In the days following the Gordanian invasion of Jump City, thanks to the valiant efforts of Robin, Kylar, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire, the US Government found themselves hard pressed in cleaning up the debris of the destroyed alien spaceship in the Jump City Bay, as well as paying for the damages that occurred in the city itself. However, the government was not the only powerful group to catch wind of the invasion; the Justice League, Wayne Enterprises, S. T. A. R. Labs, and LexCorp, were all called to help recover and depose of the material that was most likely considered to be dangerous and/or volatile. Luckily, the Justice League and Wayne Enterprises were the first on the scene and were able to remove most of the dangerous materials/technologies, which, if given to the wrong people, could be manufactured to make very destructive weapons.
However, Kylar was able to hide the one spear he recovered from the shoreline from the clean up crews of every powerful group in the world.
Since the time that the brave group of juvenile heroes saved the city, the mayor of Jump came to the realization that there was no task force capable of handling other worldly or supernatural problems that could arise at any moment and pose a threat to the city. I mean, there's the Justice League, of course, but those superheroes and heroines had much more to worry about, and were spread thin enough as it was. So, to help with the protection of the city, the mayor felt it only made sense that the ones who saved the city previously were the ones to create a squad to defend the city. With this in mind, the mayor contacted Robin, seeing as he was the most well known of the group, considering whom he previously worked with.
Robin agreed to the mayors' proposal, but couldn't speak for the other teens. He called the rest of the group that helped out with the alien invasion, telling them to meet him at the pizza joint where they all met for the first time.
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Later that day, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Kylar, and Raven were all sitting at a circular booth inside the pizza joint discussing the idea of a team, while enjoying a few slices of pizza.
"So let me get this straight," The cyborg said, sitting at one end of the booth as he grabbed a slice, "you want us to join some sort of team to help fight off strange occurrences that could pose as a threat to the city?" He took a bite of the pizza.
"I thought you were looking to go solo." Kylar said, sitting at the other end of the circular booth, sitting next to Starfire. His brown pack and newly acquired spear leaning against the booth next to him.
"I was." The Boy Wonder admitted, he was situated between Cyborg and Beast Boy, "But after thinking it over, and after discussing with the mayor, I think now we could accomplish much more as a team than by ourselves."
"Thath thoundth lie a goo ithea." Beast Boy muffled through a mouth full of vegan pizza.
"I agree." The redheaded alien girl said cheerfully, "That sounds like a most glorious idea."
Raven, hiding her face underneath her blue hood, didn't say anything.
Kylar leaned back into the booth, putting his hands in his jacket pockets, "But to put this team together we need to prove that we can work together and be able to catch criminals." He explained as he exhaled deeply.
"Right."
"And how long did you say we had to do this?" The brunette asked sitting up straight again.
"One week." Robin responded, a little on the cautious side, not knowing as to how the others would respond. He got a reaction he half expected with the other teens staring at him in disbelief.
"That's all the time we get?" Cyborg asked. In his disbelief, the cheese on his slice of pizza slid off and landed on his plate. The spiky-haired teen nodded.
"All right, I'm in." Kylar said after a brief moment of silence. The others turned to look at him.
"Seriously?" Raven asked in a deadpanned tone; her first word of the entire conversation.
"I don't see why not." The brunette answered, "Besides, it beats not having a place to return to." He added as he glanced to see if there was any pizza left. A slight frown appeared on his face when he saw all the pieces were either eaten or on Beast Boys plate.
Robin nodded, "Ok, so Kylar agrees." He looked around to the other teens, "What about you four?"
"I'm all for it!" Beast Boy said excitedly as he finished another slice of pizza.
"Yeah, sure thing." Cyborg said, "I'll give it a shot."
"Most definitely!" Starfire cheered, a bright smile on her face.
"…Ok." The blue-clad mage muttered, still hiding her face under her hood.
"All right!" The brunette said as he stood up to stretch. "I'm assuming you've got a plan of some sort." He turned his head to face Robin.
The Boy Wonder returned his look and smirked, signaling that the brunettes' assumption was correct.
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After Robin explained his plan, the other teens talked with the Boy Wonder and the mayor of Jump City about a schedule for what they were going to do for the very important week they had ahead of them.
Since they all didn't have a set place to stay, the mayor had set up an arrangement for the group to stay in rooms at a rather nice hotel at they West district of Jump City. With the six of them and three sectors of Jump City; the North, South, and West districts, the teens would split into three groups of two, alternating partners before making a clean sweep through the city before they reached their deadline.
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On the first day of patrols, the Boy Wonder and the brunette were standing on top of a building, overlooking the district they were assigned. Kylar was holding onto his spear and looking around the area, while Robin was kneeling as he stared into the streets.
Kylar glanced over to see just how intensely Robin was watching for even the slightest bit of criminal activity. "You sure take yourself seriously, don't you?" He said as he took a seat on the ledge of the buildings roof, his legs hanging off.
