OK, here's the beginning of the newest arc for my Justice League fic (And some good lead up to my Amazo-arc, as I am still working on it.); my Cyborg arc inspired by the Teen Titans episode, To Be Human, but with some twists and additions that weren't in that episode that's all for this series.. I hope you all enjoy it. Remember I do not own any of the characters except for OCs that I myself made; anyone else belongs to their creators. Enjoy.

The Human Factor Part 1

(Unknown location. 6:45)

At a run-down lab in what appears to be an old football court, a man was sitting in his chair, working on something. "Mechanic, do you have what we need?" a booming voice said as the sound of metallic footsteps filled the room.

"Ye-yes, sir." The man said, revealing himself to be a pale, faintly overweight man wearing a blue shirt under a black jacket, a blue cap covering his head and a white towel, a tool belt attached to his waist. He got out what looked like a robotic hand and gave it to the figure, which snatched with a faint sneer in the darkness, attaching it.

"Heh, good thing we keep you around." Said a snickering voice as the sound of electricity crackling is heard.

"E-yeah, better make sure you get us good tech, Mechanic." He warned, with metallic spear-like arms sparking with electricity.

"We got 13.834 minutes to get ready before our meeting with the others…at 9:10." Said another voice as several silhouettes appeared, the Mechanic looking nervous at the figures.

"Be ready, Mechanic…we are about to show the Justice League who are the TRUE dominant race." Said the first voice with a chuckle.

(Washington DC. Hall of Justice. March 25th. 7:34)

In a large room, Batman was looking over the Tornado Champion, who was looking through several files of history as Batman sighed. A cup of coffee was set next to him as he turned to see Hal with his own cup.

"Hey Bruce, I take it you're looking after our new toy?" Hal asked as he took a sip, Bruce just rolling his eyes.

"I am trying to see if the Tornado Champion is planning anything, so I am doing routine checks on it while the others are out on missions or on personal business, we are quite spread out at this moment in time." Batman said calmly. "And with my associates at school at this time, I am in need of working on this mechanical marvel myself."

"I know what you mean. Zatanna is doing a show in Vegas, Wonder Woman has a thing at Themyscira with Etrigan, and Arrow is back in Star City. So that leaves the rest of us here." Hal said with a nod as Flash sped in.

"Hey Bruce, I got a good look at the software you wanted me to analyze. IT took some time, but I think the tech that was used to make this was defiantly from an outer-limit planet."

"hmm…so that means where ever T.O. Morrow got the technology to make this machine is likely very dangerous." Batman said with a frown as he asks, "And weren't you doing training, Flash?"

"Oh right! Thanks." Said Flash as he sped off, Hal just chuckling at this as they looked at one of the screens to watch them.

In the training area, Katana was currently focusing, getting ready as she glares ahead before running forward towards an obstacle course. She ducks around spinning blades from the ceiling, does a few flips to dodge laser fire and gets her sword out to slash through several mech that started to come at her, her gaze focused at the goal ahead before she did a jump, slashing through a large saw that was going to cut her in half if she hesitated before landing, sheathing Soultaker, a small smirk on her face as she gazed around the room.

The training room was a large building as a whole with various equipment made to help the various heroes in the area train. From robots designed for hand to hand combat practice to treadmills to test super human speeds to even large machines made to test one's strength limit, many heroes who were still there were practicing to keep it up.

Kaldur'ahm, aka Aqualad, grunts as he practiced against several dummies. "It is too bad my king had to go deal with negotiations from the United Nations with Geo-Force."

"It ain't all that bad." Black Canary said, taking her jacket off as she got into her training pose. "After all, it just shows how much more importance Atlantis is getting in the world." Kaldur nods as he chuckled.

"I am honored you see me as an equal, Miss Lance." Kaldur said with a small nod, as Dinah gave a smile in return, charging at a sandbag dummy.

"Come on kid, try to punch harder!" Wildcat said to Billy, who was wearing a red t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants, panting a bit as he gave another punch to a sand bag, sending a couple of hits. "I've seen new born puppies who fight harder than that. Come on kid, you need to keep up the training."

