Hello, and welcome back! Before we get into the story, I'd like to address some things from the reviews.
Firstly, thank you warrior of six blades for the extensive review! It's one thing for someone to say, "Great job, update soon!", but the fact that you took the time to really analyze the chapter is extremely helpful and touching. I know you and many others have a lot of questions about Tony's backstory. Let me assure you, they will all be answered by the end of this season.
Secondly, some people have asked whether Tony will be paired with Pepper, Starfire, or Raven. The answer is no. Pepper will be Tony's older sister figure, and Starfire and Raven will be just friends. I have different romantic plans for those three. As for Tony, he's going to hook up with a lot of girls before he finally settles on "The One", which won't be happening until many seasons in the future.
But for now, Tony and the Titans (nice band name) have to deal with their first supervillain battle as a team. Will it go smoothly? Let's find out!
Disclaimer: This author does not own the properties of Naruto, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics (unfortunately). This work is made for nonprofit entertainment purposes only.
"Hello there!": Speech.
'What a drag': Thoughts.
[I am Iron Man!]: Mechanical Speech
The Earth is Mine!: Monster/Demon Speech
Let'sgetiton!
Chapter 3
Final Exam
Location: Unknown
Static fills a screen before it settles down to show an enclosed room with yellow honeycomb patterns covering the walls, ceiling, and floor. Classical music plays in the background as a symbol is shown on the screen. It is a hexagonal coat-of-arms with a golden pointed border, a black and white cross section in the middle, and an elegant H in the center. At the bottom of the symbol are the letters H.A.E.Y.P.
A female voice begins the presentation. [The Hive Academy for Extraordinary Young People is proud to present this year's top graduates.]
A platform rises to the middle of the screen, revealing three teenagers. The first is a girl with pink hair styled like horns, pink cat eyes, and pale skin. She's wearing a black and purple dress with a supernatural theme, along with a jeweled necklace. The second teenager is extremely short for his age, going up to the girl's waist, and is completely. He's wearing a green full-body jumpsuit, along with a pair of green goggles on his head. The third teenager towers over both of his teammates and has shaggy red hair all over his head, and some on his chin, giving the young man a savage look. He wears a black jumpsuit with no sleeves and a yellow harness, along with yellow boots and bracelets.
All three of them dismount from the pillar to give their demonstration. The shorter male is first.
[Gizmo. The boy genius, whose intellect can conquer any problem with an inventive solution.]
Gizmo pushes a button on his suit, popping out a pair of rocket-powered wings. He flies in the air as panels on the room's walls open up, revealing turrets that fire at him. He effortlessly dodges the blasts and sends rockets at the turrets, destroying them instantly. He lands on the pedestal, his part of the demonstration done.
Holes open up on both walls, revealing several large robots that approach the pedestal. Gizmo flies away, and the girl takes his place with a smooth landing.
[Jinx, the enchanting sorceress, whose hexes mean bad luck for her enemies.]
Jinx spins and launches pink energy blasts at several panels on the walls. The bad luck energy causes the panels to fall right on the robots, crushing them as Jinx gracefully backflips away.
Panels on the floor open up behind her, revealing large blades that slice at the girl. Or they would have, if her hulking brute of a teammate didn't crush one of the blades into scrap.
[And Mammoth, the genetically enhanced giant, whose unstoppable strength speaks for itself.]
Mammoth grunts and lifts the broken blade tower out of the ground and throws it at the other two towers, destroying them both.
Smirking at his work, he is seemingly unprepared for the giant robot that grips him in a crushing hug. Luckily, Gizmo lands on the robot's back and attaches a device to it, causing it to spark and malfunction. This allows for Mammoth to casually shrug the robot off.
[Well organized, highly trained and combat equipped, these new H.A.E.Y.P. agents are the perfect fighting force.]
Mammoth gives Jinx a boost and launches her across the hall as Gizmo follows. Jinx flips through the hallway as wall turrets attempt to destroy her. She effortlessly avoids all of them, and even makes the turrets destroy each other. She lands smoothly at the other end, her two comrades joining her as they finish their demonstration.
[And, for the right price, this ideal team can be yours.]
The classical music ends and the screen turns back to static before showing the H.A.E.Y.P. symbol.
An older woman wearing a black business suit and skirt walks in front of the screen. Her grey hair is in a bun and she carries a clipboard.
"Well, Mr. Slade?", she asks the shadowy figure in front of her.
The figure known as Slade leans casually on the railing in his mechanical lair, his single eye gazing down at the woman below him. "Impressive. Truly," he says in an unimpressed tone, "However, robots and obstacle courses only prove so much. My plans require operatives that can function in the real world."
Slade walks over to his throne and sits down, the woman following behind him. He sits in darkness while spotlights shine on the woman and the three H.A.E.Y.P. students.
"If your students are to serve me, they'll have to pass one final exam. Destroy Iron Man and the Teen Titans, and then we'll talk."
The spotlights shut off, and darkness swallows the lair.
(Insert Theme Song: Teen Titans Theme)
Location: Titans Tower, Living Room/Kitchen
The sun shines on another glorious day in Jump City. It's been a week since the Titans stopped the bank robbery at Jump City Bank, and apart from some muggings, an apartment fire, and a case of grand theft auto, things have become quite peaceful in the city. This has allowed for some monotony to occur at Titans Tower.
Monotony that includes mountains of dirty dishes piling up in the sinks, trash strewn about the living area, and essential items turning up missing. Speaking of which…
"Aw man, come on! It's gotta be around here someplace!" Cyborg groans out as he lifts the couch over his head looking for something valuable. A green basset hound assists him. "Ngh! I don't believe this! How could you lose the remote?!"
The green dog shifts back into Beast Boy. "How could you be sure I lost it?!"
Cyborg puts down the couch and points at the green elf. "Uh, cause you're you?"
"Hey, just because I lost that videogame–"
"And the toothpaste, and my football, and the waffle iron."
"Things disappear! How am I supposed to know where they go?!"
"Well how am I supposed to watch TV without a remote?!"
At this point, Raven, who was attempting to read her book in peace, has had enough. She slams her book shut and glares at her two idiotic teammates. "Simple," she growls out, "you get up and you change the channel."
The two boys look at each other, then look at Raven as if she committed a great sacrilege. "Don't even joke like that," Cyborg warns the girl.
"I wasn't joking," Raven deadpans.
"GOOD, CAUSE IT WASN'T FUNNY!" Cyborg yells, "Now either help us look for the remote, or go back to reading your book!"
