'Rorschach's Journal November 20th, 1996.

'I think I should update again since it has been sometime and a lot of things have happened.

'But to keep it short I will focus on only one event. The recent Control Freak TV Takeover. Naturally with the adventure happening within the actual programmes people watch I imagine most of you know what happened. I will endeavour instead to explain what happened to cause the misadventure.

'Control Freak had managing to build a machine that allowed him to enter what he called the "TV Dimension." It is a part of the Dreaming. But to construct something of that design and propose meant he needed to combined magic and technology. In other words, Control Freak has become the second Techno-mage. I will be keeping a close eye on him in the future.

'But to move on to the most recent events in the lives of the Teen Titians. Last night Nightwing lost to a martial art thief named Katarou. He stole a jewel encrusted golden staff from an antique shop in the Chinatown district of the city, which he used to combat the former Boy Wonder. Apparently, he calls himself an honourable fighter, honourable not moral since he is a thief. He made a bet with our leader, if he could not defeat Nightwing in three moves then he would surrender. From the description of the fight techniques Katarou used simple, to Nightwing at least, moves to lure him into a false sense of security. Then on the third move he used the staff and used a move Nightwing never knew of and sent the former Boy Wonder into a building.

'Defeat Nightwing asked where he learned such a technique. Katarou answered saying he would need to find the "True Master." Before dropping a smoke, bomb and disappearing.

'This morning we found him packing up…'

Starfire walked up to her boyfriend. "You are leaving us?"

"I have to." He answered simply.

Menagerie spoke up, "Dude you got your butt kicked, it happened."

"Some of us more than others." Rorschach muttered making the changeling grumble before the green boy continued talking to the leader, "Anyway it doesn't mean you have to quit."

Starfire nodded. "Yes, we will soon find this Katarou. And then it is you who'll be you kicking his butt."

"I'm not quitting the team," the former Boy Wonder said, "But my fight with Katarou showed me how much I still have to learn about martial arts."

"No problem." Cyborg said, "I can help you train," he started making karate poses. "I've got a new computer simulated fight sequence in the gym."

"I've already trained with the best." Nightwing said walked passed, rucksack over his shoulder, his comment knocked Cyborg over but continued talking regardless as he went to the door. "And apparently, it wasn't enough. There's only one person who can help me." Starfire slowing walked up to him. "You wish to learn from this True Master of whom the villain spoke?"

"I'm not coming back until I find him."

Cyborg got up fast and exclaimed, "Come on man, how do you know this True Master is even a good guy? How are you going to find him? Do you even know where you're going?"

"I'm not sure."

At hearing this response Raven sat on the bed saying, "Sounds like a plan," both Menagerie and Rorschach nodded agreeing with her sarcasm.

Nightwing started a small lecture, "According to legend, the True Master lives in the mountains on the other side of the world, and can be found by only the most serious of students."

"Mountains on the other side of the world?" Rorschach said crossing his arm. "I think you need a more specific location, because automatically that brings up at least two regions, Japan and Tibet, off the top of my head."

"I'll just have to search." He turned to Starfire. "And before any of you ask I have to go alone. But I'll be back," he kissed Star on the cheek. "Count on it." And he left the room.

Cyborg turned to the others and stated, "That guy takes himself way too seriously."

After a non-stop flight from San Francisco Airport to Tokyo Airport, which lasted for almost twelve hours, Nightwing travelled for a few days into the countryside of Japan, learning the True Master lived near a village at the foot of a snow-toped mountain, and not Mount Fuji.

At last he reached the village and passed under a Shinto style gateway into said village. He tried to get the attention of the locals but failed. Then noticed a statute of a samurai. And beyond it a field with an old woman farming, and beyond that another Shinto gate before a path leading up the mountain. Nightwing called to the lady, "Hello?"

"Go away." The woman said, her back turned and she threw a beetroot at him. Nightwing caught it ."Um sorry to bother you. But I have come to train with the True Master."

The woman turned and looked at him before grabbing the Yoda like staff beside her and began walking up to him. "Of course you have. Boys like you always want to train with the True Master. Why else would you be here in the middle of nowhere?"