"I'm trying, Mr. Grant. I'm still getting the know-how on how to box." Said Billy sheepishly as Ted just chuckled.

"Heh, you kind of remind me of Dinah when I was starting her out on how to defend herself. Heck, you were about the same age." Said Ted with a laugh as Canary rolled her eyes at that as she practiced some kicks on a near by dummy.

"Yeah, and I was hopeless at first. So just keep trying. Remember, this training is meant to help you out in the long run: Going in blind will not always help, and you will need to know how to actually fight if you are gonna use your strength right." Canary pointed out as Billy nods.

"Gotcha." Billy said with a nod as he heard grunting from aside as he looked and looked shocked at what he saw: Cyborg was grunting, lifting up a VERY large object as Flash was working the controls for it.

"OK, we have reached 4 tons…want to push it?" Flash asked, looking at Cyborg, who grunts as he gave a smirk.

"Come on…lets test it out…100 pounds at a time." Cyborg said with a grin as Flash nods, adding an additional hundred pounds, making Cyborg groan as he kept it up.

"Alright Vic! Keep it up!" said Billy, giving a grin at this as Wildcat whistled as another 100 pounds was added.

"Heh, pretty good job there, son!" Said Ted with a laugh, Canary a lso giving a smile…though it soon became a frown as she noticed a faint beeping.

"What is that noise?" Katana asked, hearing it as well as Kaldur looked and noticed a bright light coming from Cyborg's arm.

"Victor…are you alright?" Kaldur asked as Flash went wide eyed as sparks began to fly from his prosthetics, making Victor cry out.

"Turn it off! Turn it off!" Canary said quickly as she grabbed her jacket as more sparks flew out, Cyborg yelling out in pain as flash quickly went to it, the machine turning off as it went up, making Cyborg fall forward, panting a bit in pain, before punching the ground in frustration.

"Damn weight limit.…" Cyborg growled, looking at something on his arm, that appeared to be a set of dual red lines on his wrist with a digital "105% WARNING!" written on it, making him groan a bit.

"What was that?" Dinah asked, confused as Cyborg got up, groaning a bit as his limbs creaked a bit. 'You need some help?"

"I'm fine. I just…need to sit down for a bit. Tune up. I'll be in main quarters if you need me." Cyborg said, walking away with a slight limp. The others looked at each other, concern on their face.

Cyborg walked through the hall, groaning a bit as his right leg nearly gave out on him, panting a bit as he growled in frustration. "Damn it…" He said, his human eye cringing from slight pain from it, memories forming…

(3 years ago. New York City, New York. Harlem Suburb. April 23rd, 14:45)

At an small suburban part of New York, in a small white house, an argument was currently being held between Silas Stone, a man in his late 40s wearing a STAR Labs lab coat over a black shirt and a pair of khakis, glaring across his desk.

"Son, we have talked about this. We talked about this since you were a boy; You are different from other kids. Your IQ is off of the charts, and you want to waste your life throwing a ball around?" Silas asked, his dark brown eyes narrowing at his much more towering son.

Victor, back then a 6'6 young man with two brown eyes and a full head, though appeared to be very athletic and wearing a '21' football jersey under a white and blue jacket and a pair of jeans, glared at his father as he says, "and I am acing all of my classes. I'm one of the smartest kids at my school AND the quarterback! But that's not gonna get you to at least acknowledge me, now is it?"

"Boys, calm down." A voice said as a young woman, appearing to be in her late 30s, looked at the two with concern. She was also African American with thick black hair tied in a bun and dark brown eyes, wearing a similar attire to her husband.

"…sorry Ma." Victor sighed as he groaned in frustration, running a hand through his thick curly hair. "…" he sighed again as he says, "Look, Dad, I am good at football. You know that. Well, you would if you and mom would come to my games."

"And I am sorry for missing out son, really I am. But I have had a lot of pressure. Look at this." He said, throwing a file down as Vic opened them up, looking confused at the sight of various blue prints "I just found out that an associate of mine was stealing my research and selling it!"

"That's what this is about? Some robot parts you're making with that weird alien metal that they wanted you to mess around with?" Victor asked, looking at his father oddly. "Dad, that weird metal is radioactive! Plus just because some nutty psychic makes it, it's OK to put this on people?"

