AN: Anyone who may be going to sdcc today, please, pick me up a golden Dragon Dagger, tell the WB/DC panel to make another season of YJ, kick the shins of anyone from marvel for me, and have Jason David Frank send me a personalized message. I'll award you with another chapter this week if you do so (or didn't do so, as I'll post another anyways). Also, I kinda fell out of my interest to update any more of my usm saga. I want to then I don't want to. Just need some motivation to finish the last two parts. I've got notes but nothing more than that. So until then, I'll be focusing mostly on Titans and trying to get my original stories published.

DarkMgc - Thanks. Carter has a definitive human appearance from his Kryptonian side but also a real Martian form to change between. He also has white skin from his Martian half but changes it to reflect who he wants to go with. So far that's all he can do as his powers need time to develop. And I would put him at under one year old or almost one given M'gann already being preggers in the few months after Darkseid's invasion.

Eric - You got the appearance of Carter right and the solid red eyes. I wanted a simple mixture of both species and hoped I pulled it off. I'll go ahead and say this too, Zatanna's teaching Raven about harnessing more of her energy into what she casts. In the last story, Raven only knows how to do so much but Zatanna's teaching her how to go further with those techniques but more on that later. With Garfield, it's the whole opposites attract. (Some Goth girls are hot) and I would think being green all the time would allow him to go out to meet others his own age. This could also be seen as a version of his sis and Conner meeting where MM 'liked his shirt'. I don't think Jaime was paired with anyone in the comics but it was shown he did like Cassie so I was surprised those two weren't together in the show. There was more between them than her and Tim actually. Paula's still in Gotham and two of your guesses on who Wally and Arty will meet are correct, hope you like who I have waiting in the wings.

Reilly 000 - The Titans are publicly known but no one knows who the actual members are beside the criminals who've had a run in with them. I'm putting more on this later in another episode down the line. And yeah, Jaime' parents are there, they were just out for the day last time he went home. For Luthor's men, or any other henchmen, I think their leader would employ locally to make sure no one person sees everything, like bringing in people from whatever sectors he would need to keep the big picture scattered at the end of the day. And come on, no cell can hold the Joker, he's just that dang good but Batman's better. Addressing Conner's mission gear, you'll just have to wait until later for your question to be answered on if he has stealth tech or not (hehe). Jump City gets a team of superheroes because the Team is on the East Coast. The League would see this and have each half of the US covered by the teams while they patrol their cities and handle world crisis'. The tower is sort of like the Hall of Justice on the West Coast only not open to the public to keep identities of Titan and other team members fully unknown

Lauren - Thanks. This season will bounce between both the Team and Titans, sort of a look back at season one with a new team but with what's happened, the original black ops team will take the lead from time to time. I have no plans for Barbra to get 'full' use of her legs this season and yes, there will be Wonderbeetle. I think that had a bigger following than Cass and Tim due to the comic and I wanted to try writing that one.

Ben A - Raven does live in the tower and works with Zatanna for training with her abilities since they're both similar in nature with some differences. Wally has no hero name as he's semi-retired from the hero game and only goes out to patrol his and Artemis' city from time to time.

2.

Palo Alto Water Station Number Seven

April 28

20:32 UTC

"Get that cover off, now. We don't have a lot of time afforded us, which means we have none to waste."

"Yes, Mistress."

Throughout Palo Alto's largest water station, a small army of no less than thirty red robed, hooded individuals worked as fast as their leader made them. Several worked with the water valves, loosening the covers to gain access to the life sustaining liquid flowing from the large treatment vats and into the city. Hundreds of pipelines made up thousands of miles of paths for the water to traverse, leaving several ways to interfere with the constant flow. Tools clanged loudly, feet ran silently, and one pair of white, high heeled, bone-like boots clacked along the concrete floor as the body they were attached to oversaw all the work the concealed individuals went through.

"Mistress," one of the covered figures said as they came up to their leader. "We have finished with our mark and are proceeding with the main objective."

"Very good. Have the men ready for what they must do. Brother Blood was specific in the details we are to adhere to."

"Yes ma'am. As you wish."

With a bow, the individual backed away and went back to keeping the others on pace for what they needed to do.

Above the main floor of the facility, the goggled Wally and tiger masked Artemis peaked in through a window, making sure the moonlight was not behind them, should it give away their presence. It had taken some time but the two managed to hack into the security camera feed and see where the main activity was taking place.

"Okay," Tigress said as she and Wally kneeled against the wall under the window. "It looks as if they don't care about security with no guards at the doors and they're mostly situated in the center of the plant. Taking them out's going to be rough without being noticed."

"Know what you mean. They're so close together, one goes down and they all know." Looking the live feed over, on Tigress's forearm mounted holo-computer, Wally saw only three cloaked men separated from the main group as they were busy in the control room. "What happened to the vandals? Why are there rejects from Dungeons and Dragons in there?"

