking under one of the booths' awnings.

"That's right!" called out Wonder Girl from atop a light post, "I'm here! Just tell me what you want!"

"TO END YOU!"

"I could've told you that," sighed Roy quietly.

Linda collapsed to her knees and caught herself just short of falling on her face. She gasped for air as her body slowly became aware of where she was. Coping with the slowly fading nausea, she managed to see that she was in a back alley somewhere. That was impossible. A moment ago she had been on the boardwalk. Then Giganta stomped her foot, then the floor gave way, and then…

"A flash of lightning?" she wondered aloud.

"Um…"

Linda turned her head to see Kid Flash standing next to her. She recognized the emblem on his chest, but it was when she looked up at his face. This close, the mask wasn't hiding anything.

"Son of a…" uttered Linda, "Oh my God… I'm such an idiot."

It was Wally, her date. Her date, Wally West, was Kid Flash. He was on the Titans. The Titans she had written articles criticizing. Articles he had responded to with his own criticisms… Criticisms Linda had actually admired him for!

"Sorry," offered Wally, all but wincing in response to Linda's glare.

Linda took a deep breath. The nausea was gone now. She had a good sense of where she was, at least in terms of relative space. She got to her feet and dusted off her pants. She had no idea how far away from the boardwalk they were. In any case, Wally had saved her.

"Thank you," she said after a moment.

"Oh," smiled Wally, "You're welcome!"

"You're an idiot."

"Oh," frowned Wally, "Um… For what specifically?"

"You asked me out knowing I had my issues with your… other identity."

"Yeah but we talked about that," explained Wally, "So I figured we were cool."

"That's not-!" began Linda, before pausing, taking a breath, and resuming with "You shouldn't be telling me this. I shouldn't know your identity. You're a superhero!"

"You would've figured it out on your own eventually," pointed out Wally.

"Ugh!" groaned Linda, "We'll talk about it later. What's the situation now? Where are we?"

"Blue Valley."

"Wha- As in Nebraska!?"

"I wanted to get you a safe distance."

"This didn't seem like overkill!?"

"It was the first place I thought of," explained Wally.

"Not somewhere else in Jump City?"

"By the time I had thought of that, we were already here."

"Your thought process doesn't keep up with your speed?"

"Sometimes it does. I'm still figuring it out."

Linda nodded. She had a million more questions but now didn't seem like the time.

"I guess you better get back and- Oh son of a bitch, your friends are the other Titans aren't they!?"

"Um…"

"I mean yeah Donna obviously left and came back as Wonder Girl. The dark haired guy… Dick? Is totally Nightwing. The other redhead is Speedy…Wait, Speedy and Wonder Girl are dating!?"

"Um…"

"Nevermind," dismissed Linda, still recontextualizing the past hour or so in her head, "Just go back and help them."

"Right!" nodded Wally.

Linda blinked in astonishment as Wally disappeared in a flash of yellow lightning. After a moment Linda realized she had no idea what to do now. She had barely even heard of Blue Valley and her only ticket home was going to be preoccupied for a bit.

Giganta threw a punch at Wonder Girl. The nimble heroine leapt away as Giganta's fist devastated another portion of the evacuated boardwalk. Wonder Girl landed on Giganta's arm and sprinted up the length of it. Before Gignata could react Wonder Girl had reached her face and delivered a full force punch of her own, knocking Giganta several steps back as she nursed her aching jaw.

Giganta looked up and saw Wonder Girl falling from the sky, having used the momentum of the punch to launch herself up and away from Giganta. Now she was in freefall. Unlike Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl was not equipped with the Sandals of Hermes that allowed flight. All she could do was direct her fall. This made her an easy target for Giganta, who delivered a downward haymaker to the Amazon when she was near enough and pounding her into the muddy shore beneath the boardwalk.

Giganta smiled in satisfaction. Just as she had hoped, Wonder Girl was a much easier opponent than her namesake. The giantess slowly removed her fist from the ground to reveal Wonder Girl groaning and deeply embedded in the ground.

Giganta's real name was Dr. Doris Zuel. Years ago she had developed a theory that Amazonian blood could be used to enhance human strength. So she had stolen some of Wonder Woman's blood and while the results hadn't been exactly what Doris had hoped, her increased size did indeed come with titanic strength.

In her debut as a supervillain Giganta had attacked Washington D.C. and publicly challenged Wonder Woman to a fight, hoping to prove herself superior and ward off other superheroes from challenging her. The conflict was resolved shortly when Wonder Woman delivered a single punch to Giganta's gut, knocking the wind out of her and leaving her incapacitated for capture.

As if that defeat hadn't been humiliating enough, during Giganta's next conflict with Wonder Woman the Amazon had used her sword and, through accident or misguided mercy, cut away Giganta's pants without harming her skin. This had exposed Giganta's underpants, which was notable due to their excessively ill-fitting nature (there was something of an absence of underwear designers for 200 foot tall women).

What was more, in another conflict Wonder Woman had dragged Giganta into a glacier with her lasso. This would have been embarrassing enough on its own, but the nature of Wonder Woman's lasso incited Giganta to divulge that the experience reminded her of the many swirlies she received in her scholastic years. The news helicopters videotaping the incident had caught every word too, as Giganta's voice was just as loud while under the lasso's effects.