"It's not radioactive. AT least, not anymore. Thanks to the mixture of Nth Metal, that alien material you are talking about, and promethium, we created a metal that is strong as steel but flexible as alliuminum. It would help SO many people who are in need of a prosthetic. But what do they use it for? Weapons! They are making mechanized armor with my blue prints!" Silas said, as Victor groaned.

"Dad, I get why you are upset. But you should have saw this coming when you started talking about this tech. I've seen some of the stuff you made with it. That prototype in the basement is stil pretty cool, I'll admit. But in this day in age…robots are made for people like THIS." Victor said, getting his phone out and showing a picture of the Daily Planet's front page, which showed Superman fighting against what looks like a large ape.

"…well, excuse me for wanting ot make a difference in the world that DIDN'T involve more death." Silas said with a scowl as Victor groaned.

"Dad, we live about 10 hours away from Metropolis. You work at STAR labs, a science facility MADE for this sort of weird stuff! You work with that fast guy from Central city for god's sake! And that's not going into that break-dancing nut case in Detroit, or how about helping Iron Heights with keeping freaks locked up?" Victor asked, as Silas gave his son a frown, as Elinore sighed as the doorbell rang.

"What else can go wrong…?" Elinore asked with a groan as she went ot the door, as Silas gave an annoyed sigh.

"Son, look. I do not want to see my work be used for selfish reasons. That's why I worked all those hours: To make the world a better place." Silas said, as he put a hand on his shoulder. "That' what I want YOU to do with your life; to make this world a better place."

Victor scoffed as he says, "Dad, I'm not a miracle worker. I'm smart, sure, but how the hell can I do anything?" Elinore walked back in, carrying a package with her.

"Silas, it's for you." Elinore said as she read the letter on top. "It's not signed. It just says, 'from a friend', you know who sent this?" Elinore asked as Silas sighed as he looked to the side.

"Just…set it on the counter and we'll see what it is." Silas said with a sigh as Victor followed his mother, who started to open it as Silas was about to put his papers away.

"Oh my god!" Elinore suddenly screamed as a rapid beeping is heard, making Silas go wide eyed.

"ELINORE! VICTOR!" Silas said as he quickly ran to them, before…

KA-BOOOOM!

A large explosion rang out, creating a thunderous explosion from the middle of the building, causing it to collapse into the ground, many people screaming from the shock of the explosion as it rang across the town.

Several hours later, Silas was dragged out of the wreckage, as a paramedic checked him over, giving some faint groans as she checked him out. "He's alive, he's regaining consciousness. Dr. Stone, are you alright?"

"Eli…nore…Vic…tor…" silas mutters to himself as he staggers up, the paramedic trying to stop him as he looked in horror at the sight of his home in ruins. He then saw Elinore near by, covered with splinters and burn marks, shrapnel covering her body as she was put into a body bag.

"I'm sorry sir…she was dead when we got here. You are lucky to even be alive." The doctor said with a sympathetic tone, as Silas held his head down, tears swelling in his eyes.

"Elinore…why…why you…?" Silas groaned as he heard some groaning near by. Two officers quickly ran over and gasped in shock.

"We got a live one here!" One called as Silas looked, tears coming down his face as he gave a horrified gasp at what he saw; it was Victor, giving faint groans as his body looked horrifically mutilated, likely the closest to the blast itself. His arms were badly damaged, as were his legs, various spots on his skin and his left half of his face badly damaged.

"Come on, lets get him to a hospital quickly! We need to see if there's even a small chance!" said a doctor as Silas looked at Victor…as a determined look came onto his face, as he groaned a bit, standing up, holding his bleeding right arm, which appeared to be limp, coughing a bit.

"…Get…me…Mark Desmond…I need to speak with him immediately. And I mean NOW." Silas said, his tone demanding as he looks at Victor being given a air mask. "I promise son…I'll do everything in my power to safe you, do you hear me?" Victor gave faint gasps, not 100% responsive at the moment but still breathing.

(Present day.)

