Iron Mario: Yeah, we felt like it was needed.
IMBADATNAMES: Yes, that is how genetics works.
And I have NO IDEA what you are fucking talking about with the second review
Zanotronxl: Because Codon Stream
B.E.A.T.N: Including this chapter? It is seven chapters.
Here are some reviews answered by Ghost:
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: It's in our Magic Dragon Castle; with Rick's Portal Gun, Doc's Delorean and a crap tonne of Kamen Rider stuff.
B.E.A.T.N: Thanks very much, it's about 15 parts. *laughs maliciously* I'm kidding. It's like 7.
Recap man: Yes, that's the long and short of it.
God of the Challenge: Kinda, yeah.
61394: Alan Moore's the guy who wrote Watchmen. Just wait and see what happens.
IMBADATNAMES: Professor Paradox is 'Sir Not Appearing In This Film'...Cookies if you get the reference. Look, superhero conceptions aren't so cut and dry. The multiverse and Hyper Time have to be taken into consideration. Also, fuck DC's Dark Multiverse. BWL is a broken Gary Stu bastard who should be killed off! ...Sorry for the rant. It's just the dumb rule of 'Batman Always Wins', fuck that noise.
Iron Mario: Sorry about this being our...I think our first recap chapter, but it was needed for context.
Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Artist: GhostKaiser23, he goes by Hangman12 on Deviantart. Either look him up, or go to my profile to see links to all of his official work for this story
Disclaimer: Cartoon Network owns Ben 10 or Teen Titans
AUTHORS NOTE
And here we go with the newest chapter!
I hope you all enjoy it big time!
Also, next week's update... won't happen, instead be uploaded on Christmas Day. Okay?
James' Harem 2
Chapter 45
Beyond Tomorrow Imperative Part 2 Into The Future
It was another day in Jump City, The Titans were on patrol after breakfast. Things seemed pretty quiet, to be fair. Like...there was no crime in the city AT ALL. It was pretty unnerving.
The large team were approaching the tower, returning home after three hours of pointless patrolling with no crime to deal with. They were all tense, feeling like something big was coming… and they all saw the BatJet arriving
"He's back!" Kori smiled as she saw him as Dick Grayson walked down from the ship in his full Batman gear
"Hey, guys. It's been a while." Dick waved as he saw them. He removed his beak like helmet/cowl, revealing his normal face with the classic Nighting domino mask
"Did you miss us?" Duela cheered as she ran down the ramp and wearing her Titan costume. She took a cheerful stance, her Harleyquinn costume all clean and fixed
"Hi!" Cassandra smiled as she ran out
ZOOM!
"Cass!" Bart smiled as he ran at them and hugged his girlfriend tightly
"Hmm." Cass sighed happily as she held him close
"You saw her yesterday." Aqualad commented
"Shh." Rose shushed him, nudging him gently "Let them enjoy it."
"So, you're back?" James asked Dick "Because to tell you the truth, not a fan of this whole leader thing."
"We're back. Batman's wounds are much better and he's getting help." Dick nodded "He should be back in action in two weeks. And he believes Gotham can go without Batman for that long, with all the heroes he's gathered there."
"We could make a third team of Titans in that city." Rachel joked "Titans Gotham."
"Don't give him ideas. He might take you up on it." Duela joked "Bruce is keeping an eye on about, like, six different tiny hero teams in Gotham."
The group began to walk towards the tower... And suddenly several members of the large team just... Just...
Disappeared
*? ? ?*
WHOOM!
"Whoa! What the hell just happened?" The group asked in shock.
The group consisted of James, Dick and Gar for starters, the three being the first to appear and see the dark streets of Jump City "What just happened? Where are we?" Garfield asked in confusion
"Gotham? No, that's impossible. We just-!" Dick panicked, looking around.
"Guys!" James called out in worry. He span around, looking at the others "I'm fine." James nodded
"I'm alright...What got us?" Rose asked as she helped Karen up.
