BEHOLD MY NEW STORY!!! This one was buzzing around in my skull for awhile now and it wouldn't go away so here it if for your reading pleasure. To my fans of Drunken Bender, now that this one is out and rolling it should be much easier for me to write the next chapter of that story so expect that one coming soon and for a plot twist you'll never see coming.(I hope) Anyway enjoy my new story the next chapter is already in the planning stages as well XD

Oh and i make no money nor claim no ownership of any songs or characters(with the exception of Jaac) here on in

It was cold and rainy in Jump City, California. Out on a small island in the bay a large T shaped tower stood overlooking the city. It was the home of the city's heroes, the Teen Titans. Inside the tower the titans were bored out of their minds. It seemed like the rain had the same effect on criminals that it did on everyone else. No one wanted to go out in it. As Beast Boy and Cyborg played videogames on the huge TV in the living room lightening flashed outside and thunder rumbled. Starfire was in her room lounging on her bed, rainy days made her rather lethargic, well lethargic for her anyway. Raven was sitting in the common room reading a book and keeping to herself as was usual. Robin was locked away deep inside the records room of the tower going over past villain profiles and scanning the city for crime.

"Just a couple more laps and you lose BB!" Cyborg said as his fingers danced over the buttons on the controller.

"Yeah right Cy and then I'll eat a cheeseburger too!" Beast Boy shot back his fingers moving just as quickly as Cyborg's.

Suddenly lightning struck the tower and the whole building went dark. Cyborg let out a short cry of disappointment as he saw his victory fade away. Beast Boy on the other hand let out a quiet sigh of relief as he knew he wasn't going to win the race so the black out was welcome.

Raven closed her book with a raspy sigh and floated out of her seat towards BB and Cyborg.

"So what do we do now?" Raven muttered as she came to a stop in front of the two boys.

"Well the breaker box is in the basement of the tower so we'd have to go down and flip them back on," Cyborg replied, "Or fix any of the ones that blew out."

"Well lets get started then," Raven said as she turned and floated toward the door stopping short as it failed to open up.

"That won't work Raven it seems like the power surge knocked out back up power as well the doors won't open for us," Cyborg said as he walked forward and placed a hand on the door.

"Can't we just break it down or something?" Beast Boy asked.

"I'd rather not cause more damage than we may already have," Cyborg responded, "Besides Robin is closest to the basement and he knows the layout of the tower almost as well as I do so I'm sure if we wait he'll-"

Cyborg fell silent as the lights in the common room flickered back on and the door opened with a swish.

"See good as new!" Cyborg said with a grin while Starfire came floating into the room looking a bit worried.

"Friends! I was in my room when suddenly there was a bolt of what you call lightning and then the darkness are we under attack?" Starfire asked looking around the common room.

"Nah, Star it was just a power outage. It happens when too much electricity is put through a system, it shuts down as a safety precaution" Cyborg explained.

"Oh, that is good." Starfire said relief in her voice.

Suddenly the door opened again and Robin stepped through and looked at each of his friends.

"Is everyone alright?" Robin asked as he made his way towards his personal terminal on the far side of the room.

"Yeah we're all fine," Beast Boy said as Robin sat down at his computer and booted it up to do a systems check to make sure his files survived the power surge.

"I'm glad to hear-" Robin started when suddenly an explosion rocked the tower.

"What the hell was that!?" Beast Boy yelled as his head whipped from side to side trying to locate the source.

"It came from outside!" Raven said as she flew towards the window to look.

"Titans GO!" Robin cried as he ran for the door the others following him to the entrance of the tower.

It wasn't hard to locate the source of the explosion. With the heavy rain meeting the heat of the site of the explosion a lot of steam was belching forth from a decent sized crater near the shoreline. As the Titans came to the edge of the crater a large gust of wind whipped at them. This also pushed away the obscuring steam to reveal a shocking sight.

Lying inside the crater was a teenager, apparently unconscious and wounded. He had on a charred red vest over a white t-shirt. He had on black pants that ended mid-shin and they were smoking slightly. He had on tan hiking boots that were blackened and the rubber had melted. On his hands were fingerless black gloves and he had bandages wrapped around his forearms. He also had a slightly singed cloth guitar case on his back yet no guitar. The thing that jumped out the most though was his hair, it was a light pink, messy and short. Recognizing that the teen was obviously in no shape to be a threat to anyone Robin slid down next to the fallen male.

"If you can hear me say something!" Robin said over the rain and wind.

The unknown teen shifted and groaned before looking up with hazy eyes. His eyes roamed over the Titans and he tried to stand. He managed to get to his knees before his eyes rolled back and he fell forward with a thud.

Cyborg slid down next but before he got halfway down his foot got caught on something and he stumbled the rest of the way down. Looking over his shoulder he spotted what looked like the head and neck of a guitar sticking out of the mud. Looking over at the others he pointed at it.

"Can one of you grab that I need to check on our exploding friend here," Cyborg said as he turned and started to scan the pink haired teen.

Beast Boy trotted over and grabbed the neck of the guitar and heaved backward but to no avail. Seeing her friends distress Starfire floated over and grabbed the neck and pulled. She succeeded in lifting the guitar and Beast Boy into the air. Letting go of the neck and dropping to the ground Beast Boy examined the instrument and gasped softly.

"Dudes! This is a vintage Rickenbacker 4001 Bass guitar! I'd say it's a 1962," Beast Boy said in awe as he took the guitar from Starfire, "These things rock out! Did you know that some of the best musicians to ever live used these guitars!? I'm talking Paul McCartney, Cliff Burton, and Jerry Only to name a few."

By this point everyone had stopped and was staring at Beast Boy unaccustomed to such knowledge from the changeling.

"What?" Beast Boy sniffed, "I can know stuff!"

Beast Boy crossed his arms and looked away feigning being offended as the others went back to what they were doing.

