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Before-You-Read Background: This BOLD, "Pre-Story Pretext," is my important, intrinsic, "Before-You-Read Background," and these "Before-Chapter-Author-Notes," will almost ALWAYS contain UPPER-CASE Letters, of SOME sort. Proper grammar, and other things are used CORRECTLY in these "Pretext Prologues," though. …And while you should know that, you should also know that the ACTUAL STORY WILL contain GREAT spelling, grammar, punctuation, usage-and-mechanics, syntax, and semantics. Reading/RETAINING the NEXT portion of BOLDED text of IMPORTANT INFORMATION is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! By stating the important information below, it will make this FanFic immensely more entertaining/enjoyable. Also, I am NOT insulting ANY reader's intelligence/intellect, OR, any reader's knowledge, or know-how of "The DC-MultiVerse," by explaining/elaborating on the following facts. I am simply giving the reader necessary information that he/she NEEDS in-order to properly understand my FanFic. I have read almost ANY/ALL of any-such-mentioned Marvel, AND/OR, DC Comics, and I LOVE superheroes (AND supervillains)! I mean, who doesn't? We love them, because we live though them. We live vicariously through them. They do things that we WISH we could do! It's the truth. The best part about comics, movies, films, books, media, and FANTASY, in-general, is that we can live-out our greatest fantasies, hopes, and dreams, WITHOUT EVER getting hurt or wounded!

ABOUT ALTERNATES: DC Comics has a "MultiVerse." Within this "MutliVerse," are MANY DIFFERENT, SEPARATE, worlds, and/or, parallel dimensions. The ages of ANY/ALL characters described in this story and/or work of FanFiction is, or are, COMPLETELY IN-LINE and/or IN-ACCORDANCE with DC Comics' MAINSTREAM CONTINUITY (This "Continuity" Encompasses Most, And/or ANY/ALL, Of Dc Comics' Multi-World "MultiVerse," Which Is The Term Used To Describe The COLLECTIVE COMBINATION DC Comics' MANY DIFFERENT, PARALLEL Worlds). ALL of the "Cannon Characters" (Characters, Villains, Heroes, Or Other Supporting Characters That DC Comics Has Created, And Own The Rights To) are JUST as DC Comics' depicted them, and I have done my very best to keep them VERY IN-CHARACTER in this story!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: In the comics, the ORIGINAL "Teen Titans" were the team of: Troia (Donna Troy), Speedy (Roy Harper), Aqualad (Garth), Kid Flash (Wally West), and Robin (Dick Grayson), and THAT team was founded by ALL-FIVE members SIMULTANEOUSLY, after they ALL decided that their mentors were NOT taking them seriously, and after they were denied entrance into the JLA (Justice League Of America) (EXACT SAME PREMISE, AS Young-Justice, The T.V Show). Although, the "Young Justice Comics" were NOT what the "Young Justice T.V Show" was EVER based on (Well, It Was, But ONLY VERY LOOSELY Based On It). The "Young Justice Comics" were set in "The DCU" (Which Stands For "DC-Universe," Including ANY AND ALL Universes, In "The DC-MultiVerse"), and those "Young Justice Comics,' took-place, in "The-DCU's" MAIN-Universe, whereas, "The T.V. Show Young Justice," is set-on DCU's "Earth-16," (One Of MANY Of DC Comics' PARALLEL Worlds/Universes, Which ALL Have The SAME Planets, Solar Systems, And Galaxies, BUT, Each Of The Different/Parallel Worlds Have DIFFERENT Storylines/Backgrounds), and it ("The Young Justice Show") is NOT in the "MAINSTREAM Continuity," as it is an "Else-World," while "The Teen Titans," (BOTH the Original "Famous Five Teen Titans," "Tomorrow Titans," "Trans Titans," And "New/Next-Gen Titans") are ALL in the "Mainstream Continuity," also known as the MAIN-Universe, in "The DC-MultiVerse."

Thus, when "The Teen Titans "that everyone knows and loves was formed (Robin, StarFire, Raven, BeastBoy, Cyborg, ALL "Honorary International Teen Titans," And MANY MORE, Etc.), it FOLLOWED the comics, AND it was in DCU's MAINSTREAM CONTINUITY, because THIS team was formed AFTER the ORIGINAL "Famous Five Teen Titans" (Robin, Troia, Kid Flash, Speedy, Aqualad) disbanded, and/or, dissolved, and when this FIRST, ORIGINAL "Famous Five Team" was around, ALL of the members of this ORIGINAL "Teen Titans" STILL hung-out, and/or, were mentored by their mentors, and/or, adult heroes. HOWEVER, after the "Second-Generation Of Teen-Titans" Formed (The One That Everyone Knows And Loves), ALL of the TEENAGE heroes veered AWAY from their hero-mentors (As Seen In The Episode "GO!"), and worked SOLELY on their OWN (AND With Their TEAM). Plus, Robin was 14-16 yrs.-of-age when he formed the FIRST "Famous Five Teen Titans," and he was about 16 yrs.-old when he formed the "Second, New-ER (NOT The New-EST), Teen Titans," and as such, that/those fact(s) follows with the comics PERFECTLY!

Also, you should know that "Jason Todd" is "Red-X" in this Fic. ...And now, here comes my theory/proof of that THEORY (NOT A Proven Fact):...

...In the comics (BOTH In The ORIGINAL "TT Comics," AND, In The Re-Vamped "TT-GO! Comics"), when Robin (Richard John "Dick" Grayson) met the thief who stole his "Red-X" costume, it said, in the ACTUAL COMIC (This Is NOT Verbatim, OR, Word-For-Word): "...And Robin looked into a pair of eyes that he knew all too well. He sighed deeply, as he put away his Bird-a-rang, and turned his head away, allowing the thief to jump off the roof, uncaught. Robin wasn't looking at the thief, and he couldn't see behind his skull mask, but he KNEW that "Red-X" was smirking as he descended the roof, and vanished into the night..." ...And, at THAT point, Dick was ABOUT 18-19 yrs.-of-age, and thus Jason would have been ABOUT 14-15 -age, and he would have ALREADY been Killed by "The Joker," and brought-back to life by "The Lazarus Pit." Plus, stealing the "Red-X Suit" just seemed like something he would have done, and you all KNOW that Dick would have let him go... ...He just would have... ...Plus, what OTHER set of eyes would Dick have known? ...Jason Todd is Dick's (ADOPTIVE) brother that is CLOSEST in age to him, and as such it only makes sense that HE would be "Red-X!"

