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Road Trip

Staring (by order of post)

Atlantis DuBois as Wonder Girl/Cissie King-Jones
Jake Fox as Kid Flash
Fabiano Cruz as Kid Lantern/Superboy
Mark Cooper as Harm/Supersonic
Matt Garrison as Slo-Bo/Anita Fite
Poe as Poe /Superboy
Rachael Simmons as Falcon/Stargirl
Kye as Shinigami
SapeaShadowMaster as Kur'Rin
Alain Cruz as Robin

Wonder Girl/Cissie King-Jones
KidFlash
Kid Lantern
Superboy
Harm/Supersonic
Empress/Slobo
Poe
Falcon/Stargirl
Shinigami
Kur'Rin
Robin

Risk/CM3
Cyborg
Sportsmaster 4 AKA Trouble
Darkseid/Mommy Hayes
Greta Hayes
Shinobi
Oracle/Mike Simmons

Cassie replaced the telephone reicever and turned to her friends
"I think their coming!!"

It had been Shinigamis idea to ask the rest of the team to the school for a visit.
Well. the angel was now living under the name Duo, the newest student at the all girl Elias high school and Cassies new room mate.
It had been mostly 'business', Duos' meetings with the other members, so after a discussion with Cissie and Greta the idea had formed.
The Invite was out...... Cassie smiled.

Kid Flash was, as always, bouncing off the walls at top speed.
The blur of color that was KF darted from the phone in light speed and shouted out around him into the tower so everyone would hear as he went.
"We're going to see the girls!"
He screeched to a hault.
"Guys!?! GUYS!!!!!!!!! WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE THE GIRLS!!!"

COLORADO

The boy was hovering above a soccer's field. He saw parents and kids together, some happy for the victory, some sad finding comfort in their parents arms. All those boys had names. All those boys had a history. "Dammit! Dammit!" He thought.

The boy decided to fly away before someone sees him. It has been a week since he woke up in Smallville with no recolection of who he was. And he's no closer to the truth today than he way in the day he woke up.

Harm was meditating in his room, he opened one eye as he saw KF running around. "As much fun as that sounds, I'm kind of busy at the moment." He goes back to his meditation.
Supersonic appears in from a blur behind KF. "I followed you, sounds cool, let's go."

KF zoomed forwards and shook Harm by his shoulders so fast Harm was temporarily a blur.
"NONONONO! Come on! We're gonna go see the girls! It's gonna be fun! You can sit there later."

Harm looks at Bart. "I have a lot on my mind right now, I might join up later. And shake me like that again, and you'll have a broken arm." He says without opening his eyes.

Supersonic looks at Harm. "What's on your mind?"

Harm glares at Supersonic and KF. "If I wanted you to know I would have told you."

Empress continued walking down the halls when a red and yellow blur whizzed past her shouting 'WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE GIRLS' and knocking her to the ground, "Grrr, Impuls--Ki--BART!!"

"You a'right." Slobo said from behind her as he helped her up.
"Yeah, I'm hip." Anita said as she slowly got up.
"What was he shoutin' about?" he said as they walked to where he was.
"Something about the 'girls'" Anita said smiling.
"Think he's been watchin' a horror flick again?" Slobo said laughing.
"That could be it...or he could be talking about seeing Greta, Cassie and Cissie." Anita said as Slobo stopped.
"Yeah, guess that could be it...." he said smiling as sped to catch up.

KF raised an eyebrow and looked at Harm.
"He's sure got a bigger attitude problem than usual."
He shrugged and turned.
"SLOBO! ANITA! WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE GIRLS! C'MON! C'MON!"

"Um not that it really matters, cuz of my boredom and all, but which girls are we seeing exactly?" Supersonic asks.

"Jeez, he's like a bunny rabbit on speed." Slobo muttered under his breath.
"BART! Chill out!!" Anita said as she grabbed Bart and shook him.

Bart shook himself free and ran around the three in a blur.
"We'regoingtogoseethegirls!CassieandCissieandGretaandDuojustcalledaminuteago..."
He raced up the wall and back infront of them, still going in circles.
"Andtheywantustocomeseethemand... WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE THE GIRLS!"

Supersonic looks at KF funny. "And I thought I was hyper." He then notices Slobo and Anita, "I'm Supersonic, by the way, don't think we've met."

"COME ON GUYS! Let's gogogogogogogogogogogogoooooooooo!"
Bart sped to a hault and stared at Supersonic.
"Hey! I'm not hyper."

Supersonic laughs a little. "Riiiiight, and I'm not wearing a hood." Supersonic says pointing to his hood.

"Is that a hood or a cowl?"
Bart raised an eyebrow then turned back.
"COME ON GUYS! YOU'RE TAKING FOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER! LET'S GO!!!!!"

Just outside the Titans Tower.

"Jeeze, I'm fast!" This the boy as he stares the Titan Tower. "I took less than two minutes to get here. Very Cool!"

The boy heard in the news about a group of super powered teens. He thought that maybe they could help him. Help him find an answer. Help him find a place. The was just a bit unsure of how to go about. He decided to stay away for a while, to keep a low profile. He couldn't afford any misunderstoods.

"Of course it's a hood otherwise I wouldn't have...nevermind...how are we getting there anyway?" Supersonic asked.

"Walk, fly, bike, take a bus? I dunno... We could take an RV! IT'LL BE LIKE A ROAD TRIP! ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAD TRIIIIIIIIIIIP!"
He spun in circles.
"Or not, but we could and thenandthenitwouldbelikearoadtripandwe'dhavealittletinyfridgewithdoorsandcoolstufflikethat."
He ran around them again.
"Wecouldjustlikeopenthefridgeandeatanddriveandfightcrimeontheroadandstuff..."
He stopped.
"And it would have a shower and beds and everything!"
He looked around at them.
"What?"

Supersonic turns his head to the side looking at Kid Flash. "I don't know what worries me more, the fact that part of that sounded like a good idea, or that I understood it all in the first place."

Bart tilted his head.
"Probably that you understood it all."
He started running around again.
"NOW LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHAT DO YOU SAY!?! RV! FUN! RV! FUN! FUNFUNFUN! WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE!?!"

"You'll get used to both believe me." Anita said smiling at SS

"When we doin' this thing? By the way, I'm driving." Slobo said smiling

Bart stared at Slobo.
"Now. Nownownow. We're going to go see the girls and we're going to do it NOW! PACK AND LETS GO GET AN RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRV!"

A dark portal appeared in the air. A lanky form spit forth, falling headlong into the bay near Titans' Tower.

Coming up for air, a wet, blond head of hair broke the surface. Coughing seawater, the boy gritted his teeth and swam towards shore.

"Note to self: Landings need work." he muttered.

As he dripped his way on shore, he noticed a boy arriving quickly towards Titans' Tower. In fact, the approaching boy was hard not to miss. He was emitting green light.

"Fascinating..." the wet teen murmured, running his fingers through his hair to get rid of the water.

"BART!" Anita said as her eyes began to glow, "Calm down."

"Nice." Slobo said as he began walking to the garage, "Lets get goin'."

"YEAH! WE'RE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP! WE'RE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP! WE ARE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP!"
He sped off after Slobo.
"YAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Supersonic notices the new teen. "And I thought my entrance was good."

"Bart! Chill out!" Slobo said annoyed as continued towards the garage, "Jeez yer like a hummin' Bir--" Slobo stopped suddenly and began sniffing the air.

"What is it, 'Bo?" Anita asked as she followed Slobo.

"Smells like...Oa, a power ring or summit..." Slobo said as he looked around.

"He can smell rings? That's just freaky...Wait...GL's here? The big green's gonna come see the girls too? NO WAY! ...I WANNA GO ON THE ROAD TRIP! HURRY UP!"

Supersonic points at the teen coming up from the shore. "Just a guess, but maybe it's him?"

"That could be it..." Anita said as she looked out the window.

"Or it could be the kid with the Green Aura." Slobo said pointing at TL.

"Yeah...it could be." Anita said crossing her arms.

"Splashes and green guys... Why do I have the feeling our road trip's going to be postponed."
Bart's face fell for a moment.
"ROAD TRIP!"

"I'm assumin' that we're gonna handle these two first, right?" Slobo said looking at Anita.

"Yeah I gu--Waitaminute! I am NOT the leader!" Empress as she pulled on her mask.