A tic mark forms on Raven's head. "This is a pointless argument over a useless device," she says as she then joins in on the pointless argument.
At this point, Starfire and Robin enter the room, having a more peaceful discussion.
"And that is the secret for intergalactic travel," Starfire explains to her friend.
Both Starfire and Robin then take notice of the argument happening in front of them. "Whoa, take it easy, Titans!" Robin says, waving his arms to placate his teammates, "Combat practice is this afternoon, and Tony's gonna be here any minute!"
"We must mend your dispute with the sharing of unhealthy junk foods," Starfire offers, "I shall fetch them."
As the team once again devolves into another quarrel, Starfire walks over to the fridge and opens it, looking for the junk foods in question. She apparently doesn't mind that all of the food is covered in thick layers of blue, furry mold.
At least, until part of the mold growls at her.
"Eep!"
As a frightened Starfire readies one of her starbolts, Tony walks into the room with a bright smile on his face, wearing a T-shirt, casual pants, and some fancy sunglasses.
"Hey there, peeps! Ready for a fun day of training?!"
FHSWOOM! SPLAT!
One starbolt sends blue goo all over the room, caking the walls and ceiling. All arguments cease as the goo drips down onto the Titans. They slowly turn their heads to the blonde genius, who unfortunately was close enough to get a large covering of the stuff. They expect him to yell at them, or at least groan in disgust.
Instead, he casually shakes out his spikey hair to get most of the goop off. Then, with a straight face, he calmly wipes the gunk off of his expensive glasses. He stares at the group of embarrassed teens before scanning the room. He doesn't visit Titans Tower that often due to the fact that he works and lives in Stark Tower, so this is his first time seeing the mountains of dishes and the tons of mess in the room.
After surveying the deplorable state of things, he turns back to the group.
"…wow."
That one word sends arrows of shame right through the rest of the Titans.
"Maybe we should just go out for pizza," Robin nervously offers.
Tony sighs and looks to the ceiling. "Jarvis."
[I've already booked a table, sir.], the AI responds.
"Thanks."
Location: Pizza Plaza
Several thorough washings later, and the team is sitting at a balcony table for lunch. Which unfortunately, has started another argument about toppings.
"Olives and mushrooms!"
"Bell peppers!"
"Pepperoni!"
"Anchovies!"
"Will we please just pick something?" Raven groans out. Next to her, Tony is writing something down on a paper towel.
"As long as it's vegetarian!" Beast Boy demands.
"Come on, man! How can you deny me the All-Meat Experience?" Cyborg asks his green friend.
"Dude! I've been most of those animals!" Beast Boy reminds the half-robot.
"I suggest a large pizza with pickles, bananas, and mint frosting!" Starfire innocently suggests.
Cue several looks of disgust being sent her way.
Before Robin can correct the alien girl, Tony speaks up, holding the paper towel in front of him. "Okay! So, three slices of olives and mushrooms for Rob, three slices of the vegetarian for BB, three slices of the All-Meat Experience for Cy, three slices of straight cheese for Raven, three slices of pickles, bananas, and mint frosting for Star, and three slices of olives and Italian sausage for yours truly! Alright, let's do this thing!"
The others give Tony confused looks. "Um, I'm not so sure they can do that here," says Robin.
"Well they definitely should," Tony states matter-of-factly, "since I own the place." He ignores his teammates' looks of surprise and waves a blond waitress over. "Hey there, Betty! Here's our order."
Betty takes the paper towel from Tony and looks over the writing. "Alright, we'll have this out as soon as possible, Mr. Stark!" She says with a smile on her face, "Oh, and Mr. Phillips was wondering about the new ovens."
"Tell him they'll be installed tomorrow," Tony responds. Betty nods and heads into the kitchen. Tony turns back to his friends. "New Stark Tech cooking ovens. Cooks the food just as well as conventional ovens but with just a quarter of the energy usage, and they're cheaper to make. Gonna be putting them in restaurants all over the city in two weeks' time."
Tony stops as he takes in the shocked looks being thrown his way.
"…what?"
"YOU! ARE! GOD!" Cyborg and Beast Boy both shout out.
"Pfft! Ridiculous," Tony scoffs, "I can't grow a beard to save my life." He then claps his hands together and gives his friends a no-nonsense look. "Now then, we need to have a serious talk about the living room situation at Titans Tower."
The other Titans cringe at the discussion about to happen. Luckily, their salvation comes in the form of two attractive teenage girls approaching Tony's seat.
"Hi there, Mr. Stark!" says the redhead holding her phone up. She and her brunette friend have excited smiles on their faces. "We're so sorry to bother you, but is it cool if my friend and I take a picture with you?"
As the rest of the team get sweatdrops on their heads, an unbothered Tony answers, "Yes. Yes, it's very cool." He takes the phone and tosses it to Beast Boy. "BB, you mind?"
Beast Boy fumbles with the phone for a bit, before getting it together and pulling up the camera. In the frame, Tony has an arm around each girl's waist, and the girls have big smiles on their faces as they flash peace signs.
Tony, seeing the peace signs, deadpans, "I don't want to see this on your Facebook pages. Please, no gang signs." He takes a moment to take in the girls' surprised faces before laughing. "No, throw them up! I'm kidding!" Both girls laugh as well and bring up their signs again. "I love peace. It's a job well done for me if there's peace."
Beast Boy takes a photo of the three smiling teenagers. It's the only photo he's able to take before the honking of a horn gets everyone's attention. All of the Titans turn and see a runaway bus barreling down the street, on a collision course with a carriage sitting in the middle of the crosswalk with a crying baby inside.
Tony turns to his teammates. "Go! I'll watch the pizza!"
Robin nods and calls out, "Titans, Go!" He along with the other battle-ready heroes leap off the balcony, leaving Tony to look on from above.
Tony's eyes narrow at the situation. 'My danger senses are definitely ringing.' He puts his hi-tech Stark smart watch up to his mouth. "Jarvis, do me a favor and deploy the Mark VII."
[Very well, sir,] Jarvis answers from the watch, [The Mark VII will be deployed momentarily.]
"Good man, Jarv," says Tony as he turns his attention back to the emergency below.
On the street, the bus is about to collide with the carriage when Cyborg leaps in front of it and attempts to halt the bus with his bear hands. He grunts as the vehicle forces him backwards. Luckily, Raven uses her power to put the bus in park, thus allowing it to safely stop.