So, Just Remember The Following:

1.) The "Teen Titans," and the "Young Justice Team" are from DIFFERENT, PARALLEL universes.

2.) Jason Todd is "Red-X."

3.) Dick (Robin), in the "Teen Titans Universe," is OLDER than Dick (Robin), in the "Young Justice Universe."

4.) Roy Harper (Speedy), in the "Teen Titans Universe," is OLDER than Roy Harper (Red Arrow), in the "Young Justice Universe."

5.) Wally West (Kid Flash), in the "Teen Titans Universe," is OLDER than Wally West (Kid Flash), in the "Young Justice Universe," and the "Teen Titans Wally West" can use his powers/abilities MUCH BETTER than the "Young Justice Wally West," as he has had MUCH MORE training from Barry Allen (His Uncle, "The Flash"), and it is SHOWN/PROVEN that Wally CAN, AND DOES, move at the FULL-SPEED that a speedster can go in the DCU (DC-Comics' Universe) (That Speed Is LIGHT-SPEED—186,000 Mi./Sec.), AND the "Teen Titans Wally" CAN move his molecules THROUGH solid objects, whereas the "Young Justice Wally" CANNOT, BUT, the "Young Justice Wally," is still VERY SKILLED (Although he Doesn't SEEM Like It).

6.) Garth (Aqualad), in the "Teen Titans Universe," is a teen hero, and an "Honorary Titan," but the Garth in the "Young Justice Universe" is NOT a teen hero, and Kaldur'ahm has taken his place as Aqualad. Also, the "Teen Titans Garth" is OLDER than the "Young Justice Garth," AND the "Teen Titans Garth" is ABOUT the same age as the "Young Justice Kaldur."

7.) There is ONLY ONE Timeline, in the "Teen Titans Universe," and EVERYTHING, in THAT Universe happens, in THAT ONE Timeline!

8.) There are TWO TIMELINES, that are COMPLETELY, and UTTERLY SEPARATE, from each other, that exist in The "Young Justice Universe." ONE, of the these, "Timelines," is the "Current Continuity," and in THAT Timeline, things that have happened in SEASON ONE of "Young Justice," will have ALREADY HAPPENED! …HOWEVER, the SECOND Timeline, in the "Young Justice Universe," is the "Tomorrow Timeline," in which things that have already happened in SEASON TWO, have ALREADY HAPPENED in THAT timeline, and it SHOULD BE NOTED, that the things in the "Current Continuity," DO INFLUENCE, and ARE ALWAYS AFFECTING the "Tomorrow Timeline," in The "Young Justice Universe." Thus, These TWO Timelines exist SEPARATELY, but the one in the PRESENT (Called: The "Current Continuity") is ALWAYS AFFECTING what HAPPENS in the FUTURE Timeline (Called: The "Tomorrow Timeline"), AND that these TWO TIMELINES exist ONLY in The "Young Justice Universe!" …And, The "Teen Titans Universe," has ONLY ONE TIMELINE!

9.) The two, SEPARATE, timelines, in the "Young Justice Universe," can, and SHOULD, be counted/considered as two, SEPARATE UNIVERSES, because although they are technically in the "Same-Universe," the timeline-altering-effects of the "bad stuff," that is going to go down soon enough, will SPLIT the "Tomorrow Timeline," and the "Current Continuity," of "The Young Justice Universe," into two, SEPARATE, universes!

10.) The ONLY OC, in this ENTIRE story, is "Tula," and I am NOT talking about Aquagirl, when I mention that name. EVERYONE else is COMPLETELY Cannon! …Also, it should be noted, that in the "Tomorrow Timeline," some characters MAY be given different back-stories/origin-stories than in the "Main-DC-Universe," and that is the way that I intended to write them, so please don't fret about that.

AUTHOR'S AMENDMENT: …ANYWAYS, I hope that you all read, review, and enjoy!


Two Teams: Clash of the Continuities

A FanFic By: D. Raj David


I. New Members

Pinpoint Placement: TT UNIVERSE

Robin lucidly looked around the living room, at his team, and he sighed. They looked…lazy. He did not like the fact that his team looked "lazy," in the least. Beast Boy and Cyborg were on the couch, playing video games and eating potato chips. Raven was reading a book in the corner of the room, while Starfire was attempting to cook some kind of toxic Tamaranian food…again. He marched into the tower's living room, and he grabbed all of their attentions immediately.

"Titans!" he yelled instinctively, and they all turned around to look at their adamant, and somewhat irate, leader. They knew what was coming next. The team had been getting lazy. After their defeat of the "Brotherhood of Evil," they had become somewhat lethargic, and Robin did not like seeing his team like that at all. He was determined to correct that.

They all groaned when they saw what was in his hands. He had five green beverages in his hands, and he approached, and handed one, to each of his friends. First he passed a green beverage to the titan with the matching skin color. Beast Boy looked in disgust at the almost-solid drink in his hand, as he shook the viscous liquid in the glass. Next, the robotic arm of Cyborg was filled with the green liquid contained in its glass. Raven did not touch hers. She simply levitated it some distance away from her body, using her dark energy. Even she was somewhat disgusted by this foreign substance in her the glass, and if Raven was disgusted by something, then must have been truly appalling indeed. Lastly, Robin approached his alien girlfriend, and he handed her a beverage. She accepted it, smiling, but still rather unsure of his actions and intentions.

Robin raised his own glass to his mouth, and he chugged the green liquid in his glass. He gestured for the others to do the same. Reluctantly, they did. After mere moments of having to endure the pungent odor of the seemingly-alive—or undead—drink that looked and smelled more like a dead animal than a beverage, they drank it. Beast Boy took the most notice of the distinct attribute of the drinks, and he almost vomited, but somehow, he held it back.