"Then who is?" Slobo asked as he and Empress looked at Bart and then Super Sonic. "You're leader." SLobo said smiling as Empress rolled her eyes.

Bart looked up.
"Hey! You didn't even think I could be the leader? I'd make a good leader! Ok...I might not, but you ignored me and... Oh fine. Empress's the leader. FINEFINEFINE!"

Supersonic seems unbothered by being looked over as leader. "Relax Speedy, we're still going." Supersonic said as he watches the two make their way to them.

"alright, we pop out there whoop some butt and leave in five sec'nds flat." Slobo said as he ran outside of the tower.

"Slobo! Wait!" Empress shouted as she appeared outside in a puff of smoke beating Slobo.

"No fair, teleportin's cheatin'!" Slobo said as he turned his attention to Poe, "Yo! This is private property, yer trespassin'!"

After telekinetically drying his clothes, the teen took stock of his surroundings.

"Hmm..." he thought. "This odd building, does seem to be the source of the magics I sensed. Much magic has been cast here, over a long period of time."

He glanced down at the ground. "Azaroth... metrion... ZINTHOS." He commanded.

A clump of dirt rose up, and he began examining it.

"I sense... the influence of magics similar to mine. And... curious. Demonic activity, but strangely not malevolent."

He dropped the dirt, and flipped up the hood of his traveling cloak. "I suppose, I had best observe from a discreet distance... there is more here than I can easily process."

And with that, he made his way to a spot near the building, to watch... and learn.

Bart dashed after them in a blur.
"Yeah, telporting's cheating! I'm going slow! Who's the new guy?"

Supersonic flies after them. "Beats me."

"Good Question." Anita asked as she pulled out her blades.

"Who are you, what'er you doin' here?" Slobo asked Poe as he began smelling the air, Poe smelt odd, like a familiar type of magic...

Poe raised an eyebrow, taking stock of the pale-faced kid. "I could ask the same of you," he said, speaking in a tone of voice that was nearly as gravelly and spooky as Batman's.

"Yeah! Who are ya? Huhuhuhhuhuhuhhuhuhuhuhuhuh? ANSWER ME!"

Supersonic looks at Poe. "Technically you could, but you're the one whose trespassing."

"Bart, We can handle this." Anita said as she sheathed her blades, seeing no threat from the new comer. "I'm Empress, that's Slobo. Our Hyper friend is Impul--Kid Flash."

"Now answer our question: Who. Are. You?" Slobo said annoyed.

Bart stopped behind poe, his face annoyed.
'We can handle this' he mouthed, making rude gestures at them and the visitor.

"Bart, don't make us hurt you." Empress said looking at Bart sternly.

Poe raised an eyebrow, and telekinetically lifted Kid Flash a foot off the air and made his face freeze in the expression it was just in.

"I saw that." Poe said dryly, to Kid Flash.

Turning back to the others, Poe nodded briefly. "You may call me Poe."

Glancing back at Kid Flash, he then addressed the teen. "My grandmother always said that if I make faces, my face would freeze that way. I suggest, you don't try that with me again. Or it SHALL freeze that way. Understood?"

Bart flailed in mid air.
"GLUOFLONNOFA..."
He tried to say through his frozen lips.
"LEKNEDOWN! DOWN!"
He yelled down, since he could actually say it and continued waving around in superspeed.

"Put him down." Anita said as she unsheathed her blades.

"We ain't kiddin'." Slobo said cracking his knuckles.

"EEAH! THEY AIN'N KGIDDIG!"
Bart yelled, punching out at the visitor.
"DOOOOOOOWN!"

"As much as he might have deserved that, put him down." Supersonic says trying not to laugh at the fact this is the most still KF has been since he got there.

Poe glared at Kid Flash. "Promise me you will not make rude gestures behind my back AGAIN."

Bart fought the temptation to say "go screw yourself".
"GUST LEGT NME DOWN!"

Poe restrained himself from cracking a smile. He turned to the others.

"I would be more than happy to release him... but kindly tell him to stop flailing about like a fish out of water? It would be unwise for me to release him, if he continues like that."

Bart tried to strangle poe, but was just out of reach.
"LET NME DOWN!"
He lashed out again.
"DOWN! GUYS HELPH!"

Empress put her head in her hands, "Trust me even if we told him to stop he wouldn't."

"He's like that." Slobo said shaking his head.

Supersonic crosses his arms watching, "This is gonna be good."

Bart stretched as much as he could, trying to strangle Poe.
"LET NME DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Poe sighs, knowing what's coming. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

He telekinetically moves Kid Flash over near his friends, and then unceremoniously drops him.....

Bart scrambled up, his pants tugged over his head, down to his eyes from the fall.
He moves lightinging fast and they were back at his waist.
"YOULITTLE-I'MGONNAGETYOUFORTHAT!LETMEATHIMGUYS!"
He yelled in one sentence, lunging forwards.

Poe sighs, and lifts him up again. "Here we go again...."

Supersonic glances at Empress. "Should we even try to stop him?"

"Nope, I think Poe's got it well and truely handled." Empress sighed and muttered, "This is gonna go on for hours."

"'Nita, we gotta get goin' th'open road awaits an' all that." Slobo said while at the back of his mind he wondered were the scent of oa had gone.

Imp was just about to grab Poe, but spun around.
"Road trip?"

Poe sighs, and sits down cross-legged, watching Bart flail in the air. "I will let you down, when you CALM down. Not before."

The Boy decided to take a chance. The Titans were maybe his only chance of discovering who he truly he is. "So be it!"

The Teen Lantern flies towards the Teen Titans and Poe.

"H-hi--" Said the boy, he voice almost fading.

Poe held up a hand, trying not to break his concentration on Bart.

"Just one moment..."

He took his free hand, and grasped a handful of dirt. He muttered a strange word, and his fist glowed briefly.

He then stood up again, and opened his palm. Instead of dirt, his hand now held a fine powder. He blew the dust on Bart. The effect, was instantaneous.

A huge, dopey grin spread across Bart's face.

"Hmm... not exactly the effect I was aiming for... but it will do."

Poe let go of Bart, and calmly wiped his hands, turning to the new boy and pulling back his cloak.

"Greetings. I mean you no harm. And I don't think these guys would, either."

Turning to the others by way of explaination for Bart's suddenly odd, and mellow body language, the blond teen shrugged.

"I was intending to give him a mild sedative in order to talk reason with him. But some of my magic is still... raw. And my concentration was... admittedly divided, restraining him. I think instead, I accidentally just got your friend... high as a kite, on a magical LSD. Sorry. The effect ought to wear off in... oh, about an hour."

Supersonic couldn't hold it anymore, he bust out laughing at Kid Flash. "Please, please someone tell me Poe's coming on the road trip." He tries and barely succeeds holding his laughter to notice Teen Lantern. "Hey man, no need to be shy."

Bart shook his head and was up in an instant, jumping up in the air.
"I CAN FLY!"
He fell flat on his face.
"Or not..."
He sat up again, the expression wearing thin.
"Thank goodness for speedy matabolism, did somebody give me a shot of vodka or something?"
He rubbed his head where he had hit.
"Cause I think I have a hangover..."
His attention was almost immidiately drawn away.
"Wait...New green dude. Cool."

"Bart, how bout we pllay a game." Falcon said as she disolved out of the shadows. "Lets see if you can try and be quiet for five minutes....ok?" She said with a raised eyebrow. MAYBE if he could keep quiet, she and the rest of the Titans could get some answers.

Poe chuckled, both at Falcon's entrance, and her reaction to Bart.

"Nice entrance," he remarked with a polite nod.

Rachael turned to him with a quizically raised eyebrow and gave him 'the look.' "Thanks. But lets try to focus here. Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"I try that and get frozen in mid-air...She tries and gets compliments. Why do the girls always get treated better?"

Poe matched "The Look", with one of his own.

"You may call me Poe. I'm a mage. Well... in training, at least. I'm here, because this place, attracted my attention. Magic to magic, in this case. Much magic has been cast on this property, some of it familiar to me."

He pulled his cloak back up, and floated a few inches off the ground. "Azaroth... Metrion... ZINTHOS!"

A clump of earth rose up, and formed a small miniature of Earth.

"I'm partly from Earth, but I... traveled around a lot growing up."

