*Authors Note - I do not own any of the Teen Titans, DC characters or the Grand Theft Auto Cities. I do however own Quake, my Original Character.
Also - 'This is Thinking'
- "This is Talking"

Chapter 1-Introduction to Myself

As I looked out upon Jump City, a feeling of dread falls over it. The ever darkening sky looms over the city like a dark claw about to strike an animal. The criminals and so called "super-villains" beware, for this city has a new protector...

'Oh who am I kidding, I'm no good at this.' I think to myself, as I stand at the top of a building and look over the expanding city streets before me. 'The Bat is soooo much better at the "tall dark and brooding" persona than I am'.

A lot of you are probably confused at this point, mostly you're asking 'Who is this speaking', I'll get to that later. Or now, now is as good a time as any.

My name, is Nicholas Mills. I live in the bustling city of Los Santos, San Andreas. Most people there know me better by my superhero name, Quake. I've been doing the "solo hero" thing since I graduated from the Teen Titans a few months back. They took me in a while ago and taught me to control my powers. You're probably asking me 'We just met you, we don't know your powers'. I'll get to that. Lets see, where was I? Oh yes, the Titans took me in about a year ago to train me and to help people. I was, as they put it, an unpaid intern. I pointed out to them that we don't get paid anyway, but Beast Boy and Cyborg thought it was funny regardless.

-Flashback-

The Titans were engaged in a battle with Mad Mod at the time. I was alone in an alley; crying and hating myself. Some of my powers had flared up during school and frightened people. I brought part of the roof of the school down about a week ago and injured several schoolmates. Nothing serious thank god. Though no one at school felt the same way I did. The next day I was expelled from school and my parents didn't want anything to do with me. That was 5 days ago, and I've been living on my own ever since. After the Titans had defeated Mad Mod, Raven found me crying, being an empath and all. She found me and tried to help me, out of panic my powers flared up again. I reached out to the hand that she offered me, but without even thinking about it, I attacked her with some kind of pinkish sphere from my right hand. She fell backwards out of the air, and the other Titans, Beast Boy especially, thought I had attacked her out of malice. They chased me through alleys and streets, until I hit a dead end. I had never been so afraid in my life before then. I tried to explain to them what happened, though my powers told otherwise. I raised my left hand to try and show them I wasn't a threat. But my powers activated and from a black mist, many yellow spheres appeared and hit Starfire and Cyborg hard enough to knock out Cyborg and seriously hurt Starfire. I thought to myself 'Oh perfect', and Robin and Beast Boy attacked me immediately, Robin with his bow staff and Beast Boy as he turned into a rhino. I fell down and put my arms up defensively as they lunged at me. Just before their attacks hit me, my entire body became encased in a blue sphere, protecting me and rebounding both the Titan boys back towards Cyborg and Starfire. 'Why won't they leave me alone?'

The four Titans all regained their senses and all teamed up for one attack. "Please just leave me alone!" I yelled at them from the ground. "...just leave me alone." I whimpered.

All the Titans attacked at once...all except one. Suddenly the area in front of me turned black. The area in front of me was surrounded by dark energy. Then Raven appeared from the sky above me. She stopped her team from attacking, and for that I was thankful.

Her team calmed down immediately, she turned to me and just...looked at me, my eyes red with tears, my mind racing a thousand thoughts a second, my legs curled up to my chest and arms wrapped around them. She turned back to her team and tried explaining to them what happened.

"Raven why did you stop us?" Beast Boy asked her.

"Yes, I too must wonder why you called a fire-of-cease." Starfire chimed in. I've never heard anyone mangle the English language that badly before.

"Because he didn't attack me out of anger, or hatred. His powers flared up because he was frightened." Raven said calmly. "He saw what we did to Mad Mod and was afraid we would do the same to him".

"But we'd never do that to anyone" Beast Boy said to Raven.

"We did not even 5 minutes ago" Robin replied.

Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire looked down sheepishly. They offered me their heartfelt apologies. "Sorry dude", "Sorry", "I too am sorry".

Before I could reply Raven knelt down and looked at me, asking, "What are you doing out here?"

"Please just leave me alone. I'll hurt you like I've hurt everyone else" I said quickly.

"What do you mean?"

"That's all my powers seem to do," I replied "Not even a week ago I caused my school to collapse and injured people," through a barely audible whisper.

"I see". She turned back to her team. "He's afraid that his powers are used for nothing but destruction. That's all that's happened to him as far as I can tell".

Robin then stepped forward and talked to me. "If you need a place to stay and think things through, you're welcome to come to Titans tower."

"R-really?" I asked. There was something in my voice that I just couldn't place, it sounded like...hope. Hope for the future.

"Of course you are," Robin replied.

"Yeah dude". Beast Boy said.

"Oh yes, yes. We always take in friends when they need help," the Tamaranean Princess (Starfire) said. Everyone else agreed with them.

-End Flashback-

So that's my back story. I ended up joining the Titans as a new temporary member and when the Titans thought I could handle myself in the field they took me out on missions. During my training with them, I found out that I had more powers than I thought I had. Including the powers I mentioned before, I found out I had super strength, super speed, flight, x-ray vision, I could produce an energy projection from my hands (like Cyborg's sonic cannon, but yellow instead of blue). And also a few other abilities I've kept secret from the Titans. I also found out I could disappear and reappear in the blink of an eye. Like making a wormhole, to put it in words.

When the Titans thought I had enough training, they sent me out on my own missions by myself. The first mission I went on I had to deal with a blockhead named Cinderblock (pun intended). He gave me a bit of grief, but I outmatched his strength, speed, and seriously outmatched his intelligence. A few missions later, the Titans decided that I should start protecting my own city. That's how I ended up in Los Santos.

The rest, as they say, is current events. The Titans called me in to watch over Jump City for a while, and I said I would. My first night in it was all quiet. But things never stay that way for long here. The museum on 59th and Lex Blvd, up by Rockford Hills. I smiled to myself and thought, 'Tonight is going to be fun'.

-Please feel free to comment, I always appreciate any advice to make my stories better-