Cyborg hmm'ed softly as he looked at the results of his scan curiously.

"Well I don't know how he got here but it seems like he was electrocuted and rather severely at that." Cyborg said as he continued scanning the rosette, "It's a miracle he's alive really but we need to get him inside and treat him, enemy or not we can't have him die on our front lawn."

Robin nodded and made to pick him up but as he neared the fallen boy a small bolt of electricity arced off of him and shocked Robin knocking him back. Acting quickly Raven caught Robin in mid-air with a beam of dark energy and set him down gently. Rubbing his chest a bit and silently thanking his suit for being highly resistant to electric attacks he looked at Cyborg.

"I thought he was unconscious?" Robin asked as he fingered his utility belt warily.

"He IS unconscious," Cyborg stated, "As far as I can tell his cellular structure is harboring the residual electrical energy."

Cyborg pressed a couple buttons on his scanner and rubbed his chin.

"It seems to be dissipating, albeit slowly," Cyborg murmured, "Raven why don't you carry him to the med bay with your powers and try not to get him to close to anything for the next couple minutes."

Raven nodded and enveloped the fallen boy in a blanket of dark energy, picked him up and began the trek back inside the tower.

Cyborg had removed the teens vest and was forced to cut off his t-shirt in order to keep from jostling him. He hooked the teen up to numerous machines to monitor his condition through the night. He then began to bandages his wounds with gauze and disinfectant. The others stood in the room and observed quietly waiting for Cyborg to say something. After about twenty minutes Cyborg looked up and smiled.

"Well it looks like he's stabilized and his vitals are unusually strong for what he went through," Cyborg said as he wiped his hands on a towel.

"But how did he manage to get out here?" Starfire asked as she hovered toward the teen and looked down at him. "I mean all we found was that case of the guitar and the object called a 'bass' stuck in the mud a few feet away."

"I'm not sure," Robin stated as he too looked at the teen curiously, "But we can ask him when he wakes up."

A soft groan and a muffled curse caused them all to look down at the bed in time to see his eyes open. Starfire, being the closest, gasped softly as she saw his eyes up close. Outside the rain and darkness had obscured them enough that nothing could be seen of them. Now however, Starfire was staring at yellow eyes with cat slit pupils. The teen tried to sit up with a grunt only to find Starfire held him down gently yet he couldn't move despite her petite looks. The teen looked from her hand to her and gave a lopsided grin.

"Well I don't know what hospital I'm in but I like the nurses and their uniforms," He said as he looked Starfire up and down causing her to blush and back away behind Raven. "Ooh the Goth nurse is smokin too,"

Raven, unaccustomed to getting such praise on her looks, blushed heavily and a lamp across the room cracked in half.

Robin cleared his throat loudly trying to give Raven a chance to calm herself and stave off more property damage from her errant powers.

"They're not nurses and your not in a hospital," Robin said, "Your in our home, Titans Tower."

"Tch, figures. I knew there was no way you could have two nurses that hot in the same hospital," The teen mumbled and the sound of another poor lamp meeting its demise echoed in the room.

Robin rubbed his forehead lightly before he sighed and looked at the teen in front of him with a calculating look.

"We found you outside our home in a smoking crater and brought you inside and treated you." Robin continued, "You mind telling us how you got there?"

"Oh, that, well the short explanation is… I fell," The teen said as his eyes scanned the room before coming to land on Beast Boy, "Oi green bean!"

Beast Boy jumped at being addressed so suddenly.

"Uh you mean me?" Beast Boy asked hesitantly

"Yeah you, you have my bass right?"

"How do you know I have it?" Beast Boy shot back with a raised eyebrow.

"You mean other than the fact that I can see it behind your back?" The teen responded wryly.

Beast Boy flushed in embarrassment and moved toward the teen making to hand him his guitar back. He was stopped by Robin who laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Just one second now," Robin said as he took the guitar from Beast Boy and shouldered it. Noticing as he did that it seemed to have a motor and ripcord built into the back of it. "We may not know much about you but it seems like this guitar is more than just a guitar."

The teen smiled and propped himself up a bit so as to see better and nodded.

"Indeed it is more than that," He said, "That Rickenbacker is an amplifier for my powers and my main weapon."

"You use a bass guitar as a weapon?" Cyborg said in surprise while Beast Boy looked appalled at the abuse of such a gorgeous instrument.

"I use it to fly as well," The teen said with a grin.

"You FLY on a guitar!?" Beast Boy asked awe apparent in his voice.

"Yup"

"I don't know who this guy is but I like him already!" Beast Boy said as he moved forward and clapped him on the back causing him to wince.

"Ah that's right please, Friend, will you tell us your name?" Starfire asked as she floated forward once again.

The teen smiled "My name is Jaac Nandaba Nixon and it is a pleasure to meet you all."

"Nixon?" Cyborg echoed

"Yes, Nixon, and before you ask no I am not a crook." Jaac said with a grin.

Before she could stop herself Raven let out a choked giggle that she tried to pass off as a cough but failed horribly. Everyone, with the exception of Jaac as he was unfamiliar with Raven, turned their heads so fast that Robin got a crick in his.

"Dude…Raven laughed…IT'S THE APACOLYPSE!!" Beast Boy screamed and turned to run from the room.

Cyborg rolled his eyes and stuck out his arm catching the changeling and held him until he calmed down. Raven crossed her arms and huffed indignantly before she snapped at Beast Boy.

"I DO laugh on occasion Beast Boy," Raven said waspishly

"Well how come you never laugh at my jokes then huh? HUH?!" Beast Boy said as he pointed an accusatory finger at Raven.

Pushing his finger aside she answered simply. "Because your not funny."

"Ouch," Beast Boy murmured.

Jaac chuckled as he swung his legs out over the side of the bed and made to stand up. Everyone froze as they saw him get to his feet, wobbling slightly.

