Author's Notes: This is my third attempt at a Teen Titans fic, though hopefully not my last. Unlike Blood, Earth and Shade this fic has a two person pairing (however irregular it might be), I also have an ending planned out (though I might do a sequel depending how much people like this one and if I can get enough inspiration for it) and, also unlike Blood, Earth and Shade, this fic will be a lot darker. Enjoy.
Teen Titans: The Boy Wonder Legacy
Author: The Omakeer
Disclaimer: Teen Titans belong to Warner Brothers and DC Comics
Chapter One: Fallen Soldier
As far as any of the Teen Titans were concerned, today was turning out to be a truly fantastic day.
It didn't matter that it was only midday, everything was going perfectly. Robin, Cyborg and Breast Boy were having a full on videogame tournament, playing with all the latest racing and combat games to earn the title of Tower Champion. Starfire was busy in the kitchen, using the cook books that Robin was kind enough to buy for her, more for his and the other Titans benefit than anything else. And Raven was sat in her usual spot by the windows, reading through the books she had purchased the day before. Things couldn't be better.
Raven's concentration was interrupted however as Robin yelled out in triumph. She rolled her eyes as he did a little victory dance to the angry mumblings of the other two boys. The Boy Wonder irritated her sometimes. Sure he was a great hero, an excellent leader, and was certainly good looking. The problem was that he knew it. He was just a little too arrogant for Raven's taste. She always believed that heroes were supposed to be humble, like they were in her books. Considering the amount of "conquest" stories he told the other boys, Robin had as much chance of being humble as Raven did of being more cheerful than Starfire.
With a final look of contempt at Robin laughing as he beat Cyborg again, Raven returned her attention to her book.
"Good news friends," Starfire said happily as she stood in the kitchen, "in but a few minutes you will all be able to sample my glorious trifle."
"Yeah that's great Star," Beast Boy said, suppressing a shudder. As he got up to change the game, he spoke just loud enough for the other two boys to hear, "who wants to bet she found some way to ruin this dessert too?"
"I don't want to think about it man," Cyborg said quietly, "I still remember the time she made those cookies. The ones that tried to bite us back? I haven't been able to even look at another one since."
"Tell me about it," Beast Boy said, sitting back down on the sofa, "it's like she has some diabolical plan to ruin desserts for the rest of us. If there was a law it would be against it."
"At least you guys didn't have to try that traditional Tamaranean dessert she made," Robin said with a frown, "I think I might have actually barfed up a lung with that one."
The other two boys laughed, but not loud enough for Starfire to hear. "What's happening with you two any way?" Cyborg asked, "I thought you were sweet on our little princess."
"I am," Robin said simply.
"Then how come you haven't asked her out or something?"
"Because, Starfire is the kind of girl you settle down with. And I'm not done sowing my wild oats yet," Robin said with a wag of his eyebrows.
"Dude, you're almost as much of a dog as I am," Beast Boy said with a smile.
"Plus her, you know… physiology, might be completely different than a human. I don't want us to have sex and then have one of us melt into a puddle or something," Robin said with a shudder.
"Yeah, it could be like in that movie Species," Beast Boy said with a thoughtful nod, "you do it and she might get pregnant and have the baby in like an hour. Or she could eat you afterwards."
"Thanks Beast Boy you're a big help," Robin replied, sarcastically.
"Yeah, but whatever happens with you two, just don't hurt her man," Cyborg said in his best protective big brother voice.
"I'm not going to hurt her dude," Robin said with a frown, which quickly turned into a smirk, "but I'm sure she can wait while I play the field for a bit longer."
The rest of the boy's game playing was interrupted by an Alert coming up on the big screen. The Titan's perfect day was no more.
Robin jumped up and ran towards the garage, "Titans Go!"
One of Wayne Enterprises research and development labs had been broken into by the HIVE Five. The Titans were speeding their way to the scene in the T-Car. Cyborg was driving as always while Starfire sat in the passenger seat trying to find something cheery to listen to on the radio. Beast Boy was in the back listening to his MP3 player. Since he didn't make any jokes while doing this, the other Titans almost insisted he do this on every car ride. Raven, much to her annoyance, was sat next to Robin, who quickly picked up on her irritation.
