[color=#BCBFA3]Lio had been working his regular shift at S.T.A.R. labs when the alert came in. Still tired from the all night overtime of the previous day, Lio had already made his way through three cups of coffee. At the very least his mind was alert, jacked up on caffeine. As such he was actually making progress on the cybernetic arm that had been giving him trouble. But then an alert sounded in a nearby room. Lio attempted to ignore it, but it was very loud.

Lio would be forced to deal with it when a technician rushed in, announcing there had been a temporal distortion. [i]Great,[/i] thought Lio, [i]time travel shenanigans.[/i] He knew has the labs resident superhero, he was expected to go check it out. With a sigh, Lio left his workstation and headed for the boss’s office.

[color=#26FF60]“So where exactly was the epicenter of this event?”[/color] asked Lio, skipping over all pleasantries.

“Just outside Titans Tower,” stated Lio’s supervisor.

[color=#26FF60]“I guess that really makes it my problem,”[/color] sighed Lio.

The young scientist would then head to his personal locker and change into his Pulse outfit. Comprised of advanced synthetic material and super durable plating, Lio’s hero outfit was designed to take a beating. He then stepped out of S.T.A.R. labs and lifted off into the air, ignoring the usual rules about using his pseudo-ring on company property. He figured that there were extraneous circumstances as a time rift was a big deal. For all Lio knew, this could be another warlord from thousands of years into the future come to conquer the past.

Luckily, Lio knew the route from S.T.A.R. labs to Titans Tower by heart, as he had been flying back and forth from them these past few weeks. While in transit, Lio wondered if the Titans had been made aware of the temporal event, as surely Cyborg had the technology for it, or maybe even Robin did given how prepared he was for everything.

And yet, Lio didn’t see anyone outside when he arrived next to the tower. His pseudo-ring still faintly detected tachyons, remnants of a temporal passage, but they were quickly fading as the time line recovered. Still, Lio scanned the area with his eyes and pseudo-ring, looking for any signs of danger. But all he found was someone standing at the tower’s front door.

The man was in some kind of costume, apparently a hero as he had come straight to the front door instead of breaking in. Figuring that it was worth figuring out why this guy was here, Lio descended slowly to the front of the tower. Landing gracefully behind the apparent hero, Lio cleared his throat to announce himself.

[color=#26FF60]“Can I help you?”[/color] Lio asked, [color=#26FF60]“Do you have an appointment with the Teen Titans?”[/color]

Lio had heard word of Robin potentially recruiting another member of the team, but didn’t think he would do it so fast. Lio himself had only been made a probationary member a few weeks ago, so this did seem fast. But at least if that happened he would no longer be the newbie. That was a small plus.[/color]