"Cyborg I thought you said he was hurt?" Robin said softly as he watched Jaac grumble over his ruined t-shirt and shoes before shrugging on his vest.

"He is-was I mean…it shouldn't be possible for him to be out of bed yet," Cyborg whispered back. "What is this guy made of?"

"Heh I ask myself that question sometimes too." Jaac said as he turned back to the Titans.

"You could hear me?" Cyborg asked.

"Yeah my powers are based on sound…I can manipulate it to extreme lengths. So much so in fact that I can imitate any sound I've heard before be it a voice or otherwise." Jaac said with a smile, "Naturally, that means my hearing is extremely sensitive as well."

"So that's why you use the guitar" Beast Boy noted.

"Well…yeah that and because Nana Haruko gave it to me so its special to me." Jaac said as he reached for his guitar which Robin reluctantly let go of.

Shouldering his case he slipped the Rickenbacker back inside it and stretched his back popping it a couple times.

"Anyway do you mind if I stay here for the night?" Jaac asked, "It looks like I suffered some wardrobe lose and I'd rather not fly around without a shirt nor shoes."

The Titans looked at each other and then at Robin who looked at Jaac for a couple moments.

"You can sleep on the couch for tonight I suppose." Robin said before he turned on his heel and left.

"Glorious!," Starfire said as she rushed toward Jaac and enveloped him in a bone crushing hug lifting him off the floor.

"What is your favorite color? Where are you from? Can you play this instrument you call bass? Will you be my friend?" Starfire asked shooting off question after question.

"Uhm…red, Chicago, Yes I can play the bass and sure I'll be your friend," Jaac said answering each of her questions in turn.

"Glorious!" Starfire cried again setting Jaac down only to grab his hand and drag him from the room, "I am known as Starfire. We can talk about the boys and venture to the mall of shopping! Oh maybe we can do the braiding of the hair!" Starfire said excitedly as she dragged Jaac to the common room.

"Uhm Starfire you do know I'm a boy right?" Jaac said stumbling along behind her.

Starfire stopped in her tirade and looked back at Jaac curiously.

"But your hair is pink…I was lead to believe pink is a very feminine color on this planet," Starfire said confused at this point.

"Ah yeah well…I get my hair from my Mom's side of the family," Jaac said scratching his head, "It comes from Nana Haruko I think, since she has pink hair too."

Starfire nodded and grabbed his hand again and resumed dragging Jaac towards the common room. When they got there she gave him a short tour of everything.

"So I guess the couch is mine for the night eh?" Jaac said as he plopped down on the couch and put his feet up on the small coffee table.

"Yes you are to sleep on the couch of butt whoop" Starfire said happily earning a confused look from Jaac.

"'Butt whoop'?" Jaac echoed as he looked at Starfire curiously.

"Yes when Cyborg and Beast Boy are playing the video games Cyborg always says he is going to whoop the butt when they sit down." Starfire explained causing Jaac to grin.

"Ah I see well thanks for lending me your couch for the night I really appreciate it." Jaac said with a lopsided smile.

"Ah it is no trouble at all friend Jaac…um…friend Jaac would you…"Starfire started before trailing off.

"What is it Starfire?"

"You play that instrument called the bass right?"

"Yeah I do."

"Would you play me a song?" Starfire murmured

Jaac grinned and unzipped his case and pulled out the Rickenbacker.
"Sure I suppose it's a fair trade," Jaac said adjusting the tuners on the guitar for a second before looking up at her. "Any requests?"

Starfire thought for a moment before shaking her head and sitting down next to Jaac.

"You may choose friend, I am still most unfamiliar with music from this planet so I don't know many songs." Starfire said as she got comfortable.

"Ah ok…alright I got one." Jaac said as he started to strum the bass, but instead of the rich notes of a bass the lighter notes of an acoustic guitar sprung forth. Soon what sounded like an entire band was filling the Tower as Jaac let his powers flow forth.

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks, now I'm trying to get back

Before the cool done run out I'll be giving it my bestest
And nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

But I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love

Listen to the music of the moment people, dance and sing
We're just one big family
And it's our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved

The others Titans entered the common room lured by the music and saw Jaac strumming at his bass as he sang. They crowded around him and listened as he continued the Titans were completely enraptured by this newcomer and his strange ability. Jaac remained blissfully unaware of his audience as he had closed his eyes when he had started so he could concentrate.

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm sure
There's no need to complicate, our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

D-d-do do you, but do you, d-d-do
But do you want to come on
Scooch on over closer dear
And I will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed

I guess what I be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do, our name is our virtue

But I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

As Jaac continued it seemed like more voices than just his own were singing. He had manipulated his voice in such a way that he was singing different things at the same time.

(I won't hesitate)
Open up your mind and see like me
(No more, no more)
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours
(It cannot wait, I'm sure)

So please don't, please don't, please don't
(There's no need to complicate)
There's no need to complicate
(Our time is short)
'Cause our time is short
(This is our fate)
This is, this is, this is our fate
I'm yours

As Jaac finished the song and opened his eyes he twitched back as he noticed the other Titans in front of him. Suddenly Starfire latched onto him with a squeal of delight and took off into the air twirling around with him in her grip.

"That was glorious Friend Jaac, never have I heard such beautiful music even back on my planet of Tamaran!" Starfire gushed stars in her eyes as she came to a stop some ten feet off the ground.

"Uh well I'm flattered," Jaac choked out as he was having a bit of trouble breathing at the moment.

"You must play for me again Friend Jaac!" Starfire said as she lowered him back to the floor.

"Maybe tomorrow before I go I'll play for you guys one more time," Jaac said with a yawn as he took his seat back on the couch.

"There's one thing I don't understand though Jaac," Cyborg said as he watched Jaac put his bass back away. "The music you played sounded nothing like a bass guitar. That was the sound of an acoustic guitar."

