Chapter Ten
The Takedown
It had been hijacked.
Babs had intercepted a phone call to LexCorp.
“Intergang hijacked the kryptonite shipment,” She told the others, “They’re bringing it into a port not to far from here.”
Bruce, Selina, Barry, Ollie, all of the teenage heroes mentors had gone back home. They had one more day.
Today, they were going to take Intergang down.
It was their last chance.
“Position check.” Nightwing whispered into his communicator.
“Robin and Speedy, check.” Robin whispered into his communicator.
“Starfire, Wonder Girl, and Raven. Check.” Starfire checked in.
“Aqualad, Batgirl, and Bumble Bee, checking in.” Aqualad called into his new communicator.
“Stone and Kid Flash, ready to go.” Stone called in.
“And Beast Boy and I are ready to go.” Nightwing said just as a cargo ship came into view, “Alright team three, move in.”
Aqualad dove off the pier while Bumble Bee took off high holding Batgirl.
Underwater, Aqualad started to focus his powers and soon created a huge wave that crashed onto the cargo ship.
Bumble Bee and Batgirl silently landed on the boat and away from some of the gang members after the wave crashed. They quickly took cover in the cargo hold, just before another wave crashed down. They saw a bunch of Intergang members next to five lead crates.
“We’re in.” Batgirl whispered softly into her communicator after they took cover.
Aqualad sent another wave onto the ship.
“Team one and four.” Nightwing said after Batgirl let them know they were in. Then he nodded to Beast Boy who dove into the water. Nightwing followed shortly after.
Kid Flash grabbed Stone and ran on the water and up into the ship.
Robin and Speedy crashed through the windows of the nearby ship house and started taking out the gang members inside.
Once the others were on the ship, Nightwing turned on his communicator.
“Phase two.” He said before jumping an Intergang member that was checking the ship.
Once Aqualad heard that he focused his powers on the water around him and under the ship. The water under the ship started o rise, bringing the ship up with it.
Starfire, Wonder Girl and Raven moved under it. Starfire and Wonder Girl used their strength to start lifting it above the water. Ravens’ eyes started glowing white as the ship was engulfed in a black energy. Together the three of them lifted the ship above the water and higher into the night sky.
Bumble Bee and Batgirl jumped the guards in the cargo hold by surprise and soon had them all knocked out.
“Kid Flash!” Nightwing called over the gunfire, “Get the ones that are knocked out, out of here! The girls and Aqualad are gonna sink the ship soon!”
“Got it!” Kid Flash yelled over the gunfire as he started speeding up. He rushed off and soon had most of the knocked out crew back on dry land. Speedy and Robin came out and started handcuffing the gang members.
Finally the Titans had knocked out all the crew and Kid Flash had brought them to dry land. Bumble Bee grabbed Batgirl and flew off the ship. Beast Boy grabbed Nightwing and flew off as well while Kid Flash helped bring Stone back to land.
As soon as they were off, Starfire broke off a piece of the bottom of the ship before she, Wonder Girl, and Raven flew away from it and let it go.
Aqualad caught it in a huge wave and set it to a nearby reef before sinking it with more waves.
“When do we get the kryptonite out?” Wonder Girl asked Nightwing as she, Starfire and Raven landed.
“Batman is sending the Bat-sub over,” He told her as he sat on the pier, “It’ll be able to hold the kryptonite and we can bring it back to Gotham with us. That way, Luthor won’t have it and no one in Metropolis will have it either. When you dive in for the kryptonite, remember to open up the lead cases and remove the kryptonite. Leave the lead boxes there so Luthor won’t know we took it until the last minute.”
“Sub’s coming in.” Aqualad told them as he surfaced through the water.
“Here,” Starfire said, handing Wonder Girl a rebreather, “That way you won’t have to hold your breath for so long.”
“Thanks.” Wonder Girl said, taking the rebreather and putting it on before diving in.
Nightwing, Starfire, and Aqualad followed. Nightwing swam over to the Bat-sub while Aqualad, Starfire, and Wonder Girl swam to the recently sunken ship.
Aqualad swam to the cargo hold door and opened it for the girls who swam in deeper. They immediately saw the boxes had crashed into the regular wooden boxes and went to open them. Slowly they moved the kryptonite to the sub. When they needed to get a breath of fresh air Nightwing closed the cargo door and removed the water from it.
Finally after an hour, they had successfully moved the kryptonite from the ship to the sub. Aqualad shut the cargo hold door and swam up to the surface while the girls rode back up with Nightwing in the sub.
They got out at the pier and Nightwing set the sub on autopilot to the Batcave.
“Not a bad way to end our first year, huh?” He asked the other Titans who were watching the unconscious gang members.
“Can’t wait for next year, dude,” Beast Boy said with a grin.
