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The Titan of Jump

Chapter 3

The week had been hectic for our Latino teen, but for once he was allowed a moment of peace as he laid on his couch staring at the small device in his hand. It was circular and yellow, holding a bright T in the center, it was a trophy of sorts...a symbol of his "parole" as Robin would like to call it. Junior chuckled a bit at the rather sullen look the boy wonder had on after their fateful battle only a week ago, but Junior couldn't really blame the young hero. Even he's sometimes surprised by how strong he's becoming, it was beginning to border on worrying as he sometimes loses the ability to compensate for the constant growth in power and ends up breaking things on accident. He already had to get his door fixed after that fight when he opened it too hard and it ripped off the hinges, along with the door handle looking more like a raisin than a knob...Maybe he should speak to dad about this, probably get a check-up with the underground doctors that work on his dad to see what was going on with his body.

He sighed as the large white T in the center of the communicator started beeping, signaling him that it was time to check in with his "parole officer", and he began to remember the battle that led up to this current predicament.

The titans were awoken at the crack of dawn by the sound of their proximity alarm, this was soon followed by a minor shuddering of the island their tower was situated on and a thundering crash. None of them were surprised by this fully expecting their guest to make an entrance as they rushed outside to meet him, only to stop and stare at the being that walked calmly out of the crater.

Junior waltzed out of the small crater, like there was nothing in the world going on and he was just taking an early morning walk in the park, but that's not what it felt like for the Titans. The cosmetic changes were paltry at best, the strange metal mouthpiece strapped across his face displaying various tubes each holding a different purpose shone dimly in the early sunlight. The large black long coat swaying to and fro as he took each easy step towards them and the grey fur that lined the coat was ruffled by the coastal wind, as it was said he physically looked the same.

But his presence...the feeling that he was putting off was what put them on edge, there was nothing easy going about the pressure he was exerting on them, this was an unstoppable force currently waltzing towards them. They could see how little he cared about the battle in his stance, everything about his body language screamed of boredom, as if he had seen and faced down much more dangerous battles a hundred times before and came out on top and that this...this was just child's play...almost insulting.

"Mutilar" Robin growled as he slowly eased his staff out, his voice easily heard over the early morning sounds that seemed to slowly grow quieter the longer The Titans remained in the presence of this...being, Mutilar stopped a mere ten feet before them and regarded them each in turn with a nod.

"Good morning...Titans" he said his voice raspy and muffled through the mouthpiece, even his breathing could be heard over the light splashing sound of the waves crashing into the shoreline, and it had the added effect of sending chills up the spines of the team before him.

"I would say I'm surprised you were expecting me... but then again, I would be insulted if you weren't ready for this much…" he trailed off his breathing taking the place of words as he looked each of them over.

Everyone tensed as his eyes scanned them, for while they were still very hidden behind his sunglasses, the weight of his gaze fell upon their shoulders one by one until finally settling on Robin, the real reason behind this fight and the main one he was planning on proving a point to during this... "demonstration" of his abilities.

"We're more than ready to take you down Mutilar, we'll make you pay for all your crimes" he growled but the taller teen just shrugged, the boy wonders threats just washing over him harmlessly, he felt no fear from these empty promises but he certainly smelled cautious apprehension from these so-called Titans.

"If you can beat me today...I'll gladly go to jail, but before we begin...I'd like to get something off my mind...if you're willing to entertain that much?" He asked slowly, he was met by silence for a moment before Robin nodded with narrowed eyes, obviously trying to pick up on any form of deception or plan Mutilar was enacting.

"It's the name you see...The Teen Titans, specifically that last word...Titans...A word used to describe beings that embodied the very forces of nature long before humanity could truly explain such phenomena...Now I've been here for a while and find myself confused, I mean to the villains of this city you could be seen as such, an "unstoppable force" that will stop them from doing wrong...but to the people I know, the things I've faced while hidden away from the world at large...you'd be nothing more than a rainy day...Inconvenient...yet easily ignored" he finished.

It took a moment for his words to truly register but when they did, whatever doubts everyone other than Robin had about fighting this person who has done nothing but help them so far, was thrown out the window, so when Robin inevitably called them to action with a mighty.

