Chapter 9: Got a new Toy

(Mc Pov)

4 November 2010

New York, Titans Tower

8:17am

*And release... feel the tension flow away... And breathe in... Listen to the beat of your heart... And release, you have now finished the first step into finding peace within yourself now...*

Listening to my headphones I followed the words as I fell into a sense of calming, ever since the "Dr. Light Incident" last week Robin has had me practicing practicing meditation while also having me speak to some therapist called Leslie Thompkins over a video call to sort out my apparent anger issues.

It was either that or I can't stay with the team being because I could be a danger to them of which I could understand so I accepted for now, in the beginning it was just weird just sitting in one spot doing strange breathing techniques and talk of Chakras.

'I'm in DC not some stupid cultivation novel why am I doing this stupid crap?'

The way the team acted around me had also changed marginally with Beast-boy being the exception, Robin was somewhat supportive and always keeping an eye me, Speedy was hard to read but seemed more vigilant around me, Kid flash looked nervous like I was about to eat him and Bumblebee seemed so scared of me she couldn't being alone in the same room.

'Hahh... Whatever, I never really liked them'

The next day me and Beast-boy were jamming 'Guitar Hero 3: Legends of rock' together as we both decided to find out who was to be titled "Game King" and we ended up getting very competitive, the rest of the team were doing their own thing outside of the tower leaving us alone to cause trouble.

After another tied game Beast-boy dragged me along to some concert to try make me feel better, the band playing was called the 'Maniaks' who I honestly never heard of and immediately hated their music.

It was an awful mix of Rock and techno music yet everyone else seemed to like it.

'Oh God this is horrible... Why isn't there any ACDC or Led Zeppelin in this universe?'

We eventually left an hour later thankfully because I was close to just walking off midway, but as if we're cursed with trouble the moment we got outside the door I could hear the sound of alarms go off.

'Do we just have plot armor or something?'

Ignoring the weird thoughts in my head I quickly start following Beast-boy as he ran off to wherever the alarms were coming from, grabbing my comm I quickly send an alert to the rest of the team as Beast-boy shifts into a pelican and flys off.

Copying Beast-boy I slip into an alleyway and shift into my Spider-Man form as I swing back out in pursuit of the green pelican, within moments we are infront of a tech store but who stood there surprised me.

It was a bald midget child in strange green overalls with large green goggles on his face and a mechanical harness with a plethora of weapons, the moment he gazed towards us his face scrunched up considerably as a rocket launcher suddenly appears out of the harness.

'Gizmo?'

"Crap! ain' no booger dweebs takin' me!" he shouted.

Immediately a small group of missles is shot out towards us as we quickly try to dodge but as we do it starts homing back towards us and begins to follow Beast-boy, unsure what to do Beast-boy starts flying away while I fight the weaponized theft.

Looking towards me his rocket launcher disappears as two blaster pods appear on his back as he repeatedly shoots at me, jumping around I dodge every shot as I try grab the little midget but I quickly jump back as four bladed limbs come out trying to cut me.

'Hell everything this guy has might actually kill me...'

Before I can focus on the little miget I suddenly hear an explosion as I turn around I see Beast-boy come back towards me after losing the missles, turning back I smile now my side has the advantage as I quickly race towards the theft with a newfound vigor.

Shooting my grapple towards the store I launch myself into the air as I grab two of the bladed limbs inches away from me as Beast-boy flys passed shifting into a goat and delivering a headbutt, very quickly the midget's bladed limbs disappear as the blaster pods come out again spraying the street with energy blasts destroying many cars.

Grabbing the green goat I quickly swing out of the way as Beast-boy shifts back into a bird as we carefully re-approached the bald midget, "Back off ya swinging barf-face" said Gizmo as his harness swaps to a winged jetpack immediately sending him into the air as he continues to fire apon us.

'Oh I so want that harness'

As Gizmo continues to chase me Beast-boy sneaks around as he attempts to grab the theft but struggles, dodging shots I try keep the damage the weaponized midget did to the street to a minimum but I was failing.

Drawing his attention onto me Gizmo momentarily forgets about Beast-boy as he sneaked behind him before he shifted into a gorilla bringing him down with a crash, swinging down to the dazed midget I quickly ripped off his harness before he could fight back.

'Thank you for the upgrade...'

Being only slightly bigger than Gizmo the harness was only a tight fit before my body swallowed it whole, it was a strangle feeling that washed over me but when it was done a flat bump on my back had formed just between the shoulders.