"Beats me. Police said they never got a look at whoever was leaving those paintings on the walls." Tigress paused as she switched views and got a camera to focus on a wall with a large red design on it. "And it looks as if these are the vandals, look."

Holding her arm where her husband could get a better look, she pointed out a red jagged symbol in the center of the screen. It was the same exact one both had seen on the news and was the reason they decided to make one of their 'date nights' be about the costumes. Even though they were retired, they still kept their city safe and rounded up criminals every now and then.

"Yeah, that's it alright," Wally said. "Looks like a chicken getting licked by a bull."

"A bull with four eyes?"

"Those are eyes?"

"That's what they look like. And that's not a chicken. It looks like several, one, two, three...seven marks of some kind."

"That just so looks like a chicken."

"Enough with the dang chicken, Speed bump. I got a screen shot of it. Maybe Nightwing or Batman can tell us what it is."

"Right, cause we just need to stop whatever they're trying to do to the water."

"Then let's get to work." With a sly grin, Tigress kissed Wally on the cheek before the two split up. Both knew what they needed to do as they had already gone over the plan shortly after their arrival.

First, as always, rescue the hostages. Wally quickly saw to it after sneaking in through another window and zipped to a large holding area where nine men and two women sat tied on the ground. Holding a finger to his lips, he made sure none of the cloaked people were watching the room before setting out to untie them.

Meanwhile, Tigress entered the building through a back entrance and made her way to where three large, blue barrels the hooded army brought in sat with what looked to be pumps on each one. Seeing as no one was paying any attention to them, she pulled out a small camera and photographed the labels on the side.

"Carbogen, Datura, these are hallucinogens." She tried to read the rest but could not for the life of her even pronounce what she saw. "What in the world are they after dumping this stuff in the water?"

Taking a few more photos of the barrels and the men working within the plant, Tigress slowly maneuvered away from the area to the control room where several of the hooded individuals were stationed at the main computer hub responsible for regulating the water. Being careful to open the door, the brown and black clad woman made sure there were no hostages not counted for before rolling a small, gray orb into the room then shut the door immediately after. Ducking beside the door, Tigress winced a bit before putting her hands over her ears and slowly counted to ten. Once finished, she popped her ears then quietly made her way back inside.

"Dang, those ultra-sonics don't mess around. Almost blacked out myself." Leaving the sonic knock-out ball, which would knockout anyone with a high pitched frequency, Tigress moved the three hooded figures aside as she took position at the main controls where she called up the security feed.

"Wally, I'm in the control room," she said over a com unit. "Take the hostages out through the eastern corridor. It's about thirty yards down the hall you're near with no guards in sight."

"Copy that, babe," Wally responded. "They'll be out and I'll be with you in flash."

"Can't any speedster come up with something original?" Tigress muttered with a shake of her head. "Now let's see what settings you programed in here."

Flying over the keyboard, Tigress's fingers punched in several commands, bringing up a readout of every pipeline the machinery controlled. The screen turned color to blue with a white schematic forming at the masked woman's command. Various areas lit up yellow to show where the water would be treated with the pipes entering them turning green and orange for the ones leaving.

Turning to the security feed, Tigress looked for signs as to where the group was concentrating their activities with the barrels. Grabbing a marker from a nearby pencil holder, she placed 'X's where she figured the group was planning to introduce the chemicals to the city's water supply when Wally made his way into the room with her.

"So, find out what we're dealing with?" the ginger man asked as he joined her at the terminal.

"They're using hallucinogens for something, I don't know what for, but from what I can remember from Chem class, a concentrated amount would be next to impossible to counter."

"What chemicals are we talking about?"

Pulling out her camera, Tigress showed Wally the shots she took and saw is reaction.

"Holy...how many are there?" he asked once he saw what they were dealing with.

"I count three fifty five gallon drums at each water flow entrance for fifteen in all."

"And each drum holds fifty five gallons, making for eight hundred twenty five in all, fully concentrated."

"And when added to, I don't know, a thousand gallons of water flowing out of here?"

"If it goes into the city, everyone will have light hallucinations. At least I think they will. I don't know how powerful that stuff is but we can't let them poison the city like that."

"But why have everyone experience only light hallucination?" Tigress asked. "What's the purpose for that?"

"Unless the other eight stations are hit at the same time." Looking at the blonde woman beside him, Wally shook his head and let out a huff of air as he pulled out is phone. "I'm calling the League. This is just way over our heads."

"Yeah. Tell them they need to get to the other water stations as fast as they can. If those chemicals are added to the water, Palo Alto will be the next Arkham with the way things will be."

Down on the station's floor, the army of robed men went about their duties. Some loaded the drums on dollies while others took to manually open the monitor valves with large wrenches. Everyone had a job to do with their leader overseeing everything they did with a careful eye when the first sign of trouble began. Two of the robed figures suddenly went missing as a gust of wind blew past one of the semi opened valves.