"I have to be." Robin replied, "I was trained to be able to overcome any sort of obstacle. I can't let my guard down."
Kylar shook his head and chuckled a bit, "That doesn't mean you can't relax from time to time. Crime and corruption will come. But for now…" He reached into his sling backpack and pulled out a candy bar. "Want one?" The brunette asked as he held out the bar to Robin.
The spiky-haired teen glanced over to the brunette, "I guess one won't hurt." He sighed as he took a seat next to his teammate and took the bar. Unwrapping it and taking a bite, Robin turned to see Kylar pull out another bar from his pack. "So," the masked teen started as he took another bite, "what else do you have in there?"
Kylar looked a bit surprised at the question, "Oh, er…" he paused as he glanced inside his bag, "gunpowder, nitroglycerin, notepads," he said as he pulled a small notepad out, "fuses, wicks, glue, and… paper clips," he looked up at Robin, "big ones." He held his hands apart from each other to measure about a foot in length.
Robins' eyes went wide before he quickly jumped up and backed away from the brunette.
The black-jacketed teen started laughing, "Heh, you're way too jumpy, Sparrow." He motioned for the Boy Wonder to sit back down, "I was just joking. I only got a change of clothes, toothbrush, some snacks, and…" Kylar said digging deeper into his bag, "a music box."
"Music box?" Robin asked as he sat back down next to his teammate.
"Yeah," Kylar replied as he pulled out a small wooden box. It was probably no bigger than a ring box and it had a carving of a wolf head on the top. When he opened the box, it began to chime a tune.
Robin smirked as he saw a small smile appear on the brunettes face. When the chime ended, the brunette closed the box and placed it back in his bag. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking," Robin started, causing Kylar to glance up at him, "where are you from?"
Kylar looked up to the sky before facing Robin again. He lifted his right arm and jabbed his thumb over his shoulder, "Back there."
A confused look came to the Boy Wonder's face, "Then where were you headed?"
The black-jacketed brunette pointed in front of him, "That way." He responded, "I was just drifting from city to city before coming here." He leaned back, holding himself up with his arms, before sighing. A look of sadness came over the brunettes' face.
Before Robin could ask another question, a woman's scream broke him out of his attempt to read the brunette. "Help me! Help me, someone!" The scream rang through the street.
Kylar quickly grabbed his spear and stood up, "Looks like the crime has arrived."
Robin stood up next to the brunette, who was still taller than him, "Then let's not waste any time." He said as he jumped off the ledge of the building.
Kylar smirked, "Right behind you." He said before jumping off the ledge, following the spiky-haired teen as they followed the sound of the screaming.
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After tuning into the police frequency with Cyborgs' neural networking, Kylar and the half-machine arrived to a shootout at Jump City National Bank. Five robbers were spread out in front of the bank, wearing ski masks and large leather jackets were shooting bullets from tommy guns at three police cars that had one to two cops pinned down behind them, trying to avoid the bullets. Both teammates were currently ducking behind a police car as well to avoid the incoming bullets from the robbers.
"Ok, from what the chief told me," Cyborg said loud enough for the brunette to hear over the sounds of shots being fired, "there are five robbers. We should be able to handle it."
"Got it." Kylar said, giving Cyborg a thumbs up, "I'll draw their attention, then you charge them and shoot them with your cannon."
"Alright, I got your back." Cyborg said with a determined smile as he changed his right hand into a sonic cannon.
With a nod, Kylar grabbed his spear, quickly formed purplish-black flames around his legs, and shot into the air. This startled not only the robbers, but the cops as well. Trying to take down the impending threat, the robbers began shooting at the flying brunette, who began weaving around the bullets as they whizzed by him.
"Now it's my turn!" Cyborg shouted as he jumped over the police car and charged the distracted robbers. "HAAAA!" He shot one robber in the side, knocking him into a wall and rushed to tackle another, punching him in the face and knocking the robber unconscious, "That's two." He quickly turned around and shot another robber in the back, knocking said criminal out, "Three."
Another robber quickly turned to face the cyborg, he was about to shoot at him, but was cut short when a familiar brown haired teen dive-kicked the robber in the head and landed next to him. "That's four." Kylar said with a smirk.
"That leaves one more." Cyborg said. As soon as he finished his statement, the sound of tires screeching filled the air. The two teen super heroes turned to see where the noise came from and saw a car quickly speed out of an alleyway a few streets from the bank. "YO! He's getting away!" Cyborg aimed his cannon towards the fleeing car.
"Hang on," Kylar put up his hand to stop his teammate, "at this distance you might hit something else. Let me try." He said as he formed his purplish-black energy around his arm which then engulfed his trident spear.
"What are you...?" Cyborg was cut off at Kylar stabbing the trident end of his spear into the ground. The half-machine looked in the direction of the car and saw a pillar of the same energy that was around his black-jacketed teammate shoot out of the ground and pierce the car, stopping it in its tracks.
"Nice, I didn't think it would work that well." Kylar said rubbing his arm after the energy dissipated.