Cyborg looked at a mirror as he scoffed a bit, having been told what had happened after the explosion from his father. "Peh…way to have that day go, huh pop? 3 years since then and we still DON'T know who blew up Ma OR made you turn me into some lab rat." He gave a faint grumble as he got out a multi tool and started to fix up the link in his right leg.

"Hey, you doing OK?" asked a voice as Cyborg turned to see Billy leaning against a wall, now wearing his usual hoodie.

"…yeah, I-I'm fine." Cyborg said with a groan. "Sorry…just…been thinking is all."

"About?" Billy asked, as Cyborg gave a sigh, looking at his robotic limbs.

"About…this…" Cyborg said with a sigh. "…You may have been a kid back then, but I've had this body for 3 years…for 3 years I've been made into a freak."

"…Man, you got a heck of a negative opinion of yourself. That's now how you usually see yourself, is it?" Billy asked, looking at him with concern. "I mean, I honestly think you're kind of cool. You know, you're a super genius AND a super computer at the same time. Win-win, right?"

"Except for the fact that I have to live on a life support system, my arms and legs are mechanical in nature, half of my face got blown up and, oh yeah, I can get hacked by some guy with good enough skills. I'm just glad that dad thought about that and made sure none of my systems were easy." Victor said, disdain clear in his tone, making Billy put his hands up.

"Easy there, big guy. I was just saying." Billy said as Cyborg gave a sigh as he went to a large TV and turned it on, turning onto a cartoony show as he changed the channel, sighing a bit.

Batman walked in on this scene as he gave the two a small frown, Hal following suit as the Lantern notice Cyborg changing the channel past the news. "Wait, go back one." Cyborg shrugs as he flipped it back. It shows middle-aged man

"…We are currently in Mid-town of Washington DC where it appears a large robot is rampaging through the city. We don't know who he is." The man said as he ducks behind a large blast of flames flying past them.

"Justice League! Hyperion challenges you! Come forth, warriors! The Titans wish to take you on!" said the voice as a towering, humanoid machine that looked like a mix between a knight's armor and an oven, roaring out flames from it's hands, which spew out the flames.

Cyborg looked at the others and nods. "You go on ahead…I…I got some repairs to do. My Cybernetics are shot."

"Don't worry." Batman said with a nod. "Hal, Billy. Lets go. I'll call up Flash and Canary to come with us. Have yourself ready soon." Batman said as Cyborg gave a nod, sighing a bit as the three ran out.

"SHAZAM!" Billy yelled out as a lightning bolt came in as he turned into Captain Marvel, flying out after Hal, who glowed green as he took off.

"You seem troubled." Said a voice, making Cyborg jump a bit as his arm turned into a sonic cannon out of reflex…until he saw it was a confused-looking Tornado. "Your adreneline level is high despite your arms and legs being damaged…and you have adrenaline still? I was under the assumption that you were 89.8% machine."

"…yeah…half of my brain is still organic, with some cybernetic upgrades here and there…and half of my head and my torso and pelvic area are still organic. It's just…under all this armor. Heck, my heart is connected to a life support system. If it wasn't for that, well…yeah." Cyborg said, as he rubbed his chest a bit.

"Intriquing. You owe your life to machines, and yet you seem to be resentful. Why?" Tornado asked, as Cyborg gave a sigh.

"…I don't really talk about it much, but I guess you can keep a secret better than most given how tight lipped you are…I sometimes feel like…" Cyborg groaned as he rubbed his head. "Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't have survived the explosion that made me this way. I mean…it took my mother away from my dad and I, and my dad lost his arm.

Tornado nods, looking at him curiously. Wildcat and Katana, the two that stayed behind, looked at this scene with a frown each but kept to themselves. Kaldur was still in the training area, panting a bit as he kept his training up.

(Mid-town DC. 8:01)

Hyperion roared out, his flame-red eyes glowing as he fired out burst of flames out onto the crowd, laughing madly as his body sparked with pure flames all around. "Come on out, Justice League! I'm feeling the urge to burn!"

"Then I guess we have to put you out." Said a voice as a green fist suddenly flew in, smacking Hyperion in the face as he was sent flying backwards, hitting a near-by car. He looks up to see Batman arriving, Hal's ring glowing as Flash glared as he arrived, Canary getting off of her motorcycle while Captain Marvel flew in, cracking his knuckles.

