A/N: Sorry, I haven't updated in forever, just a ton of planning. So hopefully I will be able to update sooner. Now back to regular your programming schedule.
I do not own the Teen Titans or Marvel's Agents of SHIELD; they belong to DC Comics and Marvel Comics, respectively.
Robin woke up on the cold ground of his cell. He felt his body shiver as he noticed that he wasn't wearing his normal tunic and his belt was missing. Maybe they didn't want him to escape easily. He searched his surroundings saw his only option of escape was the electronic sliding door and there was no way he was getting through there. "There has to be another way!" Robin said out loud, but his gut feeling was telling him that digging himself through the walls with a spoon wasn't going to work. For the reason that there was a camera over his left shoulder.
Then the door slid opened and on other side was Slade. Robin glared at him but didn't attack due to the lack of equipment. However Slade tossed Robin his tunic and belt but Robin was confused from the situation, "I'm getting you out of here." The adult stated.
Robin decided not to argue and instead ask a question, "Why are you helping me out?"
"Because I have something that the Baroness needs to complete her plans."
Robin buckled his belt, "And that would be?"
Slade lifted up a small chip, "This." Robin only raised an eyebrow, "I'll tell you more on the way out; time is running out before the cameras re-sync with the system." Slade ran out followed by Robin. Robin pressed the button on his belt, alerting his team to his location, "That's not going to work." Slade said after hearing a click sound come from Robin's belt.
"Why's that?"
"Because they've blocked any signals going in and out."
"How do they communicate with each other?"
"Runners give out information; it may be dated, but it's effective at keeping prying ears and eyes away from Hyrda."
It looked like all the guards they encountered were already knocked out and Robin slowly realized the reason Slade was getting him out of here: to use this excuse as leverage to convince him to be Slade's apprentice, again. They reached a van and they took it with Slade driving and Robin riding shotgun.
They drove through the exit without any resistance due to Slade already rendering the guards unconscious. "How long before this 'Hydra' finds out we've escaped?"
"Another minute it or so." Slade appears relieved, "It appears we have escaped from their clutches but not their reach." Slade responded and within seconds they pulled up to another vehicle and they entered it. "There is someone that is waiting for us, don't worry these guys are pretty trustworthy. They're the reason why I found out about Hydra."
"Who is Hydra?"
"Normally I have sense of who I'm working with, but Hydra became the rare exception."
"There isn't any information on them, is there?"
"Not that I found, that's why I thinking that they're from a different universe."
"I see, but do you know from which parallel Earth?" Robin exclaimed.
"That's the problem; there are an infinite amounts of Earths that could exist."
"Then why go through the trouble of saving me?"
"Like I said before, I have something that they want and don't worry, I'm not trying to use this as leverage for you to join me; I have my own reasons for wanting this chip out of their hands." Before Robin could reply, Slade saw the van and knew it was the defector, "Alright, time to leave." Slade put the car on park and they left for the other vehicle. As they entered the nearly full van, Slade noticed something different, "I remember only one of you, who's the rest of your crew?" Slade spoke to the driver, "You never mentioned anything about them!" Slade sounded pissed at the teenagers?
Robin saw that they were three teenagers, a boy and two girls, and they were probably a year or two older than him but still in his age group. The driver and his crew were wearing ski masks that only revealed their eyes. The driver spoke up, "They're people I trust and they're just here to make sure we make it to the safe house; but you have the chip with you right?"
"Correct." Slade showed the chip in a plastic container. One of the driver's associates sticks out her hand, to which Slade gives the chip over, "Tell me when we try to reinsert this chip back into the ship."
The driver shook his head up and down, "Alright, in the mean time just make yourselves home at the safe house."
Robin spoke up, "Take us to Titans' Tower, they need to be aware of Hydra."
The driver nodded and tapped his ear, "Meet us at point bravo." Robin and Slade looked at the driver, "You'll be meeting more of my trustworthy crew in a few minutes but don't worry, they'll take us to Titans' Tower."
