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Previously: Robin leaves for several months to take care of family business, and like the last time he had been gone for a long time, the Titan's decided to raid his room to see what they could find. In the process, Raven discovers that Robin's room is where he does most of his major investigations. Two months later, Jump City is plagued with crime sprees, and it has run the Teen Titans ragged. They decide to visit Haley's International Traveling Circus which according to telepaths around the world, has been experiencing abnormal spikes in "mind pressure". After the show the Titans are alerted to the fact that a thief which had been caught by the Teen Titans trying to steal from LexCorp had escaped and was trying to break into LexCorp again. However, when they attempt to stop him again, they discover that he had come more prepared and he easily defeats the Teen Titans. When Beastboy hears the thief laugh, Beastboy realizes that he knew the thief.
Several Hours Earlier
1 hour before the circus show
"FREEZE!"
Dan swore under his breath and slowly put his hands up, silently counting the number of cops that surrounded him. "Shoot!" he cursed. "What happened?" Dawn asked, her voice reaching him from his com. "The cops showed up!" he hissed under his breath, hoping that the com could pick up his whisper. It wasn't a good idea for the cops to realize he wasn't working alone. The police were quickly closing in on him and he had to think of a plan quickly. "How many are there?" a new voice, Dane, asked. "Almost a dozen." Diane let out a short, impressed whistle. "Guess they don't like us trying to break into LexCorp. Do you need backup?" "No" Dan said, "We're not fighting cops." There was silence on the other end of the line for several moments before Dean finally spoke, "You might not have a choice. You can't afford to go to jail." He said. There was another pause before Dean softly let out, "It's not like this will be our first crime." "We do what we have too!" Dane added gravely. Dan sighed. "Fine. I got this. You guys just get ready for the show. I'll meet up with you guys when I finish up here. I already hacked into Lex Luthor's systems. We'll come back later finish what we started and head home."
Dan wearily sized up the half-dozen cops with guns trained on him and the other three cops coming at him, ready to hand-cuff him." Suddenly, as if sensing that something was wrong, the cops lunged at him. He was pushed to the ground and they were pulling his hands behind his back. They were about to hand cuff him when he suddenly attempted to kick the officer. Surprised, the officer let up a bit but it was all Dan needed to get free. Launching himself off his hands, he spun around and kicked all of the officers in the immediate vicinity. Almost immediately shots rang out, grabbing a gun from a fallen officer, Dan flung it at the officers shooting at him. It spun in the air like a boomerang before hitting the officers hard and knocked the gun out of their hands.
The fight quickly turned into a blur. He jumped over an officer and flipped him over, knocking him into yet another cop. He elbowed one cop in the stomach and drop kicked another and slammed his knee into someone else. In a series of complicated move, he took out the remaining cops. Flipping over the pile of cops on the floor, he landed on his hands and pushed off once again and landed on his feet. Knowing the fight wasn't over, he settled into a stance and prepared for the harder fight ahead.
Sure enough, the Titans car entered the parking lot moments after he finished fighting. The Titans got out and the cyborg spoke, "Yo, why do you have to rob LexCorp today of all days. Today's the last day of the circus!" Dan raised an eyebrow in surprise. He was so glad he had decided to go for the classic ski mask. Dan smirked at his competition and prepared himself to take on four metahumans. "Just a normal day at the office," he mumbled apprehensively. "Titans GO!" the cyborg shouted. Dan only had a brief moment to wonder where Robin was before they descended on him. In the end, he wasn't surprised he was caught, he had never even seen these guys powers before and he definitely wasn't prepared to fight off a team of four unknown metas. However, he would still take the fact that he was beaten because he got mowed down by a giant green animal to his grave. None the less, he escaped before the police car even reached the police station.
Present
By the time Beastboy woke up, the others were already awake and Dan Danger was long gone. "What happened?" He groaned, slowly sitting up. The others were all sitting around him, tending to their own wounds. "We got out butts kicked again! That's what!" Cyborg growled next to him. "How does a kid like that manage to kick all of our butts. It's not like we're easy to beat or anything." Raven helped Beastboy up and he groaned in protest. "He fights like Robin." Beastboy said. His teammates all looked at him in shock. "What do you mean friend Beastboy?" Starfire asked. "Surely you don't think that Robin is this Dan Danger?" She asked distressed.
Cyborg shook his head. "Robin is a lot older and taller than this guy," he said. "Whoever he is, he's not Robin." Raven suddenly spoke up and joined in on the conversation. "Dan was not alone. There are four other people and they are all inside of LexCorp." Cyborg grinned. "Time for round three! No one messes with the Teen Titans!" They all looked at each other, determination in their eyes. "Titans GO!" Cyborg yelled, and together they raced into LexCorp.