Nightwing examined her, very old as evident from his wrinkle ridden face, very short stature and grey white hair, tied in two tails behind her ears. Also for some reason she wore a very small bowler hat. Nightwing's confidence grew. "So you know where I can find him?" the woman smirked. "He cannot train you."

"I've come a long way." Nightwing said with a polite smile. "If you don't mind I'd like the True Master to tell me that himself." The woman still smiled and closed her eyes. "If you want to find the True Master you must get to the top of the mountain before night falls." She indicated with her staff the pathway leading from the second gate.

"Thanks." Nightwing said starting to walk, however the woman put her staff in the way and warned him, "The route to the top is very challenging. Many have tried. Many have failed." Nightwing held his hand up as she moved to staff away and he spoke confidently, "I can handle it." As he walked across the field he heard the woman called to him, "You are not dressed properly for such a journey. The True Master will only see you if you leave everything from your world behind." By this point the former Boy Wonder turned back to her, and the women threw a white Karate uniform at him which he caught.

As Nightwing changed the women empty his bag of the equipment and put in a load of beats. The leader of the Titans walked out, barefoot and ready but said, "The mask stays."

"Very well." The woman said putting the rucksack on her shoulders. Nightwing looked down and behind his mask his eyes widened. "My weapons!"

"The True Master will not teach you with them." She then pointed to his utility belt which sat slung over his shoulder. Nightwing turned to the samurai statue and with a bow placed the belt on its plinth. Then he turned to the woman. "Can I go now?"

"Come," she said starting to walk. "I'll show you where the path begins." And the two started crossing the field.

Back at the statue a hand grabbed hold of the belt.

After a while Nightwing reached a river. On their side stood a small wooden jetty with another Shinto gateway. Another gateway stood on the other side on a smaller jetty. Force of habit lead the former Boy Wonder to reach for his grappling hook, only to shockingly remember he was without it. "Okay I'll just swim across."

"Are you always so confident?" said a voice as a large figure came up behind him. When Nightwing looked up he could hardly believe his eyes, as a giant, well-muscled brown bear in armour, complete with a red and black paw print symbol on his chest plate, still surprised Nightwing asked, "Are you talking, to me?"

"Do you see anyone else on the bridge? I am the Guardian of the River. If you wish to get to the mountain top you must first get passed me."

"Okay," Nightwing said confidently, then he ran forward, seeing that the bear stood to the side of the gateway he charged straightforward. The bear appeared in front of him and with his paws together shoved him back. Nightwing crash landed on stairway leaned to the bridge.

The bear walked forward. "I don't really wish to fight you little warrior. Perhaps you have not notice, but I," he cleared his throat and grinned "am quite large."

Nightwing stood up and took a fighting stance. "I've beaten guys much bigger than you."

The bear's smile fell "Very well." He stepped back and readied himself. Nightwing walked onto the battle stage and bowed. He made a front kick. The bear grabbed his leg, swung him over, slammed him onto the ground and jumped onto Nightwing's back pinning him down. He asked the former Boy Wonder, "Are you still so certain you can win?"

Starfire sat slumped on the sofa frowning deeply and sad eyed. Her memories with her Richard played through her head. On top of the Ferris Wheel before her sister's visit. The dance they shared at the prom, and their kiss when they officially became a couple. The moment she first removed his mask and she gazed at his soft sapphire eyes. And when she saw him climb up onto her balcony back on Tamaran. Then her mind went into a metaphorical day dream, of her Richard walking away from the tower, and away from her. When he disappeared from her mind a raincloud came over her. Richard had been gone for a few days now and since then she'd been depressed.

Unable to fly because of this she got up and hutched over she slowly made her way back to her room. She passed Nightwing's room, but she noticed the ajar door and a shadow pass by it. She gasped and smiling for the first time in days she rushed in as the door opened for her "Richard you're…" she stopped and gasped.

Nightwing did not stand in the room, Menagerie did, dressed up in one of Nightwing's spare costumes complete with mask, naturally loose on him with the changeling being the smallest of the team. Starfire narrowed her eyes. "You are not Nightwing."