Cyborg and Raven look inside the open door of the bus and notice the obvious lack of a human behind the wheel. Cyborg asks his friends, "Um, aren't buses supposed to have drivers?"
"And don't baby carriages usually have babies?" Robin ponders aloud as he, Beast Boy, and Starfire look in confusion at the object he took out of the carriage. It's not a baby, but a green teddy bear.
[Are you pit-sniffers normally this stupid?] the bear asks the heroes. It's eyes suddenly glow with energy, and lasers blast the three Titans across the street.
As Cyborg and Raven watch their comrades fly through the air, the bus is lifted off the ground. Their shock gives them no time to react as the bus slams on top of them.
Back on the balcony, Tony blinks as he processes what just happened to his team. He speaks into the watch again, "Uh Jarvis? Double time on that suit, please."
Meanwhile, Mammoth walks away from the bus and claps his hands free of dust. Gizmo and Jinx join him on the street.
Gizmo chuckles. "Man, that was too easy. What a bunch of cludgeheads! You guys wanna get pizza?"
"This isn't over!" Robin declares as he, Starfire, and Beast Boy recover from the laser blasts.
Cyborg blasts the bus off of him and Raven with his sonic cannon and cries out, "This is just getting started!"
"Who are these guys?" Beast Boy asks as he picks off the garbage on his body from when he landed, "And what's a cludgehead?"
"We are the Hive!" Gizmo announces.
"Your worst nightmare," Mammoth continues.
"And this is Attack Pattern Alpha," Jinx finishes as all three villains rush the Titans.
Gizmo flies and blasts at Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire, causing rubble from the surrounding buildings to land on top of the heroes. Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire push the rubble off of them
While Jinx engages Raven, and Cyborg grapples with Mammoth.
As Cyborg tries to overpower his opponent, Mammoth smirks and asks, "What do you call an idiot with a rocket on his back?"
The answer comes from Gizmo, who latches a rocket on a surprised Cyborg's back. "Duped!" Cyborg can only scream as the rocket launches him up into the air and away from the area in zig-zag motions.
Starfire gasps. "Cyborg!" She cries before flying off after her friend.
Tony sees the two Titans in the air and knows the situation is going south fast. "Come on, Jarvis! Come on!" He then hears a second rocket sound and sees a large object approaching his position. He smirks. "Finally!"
Meanwhile, Jinx kicks and strikes at Raven, who dodges out of the way and sends her own strike. Jinx effortlessly blocks the hit.
"You fight like a boy," Jinx taunts.
"And you're gonna croak like a frog!" Gizmo jabs from behind Jinx as he stands on mechanical spider legs. He blasts Raven with a laser, launching her right into Robin.
Beast Boy shifts into an elephant and goes for an attack, but Mammoth lifts the large animal off the ground. "Mammoth's gonna make you extinct," the giant declares.
"Beast Boy! Hang on!" Robin calls out as he rushes to help his friend. But Mammoth throws the elephant into the air, spins, and punches the mammal towards the Boy Wonder. Luckily, Beast Boy shifts back into a human before he would squish his fellow hero, though they still crash into each other.
"Is it just me, or are we getting our butts kicked?" Beast Boy asks his remaining teammates.
"It's just you," Robin and Raven answer simultaneously.
"Listen up, team! I have a plan," Robin announces.
Before he can say his plan, however, Gizmo blasts Beast Boy and Raven away. "Geez, scrump-buffer. Hope your fancy plan includes getting fried." The short genius jabs as his fellow villains join him.
"You'll just have to find out the hard way," Robin responds as he gets into a fighting stance and gives the villains a 'come here' gesture.
The Hive students answer the gesture by shattering the ground underneath Robin with their combined powers. Robin shouts as he falls into the sewers below.
Or he would have, if a mechanical hand didn't grab his leg from above. Robin looks up and sees Iron Man keeping him from certain doom.
[Phew! That was a close one.] Iron Man says as he lifts Robin out of the hole and gently lowers him onto stable ground.
Robin grunts as he holds his ankle in pain. "You took your sweet time getting here," the Boy Wonder remarks.
[Well, you know how it is. The hero always shows up at the last minute,] Iron Man responds, [How are you holding up?]
"You mean besides my twisted ankle and my bruised pride?" Robin quips as Raven and Beast Boy join them.
[Well, we can't do anything about your pride, but,] Iron Man turns to his other teammates, [Raven, take care of his ankle. Beast Boy, make sure there aren't any civilians in the area.] He then turns towards the villains. [I'll take care of these chumps.]
"Wait! We can still fight!" Robin calls out, before clutching his ankle again with a wince. Raven approaches Robin and uses her dark power to heal the ankle.
[Take it easy, Robin. You've fought well already. Just focus on getting healed, and then you can join back in.] Iron Man smacks his fist into his hand. [Besides, I've been itching for some action for a while now.] And with that, Iron Man leaves his compatriots and calmly walks towards the villains.
The Hive students smirk at seeing their main target approaching them. "It's about time you showed up," Jinx says to the armored hero.
"We've been waiting for a real hero," Mammoth taunts, making the other Titans wince.
"How about you give up that fancy suit of yours, and we'll let you walk away with some of your dignity," Gizmo jabs, inwardly salivating at the thought of having the Iron Man suit.
Iron Man's response is to stop a distance away from the villains, kneel down, look right at the vertically challenged teen, and say, [Aw, Aren't you just the cutest wittle thing. You've got your big boy goggles on, don't ya?]
Gizmo growls as a huge tick mark forms on his forehead. "Screw it! Scrap him!" With that shout, the Hive students charge right at the hero.
Iron Man fires his repulsors at the ground in front of him, creating a smokescreen that blinds the villains. This allows for Iron Man to fly up and blast Mammoth away. Jinx launches her hex bolts at the hero as Gizmo launches into the air to engage him. Iron Man dodges the hexes and shoots his explosive rounds at Jinx, who backflips away from the shots.
Gizmo fires his laser blasts at the fellow genius, who flies out of the way. He then launches several missiles to blow up the hero, but Iron Man uses his auto-targeting systems and explosive rounds to destroy every last one of them. A dogfight ensues, with Gizmo angrily trying to take Iron Man out of the sky, and Iron Man expertly dodging everything Gizmo throws at him.
Gizmo smirks as he finally gets a lock on his target. "Gotcha, rust bucket!"