"Alright Flameman, time to see what makes you tick." Marvel said, giving him a glare as Hyperion chuckled.

"You are assuming I came alone, yes? Far from it." Hyperion said with a smirk as a near by car suddenly flew forward, making Flash quickly move away.

"What was that?" Flash asked as he noticed a trio of figures moving towards them.

"Say hello to my brothers." Hyperion said with a chuckle, as a machine with pitch-black armor glared ahead, his mouth looking akin to an old-school computer screen and silted green eyes glared, a flowing cape around him as he got into a stance.

"Krios, think you can give them a lift?" The black robed man as he backed away from a dark gray humanoid machine with a head akin to a Ram's head, giving a nod as he fired out two disc-like weapons from his body, which gave off an odd aura as it went around Batman, suddenly causing the gravity around him to lighten, sending him flying backwards with a yell.

"Got the dark knight. Iapetus, give them a world of pain." He said with a smirk as they nod to the third, who gave a sadistic smirk as he walked up, revealing a spiked design as he flicked his wrist, creating three sharp spiked knuckles as he gave a sadistic smirk before jumping down, yelling out wildly as he came forward, slashing through a near by car and throwing it.

Canary gave a glare as she gave a Canary Cry at them, blasting through the car with a scowl, glaring daggers at them. "What's with the Greek-styled names?" Flash moved quickly, using his enhanced speeds to take out the anti-gravity devices keeping Batman at bay.

"They're named after the four generals of the titan army in Greek Mythology…the fire one is Hyperion, the Titan of the East. The wild-looking one is Iapetus, the Titan of the west. The one in the cape is Koios, the Titan of the North. And finally Krios, the Titan of the south." Batman said, giving them a scowl as the four gave dark glares.

"Better take them out before things get ugly. Fast." Captain Marvel said as he flew forward with an electricity-filled fist, Krios glaring as he suddenly floated up and sent a punch his way, sending a graviton-empowered punch that sent out a shockwave when their fists collided.

Batman ran forward, Koios jumping down as he gave a glare, going into a stance as Hyperion roared out, sending out a powerful blast of flames as Hal put a force field up, grunting as the flames began to go around him.

Iapetus laughed wildly as he slashed forward, Canary ducking aside as Flash came forward and gave a few solid punches before going away, dodging the blades that nearly slashed him to ribbons.

"Heh…you know…they called Iapetus 'the Piercer', you know that?" Iapetus asked, his claws at the ready as he aims, following after a red streak as he fired them out, the three claws following after him. "And I'll show you how I got the name NOW." Suddenly the three claws exploded, releasing many needles that strikes at the Flash, making him cry out in pain as he hit the ground, his back full of needles.

"AAAH!" Flash called out, in a lot of pain as Iapetus laughed at this, Canary glaring at him.

"How the hell were you able to hit him?" Marvel asked, surprised as he flew around Krios, who just laughed.

"He's got a very skilled targeting system; if he's got you locked on, it's harder for him to take it out." Said Krios with a chuckle, flying around as he sent out more discs and used his gravitational powers to send more cars his way, Marvel just smacking them aside.

"Is that all you-" Marvel then noticed many discs floating around him, as he looked at them with confusion. "-got?" Suddenly they all glowed a bright shade of blue which made him start to groan. "Wha-what's going on?"

"I do believe you need to take better care of yourself, Captain…I believe you are putting on some weight…about adding another 50 Gs to your personal weight." Krios said as Marvel groaned as he was forced down, making him go onto one knee as he tried to push up, but the gravity just increased.

"I'm coming, Marvel." Canary said as she ran forward, but was stopped by Iapetus, who fired several more needles at her, sending out a Canary cry to stop it.

"Gotcha." Said Koios as he threw something in her direct, which suddenly created a dark colored smoke, making Canary cough out in pain, gripping her neck as she kept coughing. "Can't fight if you can't use your voice. SO while you're coughing…"

Iapetus came forward and sheathed his claws to send an uppercut her way, as Hal gave a yell as he was sent back from a sudden increase in the force of Hyperion's cannon, which released a blast of pure heat, sending him flying backwards, groaning a bit.