Cyborg glanced over to his teammate in amazement then back at the car. He noticed the last robber stumble out of the car and fall onto his knees on the street. He and Kylar walked over to him and cuffed him for the police.
After the police took away the criminals, Kylar and Cyborg were still patrolling the streets for any more criminal activity. Cyborg was leading as Kylar followed close behind.
"Hey Victor," Kylar called out to his metallic teammate, "I noticed Robin called you Cyborg when we beat the aliens. I guess you're going by that?"
Cyborg turned around to face his partner, "Hmm," he brought up his hand to his chin to think about what the brunette just said, "I guess so. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" Cyborg responded with a smile.
Kylar chuckled, "Heh, I guess so. It is fitting." He said, "You mind me calling you Cy for short?"
"Not unless you mind me calling you Ky for short." The metallic teen retorted.
"Hmm, Cy and Ky, huh?" Kylar scratched his chin, "Heh, we make a good team." He said with a smile, fist bumping his teammate. "Guess we gotta come up with nicknames for everyone now."
"Guess so." Cyborg laughed.
The two partners continued their patrol before the sounds of police sirens caught their attention.
"I guess it's a never ending battle, huh?" Kylar said as he jabbed his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the sirens.
"Nope." Cyborg responded flatly as he began walking towards the sounds.
Kylar smiled and quickly ran past the cyborg, "Race ya!" He called out as he got further from his teammate.
"Oh, you're on!" Cyborg called out as he ran to catch up to the brunette.
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The brown and auburn haired teens were flying through the sky above their appointed section of the city on the third day of patrols. Everything seemed quiet at the moment so the pair found a rooftop to rest on. Both standing at the edge, Kylar had his hands in his jacket pockets as he stood his spear up by holding it between his side and his arm.
It was quiet between the two of them for a while. The silence made Starfire feel a bit uneasy as she began to feel that the brunette was upset with her. She turned to the black-jacketed teen to say something but the other teen beat her to it.
"I'm sorry." The brunette said, surprising the alien girl.
"What is it that you are apologizing?" Starfire asked, her usual innocent and sincere tone prevalent in her voice.
Kylar turned to face his auburn haired alien teammate, "For attacking you the night we met." He said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Oh," Starfire said meekly, "But the fault is not yours. I should give apology for attacking first."
Kylar chuckled, "Perhaps, but I still attacked you with bad intentions." He replied, "Even though you are a super strong alien." This comment caused Starfire to giggle a bit. "If you don't mind me asking, what was it that I yelled at you?"
Starfire blushed a bit at the brunettes' request, remembering what he said the night she crashed on Earth, "I would rather not say… but if you must know, it means…" she leaned towards Kylars' ear and whispered into it.
The black-jacketed brunettes' eyes went wide as he blushed at what he heard, "O-oh… I see…" He cleared his throat as Starfire took a step back, "Well, I just want you to know I didn't mean it." He said with a friendly smile as he scratched the back of his head.
"It is ok, friend Kylar." The brunettes' teammate responded, "I do not expect you to know the Tamaranean language."
"Oh, so that's what you're known as?" Kylar asked in an intrigued tone. "If it's ok, I'd like to know more about the Tamaranean culture."
Starfire's eyes lit up with diamonds at the brunettes' words, "Oh, that is most wonderful, friend Kylar!" She exclaimed as she gave her teammate a crushing hug and lifted him off his feet, "I would be most happy to teach you the ways of Tamaran!"
"That's… great…" The brunette struggled to say through his currently crushed lungs, "Can't… breath…"
Starfire gasped as she softened her grip, the brunette folding backwards in her arms, "Friend Kylar, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm *cough* ok." Kylar coughed trying to catch his breath. As he stood back up, the sound of a store alarm rang through the air, catching the two super powered teens attention, "Looks like we have some ne'er-do-wells at large." He grabbed his spear and leaned over the ledge of the building, "Let's get going." He pointed in the direction of the alarm with his spear.
"Yes! Let us stop these wells of ne'er!" Starfire exclaimed confidently as she flew towards the alarm; Kylar laughing a bit as he followed the alien girl.
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Mid-morning on the fourth day of patrols, Beast Boy and Kylar were lying beneath the shade of a tree in one of Jump City's many plazas. The brunette he had his spear and sling pack set next to him as he and his teammate were on their backs, fingers laced behind their heads. There wasn't much conflict going on, but maybe something would be nice to break the sound of birds chirping through the air.
"AaaaaaAAAHH!" Beast Boy grunted as he sat up from the ground, sitting cross-legged, "Why can't there be anything happening. I'm so bored!" A sight gag showed Beast Boys' head deflate as he rested his head on his hands.
"Hmm…" The brunette mused over a thought he had in his mind as the greenling complained about his boredom. He held up his right arm and began to form his purplish-black energy on his hand.
Beast Boy glanced over to his teammate, "What are you doing?" He asked, tilting his head as he raised an eyebrow.
