Titans Beyond
Episode 23: Revealed
Author: Brruundin
Warning, I do not own the Titans or any other DC characters I may use.
While the other Titans were waiting for Nightwing to return to the tower, they all wondered about who The Hood was. They all figured it was something they knew or had encountered before. The answers starting flying across the wall.
"What if it's Slade?" Beast Boy brought up while he and the others sat in the living room.
"I mean it would kind of make sense, they are never around together, and it would be a good cover up so that he could get away with a bunch of things." Cyborg and Terra nodded at that idea, but Raven wasn't buying it.
"I don't think its Slade, I think it's someone who is either close to him or…" Raven stopped to think for a second and then continued again.
"Someone who was close to us" The others all gasped and were in shock at that thought.
"You don't think it's Vibe do you Raven?" Jinx asked, she was worried that he had turned on them. Before he left the group he was acting funny, so it was quite possible it could be him. But what would make him do that? Was it free will or was it one of Slade's mind games. All these things ran across Jinx's mind and it was making her uncomfortable. She was just glad Starfire was here, even though there was really nothing going on between them right now, it felt nice to have someone she could talk to about it.
"It's not out of the question, it would make sense, however it could be a number of different people and we won't know for sure until Nightwing gets here. So I suggest we stopping worrying about who it is, and we'll deal with it when he gets here." Raven says, giving an alternative to what was going on. She could sense it was bugging Jinx, so she decided to move away from this guessing game.
Nightwing finally arrives about twenty minutes after they stopped talking about it. As soon as he entered the room was silent, they were all in suspense as to who The Hood could be.
"Alright Titans, sorry I was slow getting back, I had to talk to Batman before I returned, there was some important information I had to let him know." Nightwing says while he moves in closer to the others.
"Alright Nightwing, well who is?" Terra asks, when Nightwing had finished speaking.
"Well I'm not sure if you really know him but I'll go ahead and show you anyway" Nightwing says and unmasks him. The Titans then look back at Nightwing and are confused.
"Um dude who is that?" Beast Boy asks, this guy wasn't familiar to him and it didn't look like anyone he knew.
"Well, I didn't think you guys would know, as I barely did. Well his name is Jason Todd and he was the Robin after I left."
"Alright, well why is he working for Slade if he was with Batman?" Cyborg asked, still very confused as to what was going on?
"Let me finish Cyborg. Anyway, one day an accident happened and Jason was lost to us. The Joker got ahold of him and it wasn't pretty. Batman thought he was gone, but apparently he's not. I told Batman I'd bring him the body when I could so he could analyze what happened, but I'm pretty sure Slade found about this and wanted another "Robin Assistant" and since he couldn't get me he decided to go to another level of low. I'm not sure how he did this, but it's what he did. So that's all I have so far. I need to take him to Batman, but I'll stay a little bit longer if you have any more questions." Nightwing says, while finishing up all he had to tell the Titans.
"Is he dead?" Jinx asks, still very confused about the state he was in.
"Yes and No, he still has a pulse, I think he is just knocked out, but he did die that night against the Joker, so I don't really know what to say about him.
"So he's like a zombie?" Beast Boy asked, trying to clarify even more.
"Sure Beast Boy, he's like a zombie." Nightwing responds.
"Cool!" Beast Boy exclaims, the others look at him funny, and he begins to grin and shuts up immediately.
"Alright guys, well I'm out. I'll be back tomorrow. You guys get some rest, once I find out more we'll make plans to figure out how to stop Slade… which reminds me… Slade is still very much around, before Hood was knocked out, he told me that Slade is preparing to take us all down again, I'm not sure how, but I know he will. So we have to be ready like always." Nightwing says, and then takes his leave again with the body, and then like that he was gone in the darkness.
"He really needs to stop with that disappearing act." Beast Boy says, trying to lighten the mood a little bit. Terra laughs, and the others sort of shake their heads.
Jinx is sort of relieved by this; however she really wants to know where Vibe went off to. She is unsure of what to do so she decides to ask Starfire for help.
"Hey Starfire can I talk to you about something in my room?" Jinx asks, while the others were just sitting around going about their business since Nightwing had left.
"Of course friend Jinx, shall we make our way at once?" Starfire responds, always happy to help her friends.
"Sure, that sounds good?" Jinx says, still sort of confused about some of the responses she gets from Starfire.
The two of them then head into Jinx's room to talk about what Jinx wanted to talk about.
"Alright so, all this Hood stuff has gotten me thinking about Vibe again…" Jinx says, she pauses and waits for a response from Starfire.
"Oh, I'm very much sorry to hear this, what shall I do about this?" Starfire responds.
"I'm not sure, part of me wants to know where he is, what he's doing, it's just not the same without him. I miss him…" Jinx says, and then gets all silent again.
"Well friend Jinx, if you truly miss him, I think it would be best if you went and found him." Starfire says, answering her question.
"You sure? I don't want to get up and leave right now, there's too much going on…" Jinx says, and reality started to sink in. She had doubts that even if she went and searched for him she would become even more broken hearted and empty handed.
"Well, I believe it would be best to leave when you feel that you are ready. If you do not wish to go right now, you do not have to." Starfire says, trying the best to explain what she means.
"I think I know what you mean, thanks Starfire; this is why we're best friends." Jinx says, and the two of them hug it out." It felt nice to have comfort for once, Jinx thought to herself when Starfire left her room. She then lays out on her bed, and began to stare up at her ceiling, the thoughts then began to roll across her head, as she slowly drifted asleep.
A/N Another one down! I decided I'm going to have shorter chapters from now on but update sooner so you guys have more to read. I have a lot of free time at the moment so hopefully I'll be able to knock out a couple ideas I have. (I'm sure you'll like them ) Also what did you think about Jason Todd being The Hood? I know he's not really in the Titans, but I thought it would be a cool crossover idea from Batman and it'll fit my story arc pretty well. As always read and review!