"Ah yes well my powers allow me to twist sounds dramatically but I can only do it to such an extreme extent as changing it completely when I'm very close." Jaac explained.

Cyborg nodded and the Titans began to disperse each going to their own rooms to get some sleep. Jaac yawned, laid down and shut his eyes but jolted to the side when a finger poked him. Looking over he saw it was Raven standing over him hand still slightly extended. Jaac arched a brow as Raven stood there her face mostly obscured by her hood.

"Yes?" Jaac asked after a couple moments thinking for a moment he saw a pink hue color her cheeks, but he dismissed it as his imagination.

"Uh…I….um…it…nice song," Raven stammered out before she sank into a puddle of darkness and disappeared.

"Uh-huh," Jaac said staring at the spot where she disappeared before he lay back down and fell asleep.

The morning had started out rough for the Titans, an alarm had woken them up to trouble out in the city. Scrambling to get dressed they had left a couple minutes later to downtown Jump City leaving Jaac alone in the tower. It seemed as though a new trio of villains were tearing up the city. When the Titans arrived on the scene they had introduced themselves as Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo.

Jinx had pink hair tied up into two horns with purple ribbons and a matching purple dress and striped stockings. She had on platform boots that matched her outfit and her skin had a grayish pallor similar to Raven's. Her powers consisted of pink bolts of energy called hex bolts that harnessed the power of bad luck and inflicted it on whatever it hit.

Mammoth was, like his namesake, a very large man. He had long brown hair and a matching goatee . He was wearing what looked like a one piece black and gold jump suit with matching boots. It had no sleeves and revealed his muscular arms and it seemed they weren't just for show as he had cracked the ground numerous times already.

Gizmo was the strangest of the trio. He seemed to be no older than twelve years old but was already a technological genius. He wore a green jumpsuit and a pair of goggles along with a high-tech backpack. The backpack was packed full of all sorts of nasty goodies such as missiles, lasers, rockets for flight, and even four spider like legs he used for increased mobility while on the ground.

The battle had gone from bad to worse for the Titans, when they arrived it was to a trap involving a bus and a baby stroller booby trapped with a fake baby. When they had "saved" the fake baby it had exploded and the three teenage villains had sprung their trap. It had gone down hill from there, caught by surprise the teens had railroaded the Titans and now they were coming in for the kill.

Despite the alarm being loud enough to wake everyone else up Jaac, with his hyper hearing, had slept right on through it. As said person woke up from sleep he reached up and pulled an ear plug from his left ear. It seems our hero wears them in order to sleep through the night. Getting to his feet Jaac stumbled to the kitchen for a glass of water pulling out the remaining ear plug as he went.

Clad in only his musical note covered boxers and smacking his lips he stumbled forward. He stopped in front of the sink and grimaced as that morning taste assaulted his taste buds. Getting his drink with a yawn he leaned against the counter and chugged it down banishing the offending taste from his mouth.

"I wonder where everyone is." Jaac mumbled as he looked at the clock noticing it was around 8:15 in the morning. Closing his eyes he concentrated but couldn't hear anything other than the steady hum of machinery in the tower.

"I guess they're out," Jaac said to himself, "Ah well I'd better go before they get back don't want to wear out my welc-," Jaac was interrupted by a muffled boom from outside.

"What the?" Jaac said as he trotted over to the window and looked outside to see smoke rising from downtown Jump City. "Heh I guess I know where they went now."

More booms echoed from outside and the smoke became more prominent. A small spark of concern tickled at the back of Jaac's mind and he bit his lip.

"Ah I'm sure their fine," He said, more to try to convince himself than out of confidence. Even as he said this his eyes roamed over his Rickenbacker leaning against the couch.
Suddenly, a faint scream reached his ears and he immediately recognized it as Starfire. Glancing back out the window then back to his guitar he growled in his throat and set his glass on the table and ran back to the couch.

"My mom just had to be a god damn superhero," Jaac mumbled as he stopped at the couch.

Grabbing his pants, slipping into them quickly and zipping them up he ran towards the front door grabbing his vest and Rickenbacker along the way. He tore down the steps and hit the front door at full speed causing it to fly open with a bang. Stopping short he slammed the guitar down in front of him, placed a foot on the body and grabbed the ripcord on the back. With a hard yank the engine on the back roared to life and Jaac tossed the guitar in front of him as he ran forward jumping onto the back and zooming off toward Jump City at breakneck speed while shrugging on his vest.

The Titans were on there last legs, Beast Boy and Robin were down for the count after Jinx had lured them into the path of one of Gizmo's missiles. Raven was fighting with Jinx but the acrobatic girl was giving the sorceress trouble and Raven's stamina was waning. Starfire was fighting Mammoth but an earlier shot from Jinx had hurt her and her reaction time had suffered letting Mammoth quickly gain the upper hand. Cyborg and Gizmo were trading technological blows and though Cyborg had superior technology Gizmo's agility and smaller stature were making it hard to pin him down. Suddenly the fights took a turn for the worse, Jinx caught Raven in the chest with a kick before blasting her in the face with a hex bolt temporarily blinding her. Cyborg was caught from behind by a homing missile and Gizmo took the opportunity to jump on his back and hack into his internal systems. Starfire missed blocking a punch from Mammoth and was sent flying back into a building. When she had pulled herself partially out of the rubble, she saw Mammoth was already there swinging the axle of a car at her head. Despite herself she screamed as the axle neared her head and she squeezed her eyes shut. The sound of rushing wind filled her ears followed by the brief twang of what sounded like a guitar. Opening her eyes she saw Jaac standing in front of her Rickenbacker held in front of him like a sword his hands gripping the neck tightly as he blocked Mammoth mid-swing.

"Friend Jaac!!" Starfire cried causing the others, both hero and villain to look over at her.

"Heya Starfire I hope you don't mind if I borrow your dance partner here," Jaac said as he pushed back against Mammoth hard launching him back several feet.