"Titans GO!" they were more than willing to show the teen known as both Junior and Mutilar exactly how much of an "inconvenience" they could be.

They split up three ways, with Beast Boy morphing into a Rhino once again and charging straight at him while the others paired off and circled to his left and right to provide long-range support. The various sounds of explosions, energy bolts, and solid impacts filled the air as Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven fired everything they had at the currently unimpressed teen Beast Boy was currently enacting phase one of their long thought out plan against.

Mutilar shrugged off the various blasts slamming into his chest and sides and focused on the changeling, he didn't think the green Titan would use the same tactic as last time so he wasn't surprised when at the last second he changed into an anaconda of all things and wrapped himself around Mutilar pulling as tight as he could.

What did surprise him was when Cyborg had rushed forward and grabbed the tail of the green snake, then with a mighty heave the cybernetically enhanced teen swung the both of them into the sky over the ocean where Beast Boy proceeded to morph once more into the biggest animal he could think of at the moment which ended up being a blue whale.

They slammed into the water causing it to come to life as it rippled and rushed out in every direction, the water even managing the clear the large concrete barriers of Jump and splashing the sidewalks and streets closest to the edge of the city. Beast Boy was quick to launch himself back onto shore and rejoin his teammates as they watched the water in preparation, for they knew this fight was far from over...but as one moment turned to two and then three they began to tense, preparing themselves for whatever their foe was preparing to throw at them.

Mutilar on the other hand, was shocked to say the least, that tactic was well thought out and was executed swiftly and efficiently and if he wasn't who he was it would have most definitely taken him out. Sadly for them, they didn't know the upper limits of his strength nor his durability, so when he calmly rose from the water and back onto shore without even a limp he easily spied to shock in their eyes.

"I like the energy...though if that's everything you can bring me...I'll be very disappointed," he said as he once again stopped before them, dripping wet but otherwise completely unaffected.

It was back to square one he thought until he felt a surge of electricity course through his soaking wet frame from below, he saw Robin smirk as he noticed the small metal rods lining the shore around the island, and then he was bombarded once again by their long-range options as they maneuvered themselves into another strategic formation.

Everything was going according to plan, if they kept this pace than Mutilar was as good as beaten Robin thought as he let loose another hail of batarangs upon the until now seemingly unbeatable being before them. He signaled for Starfire to proceed with stage two, and with bright green eyes, she shot forward to collide with the taller teen forcing him back a few feet towards the water in his electricity induced haze.

She wailed on him without end while he seemed unable to do anything but raise his arms in defense, Robin signaled for Beast Boy and Cyborg to move in and they nodded circling him ready to complete their part of the plan. Robin, on the other hand, glanced at Raven who was still hanging back waiting for her turn, and even though she seemed to be all in for this fight he still felt a bit of doubt about her being able to put the final nail in the coffin.

He shook his head and refocused as now wasn't the time to doubt his team, so instead, he went ahead with his part as he watched Cyborg ram into Mutilars' side shifting him off balance. Beast Boy followed up from his other side and finally managed to connect with his Rhino form sending him crashing across the shore and further inland where they would wrap up this battle.

Junior was impressed with their teamwork so far, they managed to ragdoll him across the island! While he didn't fly very far it was still the furthest he's been thrown since those sparring matches with his dad. If he wasn't so focused on letting them believe their attacks were affecting him he would be applauding their efforts.

He wanted to see how this plan of theirs would end so he kept up the act and got back to his feet a little bit slower than he could've, just a little confidence booster so they would keep the pace going. He was unaffected by the Batarang Robin tossed at his face that detonated in an unbelievably bright flash, and though he could see Robin rushing towards him he did nothing to stop the brutal combination he unleashed on his face with his trusty staff.

He swung blindly back only barely missing so he didn't seem like he wasn't trying and Robin seemed to grow even more confident with the near-miss as he had hoped. The blows kept coming as Junior continued to slow himself down as if nearing the end of his rope, soon the other Titans joined in with Cyborg and a Gorilla morphed Beast Boy working in tandem to dish out as much punishment as possible.

