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Chapter Three – Introductions

The Academy students assembled on a nearby rooftop, facing the new team. Robin, the one that Finesse had pointed out as the leader, stepped forward.

"Alright. We're giving you the benefit of the doubt. But now you'd better explain yourselves. Who are you, how did you get here, and what are you planning to do now? And I warn you – if we aren't convinced, we won't be just letting you leave". Striker scowled.

"Who are you guys to be telling us what to do? Pretty sure we could kick your ass if we wanted to. For all we know, you're the villains here. We don't need to tell you anything". The green kid and the cyborg stepped forward angrily.

"Hey! We ain't the guys who just busted up a bank!" growled the cyborg. Robin held up a hand to stop them, though.

"No, that's fair. We'll introduce ourselves first. Fair?" The students looked at one another, then nodded. "Alright then. My name is Robin. I'm the leader of this team – the Teen Titans" – Striker snickered – "and we serve as the defenders of Jump City". He turned towards the other members of his team, and gestured for them to introduce themselves. Starfire darted forwards.

"I am princess Starfire of Tamaran!" she exclaimed as she darted forward, happily. "I do so hope that we can become friends!" The green kid was next.

"I'm Beast Boy, former member of the Doom Patrol, current member of the Titans, and full time love master". At this he winked at Finesse and flexed his skinny arms, earning a glare from the rest of his team and a knock over the head from the cyborg, who was the next to step up.

"Cyborg", he said. "Should be obvious why. And just ignore Beast Boy. That's what the rest of us do". Beast Boy crossed his arms and scowled. Finally the girl in the cloak looked over.

"Raven", she said, apparently disinterested. "Just Raven". Robin looked at the students.

"Guess that makes it your turn", he said, crossing his arms. Reptil nodded and stepped forward.

"Uh, okay then. We're the Avengers Academy. We're being trained by the Avengers to become heroes. Me, I'm Reptil. I turn into dinosaurs, mostly". He turned one of his arms into a large red claw as a demonstration. Beast Boy lit up.

"Man, you can do body parts? That's awesome. I wanna be able to do that!" Robin scowled at him.

"Beast Boy. Try not to interrupt, would you?" Beast Boy at least had the sense to look sheepish as he scratched the back of his head. Mettle stepped forward.

"Mettle. M-e-t-t-l-e… it's a play on words, y'know?" He shrugged. Robin nodded. Then he pointed to Finesse.

"What about you? I want to know how you managed to use my techniques so well". Finesse smiled slightly.

"Finesse", she said, stepping forwards. "I am a polymath. I am able to learn the abilities and skills of others by watching them. Fighting you let me learn your moves". Robin frowned.

"Hmm. Based on eidetic memory, I'd assume. That seems like cheating, to be honest". Finesse just shrugged. Striker pushed his way to the front.

"Striker", he said, pointing to himself with a smirk. "Avenger of tomorrow. If you don't know about me yet, you're going to soon". Robin nodded.

"Uh…huh. Alright then. And what about you?" He gestured towards Hazmat, who responded by flipping him off, annoyed. Mettle sighed.

"Jen, come on… play nice". She scowled, arms crossed in front of her chest.

"Fine. Hazmat. Radioactive. Stuck in this %&#$ing suit so I don't give everyone cancer". Robin winced.

"Right. Well. Now that that's out of the way, we need to figure out where we're going to go from here. How, exactly, did you get here, and what are you going to do now that you are?" The students looked at one another and shrugged.

"We'll just get in touch with Doctor Pym, or one of the other Avengers. I'm sure they can give us a lift back to the Academy". Robin frowned.

"I've never heard of these… "Avengers". Do you have a way of contacting them?" Reptil frowned.

"How can you not have heard of the Avengers?" he asked, genuinely confused. "They're the foremost superhero group on the planet". The Titans looked at one another, also confused. Beast Boy spoke up.

"Uhh… dudes? Pretty sure you're talking about the Justice League".

Reptil frowned.

"The who?" Striker frowned too.

"Everything here has the stupidest names…" he muttered. Finesse pulled out her cell.