"Who's this scud muncher?" Gizmo said as he walked over next to Mammoth on his robotic spider legs and looked Jaac up and down.

"I don't know he certainly wasn't on the roster the Headmistress provided for the mission," Jinx said as she dropped down next to Gizmo and narrowed her eyes at Jaac.

"What do we do?" Mammoth grunted out not believing the teen in front of him had blocked his attack so effortlessly.

"We do what we were assigned to do," Jinx said as her hands glowed pink. "If he's going to interfere we kill him along with the rest of the Titans."

"Yeah I like that plan," Mammoth said with a crooked grin.

"Listen up you pit sniffing loser!" Gizmo yelled at Jaac, "We're from the H.I.V.E. Academy and we were sent here to kill the Teen Titans! But if you want to help them so badly…we'll just have to kill you too."

Jaac just yawned and slipped the strap of the Rickenbacker over his shoulder and once again adjusted the tuners on the head. Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo all twitched at this apparent brush off and started to get angry.
"Hey you scuz licking moron are you listening to me!?" Gizmo roared

Jaac looked up at Gizmo this time finally acknowledging his presence only to smile.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Jaac called back.

This proved to be too much for the three villains and they charged at him intent on inflicting pain on his person. Jaac simply smiled and waited until they were almost right on top of him.

Without warning Jaac slammed his fingers down on the strings of his bass and a shockwave leapt out slamming into the trio of villains flinging them backwards. Jaac charged after them un-shouldering his bass as he went. He caught up to Mammoth first, his bigger size had absorbed most of the impact so he simply slid back . Looking up Mammoth had time to see a flash of blue before Jaac smashed him in the face with the guitar. Mammoth flew back like a rocket, bouncing across the ground like a stone on water before he slammed through one building and became embedded in the wall of the one behind it. Blood dripped from his nose as his head flopped down onto his chest unconscious.

Gizmo came next and though he put up some fight, Jaac was able to quickly slip through his defenses and drive a fist into his face shattering his goggles and slamming him into the ground. Jaac screeched to a halt and ripped Gizmo's backpack from his back and crushed it with his bare hands before he jumped out of the way of a hex bolt courtesy of Jinx who had recovered from the blast.

She had a small gash over her eye that bled profusely and she was cradling arm to her chest. It seems that she had caught the worst of it and whatever she had landed on was none too soft.

"Y-you….who are you!?" Jinx said as she rushed forward launching hex bolts as she went.

Jaac weaved in and out of her barrage before he slide to the side guitar cocked back and unleashed a full force swing on an incoming ball of energy. The body of the guitar slammed into the hex bolt and stopped it cold. Energy crackled around the impact point and Jinx skidded to a halt her eyes widened in disbelief. Jaac started to slide back slightly as wind kicked up his muscles straining against the pressure of the chaotic magic. Jaac gritted his teeth as he shifted his feet and pushed back with all his might against the bad luck magic.

"And….it…is…OUTTA HERE!!!!" Jaac roared as he followed through on the swing and fastballed the hex bolt back. The hex bolt careened right back and hit Jinx in the stomach and carried her down the street before exploding leaving a battered and broken Jinx unconscious and bleeding.

Laying his guitar on his shoulder Jaac gave another lopsided grin as he surveyed the scene. The day was won, the villains defeated, and he'd saved his rescuers from certain doom. Not bad for a day's work.

The Titans hobbled over as the police arrived on the scene and watched them apprehend the battered villains.

Jaac tossed the Rickenbacker in front of him and jumped on top of it hovering in front of the Titans. Looking down at them he smiled and tucked his hands into his pockets.

"Well guys it was great hanging out with you but it looks like its about time for me to leave." Jaac said.

The Titans looked at each other before they all looked at Robin who looked like he was struggling with something internally. Finally Cyborg gave him a bit of a push forward and Robin stumbled forward coming to a stop in front of Jaac who quirked an eyebrow.

"Uh…well we want to thank you for helping us out back there," Robin said trying to find the right words. " We really were in a bad way with those H.I.V.E people and you really bailed us out."

Jaac simply smiled and nodded before turning back around and getting ready to go.

"Ah wait Friend Jaac!" Starfire said as she flew forward and grabbed his arm. "I believe what Friend Robin is trying to say is that we wish for you to stay with us."

Jaac turned around and looked down at Robin disbelief painted on his face. Robin merely nodded and unhooked his communicator from his belt and offered it to Jaac. Jaac looked at the device, crouched down and reached out and grabbed it.

Jaac looked at it for a long moment before he set it back in Robin's hand and stood up. Raven saw that his face had that distinct sense of being uncomfortable she was so used too. Those conflicting feelings of wanting to belong yet knowing that you never could.

"I need to think about it," Jaac said before he pulled his arm free from Starfire and shot off into the sky.

The Titans watched him go with confusion on their faces.

"Dude what just happened?" Beast Boy asked as he scratched his head.

"I'm not sure BB but he looked torn didn't he?" Cyborg said.

Raven stayed silent before she sank into darkness heading back to the tower, taking their cue the other Titans started to head home.

Jaac was laying on his back on top of the Rickenbacker his legs hanging off into space as he stared up at the sky. His was thinking very deeply and it was all about the Titans offer. It wasn't so much that he didn't want to stay, it was that he was a bit afraid to stay. He'd been wandering around so long he'd forgotten what it was like to have a home. The thought of having one again was welcome yet also terrifying to him. He thought back to his mom…he missed her greatly and the home he had with her. He remembered the day he had been forced to leave five years ago. Jaac grumbled and clenched down on those memories before anything painful could slip through. Unfortunately, his mother's voice echoed in his head and he felt his heart clench painfully.

"Jaac, sweetheart, you have to remember, you can look at a million different lives, yet never have one of your own."