All four friends made a face at each other and gave in, tipping their glasses completely upside down, as they downed the contents of their glasses.

It tasted far better than any of them expected, and they were gladly surprised by this fact. Starfire was the first to verbally voice her opinions.

"Mmmm. More, please!" she exclaimed, smiling and holding out her empty glass, and Robin simply smirked. Starfire's eyes went wide. She knew that smirk. He had done something. Robin was a planner, and his plans almost always pulled through.

His smirk was his signature sign of a successful plan being executed. He was still smirking as Starfire carefully and cautiously examined his face, as she tilted her head to the side, her intense emerald eyes searching for any sign of falseness or fallacy. He showed none, only a triumphant smirk. The rest of the team followed suit, but they found nothing on their leader's face. He was unreadable.

"…Robin, why do you smirk?" she questioned her teammate, and he smirked even more visibly at her question.

"Sorry, Star. But I had to." was all he responded with.

"…Had to do what?" Raven spoke up, not liking the idea of falling victim to one of Robin's tactical schemes.

"Listen, this team, this group, is amazing. Together, we've stopped alien armies, futuristic terrorists, inter-dimensional demons, sick, psychotic masterminds, the best and brightest villains of them all, a gorilla, and a brain in a jar…" Robin started his speech, and Beast Boy quickly got his word in.

"…Haha, 'brain-freeze,' classic!" he erupted into a fit of near-uncontrollable laughter, and Raven was quick to silence him with a dark energy construct over his mouth. Her dark eyes pierced his dark green ones, and he shrunk back. Even if she released her hold on his mouth, he would not laugh again. They were both sure of it. She did not release his mouth, though—just for safe measure.

"…Anyways… …As I was saying, this team, these five 'Teen Titans,' are the best of the best. We formed on a whim, and since that moment, I have regretted absolutely nothing about that decision." their leader continued, and now Starfire voiced her own input.

"…And, neither have I." she agreed with her boyfriend, smiling and taking his hand in her durable Tamaranian one. He smiled back.

"I think that we can all agree on that, man. What's this really about?" Cyborg questioned, raising an eyebrow and getting right to the point.

"The reason that I have come to respect and cherish you all so much, is because of your strength—because of our combined strength. We are truly a force to be reckoned with, and that is a truly great accomplishment. We fight for each other. The world gave us life, but somehow, we did not want that life. We wanted to give it back. Five teens with amazing gifts and abilities is what we were, but we could not see that in ourselves. We could only see that in each other. We all saw that in each other, and we wanted to earn that greatness that we saw in each other, because we had respect for each other—almost immediately—and we wanted to give each other the teammates that we were sure we all deserved. We wanted to give each other a team that had the greatness we saw in each other. We then began to see the larger picture though, and collectively, we saw that same greatness in humanity—their tenacity, their truthfulness, their talent—and we decided that they were worth fighting for, worth protecting. We saw perfection in an imperfect world, and we fought to preserve and protect that perfection. I still see that perfection in all of you. I still see the fire in all of your eyes when we fight, and it reminds that there is still many more missions left in this team." Robin addressed his team, and they all smiled in return—even Raven, who had removed her dark blue hood, and let her slightly longer-than-usual blue hair hang down over her shoulders.

"…Dude…" Beast Boy responded, tearing up slightly. Raven created a dark black hand out of dark energy and she promptly used the newly-formed hand to smack Beast Boy in the back of his easily exposed neck. "OW! Raven!—" Beast Boy started, but he was cut off, as he turned to face the half-demon, seeing her long hair and new look for the first instance in some time, and he stopped dead in his tracks. "…Wow, um, you should let your hair grow out more often… …It looks… …Nice…" Beast Boy complimented her, and although he expected another dark-energy-smack, he was surprised when she turned away and blushed slightly.

"…Um, thanks…" Raven responded, turning away as a deep shade of red was sneaking into her cheeks.

Starfire looked over at Robin and smiled, who smiled in return. Since they became a couple, their new know-it-all ways had become quite a nuisance to their friends, but they found it more adorable, than abrasive, so the team let it slide—for the most-part. This new know-it-all attitude extended into their friends' love lives as well, which was odd, because Robin and Starfire were nowhere near the perfect couple, but they certainly were perfect for each other.

Cyborg smirked at Beast Boy and harshly patted the back of his head. Beast Boy looked up at him, and he now realized what he had just implied by complimenting Raven moments ago. Beast Boy was now the one to go red in the face.

"…Anyways, you were saying?" Cyborg addressed their leader.

Robin continued, as prompted by his friend. "Right. As I was saying, this team still has many more missions left in us, but we cannot accomplish those missions in our current state! We are getting lazy! …That is why I have administered to you all extreme laxatives—" Robin started, but before he could clarify his heinous acts, his teammates burst out in excitement, and they all yelled at him erratically.

"WHAT?" they all responded to his remark about the laxatives.

Robin held his hands up in defense. "Easy, easy. Those laxatives will flush out any and all toxins, poisons, health-hazards, and other various hindrances to our general health and humanity. After this point, we will begin consuming healthy foods and drinks, and only healthy foods and drinks." Robin explained.

"What? Why?" they all responded simultaneously—all except for Cyborg, who had his own concerns.

"WHAT? NO MEAT? YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY MY MEAT!" Cyborg whined, gripping Robin's ankles, and groveling at his feet, starting to cry.

Robin gently eased his friend up, as Cyborg dried his eyes, and his friends eagerly tried to forget what they had just witnessed.

"…Sorry…" Cyborg addressed the team, and they all nodded somewhat hesitantly. He really liked his meat.

"…Well, we are going to be doing this, as part of my new required training program. We have to put good things into our bodies, to get good things out. It's that simple. We are going to train—hard, very hard. I am going to push all of you to—and beyond—any and all limits that you may have, until we collectively have none. We must all be able to fight, and flourish well in combat, even if we—for some unforeseeable reason—lose our powers or abilities—which has been known to occur on some occasions." their leader explained, and they all nodded in response. They understood, and they all accepted his logic.

