Hello people! Yes I updated sooner. But I had a three day weekend. YES! I have discovered caffeinated coffee tastes allot better than decaf. Starbucks Rox! Anyways, I left you at a pretty mean spot to end a chapter with, so I won't keep you reading this continuing Authors Note. If you are still reading this, you clearly have no life. Granted I don't either. Why are you still reading this? Read the story already!

TTNG: New Team

Chapter 15: He's Out?

"You know P, Alfred would freak if he saw the place." Tim said giving his long time friend a grin.

"Dude! It is you! Hey Arachne get over here!" Percy called. Remember Ari was in regular clothes, so Tim instantly recognized her.

"So Penny Parker is Arachne. So I guess that would make Peter Parker the scientist Spiderman. Don't look all panicked. We've all got a little secrecy. Like Percy knows who else I am. And who Bruce Wayne is. But enough about that. How would you like to know how Percy here had a huge-" Tim never finished that sentence, because Percy clamped his hand over his mouth. Then, the other four came in.

"Tim! How are you? Wait a minute. Batsy gave you a break? What did you do?" Sunfire asked. Tim rolled his eyes.

"I didn't do anything. He just figured I needed the week off." he said.

"The Joker's out of jail isn't he." Sun remarked. No one but Arachne and Tim knew about Percy's mom.

"Big time. How many times can a guy escape an Asylum? Um, anyways how about a subject change?" Tim didn't want to unearth any unpleasant memories.

"So how's Bruce? Still doesn't want you to get involved in any Joker cases I see." Percy remarked. His smile was forced.

"He's a bit over-protective. Nightwing should know all about that." Tim said.

"Who the heck is Nightwing?" Hex asked. Sunfire sighed. She hated explaining this to him over, and over, and over again.

"My dad. Before I was born, he started going by Nightwing to the public. But, people who know him best still call him Robin. What do you expect? It would be way confusing to one day call him Robin, then suddenly have to call him Nightwing. Bruce just calls him Dick though. Same with Crows dad. The public knows him as Beast Man, but everyone calls him BB. Never Beast Boy though. He'd freak if anyone called him that." Sunny explained.

"Like you do whenever we call you Sunny?" Hex asked dumbly. Sunny glared. Hex backed off.

"Still sensitive about the name I see." Tim remarked. Sunfire glared at him. Crow stepped in.

"OK! What do we wanna do that doesn't involve Sun killing anybody?" Crow asked. Percy eyed Tim.

"I'm gonna go catch up with Tim here." he said. Sun was confused.

"How do you two know each other?" she asked.

"We grew up in Gotham together." Tim explained.

"Oh."

"Come on Tim." Percy dragged him out into the hall. Everyone stared after him, while Arachne knew what was going on. She followed them.

Tim was dragged into the training room. Percy's eyes were hard, and cold.

"He's out?" he asked. There was no need to ask who "He" was.

"I'm sorry P." Tim muttered.

"Where was he last seen?" Percy asked. Talk about the third degree. Tim's eyes hardened.

"No P. I can't." his tone was firm.

"Why not?" Percy's voice increased volume, so Arachne could hear.

"Because if I've learned anything from Batman, it's that you can't let your personal fealings get in the way of justice." Tim's voice rose too.

"Then tell me where the Joker is!" Percy was yelling now.

"You're not talking about justice Percy! You're talking about revenge!" Tim's glare matched the Dark Knights exactly.

"WELL SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE SAME THING!" Percy snapped.

"They're never the same thing! Ask Batman, and he'll confirm it! Ask Nightwing and he'll confirm it! ask ME and I'll confirm it! I lost both my parents to crime, but you don't see me hunting their killers down like a crazed maniac do you?" Tim had calmed down, but Percy was far from it. His eyes looked as if they'd catch fire (well, you never know...). He threw up his arms and turned around to see Arachne leaning on the door frame. It was easy to tell that she was mad at him. But all she did was shake her head and leave. Even without saying anything, she hit him below the belt. He had no idea that she'd taken a vow never to take a life.

"I'm gonna go catch up with everyone." Tim lied. Percy nodded and headed to his room.

As soon as he was out of sight, Tim headed to the Evidence Room. Sunny was there just like he told her to be.

"OK Tim. Why did you give me a note telling me to be here?" she asked. Tim took out a folder.

"I need to give you this. It's a file on the Joker." he explained. Sun smiled.

"Tim, you know I only have files on criminals who have shown up in Seattle. I don't need this." she said. Tims face darkened.

"Yes you do." he said darkly. Suddenly it all clicked. Sunnys eyes widened.

"Oh no." she gasped. Tim nodded.

"He's here. That's why I'm here. Mostly." he explained.

"Mostly?"

"I'm also here to keep an eye on one of your team mates."

"Who?" Sun was getting more worried.

"Percy."

"Why?"

"He never told you?" Tim was astounded.

"Told me what?" she cocked her head. Tim sighed. This was gonna be a complete invasion of privacy.

"Sun, his mom was murdered by the Joker." he explained. Suns eyes were wider than humanly possible (she IS half alien).

"No wonder he leaves the room whenever I mention the Joker." she whispered.

"Sun, you've seen him when he's angry. Completely irrational, doesn't think. But if he reaches a certain point, his powers completely take over. He has no control. His conscious mind shuts down. That's why I have to keep an eye on him. For his own safety. His molecules are unstable because of the nuclear power." Tim was grim.

"How do you know that? I thought he left Gotham before the accident?" Sun asked confused.

"I was, kind of there when it happened. Both when his mom died, and when he had his accident." he explained.

"Wow. You really have known him a long time." she exclaimed. Tim shrugged.

"Basically our whole lives. Come on. Let's watch the alarm to make sure none of the reports are about the Joker."

"Deal. Hey, is Barbara Gordon still Batgirl?" Sun asked.

"No. But she is the police commissioner." he said.

"Another Police Commissioner Gordon? Wow. Hey! Who took over the role of Batgirl?" she asked. Tim grinned.

"Her little sister Bethany." he said.

"Isn't she your girlfriend?"

"Kind of."

"Hm. Beth Gordon is Batgirl. Wow." Sunfire was amazed. Then, they heard a motorcycle start up. Arachne ran into the room. Her eyes told them everything.

"Oh no." Tim murmured. He ran to Percy's room, and found his back pack emptied. And one very important item was missing.

"Tim, what's missing?" Sun asked with Arachne close behind her.

"A map with all the locations the Joker has been spotted." he said. The girls gasped.

"I'm following him." Arachne said. She knew him well enough to know how bad this was.

"No! We're gonna need more help." he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Like who?" Sun asked. Tim picked up a phone labeled Special Contacts. He looked through the list.

"Hey Beth? Yeah I'm fine. Look, are you still staying at that hotel here in Seattle? Good. You've got to come over here to Titans Tower. Oh! And bring your uniform."

Wow. That was better than I thought it would end up. I know Barbara Gordon doesn't have a little sister named Bethany, but it's called FAN Fiction for a reason. PLEasE REVIEW!