"What's the matter with you?"
"What do you care?" Raven said without looking at him, "there's only one girl on this team that you're even vaguely interested in and it certainly isn't me."
"Oh, are you a little jealous Raven?" Robin asked with a smirk.
"In your dreams Boy Blunder," Raven said with a glare.
"You know what? I think I've had that dream," Robin said with a seductive smile, "quite a few times in fact."
"You're a pig."
"Actually," Robin said before leaning in to whisper in Raven's ear, "I prefer to think of myself as the big, bad wolf. All that heavy breathing you know."
Raven hid her blush behind another glare, "Robin, I wouldn't touch you if you were the last man on earth. I find you repulsive."
Robin leaned back in his seat with a smug smile, "then why can't you stop thinking about me naked."
Raven tried to stammer out a denial while fighting a furious blush. Robin chuckled lightly as she turned away and let out an angry breath.
The Teen Titans arrived at the laboratory in record time and quickly engaged the HIVE members.
Robin punched Private HIVE so hard he fell to the ground. He took it well though, rolling onto one knee and hurling he shield at Robin. The Boy Wonder effortlessly executed a back-flip; the shield flying passing under him and lodging itself into the wall behind him.
"Is that all you've got?" Robin asked smugly, "I thought you army types were supposed to be tough?" Robin had nothing to worry about. He had all of Private HIVE's extensive military training and much more. He could easily counter any move thrown at him.
"Keep mouthing off solider," Private Hive said as he rubbed his jaw and stood back up, "when I'm through with you you're going to think of World War II as a wet dream."
Robin's smile widened, "show me."
"Hctib eht nrub," Jinx shouted as a ball of fire shot out of her hands towards Raven. It deflected weakly off the Titans shield and Jinx grumbled. This shield was really starting to piss her off. It only covered Raven from the front, but no matter where Jinx moved to attack the shield shifted to block her.
"Reirrab reh rettahs," Jinx muttered as a silvery snake shot out of her hand. It disintegrated on contact with the shield. Jinx yelled out in frustration. She knew this was all a ploy to piss her off so she would use all her energy and then the Titan could take her down easily. The problem was it was working.
In frustration, Jinx performed a flying kick on the shield. She just ended up hurting her foot, "fucking hell. Just come out and fight me you bitch."
Raven ignored her. She knew Jinx had the upper hand physically and would quickly beat her in a fistfight, but she was no match for Raven's raw magical power. It wouldn't be long before she was taken down. Raven was nothing if not patient.
Starfire flew through the air with great ease. She used all of her training and natural skill to avoid the various optic blasts See-More was firing at her
"Damn it would you hold still," See-More yelled, firing off another volley to little effect, "I only got a B- in marksmanship and that was mostly because of the written."
"Then perhaps you should have studied more," Starfire said sweetly as she flew higher.
"Then again," See-More said with a lecherous smile, "I did get an A in X-Ray vision. You have a nice body on you princess."
As naive as she was, Starfire knew what he was talking about. Her blush was coupled with fury burning in her emerald eyes. She charged a large starbolt in her hands and launched it a See-More's feet. The resulting explosion threw him into the air where he collided roughly with a wall.
Cyborg and Mammoth were busy grappling with each other. They had their hands gripped to the other shoulders, pushing against each other, trying to gain leverage.
"This all you got Tin-Man?" Mammoth grinned, leaning in closer and breathing into Cyborg's face, "or do you need to stop for an oil change?"
"Not really," Cyborg smiled, as suddenly all the lights on his body began to shine brighter, "I've had some upgrades."
In one quick move Cyborg lifted Mammoth above his head.
"H-hey what the hell are you doing?" Mammoth yelled, panic in his voice, "put me down."
"If that's what you want," Cyborg said, as he launched Mammoth across the room. He was running over to finish the job before the HIVE member had even hit the ground.
Beast Boy wasn't fairing as well as the other Titans. It was taking all of his energy to shift through various animal forms to avoid Gizmo's laser blasts. It didn't matter how small he went, Gizmo's targeting software was matching him and making it almost impossible to dodge the attacks. If he could get close enough he would turn into something big and beat down the midget, unfortunately at the moment it would just make him a bigger target. Beast Boy made a quick mental note to make sure someone else got paired off with the psychotic little technophile next time.