"…But, Robin, my physiology will limit abilities to train with you all. The feats that you all may find difficult or challenging would be far too easy for me to accomplish, and thus, the workouts will not benefit me." Starfire voiced her complaints, and Robin smiled at his girlfriend, already having thought about this drawback.

"…Well, we'll simply have to weaken you to the point to where the training and teaching will benefit you." Robin replied, smirking at Starfire.

Starfire raised an eyebrow. "…How will this be accomplished…?" she inquired of him, and the rest of the team looked on in fascination.

Robin replied with one word. "Tamaranium." he responded. Starfire's eyes widened, and she soon understood.

All Tamaranians were vulnerable and weak, when exposed to or otherwise came into contact with Tamaranium. It was the Tamaranian-version of Kryptonite.

Tamaranians were born, raised, and trained on a planet, where not only their gravity was more than 50-times-greater than that of Earth, but which also had a sun much weaker and older than that of Earth. Tamaran—the home planet of the Tamaranians, a planet which had been destroyed and recolonized a total of three times in its prodigal and pretentious past—had a large megastructure surrounding its atmosphere, which harnessed the energy of its nearest sun, in order to provide a limitless and never-ending power source, and source of sustenance, for the people of Tamaran.

The object that gathered this energy was another megastructure, which was built around the Tamaran's sun itself, and it fed the sun's energy radiation directly into the atmosphere of Tamaran to be collected and harvested by its people, in order to power the Tamaranians' bodies and cells. This megastructure which was built around the Tamaran's main sun created a manmade structure as large—or larger, rather—than an entire planet. This second "planet" was referred to as "Tamaran-Prime," by the Tamaranians. The solar energy, and radiation from their local sun was fed into the collectors of "Tamaranian-Prime," and this solar was then sent to and received by transmitters on the "Original Planet Tamaran."

No one saw the need to ever venture to "Tamaran-Prime," for any reason, whatsoever. Unfortunately, though, this disregard for the workings of the Tamaranians' megastructure would cost them their planet.

When their sun went out with a massive supernova, the effects, energy, destructive power, and blast radius of the raging blast were compounded, increased, and multiplied by the collectors on "Tamaran-Prime," and that energy—and the explosion itself—was sent directly into Planet Tamaran's atmosphere, thus injuring and killing many of Planet Tamaran's inhabitants. Some would also perish as well later, due to Tamaranium poisoning. However, Planet "Tamaran" was remade, as new, more-prosperous "Planet Tamaran." Tamaranium was the largest weakness of the Tamaranian people, and it had been created in one of the numerous destructions of their recolonized homeworlds.

Upon planet Tamaran, Tamaranians lived normal lives and exhibited no extraordinary abilities or powers—except flight of course. However, when a Tamaranian was sent to another planet—preferably one much like Earth—he or she experienced a major power-boost, as the comparably weak gravity of Earth allowed them to perform amazing feats that they would have been previously unable to do.

What really made the Tamaranians strong though—almost as strong and durable as a Kryptonian—was the fact that, when they encountered a sun much younger, larger, and more powerful sun than Tamaran's own sun, their own power increased as well—to almost unimaginable limits. This was because, due to the fact that their bodies' amazing abilities were powered by solar energy, the stronger the sun that they were around, the stronger they became. The longer that a Tamaranian spent on a planet like Earth, containing the same conditions, the stronger, more agile, and better they became.

The reason that Tamaranians were so weak and fragile when exposed to Tamaranium, though, was due to the simple fact that Tamaranium radiation prevented Tamaranians from absorbing any kind of solar radiation, by overloading their cells with the unhealthy radiation of their homeworld. Tamaranium affected Tamaranians in much the same way that Kryptonite affected Kryptonians.

The team sighed, as they all prepared to enter the training room, all of them staring at the door, dreading what lay beyond. Their previous ventures to the bathrooms, and their bland and bad-tasting foods only added to their misery. Robin approached the team, as he took the lead, directing and leading all five of them into the training room. He was carrying a briefcase—one that contained Tamaranium. Robin entered a code into the wall-panel's secure keypad, and the doors slid open. He never got a chance to enter the room, however.

Just as he was about to walk into the training area, a large boulder flew through the window directly to his left, and Robin had to roll in a diagonal and orthogonal manner to avoid having the rock crush and bludgeon him to death. He quickly got to his feet, as he used his forearms to stop his expertly executed roll. Robin quickly flipped in front of his team, facing the window that the boulder had come flying through, and he erected his strong, steel bo-staff "Retractor Rod."

"Oh, man! I just bought those windows! They were supposed to be indestructible!" Cyborg exclaimed and everyone eyed him for a brief moment, before turning their attentions back to the window, where the large rock had come flying through a moment before.

Through the window came an unexpected sight: Terra. She was standing on a levitating boulder of great shape and size. Her deep golden eyes burned with a ferocious fatal stare—that even Robin had to admit was somewhat scary—and her bright blonde hair was tied up in a ponytail, hanging over the back of her shoulders. She did not look too friendly, but her killer stare was directed at one member of the team specifically. It was directed at Beast Boy

She was angry.

"BEAST BOY! I TOLD you to leave me ALONE! I am NOT the girl you remember!" she boomed, and the entire team looked towards Beast Boy for confirmation of his supposedly stupid deed, and with his action of slowly shrinking back, they got what they sought.

"…I know, but—" Beast Boy started, rather timidly, but Terra cut him off.

"But, NOTHING! I do NOT want this!" she screamed, tossing Beast Boy the "Teen Titans Communicator," that he had been so clever to leave with Terra after their last encounter at her high school.

Beast Boy instinctively caught the device, but he quickly shrunk back behind a surprisingly somewhat-overprotective Raven, who looked just as murderous as Terra.

"I should—" Terra started, but Robin cut her off.

