Baby Boomers: Birth of the Titans
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Author Notes: In the DC Comics Universe the Teen Titans were formed years before Young Justice. It was originally made up of Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing I/Batman II), Wally West (Kid Flash I/Flash III) and Garth (Aqualad I/Tempest I). Young Justice on the other hand was founded by Timothy Drake (Robin III/Red Robin II), Bart Allen (Impulse I /Flash IV), and Conner Kent (Superboy II). Obviously Young Justice, the show, does not follow the same line as it has Dick as Robin, Wally as Kid Flash, Garth never became Aqualad (instead we get Kaldur'ahm, a character that didn't quite exist in the comics before the show started) and on their first 'mission' they found Conner still in his test tube at CADMUS. However, this leaves us room to fiddle around with things to our hearts content. Therefore, going off the 'Baby Boom' series and how I left things this is my take on how the Teen Titans would form in the Young Justice Animated Universe. Enjoy.
Rated: T
Catch Up:
A lot could happen in only a decade. And it had. There had been a war, an alien invasion to be specific and many fatalities came of it. Queen Hippolyta had lost her life, along with a good portion of her warriors. (Moreover, Paradise Island had been destroyed too; but via a combination of magic and science Paradise Island had been rebuilt to be a glorious levitating-over-the-sea multi-island paradise.) This prompted Diana, after the war, to pass the title of Wonder Woman onto Linda in order to be able to assume the Amazon throne herself. Donna, Linda's adopted daughter made from Amazonian DNA as part of a villainous plot, assumed the title of Wonder Girl.
Superman had become almost too powerful and so he didn't trust himself to deal with normal human crime anymore for fear of losing control and so he had passed the mantle of Superman onto Conner who had assumed his role in the legacy with pride. (Even though he still couldn't fly on his own power; Lex had gifted him with a set of anti-gravity generators that were in a set of boots). His sons, Jason and Chris, took on the mantle of Superboy together. (They could fly on their own but it was probably their Martian heritages coming through). Laura had taken over being Supergirl as Kara went on to become Superwoman.
The Martian Manhunter had been badly burnt in the final battle and so had to give his duties over to M'gann who took to her post in the League with pride and humility. She was also busily training her twin daughters (Abigail and Aingeal Lane-Kent, who were only five and had taken very much after their mother and Uncle J'onn).
Barry Allen had broken the speed barrier and was almost lost into the Speed Force and so had willingly given up the identity of the Flash to Wally. Don and Dawn Allen, Barry's son and daughter, took on the mantles of Kid Flash and Impulse respectively and acted as Wally's protégés. The twins together when known as the Tornado Twins. (Wally and Linda had had a set of twins themselves, Jai and Iris, who had also inherited the speed too but they were still far too young to be training in the field).
Batman had been injured in the war, his back being broken by an opponent, and had thus lost some of his physical edge. So out of Gotham missions he trusted to Dick. Dick had grown out of the Robin identity and was now known as Nightwing. Nightwing was in charge of training the new Robin, Tim, while Batman stuck to Gotham and trained the newest Batgirl (Helena). (The Original Batgirl had also had her back broken during the war except hers caused paralysis from the waist down so she had given up the mantle of Batgirl to forge her own identity as the Super-hacker and the League's tech support Oracle).
King Orin had retired as well after Atlantis had nearly been destroyed and so passed the title of 'Aquaman' to Kaldur'ahm. Nerissa thus took the title of Aquagirl. (On land she was one of the top archers in the world, having been trained by her mother, uncle, and grandfather; she was also a decent martial artist having trained under her grandmother and Batman; underwater she had access to Atlantean sorcery).
Oliver Queen had lost an arm in the war and so had retired as Green Arrow, handing that title over to Roy. Roy in turn passed the Arsenal identity to Artemis. Together the siblings trained their youngest sister, Mia, who had taken the name Speedy in Archery while Dinah trained her in Martial Arts.
(Roy had also managed to win the hand of Adrasteia).
Lian however was under the tutorage of Kyle, Hal, and John because she had been chosen to receive the first Violet Lantern ring. Her ring was powered by love of all things. She still rivaled any of the archers in her family with skill. She was also a martial arts expert having been trained by her mother, grandmother, Aunt Selina, and Uncle Batman in several different arts.
Yes, ten years could change a lot of things but some things remain the same.