Matthew Star and Walter Shepard were reunited.
"Walt?" Matt asked, shocked.
"Matthew!" Walt responded.
The two had a lot to talk about.
Matthew Star looked and felt 19, but in reality he was 43, but what he really wanted to know about was the mission. What happened to their home planet?
"Our planet is doomed. We failed," Walt said.
"No!" cried Matt.
The Teen Titans joined them afterwards. They agreed it was important to travel to Quadris and free the planet.
Garrison Denton was closer than before in locating the Donner Diamond. He had a guest coming with information.
"I'm glad I was able to get a hold of him," Denton said,
"it figures he'd have the inside scoop."
The phone rings.
"It's him, he's here."
Vandal Savage enters.
"Welcomeback, Vandal!"
"Glad to be back."
The two men shook hands.
"Now, let's here about the Donner Diamond."
Vandal began his tale. September 24, 1949 when Savage was 1,295 years old and the President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Vandal stole information and files from Lt. Abe Trevor. When Abe tried to get back the top secret information, Savage killed him. His brother, Sgt. Burt Trevor
went after him after that. Savage went into hiding and studied the data. Vandal discovered the Donner Diamond would make the holder all powerful.
Vandal knew outer space was his only way of claiming absolute power.
The problem now is Garrison Denton wants it and Vandal knows he wants it for himself.
Back then, he had a tracking device built to locate the Donner Diamond. He had traced it to the planet Mercury. On September 30, 1954 when Vandal was 1, 300 years old and Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States, he attempted to go to Mercury. He had a special protective suit made. But he couldn't get there, because his traveling device was unable to transport him there.
The Teen Titans waited for Lucas Luthor to show up. He was providing the team with state-of-the-art space travel. Walt had Matthew practice his powers, but he was only at 22% capacity. "Walt, I'll never be ready in time," Matthew said.
"Matthew, just rest and give it time," Walt responded.
Martian Manhunter worked on an antidote for Star. Kara new this would be her ultimate mission to date. Lucas showed up at headquarters with news on the space craft.
"It's ready," Lucas said, "and the craft is huge." "Thank you, Lucas," Kara said, "you came through again."
Lucas smiled.
"It's my plessure."
There was a buzz at the door. Fire Storm went to check it out. "It's Bonnie, Olsen's widow," Fire Storm said. "She's brought her big bro along."
"Matthew and Mister Sheppard, it really is true," Bonnie said.
"I'm sorry, but we don't know you," Walt said.
"Right, I just returned to circulation," Mathew replied.
"Matt Alexander."
"Bonnie Alexander-Olsen."
"Matt is a nice name," said Matthew Star.
"We've heard so much about you," Matt Alexander said.
Vandal Savage did end up getting a break to his Mercury plans.
October 6, 1957 when he was 1,303 years, he met multi-billionaire business man, Malcolm Neal Foxworth. He was willing to fund the progect in exchange to have tests run on him to exemine his immortality and unique condition.
Matt and Walt continued talking to the Alexander siblings. They were discussing how the world had changed. Then Henry James Olsen was talked about. The phone rang. It was Matt A's. "It's Mom and Dad."
When their parents walked through the door, Matthew was shocked.
"Pam? Bob?"
Pam Elliot-Alexander had tears in her eyes. "Hello, Matt."
They decided to go to their family home to catch up.
Kara needed to get some air, remove her mask for a bit. Roman was in karate class, so she couldn't hang out with him at this point.
She called her father, Fred, over at the police station. During the conversation, her super-hearing picked up feed on a police scanner. Something about a magician commiting crimes of some sort. Ransome? Yes, she heard correctly.
This would be something she'd have to investigate. "Just what the world needs, magicians gone mad." Kara had time to research it. Children of parents who are filthy rich get kidnapped and a ransome is paid.
End Episode
Episode 53 Vandal's flashback
Vandal full-filled his end of the bargain and went through the examinations.
Now Malcolm was ready to send Savage to Mercury. October 28, 1959, when he was 1,305, Vandal was zapped into Mercury with full protective gear on. He searched and searched, but the Donner Diamond was no longer on Mercury. His next stop was Venus. Still no luck. Apparently the power of the diamond had caused it to jump planets. Next trip was Mars.
While the mission was being finalized at Teen Titan Headquarters, Kara investigated the magician mystery a little bit more.
"First thing to do is look up all of the local magicians."
While that was going on, Matthew was catching up with Bob and Pam. It was weird for him to see his ex-girlfriend and best friend older and together and married. But he understood. He was "away" and Bob and Pam reconnected.
It meant a lot to him they named their first born after him. They went on to talk about old times at Crestridge High. "So there were more Rocky movies?" "And what became of Michael Jackson?"
"MTV not playing videos any more?" "World Wide Web?"
"Richard Simmons is still around."
"They made a Freddy vs. Jason movie?"
"What's been happening with the Olympics?"
"And baseball went on strike?" "What about Mr. T?"
Kara went on the hunt. She was able to pick up information from eye witnesses about a disappearing magic box.
"Interesting," she says. Durring her investigating, she learned a lot about an illusionist named Darren Romick.
"I wonder if Zatana knows any thing about this guy."
Kara gave Zatana a call.
"Darren Romick? Yeah, I've met him and his assistant, Constance, before,"
Zatana said.
Zatana was about to give Kara more information, but the Teen Titans summoned her back. "Looks like it'll have to wait," she said, "but when I get back and if this case isn't solved, they'll have to deal with me."