"If you want your chance at pummeling Beast Boy, you can have it." Robin voiced his ready rebuttal, and the entire team looked at him wide-eyed. Robin continued. "…In the training room. We need a sixth to even out the odds. But, be warned, though. It will be intense. Very intense. This is training-and-teaching session designed to maximize your physical fitness and prowess, beyond its limits, even in cases of conflicts where your powers are unable to be used, and thus, the use of your abilities is prohibited in these sessions. Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, though… …Well…?..." Robin asked, seeming somewhat surprisingly hopeful.

Terra dropped the rock she was standing on, and she dismounted it, flipping forwards though the air, and landing right in front of Robin. He did not flinch, and he held his ground, his deep dark eyes penetrating her now-normal ocean blue ones. They glared and stared at each other for a few moments, not one of them moving a single muscle. If looks could kill, Terra would be dead, but she would have taken Robin with her.

"…Why would you want me to—" Terra started, but robin cut her off once again.

"Terra, in the end you sacrificed yourself to preserve and protect this world, to preserve and protect us. You will always be a Titan. I'm not sure how you came back, but I really don't care. You will always have a place here." Robin explained and smiled as warmly as he could, putting his retractor rod away.

Terra thought for a moment, before she returned the smile, extending her hand, as Robin shook it. She accompanied the team into the training room, ready to knock Beast Boy out—several times—which is exactly what happened.

The teens entered the room, to see many free-weights, treadmills, and other various equipment designed to do exactly what Robin had said: break them, so that he could rebuild them. They had all relinquished their powers for this training-and-teaching session, and when Robin opened the case he was holding and revealed the yellow rock-like metallic ore—which Starfire immediately felt the effects of, as it was unavoidable.

The steel doors closed behind them, trapping them in their closed-off coffin of pain. Terra cracked her knuckles, and she smirked deviously at Beast Boy, who swallowed hard. She gestured to one of the few close-quarter combat rings on the far side of the room, and Beast Boy slowly and reluctantly nodded in return.

The two made their way over to the ring, and everyone watched in anticipation, especially Raven who kept looking at Terra with an increasingly sinister stare that would have killed anyone else.

Robin approached his girlfriend—who was breathing very heavily due to the Tamaranium—and he set the Tamaranium down on the ground beside him. She raised her head to look at him, and her breathing began to slightly normalize.

"I won't let it touch you. I promise. You'll only be exposed for a very short time." he explained, and she nodded at him, smiling. "I am also sorry that I am going to beat you so very badly." he teased her, smirking once again.

Starfire smirked in return. "Do not be so quick to come to conclusions. Tamaranians have very thick skin—with or without Tamaranium. …Also, it will be very hard for you to concentrate with all of the 'distractions.'" Starfire responded, and Robin looked at her curiously.

"…What 'distra—" he started, but Starfire cut him off with a kiss, which quickly made the Boy Wonder's head spin.

"...Oh, I don't know. …Just be 'careful.'" she teased him, walking off to a second fighting ring, as her boyfriend followed.

The six teens emerged from the training room some hours later; they were exhausted, and their energy was depleted. They all had bruises, gashes, and other obvious marks showing injury or injustice done onto them. Although this was true, they all gleamed with pride—Starfire especially. Even without her powers, she was quite the combatant, and Robin was just as equally impressed at her agility and ability in the ring as she herself was. Of course, he had taught her most of those close-quarter combat skills, but she had somehow managed to turn those moves into her own.

They all rushed for the showers—all except for Terra, who waited for a personal invitation from Robin and Beast Boy to use the Titans' facilities. But, it was more than an offer to use their bathroom. It was an offer to stay. She readily accepted the offer. She hadn't had a home in a very long time, and she felt that this could be more permanent than anything had been in the past—especially since the last time that she came here, she hadn't intended on staying.

When the six emerged from their quick recoveries, they all met in the tower's living area—all in costume—and they were all almost immediately greeted by the sound of an alarm. On the main view-screen, a picture of a familiar figure popped into view. Robin narrowed his eyes at his rival. Red-X was at it again.

"Titans, trouble." Robin informed them, and they all nodded.

The team went to the tower's main exit, and they quickly realized that one was missing.

"…Terra…?... …Coming?" Robin asked her, and she smiled and nodded. "Just a few rules." Robin stated as Terra nodded in response. "You follow my orders. No questions. If you all feel that another Titan would be better suited for the job, I shall gladly step down, but until that time, I am the leader, and a team functions by following orders and working together. You are a part of that team now, Terra." Robin commanded her, and he nodded once again. "Rule-Two: No killing Beast Boy." he stated, and she smirked at the Boy Wonder, giving him a mock-salute.

"Aye aye, boss. …I'll try, with that last one…" Terra trailed off, as she turned to face Beast Boy with a devious grin.

Beast Boy went into a dream-like stupor upon looking at her. "…You know, you look cute when you want to kill me…" Beast Boy commented, and Terra rolled her eyes. Raven had to use every ounce of her willpower to avoid telekinetically snapping Terra's neck.

Robin nodded and smiled at her. "Well, alright then. That should take care of 'Re-Initiation.' Is there anything else that you wish to add?" he asked her, and she thought for second, before coming up with an answer.

"Yes. Terra was a confused, controllable little girl who turned on the only friends that she knew." Terra spoke, and the rest of the team seemed to look slightly downcast at her words. "…And, while Terra is sorry for what she did, it doesn't matter, because you guys aren't looking at 'Terra,' anymore. Call me… …'Brick-Breaker.' Brick-Breaker is here to stay—to the end. …And if the end comes, she'll be the one fighting to stop it, and not the one causing it." Terra finished, deciding upon her new alias, and the rest of team smiled at her heartfelt words—even Raven, although she still wouldn't have minded hurting Terra—albeit just a little.

"Alright then, Titans, you know the drill." Robin stated, and all of his friends nodded, taking off towards the exit.

Brick Breaker donned her goggles, and took off with the rest of her team—with the rest of the Titans. She was running towards the tower's exit, as she was right on Robin's tail and in-line with the rest of the team. The six Teen Titans left the tower, ready to combat Red-X.


Speedy was fast, but Kid Flash was faster. Three arrows pierced the air, and a reddish-yellow blur was seen grabbing each of the arrows and expertly, efficiently, redirecting them at Cheshire's newly-located and recently-changed position. The explosive tips on the arrows detonated on impact, sending Cheshire flying backwards, as she narrowly missed the flying projectiles.