It had been so long he almost couldn't remember her voice clearly anymore. Jaac had wandered all over the globe and those words never held more truth than now. Jaac sat up on the Rickenbacker and looked down at the city below him. He sighed and grabbed the neck of the guitar before he rolled off the side into a freefall, his body spread eagle as he fell. He closed his eyes as the wind whipped around him, his eyes snapped open and he rolled in the air bringing the Rickenbacker under him. He shot forward suddenly as he came towards the water of Jump City Bay and pulled back hard skimming the waters surface. Water shot up behind him in an impressive wake as he made his way back to Titan's Tower to give his answer. A scream caught Jaac's attention and he looked up just in time to see Robin rocket out of the Tower towards him. Caught by surprise Jaac almost forgot to dodge the incoming teen but slipped past him at the last moment. Looking over his shoulder he saw him splash down before two more screams caused him to look back forward. Seeing a flash of green and the glint of metal was all Jaac needed before he corkscrewed around Beast Boy and Cyborg. As he came down from the corkscrew a blob of purple, orange, and green slammed into his chest nearly knocking him off his guitar. Looking down he saw he had managed to accidentally catch Starfire before she hit the water. As the two teens blinked at each other Jaac realized he was one Titan shy and looked up just in time to catch a glimpse of black spandex and two very attractive thighs.

"OH SHI-!!" was all Jaac got to say before Raven's crotch slammed into his face finishing the job Starfire began and knocking him off the Rickenbacker and headfirst into the bay. Unfortunately, as Jaac fell backwards he accidentally kicked off his guitar which caused it to rocket forward and upwards, crashing through one of the windows of Titan's Tower. Jaac tracked the Rickenbacker's progress as he fell towards the water, sadly the speed he had been traveling had given the water he fell into the softness of concrete. The lights blinked out for Jaac leaving him at the mercy of the waves of Jump City Bay.

Night Time: Somewhere along the Jump City Bay Shoreline

Jaac lurched upwards with a gasp and looked around frantically the last thing he remembered was the cold of the water swallowing him up. Calming down some after noticing he wasn't in the water he saw the Titans were sitting around a fire on the shore. Shivering slightly he looked down and noticed that somehow he had lost his vest during the time he was unconscious. Sitting up with a muffled curse he grimaced as he felt and heard numerous pops and cracks all over his body as his bones started to sit right again. Getting to his feet he hobbled over to the other Titans and plopped down next to Raven who immediately shifted away from him. Jaac glanced over at her and raised an eyebrow, the blow to the head had made him forget what had happened a few moments before he lost consciousness, namely his close up of Raven's more private parts.

Jaac looked around at the Titan's expecting some sort of explanation as to why they all were there. Yet no one spoke up they all seemed rather depressed as they stared at the fire they were gathered around. Deciding to break the silence himself Jaac cleared his throat.

"Why is it every time I see you people I end up losing some clothes?" Jaac mused before he looked down at his pants. "Mmm…I should invest in a belt."

Beast Boy and Cyborg couldn't stop themselves and both started to laugh at Jaac's joke and the tension started to dissipate rapidly after that.

"Anyway you guys want to tell me why I ended up in a high speed collision with Starfire?" Jaac asked as he jabbed a thumb at her.

"Those H.I.V.E guys came back," Cyborg said, "That Gizmo kid hacked into my systems during our fight and pulled out the security codes for the Tower."

"When we go home they were already inside and picked us off one by one in our weakened state," Beast Boy added as he rubbed his sore shoulder.

"Ok…I can understand that," Jaac said as he flicked a lock of pink hair from his face, "But why are you guys all here?"

"What do you mean?" Raven asked her face still obscured by her hood.

"I mean why haven't you gone to get our home back?" Jaac responded.

"Our home?" Starfire echoed.

"Yeah, our home," Jaac said with a grin, "I'm tired of moving all over the place I've been wandering the world for 5 years now and I'm tired of it. I want a home again and I'll be damned if some uppity punks are going to take it from me when I'm this close."

The others smiled at him happy to have his answer and to have a new teammate. Looking around Jaac noticed that Robin was standing at the waters edge looking across the bay at the Tower. Jaac stood up and walked over to Robin's side and looked at the Tower as well.

"What do we do?" Jaac mumbled out as he slipped his hands into his pockets.

Robin sighed and rubbed his hand over his face before letting it drop back down to his side.

"I don't know." Robin answered as he rubbed at the spot his utility belt used to occupy. The belt had been taken from him before he had been catapulted from the Tower.

"So…what then? We just roll over and let them take the Tower?" Jaac asked a hint of agitation creeping into his voice.

"Look Jaac…its not that simple ok!?" Robin shot back as he rounded on the rosette. "We were steamrolled back there ok I just…I don't know what's next."

Jaac narrowed his eyes at Robin his eyebrow twitching.

"Look, Robin, you're the leader of this team the rest of them and eventually myself will look to you for guidance." Jaac said as he turned on his heel, "Your not allowed to not know what's next." Jaac finished as he walked off his eyes steely in the firelight.

Starfire watched his progress before she stood up and floated over to him.

"Wait, Friend Jaac where are you going?" Starfire asked as she grabbed his wrist.

Jaac pulled his wrist free gently and a feral grin appeared on his features before he answered.

"I'm going home." Jaac said as he broke into a run, sand spraying up behind him as his feet dug into the beach. Starfire watched him go worry etched on her face as she nibbled her bottom lip before she turned to look at her friends.

The others sat in silence, thinking over what Jaac had said as the sun peeked over the horizon.

Outside Titans Tower

The sun had climbed into the sky some as Jaac climbed out of the water onto the beach of island the Tower sat on. Shaking his head to get the water from his hair he looked up at the Tower and grinned evilly.

"I guess it's time for a wake up call!" Jaac said to himself as he sucked in a deep breath before he let out an ear shattering scream. A shockwave blasted out of his mouth and into the Tower shattering the windows into a waterfall of glass. After a few moments Jaac's screamed faded and he fell to a knee slightly woozy.