Before he can capitalize on this, however, Iron Man makes a dead stop in the air, turns around, and punches the small villain right in the gut. Spittle flies out of Gizmo's mouth as he's sent to the ground below.
Jinx sees her comrade crash next to her and furiously launches hex after hex at the Armored Avenger. Iron Man flies down after her, weaving through every hex harmlessly. He stops in the air above the street and launches a projectile at the sorceress. Said sorceress watches as the object wizzes by her head and lands behind her.
She turns to the hero and calls out, "Ha! You missed!"
KABOOM!
"Kyaaah!" Jinx cries out as she's blown away by the tank-buster rocket.
[No, I didn't,] Iron Man deadpans. He turns and sees Mammoth hoisting a large part of the street above his.
"Dodge this, Tin Man!" Mammoth throws the hunk of asphalt at the hero.
[Don't have to.] Iron Man's chest glows with power.
VRI-SHOOOOOM!
The blast from his Uni-Beam surges through the projectile and slams into Mammoth, sending the giant into the front of the building.
Iron Man is about to land when he feels an object land on his back. He turns and sees Gizmo with a pissed off look on his face plugging his pack into the suit.
"Alright, skiff-buffer, let's see what happens when someone messes with your toys!" Gizmo cries out in anger.
[Yes, let's.] Iron Man answers nonchalantly. [Jarvis, if you please.]
[Initiating counter-hacking procedures.] Gizmo only has a moment to process the British voice's words before his pack shorts out in a shower of sparks.
"My tech!" The villain cries out. Gizmo then yelps as he's ripped off of the hero's back and brought to face him. Iron Man pulls his armored fist back for a punch. Gizmo gulps. "Uh, mercy?"
Iron Man's response is to power up his elbow rocket.
"Ah crud."
POW!
The rocket powered punch puts a dent into the villain's face and sends him hurtling towards his larger teammate. Mammoth, who is attempting to recover from the Uni-Beam, ends up having a 4'1" mass crash right into his face and knock them both into blissful unconsciousness.
Iron Man stops to look at his handiwork. [And then there was one.] Unfortunately, he's not paying attention when a hex bolt hits his left boot. [Uh Oh.] His boot shorts out, sending him crashing into the street below.
Iron Man attempts to pick himself off of the ground. [Ugh, that was unpleasant.] Unfortunately, his rising is impeded by Jinx landing on top of him with a Cheshire grin on her face.
Robin, his ankle healed, sees Jinx on top of his friend. He, Beast Boy, and Raven rush to help their fellow Titan.
Meanwhile, Jinx smirks as she strokes the Armored Avenger's helmet. "It's a real shame I have to destroy you. I have a thing for confident boys like you."
[Just as well. I've always had a weakness for bad girls like you,] Iron Man responds.
Jinx giggles as she raises a purple glowing hand. "Flattery will get you nowhere, Mr. Stark."
[Really? How about this?] The suit opens up, exposing Tony Stark in all of his glory. Then, in a move that stuns the villainess and the Titans, he quickly sits up, grabs Jinx's head–
"Mmph?!"
–and gives her a searing kiss on the lips.
Jinx goes wide eyed. She gasps in shock, allowing Tony to push his tongue into her mouth. He grips her waist and pulls her in close, making her unable to escape the onslaught. Tony's years of experience involving models, movie stars, princesses, and other beautiful women allows him to expertly map the cat-eyed sorceress' mouth with precision and fervor. Eventually, Jinx gives in, gripping Tony's body as she returns the kiss with gusto.
Robin, Beast Boy, and Raven are gob smacked as they watch their colleague make out with their enemy.
"I did not see that coming," Beast Boy comments.
Finally, Jinx is released from the assault, her eyes half-lidded and her face flushed red. She gasps as Tony levels a victorious gaze at her. "Impressed, kitty-cat?" He asks the villainess.
"Hell yeah," Jinx breathlessly answers.
"Good." That's all the warning Jinx gets before Tony chops her neck, sending her into blissful unconsciousness. He pushes her off of him, stands up, and dusts himself off, the armor rising with him. He turns to his comrades as the armor surrounds him again. [And that's how it's done.]
The other Titans sweatdrop. "Right," Raven deadpans.
The heroes' attentions are drawn to the sound of applause and cheering. They see a crowd of civilians rushing towards them with faces of adoration and gratitude.
"Hey, check it out! It's our fans!" Beast Boy exclaims. He waves at the crowd running their way. "What's up, peo–BLAGH!"
His greeting is cut off as the people bulldoze over him and run by. Beast Boy groans and twitches from the trampling. The crowd of people surround Tony,
Tony wills his helmet to collapse, allowing his blonde hair and whiskered face to show to the crowd. He gives a bright smile to the people and waves happily to the people around him. He then sees the two teenage girls from Pizza Plaza rush over to him and latch on to his sides.
"We love you, Tony!" Both girls cry out, before kissing both of his whiskered cheeks. Tony takes all of the affection with a smile. He gives the crowd peace signs as cameras capture the hero's victorious moment.
Robin and Raven, meanwhile, watch glumly as the happy crowd surrounds their armored friend and take snapshots of the one who saved the day.
A woosh gets the two heroes' attention. They turn and see Starfire land next to them, carrying a disheveled Cyborg with her.
"My friends! I have returned with our comrade in good health!" Starfire calls out in joy.
"Yeah, mostly," Cyborg mutters, "I was almost out of the county before Star caught up with me."
Starfire and Cyborg then take in the scene around them; the unconscious Hive in various stages of bruising, Beast Boy slowly rising from the ground with aches and pains, Robin and Raven sulking, and Tony being showered with praise by the people of the city.
"Uh, what did we miss?" Cyborg asks.
A sigh from Robin is his only answer.
Location: Titans Tower, Living Room/Kitchen
The sun is high in the sky as five teenagers tiredly sit on the large couch in the middle of the room. They completely disregard the fact that said couch is caked in blue goop, along with the rest of the room. They're too busy nursing their physical and moral wounds.
"Ugh, I feel like both my body and soul got flattened, dudes," Beast Boy groans.
"It is just my soul that is pained," Starfire laments, "I was unable to assist my friends in the battle."
Cyborg winces. "Yeah. Sorry about that, Star."
Starfire waves her hands in assurance. "Do not apologize, friend Cyborg! I was more than happy to help you!"
"Yeah, well, you wouldn't have had to do that if I was paying attention," Cyborg grumbles.
"My body and soul feel like they're sinking into an inky black abyss of misery," Raven comments in monotone.