She quickly got back to her feet as she flipped backwards off the floor, releasing poison-tipped throwing knives as she did so. A powerful path of poisonous knives was now heading right for Speedy's head. Speedy flipped backwards as well, and he dodged each one of the knives in turn, flipping backwards and releasing the one arrow he had strung across his bow, at the exact moment that his body was directly parallel to Cheshire's slender figure above him. He released the arrow, and she quickly released a poison-tipped knife.

The two projectiles met in the middle of their paths—just as Cheshire had intended them to collide—and the explosive-tipped arrow mixed with the poison on her blade to create a super-heated and fast-moving acid that went flying away from the explosion in midair. The now-fiery and fast-moving toxins went flying everywhere. Just as some of the burning acid was about to douse Speedy however, a quietly quick reddish-yellow blur grabbed him from behind, pulling him to safety.

The two red-haired teens stood off to the side, behind a pillar in the large warehouse, one stringing and loading his bow, the other scanning the room for advantages and their teammates.

Kid Flash quickly noticed a swarm of knives coming at him, but he did not have to react, as a huge wave of water from the nearby vat of boiling liquid went hurtling towards the knives, easily breaking, and stopping, the knives' paths. Aqualad raised himself up on a small tidal wave of water, looking down triumphantly at the well-trained assassin, and just as he did that Kid Flash and Speedy emerged from their cover. Cheshire slowly backed up as the three heroes surrounded her. Behind her "Cheshire Cat Mask," she was smirking, although no one could tell—no one except for Speedy, who knew most of her tricks and tactics by now.

Speedy drew his bow and aimed at her. Kid flash got into a fighting stance, and Aqualad surrounded his fists with water, freezing them as he did so to create a lethal pair of ice-gloves.

"What a shame, Speedy. I thought you would come alone for our first date. …But, I suppose I was wrong. …Oh, well, the more the merrier." Cheshire remarked, flinging her hands forwards and attempting to release the poisoned knives that she had cleverly concealed from the three heroes. As she flung her hands forwards though, she never got a chance to release any of the knives.

Before any of the heroes could act—and before she could release her knives—a wave of pink energy hit the assassin, and she was promptly flung backwards and knocked unconscious as she hit the cold steel floor of the warehouse.

Jinx dropped down from the ceiling, her noticeably pink hair swirling around as she turned to, and scanned, her defeated enemy with her deep pink cat-like eyes.

Speedy rolled his eyes, and Aqualad chuckled. "Dude, control your girlfriend! She is always stealing my hits!" Speedy complained, and Kid Flash just shrugged as Jinx walked over to him and gave Speedy a sly smirk, before turning to her boyfriend and kissing him on the lips.

Jinx then turned to Speedy. Speedy shrugged. "Yeah, if I was gettin' some, I'd probably give away all of my villains too." he remarked, and Jinx just rolled her eyes, chuckling slightly under her breath. Speedy was intelligent, but he was also an idiot. He had almost no common sense. But Jinx didn't really mind it. He respected her, and that was all that truly mattered. The four teens worked well together. Speedy was their leader, and even though he wasn't the best leader, he was what they had, and they wouldn't change that for anything.

Speedy looked down at Cheshire with disappointment and pity. She didn't have to be like this. He then stopped himself and wondered why he even cared.

The four teen heroes inspected their "catch," and Aqualad noticed something odd immediately. Cheshire was wearing a very recognizable emblem: the symbol of the "Brotherhood of Evil."

Speedy narrowed his eyes. "Call Robin. They're back." was all he said and Wally and Garth both nodded in agreement. Jinx just sighed. She didn't like Robin too much, and the feeling was mutual.


The Brain laughed amusingly as his plan fell perfectly into place. Everything was going just as he had expected it to. The Teen Titans had defeated him—or they thought they had—just as he had wanted them to. He had watched their fight, and from the many fights he had observed, he knew all of the Titans' techniques, styles, and most importantly, their weaknesses. The young teenage heroes were nothing like his teenage villains, though.

The younger villains were far easier to influence than any hero ever could be. They were tortured and tormented souls, and there was no better way to gain them as allies, than by feigning respect for them. The "Brotherhood of Evil" had done just that, and they used these young villains as their pawns. They simply took those poor, demented, tortured youths, and turned them into mindless minions.

They implanted the idea that, because the world "gave them life," that they had an "obligation," to give back to the world. Thus, these young villains now believed there was no better way to give back to the world, than by eliminating the ones "responsible," for a the rifts in society, the ones who felt they had the "right" to judge others, and as such, take away their rights—the ones who called themselves heroes. It was simple. Too simple. The Brain loved how simple it was. Now, everything he had wanted for so long was finally falling into place perfectly, and he was loving it.

Madame Rouge and Monsieur Mallah stood by their master, awaiting orders.

"…Well…?..." the Brain questioned, and Madame Rouge was the first to respond.

"Our 'friends' have made contact. Everything is going according to plan. They are holding up their ends of the bargain." Madame Rouge explained, and the gorilla beside her smirked.

"Good, good. The Psions are not always trustworthy, though. They are a devious and deceptive race of beings. Keep an eye on them, and ensure that they hold up their end of the bargain. We need their empirical energy to breach the gap—to travel through the void." the Brain ordered, and Madame Rouge and Mallah both nodded in understanding.

"I shall see to it, personally." Madame Rouge responded, but the Brain had other ideas.

"No. Send some of the young ones after the Psions to ensure that the deal is kept." their leader responded, and Madame Rouge nodded obediently.

"…And, the Titans?" Mallah asked.

"They will be here, shortly—just as planned." the Brain replied, and both of his comrades smirked.

"Once we breach the void, it will all come into place my comrades. Evil is a point of view, and through that point of view lies the one true truly pure thing in this world—in all worlds. The 'Brotherhood of Evil' will see the 'The Light.'" the Brain commented, and began to laugh manically, his two comrades joining in.