"Dammit I forgot how hard this is without my bass." Jaac mumbled as he rubbed his throat. Looking up he saw that he had blown most of the windows out of the Tower. Standing up he grinned pleased with himself before he jumped backwards the ground exploding in front of him. Landing in the surf he looked up with a glare and saw Gizmo skittering down the side of the tower on his spider legs. Jaac opened his mouth to demand his bass back when suddenly a teen in a black bat-like costume with glowing red eyes appeared behind him. Looking over his shoulder shock in his eyes, Jaac had no time to react as the teen slammed a vicious kick into his face. Stumbling forward clutching his face Jaac slipped on the wet stones of the beach and fell to the ground. Blinking the stars out of his vision Jaac looked up to see a spiky white haired teen with piercings in both ears and an orange jumpsuit covered in zippers. What caught Jaac's attention though was on his the teens back was his Rickenbacker.

"Hey that's my guitar you little punk!" Jaac growled out as he made to stand up. "Give it back now and I promise not to hurt you too badly!"

Grinning at Jaac's demands the teen un-shouldered the guitar and jammed his fingers down on the strings launching a sound wave at Jaac. Jaac gasped for air as the wave slammed into his chest driving him back where he fell to his knees. Spitting up a globule of blood Jaac looked up through hazy eyes in time to see a large fist slam into his jaw. Twisting through the air Jaac slammed into the side of the tower with a crack and slumped to the floor. With blood dribbling from his mouth and hairline Jaac looked up and saw that Mammoth had taken advantage of his disorientation and sucker punched him. As Jaac struggled to his feet pink energy peppered his body before the wall and ground exploded outward launching him into the air. As Jaac pin wheeled through the air he saw darkness creep into the edge of his vision. He needed to start fighting back or else he might not make it out of this alive. But it had been so long since he had fought without his guitar he was seriously out of practice. Landing with a wet slap on the rocky terrain of the island Jaac groaned in pain as he staggered to his feet. Looking up he saw the group of teens standing next to each other.

"Oi this little bloke is the guy who handed you a beating earlier?" The teen in orange said.

"Shut up Punk Rocket you crud licking pit stain." Gizmo shot back as the kid in black merely stared ahead blankly. Jinx eyed the kid in black with an annoyed look on her face.

"Don't you ever say anything Kyd Wykkyd?" Jinx grumbled her question met with only stony silence.

"So what do we do with this pipsqueak?" Mammoth asked as he scratched his chest.

"Isn't it obvious?" Jinx said as she started to walk forward. "We kill him."

Mammoth laid a trash can lid sized hand on Jinx's shoulder causing her to stop and lean slightly to the side from the weight of it.

"In that case I want to kill him with my bare hands for what he did earlier." Mammoth said as he stalked forward the ground trembling slightly from his heavy steps. "No one is stronger than Mammoth!" He roared as he threw a punch at Jaac's head.

Jaac slipped to the side of his blow at the last minute and fired back with a right straight catching Mammoth in the gut. Doubled over slightly from both pain and the shock of the blow, Jaac had no trouble following up with an uppercut to Mammoth's exposed jaw launching him off his feet and back a couple yards where he crashed to the ground with a boom. Looking from the fallen Mammoth to Jaac they noticed he was standing with a slight bend to his knees and had both his fists in front of his face his eyes peeking out above his knuckles.

"Enough messing around," Jaac hissed out from behind his fists as he bounced from foot to foot for a moment. "If you want a fist fight Mammoth then I'll be happy to give you a crash course in the Sweet Science, baby."

Mammoth pulled himself off the ground without much effort and with a roar of rage he ran at Jaac his fist cocked back. Dodging the initial blow from Mammoth, Jaac countered with a quick one-two to Mammoth's jaw knocking him to the side slightly. Mammoth shook it off faster than Jaac thought and slammed a meaty fist into the side of Jaac's skull sending him skidding back. Managing to keep his feet though he left a pair of deep gouges in the ground Jaac rushed forward. He started to rain blows all over Mammoth, the older boys larger physique making it hard to dodge the punches. With a show of dexterity surprising from someone of Mammoth's build he managed to catch Jaac's fists and delivered a savage head butt followed by a brutal kick to Jaac's chest. Jaac flew backwards bouncing along the ground before he hit the water with a splash and a grunt. Climbing to his feet Jaac looked up in time to once again see a huge fist fill his field of vision. A crack like a gunshot echoed in front of the Tower and Jaac once again found himself airborne blood streaming from his mouth. He came to a crashing halt as he ricocheted off of a large boulder sticking from the water and landed face first in the surf. Mammoth walked over to Jaac who was lying motionless in the water. Coming to a stop in front of the teen Mammoth reached down and grabbed him by the hair and lifted him out of the water and off the ground. Stopping when they were face to face Mammoth grinned maliciously before throwing him back towards his companions where he landed with a wet crack.
The world was spinning and hazy for Jaac and pain was everywhere. He looked up and saw Jinx staring down at him with disdain on her features. She pointed a palm at his face her hand glowing a violent pink as a cold grin curled across her lips. Jaac closed his eyes and let forth a soft sigh, he had hoped he would have been able to see his mom again before he was shuffled loose the mortal coil.

"Looks like I've run out of time," Jaac thought as the pink glow seeped through his eyelids.

"Maybe in your next life you'll know not to fight your betters," Jinx hissed out. Suddenly an orange and purple blur slammed into Jinx carrying her into the Tower with a boom and a cloud of dust. Caught flatfooted the others stood there for a moment which was all the green falcon needed as it dove down. Slicing through the shoulder strap of the Rickenbacker, Beast Boy quickly shifted back into human form and caught it in mid-air.