The dirt changed into statues of a man and a woman. "My parents were... of a mixed heritage, and they died when I was unfortunately too young to really remember either of them except like this. My Grams..." the dirt changed shape into that of an older woman, "was in charge of me at the time, and we left Earth for awhile. She bound my powers..." The dirt showed a statue of the older woman feeding a bottle to an infant. "...until last year, when she felt I was old enough to handle them. We traveled around between various places on Earth, and a dimensional planet known as Azaroth for many years. On my last visit to Earth, I sensed similar magics here on the planet. By my own choice..." The statue changed to a younger version of Poe, "I exiled myself to another plane of existance, to better learn how to handle these new powers. I arrived here this morning, finally ready to investigate the energies I sensed in this area."

Poe glanced witheringly at Bart. "Until SOMEONE interrupted my investigations, and had poor manners as well." The dirt changed shape again, this time to illustrate Bart being held telekinetically by Poe a few moments ago. Then the dirt fell to the ground, and Poe dropped to the ground as well, and put a hand to his head.

"I hate having to concentrate like that. But I always did like visual aids."

Bart starred down at the dirt.
"Well that's a neat trick... Ok, who's up for the road trip?"
He looked around anxiously.

Poe cocked his head. "WHAT in the name of Azar, is this 'road trip', I keep hearing about? Some sort of game where you trip people on a road?

"No...sounds like a pretty cool idea though..." Slobo said as Anita nudged him in the ribs, "Seriously though, we're headed to Elias School for Girls."

"We've got a couple of friends down there." Anita chimed in.

"I see..." Poe said, neutrally. Pointing at Bart, he addressed Anita. "He IS housebroken, right?

"Yeah, but he's still got a few...kinks...to work out..." Anita said as she looked at the hyper active Teen.

"Understatement." Slobo said laughing.

"Hmm. Well. Since apparently you live on these premises, you may be able to help me answer some questions about the history of this island. And..." he pursed his lips, and considered Bart again. "Perhaps, it might be advisable to have as many level heads AVAILABLE... just in case."

Poe glanced heavenward. "I can only imagine the potential damage one hyper-fast horny teenage boy could do, unleashed on an all-girl school."

Bart smiled for a moment, his mouth hanging open slightly before he realized that they could still see him.
"Wait... Are we going on this road trip or not? Do we have to take this Poe guy? Where are we gonna get an RV? This is taking foreeeeeeeeeeever. Let's gogogogogogogogogogogogogooooooo..."

Elias High

"What in the name of Hera is taking so long, I'd have thought they would have at least called to say they were leaving by now" Cassie wondered as she helped tidy the shared living room that joined Cassie and Duo's room to Greta and Cissie's.

"You know, Billy won't come. He'll be meditating or invoking evil.....something like that anyway." Greta stated moving a chair and placing a squashy pillow on it. "Not that I mind, its just his way i guess."

Cissie threw a pillow over to Duo for another chair. "But the other guys will be coming right? I havent seen 'Nita in ages, I wonder if she's still got Slobo in check.......OH, and Bart! You don't realise how much you miss him till he's gone I guess." She remembered her old Alabama friend.

"No, you just notice the silence" Greta smiled as the others laughed

"It will be good to meet the other Titans, without greiviously harming someone" Duo said. "I think I may have to explain myself to a few"

"You know who should be coming right?" Cassie smirked at Greta as she pulled the copies of 'Dream Teen' and 'Glammor Girl' into a pile.
"Tim."

.......With his new girlfriend.

"You guys are going on a trip? Maybe this isn't the best time then--"

The Boy hopes of having his problems sorted out were fading. "Maybe I should look for the Justice League! Or the Super Buddies even." He thinks.

Poe glances at the other new boy. He gets a strange sense about him, and it intrigues him.

"I disagree. I sense you have questions, too. If you've come here seeking them now, as I have... then perhaps, you should stick around too. I cannot speak for the group here, but they seem willing enough to have me along. Even if it's for... potential damage control."

He extended a hand to the other boy. "What do you say, then? Stick around, see where this leads us both?"

"Poe, I think I have SOME of the answers your searching for, believe it or not. I've....heard of Azarath before. It's the same place that Raven, a past member of the Titans was raised." Falcon voiced. If this guy was telling the truth, she could certainly help, espicialy being that she was FROM a world where all this was a comic originally.....she knew allot of the secrets of the DCU because of it.

"Well, I am sick of being by myself." The boy stated. "Perhaps this can be good for me." The boy completed. "I mean if you guys don't mind me taging along--"

"Hmm... fascinating. My Grams used to tell stories about a relative of mine on my father's side... a young woman with telekinetic powers, named Raven. This was some years ago, and Grams did not know many details... only that I was related to someone with TK powers, named Raven. Now... who are these Titans, you mentioned? Certainly, not giants!"

"Actualy....we're the Teen Titans. The current ones anyway." Falcon answered. "We're a teen superhero group." Falcon turned over his words in her mind. Ravens fathers side.....so this kid was also a relative of Trigon.
"And no. I certainly don't mind you coming along if the others don't." She said, turning to her friends.

"Ah, interesting. Teen Titans. Amusing. This explains the unique... design, of the building over there. Magic HAD to be involved in it's construction... I can't imagine that tower, supporting the rest of the weight of the building."

Poe shook his head in mild amazement. "Grams would have a fit, if she knew I was on the trail of Cousin Raven.... she never liked talking much about it.... Raven's father, apparently killed my parents. Some sort of family squabble, who knows. It's why we were on the move most of the time, I think."

"Man...what a jolly past..." Slobo said under his breath, "He'll fit right in here."
"Like Slobo said you're welcome here Poe." Anita said smiling.

Harm materializes out of the shadows. "You guys have any idea how hard it is to meditate with all the noise you're making?"

Superboy lands in the between his friends and the two new kids.

"Sup, people? Whats going on?!" Said Kon as his feet touched the ground. "SLOBO! Long time no see, dude! What's going on?!"

"A cheerfull Superboy, a new green dude, Harm and a guy who freezes people and makes dirt move... We need a big RV."

"Bart....whats with you and the need for an RV right now?....And has anyone seen Robin lately?" Falcon asked as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.

"I haven't seen Robin in a while." States the Boy of Steel. "What's up with these new kids?"

"M-my name is... is... Kid Lantern." Says the boy.

"Kid Lantern?" Replies Superboy with a sarcastic tone. "That's almost as stupid as--"

"Superboy?" Interrups The Kid Lantern.

"Well-- What? I mean... I don't like you!"

"I'm Supersonic, I'm not really new but I don't think we've met."

Elias High

The room was now thoroughly cleaned...the floor was actually visable and even the surfaces had been cleared giving the room a ver appealing feel...

Duo observed it with a thankful sigh, cleaning had never been one of her best attributes, then again few people ever bothered to give hell a tidy!

Duo wiped the faint sheen of sweat that had gathered on her forehead and looked down at herself, her green uniform was crumpeled and stained from the clean up...her face wore a frown.

<Damn uniform!> She cursed in her mind, she had been enrolled here for only a short while and she still wasn't comfortable in the green blazer and SKIRT!!!

<A SKIRT!!! Whose idea was that...my legs are visable for the entire world!!!>

Also the green colour didn't sit too well with her, she had complained almost constantly at being refused to wear her traditional black, the other girls had ran off an entire list as to why she had to wear the damn thing!

"Useless uniform!" She cast her gaze over the others, all of whose outfits were in pristine condition and din't make them appear uncomfortable or "dorky".

"I hope the other titans won't have to see me in this ridiculous thing!" she mumbled.

Titan Tower

"I don't think so--" Said Superboy to Supersonic. "Wait, weren't you hanging with that new young justice nonsense?" The Boy of Steel completed.

----

The boy tried to hide his smirk but he just couldn't. Superboy sure was mad at him. "He asked for it!"

The, now, self proclaimmed Kid Lantern was a bit confused. Could those kids actually help him?

Aside for the super powers, code names and the weird habit of wearing spandex in public they all seemed like pretty normal kids. "Well--" The boy thinks. "Even if they can't, would be nice to have some friends"

Elias High

"Don't worry Duo, you can wear your own clothes while we're not in the classes" Cissie smiled as she brushed a speck of invisible dust from her blazer.

"You don't always have to wear black though you know" Cassie yelled through from their room. "You could wear...........you only have black. Girls, we have to go shopping ASAP!!!!"