"I don't know... we just…. 'Popped'." Karen answered
"And just us." Garth nodded, the Atlantian pulling himself to his feet
"Where are we?" Dick asked
"It... It looks like Jump City." James answered
"And it's REALLY run down." Gar added
"Guys... I think something big happened." Tara said as she picked up a newspaper
"What do you-? Oh, my god." Victor asked before he gasped seeing the newspaper. More specifically the date.
It was twenty years in the future, Jump City was going under:
New renovations from recent attacks
The group looked in shock as they didn't know WHAT had happened in these past 20 years.
20! YEARS!
….. HOW?!
"Twenty... Years? How?" Terra asked
"We live in a world where superheroes and aliens exist. I think this is time travel." Rose answered
"Yeah. But HOW did we time travel?" James frowned "Someone took us here. Pulled us from our time."
...
"Guys." Karen blinked "Sorry but... Look at Titans Tower."
"What's wrong with-?" Dick asked and then his jaw dropped "No."
"...What the hell happened to our home?!" Garth shouted in Atlantean.
Standing there was a massive yellow H shaped tower styled after a honeycomb
"HIVE? Here? But...That's impossible." Victor gasped in shock, looking at the building "We... We took them down!"
"This has to be a nightmare. Some sorta mind-fuckery or something!" Garfield answered. "Right? HIVE can't be back!"
"And they took our tower!" Dick snarled
"That's it! I'm going to carve up those monsters!" Rose snarled as her mind flashed through… everything Brother Blood did to her mind and the mess it has left her in ever since them, how she didn't even know who she was and what was real about her past anymore because of that fucker. She reached back, grabbing her sword and stomped towards the tower only for James to grab her by the back of her chain mail outfit "Let me go!" Rose snarled, as she spun to get out "Let me go James! I am going to kill him!"
"Rose, calm down. We don't know everything that's going on and we shouldn't go in guns blazing. We need to figure out what's going on first." James answered, trying to calm her
"How about we visit the Justice League? Maybe they can help?" Gar suggested
"Are THEY around? I mean... If this is twenty years ahead, what if they're off-world or something?" Garth asked
"It's the best choice we have to find out what's been going on." James said "If we are lucky we might bump into ourselves."
"Yeah...that's-My club!" Garfield smiled, snapping his fingers in realisation. "If I'm still around, my club might still be here! We can go there so we can contact them!"
"Good id-" Dick nodded
VROO!
VROO!
VROO!
"YOU ARE BREAKING CURFEW!" several drones suddenly said as they descended
"GAH! What the heck's that?" Karen shouted in shock.
"YOU ARE BREAKING CURFEW!" The drones repeated "THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!"
"RUN!" Dick shouted as they ran off.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
"GUNS?! THEY HAVE GUNS?!" Garfield shouted as he turned into an eagle
Karen shrunk as she began to fly, zooming as fast as she could "Just run! Fly!"
James transformed into Quad-Smack and grabbed his friends, as many as he could and ran with them 'My body should protect them.' He thought
"Energy guns, too!" Terra added
"You KNOW I can fly right?" Garfield asked before turning into a bird and flew with Karen.
"Sorry, instinct reaction!" James responded
"Technus!" Victor called out, shooting small lasers at the drones to stop them firing at them.
"Meta Human activity detected!" the drones said as they suddenly changed tactics "Adapting Strategy!"
"Err, what're they doing?" Garth asked
"SQUARK!" Garfield screamed as the drones began a new formation and began to give off sonic waves. The group fell to the ground in pain, their ears almost bleeding as they were getting attacked by the soundwaves.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEE!
"What the fuck?!" Karen yelled, unable to control her powers. She began to shift between her small size to her regular size.
"Bad... Idea... You stupid robots!" Terra hissed in pain as her powers went out of control. As Terra's powers were getting disrupted, spikes of earth shot up and impaled the drones, even causing cracks in the ground to split the roads in half. The sound soon ended, everyone taking a deep breath "S-Sorry." Terra panted nervously.