Robin asked, "So why is this chip important to Hydra?"
Slade was about to speak but the driver spoke before he could, "It holds all the data for determining potential targets who stand in the way of Hydra, so me, my friends, Slade, you, your friends, and your family are on that hit list; and now that we have it, it prevents them from using their heli-carrier for at least a week or so, depending on development time for another chip." They were silent but that quickly ended when the driver saw two people on the side of the road, he stopped for them, "Robin get out, Slade you should prepare your equipment, things might get a little heated within the next couple of days and your payment is waiting there too." Slade nodded and removed himself from the backseat and onto the drivers seat.
Once Robin got a good look at the other hooded associates of the driver, he noted that one was a boy about seven years old and another female, the same age as the driver, but her hair was purple. "Where to?" The female standing next to the boy questioned.
"Titans Tower." Robin said and the female opened a portal to which Robin hesitantly entered. Once Robin went through the portal, the female closed it, she sensed everyone's doubts.
The driver removed his mask, followed by his gang; a woman with ebony hair, lime eyes, and tan skin spoke, "Damian, what's the game plan?"
Damian sighed and rubbed his eyes, "Grayson, I think we tell them the truth about us coming from the future."
"But how much do we tell them?" A second woman asked, her hair was black and eyes green as well, but her skin was fair.
"It'll have to come out slowly with delicacy, Harper." Damian said.
Mar'i looked at the chip in her hand, "I hope Uncle Cyborg can infect this thing."
Lian put her hand on Mar'i's shoulder, "It's our only hope."
"I think we wasted enough time, Anna do the honors for us," Anna reopened the portal to the Tower, "Titans Go!" Every Titan moved through the portal except Anna and Damian, "Damn, that felt good to say that!" Damian entered the portal.
"It's been over two years since you last uttered those words," Anna smiled before she too went through the portal.
The whole Teen Titans network and the top three Justice League members were in the living room discussing on search parties. The Titans were confused as to why Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman were helping them out, even though the Titans thought they could search for Robin without the assistance of the JLU. "We need another patrol unit out there!" Batman argued. Superman and Wonder Woman had breathed a huge sigh of relief as the Titans had no clue that Batman had another Robin and that Robin had died in action.
The Titans felt that they searched through every building in Jump City, hell most San Francisco. Superman wouldn't be surprised if they checked under the Golden State Bridge to look for Robin. "Where else do you want us to look?" A hot-headed Speedy asked. "Do you want us to rip Jump City apart?"
Crap, the situation is getting ready to explode.
Wonder Woman was starting to worry about the situation escalating, she knew Batman's temper was close to getting out of hand so she stepped in before the Bat could say something he might regret later on. "Is there a place we haven't fully searched?" She asked.
Cyborg spoke before Speedy could say a snide comment, "We've searched everywhere; heck Beast Boy lost his scent in the forest, it's like he's vanished; maybe he doesn't want to found?" Cyborg suggested then a beeping sound escaped from Cyborg's arm. "Hmm?" Cyborg took a peak then he displayed the data on it on the screen, "We've got a call for help signal, but he's traveling towards the Tower at around sixty miles per hour."
"Strange," Batman rubbed his chin, "this tracking device implies that he was trying to get into contact with you sooner but he wasn't getting the signal to do it."
"Me and Robin designed the tracking device to be able to reach me, Beast Boy, Starfire, or Raven; whether the signal was strong or not." Cyborg elaborated.
Superman spoke, "Who knows about this signal?"
"You and the Titans," Cyborg spoke frankly.
Wonder Woman started to look at the Titans with minor distrust in them, "Are you sure there's not a spy amongst you?"
Kid Flash grabbed Jinx's hand and gave a reassuring squeeze. Jinx was officially named a member of the Titans after the Brotherhood of Evil incident and very few Titans didn't trust her. With that being said, it wouldn't surprise her if the Titans thought she was the spy among the network.