"Uh, isn't that how you usually feel?" Beast Boy asks, getting a glare from the dark sorceress.
"I think it's safe to say that we're all feeling defeated today, Titans," Robin says to the group, still in shock at the fact that he nearly lost his life today.
Cyborg scoffs. "Most of us, anyway."
Just then, the sliding doors open. Everyone turns and sees their final member, out of his suit, stroll into the room carrying pizza boxes on both arms.
"And Tony Stark said, 'Let there be pizza!' And there was!" Tony shouts in happiness.
Cue five sets of glares sent his way. Tony is oblivious to this as he crosses the room to the couch. Robin idly notices that Tony nimbly steps around the piles of goop to reach his destination.
Once he reaches the couch, Tony starts handing out pizza boxes as he speaks, "Personal pizzas on the house, courtesy of your local Pizza Plaza! 10/10 service, I say. Everyone gets their choice of pie. Classic favorites and some inspiring new choices!" He stops at Starfire, handing her her box last. "By the way, Star, Mr. Phillips wants to talk to you about some new topping combinations. I think you gave him some crazy ideas."
"Thank you, friend Tony," Starfire quietly responds as she accepts her box.
Hearing the sadness in her tone, Tony looks around and notices the upset looks on everyone else's faces. He sets his pizza box on the table. "Guys! What's with the long faces? It's pizza time!"
"Dude, if it were any other time, I'd be tearing this pizza apart. But not today," Beast Boy groans.
Tony raises an eyebrow at his friends' behaviors. "Guys, what's wrong? We beat the bad guys and we got pizza! We should be celebrating!"
Cyborg suddenly slams his fists into the table in front of him, startling Tony. "WE DIDN'T DO SHIT! You're the one who beat the bad guys and saved everybody!"
Tony recovers from his surprise and waves his arms in front of himself. "That's not true! I was the guy late to the party, remember? Note to self; find a faster armor delivery method." Tony mutters the last part to himself before turning back to his team. "The point is that you guys did most of the actual fighting!"
"Correction," Raven interjects, "we were getting pummeled and humiliated by the Hive. The only one of us who did any worthwhile fighting was you."
"You are the one who earned the victory today," Starfire says in sadness, "along with the love and adoration of the people."
Tony deflates slightly seeing his sweet friend looking so sad. "Star, don't say that. Jump City loves you guys."
"Oh really?" Cyborg challenges. He clears his throat and continues speaking in a mocking female voice. "~'We love you, Tony!~We're so proud of you Tony!~Please give me your babies, Tony!'~ You don't hear the rest of us getting any of that!"
"Oh, come on! It wasn't like that!" Tony argues.
His friends all have deadpan looks on their faces. They simultaneously look up to the ceiling and yell, "Jarvis!"
[Pulling up the footage now]. Jarvis responds. Tony turns and sees the TV light up and reveal amateur footage from a civilian's phone. The footage shows Tony in his suit being swarmed by people trying to take photos of and with their resident hero. Some girls even manage to give a kiss on his cheek in their photos. Meanwhile, shouts of praise and adoration surround him.
[WE LOVE YOU, TONY!]
[THANKS FOR SAVING OUR BUTTS, MAN!]
[YO, IRON MAN IS ALPHA UP IN HERE!]
[PLEASE FUCK ME, TONY!]
[TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY!]
It's when a particularly busty woman exposes her bare breasts to the surprised hero when the footage stops, leaving the blonde looking at the screen with a straight face.
Jarvis uses the resulting silence to comment, [Might I say that it is always refreshing seeing a video of you on the Internet with your clothes on, sir.]
Tony's eye twitches as he looks up to the ceiling. "Et tu, Jarve?"
Robin stands up and addresses his fellow hero. "The point, Tony, is that the Titans failed. It was our first supervillain fight as a team, and we failed. And if it wasn't for you, I'd likely be dead."
Tony nods and takes a deep breath. He turns to his friends and says, "Okay, fine. Our first supervillain fight went south. It's not the end of the world, though. The important thing is that we're all here, alive and whole. We can take the time and learn from this, so that the next time we encounter the Hive, we can properly kick their asses six ways to Sunday."
"That's easy for you to say," Beast Boy argues, "You're the big, awesome superhero in the group."
"Beast Boy, this may come as a shock to you, but I've screwed up too. Big time," Tony counters.
The rest of the Titans look unconvinced.
"I'm serious, here!" Suddenly, a lightbulb goes off in Tony's head. He smirks and pulls out his phone. "In fact, let me show you." He turns and aims the phone at the TV. "Jarvis, I'm gonna go ahead and borrow the TV for a moment." He inputs some commands into the phone, causing the phone's screen to appear on the TV.
Raven quirks an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"
Tony pulls up his video storage on the TV. "Showing you guys some footage from my first fight ever with a villain called 'The Melter'."
The technologist plays a video set in the streets of Jump City. A helmeted man carrying a large energy weapon is blasting at random buildings and cars, causing the people to flee. Suddenly, Iron Man lands behind the villain and readies his repulsors. Sadly, before he can use them, The Melter spins around and fires a beam of yellow energy at the hero. Iron Man braces himself for damage as the beam hits his lower section.
The good news is that Iron Man isn't hurt. The bad news is that the lower part of his armor is now a puddle of metal surrounding him, thanks to the effects of The Melter's blaster. The worse news is that, due to being in a hurry to suit up, Tony didn't have pants underneath the armor. The result is an embarrassed Iron Man covering his toad-print boxers with his hands.
In the real world, Tony smiles as he hears his friends laughing behind him. His pride will certainly be taking a hit, but it'll be worth it.
He says to his now smiling teammates, "You think that's funny? Check out what happened when I first met 'Blizzard'."
The next video takes place at the Jump City docks. The video shows Iron Man blasting away at a man in a white and blue snow suit carrying a strange ray gun. The villain dodges the repulsors and fires a blue beam of energy at the hero. Iron Man is unfortunately hit, resulting in a thick block of ice covering his suit all the way up to his neck. He lands in the ocean, becoming the first ever Human Iceberg. Blizzard, along with Tony's friends outside of the video, laughs as a seagull lands on the iceberg and pecks at Iron Man's helmet.
Even Tony chuckles at that one. He moves on to the next video. "And of course, there's 'Crimson Dynamo', Take One. Always a classic."
