A place to call home chapter 3

As the sun slowly rose over Jump City a peaceful silence covered Titan's tower. A silence that was soon to be broken. As all seven occupants slumbered quietly (or not so quietly) away in their beds something horrible happened.

The Titan alarm went off.

A blaring red siren of noise that woke them all up. Their eyes creaked open before the blinding light forced them shut. Rex got out of bed and wandered into the meeting room with the other Titans. He may have gotten lost; which would explain why everyone else was already there.

"I know it must be really effective and all, but you guys need a new wake-up alarm." He said rubbing his eyes.

Beast boy yawned beside him. "That's the bad-guy alarm thingie dude."

"Huh?"

"It tells us when the city is under attack," Raven answered him.

"We've got trouble," Robin said as his fingers clattered on the keyboard in front of him. Multiple windows popped up full of text and one with a live camera of somewhere in Jump City. "Plasmeus and Cinderblock are destroying downtown."

"At six a.m.?" Beast Boy exclaimed. "It's too early for this kind of thing!"

"Evil never sleeps," Robin answered him.

"So can I help out?" Rex asked.

Robin nodded, "Sure. Plasmeus and Cinderblock aren't that bad but your help could definitely make this easier."

"I'll get the T-car," Cyborg said grabbing his keys but Robin shook his head.

"No time, we'll have to fly there." They nodded and Cyborg put his keys down. A few minutes later and they all flew out of Titans tower the same way they had come in before.

By the time it took them to fly to downtown Jump City the soon had risen in the sky but the city still hadn't fully woken up so there wasn't a whole lot of noise. "Do you hear that?" Robin asked them as he gripped Starfire's arms tightly to avoid falling.

"I don't hear anything," Rex answered him after concentrating for a moment.

"Exactly, if Plasmeus and Cinderblock are destroying downtown we should have heard them by now."

"Or seen them," Cyborg said as he looked left and right. Seeing a fallen building and a few bodies next to it he pointed, "Over there, look!" Cyborg's cybernetic enhancements could see it a lot better than the rest of them but Robin nodded them over and they landed gracefully next to whatever he had pointed to.

As they landed it became all too obvious what they were looking at. It was Plasmeus and Cinderblock…however they were lying face down on the ground unconscious and defeated. Standing off to the side looking aloof was a man with short brown hair and a green suit, and sitting on Cinderblock's face was a monkey wearing clothes and laser pistols.

"Six? Bobo?" Rex said in disbelief as he hovered to the ground and ran over to them. "What are you two doing here? And how'd you find me?"

Six readjusted his sunglasses and decided to avoid all pleasantries. "We're here to take you back to Providence Rex."

"What? No way, I'm not going back there." He told Six. The Titans weren't sure what was going on other than these two knew Rex and they had managed to take down Plasmeus and Cinderblock by themselves.

"Rex something's happened."

"It's Van Kleiss, he's back." Bobo told being more direct.

"Van Kleiss? What's he doing now?" Rex asked concerned.

"Umm hello," Starfire said interrupting the three. "Are these friends of yours Rex?"

"Huh? Oh yeah this is Six and Bobo," He said pointing back and forth. "Guys, these are the Teen Titans. I've been hanging with them."

"We know," Six said quickly.

"Who is Van Kleiss?" Robin asked.

"Bad guy. Real bad, he's the leader of the Pack and he wants to rule the world. He keeps trying to recruit me, so it's personal."

"I know the feeling," Terra told him.

"But what's he up to now Six?" Rex asked Six.

Six pulled out a video screen and passed it to Rex who quickly turned it on. "He arrived in New York city this morning riding in an EVO. Before we could attack White informed us that Van Kleiss has diplomatic immunity so we can't attack him. He's planning to address the U.N. tomorrow."

While Six spoke Rex watched it all through the video screen. His eyes grew wide for a moment when he recognized Circe standing near Van Kleiss. The video finished and he passed it back to Six.

"We don't know what he's up to but we doubt he's here to make peace. My orders were to take you back to New York with us as soon as possible."

Rex looked around unsure before turning to the Titans. "I really wanted to hang with you guys some more, but this is really important. I'm sorry."

Robin nodded, "It's okay; we understand."

Beast Boy cocked an eyebrow, "Wait a second, were just going to let him go by himself? Why don't we go with him?"

"Beast Boy we can't just abandon Jump City…"

"Oh come on, ever since we took down the brotherhood of evil there hasn't been any crime. We could just call Titans East to send someone down here."

"That is true, Robin." Cyborg said nodding. "I'm sure Speedy could take care of things here for a few days."

"Robin," Raven almost seemed to whisper. "I sense this is big. Whatever's about to happen could affect all of us, even from New York."

"I too wish to help our new friend!" Starfire said excitedly as she grabbed onto Robin's arm. "Please say we can Robin."

"Yes, it'll be fun." Terra told him.

"Fine fine!" Robin said trying to get them all to shut up for a second. "Yeesh, we'll help him out." They cheered and Robin sighed.

"You guys are going to help me out?" Rex asked. "Awesome, someone to talk to besides Six."

"Hey," Bobo interjected. "What do I look like here, a potted plant?"

"My orders," Six interrupted. "Didn't include bringing the Teen Titans." Rex frowned. "But White didn't specifically say they couldn't come." He grinned slightly.

"Yay, Six! You're the man!" Rex cheered. Six pulled his cell phone out of his jacket pocket and called someone. A minute later an enormous aircraft flew down and they all got in.

On board Dr. Holiday gave Rex an examination to check if his nanites were working normally and then they were all briefed on the situation. Six told them there was going to be a reception at the Abysus consulate that he had Dr. Holiday were going to that night.

Once they arrived in New York the Titans got a couple rooms in a hotel and it was decided that Rex would stay with them in case Van Kleiss was planning to abduct him at night. After telling the group that they'd be back in the morning to take them to the U.N. meeting Six finally left.

It was early evening and all seven of them were sitting around in Robin's room. "They finally left," Rex said as he closed the door. "So are we just going to sit around here or are we going to crash that reception?"

Robin nodded, "We should be able to find some clues there."

"Forget the clues," Beast boy said. "I'm up for a party."

Just then Cyborg walked in through the adjoining room carrying a pie. "Before we hit the party, let's get something to eat." He said putting down the pie. "Pie anyone?" They all reached in and grabbed a slice.

"This pie is delicious Cyborg," Starfire said after swallowing a bite.

"This seems vaguely familiar…" Raven muttered.

Robin heard her and suddenly his eyes grew wide in fear. "Cyborg, where did you get this pie?"

"Providence left it for us in my room, why?" He said as he continued to eat.

Hearing this Rex started to choke on the piece he was eating. "What? No way, Six was the only person from Providence here and he was with me the whole time."

Suddenly Terra, who hadn't said anything for a while, slipped off her chair and fell on the floor unconscious.

"Terra!" BB called and went to help her but suddenly fell unconscious himself right next to her.

"Damn it…Cyborg…" Robin said as he reached into his utility belt looking for an antidote. It was too late however as he too fell asleep with the rest of the Titans and Rex. They all seemed rather peacefully at their forceful slumber.

End of Chapter...

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