Black Victor Cachet- I don't remember if a Martian could phase through a Lantern construct in the comics but I would think maybe they could, unless they are advanced enough to behave like the walls of the Reach ship from season two.
The Darkman- Ha! You got me thinking of the dog Raj has with your comment. Had me laughing once I read it. As for the female input, I would say it was an artificial womb they used, possibly the pod the original three found him in. Although, I do like the idea of possibly having three DNA strand added to a genomorph blank with Wonder Woman as the third to actually have some sort of female input. A clone of a human, Kryptonian, and an Amazon, reekng of all sorts of power there. Then again, WW is sorta like the female version of SM.
Paragon Eight- I don't think Terra would have the ablity to create earth when she needs it. I think all she could do is control it. And Beast Boy having other animal features as a human, I think it would be harder for him to have certain ones as they would take more concentraition for him to have and use. Wings would be one as he would also have to make his bones hollow like a bird's to fly, same goes for gills as he would have to make himself amphibious to also have lungs, or change his entire breathing system. His blood sister is so advance, it's easy for her, so mae with time and practice, he could. Fangs (no venom injectors), claws, snake eyes, sense orianted traits really, those would most likely be the easiest for him to do.
FantasyMind93- One thing that bugs me are the names for the younger heroes with 'lad' or 'boy' in them for the reason you gave, they'll age. Beastman could work. Animalman is another superhero so there's the whole "Quit using my name" thing with that.
5.
Jump City Docks
August 21
16:55 UTC
With Killer Croc still on the rampage, Lantern keeping him from getting to any civilians by keeping him trapped, and Terra pelting him with heavy stones, Arrowette finished raising the truck bed and crawled to freedom. Aside from the oil and dirt she was covered in, she looked fresh for the fight.
"Like I said, wouldn't be caught dead in a frilly skirt doing this." Wiping her hands free of dirt, she took out several trick arrows and knocked them in her bow. "Beast Boy, I'm getting in position."
"Alright. Radio once there. We have to do this fast and as hard as we can. Croc won't give us another chance." Taking his place behind an overturned car, Beast Boy could see Lantern align himself where he needed to be.
With Lantern situated on the roof of an adjacent building, Beast Boy searched for Tera next. Seeing her slide behind what looked like part of a destroyed taco truck, he hoped Raven was ready for her part as well, as she was key to the first and last part of the plan.
"In position," Arrowette's voice came over his ear piece.
"Once I get his attention, you know what to do, so be ready."
Taking several deep breaths, Beast Boy steadied his nerves and came out of his hiding place. Morphing into a gorilla, his usual animal to fight as, the green primate beat his chest and let out a challenging roar to draw Croc's attention.
"Bout time you showed up again, boy. Not done with you yet." Bending down to place all fours on the ground, Killer Croc let out a thunderous roar. Spittle flew from his mouth through his sharpened teeth as he made this one longer than the last.
Charging forward, Killer Croc quickly maxed out his speed with his eyes turning white from their protective film. He was all rage, intent on killing the green hero and devour him the moment he reached him, of course, he could always eat him without killing him first, he had yet to decide.
With each step causing the surrounding loose rubble to bounce, Croc got himself in position to strike with his teeth first. Yellow knife-like slicers cut through the air, radiating the smell of rotten flesh from a pig or bovine. It was hard to tell what he ate last but one thing was for sure as a half eaten rat's leg was pinched between his left incisor and molar.
Slamming his fists on the ground, Beast Boy took off as fast as he could with the sole purpose of putting the reptilian criminal down when Raven's black energy came out from the ground, gripped Croc's legs, then exploded, sending him backwards. Shaking off the effects, Croc managed to get to one knee to resume his charge when he was bombarded with three explosive arrows, one after the other.
Forced to back up, Killer Croc blocked the next several explosive arrows, which only served to partially deafen and lightly burn him, when he was hit hard with a large, green mallet across the face as Lantern flew by him at high speed. Turning around, he was then met with another attack as Terra used a column of stone to smash the bottom of his head, whipping it around to just the right angle for Beat Boy, now a pachycephalosaurus, to give the large meta-human a bone crushing headbutt. Violently twisting back around, Killer Croc fell to his knees with a groan, missing trying to hold himself up with his arms and instead falling flat on his face.