Another video set on the streets of Jump, this one shows Iron Man being slammed to the ground to-and-fro by what appears to be a giant red robot. Each hit to the street is followed by a cry of [Ow!] from the smaller figure. After several rounds of this, Dynamo spins Iron Man around and flings him right into an alleyway dumpster. A dazed Iron Man crawls out of the dumpster covered in garbage as an alley cat hisses at him.
Tony ends the last video as the rest of the Titans, even the ever-stoic Raven, are busting their guts with laughter. Tony smiles as he takes in the joy of his friends at his own expense.
Eventually, the Titans calm their laughter down. Robin says with a smile, "Okay, Tony, we get it. Iron Man messes up too."
"Yes, he does," Tony agrees with his friend, "But here's the thing; not only did Iron Man survive those encounters, he learned from them. He improved his tech and his strategies, so that the next time he encountered those villains," Tony pulls up news articles showing Iron Man standing on top of the defeated forms of The Melter, Blizzard, and Crimson Dynamo, "he's the one that emerged victorious. And that's the same with us Titans. We'll train, strategize, and improve ourselves together. That way, when the Hive returns – which will likely happen due to the current security measures at our city prison – the Teen Titans as a whole will be the winners. Who's with me?"
All five of his comrades give a loud cheer, their spirits raised once again by their leader's speech.
"Excellent!" Tony cries out as he powers down his phone. "Now that that's taken care of, let's finally enjoy some pizza!" He sits down on the couch with his friends as everyone happily opens their pizza boxes.
Cyborg pulls out a slice of delicious goodness and asks, "So, Tony, if you can do all that with your phone and the TV, you think you can find the remote?"
Tony doesn't even look away from his pizza pie. "Check your right foot."
Cyborg blinks and looks down at his feet. Sure enough, there's a remote control sitting by his right foot. "Huh. What do you know?"
"I told you I didn't lose it!" Beast Boy shouts from across the couch.
Finally, each Titan holds a slice of tasty pizza and bring them to their mouths to enjoy.
EEERRRRP! EEERRRRP! EEERRRRP!
And then they put the slices down and huff in frustration as alarms blare and red lights fill the room.
"Give us a break already!" Beast Boy cries out.
[I'm terribly sorry to interrupt Pizza Time, but the transport carrying the Hive has been sabotaged. The villains have escaped,] Jarvis informs the group. The TV shows two pictures, one of the Hive, and the other of a prison transport vehicle wrecked on the side of a road.
Tony groans. "I told you the prison system needs better security. Is the tracker on Mammoth still working?"
[Indeed, sir.] The TV now shows a map of Jump City, with a yellow dot travelling from the site of the wreck south towards the Titan's home. [The group is heading straight for Titans Tower.]
Tony sighs and stands up. "Alright, people. Looks like we'll have to do our improvements on the fly."
Robin speaks up from the couch with a smirk, "Actually, I have some ideas for us to take them down."
Tony matches Robin's smirk. "I'm listening."
Location: Titans Tower, Outside
The sun is descending as an object travels over the water straight towards Titans Tower. The object is revealed to be Gizmo carrying Jinx and Mammoth underneath him with some mechanical arms.
"If those crud-munchers think they've seen the last of the Hive, they're dead wrong!" Gizmo declares.
"You do know we got beat by them before when we laid a trap for them, right?" Jinx points out to her smaller teammate. "What makes you think we'll have better luck on their turf and their terms?"
"Be-ca-use," Gizmo answers back in annoyance, "they only won because of 'Iron Jerk', who just got lucky! This time, he won't be so lucky!"
"And once he goes down, the rest of the Titans will go down with him!" Mammoth continues.
"Exactly!" Gizmo affirms.
Jinx shakes her head. "This is gonna end badly."
"Says the one who got smooched by Tony Stark," Mammoth fires back.
Jinx gets a heavy blush on her face. "Shut up, dumbass!"
All arguments stop as they approach their destination.
Gizmo gets a deadly grin on his face. "This is it! Full on guns blazing!"
The Hive close in on the Tower.
WHAM! BZZZZZT!
Unfortunately, a blue barrier stops them dead in the air, leaving several impressions not unlike birds hitting a window.
The Hive pry themselves off of the barrier and shake themselves back to their senses. They observe the glowing blue force field surrounding the tower.
"Ray shields?! Are you freaking kidding me?!" Gizmo cries out. He growls as he puts his goggles over his eyes, allowing him to analyze the barrier. "Pit-sniffin', crud-sucking…there! There's an opening that leads to the roof. Let's go!"
And with that, Gizmo carries his teammates over the barrier and towards the roof. All the while, Jinx gets a feeling that they're walking right into a trap.
The Terrible Trio land on the roof. They idly notice that there's some leftover scaffolding set up from construction of some kind, along with some tubular generators.
Gizmo takes off his goggles and smirks. "Heh, guess Stark's security isn't so foolproof after all."
[You think so, huh?]
VRI-SHOOM!
A blue burst of energy blasts Gizmo away. The other two Hive students look and see Iron Man and the Teen Titans poised and ready to meet them.
'Definitely a trap', Jinx thinks to herself as her shorter partner recovers from the blast.
[Looks like you three didn't learn your lesson from the first time.] Iron Man says to the group.
"That's okay. We're more than happy to teach you punks again," Robin declares, "the hard way."
Jinx growls. "Attack Pattern Alpha!" And with that, the Titans and the Hive engage in Round Two.
Jinx launches her hex bolts at the Titans, making them jump away from the resulting explosion. As Beast Boy lands, he's surprised to see Mammoth charging right at him. Luckily, Beast Boy shifts into a hawk and flies away.
Meanwhile, Jinx flips over Cyborg and fires her hexes at the two generators. Cyborg runs to avoid the pillars falling on him. Starfire comes to his aid, throwing her starbolts at Jinx, who flips out of the way. Jinx runs into the scaffolding with Starfire hot on her heels.
As Cyborg recovers from avoiding the pillars, Gizmo lands on the Titan's back. "Hey robo-wimp! Feel like getting hacked?" the villain taunts as he pulls out a sparking mechanism.
"Nope. How about you?" Cyborg answers nonchalantly. He then shouts, "Robin! Now!"
At the signal, Robin throws a small device that attaches to Gizmo's backpack. The device shorts out the pack and Gizmo, making him scream in pain and leap off of Cyborg.
"Cut it out! It's gonna crash my whole system!" Gizmo shouts as he tries to fix his pack. "Get it off me! Get it off me!" His cries go unanswered as his pack deploys his wings and shoots him into the air.