"You can wear this if you like" Greta came out of her's and Cissies room holding up a pink top with the slogan 'Miss America. "The one thing I'd want to change the world? World peace.'

"Um, i have others too?" She continued to Duo through C&C's laughter.

"S.B, you seem to forget that I LEAD that 'New Young Justice Nonsense'. The teams a bit ....unruly......But so were you and Bart when you guys and Robin started the team, so you have nothing to complain about. Must I remind you that you blew off the nose on the Washington Monuement?" She said with a raised eyebrow.

Elias High

Duo was sooooooooo not impressed!!!

"I do NOT do pink!!!" she said through clenched teeth ignoring the smirks she was getting from the other three as they tried to stifle their laughter. "May I enquire what is wrong with black? It is a wonderful colour, and with how quickly things have been occuring recently I haven't considered the wide array of clothes that is my fashion to be very important!" She eyed the "pink" garment with disgust!

"I am open to suggestions but...nothing pink, or yellow, or...let's make it close to black ok?" Her face softened slightly as she watched Cissie's eyes light up with the wonderous possibilities.

"Oooh! Wait a sec and I'll check my wardrobe", she ducked out of the room, her pace rivalling kid flash's.

She re-appeared within seconds, her arms loaded with clothes..."kay, now Duo...lets find you something to wear!"

"GUYS! C'MON! We're gonna be late for the triiippytriptriptrip!"

Harm glares at Bart. "You know, you yelling about that trip is one of the reasons I couldn't concentrate."

"Both of these guys seem ok, how about we just take them with us, oh and one more thing...um....won't it look mighty suspicious to have all these costumes going to an all girls school?" Supersonic says.

"What? You want us to go naked?"

"Hey what can I do, Falc, the team was a mess. So I'm told." Says Superboy with a sarcastic smile. "CM3 just quitted. He said something about a psychotic Superman Robot."

The Kid Lantern turned his costume into some civilian clothes. "There. I think that'll do."

Elias High

"Ciiiiissssiiiiieeeee!!" Cassie ran to help her friend. "We just cleaned, could this not have been done another way??"

"Nope, in a fashion crisis household pride goes out the window" Cissie dumped her entire closet, it seemed, on the couch

"Did we even have household pride?? " Greta and Cassie said in unison.

The three girls sifted through the clothes, with an ocasional "Hey, this is mine!!" or "Do you want that?" but mostly "What about this?.......No."

Finally Cassie suggested an outfit and pushed Shinigami....Dou, to their room to change.

After a few minutes Duo emerged, clad in a long sleave white top plus black leggings with a short red dress-like tunic over the top.

The three girls smiled as they returned from putting Cissies clothes away.

"Shoes." Cissie mentioned

After Greta provided some black babylady flats the outfit was....

"Perfect"

"I'm only going naked if the girls do too!"
Bart said amidst the confusion.
He looked around, waved his hands.
"Hello? Guys? GUYS!?! ANYONE LISTENING!?!"

Harm sighs. "I can take care of everyone else." Harm eyes flash white, as everyone's clothes are changed into civilian clothes, but he looks slightly suprised as he notices Supersonic's eyes look like they were literally on fire.

Shades appears to materialize from Supersonic's head to cover his eyes. "Heh, why do you think I always wear that hood."

"I don't know, someone brought a Big Belly Burger to the HQ and he went nuts*--" Said Superboy as he stares at his new clothes. "Dude, you have any idea how much each costume costs?" Superboy says to Harm.

Elias High

Duo stood infron of the mirror in her's and Cassies room, she had to admit it the girls seemed to know what they were doing, she was shocked at the girl she saw in the mirror...the outfit's colours worked well together and she could find no fault in them, and red was far enough away from pink for her not to moan.

Greta, C and C seemed to be awaiting for her response...

"It's...very...nice!" she finished in a lame voice.

Greta's smile faltered, "don't you like it?" she asked her voice dissapointed. "You look so pretty in it!"

Shinigami cringed at her use of words, pretty was one of the few things that she sincerely didn't want to be. She held her tounge though not wishing to offend her new friend, Cassandra had spent many long hours with her teaching her the meaning of TACT!!!

"No...it's very...er...I like it!!!" She said quickly tripping over her words. "I will wear it! and thank you for the compliment!" she added, happy to see that Greta's smile returned full force.

Cissie too looked happy with the girl's handy work. "I declare this fashion crisis official over...now..." she looked toughtful, "I wonder what's happening with the others, I'd have expected a call at least to say they were on their way or for Kid Flash to pop his head in and give us the latest update!"

Bart looked at Superboy.
"Five bucks at the nearest costume shop? It was more for a while, but then you lost the leather jacket... Mine on the other hand is an original."
He grinned and rubbed a hand through his hair.

"Hey! At least I don't wear other people's costume, Kid Flash! What happened? Someone dropped deeppink juice on the old one?!" Replied Superboy with a grim.

"Are they always like this?" Asks the boy to Falcon.

"Ohhhh yeah. Always." Rachael said with a roll of her eyes beneath her shades. THIS was the reason for all her headaches with YJ.
Rachael, wearing a black tank top and sweater with big, large, comfy and light and airy leggings made from a gauzy material of tanish brown with black print, gave a side grin as she readjusted her shades.....if she were to reveal her identity in front of two newbies, Batman would throttle her. "Well, guess we better get going before K.F.'s head explodes."

Elias High

"Right, thats it. If those stupid boys don't get here soon, i'm prgramming the danger room REALLY hard next time they run it!!" Cassie was floating across the backof the couch, while Gteta and Duo were sitting and Cissie was flipping through a magazine on the floor.

"Come on, give them a break, its not like they could get here at supe.... Where the hell is Bart!!" Cissie changed her mind mid sentance "The scarecrow is mine!!"

"Geez, calm down Cis" Greta laughed "but seriously, when's Tim getting here?"

"I'll phone them in a little while on my T-Terminal" Cassie hid it in her underwear drawer, so none of the other students could call one of the team.
"Actually, i guess the later it is the less chance there is for us to be caught with boys in our room."

A silence ran through the room as they thought of the consiquences.

"Hey! Atleast I've only changed my costume once! You're on...What? Number ninety?"
He turned to Falcon.
"ROAD TRIP!"

"Alllllright. Human pingpong. We're going. Just give us a second to actualy GET to the garage."

Supersonic grins. "Hey KF, race you to the RV." Supersonic starts running at superspeed before he finishes the sentence completly.

Harm crosses his arms. "Since I'm already down here I guess I'll go."

"Well, the new costume had a 87 per cent of approval according to my official site, theboyofsteel.net." replied Superboy proud. "I have to do what my fans want."

"Fans?!" Thought the boy. "Is he a celebrity of a hero?"

"Fans? What fa...Oooh RACE!"
Bart had barely finished the word when his yellow blur was racing almost side by side with Supersonic.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAD TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Elias High

Duo couldn't understand why boys weren't permitted at the school, it seemed silly, but then again so did the uniform.

She flet much more comfortable in the new clothes the others had leant her and had actually been careful so far as not to spill anything on them or rip or tear them, she somehow didn't think it would be appreciated.

She eyed Cassie floating and felt a tinge of jelousy, her wings remained hidden and she hadn't flown in several weeks, having been told that most people would object quite strongly to a winged creature living amongst them...but still...

"I'm gonna head outside...I haven't flown in ages and I'm gonna see if I can find a place where I can let out my wings without being seen!" She declared rising swiftly looking at the others for any kind of objection.

"Okay then..." Greta said eyeing Shin's knew outfit, "just try not to damage the clothes, I don't think Ciss would be too inpressed!"

"Too right I wouldn't be!" Cissie declared her hands flying to her hips as she focused a serious look on Duo.

"Fine fine! I promise to return soon with the clothes in pristine condition!" She vowed placing her hand on her heart.

She smiled a good bye to the three girls and as she headed for the door she called, "give us a call if the guys arrive whilst I'm away okay?"

"So are we going or what?" Asked Superboy to the other Teen Titans.

He was sure looking for the weekend. Life in Smallville can be pretty darn boring. And a road trip will help him forget, even if just a little while his problems, his DNA. Lex's DNA.

Just thinking about that made Superboy feel the whole weight of the world upon his shoulders, but he put himself together before anyone could notice. He decided not to tell anyone about this.