"I was thinking," Kylar responded. As he sat up, the energy in his hand began forming a ball the size of a baseball, "You know how Star shoots bolts out of her hands?" The green changeling nodded, "I was thinking, maybe I can do something sim-" He was cut off as the black ball of energy suddenly shot out of his hand and up into the sky, cutting a hole through the leaves and branches of the tree they were under.
"Whoa, DUDE!" Beast Boy exclaimed, "That was AWESOME!" He stood up and moved from under the tree to see where the ball went. The brunette followed him to find where his attack flew. "I don't see it." The greenling said as he narrowed his eyes to scan the sky for the black ball. Suddenly, a small purplish-black explosion appeared above them, catching the two teens attention.
"There it is." Kylar said evenly; the greenlings eyes lighting up with diamonds as he turned to face the brunette.
"Dude, try something else!" Beast Boy said excitedly since this was the most exciting thing to happen all day.
Kylar looked at his hand, "Hmm… Ok, I might have something." He focused more energy into his right hand. "Stand back, I don't know how this'll work." Beast Boy took a step back as his black-jacketed teammate moved his arm in a chopping motion above his head. When he did that, an arc of purplish-black energy sliced through the air above the two. However, unlike the ball of energy, this attack dissipated instead of exploded.
"DUDE! That is so~~~ cool!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he continued admiring his teammates new moves. "How do you do that?"
Kylar smiled at his green partner as he rubbed his right hand, "Aura." He answered.
Beast Boy's eyes quickly flashed back to normal as a confused look appeared on his face, "Are a what?" He asked scratching his head.
The brunette chuckled a little, "Not 'are a.' Aura, a-u-r-a." He spelled out so the changeling wouldn't be confused.
"Oh! Aura!" Beast Boy said as if coming to a sudden realization, "What's that?" He asked dumbly as he tilted his head to the side and rubbed his chin.
Kylar put his hand on his chin to think about what it was he was going to say to the greenling so he could understand exactly what his powers were, "Hmm, the best way to explain aura…" purplish-black energy began to envelope the brunettes arms, "Aura is the spiritual energy that surrounds all sentient beings." He began explaining, "The spiritual energy that is the very essence of the soul is manifested as this flame-like energy you see on my arms." Kylar motioned to his arms.
"That's so cool." Beast Boy said as he nodded to signify he understood, even if it was a little, about what Kylar was saying.
"And what I do," Kylar continued as the energy on his arms dissipated, "is manipulate this spiritual energy through high levels of concentration and channel it to specific body parts to greatly enhance physical abilities, like strength, speed, stamina, durability, and so on."
"OoooooOOOOoohhh," Beast Boy awed at what Kylar was saying, "So wait, how are you able to fly?"
Kylar chuckled, "By focusing the energy into my legs, the output of energy allows me to levitate," his black aura formed around his legs and he began to float, "The more energy I release, the higher and faster I can fly." He explained as he landed, "And apparently I can manifest it into projectiles as well." He looked up to the sky.
"Woooow!" Beast Boy said, "I wonder what else you can do!" Beast Boy began looking over Kylar from multiple angles.
"Hmmm…" Kylar mused, "Who knows?" Kylar shrugged with an innocent smile.
Beast Boy frowned in disappointment at Kylars' lack of enthusiasm, "Aw, but can't you-" the sound of sirens in the distance cut Beast Boy off from finishing his sentence.
"Looks like we got trouble," Kylar said as he hurried to pick up his bag and spear, "Let's see how well these moves do in action." He smiled as he rustled his shorter partners hair with his hand.
Beast Boy chuckled, "Heh, alright." He said as he playfully swatted Kylars' hand from his head, "Let's go kick some criminal butt!" He exclaimed as both teens quickly dashed in the direction of the sirens.
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The fifth day of patrols seemed to be going perfectly, the sun was shining, birds were chirping, everything was so peaceful. The blue-cloaked mage and the black-jacketed brunette were currently sitting on the roof of an apartment complex, overlooking the section they were assigned. Raven was sitting cross-legged with both her hands raised with her middle and thumb fingers creating a circle as she meditated, her hood was covering the top half of her face. The brunette was hanging one leg off the edge as he sat on his other as he leaned back on his hands, his spear and backpack lying next to him.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos." The gray-skinned girl chanted with her eyes closed, never breaking concentration.
Kylar glanced over to his teammate and raised his eyebrow, "So those are your magic words, right?"
"…Yes." The mage replied before returning to her meditation.
"And they are what allow you to use your magic for anything you need them for?"
"…Yes." Raven stated plainly.
Kylar sighed, "You don't really talk much, do you?"
"…No."
"Didn't think so." He said as he lied on his back and laced his fingers behind his head. "It's such a nice day, don't you think?"
Raven stopped her chanting and opened one eye to look up to see the bright blue sky over them. "I guess." She said evenly as she closed her eyes again.