Pinpoint Placement: YJ UNIVERSE, "Current Continuity"

Robin hit the floor again, and got up even angrier than before. Black Canary was constantly putting him down. He spent hours perfecting this technique, and yet still, she bested him at every opportunity. At this point, the Boy Wonder's rage was bordering on Conner's famous unhealthy levels of serious anger issues, but unlike Conner, Robin channeled his rage.

Robin got back up, but he did not directly charge Black Canary as he intended to do. Instead he ran at her, sliding under her legs, and swiftly and silently standing-up behind her. He lunged at her neck, passing by her throat, and gripping them with his feet, flawlessly flipping her over with his feet that were wrapped around her throat, as he brought her to the ground. He was quick and quiet—something he was good at—but Canary was quicker. She never hit the ground.

She reversed her stance, twisting up and around Robin, and she pushed the young Boy Wonder face-first into the cold unforgiving floor of the cave.

"Oooooo…" the rest of "The Team," who was watching said in awe and amazement at his defeat. They were all sure he had her this time. He was so very close. But close was not good enough for Dick Grayson. He got up again, refusing help from the outstretched hand of Black Canary, but before he could utter the word, "again," which was on the tip of his tongue, the computer in the cave spoke up.

"Zatanna Zatara: A03." the computer spoke in its monotone voice, and the team all looked up at the "Zeta-Beam Transporter," but Robin was at the front of the device in no time.

The black-clad mystic walked through the transporter, and she almost immediately greeted by the smiling face with a domino mask on—the face she knew all too well.

"Um, hey Zatanna." Robin quickly blurted out, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh, um, hey Robin…" she responded equally as fast. Then the two just stood there, unable to move or talk.

Robin thought of many things to say, but he uttered none of them, thinking all of them far too stupid. Of course, none were as stupid as being "whelmed."

He cursed himself for having ever said that in front of her in the first place.

"Ahem." Kaldur broke the silence.

The two teens looked up at the leader.

"Well, I suppose congratulations are in order." Kaldur said, smiling at her. Zatanna smiled back. "Welcome aboard." Kaldur welcomed her to The Team, and she beamed at him.

The rest of the team all yelled out their own forms of welcomes, and Zatanna graciously accepted them all.

"Thanks, guys! I really appreciate it! …I would be happier, though, if I didn't have to worry about this whole stupid 'secret identity' thing!" Zatanna replied.

"Secret identity?" Robin asked curiously.

"Yeah. My dad says that using the name 'Zatara' in my hero-alias, which is, as of right now, the same thing as my real name, would be—as he put it—'far too dangerous.' He says that all of his enemies would know who I was related to, and that it would paint a huge target on my back. He insists that I make another alias to go by when I'm on missions. In fact, it was one of his stipulations for joining The Team." Zatanna stated, sounding slightly defeated.

"Well, I'm sure that we can all assist you with that. I am simply glad to have another sorcerer on The Team." Kaldur responded, and she smiled slightly at his kindness.

"Thanks, Kaldur." she replied, smiling. He nodded.

"Hey, how did your dad get to speak to you openly, without good ole 'Doctor Fate' getting angry?" Wally asked abruptly, and Artemis elbowed him in the side—harshly.

Zatanna looked down. "…Apparently he and my father have been getting along quite well. …Or, so I assume. 'Doctor Fate' is letting his communicate a lot more now. They even have a partial-partnership…" Zatanna said, sorrowfully, trailing-off. Everyone nodded. This was an uneasy topic, and they respected that.

"To be honest, I'm actually feeling a little overwhelmed." Zatanna said honestly.

Robin opened his mouth to comment on the word "overwhelmed." M'gann saw him perform this action, and she looked panicked. She invaded his mind, and yelled at Robin: 'NO!' But, it was too late. Miss Martian knew about Robin's crush on Zatanna, and she had vowed to help him with winning her affections, and thus, she was constantly making sure that he would not utter some lame prefix-removing phrase. But, alas, she was too late.

"Hey, speaking of 'overwhelmed,' why is everyone always 'overwhelmed,' or 'underwhelmed?' Why isn't anyone ever just 'whelmed?'" he asked, and M'gann slapped her face with the palm of her hand, while Conner rolled his eyes. Surprisingly, though, Zatanna just giggled.

"For the same reason that people don't say 'asterous,' although, at least in my opinion, that word actually works." the young sorceress replied, and Robin chuckled at her remark, which made her smile.

"I don't think I've ever heard you giggle. …It's, um… …It's nice…" Robin complimented her, trailing off, as his face erupted in flame, like a volcano of embarrassment.

"…Um, thanks Robin." Zatanna responded, blushing as well.

Wally rolled his eyes, as he geared the conversation back to where it was originally. "So, what was so 'overwhelming,' about joining 'The Team?'" he inquired, and she looked at the rest of The Team, as she answered him.

"I mean, you guys have taken on some of the biggest baddies out there, and I'm just the 'new recruit.' I just, y'know, don't want to let anyone down. That whole battle with the Injustice League was really amazing when I watched it back over for my testing training, and I just don't know if I can—" Zatanna started, but robin cut her off.

"Zatanna, you'll do fine. You are probably the only former 'sidekick,' whose abilities and skills are closest in power and prowess to his or her mentor's abilities. I mean, Batman can take on Kobra and all of his men, single-handedly. I can't even land a hit on Kobra. Miss Martian is powerfulvery powerful—but she is untrained and sometimes chaotic. Kid Flash can't run a full-speed, or vibrate through solid objects, while Flash can, easily. Kaldur has a hard time using his hydrokinesis, without his 'Water-Bearers,' while Aquaman can control entire tidal waves with one hand. Artemis still has yet to master the art of using arrows as hand-to-hand weapons, while Green Arrow can barely be touched in hand-to-hand combat. …And, Superboy can't even fly. We all have our mistakes, and yes, we go on dangerous missions—very dangerous missions—but we have each other to supplement what we cannot accomplish alone. That's why we're a team. You will not be taking anything away from this team—only adding to it. We all have our weaknesses, flaws, and fallacies, but we all know each other's strengths, and we play off of those, when we need to act as team. We continue to practice, to perfect ourselves, to try to earn the strength's that our teammates see in ourselves. Granted, we may not like each other all of the time—" here Robin was cut off by Artemis, who was glaring at Wally, who somehow had managed to grab a burrito and was practically inhaling it.