"I doubt anyone would betray the Titans!" Cyborg responded to the accusations but he stopped once he noticed Robin's signal stop and disappear from the radar screen. Cyborg was searching everywhere for the signal but the signal wasn't present on the screen.
"Where did Robin go?" Batman asked.
"I'm here." Called Robin, he was hurt but he was able to walk on his own free will. "I was captured by an unknown organization called Hydra." Starfire had quickly walked to Robin's side just to make sure he didn't fall down from exhaustion. Robin didn't realize how drained he was of food and water.
"Robin, who is this 'Hydra' you speak of?" Starfire asked.
"No one knows much about them, but I know they have a flying killing machine that's already close to being deployed." Robin stated.
"Do you have proof of this aircraft?" Superman asked.
"No, no I don't." Robin said somewhat disappointed, it was something he should've checked before giving out that kind of information.
Despite the information given out, Batman was more concerned on how Robin came back to the Tower, "How did you get back to the Tower, Robin?" Batman asked.
"Believe or not, Slade helped me escape," most of the Titans were confused by this statement (especially Jericho), "yeah I know it sounds sketchy, but it's the truth. However Slade wasn't alone, he had someone on inside and they drove us out of there. I don't know their names but they're-" Robin looked behind him and didn't see any of Slade's associates. "They were with me with when I went through the portal!" Robin exclaimed when he faced his team. "I swear they there with me!"
"You should believe him." A voice called and Robin recognized it as the driver of the vehicle. "Don't worry, we pose as no threat," The driver's hands were in a in plan sight of everyone.
Once Robin took a good look at the crew in front of him, he noticed a few things about them; one of them being that they all bags around their shoulders. The driver had sparkling blue eyes and his face looked familiar like he's seen it before, but he can't figure out who. One of the three girls looked exactly like Starfire, but with black hair instead of red hair. Next he saw the purple haired girl and her face looked exactly like Raven's, but her eyes had a green color to them. The last girl also had green eyes and black hair, but her Asian heritage was showing and something shouted out Roy to Robin. There was someone missing from the group, but he found the bouy hiding behind the driver, "He's telling the truth, Robin. At least right now." Raven said in her usual monotone voice.
"Who are you?" Batman asked.
"I'm Gotham's Savior." Came out of the driver's mouth which resulted in Batman glaring at the teen's answer. "Okay, maybe not the best answer to give in front of Batman but we're the group that helped escort Robin out of Hydra's dangerous hands." The driver stopped momentarily to ponder the decision to real his full name. With a big breath, he spoke, "My name is Damian. Her name is Mary," Damian pointed to the tan skinned girl and she waved at everyone, "that's Lian," the fair skin girl who motioned a modified salute, "she's Anna."
"Hi." Said girl replied in a dry tone similar to that of Raven.
"Annnnnddddd." Damian started but he couldn't find the fifth member of his team and he felt that he was looking like a big idiot in front of everyone.
"He's behind you," Mar'i whispered.
"Thanks." Damian whispered back, "And this kid's name is Jay." He moved out of the way to reveal the red haired child.
"What do you know about Hydra?" Wonder Woman asked the group.
Their faces cringed at the question, Mar'i spoke first, "Unfortunately we weren't able find a lot information, but what we do understand about Hydra has its roots from the Nazis."
"But why hasn't proof of Hydra existing been found?" Superman pondered.
"That's because they didn't originate from our universe, they came from a different one, one where we don't exist, and the issue with that answer is that we haven't been able to pinpoint the exact universe they came from." Damian admitted.
"Billions, if not trillions of different Earths; even then, finding the exact origin is like finding a needle in a haystack." Batman stated.
"I know it sounds like a fruitless effort, but we have to find something about them." Lian added.
"But what do you intend to do with that kind of information?" Batman pondered.
"We establish contact with whoever is against Hydra." Damian spoke.
"What if they're just as bad, if not worse, as Hydra?" Wonder Woman questioned.
"It's a risk we're willing to take." Anna replied.
"Now, If you don't mind, me and Mar'i have to recruit more people to our cause." Damian said as he side stepped Jay and began walking backwards while facing everyone.