Kylar looked over to the violet haired mage and sighed, a bit down at not being able to get the girl to open up a bit. From what he could tell about the girl, she kept to herself almost all the time, rarely showing any emotion for… whatever reason. "Why do you keep your hood up all the time?" He asked as he sat back up.
Raven kept silent, seemingly not wanting to answer the question. Kylar lowered his head dejectedly before he heard the mage say something to him, "Why do you keep asking me questions?"
He turned to face the blue-clad girl, who stopped her chanting and was currently standing; Kylar stood up as well and turned to face the girl, "Hmm…." He mused before rubbing his chin; "I just want to get to know you better." He gave a sincere smile as he approached the shorter mage.
Raven turned away to avoid looking at him, "Why? Why do you care about someone like me?"
Kylar placed a hand on the mages shoulder and turned her to face him. Looking into her eyes he said, "Because you're my friend, and friends care for each other," and gave her a warm and sincere smile.
"But I'm…" Raven started before the brunette cut her off.
"The same with Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy." He said, "We're all your friends, so you don't have to act like you're alone."
Raven just looked into Kylars' blue eyes and saw the sincerity in them. Her eyes glistened in response to his words, and the pulling down of her hood to reveal the top half of her face by the black-jacketed teen pulled her back into reality. "Heh," he chuckled, "this cowl hides your beauty too much."
After the comment, the light bulb in a nearby lamppost exploded. Raven quickly pulled her hood back up and backed away from the brunette, turning away from him to hide her embarrassment.
Kylar chuckled to himself as the sounds of sirens in the distance caught both teens' attentions.
"Let's go." Raven said plainly before flying off in the direction of the sirens.
With a smile, Kylar quickly picked up his backpack and spear and flew off into the sky to catch up to his teammate.
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"So," Beast Boy yawned, "What are we gonna do today?" He asked as he, the cyborg, and the brunette were walking through city in the mid-morning of the sixth day, "I mean we already kicked so much criminal butt this week, we should be official heroes by now!"
Kylar and Cyborg stopped walking and turned to face the greenling that was walking behind them. They looked at each other and back to Beast Boy before continuing to walk.
"Uh, guys?" Beast Boy asked as the two other males left him behind, "Guys!" He stood there for a second before sighing. When he was about to walk, a newspaper flew into his face, "Gack!" He cried as he pulled the flying piece of paper from his face, "Stupid p-," he stopped himself as he read the paper, his face lighting up as he finished reading it.
"Beast Boy, are you coming or-gck!" Kylar was cut off when he turned around and the green changeling jumped on his shoulders and shoved the newspaper in his face.
"Dudes! Check this out!" Beast Boy exclaimed ecstatically.
Cyborg sighed as he pulled the smaller teammate from the brunettes shoulders, "What are you doing, BB?" the metal teen was holding him by the back collar of his magenta jumpsuit.
"Read the article; we're in it!" Beast Boy said with a toothy smile, hanging from the cyborgs grip.
Kylar pulled the newspaper from his face and held it in front of him, "New clothing line-up is all the rage with tweens of Jump City." He read, giving the green teen a blank stare.
"What?" Beast Boy asked in confusion as he jumped down and grabbed the newspaper. "Not that, this!" He pointed to another article lower on the paper.
"Oh. Local teenage hero team cracks down on crime." Kylar read as he grabbed the paper, "These young, justice enforcers have truly become titans of crime fighting in the past week…" The brunette stopped reading as Beast Boy pulled the paper away.
"So? What do you think?" The eccentric green teen asked, tossing the paper away from the trio.
"About what?" Cyborg questioned with a straight face.
"The name for our team!" Beast Boy exclaimed, "We gotta have a cool name for our team!"
"Young Justice?" Kylar asked with a raised eyebrow as he crossed his arms.
"No! Although that wouldn't be too bad…" Beast Boy contemplated as he rubbed his chin before shaking his head, "No, I mean the Titans!"
Cyborg and Kylar shot a glance at each other before facing the shape shifter, "Hmm… I guess that's a good name." Cyborg mused at the thought, "But we're gonna need to talk to the rest of the group if we're gonna make it official."
"Plus just the name; Titans, make me think of the mythological, elemental beings that were thousands of years old." Kylar added, "I mean I'd like to think of my youth for as long as I can, if you know what I mean."
"Heh," Cyborg laughed, "I hear ya." They both glanced over to see Beast Boy thinking hard. "You all right?"
"I got it!" The greenling snapped his fingers in realization, surprising the other two, "The Teen Titans! We're crime fighting superheroes, and we're teenagers!"
Kylar and Cyborg thought about it for a few seconds. "That's-" Kylar began. The sound of beeping from the robotic teens arm cut the black-jacketed teen off.
"We got trouble!" Cyborg exclaimed as he looked at his arm, "Bank robbery 2 miles East."
"Right, we'll discuss this later."
"Yeah. For now, let's kick some bad guy butt!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he ran off down the road.
Kylar and Cyborg sighed, "Should we tell him East is the other direction?" Kylar asked.
"Yeah… we should."