Where he's met by a flying suit of armor who grabs a hold of his jump suit.
[Aw, is the little guy having a meltdown?] Iron Man asks as he levels a repulsor right at Gizmo's face.
"Ah double crud." This is Gizmo's only response before a blue beam of energy sends him screaming back to the ground.
Meanwhile, Jinx attempts to evade Starfire's attacks in the scaffolding. Unfortunately for her, this is exactly what Starfire wants. The heroine calls out, "Beast Boy! Go!"
Up above, Beast Boy gives a thumbs up before leaping off of a beam. He shifts into a monkey and lands right on Jinx's face. Jinx tries to pry the monkey off of her face, firing off mass amounts of hexes into random parts of the scaffolding. She finally pulls the primate off of her and throws him away. Luckily, the monkey shifts back to human and lands safely.
"Your luck just ran out!" Beast Boy calls out, before booking it away from the villainess.
Jinx's confusion at that statement is short lived when she notices the scaffolding around her break apart with purple energy. She can only groan in apprehension as the metal beams collapse all around her.
Mammoth is unaware of his comrades' plights as he tries and fails to hit Raven, who glides around his attacks. He goes for another punch, only to be blindsided by Cyborg, who tackles the giant away from Raven. Mammoth tumbles across the ground for a while before rolling to a halt.
Right at the feet of a green T-Rex.
Mammoth screams in fright and runs away from the massive man-eater. Unfortunately, he's unprepared for the massive starbolt that hits his legs and makes him literally spin in place. This allows for Robin to hit Mammoth with a spin kick, sending the villain flying. Mammoth's teammates are just recovering from earlier attacks when they're hit by the genetically enhanced behemoth.
When the dust settles, the Teen Titans see their enemies in a pile with swirls in their eyes. The young hero team has officially defeated their first supervillains.
Iron Man shakes his hands off in satisfaction. He turns to his friends and asks, [Feeling better, Titans?]
"Much better!" Robin answers with a smile.
"Glorious!" Starfire calls out in glee.
"Booyah!" Cyborg cries out.
"Yippee," Raven says in monotone.
"Now can we have that pizza?!" Beast Boy asks impatiently.
Meanwhile, Gizmo recovers and pulls out a communicator. "Cram it. I'm calling Slade."
His efforts are thwarted when Robin pulls the tiny genius up face-to-face, though he does turn on the communicator.
"Who is Slade?" Robin demands.
Gizmo smirks. "Wouldn't you like to know, barf brain?"
[As a matter of fact,] Iron Man answers, his fist pulled back for another rocket punch, [we would.]
Gizmo gulps. "Ah triple crud."
Location: Unknown
Deep underground, in the rusting mechanical lair of Slade, the mysterious villain and the H.A.E.Y.P. official have just been made aware of the three students' two failures.
"I assure you, such failure is not tolerated within the Hive," the official states, trying to salvage the budding partnership. "Once the agents have been retrieved from the authorities, they will be disciplined. Strictly disciplined."
Slade, however, is unphased by the situation. "Actually, your agents served my plans quite well. I never expected them to succeed. They were merely messengers, and the message has been received."
Slade flips a switch in his hand, revealing the face of Robin the Boy Wonder on his screen. The screen splits into multiple sections, each one with Robin asking the same question.
[Who is Slade?]
Timeskip: That Evening
Location: Titans Tower, Living Room/Kitchen
Night has fallen on Jump City, and the Titans have finally been allowed back into the living room. Tony had kicked them all out so that he could schedule a deep cleaning of the area. The group walks in through the sliding doors and are astounded by what they see.
"Tada!" Tony calls out, spreading his arms and showing off the now sparkling living room. All of the trash is gone, all of the dishes are clean, the fridge is stocked with fresh food, and most importantly, every last molecule of blue goop is erased from existence.
As Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire explore the area, Robin and Raven look at their friend with amazement. "Tony, this place looks amazing!" Robin tells the blonde. "How did you get this all done in a few hours?"
"Well, that's for me, Felipé, Armando, Luis, Ricardo, Selina, Fernando, Roberta, Francisca, Julio, Consuela, and Keith to know, and for you guys to figure out for yourselves so I don't have to PAY A SMALL FORTUNE TO CLEAN THIS PLACE EVERY WEEK!" Tony responds, yelling in anger at the end.
Robin and Raven have to adjust their ears from the verbal onslaught. "R-Right, we'll get right on that," Robin assures the technologist with a shaky smile.
"NOOO!"
Tony, Robin, and Raven are startled by the shout from their green friend. Robin asks hurriedly, "Beast Boy! What's wrong?"
"My tunes! They've been…alphabetized," Beast Boy laments, making the three heroes face-fault. "How am I supposed to find anything here?" Beast Boy struggles to reorganize everything his way. Next to him, Cyborg lifts the couch, once again searching for something.
Meanwhile, Starfire is looking over everything in the fridge. "My friends, this might sound strange, but part of me actually misses our blue-furred food." Starfire admits with a sad smile.
Tony sweatdrops as he, Robin, and Raven approach the couch. "This team is full of wierdos," Tony quietly states to his fellow Titan.
"Yeah, but they're our wierdos," Raven responds.
Tony's eyes and Robin's mask widen. They quickly turn to the sorceress. "Did you just make a joke?" Robin asks.
"Don't get used to it," Raven deadpans.
Nearby, Cyborg continues his searching. "I don't believe this! This place gets cleaned top to bottom, and I still can't find the–"
A sharp whistling gets his attention. He sees Robin pointing at the table, where the remote is sitting next to a small note.
"Put a homing beacon in the remote that we can track all the way to China," Tony comments, "Any farther than that, you're on your own."
Cyborg gives a triumphant laugh and joins his fellow Titans on the couch along with Starfire. He turns to Robin and asks, "So, I suppose we should be training, working out strategies, and figuring out this Slade guy is, huh?"
"We'll do that later," Robin answers casually, "but right now, I'm just happy to be part of the team."
"Amen to that," Tony concurs.
And with that, the Teen Titans kick back and enjoy some TV after a job well done.
Timeskip: The Next Day
Location: Jump City Prison, Interrogation Room 6
Two prison guards lead Jinx into the interrogation room. Her purple and black dress has been replaced with an orange jumpsuit. Her hands are cuffed, and a special power-dampening collar adorns her neck. The guards make her sit down, before locking her cuffs to the table.
"So, you jerks gonna tell me who this 'special visitor' is?" asks Jinx.