"More people?" Robin repeated, "Who else would join us?"
Damian smiled, "You'd be surprised."
Lian looked at Damian and Mar'i walking away from her, "So what do you want me, Anna, and Jay to do?"
Mar'i took off the duffel bag and tossed it to Anna, "You can read over these files, maybe you can get some help reading over it; better than five pairs of eyes trying to look over thousands of pages." Mar'i commented.
Anna stared at the bag in despair, "I hope you didn't just disorganize everything in here."
Mar'i rolled her eyes, "i-i-I paperclipped everything." She says pretty much embarrassed by the situation.
Anna smiled, "I find that answer not helpful whatsoever."
"Just trust her." Damian requested, "At least it's not burnt or anything." Lian and Anna couldn't prevent the laughter from escaping while Damian smiled at the distant memory.
"Ah, good times." Lian said wiping a tear away as Damian and Mar'i left the huge room.
Inside the corridor, Mar'i walked close enough to Damian so she could gently tap Damian's side. "Ouch!" The human cried out, "What was that for?"
"'At least it's not burnt or anything' ring a bell?" The Human-Tamaranian hybrid responded.
Rubbing his side, Damian whined, "I didn't mean for it to be a joke, I was actually being serious!"
"And that moment happened one time and you decide to bring it up in front of everyone?" She hissed. "So genius, how are we going to travel around town without Anna teleporting us?" She asked deciding to change the subject as they entered the elevator.
Damian pressed the button to go the garage, "We could commandeer Stone's car."
Mar'i facepalmed, "By the way, you're undoing the security systems yourself."
Damian ponders for a second, "That'll be a piece of cake." He answers with a smug face. Mar'i rolls her eyes while Damian picked up some tools off Cyborg's tool box, "You think you could lift up the car?" He asked.
"Whatever." Mar'i said, she bent her knees, she grips the passenger side of the car, and she attempts to lift the car. However everything doesn't go according to Mar'i's plan as her muscles begin to shake. Damian's eyes soften at Mar'i as she struggles to lift up the car. She stood up straight and she put placed her right hand behind her back so she could stretch her back. She needed to check if there were any bones that needed to be cracked. Eventually she went back to lifting the car. With great force, she roars as she begins to lift it up; the driver's side of the vehicle is standing on its wheels, Mar'i begins to slowly crawl her hands towards the middle so she could properly hold the sedan for Damian. As she reached the middle, she carefully placed her hands under the battery, she made sure she wasn't going to damage any of the important parts.
"Thanks," Damian said gently as he noted that Mar'i's strength was weakening; then he went underneath the car so he could disable the remote so Cyborg wouldn't be able to stop them on their ride for more recruits.
After a minute or two of watching Damian work on the car, Mar'i spoke about her worries, "How are we going to get Jason to join us? It's not going to work the same way as it did with my dad, you compromised yourself, Damian, just getting my dad out of there."
Damian took out the remote and tossed it to the side, "Todd's a different case, it was hard to keep tabs on him without raising suspicion on me. Besides I doubt he's go with us without a fight." He said.
Mar'i sighed, "What about Jade?"
Damian started undoing the the alarm system, "Nyugen should be willing to join us on account of the money we're going to pay her," Damian paused for a moment, "and then there's original Harper so she'll be taking a liking too; so she might be willing to play nice with us since he's there." He said taking out the transmitter. "They shouldn't be able to track us anymore."
"But what about the sensor when we leave?"
"We'll trigger it." Damian said stripping away the backup remote. "It's not like he's going to remotely stop us." He dropped it.
"I wonder if that's the last remote?"
"Probably is, I doubt that your father had any input on the design on the car." Damian answered, You can now put down the car." He said as he moved away from the sedan. Mar'i slowly lowered the driver's side of the car first, then she carefully slide her hands back to the passengers side. Damian shockingly opens the unlocked door of T-Car. "I didn't expect that coming. Plus the car keys are still in here." Damian pauses, "I think I should make sure there aren't anything else in there." He says hesitantly, rummaging through the car not finding anything that would prevent them from going on their journey.
