Okay here is the next part! This is going to be the first chapter, I know that the last part was supposed to be it but looking back it was so short I'm going to pretend that it was the prologue and make this the first chapter. Anyway, I want to make some notes about whats already happened TUE wise since that was brought to my attention by a wonderful commenter (all of you people who read and review make my day, I love you people) and just say that TUE has happened canonically and all this stuff that's going down is happening about two years after.

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Chapter 1

Maybe it was experience, or perhaps some odd form of luck, but for whatever reason, Danny didn't open his eyes when he woke up to the sound of harsh breathing. Nor did he shift from his position on the ground as the pungent odor of unwashed human and booze threatened his personal space.

He could hear the shuffle of footsteps, heck, he could feel as the man (or what he assumed was a man) leaned down towards him. It was at that moment that panic started to make its presence known to him, muscles aching as Danny attempted to keep them relaxed and still. In this position he waited. As fate would have it, he didn't have to wait long. The stranger had knelt over him, teetering as he did so, causing the already highly noticeable smell of alcohol to become still more apparent. Only to then place his wavering hand into the pocket of Danny's hoodie, clearly intent on stealing its contents. It was at this moment that Danny opened his eyes. Twisting in the inhumanly flexible way only he could and grabbing the would be thief's arm.

The man screamed in shock. Dragging his body back towards the other side of the narrow bridges base. Danny didn't let go, allowing himself to be propelled forward and upright as his assailant shot backwards. The man was much larger than he, and had Danny been completely human the stranger would have easily overpowered him. But Danny was not completely human, even without full use of his ghost form Danny could take this guy. He could crush him. Danny kept his grip firmly implanted on the other mans arm as he twisted it away and back. Anger bubbling to the surface. It was almost gratifying to see the man squirm, anger seeking any outlet it could find. Danny froze, he wasn't like this. He wasn't like him. Releasing the mugger harshly, Danny watched the man slam into the wall and onto the floor.

"Scram." The guy didn't need to be told twice, he scrambled to his feet desperately and made a run for it, giving Danny one last fearful glimpse over his shoulder.

Danny watched him go. Pulling his own hand into his pocket, relief washing over him. It was still there. Safe and sound within his grasp, Phantom could feel its presence as it touched his skin, temporarily releasing the familiar cold of his lost ghost side. Power came off of the item in waves. The power of a ghostly artifact so potent in energy it could toss the entire Ghost Zone into chaos. The power of the Ring of Rage.

Beast Boy went flying, Starfire not five seconds afterwards, both young heroes swatted out of the air by the massive paw of the giant mutant monster, which seemed simply tickled by the onslaught of green energy, black magic, birdarangs, sonic cannon fire, as well as a sprinkling of dinosaur claws and teeth. The thing was tearing up the park. Robin had gotten the Titans to isolate it but defeating it was something else entirely. The monster had no connections to any of the usual villains, nothing appeared to be driving the creature and nobody was taking any claim to the beast.

There was no monologue, no speech, no rhyme or reason to where this thing came from, and frankly, it was pissing Robin off. Jump City had its fair share off odd, but 16 foot green mutant slime creatures usually came with somesortof psychopath. Even more troubling was the way it originally had ignored the Titans, making it all the way to the park before a well placed birdarang to the eye caught its attention.

As it turns out, that things attention was a bad thing to hold. While it didn't seem to have much of a cognitive process, it packed a punch capable of sending a nearly invulnerable, sun fueled Tamareanian into a sandbox. Beast Boy was quick to get up. Bouncing to his feet before Robin could swivel his head, ready to rejoin the fray. As far as Robin knew, Raven was hovering just to his left, Cyborg not to far beside her. The unlikely team of magic and science barely denting the creature. He needed to get creative if they were going to win.

Robin dodged two rows of massive teeth, dropping a explosive down the creatures throat, experience had taught him that the weakest part of most living things was the stomach- and damn did he hope it applied to this monstrosity. The inside of the monster started to glow, causing the monsters green goopy skin to light up like a lava lamp. Robin smirked. This thing was going to blow, and luckily his team got the picture, jumping either for Ravens shield or for some sort of cover. Robin chose the nearest shelter- a dilapidated bridge. It didn't seem all too sturdy, but it should protect him from the eruption, as well as the mess that came with it. He jumped for cover at the last second, the force of the blow sent him tumbling into somebody. At first, he thought it was one of his teammates but a second look revealed a unfamiliar disheveled looking teen not too much older than Robin himself. The teen blinked at him, before pushing himself off the ground, Robin soon did the same easily pulling his body up and standing.

Robin winced, "I uh, sorry. You ok? I hit you pretty hard."

"Yeah, I'm good," He paused, glancing at the destruction at the mouth of the bridge opening. A dark look crossed his face, sending warning signals off in Robins head, then it was gone. A passive mask slipping over his features only to begin feigning curiosity in a way that had Robin been anybody else, it would have seemed genuine, "That was a rough fight, you know what that thing was?"

Robin squinted at the boy, "No idea, haven't seen anything like it before," he looked the stranger over, "the Titans can handle it so you don't have to worry."

The teen didn't exactly look all too confident. Robin frowned. Most non reporters knew to run at the first sign of a fight and this kid looked more homeless then paparazzi. Not to mention that the majority of people would be at least a bit star struck to have a run in with Robin, but this guy looked more displeased than anything so that ruled him out of the stupid fan boy category. Robin couldn't put his finger on it but something wasn't right with this dude, and it wasn't his usual "this guy is up to no good" feeling. He was about to ask the teens name when something shiny caught Robins' eye near his feet, at first look it seemed like something he would find in Cyborgs room. Only it was green and silver instead of Cyborgs customary blue and white, a scratched out logo barely distinguishable from all the damage on the container.

"Here's your... Thermos," Robin tossed the weird cylindrical container at the boy, who in turn swiftly shoved it into his hoodies front pocket. Mumbling a brief thanks. The stranger pocketed the thermos a tad too fast for Robin, and suddenly the Boy Wonder wanted nothing more than a second look at the item. He doubted he would get it, especially when Starfire all but appeared behind him, more than likely checking to see if he was still conscious after the blast.

"Robin is your health well? The monster has stopped the exploding now," Robin glanced at Starfire, "I'm fine, Star. Everybody else good?"

"Everybody is also fine," she beamed, "The monster is nothing but volkgorb now."

"Alright, tell Cyborg to grab some samples. I want to figure out what that thing was and where it came from," Starfire hummed happily before flying out from under the bridge to carry out Robins instructions. Robin turned back to the teen, only to find himself alone under the bridge. He scowled at the empty space, no use sticking around now. Besides, he had work to do. He couldn't waste time worrying about random teenagers, he had to figure out what that monster was and whether there were more of them. Jump City was full of strangers, that one boy couldn't be all that important to the city's safety, could he? Ignoring his gut feeling Robin turned back to his team, he needed to focus on bigger things not small curiosities. With that in mind, Robin let Starfire fly him back to Titan Tower, a jar of green goop tucked under his arm.

Alrighty! So what did you guys think? If anybody has suggestions for improvements I want to hear them so feel free to speak up. We will have to see about update speeds, but winter break finally got here and while its not as long as it was last year (they thought we wouldn't notice but we did) I solemnly swear to write a whole lot more than I have been since I feel so guilty about being so lazy so early in the fic. It's literally the first chapter. This is sad. Anyway Happy Holidays!