Well, anyone but Robin. Not even Kal knows. not even Cass. Not that it matters now, after all they broke up.

Supersonic touches the RV, then looks over to see KF touching it as well. "Hm, we'll have to have a rematch sometime."

Harm shadowports in the front seat. "Shotgun." He says with a smirk.

"I guess thats our signal to head for the TT RV, team." Falcon said as she and the others started to follor the two speedsters trails.

"Hold on, I forgot..."
Bart disapeared and reapeared in a split second.
He was decked out in a tourist outfit and carrying a stack of bags and backpacks with skis sticking out of the top beside his costume.
"To pack. LET'S GO!"

"So where are we going?" Asks Superboy as he enters in the RV.

"Visit some girls in some school..." Replied Kid Lantern.

Superboy froze right there.

"What?" he said clearly upset. "Are we visiting Ca-- Wondy?"

Poe frowned in distaste at the civilian clothing that was offered. "No need... I can make my own." So saying, he concentrated and telekinetically altered the molecules of his clothes, to change into a suit and tie

"I believe this, shall be sufficient for my needs." He remarked, adjusting his tie and keeping stride with the others.

"I suggest, for appearance' sake, that you call me by my Earth name. Which is Johnny, by the way. What name should we call you, besides Lantern?" he asked politely of Teen Lantern.

Elias High

Although it wasn't the best idea for Duo to go out, even though it was kind of dark out now, there was nothing Cissie or Greta could do and Cassie couldn't talk, she flew all the time.

Greta left the room, being called away by Traya who wanted help with her Trig.

Floating down and taking Duo's seat in the chair Cassie sighed.

"So he's coming too huh?" Cissie could read her friends mood to a T

"I don't have the first clue who your talking about" Cassie knew Cissie already knew.

Cissie threw a pillow at her friend as she took Greta’s vacated seat "You and Kon, what’s happening there?"

Cassie hugged the pillow that had just bounced off her head.
"We've just grown apart i guess. in the end it felt like I was Cassandra, Superboy’s girlfriend. Not one equal half of Kon and Cass.
I told you he got called away on our anniversary right? If he'd told me, I’d have helped, instead of me walking in the kitchen to discover him gone."

"Have you spoken to him since then?" The second blonde questioned

"He's phoned once or twice but he was such a jerk about it all that i just made an excuse to get him off the line. He actually believed my mom was part of the institute for 'Potential Ladies Ordained Young'.....Hello! That just screams out ploy!"

"So I guess its over?" Cissie wanted to hear the words, just so she could mention it if the two ever got back together.

"Its over. No more being stood up because of some stupid TK technique that needs to be practiced. No more being ignored when the media are around.....He never introduced me to them you know!!" Cassie sat up "And no more stupid chauvinistic comments....I HAVE SUPER-STRENGTH TOO!!!

......

"So he's a jerk then?"

Cassie looked away.
"uh, yeah, I guess that pretty much covers it."

"I'M OUT!" Shouts Kon. "Jeeze, people. Cantcha warn a guy?!"

"What's going on?" Asks the boy trying to ignore Poe's question. The boy didn't know his own name. How embarrassing is that?

"Stay outta this, newbie?" Replies Superboy.

Suyperboy could see the look of surprise on everyone face's, but right now that didn't matter. He had so much going in his life. He totally didn't need another Aggravation to make matters worst.

"Look, you guys go ahead." Says Kon turning his back. "I'm going to find something to do--"

Johnny paused, glanced at Lantern, then back at the obviously upset Superboy. "Uh... hold that thought, Lantern." the teen said, holding up a finger and adjusting his glasses.

Turning towards Superboy, Johnny silently walked up, and touched Superboy's shoulder.

Flash-flash-flash! A series of emotions and images raced through Johnny's mind as he made contact.

"Uuuugggh!" He grunted in surprise, his eyes flying wide open as if he had just kissed a bolt of lightning full on the lips...

*Kur'Rin walked to the titans tower entrence*

So this is the Titans Tower i wonder if this place is interesting.

*Kur'Rin opened the door and stept in*

Supersonic glances at Superboy. "And I thought the gothic guy was moody."

Harm glances back at the tower. "I'm not moody, and someone just walked in the tower. Think you could check who it is KF?"

*kur'Rin enters the tower and starts to explore*

"I got it." Supersonic runs at superspeed into the tower until he sees Kur'Rin, then sneaks behind him, smirking. "BOOO!" Supersonic yells morphing his face until it looks like a gruesome demon.

D--N!! DEMONS *Kur'Rin draws up and pounds the the ugly demon on the top of the head HARD*

"Heh." Supersonic turns his head back to normal. "Not too bad, just foolin with ya." He says smiling. "So, who are you?" Supersonic says leaning on the wall.

"I am kur'rin and i take it you are ummm the morph or simler."

"Name's Supersonic, and well, I can morph my head and my arms anyway. Plus a few other tricks." Supersonic holds his left arm up to show that his hand looks exactly like a puppet of Kur'Rin's face. He resumes to do the worst ventrilaquist impression known to man. "Were you looking for someone?"

"I was looking to join the Titans, your lucky i didn't use my claws on you and i'm starved."

"Heh heh, like these?" Supersonic holds up his other hand which had morphed into Freddy Krueger blades. He then turns both hands back to normal. "It's not really my call whether you join or not, I'm kinda new to the team, but everyone's in the RV about to go on a road trip. If they're cool with it, we could probably stop by a drive through or something." Supersonic says as he leads Kur'Rin to the garage.

Ok *Kur'Rin leaps on top the RV and sits down on it* "I bet the RV's packed in the inside."
*points a claw at harm* "So who is he?"

Harm looks up at Kur'Rin. "I was about to ask you the same question." He said coldly.

"Don't worry, he's cold like that to everyone. Sometimes I wonder if it's...ya know, that time of the month." Supersonic joked, right as Harm shot him off the RV with an energy blast. Supersonic raises his head off the ground. "Also he tends to take jokes worst than you do." He says making his way back to the RV.

"Well I'd Shoot you to if you umm joked about that about me and as for who am. I am Kur'Rin wanderer and flute player."

"I'm Harm, minion of Satan." He said half joking. "Nice claws."

Supersonic smirked looking at Kur'Rin. "It'd still be worth it, you should have seen the look on your face when I went all demon on you, it was priceless. The only thing better than that was Kid Flash falling flat on his face a couple minutes ago."

Harm glances at Kid Flash and Supersonic. "Between the both of you, maybe I made the wrong mistake about coming along in the first place."

"Frag, we're lettin' anyway ride with us these days." Slobo said half jokingly.

"You think Kon's gonna be okay?" Anita said as she climbed into the RV.

"Prob'bly not, but he'll get over it eventually." Slobo said as he climbed into the drivers seat. "We ready to go yet or are the JSA comin' along too?"

"I hit you didn't I?
Harm, you might sit ot the roof too, it'd be quiet unless thay opened the windows,
Whos the cook arond here?"
*sits cross legged on the roof the RV*

Supersonic laughs at Slobo's comment. "You're tellin me? Three members in less than 10 minutes, that's gotta be a record somewhere."

"Trust me." Harm says. "If you think you're gonna get any quiet, you're hanging with the wrong team."

*walks on the roof to the frount and peers into the windshield at slobo*
"So when do we leave? And whos the cook?"

"Ya want quiet join the Titans, most o' there members'r dea--" Slobo stops as he realises that he's a member of the Teen Titans, "Frag, we're so screwed." Slobo muttered to himself.

]"Thats not good. Who's dead?"

"If we were to go through th' entire list o' dead Titans we wouldn't ever get on this fraggin' trip." Slobo said jokingly, "By the way." Slobo held his hand on the horn, "WE'RE HEADIN' OUT SOO--"

Slobo stopped as Anita held her blade under his throat smiling, "Hand off the horn. Now." she said as Slobo smiled back and moved his hand.

"OK S**T" *gets sent flying back barly grabing the back uf the RV with his claws leaving clawholes acrss the top of the RV*

Kon flew away, still wearing the civilian clothes that Harm made. He had a lot of thinking to do. It would probably be better if he stayed away from the Titans for a while. "Idiots--" Kon thinks. "--I could just kill them all if th--".