Menagerie rubbed the back of his neck and awkwardly laughed but then, "Wait, you called Nightwing Richard, is that his real first name." Starfire squeaked and covered her mouth. Menagerie put his hand to his chin. "Wait a minute. Nightwing came from Gotham, left around the same time as Dick Grayson disappeared from magazine and Batman owes Bruce Wayne a few favours so, no way. Nightwing is Dick Grayson?"

Starfire groaned and face palmed. "I am going to be in so much trouble when Nightwing gets back." She then looked up. "But so will you, why are you wearing his uniform? You should not be in his room when he's away."

"Come on it's fun, look at all the cool stuff in here." The changeling said as his emptied the utility belt, causing a flash grenade to go off. Starfire grabbed a bird-a-rang before it could cause any damage. "Nightwing would say those are not toys. He would say to leave them alone." She closed the projectile.

"If you going to talk like your boyfriend." Menagerie said opening one of the wardrobe doors revealing about a dozen Nightwing suits as the changeling continued, "Then maybe you should dress up like him too, he has more than one uniform."

Starfire pondered what to do.

The bear held his head in his hand with the former Boy Wonder under him. "Please, give up. You don't want to do this. There is still time for you to turn back."

Nightwing struggled but finally managed to get free from the bear's pin. He flipped and landed before clenching his fist. "I'll never give up."

"I admire your commitment." With his compliment given he took a claw slash. Nightwing dodged. The claws dug deep into one of the gate pillars. He tried again. Nightwing jumped high, he performed a falling kick right into the bear's head. Landing he took his stance again. The bear slashed the floor. Some form of energy attack sped from the slash. It knocked the former Boy Wonder back. He hit the ground. He got up as the bear charged. The bear jumped, about to squash him. Nightwing held up his hands and caught him. He sweated as his energy started draining. He struggled to walk. Be tipped the bear back and into the river.

Emerging the bear shook the water from his furry head. He looked up at Nightwing. "You may proceed. But be warned, once you cross the river, there is no going back." And he swam off.

The rest of the bridge emerged from the water allowing Nightwing safe crossing. 'Well,' the former Boy Wonder thought 'that was a big waste of time.' And he ran across the bridge to continue along the path.

If he happened to look behind him he would have found someone looking at him and a pair of eyes narrowed.

As he ran along the mountain pass he turned a bend and trod on jagged rocks and rough road. In pain, he hoped to the other side of the rough patch of road and rubbed his swore feet 'Next time an old woman tells you to leave your shoes behind, take them anyway.'

The sound of singing took his attention. He looked around the bend and saw the old women from before walking up the path, now with a pair of buckets hanging on pole which she carried on her shoulders. Nightwing walked up behind her. "How did you get passed the bear?"

"The same way you did." Before he could ask how an old woman like her could get passed a massive ursine when he barely could she added to her answer by say, "I walked."

Nightwing ignored this as he looked for an opening, as thanks to the pole and buckets he couldn't get passed, he spoke again, "Excuse me but I kind off in a hurry." She swivelled around, making the former Boy Wonder dodge the buckets and the water spilled, the woman looked straight at him. "You are very rube you know?" when he voiced his confusion she answered, "You in such a hurry, you do not have time to help and old woman with a heavy burden."

"May I help you?", she gave him the pole and buckets. "Very well." As she walked off Nightwing struggled to put the water carriers on his shoulders, but once he managed he quickly caught up with the old woman.

After a little while he asked, "How far until I reach the True Master?"

"That all depends on you. You will see the True Master when you are ready."

"And how far do you want me to carry these?"

"Just enough for an old woman to rest her back. Now, since you are in such a hurry," she pointed to another Shinto gate stand outside the entrance to a cave. "There is your path."

Nightwing nodded and put the buckets down and continued forward into the cave.

Deep inside the stone tunnel echoing with the drips of water, his feet cold and wet he came across a lit candle sitting atop a pillar of rocks, he looked around and narrowed his eyebrow.s "What path? There's no way out."

"None that you can see." A low and slithery voice said, a hooded figure rose from behind the candle. "I am the Guardian of the Cave. To continue your journey to the top, you must first get passed me." The hood fell revealing a large white snake with a black forked tongue.