Once Junior decided that he remained standing long enough he finally let himself fall to a knee as one rather heavy blow from the green gorilla knocked him back a few feet, and he could literally feel their plan come to fruition as Raven stepped forward and the air around him seemed to grow just a tad bit heavier with her presence which seemed...darker than usual.

Raven wasn't expecting things to go this way, Junior didn't stand a chance...or at least that's what she would say if she wasn't an empath and was also either very stupid or even more hopeful that this plan was actually working. Even if she couldn't sense the amusement that was dripping from his form as well as the pure lack of fear present in his emotional state, she could easily see the signs that he wasn't taking this even remotely serious.

This was equal parts annoying and entertaining for the dark Titan, but it was time for this game to end and for her to step in for her part in this plan, even though there was still a part of her that hoped he would be able to overcome even this because she was about to put damn near everything she had into this spell.

When Raven stepped up Junior wasn't exactly sure what to expect but this was surely not in the list of options, though thinking about it now it wasn't exactly excluded from his list of probabilities, just very far down the list because how was he really supposed to know how powerful the dark-haired girl was? This was an oversight he would never make again.

"Azarath...Metrion...Zinthos!" she intoned as her voice seemed to wrap the island itself in a thick blanket of pure darkness.

The sun dimmed and the sky took on a light red hue as he began to feel a pull from behind him and when he glanced back he saw why as what seemed to be a tear in the very fabric of reality was currently open and growing larger as it sucked in the air from all around it.

He couldn't see anything in the darkness inside of it but he knew that he knew on an instinctual level that he didn't exactly want to find out where she was trying to send him so as thick black tendrils dripping with dark magic rushed out and wrapped around his limbs to aid in pulling him inside, he knew that now it was time for him to start raising the bar a bit.

So he dug in, his boots forcing their way into the earth as he stopped all backward movement and when the titans saw this and noticed Raven grit her teeth in exertion they knew things were going wrong.

"Titans Go!" Robin yelled once more as they began to pummel Mutilar with everything they had to try and force him into the tear.

It seemed to be working when his boots began to create trenches in the earth as he was forced back bit by bit before with a near-silent groan he stopped all backward movement once again. They could clearly see that their efforts weren't enough so they rushed in to physically force him back...but that was when the battle took a sharp turn and everything fell apart around them.

It was Beast Boy that first noticed how bad things were about to get, he was the closest to Mutilar and was also the one unfortunate enough to knock off the sunglasses that the Latino teen had so far never been seen without. It was at that very moment when he raised his head and rooted his uncovered gaze on Beast Boy that every animal instinct inside him screamed out in primal fear.

Those deep green eyes held power unrivaled, and the thin green veins streaking across the whites of his eyes revealed the nature of his strength, Robin had already spoken of his confusion over why he had never seen Mutilar injecting Venom into his body, and it was a question that their rather obsessive leader was stuck on for quite some time coming up with theory after theory but nothing he could prove with the evidence he had at his disposal.

Now, Beast Boy wasn't the smartest person on the team and he knew that despite any protests he puts up to the idea of him being stupid, so he did what he usually did and simply left questions like that up to the rest of them to answer...but they never could...and instead, it was him that figured it out first, and the answer...was terrifying. The headbutt he got after these very thoughts was just further confirmation...confirmation that they never stood a chance.

Cyborg knew about limitations, hell he's been very personal with the limitations of his own cybernetic body, he knows exactly how far he can go...the very minute he reached 100 percent his body automatically lets him know. So when he felt the already unusually large teen before him beginning to grow ever so slightly, well let's just say that he knew that Mutilar wasn't even close to reaching any of his limits, if they even existed.

Even as he continued to ramp up his mechanical parts to their absolute limits listening as each and every part of his cybernetic body reached 100% he still felt the teen before him growing larger. That was when he knew that they had lost...then he knew nothing at all, as the first left hook he received set off every single warning and alarm within his systems, and the backhand shut him down completely.

Starfire has seen many wonders during her time on earth, and many more during her time growing up on Tamaran, but nothing matched the wonder that was friend Junior. She's seen strength all her life but nothing like this, after seeing and learning about the people of earth and how they just weren't as powerful as her own race she knew that they needed to be protected, just as other beings from beyond Earths stars are doing as well.

