Chapter 2: Story of a Highbreed Scout?

After the encounter with Nightwing, thinking that Ben Tennyson was the culprit who abducted his teammates from the old Teen Titan clique. Nightwing continued to give Kevin directions to where his hideout in Jump City was located.

“So tell us more about your fight with that strange creature?” asked Gwen to Nightwing.

“Well, it seemed quite odd to encounter such a creature like this” replied Nightwing.

The scene then switches back five years ago, where Starfire and Raven are furiously fighting the strange creature. To which, the strange creature had used its powers to change itself into pure steel which made it quite difficult for Starfire’s starbolts to take it down. Even Raven’s powers were no match for the creature, even if Raven was able to grab it, the creature always managed to be one step ahead of her. As Raven managed to temporary subdue the creature, Robin came right into the scene and gave the creature a good kick sending it crashing into some empty crates nearby.

“I think we finally got it!” stated Robin who was quite confident.

But Robin’s confidence died, when the creature rose up not-so-scratched up after the fight with Starfire and Raven.

“Ah man!”cried poor Cyborg who really thought Starfire and Raven could handle the creature.

The creature then changed its hands into metal steel blades, and began to slice at Robin, and the rest of his team who did their best to dodge the blades. Beast Boy then leaped right into the battle, as he changed himself into a large spinosaurus, and used the large lizard’s head to smash right into the creature, and then swinging the tail at it, sending the creature crashing into several abandon rooms of the building where they were fighting the creature.

“I’m sure that got it” said Robin as Beast Boy changed back into his normal self.

“I think my head hurts from that” said Beast Boy who was a bit dizzy.

But Beast Boy’s efforts proved little help to the battle, as the same creature came rushing back at the Titans with quite fast speed. Like a bulldozer, the creature smashed through the Titans, to which Starfire managed to save Robin, Beast Boy changing himself into a hawk, and Raven being able to lift Cyborg to safety.

“Man, who or what does this guy think he really is?” asked Cyborg as he readied his sonic cannon.

Cyborg then began to blast away at the creature who turned around not noticing Cyborg’s prepared attack. The sonic blast from Cyborg’s cannon sent the creature tumbling down to the ground, but the creature was able to recover from the attack.

“It’s still not giving up?!” cried Robin.

“Maybe I can try to communicate to it” replied Raven as she began to meditate, “cover me.”

“Oh great, now it’s just us four against whatever that is!” cried Cyborg as he kept on firing at the strange creature.

As Raven began to meditate, while her teammates were protecting her from the creature, Raven could see that this creature came from a strange spaceship of some sort. The spaceship was from an unknown origin to her, and noticed that the creature was being given orders by other creatures that looked similar to it. Along with smaller lesser creatures, acting as if they were worker bees for the creature they were fighting.

“Raven, it’s coming your way!” cried Robin who interrupted her meditation.

Raven then used her powers, as the creature attempted to turn its hand into an metal axe trying to smash Raven as if the creature could tell Raven was trying to find something out about it, that didn’t want the rest of the Titans to know about. Raven eventually gained power over the creature, and used her powers to throw it against the wall, and then also through the ceiling of the building, smashing the creature down again on the ground.

“I think she got it” said Beast Boy.

“I’m afraid not” said Starfire as she noticed the same creature slowly trying to get up, “but she weakened it.”

“Well, let’s weaken it some more then?!” ordered Cyborg as he setup both sonic cannons that were installed in his arms and began to fire at the creature.

Starfire then joined in with Cyborg, and began to throw a fury of starbolts at the creature, which the creature was unable to change into any sort of substance. The Titans could hear a scream coming from the creature, quite a hyper sound, so unfamiliar to them, as if this creature were quite literally from another world. Eventually, the creature quickly disavowed into nothing thinking that the Titans were victorious at whatever it was, when really the creature made an escape to report back. Ben was quite intrigued about the creature, but as he was about to ask a question, Kevin had already arrived back at the hideout Nightwing had given Kevin directions to.

“I think this is what you have fought” said Ben as Gwen handed him over some footage of their encounter of a Highbreed commander.

“What the heck is that creature?” asked Nightwing as he looked at the footage from the camera Gwen had captured.

“We’re actually looking for my grandfather Max Tennyson, he said he was investigating these aliens known as the Highbreed” replied Ben.

“So are you really apart of some group looking into these creatures?” asked Nightwing.

“Actually, Grandpa Max was a Plumber who was investigating on the very creatures that your teammates may have fought five years ago” replied Ben.

“So just what were your teammates doing before you noticed they were missing?” asked Kevin to Nightwing.

“I’m not really sure” said Nightwing, “that’s why I need your help to retrace their steps.”

“Well, if your old teammates were taken by the same aliens my grandfather was investigating, I think it’s a worth a shot here” said Gwen.

But before Nightwing could get to that, an alarm rang out through his hideout as there was quite some trouble brewing in downtown Jump City.

“What’s going on?” asked Kevin.

“Trouble, and I think since you three are here, I could use a helping hand” replied Nightwing.

But as the four were about to find whatever was causing the trouble, Nightwing was going to receive a shock of his life, that an old foe of his was going to show up. A more familiar foe, indeed he would certainly face.