"JAAC CATCH!!" Beast Boy cried out as he tossed the bass at the fallen hero before he shifted into the form of a hummingbird and zoomed off as quickly as he could. Jaac shot a hand up and caught the rouge bass and twirled it around before he slammed his fingers through the strings. A shockwave ripped from the guitar and violently rocketed everyone back. Standing up Jaac smiled at his guitar as Beast Boy fluttered over, shifting into human form he dropped down next to Jaac. Starfire flew out of the Tower and came to rest next to Jaac as well. Grinning at his teammates he looked over at the Hive students and saw them climbing to their feet. Seeing Punk Rocket closer to them Jaac took off at a dead sprint intent on taking the little punk out on principle.

"LET ME SHOW YOU HOW YOU REALLY USE MY BASS!!" Jaac roared as he neared Punk Rocket and swung for the fences connecting with his cheek. The Rickenbacker slammed into Punk Rockets face with a crunch and a thrum of strings before he sailed off the island into the distance splashing down into the bay.

Coming to a stop a couple feet past where Punk Rocket had been standing Jaac grinned and wiped some blood from his face.

"Never touch the bass," Jaac grumbled as he turned in time to see Raven, Robin and Cyborg surprise the remaining villains and Robin recover his belt. Gathering together the two groups faced off.

The Titans and the Hive stared each other down the air becoming thick with tension as they waited for the other to move first.

"Good to see you decided to join me," Jaac mumbled to Robin as the tension neared the breaking point.

"Eh we couldn't let you have all the fun now could we?" Robin shot back with a small smile. Jaac smiled back and glanced over at Robin.

"Hey would you mind if I did the you know…?" Jaac asked trailing off at the end. Looking at Jaac curiously for a moment before it hit him Robin arched a brow behind his mask.

"Alright but just this once…call it a new recruit gift," Robin said as he pulled out his collapsible Bo staff and elongated it.

"Sweet," Jaac said as he cleared his throat before he thrust a finger forward at the Hive students.

"Titans! GO!!!" He roared as he launched himself forward his guitar cocked back, the others following suit.

Later on: Inside the Tower after repairs

Wiping a bit of grease off his cheek Jaac flopped down with a groan. He ached all over and just wanted to sleep. Repairs had been killer and he had really started to regret blowing out so many windows. Especially since Cyborg made him replace them all himself.

"Are we done yet?" Jaac moaned as said person walked in wiping his hands on a rag.

"Yes Jaac, we're finished so you can relax now." Cyborg replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Oh my god, yes!" Jaac said and flopped onto his side with a sigh of relief and closed his eyes.

The other Titans entered the room and gathered around Jaac's exhausted form and looked down on him. Jaac opened an eye and peered up at them, looking back on this day years from now Jaac would say he should have known something was up when he saw that even Raven was smiling a bit. Yawning widely Jaac sat back up and looked at his friends.

"What is it now?" Jaac mumbled a little put off by the wide smiles on Beast Boy and Cyborg's faces.

"Well now that all the repairs are done we have one more little thing you have to do," Robin said with a grin.

"Oh yeah?" Jaac said as he cocked an eyebrow.

"Yep," Beast Boy said as he smiled wider. "See all new Titans have to go through an initiation."

"What kind of initiation?" Jaac said eyes darting from side to side plotting out possible exits.

All of a sudden they all tackled him and after a brief struggle they pulled back leaving a disgruntled Jaac standing by the couch. He was wearing a pink tutu with a matching rainbow colored wig, and had a rubber chicken stuffed down his pants.

"Ok, haha very funny," Jaac said as the Titans rolled around on the floor roaring with laughter. Just as Jaac started to take all the stuff off Robin held up a hand.

"Oh no, that's not it." Robin said, "There's one more thing you have to do."

"Ugh now what?!" Jaac groaned out as the others merely grinned wickedly.

Later on that night the news reported on a man with rainbow hair in a tutu with a rubber chicken stuffed down his pants foiling a robbery at the First National Bank of Jump City.

AN

Heres the first chappie of my new story all shiny and new this is also the biggest one i've ever written so far topping out at just below 11,000 words and damn do my fingers HURT! Anyway just to give you a bit of information on Jaac heres his profile and some other stuff.

Name: Jaac Nandaba Nixon
Age:17
Height: 6 feet
Hair: Light Pink
Eyes: Yellow w/ cat slit pupils
Family: Mother(Location Unknown) Nana Haruko(Location Unknown)
Weapons:Rickenbacker 4001 and all modifications therein(shotgun in the neck,motor on the back, etc) Jaac is not able to create N.O. Portals as Haruko didn't teach him how.
Powers: Sound manipulation, super strength, above average reflexes and speed, extremely sensitive hearing, flight(only with the Rickenbacker)
Fighting Prowess: Trained in the Sweet Science AKA Boxing
History: Jaac is the grandson of Haruhara Haruko(current location unknown) and Naota Nandaba(deceased), he has spent the last 5 years wandering the globe after his house burned down while his mother was out of town on a business trip. Having nowhere to go and only the Rickenbacker for transportation Jaac took to playing on the streets for money and never stayed in one place over long. Despite not knowing his mother's current whereabouts he is always on the look out for some sort of clue as he desperately yearns to see her again and let her know he is alive. His powers manifested themselves when he was 3 and his mother pulled him from school to home school and when he was 10 he discovered she was in fact a superhero herself. Looking up to his mother he followed in her footsteps and helped people whenever he could and tried to avoid abusing his powers. Unfortunately his innate prankster nature caused him to more often then not impersonate someones voice or disruptive sounds to cause trouble. Though a bit jaded and sometimes cold Jaac is a caring person deep down and strives to help people. On his 12th birthday Haruko gave him her Rickenbacker, her age prevented her from wielding the heavy modified body bass for an extended period. After some experimenting Jaac discovered he was able to amplify his sound powers 10 fold through the guitar, doing so for too long leaves him drained for many hours though. Due to his extensive wandering over the years and his powers Jaac has a mastery over numerous languages.