So while she fought for her friends on the team, she also fought the evils of the earth so that those weaker than her were not harmed...but this person before her was far above even Tamaranians. This was not someone who needed protecting and she figured that out first hand as he placed his right hand upon her stomach almost gently and launched her clear across the island and out into the ocean. She didn't feel much pain as she floated in the water, it was more of a push than an actual attack...more of an effort to separate her from the rest of her team...but she knew that by the time she made it back it would be all over. So it was a testament to her ability to never give up that she flew from her watery bed and rushed back towards the island.

Robin was a practical fighter, he knew tactics, he made plans, he accounted for all contingencies and anything that could go wrong when he and his team entered a fight so that he knew they would make it out...but this was something different entirely. He wasn't sure who he was fighting, but it was definitely not the same Mutilar from his time in Gotham, because this monster had just taken out 60 percent of his team in a split second.

The fact that he did this while fighting off the dark tendrils still attempting to pull him into the empty pocket dimension Raven said would hold him until she let him out, had him doubting the efficiency of their plan entirely...This was a mistake, he didn't gather enough information on their opponent before jumping at the chance to put him down and now his team was paying for it.

So knowing this, knowing that he could never beat him on his own, Robin fell back into his stance and rushed him for one final assault in order to push him back into the tear and end this madness once and for all, hoping that maybe this wasn't completely in vain.

The punch to the gut did him in and he fell to the ground unconscious leaving only Raven and Mutilar left in this fight, and the next time he would wake up he would realize just how little he's grown since being with Batman. And it is this revelation that will inevitably force him to work harder and let the past go so that he would one day grow into a hero that he could be proud of.

Raven knew this fight was over but she didn't drop the spell, she forced more of herself into the darkness bringing forth more of the deep black tendrils to wrap around Junior and pull him further back towards the tear. He locked eyes with her as he stopped all backward progression, then he pulled forward growing ever so slightly once again as he made step after step towards her, this went on until he was towering over her having grown at least another 8 inches since the fight started.

He reached up with one hand completely ignoring the dark magic trying to force him to submit and unlatched his mouthpiece. It came off with a loud hissing noise to reveal a wide smile, they stayed like this for a few moments before Raven finally let the magic go with a sigh and glared up at the hulking teen before her.

"You produce your own Venom" she stated looking into his eyes and seeing the bright green veins beginning to form under the skin of his face.

"Yeah, all of the Venom dad's injected himself with made sure that I was born with it being naturally produced, without the poisonous attributes it would normally have" he confirmed with a light nod, smiling at the fact that it was complete surprise to everyone who knew of his birth that such a thing could happen.

He let out a breath and his body shrunk right before her eyes, it was like he let every muscle loose at once and the extra mass just receded into unknown parts of his body while the bright green veins disappeared leaving only his eerie green eyes left as any indication of the Venom constantly pumping through his veins, merely waiting for him to call it all forward.

"Cyborg would sure love to examine you" she muttered before turning to see Starfire flying back towards them.

"You knocked everyone out but the girls?" she asked lowly turning to look at him, and that was when Raven learned something else about Junior as she saw him rub the back of his neck and felt his embarrassment rise.

"Dad was very, very thorough in teaching me proper manners" he mumbled looking anywhere but at the smaller dark haired female before him.

The rest of the Titans awoke within the med-bay of the Tower currently being looked after by Raven, Starfire, and more surprisingly Junior without his large fur coat and metal mouthpiece, though his Sunglasses unsurprisingly were back where they rightfully belonged.

Robin tried to jump out of bed but was held down by a worried-looking Starfire who just shook her head, it was tense for a few moments until Robin finally let out a sigh and fell back onto the mattress.

"Duuuuuude" Beast Boy groaned shutting his eyes to block out the rather bright lights above and holding a hand to his currently bandaged skull.

Cyborg just shook his head at his green friend and sat up to check and see if any of his systems were damaged by the extremely heavy hits he received and let out a sigh when he saw that all systems were green, Junior had somehow figured out the exact amount of force necessary to completely scramble his circuitry during the fight...That level of intelligence scared Cyborg more than the fact that he could knock him out in two hits did.