I could feel a connection to the strange device as I operated it with my thoughts summoning four black cloaked bladed limbs moving them individually with relative ease, playing around for a few seconds I quickly stored the device away inside me as we tied up Gizmo for the police.

'Maybe I could hire this guy to make me more tech? He isn't really a bad guy, just an idiot'

After our little adventure Beast-boy and I made our was home as we flew through the air, Beast-boy as a medium sized bird and me using my newly acquired wing-jetpack.

"Race ya!" I screamed at I started flying even faster.

"Hey?! that's cheating" shouted Beast-boy as he attempted to catch up, we raced through the air as we made our way back to the tower but Beast-boy was starting to catch up.

Finally the tower comes into view as we dive for the door, I could see Beast-boy with me neck and neck but I wouldn't let him win.

*Touch*

" "I win!" "

" "No I win!?" "

I touched the door just a milli-second before Beast-boy but I didn't have proof so we ended up arguing for a moment till we agreed on a tie, of course we ended up deciding to have an eating contest to break the tie but with no powers.

'Hopefully I win this one, I'm hating all the ties I have'

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(Dr. Light Pov)

19 November 2010

???

10:42pm

Walking through an alleyway I suddenly feel myself lifted into the air as my body is slammed into a wall, gritting my teeth I gaze towards an approaching silhouette.

"Why is it, you look for me"

"...I believe we share a common enemy" I said as I dropped photos of a certain group of costumed super-powered teenagers, the pale man stood silently as he gazed at the pictures for a moment.

"I'm listening" he replied as he released me from his hold but still cautious.

I looked carefully at the pale-skinned man with a hooded jacket covering some of his face, I knew I had to be careful with my words.

I had read a few reports about this individual and knew he would be a great addition to the team I was forming, with his psychic abilities it would give my team a greater edge.

"The Titans... I want to kill them but I can't do it alone, so I am forming a team of people like us" I said slowly.

"Then we can have our revenge against them, you can go after whoever you want but the 'Spider-brat' is mine"

The pale-man's eyes glow for a moment before smiling as he removed his hood revealing his see-through skull with the brain visible, he had a unique face but I wasn't disturbed I had seen worse.

"Hmm... I think we will get along just fine" he replied as we shook hands.

After giving my latest recruit a cellphone to get in contact later I made my way out of the alleyway as I started to try think of adding one more to the team, I needed someone who could support the others but still look after themselves.

'Just you wait Demon... I'll soon have my revenge'

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(Mc Pov)

19 November 2010

New York, Titans Tower

9:24am

Running along the walks I make my way towards the shooter as he fires multiple arrows in attempt to disarm me, each arrow would barely miss thanks to my senses but I had to be careful of the 'special arrows' he had.

"Come on Speedy, it's getting to a point I should be calling you 'Slowly' " I insulted as I made through the barrage of arrows, Speedy tried to throw me off with a flash bang arrow followed by polymer-foam arrow but failed.

Closing my eyes with the flash bang I manage to catch the foam arrow as I throw it back at Speedy, surprised by my reaction he stumbles for a moment.

But that's all it took as the arrow explodes into a foamy mess entrapping Speedy, I couldn't help but laugh as Speedy struggled to get himself out but it was short-lived as clapping behind me gives me a sudden fright.

"Oh its just you Robin, what's up"

"Ohh nothing much just wanted to see how your training was going, I'm honestly impressed how much you've improved" commented Robin while giving Speedy a cheeky smile.

Our moment was quickly ended by the sounds of beeping of our communicators, without even looking at eachother we all quickly rushed out as we made our way to the Titan car.

"So what is it? I asked as Kid-flash raced off and we all rode along to catch up, Robin was messing around with his communicator before freezing in silence for a moment.

"It's... it's Doctor Light?" he said in disbelief.

Immediately I could feel some eyes on me as an awkward silence emerged between us, I knew why but I didn't care because I knew I could defeat Light this time without losing my sh*t.

As we raced down to the scene of the crime I could see Doctor Light as he playfully took shots at Kid-flash as if waiting for us, I didn't know what what happening but it was going to be like last fights.

'Wanna fight Light, it's on'

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Word count: 1840

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Trying to be comically accurate is almost impossible with the vague information DC has on certain backstories but it does make things interesting when writing a novel, working on the next chapter right now should be up next week.