Morphing back to his regular self, Beast Boy held his head from being a bit dizzy. Despite being a dinosaur known for having a skull made for headbutting, he was still a bit tipsy from having done that for the first time.
Coming around from her spot, Arrowette had another exploding arrow trained on the unconscious Killer Croc as Terra and Lantern joined her, each ready should they need to resume the fight when Raven swooped down and planted an inhibitor collar around Croc's neck, rendering him without his enhanced abilities.
Landing next to the sleeping criminal, Raven was joined by Beast Boy, then Arrowette, then Tera, then Lantern. All five stared at the sleeping form of the large crocodile man as he lay perfectly still.
"We, we did it," Beast Boy said. "It worked."
"We saved the day. Again," Lantern said.
"By ourselves," Arrowette added.
"Again."
"Without any backup on standby," Terra reminded them.
"We, WE DID IT!" Beast Boy yelled. "We took down one of Batman's most dangerous villains!"
"SHOOT YEAH!" Arrowette yelled.
"So good, so great." Raven added in her usual monotone.
"Great idea, Gar!" Moving quickly, Terra wrapped her arms around Beast Boy and gave him another kiss on the cheek.
"Um...yeah...I...(heh heh)...yeah..." Beast Boy stuttered while rubbing the back of his head.
Sighing, Raven let her cloak cover her up completely and turned away from the two while Lantern and Arrowette mocked the unconscious Killer Croc and spoke of celebrating with a pizza party upon returning to the tower.
Happy Harbor
August 21
17:09 UTC
Watching the footage of the Jump City incident, Kaldur and a few others of the black ops and Justice League enjoyed seeing the new team succeed in taking down Killer Croc, one of the most dangerous Meta-human criminals known to the hero community. Standing with his arms crossed, Kaldur lightly bit the inside of his lips as he moved them back and forth with a slight nod of his head. Turning, he headed to the Zeta Tubes. He had someone he needed to see.
Watchtower
August 21
17:09 UTC
Lightly chuckling, Cyborg had the few screens he and others within Watchtower were watching, combine to form one large overhead monitor with the live feed of Jump City coming in. Across the bottom, it read, 'Titanic battle in Jump City'. He knew the boy responsible for giving him a pep talk when he needed one did not need one in return anymore.
Jump City
August 21
17:31 UTC
With Killer Croc being loaded into a police helicopter, The band of Titans had made their way to the bridge after being invited by the police officers to congratulate them. If part of their reason for having the Titans be public was to help establish trust with the people, it really could not hurt greeting the men and women who also protect the city, and keep the citizens more safe than the League, black ops, or Titans could on a daily basis.
Making their way trough the crowd, each Titan member was thanked by the officers of the police force, firefighters, and EMTs. The press was even having a field day as they took hundreds of pictures of the heroes meeting with men and women in uniforms. Added to this were the workers from the warehouse they rescued wanting to thank them for getting them all out of there and to safety.
"Excuse me, excuse me. Make way." Moving through the crowd, a blond man wearing a chauffeur's outfit attempted to get to the group of heroes as a large self flying vehicle flew overhead with the people occupying the bridge clearing out of its way.
"Thank you, glad to be of service." Thoroughly enjoying the publicity, which would only serve to help the image of superheroes, Beast Boy was just about to climb onto Sphere when the chauffeur arrived.
"Hey, er-uh, Beat, Be-uh, Beast Kid!"
"Ha, Beast kid?" Arrowette said as Beast Boy turned towards the man.
"I have someone who wants to meet you!"
"Up for one more city official?" Lantern asked.
"It'll be quick, I promise. I have a VIP in my limo that would like to thank you personally. They're a visiting dignitary."
"Couldn't hurt," Arrowette told the others. "Soup and Mars did say to make a good name for ourselves when in public."
"We'll be right back, girl." Giving Sphere a pat on the side, Beast Boy and the others left to follow the limo driver to meet the dignitary.
"I was on my way to a conference when they stopped the traffic from getting across the bridge cause of that croc guy," the chauffeur explained as the press continued to take photos of them and the police created an area for them to move.
Arriving at the stretch limo, the teen's minds were going through who it could be when the driver stopped them. "She wanted to see the leader first."
"That would be Green Meanie here," Terra told him while planting her arm around Beast Boy's shoulders.
