Beyond Titans (ONC Entry - Teen Titans/Young Justice Fanfic)

Unexpected Turns

Chaos.

He was the leader of the team of young vigilantes mentored by various members of the Justice League, yet there was no denying the fact he – Aqualad – was incapable of preventing their later mission from dissolving into chaos, and in front of the protégée of Wonder Woman, none the less.

In fact, Robin taking off on him wasn't lost on him.

He wasn't expecting a strange girl to grab onto the front of Kid Flash's clothing, glaring at the young speedster, her anger all too apparent. In fact, the shadows she manipulated flared dangerously. "Where's Robin?"

Aqualad took a deep breath of the air, nearly choking due to his preference for breathing water through the gills on his neck, his eyes looking around the chaos. Something was wrong, definitely wrong, for while Robin disappeared, he never blended into the shadows quietly, his laughter echoing out from wherever he chooses to create mischief, of from a device meant as a misdirection.

He saw Wonder Girl holding onto one of the Amazon teens while the green boy who appeared with the shadow girl helped hold her down, cursing into the sand while the other was held onto by Cyborg and Superboy. He watched Cyborg's attention go from the green boy to the girl, his one human eye blinking. "I know you. I know you two and that orange alien chick."

Aqualad watched the shadow girl relax a bit, yet what Cyborg said majorly bothered him. Something was definitely off.

"He's Beast Boy, you're Raven, that was Starfire, but the leader of Teen Titans is Robin."

The only sound of the torn-up beach area was the cursing of the one Amazon female. In the back of his mind, he knew – he knew full well Robin did, in fact, have the necessary leadership skills, that he would make a good team leader, so he wasn't surprised finding out something like this, yet on the other hand – none of them knew. In all of their minds, their team was the first team.

"Raven. You asked where Robin is?"

"Slade's after him again."

The sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach increased, but Cyborg let go of the person he was supposed to be holding onto, planning on charging right into town. Aqualad held up his hand, stepping physically in front of the young man. "Move." Of course, he had no plans on moving. "You aren't the leader of Teen Titans." Cyborg brushed by him, making Aqualad let out a sigh. "And he's obviously not here."

Raven – that was apparently the name of the shadow girl – turned toward the green boy. "Beast Boy."

"Right... I'll..."

"We're going to need the help of Robin's new team, so you stay here with another person with super strength and the rest of us will go on ahead."

"But..."

"Cyborg and Starfire are likely creating enough of a mess without you helping them." Raven let go of the front of Kid Flash's uniform, her eyes drifting over to the two who were holding down the two Amazon teens. "Well, which one of you are coming with us?"

Superboy swallowed, looking right at her. "I'll go. I think Wonder Girl will be more likely to talk some sense into these two here."

Aqualad let out a deep breath. "Megan. We have a problem." When she didn't answer, his eyebrow wrinkled. "Megan?"

Kid Flash turned, his eyes widening in worry. "What's wrong?"

"The connection Miss Martian put up is gone."

A sudden explosion in town made the teens look over in that particular direction. Raven let out a sigh, pointing her thumb in the direction of the explosion. "I'm guessing that's where your Miss Martian and our Starfire are fighting, but before we can even think about going after Robin, we'll need to clean up this mess."

"Yes. Definitely." Aqualad started walking forward.

"I know you're likely not interested in setting up a link with me, but I can tell Cyborg you're in charge, ate least until we get Robin back."

None of the team there liked that, yet Aqualad gave them a look indicating they would go along with what Raven said. "I'm going on ahead to put out that fire. Superboy, get there without causing too much more damage. Kid Flash..."

"Please don't tell me to contact Batman because the situation's gotten that dire. I really hate having to deal with Batman, particularly when Rob's involved."

"No. I want you to start looking around town, seeing if you can't find anything that might give us an idea of what happened to Robin." He watched Kid Flash let out a sigh of relief, before heading towards the place the explosion occurred, yet within minutes he heard other sounds of destruction. Miss Martian and Starfire were definitely going at it, frustrating him, but he focused instead on putting out the fire.

He saw Cyborg standing there, almost as if he was unsure of what to do, yet he turned towards Superboy when he arrived. "If you hold onto yours, I'll hold onto ours."

Cyborg hurried over to Starfire. "Hey, Star..."

"Hey..." Superboy stepped towards Miss Martian.

For a brief moment he thought the two would simply hold onto the two girls, preventing them from using their powers, only to realize too late Miss Maritan was starting to intrude upon Starfire's mind, the most likely result – things would become much worse unless someone else interfered.