"Not your fault." Garfield answered
"I think you may have saved us." James added
"We should leave. Before they come back." Karen rubbed her ears.
"WHAT?" Garfield shouted, his ears still ringing from the sonic noise.
*time skip*
The group were currently still outside; since there was a 'curfew' on, they couldn't walk around easily. But they were getting closer to Garfield's club.
"I don't know about this, Garfield." Garth spoke worriedly
"Guys, it's fine. If it's me then I'll be cool about...it?" Garfield answered as they approached and saw...a laundrette? "What happened to The Jungle?"
"What the hell?!" The others yelled put
Garfield went to his knees and began to weep. "No-ho-ho...The Jungle!"
Victor sighed and patted his friend's back
"It has been twenty years." James frowned, flinching at that number. Damn, he'd be in his mid-forties right now. He might be a grandfather, or be seeing his kids get married
'So The Tower's gone, The Jungle isn't here.' Dick began to ponder. "Where else could we go? Any hangouts still around?"
"...Jerry's Pizza might still be open." Victor answered
"That place will NEVER die; will it?" Karen agreed
"The curfew." James reminded
"Gotham?" Dic suggested
"Without transport?" Victor answered
"I can turn into Blurr and transport everyone out." James suggested "Or go TechGenisis and morph a car into a small ship?"
"...'TechGenesis'?" Dick asked "Which one's that?"
"Show him, dude." Victor nodded and let James transform, turning into a black goop-looking alien with yellow circuitry; quickly merging with a van that was parked and began to change it.
"Oh, that one." Dick nodded
"All aboard, mind your hands and feet and please keep our seatbelts fastened at all times." James quipped as he opened the doors for them.
"Just don't do anything naughty, this is serious." Rose joked and got into the car, taking a seat
"Have I EVER done something like this without permission?" James responded, an 'eye' looking at her.
"Eyes on the road, please." Garth answered
"Come on, man." Victor sighed and helped Garfield up
"Okay. Okay." He nodded sadly
The group raced through the sky, looking down at the US as they flew
"What happened to our city?" Garfield sighed heavily.
"I'm sure Bruce or Tim will explain." Dick answered
"Tim? You think he's Batman in the future?" Rose asked
"I think so, he's definitely a fine detective." Dick nodded as they flew over Gotham... and saw high tech and neon it looked
"...Did I take a wrong turn at Albuquerque or something? This looks like a Vegas Strip." James blinked in confusion.
"It's Gotham alright, the sat-nav's got the right co-ordinates." Rose answered, looking at a screen.
"Okay. Looking for a space to land." James answered. "Hang on."
"The nav says it's called 'Neo Gotham'." Karen read
"'Neo Gotham'?" Garth asked
"That's what it says." Karen answered
THUD!
"Sorry about the bumpy landing." James apologised as he landed and opened the doors. The group got out of the car, seeing Wayne Manor... and how it was old and run down
"No, no, no, no! No, BRUCE!" Dick gasped as he saw his old home in disrepair. He ran inside, kicking the door open. Inside was hollow. Desolate and dilapidated. The furniture was gone, the fine art; everything.
"BRUCE? HARLEY? ALFRED!" Dick screamed their names. "TIM? DAMIEN?"
"I'm detecting an air current." Victor said, his fingers against his temple
"Someone's here. The Cave!" Dick ran over and pulled open the grandfather clock to the secret passage... and the grandfather clock basically turned to dust, turning into nothing as he touched the clock "No. No, no! Come on!" He frowned as he saw the disrepair to the place and ran down the steps.
"WHO'S THERE?!" a male voice yelled up from the depth of the cave
The group went on guard as Dick ran down the steps, running as fast as he could. "Bruce?" and had to dodge a batatarang thrown at him
Standing before them was a man who did look a lot like Bruce, only he was around there age. Early to mid twenties. And his hair had a few blonde strands in it
"Who are-?" The man glared before his foul glare turned to shock.