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The seventh and final day; the last chance to prove to the city that each teen was capable of working together and stopping crime that occurred in the city. Robin was leaping from building top to building top as Starfire and Kylar flew overhead. After coming to the edge of another roof, Robin stopped to survey the area. The two flying teens dropped down next to him to help with surveying.
"So after today, we learn whether the mayor consents to the team?" The brunette asked as he stretched by using his spear.
"Yeah." The spiky-haired, masked teen replied, "The mayor said he'd contact me tomorrow."
"Perhaps when we succeed, I could create the celebratory Tamaranean Cake of Congratulation!" The orange-skinned teen cheerfully exclaimed. Causing Robin to smile lightly.
"Sure, I'll eat it." Kylar stated with a smile. The alien girl couldn't be more overjoyed by the response.
The three of them stood at the edge in silence for a few minutes before the brunette broke it. "So, what do you think about Beast Boys' idea?" He asked the brightly colored hero.
Robin didn't respond immediately, instead he stood there looking out into the city for a few seconds, "It does sound pretty good." He finally responded. "I think the Teen Titans is a good name."
"I agree." Starfire added, "Friend Beast Boy certainly came up with a wonderful name for our group." She finished with her usual happy tone.
"All right, nice." Kylar said, "So what should we do now? Considering anyone is still crazy enough to try and commit a crime after this week." He continued looking out over the city.
"Never let your guard down." Robin stated, "Once you do, you'll find yourself caught off-guard and lose something that could possibly never be replaced."
Kylar shook his head, "You need to relax a bit, Sparrow. Anyone tell you you're too hasty?"
Robin shot a glare at the brunette; a huge sweat drop fell from the back of his head as he felt the intensity. "Don't call me that."
"Robin, why does friend Kylar call you Sparrow?" Starfire asked, clearly confused about the concept of a nickname.
Kylar chuckled, "It's just a nickname, like when we call you Star, or we call Beast Boy BB, or Cyborg Cy, or Raven Rae, even if she doesn't like it."
"Oh I see, so friend Kylar, you are friend Ky?" Starfire asked happily. Robin was standing between them, hunched over, arms crossed, and pouting as his teammates spoke.
"Mmm hmm!" Kylar nodded, "And Robin is Sparrow, or at least I call him that." He rustled the pouting teens' hair.
He swatted the taller brunettes' hand from his head, "I'd prefer if you didn't." He stated through gritted teeth.
"Aw, but it's a good name!" Kylar jokingly pouted; Starfire nodding in agreement.
"Can we please just focus on the city right now?" Robin asked in a clearly annoyed tone.
The sound of police sirens caught the attention of the three teens, "Ok, seriously? I'm surprised." Kylar voiced his opinion.
"C'mon. Let's get going." Robin said as he ran and jumped from the building roof to the next building over, Starfire following him, and the brunette following close behind.
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Success! The valiant efforts of the six super powered teens were not in vein as the mayor approved the formation of the Teen Titans, as they would now be officially referred as. And as an added bonus, the mayor commissioned the large island in the bay of Jump City to be where the team could set up their headquarters right after they were officially inaugurated by, not only the mayor, but by the Justice League as well. Oddly enough, the team decided to model their living arrangements as a large tower in the shape of a giant T, you know because it stands for Titan, and this would be their base of operations to live out their daily lives, train, and so on.
In the months that followed, since the Teen Titans would be considered as a branch to the Justice League, and has also been approved by the leaders of that group of super friends, they, along with Wayne Enterprises, funded and organized the construction of Titans Tower. With their combined efforts, the top engineers had ensured nothing but the best in technology that the team could use to help fight the good fight, keeping the teens' and the city's needs in mind. Since it took some time to build, however, the teens themselves would pitch in to help with the construction as well as continue protecting the city, and just hanging around when taking time off.
However, once the tower was finished, it was like a fortress, a large T fortress out in the middle of the bay that's completely open, with a large selection of facilities that the teens could use. From the lowest level to the top, the tower was equipped with: a submarine launch/docking bay, basement, garage, storage, lobby, infirmary, crime lab, evidence room, gym, virtual simulation training area, a room filled with monitors to watch over the city, and a GPS room on the topmost floor, as well as the top floor being corridors that led to twelve rooms situated on the sides of the big T. The roof of the massive tower was a large and open courtyard-like area with a heli-pad installed for landings of any type of plane or helicopter that was owned by the team, or friends of. If you were looking at the tower, Robins', Starfires', and Cyborg's rooms would be on the right side of the tower, while on the left side were Beast Boys', Ravens', and Kylars' rooms, all of which were equipped with an initial room for the beds, closets, and, of course, private bathrooms. The rooms were a fair size for the teens, and the windows led outside to either balconies, or just opened up for the air to breeze through, and were all decorated by each individual teen to match their personalities. The other rooms were situated as either guest rooms, or rooms that were used for excess storage, at least for the time being. To connect to the city, aside from flying or by taking a boat, an underground bay tunnel was installed to connect the tower to Jump City, even though only specified people could enter said tunnel.