"Perhaps we should simply try to get in touch with Doctor Pym and sort things out from there", she suggested. The others nodded. Finesse pushed some buttons on her phone, then frowned. "Strange… no signal, in the middle of a city… anyone else?" Striker checked his own phone.

"Seriously? No bars? This is a Stark Enterprises phone. They're supposed to be good". Finesse frowned.
"I'm starting to suspect that the phone might not be the problem". She glanced up at the Titans, who were watching curiously. "Might we use one of your phones? Ours seem to be experiencing difficulties". Robin shrugged, and tossed her his communicator. She tried Doctor Pym's number. There was no response, nor was there any when she tried Tigra, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, the Academy itself or even the Avengers. "This is… unusual. We are unable to get in contact with any of the Avengers. I am not entirely sure what to do at this point", she admitted, as she returned Robin's communicator. Robin looked thoughtful.

"You said you got here when one of your headmaster's machines malfunctioned, right? Explain that. Maybe that had something to do with this. Whatever this is". Reptil looked unsure.

"I don't know if we should just talk about Doctor Pym's experiments… besides, we don't actually know what it was meant to be in the first place. Before Striker zapped it and overloaded it or something". Striker looked indignant, but Finesse started talking before he could respond.

"I assume it to be an aspect of Doctor Pym's Dimensional Door technology. Perhaps a prototype for a new version… oh, relax, Reptil. The doors are hardly a secret". Beast Boy looked up, suddenly interested.

"Woah woah woah. Dimensional Doors? You guys are from another Dimension? That's awesome". Reptil shook his head.

"That's not how they work…" he started, but stopped. He turned to Finesse, apprehensive. "It's not, right?" She looked unsure.

"Well, not usually, no, but… this was a prototype… and Striker did overload it… I suppose it's not impossible". There was silence for a moment.

"Well, that… complicates things", Robin remarked. "Although it explains the confusion with these Avengers… I guess they're your worlds equivalent to our Justice League. Your phones, too. The satellites they use probably don't exist here". He looked thoughtful. "Although, this does bring us back to our earlier question. What happens now?" The students looked at one another, unsure.

"Well… I guess we try to get back to our world?" Reptil started. Robin nodded.

"Agreed. But that could take some time. So what are you going to do in the meantime? Misunderstanding aside, I still don't know how I feel about having a group of metahumans from another world running around in the city. So… until we can all figure out how to get you guys back, how about staying with us?" The students looked at each other.

"Uh… thanks for the offer. Can you give us a minute to talk it over? No offence". Robin nodded.

"Of course. Take as long as you need". He and the Titans stepped back a bit. Reptil turned to the others.

"Okay. So. What now?" he asked. Mettle shrugged.

"I think we should take the offer", he said. "If this is really, you know, another dimension, then we won't really have anywhere else to go, anyway. And these guys seem alright". Finesse nodded.

"I don't see a better idea. And I must admit I'd like to spar with their leader some more. A whole new dimensions worth of fighting styles… I feel like this is an opportunity I don't want to pass up". Striker shrugged.

"Whatever. I don't really care… and it's not like I have a better idea, anyway".

Hazmat frowned.

"Well if they don't have a radiation shielded guest room, it's not really gonna work for me anyway, is it?" she grumbled, folding her arms.

"Sorry to interrupt", Robin interjected, leaning over and joining the conversation. "But I just thought I should point out that yes, we do have a radiation shielded guest room. We have a member who drops by sometimes that also has uncontrollable radiation… Red Star, he calls himself. Anyway, you could use his room". The students all looked at Hazmat, who was scowling at Robin.

"I don't think you're going to find another radiation shielded guest room", Reptil said with a shrug. "Soo…" Hazmat sighed.

"Alright, fine, whatever. We can stay with the fancy pants brigade".

"Oh, most glorious!" shouted Starfire, whom none of the students had noticed hovering above them. "New friends! Such fun we shall have!" With that she grabbed Hazmat in a bone-crushing hug and soared off cheering, leaving the others below, listening to Hazmat shout expletives at the top of her lungs. Finally Beast Boy shrugged.

"So... who wants pizza?"

A/N: Lots of talking this chapter... hmm. Expect to see what's been going on back at the Academy soon. Maybe next chapter, maybe the one after. We'll see.