"D-Damien?" Dick asked in shock
"No. No, it-this is impossible." The man looked in shock and fear, like he had seen a ghost.
"Wait... Damian? Really? How can you tell?" James asked in shock
"James. Victor? I-I! No. No you-You're not real! You're not real!" Damien shouted and grabbed his head, leaping at the group with Batarangs like knives.
Dick's eyes widened as his instincts got to work. His Batsuit activated, a set of Batarang's emerging from his wrists which he quickly got to work and started countering every one of Damian's strikes
The others tried to stay back and away from this, if this WAS Damien; what happened to him? What caused this?
Dick and Damien clashes their batarangs at each other, Damien seemed to have the height advantage, but Dick had the experience and the two soon stopped
"It. It is you." Damien panted as he stopped, realising who it really was. His older brother... returned... And he suddenly pulled Dick into a hug "How are you alive?"
"I. Damien, What do you mean?" Dick asked in shock
"Dick, you're dead." Damien answered with a heavy heart
Smash
You could actually hear the sound of the collected broken hearts of the Titans. "I'm. Dead?" Dick asked in heartbreak.
"How? I mean-." James asked
"I was...too young to remember." Damien answered, not letting go of him "You. James. And Garfield. You all died... Against Trigon. I don't remember you, besides pictures."
The three pointed to themselves and looked at Damien.
"W-What happened... here?" Dick asked sadly
"Five years ago Tim and I... We failed. The Joker... He destroyed Gotham." Damian frowned "He forced me to run, locking me in the Batmobile, while he tried to stop the bomb... And Gotham was no more."
Each of the group looked in shock, terrified of the events that had come to pass. "And? And the others? What about them?" Victor asked nervously
"... What do you mean by others?" Damian asked
"Bruce, Harley...your family. US. What happened?" Victor clarified
"And what happened to Jump?" Garfield added
"Jump's been that way for about ten years." Damian explained as he closed his eyes, tears falling down his cheeks "Dad... And mum... Oracle... Ivy... Everyone in Gotham was killed in the blast. It was the Jokers last joke... And it was all my fault. He tricked me into starting the timer... Since then, Gotham has been heroless once the city was rebuilt."
"Damien, Damien, it's okay." Dick rubbed his back nervously, thinking of only the young child he knew of. The small kid who he held feed and change and put to bed.
"Could...could we change it?" Garth asked hopefully. "If we go back, we can stop whatever happens from happening."
"Wait... Go back?" Damian asked
"Believe it or not, WE are from the past." James answered. "We were brought here from something and... here we are."
"20 years in the past." Rose nodded
...
"DEATHSTROKE?!" Damian yelled, pushing Dick behind him
"What?!" Rose asked in shock. "Me?" while everyone looked in shock "No, no way. NEVER! ...How?" Rose defended that she would never become her father...and then curiosity got the better of her.
"Damian! Damian! Calm down!" Dick yelled
"How did SHE get in?" Damien panted in fear.
"I think... after James-." Karen began to connect the dots.
"I went... bad?" Rose almost lost her feet "After... Everything I did?"
"Yes. After they died...you became a killer. A murderer." Damien nodded. "Gone for years, but...came back in a big way."
"Oh god! No!" she cried in horror, dropping to her knees
"Cass. Duela. What about them? The team?" Dick and Victor asked
...
"You don't want to know." Damian frowned "... Why... Are you here?"
"We don't know. Like we said, we were just...brought here." James answered while Dick's colour faded because of that answer
"I mean why come to Gotham... Come here?" Damian asked
"Because we need to speak to the Justice League." Garth explained
...
"... I can use the Watchtower teleporter to get you there." Damian said, walking towards the old warn out BatComputer
"Why don't you come with us? We could use Batman's help." Terra offered
...
"I'm... Not Batman." Damian frowned, pressing a button on the control next to him
BOOM!
A large portal made of gold and white light appeared with a loud burst of noise, the group watching as the gate opened before them
"Thank you, Damien." Dick answered, hugging his brother.