Kon stops in the air. His face is a mess. What was he thinking? Why was he thinking that? He was never like this. Kon just keeps hovering in the air for a second and then he leaves.

"So, guys, I don't wanna be annoying or anything but, can we go already?" Said the boy to the other members.

"lets go"

Slobo looked at the holes from inside the Van, "Yer gonna pay fer those holes ya know that?"

"C'mon Slobo, you did scare him." Anita said from behind him.

"How come I had to pay fer that table I broke when I was blind?" Slobo said turning around.

"That's...different." Anita said scratching the back of her head.

"Knew you'd say that."

*pulls out flute and starts to play a haunting and wonderfull tune*

Johnny blinked as Superboy flew off, completely unaware that anybody had ever been behind him.

The blond teen frowned as Superboy flew away, making a mental note to talk to the Kid of Steel at some future time. Johnny wanted time to process the feelings and images he accidentally picked up. He noticed everyone else headed for the RV again, and decided that until Superboy had a chance to calm down and was ready to talk, that there wasn't anything he could do for him.

Adjusting his tie and adopting a mask of non-emotion, he silently made his way onto the RV and found a good window seat. One where he could observe Superboy from, and generally stay out of the flow of conversation for a few minutes.

He felt eyes on him, and raised an eyebrow to meet the questioning glance of Lantern. Johnny shook his head fractionally, indicating that he had no answers to give.

"Curiouser and curiouser..." the teen mused, reflecting on his experiences of the day. So far, he had come closer to solving one mystery, but in the process stumbled onto two NEW puzzles. For one, there was Lantern. Who seemed to have more questions than even Johnny had, surprisingly enough. He just seemed unsure of how to ask them.

And then there was Superboy. Johnny steepled his fingers in deep thought, as his mind turned to the mysterious visions. Johnny got the quick impression, that Superboy had inner demons of his own to battle. Something Johnny knew only too well, from his own experience. It was clearly obvious even without Johnny's sixth sense, that Superboy had unresolved issues with one of the girls at that school the others wanted to visit. But Johnny suspected that it was more than that, on Superboy's plate.

He sighed, wishing he knew these people better than less than a day. If anything, Johnny thought inwardly, studying how these people who were raised on Earth handled their emotions, might teach HIM a few things, about controlling his own better.

Elias High

Duo continued to walk through the numerous corridors that made up Elias High, her dirty uniform clasped in her hands, deciding to drop it off at laundrette. She sincerely hoped that the washing machine would explode with the uniform inside...well she could dream.

She threw the disgusting garments on the pile and quickly walked out...she decided to take a different route this time, thinking it wouldn't hurt to explore the few sections of the school that she hadn't seen...

...after a few minutes of walking she sensed it, darkness, pain and an endless sorrow...she followed it, feeling the misery seeping from...a room, 4 doors down on the left...

Her heart began to beat faster, as she felt the black aura wash over her, she read as deeply as she dared...

<A woman...a woman died here...pain, sufferring and grief...CISSIE!!!> It all flooded into her, images of a woman upon the floor shot once in each leg, pleading for her life before a bullet to the heart stole it from her...and...

<HATE!!! Boundless hate!!! Something happened here, the room is imprinted with it...and Cissie was here...>

The aura was quite old, not too recent, an event from more than a year or two ago.

<Interesting...> Shinigami thought, her curiosity getting the better of her she turned around and headed back to her room. She walked into to see Cissie walking ouy on the way to check up on Greta and Traya. Perhaps if she was lucky she'd get to copy their homework once they had done theirs.

Shin turned her attention to Cassie who was still lounging on the sofa..."Hi Cass!

"Can we go, or are we waiting for someone else?" Asked the Kid Lantern.

"I think we ready to go since Superboy is bein' a big whiny puss..." Slobo said as he turned on the engine.

"Are we okay with the Wolf-Boy sitting on the roof?" Anita said pointing upwards, "Seems kinda unsafe, mon."

Rachael, walking out of the tower towards the van with a backpack filled with books and a sketchpad and a change of clothes stopped when she saw Ku'rin on the top.
She smacked her forehead with one hand and groaned. "I'm sooooo skrewed when Robin gets back to see the fruits of my wonderful leadership skilles." She said sarcasticly.
In the last ten minutes, they had been able to add three new members to the team. One that was a relative of a past member, one that she knew nothing about and had a powerring, and another that looked like a horror movie special.......
Oh yeah, not to mention how dead she would be when Batman found out. Thats it! Her sunglasses were NOT leaving her face for the entire trip.

Johnny sighed, and looked tiredly at Slobo. "Leave Superboy alone, Slobo. You don't know what's bothering him, and I doubt anyone will until he's ready to talk about it. Besides..." he shrugged. "I'm sure you've had times where you've wanted to be on your own, too. So don't knock it until you've been there and done that." he pointed out dryly, a brief smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

Slobo thought back to when he first joined YJ when he sat in his room alone, he did know what it was like, and he knew that his comments didn't help, "Yeah sure, lets go." Slobo said as he began to drive off.

Johnny got up, and went to check on the supplies. First, he started with the refrigerator.

"Oh, my."

Holding up a foreign object growing fungi on it, he grimaced. "WHO was it in charge of cleaning and re-stocking supplies, if I may ask?"

"Bart was in charge." Anita said as she looked at the World's Fastest Teen. "Want a job done just do it yourself." Anita said as her head fell into her hands.

Elias High

"Hi Shin, how was your flight??" Cassie moved her position so Duo could join her on the couch.

"Hi Cass...err" she stopped herself in mid sentence wondering on the most tactful means to ask her question. "Erm...did...did something bad happen here...to a woman? Did someone die...and was Cissie involved?..." Her voice trailed off and she suddenly felt very uncomfortable, at least she had been relatively tactful!

Cassie looked at Shinigami for a while, blinking once or twice.
Supprisingly, coming from the angel it wasn't a strange question.

"Well, you see. When we were Young Justice, Cissie was also a member. Arrowwette. She had the whole target thing....well, youve seen the medal right?"
Cassie started
"She was being looked after by the state...Bart could tell you more about that...She had a close friend called Marcy Money ...A second 'Mommy' if you will...who was killed at this school."
Cassie sighed recounting her best friends darkest day.
"So Cissie snapped....she chased down the guys who did it, and got revenge.

"Not that much revenge!" Cassie noted Shinigamis face

Duo nodded, it made alota sense. "Yes...Marcy's suffering still resides in that room as does Cissie's hate and anger, it is only residue, nothing to be concerned with, although I would advise that Ciss stays clear of the room, her pent up anger could re-grow if she comes into contact with the dark matter too often!" Shin hangs her head, <so much hurt...>

Cassie smiled at the spiritual 101. "She tends to stay clear of that whole wing...As clear from it as the super hero thing..If Superboy...Kon...hadn't got there in time."
Cassie trailed off.

"I guess Robin was right...leting her leave the team...Even Impulse got the hint before i did about letting her go.
Where the hell are those guys anyway!!"

Cassie went to her underwear drawer intent on getting the communicator.
Mostly just to yell.

"How long until we get there?" Asks the Kid Lantern. "I don't like cars that much. At least I don't think so--"

The JLA-sponsored Teleporter hummed to life as Robin, protege of the Batman stepped out. He had been expecting to arrive at the Titans Tower sooner today, had there not been a breakout at Blackgate Prision. It had been nothing that he and the Huntress couldn't handle, but still...

"I swear," Robin grumbled to himself. "Criminals just don't have any consideration for vigilantes..."

Making his way to the Tower's kitchen he started making himself a new pot of coffee. He was assigned to be on monitor duty once, and he'd need his precious caffine to make it through his watch. As always no one else had thought to clean out the machine after they last made a pot. While the coffee began to brew, he went over to fridge and was about to grab something to eat, when something else caught his eyes.

A note.

To Robin and who ever else is a member of the Team THIS week,
We planned a road trip to visit Cissie, Greta, Traya and Cassie at the Ellias School. Call our cell-phone or get us on the com-link if anything comes up.

Yours,
The Titans

Robin gave a loud groan. Nothing had really changed since Young Justice. The others decide to go on a trip without even telling him, and the only message they leave is on the refrigerator. THE REFRIGERATOR, FOR PETE'S SAKE! Not exactly the most secure area of the Tower...

