Teen Titans: Zero Saga
by: Roll NEO
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Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, and technically, I don't own the new guy either. However, his personality and origins in this story are of my creation, so I don't want any emails, reviews, etc. saying I got him all wrong!
Chapter 1: Enter Zero
Sirens were blaring all across Titans Tower as the five teenage superheroes gathered in the control room.
"What is it?" Robin asked as he came rushing into the room.
"Something's going on at the power plant," said Cyborg. "Seems to be a report of robots overrunning the place."
"Is it Slade's robots?"
"I wish it were. Take a look for yourself." The display on the monitor switched to a security camera inside the power plant. An army of blue robots with single red eyes were disassembling all of the equipment inside. One of them saw the camera filming them, and pointed its machine-gun arm at it. The monitor instantly turned to static.
"Titans, move out!" They all then raced for the exit.
At the power plant, the army of robots was ready to take what they had and leave. One of the robots picked up a piece of machinery and turned for the exit, but was quickly met with a Birdarang into its eye. It dropped the machinery and dropped to the ground. The other robots turned to see the Teen Titans blocking the exit.
"I don't know who you are..." said Robin.
"...but the Teen Titans..." Beast Boy added.
"...are taking you down!" Cyborg finished. The robots then all aimed their machineguns at them and opened fire.
"Titans, go!" Robin shouted as they all scattered. Robin pulled out his bo-staff and swung it into the robots, knocking them into eachother. More of them were shooting at Starfire, who was soaring across the room. She retaliated with some of her energy blasts, blowing several of them to pieces. A small group of robots tried to run for the exit with whatever stuff they had, when they were snatched right out of their hands by Raven's powers.
"You want these things so bad... then take them!" Raven shouted at them. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" She then hurled the machinery at the robots, crushing them underneath a massive pile. Beast Boy turned into a gorilla and grabbed one of the robots' heads, crushing it with his large fist. He grabbed two more robots and smashed them into eachother. Several more robots had surrounded Cyborg, who readied his sonic cannon.
"Oh, you picked the wrong day to mess with Cyborg!" he said as he began shooting at them, leaving holes in random parts of their bodies. One of the robots snuck up behind him, and its arm changed from a machinegun to a taser rod, and stuck him in the back. The sudden surge of electricity made Cyborg lose his energy as the robots grabbed him.
"Cyborg!" Robin turned to check on his friend, but then he too was struck by a taser. More and more robots began to crawl out of the woodwork and quickly overwhelmed them. They were all completely surrounded when the robots took aim with their machineguns one more time.
"I fear that this may be the end for us, friends," said Starfire.
"But that doesn't mean we'll go down without a fight!" Robin said, ready to charge into the mob with the last ounce of his strength. Just then, there came a loud slashing sound. The robots turned to see one of their own, jittering in place, and then falling apart clean in two. They looked around to see what the cause of it was, as did the Titans. There came another slashing sound, and another robot was destroyed. Out of the corner of her eye, Raven saw a dark figure rushing past them. Soon, the whole room was filled with the sound of slashing and breaking metal. Within the span of five minutes, half of the robots were lying on the ground, scrapped.
"Now's our chance!" Robin said. The five heroes then rushed into the crowd of the remaining robots. In a matter of moments, the entire floor was coated with the remnants of the robot army. The Titans breathed a sigh of relief as the dark figure from before landed in front of them. They took a closer look at it when it turned around. It was a young man, slightly taller than Robin, with short spiky blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a large red overcoat. Under the coat, you could see two large armored boots sticking out. In his hand was a small stick, with a green beam of light protruding out of it.
"Looks like you guys needed my help after all," the young man said. "At least you were kind enough to leave some for me."
"Thanks for the save," Robin said, "but who are you?"
"Don't sweat it. The name's Zero."
"We owe you our lives, friend Zero!" Starfire cried as she grabbed Zero and started squeezing him.
"Gack... I said... don't... sweat... it..." Starfire let go of him as he caught his breath.
"Those were some pretty slick moves you pulled off there," said Cyborg.
"Yeah, dude!" Beast Boy chimed in. "You were like, whoosh! And then, you were like, slash, and they were like, kaboooom!"