The Main Operation Center was the base of operations for the team. Intended to be a multi-purpose room and perhaps the largest room at the top of the tower, it came equipped with a kitchen, communication monitors, a fridge and pantry, and was also designed as the common area for the tower with a large circular yellow table in the center with a black eight-segmented couch behind it set in front of a huge TV that folded out of the floor in front of the main window that looked out over the bay.
Finally, and perhaps the most useful, was the security that Titans Tower was equipped with. Motion detectors, surveillance cameras, alarms, a seismograph, and a connection to any and all major and minor establishments' security feeds in Jump City came with the tower as an early-warning system so the island's inhabitants knew when they were needed.
So, you got all that? Six teens have been situated with a roughly 200 foot tall fortress in the shape of a T that comes equipped with everything necessary for them to fight crime.
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After a few weeks of living in the tower, Kylar found himself lying on his bed in his room. It was situated on the left side of the tower, if looking at the tower, facing the city, where the entire wall was mostly just a window that he could open up to leap out of if he wanted to head to the city. The room was a fairly large size, yet was designed as a humble show of Kylars' character. The remaining walls and ceiling were nice maroon color that gave the room a nice calm feel and the floor was covered in carpet. When entering the room, on the wall to the left was the door to the bathroom, a closet full of new clothes that he bought, and a desk and chair with a desk lamp and laptop resting on it and his spear leaning against it. The bathroom came with a full body tub that could fit two people, and a standing shower, along with a toilet, sink, and cabinets, but those were obvious. In the middle of the room were a coffee table, a leather couch to the left of it, and two single leather armchairs to the right. On the table were two lit purple candles that gave off the aroma of lavender. To the right was the low-rise, queen-sized bed that Kylar was laying on that was placed against the wall and covered in black sheets. Two large bookshelves were placed on both sides of the bed with a connecting section that crossed over above the bed as well. It had some books in it, but mostly held Kylars' personal effects from when he was traveling. Some hooks were also on the wall next to the bookshelf where he had hung his backpack and brown-fluff trimmed jacket, and finally a nice sized grand piano in the corner of the room.
The brunette was lying on his back, fingers laced behind his head, as he rested on his new bed. His music box was open and chiming the tune next to him. After the tune ended, the box closed by itself, when it did, Kylar sat up, "Well, I guess I'll go see what the others are doing." He said as he stood up and grabbed his jacket, "Hmm, there's still one problem that needs a solution though." He said as he headed out of his room.
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His first visit was to his neighboring smaller teammate, Beast Boy. Upon entering, Kylar saw that Beast Boy sure did live up to his name, making his room as completely messy as he could in the few weeks they'd been living in the tower. His room was mostly green with a black and purple bunk bed, a pile of clothes covering the lower bunk, in fact, there were clothes spread out everywhere in the room, except in his drawers, where they should be. His closet was the worst offender as it just had a pile flowing out of it. The bathroom… was surprising clean.
Kylar was currently talking with the green teen wonder, "So you got the plan?" He asked.
"Yeah!" Beast Boy exclaimed with diamonds in his eyes, "Oh this'll be so much fun!" He chuckled mischievously as he rubbed his hands together.
"Good, just be in the Ops Center when I tell you to." Kylar said with a smile as he waved goodbye and left the room.
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His next stop was to the resident mage. During their time in the tower, Kylar tried to get Raven to open up more so as to not to just be by herself the entire time, much to the gray girls' chagrin. But his persistence paid off as she did tell the others more about her interests, or letting them figure them out. To what the brunette could gather, she enjoyed herbal tea, cafes, poetry, meditation, reading, and horror movies. That's about it though; she didn't really like to talk about her past a lot, if at all.
-Knock- -Knock- "Raven?" The brunette called after knocking on the mages' door, "You home?" He didn't get a response.
After a few seconds, instead of a voice responding, he door opened slightly so as to show the blue-clad girl to the guest, "What?" She asked in her usual flat tone.
"I wanted to ask if you could come to the Ops Center later for something important." Kylar explained nervously as the glare from the girl started weighing on his mind. He tried to see if he could get a better look at her room, but it didn't seem like the lights were on; as a result he couldn't make out what was in her room.
After a short silence, "Fine." She responded as she closed the door.
"Ok, great!" The brunette sounded happy, "I'll come get you when we're ready!" He called to the mage through the shut door before walking down to the other end of the corridor.
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His third stop was at his robotic buddies room. When he got in, he immediately noticed just how the room mimicked Cyborg's entire neural implants. On the far and side walls, encompassing half of the room, was a large computer array, as well as a mechanical rack, which looked like a charging station. The other half of the room looked like a standard teenagers bedroom.
"That sounds like a great idea." Cyborg said after hearing Kylars' plan.
Kylar grinned, "Sweet, so then we'll meet in the Common Room when I come and get you." Cyborg nodded in agreement. Before leaving, Kylar gave Cyborg a high five and looked over his computer system. "You gotta teach me how to use these things." He said, scanning the set up.