"It's nice to finally meet you." Damian mumbled
Dick nodded and let go. "We'll be back, promise." before the group walked through the portal. One by one, they entered going to the Watchtower...with Dick entering last, looking back at his little brother with a sad gaze.
Up in space, the group appeared, seeing the technological marvel that was the Watchtower and how much it had changed. How it have evolved and improved
"... It's almost like Plumbers HQ in my world." James commented
"Guess we're catching up." Vic joked
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
BWOOP!
The alarm system was blaring, grabbing their attention.
"What's happening?" Garth gasped
"Alarm system! Hang on." Victor answered, going to a computer to stop it... "WHAT THE HELL?! WHY?! WHY CAN'T I HACK IN?!"
"Cause intruders can't access it!" A dominating voice glared and attacked with laser blasts.
"Look out!" James called as he turned into an alien made of black diamonds and stood forwards, blocking the attack
"How did you get those jewels?" The voice asked, phasing through and punched them.
"Get them? I'm made of them." James frowned as he stood there in his alien form
The figure gasped and stopped. "You. I-I know your voice." And appeared before them was a woman. The figure that was revealed was a white skinned woman wearing an interesting outfit. It was a blue and red X-motif clothing that covered her chest and waist.
"Wait...Megan?" James gasped as he saw her.
"James..." The figure whispered
"No way, I don't believe it." Garth gasped
"You're still here?" Rose asked
"Death-! No...No, you're not her. Are you?" Megan asked as she looked at them, using her powers to read their minds, she flew over and stopped the alarms "You're younger... from the same time everyone else is from."
"Yes. That's right." James nodded.
"Did you just read our minds?" Garfield asked, grabbing his head.
"Yes. I'm sorry." Megan nodded. "It was the quickest way to get to the truth." As she finished, several people running around the corner
"Ms Martian! What's going on? Who's appeared?" Several members of the new Justice League appeared
"Argent?!" James gasped, the group looking at the new League
"James?" Argent gasped as she stood out. Argent was older, wearing a black leotard, her body much more mature. A beauty that could rival Black Canary. And as she saw him tears instantly started to well up in her eyes. And as she saw him tears instantly started to well up in her eyes
"No way-" He gasped as she hugged him tightly and wept.
"You're just like I remember you..." she cried as she held him close
"Wow." Karen blinked as the others looked at the rest of the league
Firestorm, Hawk and Dove, to start of with.
Alongside a blonde wearing a red corset and blue pants with stars on them, looking like Wonder Woman
A near identical man to Superman, although the yellow of the shield was black
A younger white man wearing a Green Lantern uniform
And a young woman dressed in a red version of Green Arrow's outfit with red fishnet stockings instead of pants, her hair covered by a yellow hood
"Uncle Dick? Is-Is that you?" The young woman in the red Green Arrow costume.
...
"No way... Lian?" Dick blinked
"Lian, Argent, you know these people?" The near-identical Superman asked in confusion.
"Conner, this is Jay 10 and Nightwing." Lian explained
"Nice to meet you, Conner." James spoke seeing him.
"But. D-Didn't you-?" The young Green Lantern asked
"Trigon, yeah. We know." Garfield answered
"Garth of Atlantis? This is surprising." the Wonder Woman commented
"Yes, I am Garth or Atlantis...Why is this a surprise?" Garth responded in worry and suspicion
"You're usually in Atlantis, serving your kingdom." The Wonder Woman answered "You have not been seen for several years, after Atlantis closed its borders."
"Atlantis closed its borders?" Garth asked "That shouldn't happen."
"It did. Ten years ago." Megan nodded. "There's a lot you need to catch up on."
"Yeah... Yeah." Argent nodded, brushing her tears away
"Is there a clip show we can watch? I don't want to be told stuff multiple times over." Garfield asked, making a joke...a bad one, but with all the death and despair, he needed a laugh.
"... Follow us." Argent nodded