Nightwing looked closer seeing the faded colours of the snake's eyes "Your blind. I won't fight you it wouldn't be fair." In response the snake snuffed the candle out "Now the fight is even. Neither of us can see."

Nightwing stepped back and glanced around. He heard the hissing. He roundhouse kicked. He broke a stalagmite. Another his. He did a hook punch. Again, a stalagmite. He grunted as he shook his hand.

The snake spoke, "It seems I have an advantage."

"I've defeated the bear, and I will defeat you." He attacked behind him but felt nothing.

"Not if you cannot see me. You only see what is right in front of you. If you want to find me, you much go beyond what you see. You cannot trust your eyes."

The hissing came from behind. Nightwing again attack, but the snake must have keep dodge. He felt himself get pushed, then he hit a stone wall. As he sat up the snake spoke again "You cannot trust your ears." Nightwing realised with the cave echoing he couldn't determine the place of origin for the hissing, which the snake confirmed by saying, "I could be anywhere."

Nightwing shut his eyes and blocked out sound, instead he felt the brush of air on his face as the image of the cave disappeared from his mind leaving only the snake, he reached out his and touched scaly skin. "Got yah." The snake hissed and the candle miraculously relit.

"Very well." The snake said replacing the hood over its head. "You may proceed." And it slithered away.

A stone rubbing on stone groan started and light poured into the cave. Nightwing shielded his eyes as he saw the exit open. He ran towards it. Getting out on to path again he wrapped some loose cloth over his injured hand. He looked to his right seeing another Shinto gate 'At this rate I'll never get anywhere.' He looked at his hand but he still walked up the path.

From the exit of the cave step a figure in red with the former Boy Wonder's utility belt resting on his shoulder.

"Titian's Go!" Menagerie called as he then attempted to make karate poses in front of the large mirror forming the main door to Nightwing's wardrobe. He grabbed the pole beside and started messing about with it, only to hit himself on the head with it.

Starfire, herself in one of her Richard's uniforms, a little tight on her since she did dwarf him by a few inches, sat on the bed and held the puppet version of her the Puppet King made, "Why Star, your hair you especially shiny today." She then started animating the puppet and provide its voic,e "Thank you Richard, I rinsed, lathered and repeated."

A large shadow cast over the two. They looked up as Cyborg stood in the doorway with his arms crossed. "I just can't believe you two would just barge into Nightwing's room, dress up in his uniform and pretend to be him.", the two started to shrink into themselves, but Cyborg then added, "Without me!"

Menagerie laughed "Dude suit up!" and he threw another uniform at the technical jock.

Nightwing crumbled onto another rock ledge and looked down at the canyon below him. 'You couldn't just take a class, you had to travel around the world. There must be an easier way up this mountain.'

"There is an easy way up this hill," said a familiar voice, Nightwing looked up as the old woman sat on a higher ledge weaving a basket as she continued "and a right way. Which do choose?"

"How did you get up there?"

"Same as you, I climbed." Deciding to ignore the oddities the woman said the former Boy Wonder climb onto the higher ledge and asked, "How much further is it until I reach the mountain top?"

"Such a journey cannot be measured in steps taken young warrior."

"Look, I just want to know if we're talking feet, yards or miles."

"If you keep stopping to chat, you will never make it up the mountain before sunset.", Nightwing fumed with a sighed. "Thanks for your help." He started to climb again.

"Bad guys beware, there's a new Nightwing in town." Menagerie proclaimed. He sat on the Wing-Cycle while Cyborg, which his canon arms transformed into a large fan to create wind effect. His uniform look comically small on him, and looked about to tear in places, he needed to wear two belts. He retraced the fan and reformed his hand. "Okay man my turn." He got up and started to pry the changeling off. The communicator went off and Starfire's voice came from it "Nightwing calling Nightwing." Menagerie pulled his communicator out and spoke, "Nightwing here over."

Starfire flew beside them and shook her head at Menagerie "No not you Nightwing," she pointed to Cyborg, "the other Nightwing." Cyborg pushed the changeling off the Wing-Cycle and grabbed the communicator, "What's up Nightwing?"

Raven watched the trio. "Well this is just disturbing."