"So are you ready to go?" Mar'i asks.
"Sure." Damian says as he twists the wireless ignition and Mar'i enters the electric car. Damian goes through the menu and activates the T-Car's disguise feature. The sedan no longer looked luxurious, rather it looked like an ordinary car with all its stock parts, "It's going to difficult to find Todd, you know." The sedan passes by the exit triggering a notification to Cyborg. Damian sighed when he saw Cyborg's face on caller ID, "don't feel like talking, Stone," he muttered as he ignored the call.
"Y'know Cyborg's going to call again, right?" The Tameranian stated.
"Yeah, but I'll ignore him as I usually have in the past; now I hope Lian and Anna will not be too upset with me." The male said.
The female snickered, "Trust me they're not and I'm not going to help you out either." She pointed at Damian. "However, how are we going to find Jason? It's not like he's going to rob a bank at this time, he must've noticed the increase presence of Titans."
Damian nodded in agreement, "We can't flush him out either," the teen sighed, "but Todd was a boy that was raised by the streets so it's possible we can drive around the poorer parts of the city and find him."
Mar'i simulated the possible outcomes in her head, "Okay, but we have to ditch the car before we advance." Damian shook his head in agreement. "It won't be hard to notice a teen with a patch of white hair."
*Three Hours Later*
Everyone in the Commons room had agreed to search through the paperwork to find anything else; but for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman only one name stuck out to them: Amanda Waller. What was she doing with Hydra?
Cyborg received a notification that a vehicle had past the underground garage's sensor. Even though he was relieved that Robin recovered from his injuries by Raven, he was pissed at the fact that his baby was taken out for joyride and he was going to take his frustration out on those two teens: Damian and Mary. He couldn't wait until they entered the Commons Room so he could give them a piece of his mind. Instead what entered through the sliding doors was a woman in a green kimono with a smiling cat mask, it was Cheshire. She walked towards Lian, Anna, and Jay; Cheshire spoke with great confidence, "I believe your partners said you'd have part of the money."
"In this bag is a million dollars, the rest of it is in the safe-house." Anna said as she handed Cheshire the black duffel bag.
Cheshire unzipped the bag to get a quick peak at the money and she was impressed by the money; she took a quick glance at Lian and pointed at her, "You resemble someone I know."
Lian nervously smiled, "Must be a coincidence."
Raven detected a bit of the truth, while Beast Boy and Superman detected a quickened heart beat from Lian, and Batman, Robin, and Cheshire saw the cold sweat quickly running down Lian's face.
Before Cheshire could questioned Lian any further, everyone looked at sliding doors again to only be shocked again as they saw Damian and Mary carrying an unconscious Red X in between them. However they noticed that Damian and Mary were covered in bruises around their eyes, blood gushing down their cheeks and their bodies, and their limped walking motion. They dumped Red X on the rug while their legs lost the ability to support their bodies, so they hit the floor with a loud thud.
Lian stated, "We're taking them to Med-bay!" Her and Anna rushed to the fallen Damian and Mar'i; they lifted them up and started running to their destination.
After Lian and Anna lay down Damian and Mar'i, they start wiping the blood off of them with paper towels and they discarded the bloodied towels to the side. Once the blood was gone, Raven entered the medium sized, white room. She scanned Damian and Mary's injuries and she was relieved that they only suffered bruises, a few lacerations, and a minor concussion, all of which she could heal, but for the concussion they would have to rest for a few days. Once Raven was done healing them, she spoke to Lian and Anna, "Let's give them their rest, but I want to make sure that they don't do any physical exercises for at least five days." She said as Lian and Anna followed her.
With no one inside Med-bay watching over Mary and Damian, Robin took the opportunity to seize the leftover bloody towels, and placed them into two separate plastic bags. "It has to be more than a coincidence!" Robin stated.
A/N: Anna Logan is my OC.