"Hmph, sometimes we don't like each other at all…" Artemis added to Robin's speech, and the Boy Wonder turned to her and nodded sarcastically, thanking her for her "input."

"…And, sometimes we don't like each other at all, but regardless, we respect each other. We see that we all deserve teammates that are better, and so we work to better ourselves. That's how this team works. …Of course, you probably won't have much 'bettering' to do, yourself, y'know being all 'asterous,' and stuff…" Robin finished, turning slightly red in the face.

Zatanna blushed at his last sentence. "…Um, thanks Robin…" was all she could manage at his remark.

"Yes, indeed. …And, besides those facts, you have been on several missions with us beforehand. Zatanna, I do believe that I speak for the entire Team, when I say that we already considered you a part of us, and that this 'induction,' is simply a formality." Kaldur said sincerely, and the rest of the Team agreed verbally.

"I suppose I'll fit-in pretty well here then…" Zatanna trailed off, and Artemis quickly agreed with her.

"Or course you will, girl!" she exclaimed, wrapping an around Zatanna, as she had somehow managed to quickly and quietly make her way over to the young wizard. Zatanna smiled at her archer friend, and then she noticed that all of the members of The Team were in costume, and she felt slightly out of place.

"Emutsoc otni egnahc!" Zatanna commanded the magical matrix of energy that flowed around her, and the energy warped, allowing her own 'Internal Eternal Energies,' to take over, and warp reality. This happened all in the matter of a split second, as it always did when she used magic, and her body was wrapped in shroud of grey smoke. When the smoke cleared, Zatanna was in costume, a female version of father's "Magic Man" outfit. Her long dark raven hair was falling flawlessly over her shoulders, and her tight black-clad magician's outfit had Robin's eyes glued to it. Zatanna noticed her crush's stare, and she blushed even deeper.

"…Um, Robin…?..." she addressed him.

"…Huh…?..." he responded, slowly snapping out of his reverie.

"…You're staring…" she stated.

Robin went bright red, as he realized what he was doing. "…Oh… …Sorry…" he said quietly, turning away and blushing an even deeper shade of red.

Zatanna's cheeks flushed a color she was sure was impossible for human cheeks to turn, but nonetheless, her cheeks were inflamed. This marked the fourth time she had blushed since starting a simple conversation with a simple friend. She cared far too much what this "simple friend" thought of her. She didn't care that she cared about his opinion though. She just knew that she cared.

Kid Flash spoke up next. "So, um, what are you gonna call yourself…?" he asked her, and she too snapped out of her own reverie, and she turned look at the young speedster.

"…Um… I don't really know…" Zatanna trailed off.

"…Well, how about 'Wiz Kid?' It's fast, catchy, and most importantly, it has 'Kid' in it!" he exclaimed, and Artemis glared at him.

"Oh, no! She'll choose her own name, thank you very much!" Artemis boomed, and Kid Flash shrunk back into the shadows behind her.

Zatanna shrugged. "I don't know. I kind of like it. …What do you think, Robin?" she asked him, and she found he was staring at her costume once again.

"…Robin…?..." she asked again, and he snapped out of his trance once again.

"…Oh, um, I like it. It makes you sound like a young genius—which you kind of are…" he answered, trailing off, and Zatanna found herself blushing yet again. She was far too dependent on his opinions. She would have to change that. She quickly pushed the blush out of her cheeks, as she spoke her next incantation.

"Dda melbme!" she said, and her new symbol appeared on the chest of her outfit: a bright yellow "W," that looked similar to lighting resting between two backwards red "Ks." "'Wiz Kid' it is!" she said as her new emblem was studied by the entirety of her new team, and they seemed to approve—especially Wally.

"Hah! I told you that it was a cool name!" he beamed, looking Artemis dead in the eye, daring her to defy him. She narrowed her eyes at him. He was likely going to suffer from friendly fire on the next mission.

Just as Artemis was about to readily refute Wally's latest stupid remark, Batman entered the cave.

"Batman: 02." the computer's voice alerted The Team, as the Dark Knight stepped through the transporter. Seconds later, Batman was at the cave's main computer, pulling up a screen of what looked like a mountain hideaway.

Batman turned around to view The Team—all seven members—and he addressed them.

"New mission." he stated with an air of finality and formality that simply could not be questioned. They nodded, as the target appeared on the screen: "The Light."

A/N: There will be MANY, MANY, MANY Cross-Continuity-Characters, and it MAY SEEM like a lot, but, BELIEVE ME, I will NOT make it a lot! It will be VERY EASY to understand, AND follow! …Also, besides trying to save the ENTIRE "Multi-Verse," these characters do have lives, and WILL be getting, um, you know, romantic. As a matter of fact, the following is a list of some of the proposed pairings, that I have prepared/assigned to fit-into this story, at some point.

Proposed Pairings: Dick/Barbara; Dick/Kori; Dick/Zatanna; Wally/Jinx; Wally/Artemis; Wally/Linda; Garfield ("Beast-Boy")/Rachel ("Raven"); Conner/M'gann; Conner/Cassie; Artemis/Connor Hawke; Kaldur/Terra; Steph/Tim; Roy/Jade; Roy-II ("Arsenal")/Helena ("Huntress"); Jane/Kyle; Kara/Kaldur; Donna/Garth; Donna/Ryand'r; Bruce/Selina; Bruce/Talia; Bart/Mia; Jason/Mia; Jason/Cass; Irey/Damian; Rose/Damian; Virgil ("Static-Shock")/Jennifer ("Lethal-Lightning"); Bart/Rose; Lian/Jai; Traci/Jaime

Let me know what you think, and which are/might be your favorite(s)! Well, please RATE & REVIEW! Let me know what you all thought! I'll be updating, and my speed will depend on how much feedback I receive on this chapter. Anyways, stay tuned for the next update, and please R&R!