Now was Giganta's chance to find closure for all of that. Wonder Woman had proven herself too strong for Giganta to defeat in a fight, but this new Wonder Girl seemed a lot weaker. Giganta would settle for taking out her indignant rage on Wonder Woman's sidekick instead.

"TIME AFTER TIME!" roared Giganta, punching Wonder Girl deeper into the ground, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE!?"

Wonder Girl could barely manage groans in response as Giganta continued to pummel her with repeated punches, sinking her deeper and deeper with each overwhelming blow.

"HUMILIATION AFTER HUMILIATION ALL AT THE HANDS OF ONE WOMAN!?"

The pounding continued for another few moments before a loud ripping rang out through the air, followed by an almost ear splitting wail from Giganta. Wonder Girl managed to weakly open her eyes and saw that Giganta was ass up in the sky above her now. After a few moments Wonder Girl noticed something white extending out of Giganta's lower back.

Is that… her underwear? wondered Wonder Girl.

Wonder Girl grunted as she forced her limbs free and stood up, brushing the dried mud off of her as she squinted up at Giganta. Based on the giantess's face, that was indeed a catastrophic wedgie she was receiving. Then Wonder Girl heard the familiar voice.

"Well how about humiliation at the hands of a different woman?" came Supergirl's voice.

The blonde superheroine was responsible. She had flown up behind Giganta without being noticed, reached into her shorts, grabbed the back of the underpants with both fists, and rocketed up into the air with enough force to hoist Giganta up with her.

The underwear, an enormous and baggy white garment, was stretched to its limit as Giganta hung below it, her entire 200 foot stature weighing down on the fabric. The giantess bit her lip and teared up in pain as the fabric cut deeper up into her. Supergirl was carrying her over to an evacuated parking lot, roughly swinging her back and forth as she did. Finally, Supergirl unceremoniously tossed Giganta into the lot, where the enormous woman held in a whimper as the sting of the wedgie persisted.

Giganta lifted her face from the pavement and shoved both hands down her pants and righted herself, shoving the white fabric all below the waistband of her shorts. She glared up at Supergirl, who was staring smugly down at her with her arms crossed.

"Nice one, Supergirl!" cheered Wonder Girl.

"My turn!" declared Speedy.

Wonder Girl and Supergirl both turned to Speedy, who stood atop a nearby building. Having just changed into his costume, he had his bow at the ready and was staring the enemy down. Giganta noticed him and shot him an angry glare. Speedy let loose a series of arrows, ranging from boxing gloves to explosives to inflammatory, but Giganta effortlessly swatted the assault away.

"Speedy, what are you doin-?!" began Supergirl, but she was cut short by a blow from Giganta.

Giganta struck Supergirl while she wasn't paying attention, allowing her to get a precise strike in and send Supergirl flying right where Giganta wanted her. Supergirl crashed through the cords of telephone poles, uprooting them and dragging them into the sea. This resulted in an unusually high voltage surge that electrified Supergirl in a spectacular spray of sparks in the waves.

"Supergirl!" cried out Speedy in distress.

That wouldn't kill her, but it might put her out of commission for a while. Speedy drew more arrows and prepared to fire again. Giganta responded by swatting him away, sending him into the side of a building and knocking him unconscious.

Giganta grinned as she turned her attention to Wonder Girl. The Amazon brought up her fists ready to fight, but Giganta's hand had already descended upon her. The next thing Wonder Girl knew, she was clenched in Giganta's fist as the enormous woman grinned menacingly at her captive. She turned Wonder Girl away from her and used her free hand to reach into the back of Wonder Girl's shorts.

"Oh no…" whimpered Wonder Girl, unable to move.

Giganta pinched the back of the waistband of Wonder Girl's lavender underwear with one hand before letting go with the other. As Wonder Girl fell into the wedgie, Giganta jerked her arm upward to create a powerful bounce. Wonder Girl squealed as the impact of the bounce forced the underwear sharply into her. Giganta used the momentum of the jerk to swing Wonder Girl upward before yanking her back down and then yanking up again to create an even more painful bounce. She repeated this over and over.

"HA! HA! HA!" laughed Giganta, "HOW DO YOU LIKE IT!? HA!"

Giganta grabbed onto Wonder Girl's feet with her free hand. Still holding the underwear in her other hand, Giganta yanked in both directions. Wonder Girl's face contorted at the sheer pain of the fabric being crammed into her with titanic strength. Giganta then returned to swinging Wonder Girl around by the increasingly stretched out underwear, cackling at the screams of her victim as she did so.

Suddenly a sharp throwing weapon whizzed by and severed the lavender fabric. Wonder Girl screamed as the remaining momentum from the swing flung her into the asphalt of the parking lot. Giganta looked at the remaining scrap of cloth in her fingers before turning to see Nightwing and Batgirl standing atop a nearby building.

Wonder Girl groaned, torn underwear still trailing out of the back of her shorts as she lay face first, ass up in a crater in a parking lot. She slowly moved her arms and forced herself up off the ground, shaking off the impact.