Starfire flew up beside her. "Disturbing yet magnificent. Join us please. It is wonderful to be Nightwing."

"Yeah," the cybernetic jock said walking up, still holding the Wing-Cycle like a hobby-horse, "he has all the best stuff."

"Uh right." Her mate jumped up in front of her. "Come on Rae, haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be Nightwing? You know you want to try it."

The Blue Witch raised an eyebrow.

Nightwing could see the peak. Before he lay a foggy chasm with dozens and dozens of bamboo poles. One Shinto gate on one side, the other Shinto gate on the other. He stepped forward and heard a rustle from a tree, he looked seeing nothing and turned back, finding a white monkey halfway up one of the pillars, this one monkey-sized, but wearing chest armour and armguards. It looked at him and spoke, "I am the Guardian of the Trees."

Nightwing sighed. "And if I want to get up the mountain I must first defeat you."

The monkey climbed down and walked up to him. "How did you know I was going to say that? Do you know what I am going to say next?"

"No." The Monkey raised an eyebrow. "Me neither." It jumped and back flipped before leaping from bamboo to bamboo. "Been a while since anyone's gotten this far up the mountain. You must be a good warrior to have defeated the bear and the snake."

Nightwing started to walk on the bamboo, being very careful about his balance. "Let's get this over with."

"No, no, no, no, we do not need to fight so soon. Would you like some tea?"

Nightwing readied his stance. "I just want to fight you so I can get to the top."

"Yes, I see. We are very serious. Let's go!" he launched himself from a pole. Nightwing ran across the valley of stilts. The monkey bent a pole and catapulted himself onto the former Boy Wonder's head. Swiftly he jumped from one pole to another dodging Nightwing who kicked and punched from a single place.

During the fight the monkey grabbed Nightwing's sleeves, they tore off causing the leader of the Titans to fall off. However, he stopped himself by grabbing hold of three of the bamboo, with his hands and foot.

The Monkey jump down beside him and spoke, "Unless you can quickly grow a tail it appears you are at a disadvantage." He wriggled his tail for effect and even smacked it at Nightwing before jumping away.

The high-rise ballet fighting continued. The monkey jumped at the former Bot Wonder. Nightwing jumped down. Grabbed a bamboo and bent it down, and propped himself with his feet. "Monkey see, monkey do." He let got and the bamboo smacked the monkey back to the gate. The monkey laughed and rubbed his head. "Very well." He snapped his fingers and more bamboo poles appeared filling the gaps.

Nightwing smiled and casually walked towards the peak side gate.

The sky started turning purple as the former Boy Wonder reached a stairway which lead to a castle like dojo at the very peak of the mountain. 'Finally.' He spirited up the stairs.

A blast sounded and a very familiar gadget wrapped around his body before he got pulled back to the ground. He glanced back and growled as Katarou with his utility belt and grappling hook walked up. "You're journey to find the True Master ends now."

Nightwing got up and tried to muscle himself out of his own gadget, he gritted his teeth at the thief. "Why are you here?"

"To train with the True Master of course."

"You said you'd already trained with him."

"That's what I wanted you to think. I knew if I told you, you would go and seek the True Master, and all I had to do was follow you up the Mountain."

"Why did you need me?"

"I could've come up without you. But then I would have been tried from fighting all the challenges, like you are."

As the villain explained Nightwing used the bird-a-rang at the end of the line to cut through the rope. "I'm not too tried to finish what I started." The line went and he charged. The two jumped, Katarou blocked Nightwing's kick with the golden staff. They landed and Nightwing spoke, "You don't deserve to train with the True Master, you haven't earned it."

"I deserve it more than you." He charged and tried hitting the former Boy Wonder with the end of the staff. "I am the better fighter." He yelled. Nightwing landed on the end of the pole. He then flipped kicked Katarou back making him drop the pole. The thief recovered and looked up as Nightwing took a stance. "You aren't so tough without your weapons."

"I still have your weapons." True to his nature the thief brought out Nightwing's telescoping staff. He jumped up and over the former Boy Wonder, propping himself with the staff he kicked Nightwing down the stairs.

Flat on the ground Nightwing felt something push at his arm and a familiar voice spok,e "Rise young warrior." The old woman said. "You must get up. Your journey is not over."