"Meanwhile I get the fun of sitting in front of the computer while they go on a roadtrip..." Robin sighed. As he heard the 'ping' of the coffee maker he poured himself a cup into his favorite mug that just happened to have the Robin logo on it and made his way to the monitor room.

"Fun, fun, fun..."

Meanwhile.....ON THE ROAD AGAIN

"Gosh. I should have volunteered for monitor duty or something." Rachael mumbled as she nearly felt like banging her head against her book. She couldn't even hear herself thing....and that was WITH the headphones on and the cd player turned up on the way.

Johnny sighed in mild annoyance. "Terrific. Harm, you're elected to zap this stuff to a galaxy far, far, away. Slobo, pull over.... Bart's getting out."

And with that, Johnny pulled out a pen and notepad from his pocket.

Kid Lantern was felling a bit shy. He wasn't used to interact with people this much.

"So, anyone needs to go to the bathroom?" Said the boy really low.

"Dammit!" Thinks Superboy. "I totally spaz out. But I'm not ready to meet Cas, not just yet."

Superboy was flying around San Francisco with no direction. He found himself near the Titan Tower again, knowing that his team mates were already gone and he would be able to spend some quiet time he decided to go there.

Superboy lands in front of the Tower and enters it.

"Wha...No I'm not."

Johnny just glared at Bart. "Would YOU eat that crap you left in there?!? Didn't think so. You're GOING. End of discussion."

"Hey! This is a free country... Sort of... You can't make me!"

Harm crosses his arms. "That's why I'm in the front. Besides, if we threw him out, he'd just catch up with us and vibrate back in."

Johnny nursed the beginnings of a headache. "Bart, I REALLY don't have time to argue this with you. YOU were supposed to clean and re-stock our supplies, and you didn't. Therefore, it's your job to still GET them. Consider yourself lucky, that I didn't also ask you to clean that fridge out. I think sentient life is beginning to form in there."

He finished writing his list, and placed a hand on Bart's shoulder, in reassurance.

"Bart, think about how many people would be... irked at you, if they didn't get their dinner tonight. And I'm sure YOU'RE hungry, too. You're the fastest person here, and everyone knows it. You could go and come back probably before you even left. Asking you to go get supplies back in the city, is a vital job for you to do. We NEED you, Bart."

Bart put a finger to his chin.
"Ok... Do I get to watch the TV tonight? ANY CHANNEL I WANT FOR AS LONG AS I WANT?"

Johnny gave his best Batman 'look'. "Don't push it, 'Kid'. That depends on the others, I suppose. How fast you go and come back... WITH all the stuff on the list. Now, this list has all the food supplies we need, as well as a few other supplies that Harm and I may need, as the resident experts on magic. You'll find whatever ISN'T in your average grocery store, most likely down in Chinatown."

He raised an eyebrow, and solemnly handed the list over. "Too bad there isn't two of you... the job would go twice as fast."

He looked up at Harm. "Go. Get started on... exorcising the refrigerator. Old ghosts like this..." he pointed at the specimen he pulled out earlier, "should not suffer to live."

Bart glanced over the list.
"Salad, fruits, meat, meals, microvave, two pigs feet, one container powdered eyeballs..." He read down the list and looked up.
"Eeeeeeeeew. Salad. Yuck. NO WAY!"
He disapeared, vibrating through the wall of the van.
"I'M OFF!"

Johnny sighed. "I don't blame him... salads aren't my favorite concoction, either. If he DOESN'T get everything on that list, I may have to telekinetically hold him again, as his punishment." He gave a dry chuckle.

Bart came vibrating through the other side of the RV.
"Sorry it took me so long!"
He said, dropping a huge pile of items both on and off the list onto the floor.
"I went a little overboard... They were having so many sales..."

"I trust, you DID get the salad ingredients." Johnny said, giving Bart another pointed look.

"Yeah... Broccoli and all... Unless I really DID get little trees... The florist was nextdoor..."

Johnny nodded.

"Good. See? Now that wasn't so hard."

He watched as Bart gave a jaunty smirk before settling down to a GameGuy Advance.

Johnny soon immersed himself in the kitchen area, unpacking and sorting the supplies. "Ah, GOOD... he found that Poisoned Dragon's Liver I'd been looking for. Not bad."

*Kur'Rin siting on the roof listining to the racket glared wishing he had not riped the roof* *Kur'Rin looked in the driver window from the roof and asked* so is thare a restraunt on the way? Or do we starve?

Johnny glanced up, at the comment. "Gurgling gargoyles. Dinner will be started shortly, don't get your knickers in a twist."

You had better make alot I haven't ate in 3 weeks.

Johnny rolled his eyes. "And let me guess... you want it so rare it still moos, right?"

Robin sighed as he sat in the Titans Tower's Monitor Room, watching for any important news that the Titans might need to be involved in. Meanwhile he was also TV channel surfing while also doing research on a drug trafficing case he'd been working on.

Needless to say, he was bored.

"We've got advanced technology from other worlds, and we still can't get nothing good on the TV..."

He thought about maybe going to the training room for some practice, considering there wasn't much else to do at the Tower. He took another sip of his coffee.

no med rare no extras im incapable of eating anything but meat and i need 38 full sized slabs of meat its my phisioligy

Johnny frowned. "Dunno if Bart got THAT much meat on stock... but don't worry. You have two magic-users on board. We'll come up with something that'll do."

Thank you

Johnny raised an eyebrow, and considered his options. The only way to fulfill a need so massive, WAS by magic. He tapped his finger on the counter, and realized that he'd have to change his clothes and get to work.

He slipped off his glasses and slid them into his suit pocket. Using telekinesis, he re-aligned the molecules of his clothes back into his 'work clothes', adding a kitchen apron almost as an afterthought.

Poe then started one steak, and then wondered what on earth to serve the food INTO, considering that this meal was going to a being currently hanging on by his claws, to the ROOF.

Kru'Rin watched intently. "Lets see what you can do, shall we?"

Robin came back from his work out in the gym, while drying his wet hair with a towel. He was not currently wearing his cape, or utility belt, but still the rest of his uniform. While he had worked out and showered, Tim had set the Titan's computer to relay anything important to the com-link in his ear.

The other Titans on the roadtrip obviously hadn't come across any problems since there was no messages on the phone or computer.

Robin looked up at the computer screen to see Superboy landing outside. He found that a bit unusual since Conner who was always the first (well second after Bart) in line to go on a roadtrip.

Robin questioned whether or not this might have had something to do with Conner discovering he was the clone of not only Superman but also Lex Luthor. Then he remembered the note on the fridge. They were going to visit the girls at Ellis's School. The school where Wonder Girl AKA Cassie Sandsmark went.

"Ah-ha..." Robin said with a tone of realization in his voice.

Poe tapped his fingers, then shook his head and realized that the best solution was simply to wait until the RV had stopped somewhere so that everyone, including Slobo and Kru'Rin could sit down to eat at the same time as everybody else.

"Does anybody have a phone?" He asked, checking the clock and seeing that the food won't be ready for a bit yet.

Kur'Rin walked to poe and offered his cell phone "It's long distance to the tower but i sliced a computer thare and got the toll free number, Use that or you pay time!!!"
Kur'rin handed the phone to poe.

Poe raised an eyebrow, since he hadn't mentioned why he needed the phone. "I guess I wasn't the only one thinking about checking to see whether Superboy trashed the place while we were gone..." Poe thought to himself, dryly. He checked the phone's memory, and sure enough, there was an entry for the Tower listed in there.

When he had touched Superboy, Poe had picked up a lot of jumbled images and emotions from the confused teenager. Combine the emotional reaction Superboy had to mental images of Robin, along with the overheard comment from Rachael about wishing she had taken 'monitor duty', and Poe deduced that it was more than likely that this 'Robin' person, would most likely have arrived at the Tower after their own departure.

What's more, he suspected that if anybody could be persuaded to check in on Superboy, it would most likely be Robin. There was a lot about these people, Poe had yet to learn... but he had gathered a good sense of the group dynamics, from his contact with Superboy's emotions and surface image thoughts. In a sense, a tiny fragment of Superboy's emotions, had connected and fused to his own through that contact. It was this knowledge, which had in part instinctually helped in finally having a reasonable conversation with Bart for a change.