"All right, you got it." Cyborg said, "Just come by whenever you want and I'll teach you anything you wanna know. Who knows? Maybe you'll be good enough to create your own tech."
With a chuckle and a wave, Kylar left for his next destination.
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His last stop was to Starfire's room. When he entered the room, he saw that the walls were a bright magenta color with purple drapes over the panoramic view window. There was also a purple bureau with a full-body mirror attached and drawers on the one side of the room, as well as a large mirror on the wall. In the middle of the room was a large, circular bed.
After discussing some plans, Starfire exclaimed, "Glorious! I will create the Cake of Congratulations for such an occasion!"
Kylar chuckled at the girls' enthusiasm, "That's a great idea, Star. But I already have the food situation taken care of." The auburn haired girl deflated a little. "Instead, I have a very important mission for you; you need to take Robin away from the tower until I call you back. Can you do that?
Starfires' face lit up at the words, "Most definitely! I can guarantee this mission a success!"
With a nod, and having to dodge another death hug from the super powered alien, Kylar headed to his room to get ready.
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After Starfire and Robin left the tower, the latter finding the whole idea a bit sudden and suspicious at first, but coming to enjoy the time he spent with the girl more, Kylar called for Cyborg and Beast Boy to help set up the Ops Center. He didn't really want to bother Raven with the planning, so he waited for when the three of them to be finished with the decorations. After they finished, Kylar called for Starfire to bring the Boy Wonder back and then he went to get the purplette from her room and they all waited in the Common room for their remaining teammates return.
"All right, Star, what's going on?" Robin asked as he was being dragged through the corridor outside of the Ops Center by said alien teen.
Starfire giggled, barely able to hold her excitement, "You will see. It is going to be most wonderful!" They stopped in front of the Common room door. Robin was a bit confused when then reached their destination, and entered the room first. When they opened the door, the lights were off and they couldn't see what was in the room.
Suddenly, the lights came on, surprising the masked teen, "SURPRISE!" Kylar, Beast Boy, and Cyborg shouted as they stood in the middle of the room. Raven had a party blower that she blew into with a bored look on her face.
Robin looked around the room to see a large cake and a smaller cake on the counter next to the kitchen; the entire room was decorated with streamers, and balloons. "What's all this for?" He asked as he took in everything he saw.
"Well~~~," Kylar held the last syllable of the word as Robin and Starfire walked further into the room, "We were talking about how our team doesn't have an official leader yet."
"So I came up with the brilliant idea of picking who should be the leader of the team!" Beast Boy pointed his thumb at himself while he explained his plan. Robin looked at him with a confused look.
Kylar and Cyborg chuckled while Raven shook her head, "No he didn't." She said flatly. This caused Beast Boy to deflate a little in the head.
"We all came to the decision that you're the best choice for the leader." Cyborg added, directed to the masked teen, as he rustled his hand through the green teens hair. Kylar walked over to cut some pieces of the cake and placed it on plates.
"Wait… really?" This was the only thing Robin could muster up as the news came as a huge shock to him. He looked behind him to Starfire who smiled and nodded happily. He then looked back in front of him as the other members also nodded. "I… I don't know what to say."
Kylar walked up to him with a plate of cake with a fork in it and handed it to the Boy Wonder, "You could say 'you can count on me, guys.'" Kylar joked. He then went on to hand out the cake to Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg. Kylar then cut a piece out of the smaller, soy cake for Beast Boy since he doesn't eat anything from an animal, and cakes are made with eggs and milk, so~~~.
Robin smiled, "Heh, all right. You can count on me, guys." He replied as he grabbed the fork.
"Great!" Kylar exclaimed as he grabbed a plate for himself, "So no matter what obstacle we come across…"
"No matter the difficulty…" Starfire added as she walked over to join the other members.
"Or the severity…" Raven added.
"Since we're the best team around…" Beast Boy said before he stuffed his face in his cake.
"We'll find a way to get through it." Cyborg added.
Robin smiled as he walked over to join his team, "Together." He finished the saying. And with that, they all dug into their cake, happy that they all were part of something great.
Aw yeah, more words 'n shit.
Author's Notes:
Well, here it is; Chapter 2, which is really just an expository chapter to explain the origin of the team and help explain a little about the original character that's in the story as well.
I apologize for the length, it's not as long as I thought it would be, but I think it's still a good length. I tried to get it to at least 10,000 words, but I fell short. Oh well.
For those of you that are reading this, thanks for taking the time to come all the way through the page to read this. For those who aren't reading this, the name of the plastic part of your shoelace is called an aglet, and their true purpose is something diabolical.
Anyway, thank you to the six of you who read the first chapter, I hope you stick around and I hope I can continue to entertain you in the future.
Until next time, zip it up, and zip it out.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the DC Universe, nor do I own anything from Teen Titans. I also do not own any other references that were made in the chapter, they all belong to their respective owners.