"I can't fight him." Nightwing said shaking his head, "He has all my weapons. I have nothing."

"When you began your journey, you were determined, nothing could stop you. And now that you are so close, are you willing to give up so easily?"

Nightwing sighed and sat up, "It was easier at the beginning." The old woman walked up in front of him "Beginnings are often easier. But think of all that you have accomplished on your journey. What you have learned from your battles with the bear, the snake and the monkey."

"What's the point of fighting my way up the mountain when someone else is going to come up the easy way?"

"There is always going to be someone who does things the easy way. But that should not stop you from doing things the right way. It is your journey younger warrior, only you decide when it ends."

Katarou stood before the dojo and called the inside "True Master, I am ready to train."

"You'll see the True Master when you are ready." Nightwing called.

The villain looked back seeing the former Boy Wonder and the old woman together. Katarou laughed and twirled Nightwing's staff. "Give up, you cannot defeat me."

"I've beaten guys much bigger than you." He jumped. Katarou used the staff to bloke the kick. Nightwing put his hands together and pounced imitating the first attack the bear used. The old woman shouted, "Claws of the Iron Bear." Nightwing forced the thief down.

Katarou looked up. "How can you defeat me if you cannot even see me?" He threw a disc which produced a smoke cover. The former Boy Wonder shut his eyes "I don't need to see you."Like in the cave he ignored this two most prominent sense, the detail of the landscape disappeared as he felt Katarou quickly approach. Nightwing knocked the thief back as the old woman proclaimed, "Strike of the Flying Serpent."

The villain crashed into the iron railing around the ground of the dojo. He stood up. "I see you are serious about winning." He flipped back and balanced himself on the railing "So am I." Nightwing started making nimble flips, jumps and rolls and the old woman called, "Duel of the Leaping Monkey." Nightwing jumped onto the railing and swiftly jumped and dodged the attacked from the staff.

Katarou tried his signature sideways swinging pole kick, but he hit nothing. Confused he glanced at his side. The former Boy Wonder balance himself atop the staff. Shocked the thief didn't have enough time to dodge the catapult pole smack. He flew back and down off the peak.

Nightwing stood triumphant. "There's an easy way and a hard way down this hill. Looks like you're taking the hard way." He turned away.

"No!" came the villain's response. The former Boy Wonder turned. The thief came down from above to strike with the gold staff while yelling, "The True Master must train me!"

Golden staff met wooden staff. Nightwing turned to his left. The old woman, using only one hand to hold her staff successfully blocked Katarou's double handed attack with the gold staff. Even more surprisingly she effortlessly removed the golden pole out of the thief's hands. She walked up to him and tapped his chest with the end of her cane. "You did not make it up the mountain on your own skills." She gave both the golden staff and the utility belt to Nightwing as she continued, "You tried before on your own, but you could not make it. You are a thief and a cheater. The True Master will not train you, not now, not ever." She walked away.

"But…"

"Take him off my mountain.

The bear and the monkey quickly arrived and escorted the thief away.

Nightwing observed the old woman approach him, he presented her the golden staff. "Consider this a gift for showing me the way," she took it. Nightwing asked the top question on his mind, "You're the True Master, but why didn't you tell me?"

"You never asked," she said walked towards the dojo. Nightwing spoke again, "So why was it so important I get to the top before sunset?"

"It is much easier to see the path when it's not dark."

He shook his head. "All this time I thought there was some deep meaning to everything you were saying." The True Master threw Nightwing his telescopic staff and smiled. "Ah, young warrior. You take things much too seriously."

The former Boy Wonder bowed. "I am ready to train with you, True Master."

"I believe you are." And the two took their stances.

Joshua opened the doors to the Operation Room and glanced at the four other Titans siting on the sofa readying a pizza. Normal enough except for one thing. All four of them, Raven included wore Nightwing's spare uniform.

He walked up and spoke, "Excuse me chaps but Halloween has been and go for the year. And you suppose to wear different costumes. So, presuming that is not the case, may I ask why all four of you are masquerading as Nightwing?"

"Because it's cool." Menagerie spoke. "Especially since we know who he is now."