Raven lead the team deep into the heart of LexCorp. Thanks to the fight outside, the staff of the building had evacuated by the time the Teen Titans had entered the building. However, though the building should have been on lockdown, the power was still on. "Guys!" Cyborg said from behind Beastboy. "I'm getting some strange readings from the building. Buy according to LexCorp's systems, the only thing here is a large bozon collider."
Beastboy looked at Cyborg, "I have no idea what that means." Cyborg rolled his eyes, "It's like a particle accelerator but its…" Suddenly, Cyborg cursed. "Guys we have to stop them now!" he yelled. "He started running faster and the rest of the team had to struggle to keep up. "Dude!" Beastboy yelled, trying to catch Cyborg's attention, "Slow down! What's wrong!" However, Cyborg ignored him and didn't slow down "Recently several parts from labs from several different cities went missing. I didn't put it together at first because the parts looked to be stolen at random. However, over the six months, Hailey's Circus has put on performances in 29 cities with the Dangers in their show and it just so happens that the parts were stolen at the same time the Dangers were in town. Together, those parts combined with the bozon collider can create a black hole! They're going to destroy Jump City!"
This was all the motivation Beastboy needed to get to the collider as fast as he could. They reached the entrance in record time and they burst through the doors. All of the Dangers were crowded around the control panel of the Bozon Collider. It was already on and judging from the sounds coming from above them the black hole had already started to form. In seconds, Beastboy took in the Dangers and what they were wearing. They were no longer dressed in their circus uniforms but they were all now in costumes. Dane and Diane were both in tactical uniforms and had bows in their hands though Dane's uniform had some red on it and Diane's was entirely green and the top cut off mid riff. Dean was wearing black cargo jeans and boots and had on a t-shirt with the red superman crest on it. Beastboy couldn't help but feel anger rising inside him at seeing a bad guy wear the symbol like they deserved it. Dan and Dawn both had on capes, though Beastboy couldn't tell what Dan was wearing because his back was facing Beastboy. To Beastboy's shock, Dawn was now green and looked suspiciously like a female version of Martian Manhunter.
"Stop!" Starfire yelled. "What you are doing is not right! I demand that you stop this!" In response Diane and Dane pulled out arrows and notched them, aiming them at the Titans. Dawn began to float off the ground and Dean got into a ready stance. "Robin!" Dane said. "How much more time do you need?" The Teen Titans were shocked when Dan turned around and they saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face. "Robin" looked exactly like their Robin except this Robin looked three years younger and he wore a twisted version of the Robin costume. Instead of the bright greens, reds, and yellows that adorned the spandex suit the Teen Titans were used to, this person's suit looked more like tactical gear. His suit was almost entirely black except for the dark red top and the muted yellow belt. "Its ready in five minutes!" he said. "You're not keeping this on!" Cyborg growled. The others got ready. "Titans GO!"
It was a fight they were all entirely unprepared for. Though two of the Dangers didn't have powers, they were still a force to be reckoned with. It didn't help that the two other Dangers were metas and not only did the Teen Titans have to be weary of Dean's strength but also Dawn's telekinesis. However, the Teen Titans also put up a good fight. The Dangers were just as unprepared for their powers as the Teen Titans were of theirs.
The fight was at a standstill and Beastboy was getting desperate when suddenly "Robin" shouted "Got it!". His hairs were standing on end, he could now feel the energy in the air caused by the blackhole. Beastboy could only imagine what it looked like now. Dread filled Beastboy's heart. This was it. They were too late. Beastboy gave a cry and was about to charge at the fake Robin when suddenly, the feeling stopped and the black hole faded.
He looked at the fake Robin and the control panel he was at. The Robin was messing with the panel and was rapidly turning down dials and flipping off switches. Outside, he could hear things falling to the ground now that they were no longer subjected to the gravitational pull of the black hole. By now, the fighting had stopped and the Dangers were now collecting their gear. The Teen Titans, stunned by the fact that the villains had actually stopped the black hole generator, just stood there and watched. "How much longer till we get to go home?" Dane Danger asked. "Robin" looked up from whatever he was doing "10 minutes till the portal opens" he said.