A loud clang from the loaded dolly they were pushing alerted the others to their sudden disappearance followed by another as a third vanished with the wrench he held falling to the floor. At the same time, everyone in the building stopped what they were doing and were like statues as they went on alert to find the cause of their missing comrades. As one, they simultaneously moved their robes to the side and took out golden handled short swords then went back to back, forming a circle with their mistress in the center of them all.

Again, the blur of red and yellow shot past the group, taking out two more hooded men with the rest closing the gap. None moved a muscle unless it was to close rank and maintain the circle.

"You have two choices," came a feminine voice. "One, you can surrender and save yourselves a few bruises, cuts, and possibly broken bones. Or you can play dumb and receive a trip to the hospital before being taken to jail."

None of the men made a move or sound.

"Fine, choose 'B' then. More fun for us." From her position behind two closely placed metal water tanks, Tigress drew her collapsible bow and fired three smoke emitting arrows in the center of the circle the men made. None moved an inch, which suited her just fine as that meant less chasing, more hitting.

Reaching the group first, Wally connected with one of the men's hooded heads, knocking them out as he performed run-by attacks. It was not until another feminine voice spoke, when the group began to attack. The movement they made once Wally was in range was perfectly fluid. The robed person he sought to take out seemed to know when to attack and slashed with his sword, nearly cutting into the speedster's head. Had it not have been for the faster reflexes he possessed, Artemis would have been a newly made widow.

"Jeez, what..." Feeling the top of his head, the redhead noticed some of his flame colored hair lying on the ground where he nearly lost his head. "And I just got my hair the way I liked it."

"You alright out there, Speedy?" Tigress called as she launched a gel arrow to incapacitate two more of the hooded men.

"Just fine, Tigger. Your Pooh's just, hugh, just fine." Ducking another attack, Wally spun around the hooded individual and elbowed him in the back of the head. "These guys are good, so watch your butt."

"You've been out of the game longer," drawing her own sword, Tigress blocked an attack from an incoming hooded person and connected with a swift roundhouse kick to his head, "so you watch it."

"I'll watch what I wanna watch, thank you very much." Avoiding another sword slash, Wally rolled over the hooded man's back then slammed his foot into the chest of another to force him back. He then finished off his previous attacker before dashing off to continue the skirmish.

Finishing off another foe of her own, Tigress drew her crossbow and fired a bolt into the chest of an incoming attacker who fell once struck with a tazer bolt. The electrical current was enough to knock him out after having a three second shock deliver fifty thousand volts into them.

"And right now, I'm watching you, beautiful." Wiggling his eyebrows, Wally flashed his wife a grin just as a piercing screen tore through the air.

Pipes, tools, fallen weapons, and even the windows around the control booth shook. The smoke spewing from Tigress' arrow cleared immediately as the hero couple covered their ears and found themselves knocked off their feet.

"Gah!" Wall yelled, "When did Black Canary get here?"

"That's not Black Canary, moron!" Struggling back to her feet with her husband's help, Tigress drew her collapsible bow again and knocked an arrow as a pair of white boots touched the concrete floor.

What appeared to be boots at first, were in fact, bone-like appendages. Where they would end, around mid-thigh, was black as a another bone-like structure covered the woman's body, resembling a corset with sharp tendrils entering where her shoulders were. Her arms were covered from the bicep down in the same bony material with small, half inch spikes on the tips of her knuckles.

Striking a fight ready pose, both vigilantes were ready to go when they saw her face. It was like her skull was on the outside of her head with what looked like skin in the sunken in parts being the same midnight shade of black as the rest of the non-bone areas covering her body.

"Dang, what the heck happened to you?" Wally asked as the new woman stared at them with bright, piercing blue eyes.

"Looks like someone skinned her down to her skeleton," Tigress commented.

Grinning wickedly, the mistress of the hooded men let out a deep chuckle as she crouched slightly and ran her tongue along the outside of what appeared to be lip-less teeth. "Ye have no reason for bein' here," she said with a strong Irish accent. "But if death is what ye want, death is what ye gets."

Inhaling deeply, the woman unleashed a high pitched screech, sending Tigress and Wally back through the air. Both crashed into various pipes and hung onto them for dear life until the screech stopped. Neither could hear as the sound popped their ears, forcing them to struggle to get to their feet with wobbly legs.

After a devious laugh, the black and white woman took to the air, her long, white hair flowing behind her as she let out another screech with a whirlwind forming around her. The sound of metal rang out as the swords the hooded men carried rose up and followed the air current, forming a deadly barrier between her and the two former black ops members.

"It is too late to flee when ye hears the scream of the banshee," the woman said as Wally and Tigress backed up to avoid the razor sharp blades, "as ye lives are now forfeit."

With the strong whirlwind still going, the blades spun to face the couple with their sharpened ends aiming at them. After another strong gust of wind, the weapons shot forward at Wally and Tigress' heads.