“Yup,” Stone said with a grin, “Because technology advances every year, we could have a lot of new equipment, including the T-Car.”
“You guys are getting a car?” Speedy asked in disbelief.
“We’re building one.” Stone, Starfire, and Nightwing replied at the same time.
“You suck.” Kid Flash told them bluntly.
“You can run faster than any car,” Batgirl told him.
“What would you need one for?” Raven asked him, finishing Batgirl’s statement.
“I don’t know,” Kid Flash said with a shrug, “I just like cars and it seemed like the right thing to say at the time.”
“Not from you though, man.” Robin told him bluntly.
“I better get back to Atlantis,” Aqualad said to the others, “I told Aquaman I’d be back as soon as I was down helping you. It was nice meeting you guys. Hope we can team up again soon.”
With one last smile he dove into the water and swam away.
The Next Day-Metropolis Airport
“It was nice meeting you guys,” Wally said with a smile, “Can’t wait till next time.”
“Dude,” Gar told him with a grin, “Just run by anytime. That way I can kick your butt at video games.”
“Who said you’d be able to kick my butt,” Wally started teasing him.
“Can you two just say goodbye so that we could go,” Rachel cut in, “Exchange cell numbers fast so we can catch our plane.”
“Already did.” Gar and Wally replied.
“Flight 327 to Keystone City, Kansas is now boarding,” Suddenly came a woman’s voice over the intercom, “Flight 327 to Keystone City.”
“That’s my flight,” Wally said with a grin as he started walking away, “Keep in touch.”
“Well guess it’s just you and me Rae,” Gar said with a grin as he slung his arm over Rachels shoulder.
“Oh, joy,” Rachel responded sarcastically as she shrugged his arm off, “And don’t call me Rae.”
“I can’t believe we gotta fly back with hairboy,” Karen growled as she waited for her flight with Vic, Donna, Roy, Dick, Kory, Tim and Babs, “Doesn’t the boy have a private jet he can go home on?”
“Yeah,” Donna told her, “But he likes to go on regular flights so he can flirt with the stewardesses.”
“He never quits, does he?” Karen asked Donna.
“Nope.” Donna replied casually.
“That’s obvious,” Barb cut in staring at Roy, “Especially since he’s trying to put his arm around Kory now, even though she’s shot him down like a million times.”
When they heard that, Karen and Donna turned there heads just in time to see Kory elbow Roy in the gut.
They immediately started giggling at the look of pain on Roys face while Kory just rolled her eyes at him and got up from her seat.
“So what are you gonna do in Gotham while we’re gone?” She heard Vic ask as she approached the other boys.
“The usual.” Dick told him, “Course it probably won’t be as easy without the whole team, but we’ll manage.”
“Yeah,” Tim agreed, “It’s only a couple of months.”
“Flight 1225 is now ready for boarding,” Came a woman’s voice over the intercom, “Flight 1225 to Star city is now ready for boarding. Connecting flights are 348 to San Francisco, California 52 to Los Angeles, California, and 1224 to Seattle, Washington.”
“Well we’ll see ya at the end of the summer,” Vic said as he grabbed his carryon.
“Have a good summer guys,” Kory told Roy, Vic and Karen before they boarded.
They each gave one more goodbye before boarding the plane.
As soon as they left the gate the other five teenagers walked out of the airport and over to Bruces private hangar.
“Thanks for coming,” Donna said once the others things were put in storage, “Hope you had a good time.”
“You kidden,” Kory said with a grin, “It was a wedding I’ll never forget.”
“Ditto.” Babs said with a smile.
“See ya later Donna.” Dick said with a small smile as he gave her a one-armed hug.
“Yeah,” Kory said after she gave her a hug, “Don’t forget, we agreed to call each other every Saturday-”
“Six o’clock.” They both said with a grin before giving each other one more hug.
“Have a good summer.” Tim told her with a smile as he gave her a small hug of his own.
“You too, Tim.” Donna told him with a grin.
Babs gave her a quick hug.
“Thanks for putting up with us,” She told Donna with a grin.
“Anytime.” Donna replied with a small laugh, “Have a good trip back.”
The four teenagers boarded the plane and gave one last wave goodbye.
Donna cleared the runway and gave one final wave as they took off into the afternoon sky.
A/N: The End of the Titans first year and, in a way I guess, the start of their second.
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The Flying Grayson’s. That’s what we were called. Through my time with the circus, I still followed the same rules. I did, up until my parents died.
After that, I started looking out for others instead of myself. For years, the only person that could really relate to was Bruce Wayne. Batman. My adoptive father.
Growing up under Bruces’ wing was great, (Again not like I’d ever admit it,) but because of all the time I spent with him, I found myself becoming something I never wanted to be.
Like him.