Rorschach glanced at Starfire who rubbed the back of her head blushing. Josh shook his head and clutched the bridge of his noise. "I leave the tower for a few days to spend time with my family and girlfriend and this is how you decide to spend your time? Menagerie and Cyborg, I can understand, but Starfire you should know better than mess about with your love's belonging, and Raven I really didn't expect you of all people to do this."

The blue witch glanced at her mate before she shrugged. Cyborg looked to his friend "Why don't you join us Josh? The more the merrier."

"No thank you, it would ruin my image." Josh readjusted his coat lapels before he walked back out the door, he heard Menagerie call him a killjoy.

As he walked to his room in the tower he heard more footsteps coming from the elevators. Rorschach turned the corner as Nightwing walked up the corridor. Joshua sighed with relief. "Thank goodness you're back, Grayson. You'll never believe what's happened while you were gone."

"Big villain attacked the city? Anyone hurt?"

"No, it's been frightfully quiet. No, the others raided your wardrobe and for who knows what reason are pretending to be you. Four super-powered beings and their pretending to be a non-powered superhero. Anyway, we should stop this nonsense, when I saw the four dressed like that I thought I'd walked into a Monty Python sketch. Also, apparently, Starfire let slip of your secret identity, now we all know your Richard Grayson."

Nightwing rubbed his chin and grinned. "I think I know what we can do Josh." He whispered into the Techno-mages ear, said masked mystic snorted and said, "When did you get a sense of humour?"

"The True Master taught me not to take everything seriously."

The two walked into the Ops through a side entrance so not to alter the others. Just in time to hear Raven say the mask made her feel cool. Rorschach sat down on the next to her, took his shoe off and started polishing it. Under his mask, Josh bit his lip in anticipation.

Nightwing walked up to the sofa behind Raven and the Techno-mage and grinned seemingly oblivious to the stares from his girlfriend, Cyborg and the changeling. Raven caught their shock and looked up, then she started shuffling along the sofa to be closer to her mate.

"Huh pizza, sweet." The former Boy Wonder said jumped over the sofa to sit next to Rorschach. He took a slice and looked at the four dressed up Titans and said, "You know Nightwings, the mask makes me feel cool too." He nonchalantly took a bite from the slice.

Immediately the four masquerading Titans collapsed backwards dead faint.

At this Joshua couldn't hold it and he burst out laughing. He banged his hand on the table hard.

Cyborg got up first and groaned. "Come on man it's not funny."

"From my perspective Victor, it's absolutely hilarious." He continued laughing and held up a hand. "Just give a me a minute, I don't want my mask to strain." He pulled it off showing his eyes were tearing.

Menagerie stood up next and removed his mask and looked to Joshua. "Dude? Why did you just call Cyborg, Victor?"

"Because Garfield, Cyborg's real name is Victor Stone, I known from school for years."

Cyborg smirked at the Changeling. "Garfield?" now he started laughing. Menagerie fumed "Dude!" he looked to Josh again. "I told not to call me that!"

"What's wrong with Garfield? It means "Field of spears." Quite a distinguished name if you ask me."

Nightwing nodded. "Besides," he said getting up and help Starfire up, "you all know my real name, and Starfire and Josh's, I think it's about time we all knew each other on a real name basis."

Menagerie sighed, "Okay, my name is Garfield Logan. Okay?" he then helped Raven up. "What about you Rae? You got a real name you go by?"

"My mother named me Rachel Roth." The changeling grinned and kissed her on the cheek causing her to blush, and he said, "Nice to meet you Rachel."

Joshua cleared his throat, everyone looked as he replaced his shoe and stood up. "Now we're finished with that perhaps it would nice of you for to give Grayson his uniforms back."

Menagerie turned to the team leader and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry Dick, it was kind of my idea and it kind of snowballed."

Nightwing held up his hand. "No harm was done, but next time could you just ask me before you mess about with my stuff? I wouldn't do it with your stuff, well for no good reason anyhow."

Joshua smirked at the odd reactions of his teammates.

I'm sorry for the hiatus with this story. And I'm afaird it's going to continue.

I've been working on other projects, job hunting and volunteering so I've had little time to work on this one.