"It was nothing," Zero said. "The Pantheon's numbers are the only advantage they have. Other than that, they're as dumb as bricks. Unless, of course, you let your guard down."
"Pantheon?" Raven asked. "You know what they are?"
"Do I? I've been hunting them down the whole time!"
"We haven't even introduced ourselves yet," said Robin, extending his hand out to Zero. "I'm---"
"Robin," Zero interrupted. "I've heard a lot about you." He then turned to the other Titans. "Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy, and of course, we can't forget Raven! You're the Teen Titans. I don't think there's anybody that doesn't already know who you all are. In fact, this really quite convenient. I was looking for you, to tell the truth."
"You were?"
"Yeah! I'll tell you more, but first, I think we had better leave this wasted place."
"Right. You can come with us back to Titans Tower." With that, the six of them headed out through the exit.
When the Titans and Zero arrived at the tower, Zero was left speechless at what he saw.
"This... place... is... AWESOME!" Zero said as he looked around the living room, the room where they hanged out the most. "Big screen TV, video gaming systems to the extreme, lots of food, a birds-eye view of the city... You guys have it all here!" He then ran over to the couch and hopped right onto it, kicking up his leg and propping it up on his other.
"Maybe we can give you a tour later," Beast Boy suggested.
"But first, you think you can tell us about this 'Pantheon'?" asked Robin.
"Oh, yeah, of course," said Zero. "The Pantheon is just an army of robots. I'm not completely sure on what their agenda is, but it seems to do a lot with technology. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that they're trying to set up base in this city."
"We'll see. If they try anything else, we'll be ready for them.""So, Zero," said Cyborg, "how about telling us a little about yourself?"
"Yes! Please tell us all about you!" said Starfire. "How old are you? What's your favorite color? Where are you from? Do you plan on staying here?"
"Uhh... 17, um, red, uhh... New York, and of course I'm staying here! It's my job to make sure the Pantheon is destroyed, and whoever is behind them gets brought down."
"Hey, Z!" Cyborg said. "I noticed you got some armor under that coat."
"Oh, this?" Zero lifted up one of the folds of his coat. "If you want a better look, I can take this coat off." He got up from the couch and unbuttoned his overcoat. After he took it off, you could see a suit of red and white armor covering his entire body except for his head. On the shoulder plate on his left shoulder was the image of a Z. Beast Boy looked a little closer, and saw that Zero's short blond hair wasn't so short after all. Zero had long, spiky hair that almost reached down to his feet.
"Dude, what's with the hair?" he asked, pointing at it.
"What? I like my hair like this!"
"Ohh! This hair is absolutely wonderful!" Starfire said grabbing it and cuddling with it. "How did you get it so long?"
"Years and years of care, I kid you not."
"What's your armor made of?" Cyborg inquired. "Titanium?"
"Actually, it's a titanium-thorium alloy. And..." Zero turned around, and pulled back his hair, revealing a white pack on his back. "This is my armor's power generator."
"Really? What about that sword you were using?"
"My beam saber? Heh, it gathers light particles and stores it within the hilt, and then it compresses them so tightly, that it can actually turn the light into a solid object, in this case, a blade."
"Sweet, man! It would be a perfect match with my sonic cannon!"
"You have a sonic cannon? That's so cool! We have to trade spec notes sometime! Give me five!" The two techno-addicts high-fived eachother.
"Booyah!" Cyborg shouted.
"Raven," Robin said, "isn't there anything you'd like to ask Zero?"
"No," she simply replied. "Not really."
"Suit yourself," Zero said. "Well, it's getting late. I guess I'll just head out and---"
"Wait a minute," Robin said. "Why don't you stay here?"
"Really? Are you sure? I mean, is it okay with you?"
"Sure it is," said Beast Boy. "You can crash with us for a night or two or even three!"
"Gee, that's really nice of you guys, but I couldn't---"
"It is the least we can do for you for helping us earlier," Starfire said. "Won't you please stay for the night?"
"Well... Okay, you talked me into it!" Everyone in the room was cheering, except for Raven.
'Now why does this seem familiar...' she thought to herself.
"Come on, let's show you to the guest room," Robin said as they all headed out of the room.
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Hmm, a new friend, and a new enemy... what will happen to the Titans and their new friend Zero? What about the enigmatic Pantheon? Only time will tell...