The guards refuse to answer and leave the room without giving her a single glance. Huffing in frustration, Jinx drums her fingers and waits for her visitor. After a few moments, the door to the room opens, and Jinx's eyes widen at seeing a certain enemy of hers stroll inside, wearing his trademark shades and a fancy Italian suit.
"You know, apart from overhauling the prison security system, I was gonna suggest to the prison board that each of the inmates get their own personalized jump suits. I figure that might be a step to improving morale with the prisoners, helping them get rehabilitated and such," Tony explains as he approaches the Hive member. "Plus, it'll help for the sake of fashion. I mean, look at you. While I affirm that orange is a spectacular color, I can see how it can clash with your overall smile."
Jinx blinks a few times to process the situation and the hero's words before smirking. "Tony Stark came to visit little old me. I'm honored," she says, looking him up and down with some approval. "You always wear such fancy suits?"
Tony gives a smirk of his own. "Touché." He sits down across from Jinx.
"So, did you come to try and make me a hero?" Jinx asks, making herself comfortable in her chair.
Tony raises an eyebrow. "Depends. Do you want to be a hero?"
Jinx makes a show of thinking to herself. "Hmm, nah. I think I prefer being a bad girl," she says, giving a sensual wink.
"Who says you can't be both?" Tony asks. "I sure as hell won't."
The pinkette giggles. "You sure know how to compliment a girl."
The blonde shrugs. "It's a gift, really." He leans forward and clasps his hands together. "But in all seriousness, I was hoping you could give me some more info on your boss."
Jinx gives a sigh of annoyance. "Like Gizmo told you already, he wasn't gonna be our boss until we beat you Titans. Pretty sure that ship has sailed already," Jinx explains, grumbling the last part to herself. "There isn't much to tell, really. He only had one eye, he wore armor, he was probably in the military once, and he has a major 'smug asshole' vibe to him. Before you even ask, none of us know where his base is. We were blindfolded to and from the place when we visited his secret lair."
Tony narrows his eyes, analyzes the villain in front of him, and then shrugs. "Okay. We're done here." He stands up from his seat, making to leave.
Jinx is surprised by the abrupt dismissal. "Wait, that's it? No more questions? No threats? Nothing?"
"Nope. You can't help me, so there's no more point in me being here. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got paperwork to take care of." And with that, Tony turns around and heads for the door.
Jinx narrows her eyes and scowls at the blatant disrespect being shown to her by the wealthy CEO. That scowl turns into a deadly smirk as she flexes her now handcuff-free wrists.
Tony is just about to knock the door to be let out when a pair of arms wraps around his frame, with one hand gripping his throat.
"It was a very bad idea to come in here without your special armor," Jinx growls into Tony's ear.
"Urgh…well…I don't really need it, so…" Tony grunts out, before he's flipped around to face the now pissed villainess.
"You know, you're really cocky, even by my standards," Jinx angrily states. "I may have my powers blocked, but you should still fear me."
"Well, I suppose I should be afraid for my life right now," Tony admits, "but your take-no-shit attitude is really turning me on right now."
Jinx growls and grips Tony's throat tighter. "Listen, Stark, you may be an amazing kisser, but that mouth of yours is gonna get you into big trouble. "You better start treating me with some respect," she grips Tony's trousers threateningly, "or you're gonna lose what makes you a…man…"
Jinx's threat trails off when she feels just exactly what is within his trousers. She loosens her grip on Tony's neck as she feels every inch of his equipment. 'T-That's impossible!' Jinx thinks to herself as she's taken aback by what she's touching, her mouth trying and failing to form words.
She finally looks up at Tony's smirking face. "…what the…"
"They don't call me 'Iron Man' for nothing," Tony states matter-of-factly, his eyebrows wiggling.
(Insert Music: MKTO – Bad Girls)
"…ah, what the hell," says Jinx before she pulls Tony in for a kiss.
There's less romance in this kiss and more of a fiery showdown, with Tony and Jinx's tongues both battling for dominance. Their arms wildly grab at each other's bodies with fervor, until Tony grips Jinx's curvy waist and plops her onto the metal table. The two teenagers continue to hungrily kiss as they both begin tearing off their partner's clothes.
Jinx pauses her clothes-tearing and pulls away from the blonde's mouth and tongue. She breathlessly asks, "We're still enemies, right?"
Tony nods quickly. "Yeah, totally."
Jinx nods as well. "Good."
With that settled, the hero and villainess continue making out with each other. By now, Tony's expensive shirt is torn from his body, exposing his chiseled chest and toned abs. Respectively, Jinx's entire prison jumpsuit has been removed, revealing her slim yet curvy figure, with no bra holding her C-cup breasts and only a pair of purple panties covering her womanhood. Tony is now pushing Jinx onto the table, plundering her mouth and massaging her plump butt while Jinx pulls Tony close to her and grinds against his steel-hard manhood.
Location: Outside Interrogation Room 6
In the hallway, both prison guards flank the door to the interrogation room, keeping watch and listening for sounds of violence. However, instead of violence and fury, they hear the lustful moans of a teenage girl having her world rocked by the rich boy who pulled some strings to set up the visitation.
"Lucky bastard," one guard grumbles, getting a nod from his partner.
[Insert End Theme: MKTO – Bad Girls Cont.]
AN: And cut! I wanted to get this chapter done in time for New Years Day, but my 10-hour shifts at work really beat the tar out of me. In any case, Happy New Year everybody!
So, the Teen Titans have defeated their first supervillains. Granted, their first battle was rougher than expected. Luckily, Iron Man was there to help them out with the fighting, as well as lifting up their spirits. We also got to see some rather embarrassing moments from early on in Iron Man's crime fighting career, though he did get some payback in the end. And speaking of endings, yes, Tony will be scoring a lot in this series, no, there is no harem in this fic.
Now then, my next updates will be the Anime Cinematic Universe. This one is gonna be tricky. If I update one story at a time, it'll take forever to get it all done. Instead, I'm gonna try to update multiple stories at once. Don't worry, my work schedule and life in general is mostly taken care of, so now I can sock away time to better focus on my fics. I'll also be opening a Plot Bunny Orphanage to give my many other story ideas to other writers on this site. I only ask that you treat my bunnies with all of the love and attention that they deserve.
Next time, a battle with a villain gone wrong causes a major split in the team. Will it destroy the Titans forever? Find out in the next exciting installment of Iron Man: Titanic Adventures!
Until next time!
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