Motioning him forward, the driver stood beside the door and gave the widow a light tap. With Beast Boy standing before the window, he wished he could at least fixed his hair as he looked at his reflection in the tinted glass.
Raven could feel how nervous he was, thanks to her empath ability. The emotion increased slightly before turning to excitement as the window rolled down. Then it was as if the life were sucked out of him at that moment, causing the Goth girl to go on the alert as fear filled her due to what Beast Boy was feeling.
Staring at the person inside the limo, Beast Boy did not know what to feel. What was a time of celebration for him had turned into something else. It was as if a void opened up inside him and took away all emotions from him as he came face to face with Queen Bee, the woman responsible for murdering his mother and making an orphan out of him.
"Hello, boy." Flashing a deadly smile, Queen Bee enjoyed what she saw in the teen. Complete shock. "Why don't you step into my limo."
Flexing his arms and balling his fists, Beast Boy could feel the anger well up inside him. Since that tragic day he lost his mother, he wanted to get back at Queen Bee for taking her away.
"Go for it, dude," Lantern whispered to him. "She's hot."
"My, aren't you a handsome young gentlemen," Queen Bee told the dark haired teen, receiving a smile in return.
"Good for the publicity, BB," Terra told him.
With no choice, as he was the one asked for in front of the press, Beast Boy forced a smile and nodded as the driver opened the door for him. After taking a deep breath, and retracting the claws he had grown, the teen entered the car, the subsequent closing of the door sounded like a nail in a coffin to him as he sat down across from the dictator.
"I would offer you a drink, but, bad for the public image the blonde mentioned." Taking a swig from her slender glass, Queen Bee kept the deadly smile on her, letting the boy know who was in charge.
"Just for the record, you try anything, I will have the green nightlight attack the crowd."
"You never touched him," Beast Boy said through gritted teeth.
"My words did, my dear. And as you know, my thrall always enjoy doing what I say. Always."
Moving to the edge of his seat, Beast Boy formed his claws again when he was stopped by the woman.
"Nuh-uh. Naughty, naughty. Now unless you want me to have a green apex predator run out of here and take a member of the press down, you will sit back and listen to what I say."
With his breathing slightly rapid from the anger in him, Beast Boy had no choice but to comply.
"Good, brat." Taking another sip of her gold colored drink, Queen Bee uncrossed her legs and moved closer to the edge of her seat, set her glass down, then leaned forward.
"Of all the ones I've had under my control, there are only a few I thoroughly enjoyed seeing carry out my wishes, your mother included. Had you have been with her, you would still be with her, if you understand. Seeing you out there responding to my latest puppet, who is still human under those scales, I am surprised at what you have become. It seems you have been working hard and became a leader to your peers. How they must trust you. And with the added publicity you have, there is so much more for you to lose should you slip, tumble, fail. And like the avalanche, it can all start at any moment."
Shifting positions, Queen Bee stared directly into Beast Boy's eyes. "It would be useless to place you under my thrall right now. But here's the warning, continue to meddle in our affairs, and you will see your mother, but not before showing the world what happens when they place their safety in the hands of false gods. It is so easy for a hero to be turned into a villain. It just takes time and the right incentive for that to happen. When you return to base or home, I want you to do something for me. I want you to question who you truly are. And when you do, look in a mirror to confess it to yourself. You are nothing but a poor orphan with moonlights as a primate in the hopes to belong where he does not. I want you to always remember that, and should you choose to get in the way of real gods, well...you figure it out."
Leaning back, Queen Bee crossed her long legs and stretched her arms along the headrest of her seat. "Now, is there anything you wish to add to our conversation?"
Staring at her through angered eyes, Beast Boy fought to control his breathing as well as himself.
"Thought so. Upon leaving here, I want you to smile, make it look like I approve of you and your little team's do gooding. Praise me for the leader I am and nothing will happen to the people outside this limo. Understood?"
When Beast Boy did not respond, Queen Bee chuckled. "That is all. You may go now."
Slowly getting up, the Titan moved towards the door and stopped just before opening it. "I promised my mother I would make sure you pay for what you did. I intend to keep that promise."
Leaving the vehicle, Beast Boy was greeted by members of the press taking photos of him with his teammates wanting to know what happened. Despite his false front, Raven knew something was wrong as she felt every emotion he had inside the car and the anger still radiating off him as he waived and smiled.
Preview of next episode...intergalactic catfight.