"Looks like your lantern just ran out of fuel, meat bag." Hyperion said with a laugh, looking towards Batman, who scowled as Krios fired out five pods, which released yellow orbs that went around Flash, Captain Marvel, Batman, Black Canary and Green Lantern.

"Hey…let us out." Said Flash as he grunts, making his body vibrate quite a bit, making the needles fall out, grunting from the initnial pain from that as he tried to punch out, but grunts as it just glowed a bit.

"That orb absorbs Kinetic energy, good luck getting out." Hyperion laughed as he got his wrist out. "Atlas, you there? You got the package yet?"

"In the Middle of it, Hyperion. Kronus, Oceanus and I are having some issues." Said a male voice on the other end, as the others heard explosions from the other end.

(Hall of Justice. 8:56)

A towering, yellow and red humanoid robot with a red head and glowing red eyes roared out as he sent down a powerful shockwave of energy down to the ground, as Cyborg gave out a yell as he went around it, firing a blast of sonic energy towards him, making Atlas grunt against it.

Kaldur gave out some yells as he trades blows with a fast-moving automaton, who grunts as his blade-like arms nearly hit Kaldur's Water bearers. The robot in question had a green and orange color scheme and two, dark orange sickle-like blades coming out of his arms. The two gave each other glares as he pushed back. "I am estimating a fight that will last about another 4.34 minutes. Lets see if I can beat my best time."

"You shall not have that chance…when my king arrives back, you shall be sorry." Kaldur grunts as he says, "But for now…you have to deal with me." He said, kicking him away as Kronus gave a smirk.

"Gladly…though your other friend isn't doing so good." Kronus said with a grin as he looked to the left as a white and dark blue robot was smirking as he fired a hose-like arm at Katana, making her roll to the side as the water caused some damage to the ground near her, glaring ahead.

Wildcat ran forward, sending a few punches at the robotic humanoid, who grunts a bit as he glares. "That all ya got, Hose-boy?"

"Not quite, old one." Said Oceanus with a smirk as he wrapped his hose arm around him like a snake, as Katana ran forward.

"Hang on, Wildcat-sensei. I'll cut you lose." Said Katana as Oceanus smirked as he chucked Wildcat at her, making the two yell out as they rolled on the ground.

"Wildcat! Katana!" Kaldur said as he yelled out in pain as he got suddenly sped past, a purple and orange blur passing him several times, making his thick hide get cuts from a barrage of slashes before a super-speed punch sent him flying, making him hit a wall with a cry of pain.

"Half Atlantean…only half of the Durability." Kronus chuckled as he noticed Tornado walking out, glaring at them.

"You should leave now. I have already alerted the security." Tornado said as Kronus chuckled.

"Yeah…about that…" suddenly Kronus sped forward, putting a strange chip on his forehead.

"What are you doi-" before Tornado could finish, he gave a droning tone as he became limp, as Oceanus fired out orbs at he others.

Cyborg saw this as he says, "Guys!" He glared at Atlas and sent a punch at him. "Let them go! Now!" Atlas just chuckled as he grabs Cyborg by the front his armor, making him yell out in pain.

"Heh…you got a warrior's spirit, I can respect that bio-mechanical. Meet me for a rematch…we arrived for the Red Robot, but we have also captured your allies…if you wish for them back, lets fight. Robot to Robot. Who ever loses shall have these pathetic humans as their reward." Atlas said as he grabs Cyborg and chucks him aside, making him yell out as he hit his head against the wall, groaning a bit. "Later this Afternoon. Do not be late."

Atlas nods as Kronus pressed a button on his wrist as the orbs floated off, as Cyborg gave a groan out of pain.

"Wait…don't…" Cyborg said as he staggered up, but passed out with a groan. Atlas just laughed as he left, carrying Tornado Champion over his shoulder, Cyborg just giving a faint groan.

End of Part 1

Well, I hope you don't mind the reinvention of a Teen Titans villain like Atlas, along with his new goon squad based on the other mythological Titans. Anyway, let me know what you think and please Read, Review and Suggest away!