Overall, things were not going as well as Gizmo had hoped for. Brother Blood had allowed him to pick this R&D lab as a target, to see how well he would handle the responsibility. Gizmo had picked the lab for two reasons. One was that the place was one of the best labs in the city, possibly the country, third only to its sister lab in Gotham and STAR Labs in Metropolis, the perfect place to update his hardware. The other reason was Jinx.
He had been nursing the biggest crush on her for a very long time. He had tried to impress her with his intellect, but she wasn't interested in the slightest. He had picked this lab to rob so that he could show her how skilled he was at planning a heist, but she had said she would rather be stealing money and jewels than "stupid tech". To make matters worse the Teen Titans had showed up and where steadily beating the HIVE students. Gizmo's plan to win Jinx over was turning into a disaster.
That's when inspiration stuck the boy genius. If he saved Jinx she would see him as a hero, maybe even agree to go out with him. He smiled manically, batting Beast Boy out of the way with one of his robotic spider legs, arming his positron laser to full power, and pointing it at Raven.
Robin saw what Gizmo was doing out of the corner of his eye. He had no time to think, he just acted, his heroic instincts taking over his body. He sprinted across the room towards his oblivious team-mate.
With no time to spare, Robin pushed Raven to the ground, catching the laser blast meant for her square in the chest. It ripped through his body armour and into the flesh underneath, spinning him across the room. His head making a sickening crack as it connected with the reinforced wall, Robin dropped to the floor with a bloody thump.
"ROBIN," Raven yelled as she got up from the floor and rushed towards her fallen leader, all her previous distaste for the Boy Wonder forgotten.
"Oh my god," Jinx whispered, her eyes wide with shock, "Gizmo what the hell have you done."
"Don't worry babe," Gizmo said as he grabbed Jinx around the waist, his jetpack lighting up and flying them both out of the lab, "your hero's here to save your cute behind."
The other HIVE members took this opportunity to escape too. The Teen Titans were far too preoccupied with their fallen team-mate to care.
"Hang on Robin, just hang on," Raven said with tears in her eyes, her voice equal parts worried, urgent, and terrified. She was desperately pouring as much healing magic into Robin's chest wound as she could, trying to ignore all the blood on her hands and the large amount pooling on the floor, "don't let go! Do you hear me? Don't you dare let go."
None of the Titans noticed the tiny alarm buzzing on the Boy Wonder's utility belt.
The Titans made it back to the Tower in record time. The thought of taking Robin to a hospital never even crossed their minds; they had better facilities than any medical centre in the whole of Jump City.
They moved the hover-gurney, a device that was always kept in the T-Car in case of emergencies, towards to med-lab. Raven was straddling Robin's waist, relentlessly pouring her magic into his body. Cyborg was busy scanning Robin's body while simultaneously linking to the towers mainframe and checking every medical journal stored in its memory. Beast Boy was helping them by keeping Starfire in the Ops Room and out of their way, while also trying to console and comfort the hysterical alien princess.
Once in the med-lab Raven continued with her magical flow while Cyborg quickly rushed around the room, hooking Robin up to an IV and attaching several packs of the Boy Wonder's blood type to transfuse.
Once he was done his computerised brain completed its diagnosis. Cyborg didn't like the answer so he ran it again. And again. All the answers were the same. He stood up and turned his head away from his friend.
"…Raven."
"What are you doing Cyborg?" Raven asked, never taking her blood soaked hands from Robin's chest, "hurry up and do something. Help me."
"…Raven," he said, his voice cracking, "…you have to stop."
"WHAT?" Raven yelled, horrified, "NO, WE HAVE TO SAVE HIM! You have all that medical crap in your head. Operate on him or something."
"Raven," Cyborg said, tears steaming from his human eye, "he's loosing too much blood too fast. The only thing keeping him alive right now is your magic. I can't operate with your hands in the way and I certainly can't do it before he bleeds to death. And even if… by some miracle I could do all that, there… there's too much head trauma. He'd spend the rest of his life as a vegetable. As much as it kills me to say it, there's nothing we can do."
"THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING," Raven screamed, various medical tools around the room started to fly about and several beakers shattered, "we can call the Justice League, get all their magic users to help with the healing spell. We can get the Flash to speed you up so you can work at super speed. We can't just give up. There must be something we can do!"
"There is Raven."
Both Titans turned around, though Raven's hands never moved, to see Batman standing in the door, his face completely emotionless despite what was going on before him. He moved into the med-lab, pulling a hover-cryogenic chamber behind him.
"You… you can help him?" Raven asked with the barest hint of hope in her trembling voice.
"Yes I can," Batman said, his voice in a perfect monotone. He moved the cryogenic chamber next to the gurney, "I have access to everything necessary to save Robin's life."
"Do you promise?"
Batman's face softened slightly as he looked at the distraught girl, "I promise."
Using great care, Batman and Cyborg transferred Robin into the chamber, Raven's hands still healing. The second she pulled her hands away the chamber was sealed, freezing Robin in time.
Raven and Cyborg followed the Dark Knight and the chamber all the way to the roof, watching quietly as he loaded it into the Bat Plane and then got into the cockpit.
"Don't worry," Batman said before sealing the door, "I will contact you as soon as he is out off danger."
With that said he sealed the doors and the plane took off into the air.
The flight from Jump City to Gotham took less than five minutes, a feat no other plane on earth could match.
Batman flew into the Bat Cave with practiced ease. Landing perfectly on the caves private launch pad. He quickly unloaded the cryogenic chamber and moved it to the med-lab where Alfred Pennyworth, his lifetime friend and confidante, was already waiting.
The cryogenic chamber was hooked up to various sensors and scanners to monitor Robin's condition. Alfred checked over all of them. Twice. It didn't look good.
"The prognosis is bleak sir," Alfred said with a sigh, "I'm afraid Master Dick's condition is most dire. He will not live for very long if we remove him from this chamber."
"…What about the Genesis project?" Batman asked, as he paced around the room, his brain working a mile a minute. He often fired off ideas at his manservant; it always helped him come to the best course of action.
Alfred quickly checked one of the monitors before letting out another frustrated sigh, "there is too much head trauma. Instinctual and learned memories are still viable for downloading, but his personal memories are irretrievable with our current technology."
"What about a Lazarus Pit?"
"It would be the best way to save Master Dick. But it could take weeks or months to even locate one sir. And if Master Dick or even Robin were to be gone for so long it would raise too many questions. Someone could find out about Genesis and then the whole Justice League could be in trouble. Not to mention the dangers of the general populace finding out about the existence of the Lazarus Pits, the world would be torn apart in their search."
Batman pulled off his cowl and looked at the cryogenic chamber. He leaned in close and whispered to the boy inside, "don't worry Dick, I'm not giving up on you. I'll find a way to bring you back.
Batman spent the next couple of hours trying to think of a solution to his problem. Most of the time spent either pacing the cave or checking facts on the computer. In the early hours of the morning he finally stopped, sitting down next to the cryogenic chamber and placing his hand on the lid.
Alfred soon walked back into the cave carrying a tray of coffee and biscuits, "have you come to a decision Master Bruce?"
"Yes I have Alfred," Batman said with a solemn smile, there was only one course of action; "we have to do both."
Alfred was completely shocked, "sir you can't be serious. His memories are irretrievable and even if…"
"We have no other choice Alfred," Batman interrupted with a worried frown, "you said it yourself, if he is gone too long people will start asking questions. But if we use Genesis then it will give us time to find a pit and save the boy's life."
"But sir…"
"No buts Alfred," Batman said, moving to his computer and starting the various programmes connected to the Genesis Project, "we need to get to work. Activate the DNA retrieval… and start the cloning process."
To Be Continued…
Author's Notes: The idea for this fic came to me after a very weird dream in which Batman, instead of training up a new Robin when one died, just cloned him. This idea would probably do for a very long One-Shot but not a chaptered fic. Thankfully I've found a way to expand it enough for at least six chapters, maybe more.
I don't know any Latin and I honestly couldn't be arsed to look any up on the internet. So instead, for Jinx's spells, I used an old DC Comics trick for spells and just wrote what I wanted the spell to do… and then rewrote it backwards.
Next Chapter: Birth…