There was a crackling sound and Wonder Girl turned to see Kid Flash standing beside her.

"Oof," he winced, seeing the damage done to Wonder Girl undergarments, "That's rough."

Wonder Girl blushed and hurriedly shoved the underpants back into her shorts where they belonged.

"What'd I miss?" asked Kid Flash as Nightwing and Batgirl joined them in the lot.

"Speedy and Supergirl are down," explained Nightwing.

"I WASN'T FINISHED!" boomed Giganta, turning toward the group.

"Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, get some distance," ordered Nightwing quietly, "Batgirl and I will distract her. Kid Flash, use that to take her down. Wonder Girl, use that take down to finish her off. Sound like a plan?"

"I think so," said Kid Flash.

"Move!" yelled Nightwing.

Giganta stomped her foot down into the parking lot as the heroes ran in different directions. Kid Flash disappeared in a flash of yellow lightning while Wonder Girl zipped completely out of sight. Batgirl and Nightwing narrowly dodged the enormous boot coming down on them, both sprinting away and barely dodging a follow up kick from the giantess.

Nightwing and Batgirl quickly navigated their way through an alleyway to get some cover between them and Giganta. As the supervillainess caught them doing so, she slammed her arm down at them and took off the top of a building in the process.

Suddenly Giganta stood upright in confusion. Looking down, she saw that her ankles had been pulled together by a length of telephone cables wrapping around them tightly. Kid Flash finished wrapping the cable before running up the side of a building and delivering a leaping kick straight to Giganta's butt. Giganta gasped as she lurched forward from the impact, falling toward the ground.

Before Giganta's face could reach the ground, Wonder Girl sped back into view and delivered a leaping uppercut to the underside of Giganta's chin. The giantess's eyes bulged in pain as the impact ran through her jaw and skull. The blow sent her flying chin-first into the air before coming back down and landing face first on the pavement of a street, unconscious.

Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Nightwing, and Batgirl all looked on nervously. After a few moments they collectively sighed with relief, assured that their opponent was out cold.

"Oh right," realized Kid Flash after a moment, "I left Linda in Nebraska."

He disappeared in a flash of yellow lightning, leaving the remaining Titans to exchange confused but cheerful glances.

"Cool!" grinned Linda in awe as she stepped into the common area, "This place is amazing!"

"Isn't it?" smiled Wally, watching her walk in and look around.

"Wally," said Dick in a hushed voice, "You have to talk to her."

"Think I could do a piece on this place?" suggested Linda, "Like an inside look at the Titans' lifestyle…"

"Linda," said Dick, forcing his way past Wally and walking up to her, "Listen, you can't. You can't write about the stuff you've seen, you can't talk about us to other people, you can't do any of that. You understand? People's lives are at risk."

"Give a girl some credit," scoffed Linda, "I'm not going to release your secret identities or anything. Just suggesting some PR."

"I like the way you think!" said Wally.

"Cool it," muttered Barbara, having just walked in herself, "This is serious."

"Oh come on, guys!" exclaimed Wally, "This isn't Gotham. Linda isn't out to get us. She knows now. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle. What's the harm in trusting her?"

Linda smiled at Wally. He smiled back, cheeks blushing pink.

"Um… Hey, wanna see my room?" he added suddenly.

"Sure thing, hot stuff," smiled Linda.

The pair disappeared in a burst of yellow lightning. Dick sighed and slowly made his way over to the couch, where he threw himself backward onto it and let out a long sigh. Barbara chuckled and sat beside him, placing her hand on his shoulder and giving it a squeeze. Kara walked in a few moments later.

"Cute outfit," noted Baraba.

"Thanks," smiled Kara, looking down at her cyan dress with a white belt, "I wanted to put something nice on after feeling so gross and salty. If I never end up in that bay again it'll be too soon. Where are the others?"

"Wally and Linda are probably going at it downstairs," said Dick, "Donna was looking for Roy, but I haven't seen him."

"I guess it wasn't much of a first date for those two," frowned Barbara.

Roy stared out from the roof of Titans Tower. He looked out on the horizon and chose a single point. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and exhaled. He opened his eyes again with a fixated attention on that point. He thought about what it would take to hit that point with an arrow. He thought about bow types, the wind, the elevation...

"Wally mentioned that you sometimes brood up here," chimed in Donna.

"I'm not-!" began Roy defensively, but calmed himself and finished with "I'm not brooding. It's just something I do to calm down."

"So you're worked up," concluded Donna, "Is it about our date?"

"Yeah," admitted Roy, "I wanted to talk to you."

"Me too."

"I… don't think it's a good idea for us to date," explained Roy plainly.

"Because of your insecurities about your masculinity?"

"Wha- I-!" sputtered Roy, flustered, "...partially, yeah. I'm working on it."

"I understand," nodded Donna.

"Thank you," nodded Roy, "And to clarify, I am incredibly grateful you saved me. It was embarrassing, but I'm coping with that."

"If it makes you feel any better," chuckled Donna, "Giganta thoroughly humiliated me shortly afterwards."

"Now that you mention it," chuckled Roy back, "it kinda does."