It took a few moments of silence before everyone finally looked at Robin to see how the situation would proceed, and he just stared at Junior while holding his bandaged ribs before inevitably letting out a defeated sigh.

The week had been quiet since the fight and Junior made sure as part of the agreement to check in with Robin every 6 hours via the communicator while under his "parole" which at the current point in time was to be held indefinitely. Junior was fine with this, he knew that he was technically still a villain despite the fact that no one even knew who he was outside of Gotham, a testament to how much he actually "helped" his dad during his time there. So in the end even if their plan actually worked and he was sent to jail, with the money his family had at their exposal it would be a shock if he spent anything longer than six months in prison.

So he was fine with his "parole" so long as Robin kept his end of the deal and left Junior well enough alone about any of his prior "dealings" and didn't go after him for every unknown crime that went on in the city. So with a sigh and a shake of his head he pressed the large glowing T symbol on the small device answering the call and listening as Robins stern voice filled his apartment.

"Report" he stated causing Junior to let out a light chuckle at how serious The Boy Wonder was still taking this.

"Well I'm still alive, I haven't left the apartment at all since my last report and am currently wondering how long I'll have to keep doing this because it can't be that interesting for you," he said easily causing Robin to let loose a rather impressive growl.

"You'll do this for as long as I think it's necessary" he shot back but Junior just shrugged.

"Alright I guess, but do know that you can call me anytime if you just need someone to talk too, lord knows you need to see a therapist about this control issue of yours" he sighed, knowing just what buttons to press to get the Pajarito to snap, something he was very good at even back in Gotham.

"I do not have control issues!" Robin yelled as expected.

"Denial is the first step towards acceptance, we'll get you fixed yet," Junior said lazily further annoying the bird-themed teen as he has since getting stuck with this communicator.

"Just stick to the schedule" he growled before promptly hanging up on the Latino teen.

"Well that was rather rude" Junior grumbled as the door to his apartment closed.

"I can't tell if you annoying him is making it better or worse" Ravens wondered in that monotone voice of hers as she came to stand before the couch expectantly, she was a little earlier than usual with the sun just now setting but Junior for his part just rose and let her have her seat and shrugged.

"He'll either get so sick of me he'll let this parole thing go or he'll stick to it just to prove that he's stronger than mere taunts" he stated tossing the yellow device onto the coffee table next to his old luchador mask.

"My money's on the latter" she said lowering her hood with a sigh.

"Didn't take you for a gambler" Junior replied raising his hands when she leveled a rather mild glare his way.

They were sitting across from each other once again steam from the freshly brewed tea rising between them but something was different this time as Junior had yet to say his usual line and was instead just staring at Raven who for her part just stared back wondering what was going through the Latino teens head at the moment.

The silence continued before Junior let out a near-silent sigh and leaned forward, a sense of anxiety rising within the dark Titan as he looked at her from over his sunglasses giving her a full view of his deep green irises, and the veins that traced along the rest of eyes.

"Raven, let me talk to you" he requested and she took the chance to sense the rather staggering amount of anxiety and nervousness coming from him.

"I know you can feel how tense I am, so I'm just going to come out and ask...would you like to go out with me? Like on a date?" he asked and she froze, everything in her head coming to a screeching halt as it took everything she had not to blow something in his apartment to smithereens, which she knew he wouldn't mind.

"I-" she was cut off when her communicator rang out, actually making her jump in the process, she fumbled with her belt for a bit before pulling it out and answering the video call after her hood was back in place to be met by Robin's stern visage.

"There's a break-in at the Technological Museum, we need you" he stated before cutting the call, Raven took a deep breath and looked up at the Latino teen who just gave her a small yet sad smile.

"I'm sorry" she muttered before leaving the apartment to join her team for a battle that would affect all of history...and only one of them would even know what it could cause their futures to become.

Hitting a slump in my creativity, luckily this is a simpler story so I can still enjoy working on it without much imaginary pressure to make it as close to perfect as I can. I'll get over this eventually but this is going to be the only story I work on for a while which should make things easier. Won't have much of a schedule but don't expect to wait too long for the next chapter.

As always, Read, Flame, and Review, it's all love in my book.

Alfred Signing Out.