Chapter 4

RisingSolstice- I'm not offended. I was just wondering what you meant when you wrote your first review.

AN: A slight rework was done due to an error pointed out by WhiteWolf815.


It's been six weeks since Soundwave began his little hero spree and, so far, it's been doing what he predicted it will do. Multiple crimes were stopped by him whenever the titans were too busy with others, all the while people were questioning a mysterious hero is within their city, helping the titans. Some said that it was a secret member of the titans, an ace in the hole when the going gets tough. Others say that it was a vigilante hero or someone that wants to remain secret, even to the law. The titans and the police, while suspicious of the new hero, were thankful for the help. As they don't have the man-power to take on all the crimes of jump city. What they all agreed on was this mysterious hero's agenda. Defending Jump City and bring justice to criminals. Soundwave chuckled at how oblivious the humans were. They would make conspiracies theories or ideas about anything. After having a chuckle, Soundwave began to monitor the multiple cameras he's installed over jump city as well as checking police channels. So far, everything was quiet aside from a prison break caused by a creature called Cinderblock. The titans managed to stop it but not before Cinderblock got away with a man locked in a stasis pod.

After looking up the prisoner, Soundwave found out that the man can transform into a sludge-like beast called Plasmus whenever he was awake. Plasmus then went to a sewage-plant to eat the raw sewage there but the titans stopped him. However, they had difficulty at first due to missing one of their own. The one called Cyborg. This was due to a falling out he had with Robin, the self-proclaimed leader of the titans. He was about to go and assist them when Cyborg came back and, together with Robin, they defeated Plasmus. During this confrontation, Soundwave learned that Cinderblock was attacking somewhere else. He was stopped by Cyborg though. While this was impressive, Soundwave was disappointed at how the battle with Plasmus went. With just one of their members gone, the titans were easy to take care of. They needed to improve immensely after this. Despite this, Soundwave was suspicious of something. Cinderblock had neither the intelligence nor cunning to pull something like this off. His attack had occurred sometime after Plasmus was reported in. It was as if someone else planned all this. He would have to get to the bottom of this if that was the case. Since then, nothing happened aside from a visit from Starfire's sister.

He was about to call it a day when one of his cameras raised an alarm, indicating something of interest. He looked at the feed of the camera and was instantly disappointed. The titans, while out on break to get some food, were embarrassingly defeated by trio of teenage villains called the hive. Even with them all working together, the five easily got there afts handed to by the villains. To top it all off, the three had better coordination than the titans, which added to their defeat. Curious, he decided to observe both groups. As he observed the groups, he discovered that Robin was missing and that both Beast boy and Raven were out looking for him while Starfire was attempting to help Cyborg, who got a jet-pack attached to him that sent him flying away by a little human with gadgets called Gizmo. His observations of the Hive managed to discern that this was a test for them to see if they were ready to be villains, meaning that someone oversees them. He also discovered that they were planning to attack the Titans tower and take it from them. He was about to interfere when his instruments detected Robin in the sewers, trying to find an exit. Someone had planted defenses there, as if they anticipated Robin would be down there. As he saw Robin having difficulty with the defenses, he was left with a choice. He could leave Robin alone to deal with the Hive, thus sparing the titans from anymore humiliation but if he did that, he will risk the chance of Robin dying, something that the titans would hold against him if they ever found out. So, he decided to help Robin. The titans can, after all, retake it and redeem themselves. He then activated a ground-bridge near Robin's position, but not too close where he can hear or see the bridge.