Looking with mild distaste at the junk that was excavated from the refrigerator, it wouldn't be a far stretch of logic to deduce that thinking ahead was often unpracticed with these Titans. Therefore, the concept of 'checking in', would probably be a foxhole event, in the event of danger. Apparently, he was not the only one to reach the same conclusion.

"Thank you. You anticipate me... but you do so correctly, in this case. The food will be ready soon, so when it is I'll tell Slobo to pull over."

Taking a deep breath or two to clear his thoughts, he pressed the send button.

"thare you go and we havn't been properly introduced yet" Kur'Rin Said taking off his mask. "I'm Kuros Tekarin A friend in dark times and thay are coming i can see it in my dreams

Robin was about to call Superboy on the loud speaker, when the Tower's phone system went off. He checked the caller ID, which told him it wasn't one of the Titans. The name on the phone wasn't one he was familar with. Possibly a wrong number or prank phonecall. Or something else entirely...

"I swear if its another telemarketer..." he grumbled.

Putting the headset on his head again, he hit the answer button on the computer's vast console.

"Titans Tower," came his short answer, falling into Robin mode. His voice was sharp and without any sense of emotion to it.

"Titans Tower," Poe heard a handsome, crisp, but no-nonsense voice he hadn't heard before, answer.

"Hello. Am I speaking to Robin?" Poe asked politely.

Tim raised a suspicious eyebrow. 'Robin' was more or less considered an Urban Legend to the public at large. As far as the rest of the world knew, Batman, Robin, Falcon and the other Gotham Knights didn't even exist much less one of them being a member of the Teen Titans. Meaning it could be a trick or something else.

"What do you want?" he shot back, ignoring the question. If anything, the Bat-Clan was never really known for their manners.

Kuros looked at the phone and glared "who's the person on the other line with the bad mood?"

Poe didn't even bat an eye at the indirect evasiveness. From what he had gathered from Superboy, it was not completely unexpected. Poe actually felt an anti-social kinship with this guy, and they hadn't even been formally introduced.

"Well, let me put it this way... of all of the people in this... sardine can on wheels, it seems I'm the first one to think to call in to let you know the earth hasn't swallowed us up on the way to this school."

He held the phone away from his ear for a minute, to let Robin hear the bedlam that consisted of everyone's various conversations. "My name's Poe. Or you can call me Johnny. Whichever you prefer. Your friends here seem to trust me enough to FEED them... so it's up to you, what you think of me. Did I catch you at a bad time?"

Kuros looked a bit angry "You didn't use the number i programed into the auto dial, did you?"

Poe waved at Kuros. "Shush. I'm trying to hear, and that's a feat in of itself today."

Kuros glared grabing the phone, hanging it up and redialing robin with a longer number and said into the phone "You have Bad manners man!!!" then handed it back to poe. "thare good as new"

Robin felt himself glare at the sound of the new voice that next spoke on the phone and then the disconnection. This was not helping him believe their story in any possible way.

Leaning back in his chair, Robin's fingures began to race over the computer's console which he used to hack into a JLA satilite and began to triagulate the source of the phone call. According to the data, the call was coming from a cell phone on the move, just reaching the outskirts of California.

Robin wasn't about to play nice guy with someone who just called him up out of the blue claiming to be an allie of his teammates. Listening to the phone call, he could barely make out the voices of Harm, Kid Flash, Slobo and Empress.

But that didn't mean whoever this 'Poe' guy was telling the truth. Voices could be easily be recreated on computers. God knows Robin himself did that sort of thing enough...

"Put one of the Titan's on," he grunted, again ignoring the question.

"Azarath... Metrion... ZINTHOS!" Poe said, telekinetically pushing Kuros into a nearby seat and muzzling him with one of Bart's smelly socks.

"Sorry about that. Got disconnected. AND, I had an annoying PEST buzzing over my shoulder. Consider him swatted, for the moment. You were saying?"

"Titans," Robin growled. "Put one of them on."

"Well, let's see. Bart's... busy. Some video game thing. I could get Falcon... excuse me again."

Poe telekinetically lifted the headphones off Falcon's ears. "Falcon. Phone. It's Robin." He tossed the phone into the startled girl's lap.

Kuros glared and swated Poe upside the head breaking the muting spell "Don't try that another time ... ... ... friend." then he grinned evily.

Poe's eyes turned red. He didn't often lose his temper, but Kuros was beginning to get on his LAST NERVE.

He telekinetically grabbed Kuros, and held him just as immobile as he did to Bart, earlier in the day.

"Never. Touch. Me. Like. That. AGAIN." The words came out with enough anger to make a few people turn and watch the byplay. "There were TWO numbers I saw in there, FOR your information. I chose the one that was toll-free. Jackass. Now. If you promise to behave, I SHALL release you. But I warn you. The next time you try a stunt like that on ANYBODY... and you'll find yourself in orbit of PLUTO. Do I make myself CLEAR, Kuros?" Poe said, trying not to be loud enough to be heard by too many people.

"As glass" wondering where the other number was from.

Poe nodded once, and dropped him into the chair on his butt.

"Just so we understand one another. I don't take kindly, to being hit by ANYBODY. And I don't tolerate it on people I'm beginning to think of as potential friends. So I suggest, that you curb your tendancies for violence, until you get all the facts in first. AS to the number being in there... I saw a listing in there that was 800. Maybe Bart snuck it in when you weren't looking. I don't care. That's the one I chose. Consider this matter... closed."

Wincing from the growing headache that was NOT helped by Kuros' behavior, Poe leaned against the counter and gritted his teeth to try and compose himself again. 'Remind me why,' he asked himself, 'that that... walking TIMEBOMB is on this trip? If I find out who invited that... that... arrogant, hot-tempered, potentially violent reject from the ZOO.... I'll be extremely cross at them for their serious lack in judgment'. He went to get some Advil. 'Johnny boy... I think you just got shanghied into a sardine can full of trouble.'

Kuros looked at the road and the crimson sky calming himself, after a while he climbed back in the car he looked at poe "I'm sorry 'bout what i did i had no right to do so, i medetate to calm myself but not enough i see" Kuros put back on his mask and looked out the window.

Poe just grunted. The steak was finally finished. "I KNOW I shouldn't reward you for such... crude behavior. But a body DOES have to eat." He put the steak on a plate, and then he took a second pot that had been simmering, and poured the gravy-like contents over the plate of steak. The gravy glowed for a second, and then was sucked into the steak completely.

"This steak will remain on the plate, until you're full. Trust me, when I say this will be more than adequate, for your digestion."

After serving Kuros, Poe finished cooking up the rest of the food in the oven, and also set it out. Pouring the remainder of the contents of the pot, into the casserole. "Soup's on... so to speak. Enough for everyone."

With that, he grunted in slight pain again, and telekinetically reverted back to his civilian clothes. The bump on his head began to show. He put his glasses back on, grabbed a rag, put some ice in it... and went to sit down.

Kuros ate one plate, then another, and another, and another, no siverware, and speed seen only when flash eats, eating, more, and more, and more, and more, pile, after pile, of dishes grew and meat shrunk, when he was done he was as clean as when he had started. "thanks that will last 'bout 4 days." he then bowed to the cook.

Harm sat quietly looking outside the window. He probably could have gotten involved in Poe's and Kuros's fight, and probably could have stopped it. But he thought it'd be better if they worked it out themselves. That and he was too busy thinking about other things to be bothered anyway. Greta was at the school they were going to. He hadn't seen her since that whole issue with Young Injustice, where she was ironically taken hostage in a warder with her old powers who was a version of Harm. He felt like he was supposed to protect her and failed, sure, he helped save her, but it's like when Cassie was killed, he should have been there before it happened. He's the one with the biggest connection to evil, well with the possible exception of Shinigami.

Harm smirks. When he first joined the Titans, he literally stayed with them because it was more convenient. He stayed with them, he didn't have to fight his way out of DEO, plus he'd be able to screw with Robin's head. And here he is, upset that he couldn't protect them. "These wimps must be rubbing off on me." he thought. He really is a good guy.

Just then Supersonic inadvertently kicks the back of Harm's seat for the....well, he lost count. Harm quickly turns to Supersonic glaring. "Accidental or on purpose, kick my seat one more time, and you won't have to worry about your flaming eyes because you won't have them anymore, understood?" Harm faces back, not waiting for a reply. "Ok, maybe I'm not totally a good guy." Harm thinks to himself.