Terra sat beside Batman in complete silence. They were heading towards Jump City, a place she had once called home for a short time. So many memories, it was painful, in a bittersweet way, to think about it. But she'd had some good times with Beast Boy; and she'd keep those in her mind. "So, we're not just going there to take down Slade are we?" she asked.
"That's not the only reason we're there. I'm reopening Wayne Enterprises. They remodeled after the break in."
"I see. Isn't it going to be kind of hard to..."
"Keep Batman's arrival a secret?" he put in for her. "Somewhat. But everyone knows that Batman watches over Wayne Enterprises...but if I can convince them that Batman's still in Gotham, it will give me an advantage."
Terra nodded and then resumed staring out of the window. "Are you alright, coming back home?"
'Yes, I suppose so," she replied.
"Well we're here, Wayne Enterprises," He pulled the Batmobile down a nearby alley , not wanting to draw attention to himself. They both got out and Batman looked at Terra. "Go and watch over the Titans. Do not reveal yourself yet. If the Terminator catches wind of your return, it will not bode well with our mission."
"Yes sir," she replied. "What about you?"
"I shall be safe, for Bruce Wayne shall be visiting Wayne Enterprises for the entire day. You won't need to worry about me."
Terra flew off, shrouding herself in the shadows. She knew her mission and her purpose: keep an eye on the Titans whilehe attended to business at Wayne Enterprises.
It was just another day at Titans Tower. Nothing new going on, except that Robin inisisted on going to the reopening of Wayne Enterprises. He insisted on going since he was the one who had broken into the place and he felt that he should go as a way to make up for what he had done. Robin had just gotten another lead on Slade and he was busy looking into it. But he managed to make time to go to Wayne Enterprises in time to see the ceremony.
Beast Boy was complaining the whole way there, "I don't see what the point is. It's just a buiding for Pete's sake!"
"Will you shut up?" Robin said from the front passengers seat. "This is really important to me."
"Whatever Dude, I still don't get why we're going." Beast Boy said and sat back in silence.
They pulled up and the Titans got out and walked into the building. There was quite a large crowd there and many of them looked up as the Titans came in. They immediately cleared the way for them and they strode in silence up to the front of the crowd.
"And now the moment we all have been waiting for," the announcer was being excessivly dramatic, "the founder of Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne will say a few words." There was a large amount of applause as Bruce Wayne stepped out into the room. The Titans were surprised. "
Wow, didn't know he was here," Cyborg said. "He's a scientist, right?"
"I didn't know he was here either," Robin said to himself, but nobody heard him.
"Hello everyone," Bruce Wayne said into the microphone. "It's nice to be back in Jump City again. Well, I'm not one to say a lot, so I just want to say, thank you all for coming and it's nice to see this place up and running again at full copacity. I just want to thank Robin and the Teen Titans for defending this place from Slade and his Apprentice back when they tried to break in. Well, I mustn't waste your time so thank you and I will answer a few questions now."
A reporter stepped out, "Batman protects Wayne Enterprises, Correct?"
"Yes, he does," Bruce Wayne replied.
"So why couldn't he stop Slade and his Apprentice?"
"Batman was in Gotham, and besides, aren't the Titans supposed to protect the City?"
"Yes, but still-"
"I don't quite see what this whole Batman dicussion has to do with me," Bruce Wayne interrupted. "I just hire him to protect Wayne Enterprises in Gotham, not Jump City."
"I see Mr. Wayne," the man said and stepped back into the crowd.
"Man, that's just great. We get dissed in our own city and some jerk thinks Batman can do a better job protecting this place than us," Beast Boy complained. "That's just a bunch of cow turds."
"I agree with that man, what's with all this "Batman could have stopped Slade's Apprentice" stuff?"
"You forget guys I broke into Wayne Enterprises, remember? I was Slade's Apprentice then." Robin whispered in their ears.
"Robin," a voice said behind him.
"Mr. Bruce Wayne," Robin shook his hand, "a pleasure, sir."
"The pleasure's mine. Anyway, what do you think of my place?"