Beastboy looked at the rest of the Teen Titans. They looked just as confused as he was. "What's going on?" Cyborg asked. The Dangers stopped what they were doing and looked at each other. A silent conversation passed between them and Dan Danger spoke. "We are superheroes from Earth 16." He said. Cyborg snorted "Year right!" he said. "Whether you believe us or not it's the truth." Diane Danger said matter of factly. "I'm Artemis." "Red Arrow," Dane Danger said. "Miss. Martian" Dawn Danger chimed in. "Superboy" Dean Danger grunted. Finally, the Robin spoke, "I'm Robin, we are a black ops team working with the Justice League on our Earth. We were fighting a villain called the parasite that created a black hole in the sky. We stopped him and the police took him away, but the energy created by the black hole created a portal that sucked us all in. We ended up on your Earth." "We've been here for months, trying to figure out a way to get back home. The only way to do that was to recreate the accident that brought us here." Dane Danger, Red Arrow, said. Miss. Martian chimed in, "We're sorry about all the trouble we caused you but the only city with a Bozon collider is here." "The Batman of your world said that you wouldn't mind if we explained to you, but we never got a chance to talk to you guys." Robin said.
"WOW!" Beastboy said. "So you're the actual Robin in your world?" Robin nodded "Yup!" he said. "That's awesome!" Cyborg said. "Tell me, are you as much of a stick in the mud as our Robin?" Other Earth Robin turned bright red and Miss. Martian let out a soft giggle. "No way!" he said. Just then a swirling blue vortex appeared behind Robin. "That's our que!" Artemis said. "It was nice meeting you guys!" Miss. Martian said. Superboy held out his hand and shook Beastboy's hand. He looked into Beastboy's eyes and gave Beastboy a strange look that he couldn't decipher. "If you ever need us just call. We'll be there." Superboy moved away and began shaking the rest of the Teen Titan's hands. Artemis came up to him next. "Say safe kid." She said simply, and moved on. The other members of the team came up to him and said their goodbyes, though strangely they gave him encouragement and advice even though they didn't say anything to the rest of the Teen Titans. Miss. Martian had been the strangest, and if Beastboy were being honest, she kind of freaked him out. Instead of shaking his hand, she hugged him. Beastboy felt heat rising up to his face. "Be careful Beastboy" she mumbled into his ear while she hugged him. She let go quickly, turned away and said goodbye to the rest of the team.
When they finally finished their goodbyes they all stepped towards the portal. They moved into it and the portal began to close. "Now do you guys believe me?" Robin's rapidly fading voice asked just as the portal began to close. "He looks exactly like a green Garfield!"
The Teen Titans were silent for a moment before Starfire spoke "That was most peculiar!" she said. "This other Robin is nothing like friend!Robin!" Cyborg joined in, "Dude! They get to work with the Justice League!? That's just not fair!" Raven suddenly spoke, "If that Robin isn't our Robin then where is he?" Raven asked. "Yeah!" Beastboy said, thinking of the newspaper article they had found all of those months ago. "I know he was looking for Batman, but Batman's apparently still around so where is he?"
From across the street of LexCorp, two figures sat a top a building, listening to the conversation happening below. "Tch!" the smaller one said. "Grayson, are you going to continue pretending like your too busy to tell your old team that you have moved on to better things or shall I tell them for you. They are obviously going to start looking for you now, and I do not wish to play hide and seek with them." The taller figure laughed and shifted, the black Batman logo on his chest clear in the daylight. "What did I tell you about names in the field Robin!" he scolded lightly. His eyes glinted in mirth "And I didn't know you were so eager to meet the Teen Titans!" Robin grumbled and mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like "Am Not!" Batman gave Robin a knowing smile. "Let's head to Titans Tower," Batman continued "I'll show you around. We'll talk to them as soon as they get back." "Tch" Robin grunted. "Very well!"
The two figures disappeared in the fading daylight.
Author's Note: First of all, I want to apologize for all the inconsistencies and plot holes there will no doubt be in the story. When writing this chapter I did not want to reread the story for fear that I would once again try and rewrite it, and the story would never be finished. Second of all, I want to thank all of my old readers for sticking with me till the end and my new readers for giving this story a shot. I also wanted to thank the annoying senior I was sort of friends with my freshman year of high school for challenging me in a surprisingly rude way to finish a story. His voice has remained with me all these years and its likely that this story and many others would have remained incomplete if it were not for him.
I started this story in Junior High, back when my maturity level and writing style were very different. I had big ambitions for this story that I was not ready to handle. I abandoned it. By the time I was prepared to tackle such an endeavor, I was in High School and I no longer held any interest in it. I wrote one chapter and found that I didn't have the motivation to finish it. I decided to finish this story because I didn't like to leave this unfinished.
This final chapter is a compilation of all the different chapters and ideas I had for the story over the years that I blended together with writing I quickly wrote. For those few still reading and are interested, this story was originally meant to be a true "Robin is a part of Young Justice and Teen Titans story. The Titans would have felt betrayed after the reveal which is where the title comes from. Never the less, that changed.
Once again thank you for sticking with me
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