A/N: Hey, guys! So, this is my first fanfiction to be posted here! I hope it doesn't disappoint too many of you! It will be a multi-chapter story so, if this has a good reception, there will be more chapters to come! (Although I might not have time to update much until sometime next week, due to my Spanish exam + essay and my History in-class writing coming up next week.)

Without further ado, here's the first chapter!

The sun shone bright in the clear blue sky over Jump City. On a secluded island just off the shore stood the tall "T" tower that housed the five teens the residents of the city had grown so fond of. Inside the tower, the teens were enjoying a morning free of interruptions from villains and other criminals. Raven, the powerful empath and half-demoness, sat against the couch in the common room with her eyes peeking over the edge of a book, discreetly watching Beast Boy, the jokester changeling, play the newest Mega Monkeys game on the Titans' Gamestation. Cyborg, the cybernetic teen and oldest member of the founding Titans, was busy making breakfast for the team, whistling a tune as he scrambled the eggs and watched the bacon sizzle in the oven.

"Yo, BB! If you want breakfast, you'd better get over here and cook it!" Cyborg called to his green friend.

"Aww, c'mon! I'm about to beat this level!" the changeling cried. "Can't you just make my food too?"

"I ain't touching your tofu crap. Pause your game and cook your own food!"

Raven rolled her eyes as the two continued to bicker and let herself become absorbed in her book once again.

The doors to the common room slid open to reveal a bubbly Tamaranean girl holding her "bumgorf", Silkie, and the founding Titans' raven-haired leader smiling lightly at the girl. His smile soon disappeared, however, when he heard Beast Boy and Cyborg in another of their classic tofu versus meat arguments. Robin just shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose as he walked to the couch, Starfire walking behind him. The couple sat down on the couch and Robin snatched the remote from the spot where Beast Boy had tossed it in his mad dash to cook his precious tofu. He was about to start channel surfing when a beeping noise caught the Titans' attention and a familiar face that didn't mean much to all but one of the Titans flashed across the screen.

"Hello, Bird Brat!" the voice said, leering at Robin. "I do hope that I'm not interrupting anything."

Robin bat-glared at the face on the screen while the other Titans looked at the screen warily.

"What do you want?" Robin all but growled out at the man he hated so very much.

"Oh, well, you see, I was just a little bored and today felt like a good day for a little...fun. I'm sure you recognize my little friend here."

He moved out of the way to reveal a boy around Robin's age, tied up and beat to a pulp. His black hair was disheveled and dried with blood, his blue-gray eyes were swollen, and his visible skin was marred with open wounds and black and blue bruises.

"Jason!" Robin exclaimed in horror, his voice filled with fear for his brother.

The Titans just stared at the screen, too shocked to move or speak.

The man let out a hysterical laugh as he came back into view.

"Oh, so you do know each other!" he said with a maniacal grin spreading across his face. He walked over to Jason, holding a crowbar in his hands.

"Well, don't be rude, boy! Say hello to the little birdy," the green-haired man said to the beat-up teen. When Jason didn't say a word, he was hit in the gut by the crowbar. Jason coughed up blood and groaned.

"No," was all he managed to choke out before the crowbar was once again upon him. With several more hits to the gut and a strong blow to the head, Jason was knocked unconscious.

Robin watched, terror welling up inside him, as his brother was helplessly beaten on the screen in front of him.

"Stop!" he yelled at his brother's assailant. "What do you want?"

Robin's voice cracked as he looked at Jason's beaten form, lying in a pool of his own blood.

"Oh. I don't really want anything. You know just how much I love to torment you and good ol' Batsy," Joker said, the grin still plastered on his face. "And what better way to torment you than by torturing someone you love, hmm?"

Just then, the sound of a door slamming open caught Joker's attention. Robin looked hopefully at the screen.

'Maybe Dad's there and he's going to kick the Joker into next week,' he thought. His hopes were short lived, however, for the sound of Joker's lunatic of a girlfriend's voice sounded from somewhere off-screen.

"Hey, Mistah J! Don'tcha think we oughtta be headin' out?" Harley asked in her New York accent.

"Why you're right, Harley! We don't want to be caught in this show," Joker said. "Let's blow this popsicle stand."

With yet another hysterical laugh, the Joker took off but not before placing a timer in clear view for the Titans to see.

"Time's a tickin', Bird Brat!" Joker called gleefully before slamming the door behind him with a bang.

Robin wasted no time. After looking at the time left on the timer, he turned to the rest of the Titans who up until that moment, had been gaping at the screen.

"Titans," Robin said, deadly calm. The Titans all turned to look at their leader, confusion, anger, and sympathy showing in their faces.

"Let's go save my brother."

A/N: Ooh, suspense! Kinda. Maybe. Not so much. A couple things I would like to address with this:

1) I know that Jason Todd didn't come into the picture until Dick Grayson (the Robin in this story) became Nightwing. However, for the sake of this story, he is around while Dick is still Robin. I'm not quite sure if I'll include Tim Drake and Damian Wayne in this. (I will not be using Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly as I don't like them very much)

2) For those of you who have read Batman: A Death in the Family or watched Batman: Under the Red Hood, you should know what happens to Jason. However, I may or may not choose to follow one of those storylines. We'll see...

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