Sewers

Robin's position


Robin was having a bad day. First, his team was fighting over petty things. Then, three teenage villains came and took his team down with ease as well as causing him to be down in the sewers. And now, he was being attacked by security drones of unknown make and several turrets. He managed to destroy several of them but they kept on coming. He's been at this for several hours and he starting to get tired and making mistakes. His breathing was hoarse and rapid while sweat was coming down in a rapid pace. He then threw a bird-a-rang at drone, who then exploded after the bird-a-rang hit a critical area. It was then that he made a stupid move on his part when he attacked one with his staff. It grabbed him by the hands and proceeded to throw him across the floor before another shoot the ceiling above him. He got away just in time but not before the debris got his legs. He grunted in pain before attempting to get out. The drones then marched but to Robin and pointed their arms at him. The arms then began to glow as energy began to appear in a fire-port in their palms. Robin gulped as he looked at the robots with fear. Before they fired, however, several shots fired from somewhere and hit the drones, who were all disabled when the shots caused their heads to explode. Robin's eyes widened at shock at the sudden explosions when he heard deep thuds coming near his location. He looked behind him to see...something suddenly getting out of his vision. He then narrowed his eyes, wondering what that was, but he shrugged it off, for now, wanting to get out and meet the titans. After putting more effort in moving the debris off of him, he finally managed to get enough debris off his leg, so that he can pull his leg out. After checking for any damage to his leg, he looked at the area where he saw something move, before leaving the sewers. As soon as he was gone, the thing he saw stepped forward from the dark to reveal himself to be Soundwave, who remained hidden in the shadows so that Robin wouldn't see him. Now that everything was done, Soundwave took one of the destroyed drones with him and activated a ground-bridge that will take him back to the Sovereign. Little did he know, that something was spying on him. Something that will cause him to get more involved with the titans.


Few hours later

Unknown location


At an undisclosed location, a woman wearing a business outfit was discussing with a man in a black, steel, and gray battle armor that also had a black and orange mask that concealed his entire face, leaving a single eye hole for his left eye. This woman was the headmistress of H.I.V.E. academy, the same academy where the three villains, Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo were from. They were discussing about the failed mission the three had with the titans. Despite an initial success at defeating the titans and even taking their tower, the three were defeated in a rematch against the titans and were sent off to jail.

"I assure you, such failure is not accepted at the H.I.V.E. Once the students have been retrieved from the authorities they will be disciplined," The headmistress reported to him before slamming a fist at her other hand. "Strictly discipline."

"Actually, your agents served my plan quite well. You see, I never expected them to succeed," Slade answered her as he paced around. "They were merely messengers, and the message has been received."

Slade clicked a button on a remote and the T.V. came to life with Robin's picture on it. "Who is Slade?" he asked, the question on a constant loop. The villain smiled to himself. All was going to plan.

"Tell your students that they did remarkably well and that I may consider hiring them again for future jobs." Said the man. The headmistress nodded before leaving. Once she left, the villain changed all the screens of Robin to reveal a video of Soundwave taking off his cloak and taking one of his drones. "Plus, I now know who is the mysterious hero of Jump City." Said Slade with a smile. This was getting interesting. Very interesting.


Titans tower


Meanwhile, the titans were discussing over Robin's mysterious rescuer. They all took it in with suspicion and curiosity.

"So, something helped you out, when you were in trouble?" Asked Cyborg as he listened to Robin's story. After he nodded, Cyborg began to think about this man and wonder if this guy was the new hero in town.

"You know what I think... it's that new hero! It's got to be!" Declared Beast boy as he swung his arms up and down.

"I have to agree. This man's method does seem to match those in some of those crime scenes left by our…mysterious hero." Said Raven. The crime scenes left by the mysterious hero had evidence of using weapons and confessions from some of the criminals point to a shadowy figure, who went in quick and escaped just as fast.

"Could be." Agreed Robin as he sat on a table.

"If he helped Robin, then he could be an ally. Yes?" Said Starfire with hope.

"Possibly but he could have other motives for doing it." Said Cyborg with Raven agreeing.

"Whatever the case is, we have to keep on eye on this hero. Who knows, he could be an ally and friend." Said Robin before leaving to train. The others looked at each other before shrugging and doing whatever they wanted to do. All the while, thinking about the person that saved Robin and their mysterious hero.