"Nice, to say the least," Robin said. "Oh, Titans, this is Bruce Wayne, founder of Wayne Enterprises. Bruce Wayne, meet Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy and Starfire."
They all shook his hand and smiled. "I've heard a lot about your research," Cyborg said, "It's interesting, to say the least."
"Well, I've got to see you again, Robin. I must be going." Bruce Wayne walked off.
"Dude, how does he know you?" Beast Boy asked.
"I used to protect Wayne Enterprises back in Gotham City."
"Oh."
Suddenly, there was a loud crash outside. "Titans, go!" Robin yelled and they rushed ouside Before them stood Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo. "So, Titans, prepared to be destoryed?"
"Hardly," Robin smirked. "Titans, Go!"
They charged in, Robin's bo staff slammed into Mammoth, sending him flying onto the ground. Raven stood before Jinx, "Hello, oh unemotional one," Jinx said sarcastically, "prepared to kick the bucket?".
"Don't make me hurt you," Raven said flatly.
"Oh, I'm hardly the one to get hurt," Jinx replied. Using her power she wrenched a street light from the ground and hurled it at Raven with ease.Raven used her power to block the attack with the same ease that Jinx had when she attacked her.
"You're pathetic," Jinx taunted.
Raven said nothing. Suddenly, without warning, one of Gizmo's mechanical arms reached out grabbed her. Losing her concentration, Raven was hurled across the street into a wall. Cyborg and Beast Boy had teamed up together to take on Mammoth. Charging forward, Beast Boy changed into a bear while Cyborg enganged in hand-to-hand combat with Mammoth. Cyborg slammed his fist into Mammoth's face. Mammoth staggered back but struck Cyborg stomach hard. Cyborg staggered back and Beast Boy tackled Mammoth to the floor. "Stupid loser!"" he exclaimed as he and Cyborg subdued Mammoth, who grunted and didn't say anything.
Meanwhile, Raven was still on the ground, breathless. She saw a black handed glove extended to her from the dark alleyway where she had fallen. "Raven," the voice whispered from the shadows.
"Terra?" she said, but the voice made no reply as it vanished into the shadows once more. Raven looked around, she had sworn she'd heard Terra's voice, but then again, Terra was dead and she'd been hillucinating. She ran quickly back to join the Titans.
"There goes Gizmo!" Robin exclaimed. "Titans, after him!" They were about to run after him as he disappeared into a dark alleyway. Suddenly, he was hurled back as a great wall of rock and earth rose up suddenly as he slammed into it. Unexpectedly, two dark clad figures charged out of the alleyway, the Titans all looked surprised, even Robin, but he surprise was mainly at seeing Terra again and not the masked figure in black and grey.
Beast Boy was the first to speak, "Terra, is that you? And you're with the Batman!"
"I'm not surprised you'd show up," Robin stared at Batman. "Keeping an eye on Bruce Wayne and Wayne Enterprises, I suppose."
Batman nodded.
"Well, it seems you two know each other," Beast Boy said, "but how is Terra here? She's been stuck in her rock!"
"Let's just say that my scientific research has given me the resources needed to release Terra from her state of comatose."
"That doesn't explain why she's with you, though," Cyborg said.
"Terra has become...my Apprentice," Batman said to their shock.
"You're Apprentice!" All the Titans stared in shock. "You trained her?" Robin asked "like you trained me?" Now the Titans really stared. They didn't know what to say, first, Batman was in Jump City out of the blue, second, Terra shows up claiming to be training under Batman as his Apprentice, and thridly, Robin claimed that he was Batman's Apprentice.
Beast Boy was in a state of shocked confusion. "I'm so confused. Can we go to the Tower, where you all can explain a few things?"
"Sure," Robin said. "Come on, let's go." The Titans, along with Batman and Terra walked back to Titans Tower. Beast Boy notice that Robin walked side by side with the man called Batman, his head held high, and his expression was more serious than usual. They arrived and sat down on the larged circular couch in the Titan's living room.
"Bruce, you have a lot of explaining to do," Robin said solemnly as the Titans stared in shock at the now revealed founder of Wayne Enterprises.
"Indeed I have." Batman said and they waited for his explanation.