This story is going to get strange and complicated very soon. I'm going to need some feedback, 'cause, I'm not completely sure where it'll end up, but rest assured that the characters will all be given a goodly amount of time. I'm also going to add some new narrators as the story progresses. Hopefully they won't all be guys, but I suck at writing girls, so I can't make any promises.

But anyway, enjoy!

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Chapter 2

Wherein Paths Cross

Unnamed Island Off the Coast of Jump City, Florida 1:22 AM

Beast Boy squinted across the water at the bright lights of a city. It looked wrong. Hell, everything he saw looked wrong, or maybe more felt wrong. The world seemed too detailed, too precise. The colors were dimmer and he and his friends stood out like sore thumbs, too… simple for their surroundings.

"So… Does anyone have any idea where we are?" The Teens Titans all looked around somewhat blankly.

"We would appear to be on a small, lightly forested island off the coast of a large city." Robin nodded at his girlfriend and motioned for someone to continue.

Cyborg looked up from his arm-computer. "I can't connect to any of our systems. The ship, the car, the Tower, Titans East, they're all gone." Worry was evident in his voice. "My GPS is being weird, too. It keeps saying that we're at the Tower, then deciding there's an error. I checked all our systems before we left, there were no computer malfunctions, or I would have found them."

Robin nodded thoughtfully. Beast Boy tilted his head and squinted at the surrounding landscape. "You know, this island does look sort of like the island we built the Tower on. And the city looks sort of familiar. Did we time-travel or something?"

Cyborg was shaking his head before Beast Boy finished. "My calendar is hooked up to one of Batman's satellites, specifically to counteract this sort of situation. If we'd time-traveled, I'd know about it."

"I'm getting weird vibes off of this place." Everyone turned to Raven, who had just come out of some sort of trance. "It's a weird feeling, like when I opened the portal for Trigon, or when Larry broke the world." Robin raised an eyebrow. "So what you're saying is-" "We're in a different dimension. Most likely."

Cyborg glanced over his shoulder, as though he'd seen something out of his peripheral vision. He touched the side of his head and his electronic eye turned green. "Guy's we've got company."

"Hey, Rob! You've got a fan!" Superboy raised an eyebrow at the screen and couldn't help but frown. He'd seen cosplayers before, and this was a similar feeling, even though he knew that it could actually be a parallel version of Robin.

None of the other people on the view-screen were recognizable, at least to him. Megan thought the green one looked sort of like Garfield, but he didn't see it.

"We should attempt to ascertain their intentions. Miss Martian, try-" But Aqualad didn't get to finish.

Connor felt the pain in his ears first, like someone was driving a hot poker in one and out the other. At the back of his mind, he felt the Bioship start to fall. M'gann was struggling to regain control. He vaguely heard someone yell something about bracing for impact.

He felt the impact of crash-landing and suddenly his ears registered silence. He might have sighed in relief if he didn't feel like he'd just been hit by a bullet train.

"Is everyone alright?" Superboy looked around and realized the cockpit had lost its shape and -at least on the inside- looked more like a cushioned orb than a ship. He smiled a bit and patted the pillow-like surface that cradled him. 'Good boy. Now if we can just get out of this alive, everything will be perfect.' He looked around at the rest of the team and that sigh of relief finally escaped. Everyone seemed okay. Kaldur quickly took charge.

"Everyone alright? Good. Miss Martian, check outside; try to give us a feel for what we might be walking into." M'gann nodded and put her hands to her temples, furrowing her brow in concentration. "It looks like their feeling cautious, but not overtly hostile. One of them is just blocked off, though. She's almost definitely psychic, but her whole mind feels dark and sort of… unnatural." She was frowning now. "Another one is sort of cloudy, so that's probably the one who looked part-robotic. Beyond that, they've got mostly your average mental blocks in place. I can't go any further without revealing what I'm doing." Kaldur nodded and walked over to the wall. "Tell them we're coming out. Connor and I will take point, Miss Martian in the middle and Wally and Robin in the back. Tell them we mean no harm, and can help get them home." Megan Nodded and pressed her fingers to her temples again. 'Well, this should be interesting.'

'We mean you no harm. Please stand down so we can exit and talk.' Beast Boy put his fingers to his temples and rubbed. "Did anyone else hear that, or am I going crazy?" Raven and Robin nodded. Cyborg narrowed his eyes, but slowly lowered his sonic cannon.

"Alright, guys; defensive formation. We don't know what's coming out of that pod, so don't let your guards down." Raven looked over at the team's "fearless leader" and raised an eyebrow. "You know, we have done this before, Robin." The vigilante in question didn't respond except to tell her to tell their visitors to come out and throw her an annoyed glare.

The pod opened slowly, tentatively. Beast boy didn't recognize the first three, although the third one looked strangely like a girl Martian Manhunter. Then he saw the last two. Short Robin and tall Kid Flash were staring back at him. The yellow speedster was grinning like a maniac and waving.

"Greetings, travelers! Welcome to America!" Cyborg's jaw was slowly traveling south. Raven was trying her best to hide her incredulity and Starfire kept looking back and forth between Robin and other Robin. Beast boy was just as confused. "What, when, you…" The wet suit wearing kid raised an eyebrow as though unsure what to do with this reaction. Garfield turned back to the Robin without the green. "Why are you so short?"

Kid Flash held back a grin for a second before bursting into uncontrolled laughter. He was practically rolling on the floor before he managed to calm down. Raven shook her head wearily. "This is going to be so awkward."

Metropolis, 1:30 AM

Clark was standing dumbfounded in the middle of the sidewalk. There was a man in bright red and blue flying towards him. Flying. Towards him. The symbol on this guy's chest and the fact that he could fly could only mean one thing. "Kryptonian." The man touched down in front of him and looked into his eyes, every inch of him oozing authority.

"Son, you need to come with me." Clark blinked and narrowed his eyes. "Where?" The guy raised an eyebrow. He clearly wasn't used to being questioned. "To the Hall of Justice so we can get you back where you came from."

"BOOM!"

Clark barely had time to blink before he felt something collide with him at super-speed. In the back of his mind, he registered glass shattering in the buildings around him, but that wasn't his main concern at the moment. "Hello, Clark!" He barely had time to recognize Red before he felt searing hot pain everywhere and went flying into another building.

'What the hell?' He'd definitely just felt heat vision, but his had never been that powerful. Red smirked as he walked calmly over and grabbed Clark by his shirt, lifting him into the air. His eyes were glowing a blinding shade or red. "ENOUGH!" A red and blue blur collided with Red, grabbed Clark and flew all three of them into the air. Red turned his burning eyes on the strangely dressed man, but was beaten to the punch. He screamed as twin beams of heat collided with his face and shoved at the man, pushing off and falling away before turning in mid-air and rocketing off into the distance.

Sorry this chapter took so long, but I've been busy with midterms and other such things. I also have an idea for an Avatar tla story. I might post the prologue or something, but besides that, I'm gonna hold off on any other work until I hit chapter seven or eight on this story. Hopefully the extra time will allow me to write more (at about 1200 words per chapter I should have a new one every one or two weeks). Review, etc. and please tell me any way I could make the story better! I'm taking storyline suggestions.

Until next chapter,

Scavenger