Master Crim

Teen Titans: New Beginnings

@Bright_Ops

He is, I sent you a PM to go over before you start in.

Teen Titans: New Beginnings

By the way by "there is no fire" Robin means there's literally not a fire on the ship, right? Like it isn't burning?

@Zoey Boey

Yes, the coastguard was responding to a possible fire on the ship before the gunshots were reported.

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-Robin-
-^{Dick Grayson}-

Robin was making his way to the cabin on the main deck where a few of the security had already began ushering people out and securing the area. This cabin of the ship was a large bar and dining area lined with windows, giving it a more open feel to the enclosure. There were a door with a sign showing stairs descending, denoting that they went to the lower deck. The security had already secured the door and were waiting for a sign of the intruder in red. Just as he began to approach the stairs he heard Wraith's call-out.

"I found him. He's heading up top."

"Team, get ready, and careful-" Before Robin could finish he heard a ruckus from out on the main deck, and rushed to find out what was going on. Robin emerged from the dining area just in time to see a red blur shoot past Wonder Girl, as she was aiding a crew member, and disappear into a doorway of a ship as it closed. That explains the reading on the jet Robin though as Wraith took off and Wonder Girl Sprung into action. What followed was a miscommunication on the stage of pursuit that Robin would have to address later, now they needed to focus on the mission. "Mirage, good job revealing the ship to establish a ping on it," Robin started into his next set of orders while calling in the jet for pursuit. "I want you to follow from the water and wait for us to drop the ship from stealth, once it is; identify the intake for the engines and flood them. This will be the safest and quickest way to disable it so it can't get away." The T-Jet had circled back around, and Robin used his grapple to get aboard. Just as he sat down at the controls, Wonder Girl had confirmed she made contact with the ship. "Wraith, see if you can get to the controls; top priority is opening the door he grappled to for Wonder Girl to get inside. Wonder Girl, once inside try to over power this Scarlet Scarab while Wraith then tries to drop the cloaking." Now in pursuit of the awkwardly flying Wonder Girl who was clinging to the still invisible ship. "Starfire, let the coastguard know that there is no fire before aiding Wonder Girl and Wraith." Robin activated the grapple cables and began analyzing the invisible ship based on the glimpse he got from Mirage's water pocket, and how Wonder Girl was climbing around on it. With the press of a button on the control stick the grapple shot forwards. There was the distinct sound of metal on metal, scraping, but the cable failed to tension and the grapple slid off the unseen surface. Dammit.

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Gotham City

Away from the small crisis that was unfolding in the downtown area of south Jump City, in a tall office building emblazoned with SIONIS INDUSTRIES in Gotham, a scene of its own was beginning to decline as well. In a large office that overlooked a good portion of the business district, a man reeled and fell to the ground from the fist Roman Sionis catching him in the jaw. "YOU IDIOT!" Sionis yelled at the man as he lay clutching his face. "You can't tell me you are this fucking stupid!?" He kicked the man in the ribs once before walking to his desk and opening one of the drawer pulling out a bottle and glass. he poured a generous amount and taking large sips as the man on the floor tried to regain himself.
"How was I supposed to know-" the man on the floor paused to get to his feet before continuing. "-to know that the titan's would find-" the glass flew by the man nearly hitting him, shattering as it hit the floor.
"DID YOU EVEN BOTHER TO VET YOU PEOPLE?!" Sionis sat heavily into his chair and shoved a file of papers off the desk at the man. "Three of them were former employees of Lex Corp!, and who do you think let the word out?" The man just stood unsure of how to respond. "By now the Titan's are tracking back the origins of the shipments and will be looking into what we have worked so hard to keep in the dark in Jump City." The man started to stammer a little trying to find a way to turn this situation around, but was hushed by a wave Sionis's hand to dismiss him. "Get out of here before I change my mind on letting you walk away from this." The man left and Sionis's secretary approached and began to clean up the papers on the floor while Sionis produces another glass and poured another generous amount. "Naomi," he paused looking at her as she gathered the papers from the floor and put them on the desk. "Get me a call with Wilson." Naomi stood a moment scrolling through her touch pad.
"I will see if I can get him on the line, but I can not guarantee he will be willing to-"
"Tell him the lot is still his, and I will pay in advance to get him on his feet if he wants to come back, I just need a small favor that will benefit us both." Sionis said not caring about Naomi's concerns of contacting Wilson.
"Right away, sir."

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@Ryonara I'm sorry, I am trying to get things rolling on that side of the story, but it is hard to without rushing into things that aren't in play yet. I promise there is a criminal side that is available, I just have to get it set up. This next post will start phase one of that.

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YO!!! Love the posts everyone! I have vacation starting after work tomorrow!!! I plan on getting a post up soon, and plan on getting some of the other parts of the story moving in the background.

@Archangel89 Sounds intriguing, I am fairly sure that Superboy is available, PM me your thoughts and we can talk it over.

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Hey everyone, I am sorry I haven't posted anything lately, I have been really busy with work, and dealing with a bum shoulder (not fun seeing as 75% of my job is heavy lifting). I see that some of you have sent some PMs and I am still looking over the new submissions. I will be getting off work a little earlier than normal so I am hoping to be able to work on replying then on a post to have up by Wednesday or Thursday. Sorry that this isn't moving very fast, and I am thankful you are all still in it!

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@Bright_Ops
I am looking over your character and will be in contact with you. I am liking what I am seeing so far.

@The Whacko
That would be interesting. PM me and we can hash out a few details before looking into a CS for you.

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If anyone else wants to post in pursuit of the ship before I do a post for Robin go ahead. I have tomorrow off of work and will be working on post to have up withing the next few days.

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-Robin-
-^{Dick Grayson}-

Robin finished up on the console, taking in a few last minute reports of what was going on around their AO, while the team sprung into action. As they were leaving Robin had finished up, and started heading for the hanger. Cassie poked her head into the main room just before Mirage took cut out to the scene.

"I can give you a lift if you need one."

"Thanks," Robin replied with a smile. "But I will take the T-Jet in case things get rough." He continued down in the elevator to the hanger under the tower where the various transports for the team, as well as personal vehicles were kept. Robin approached a jet like craft that resembled that of an F-22 crossed with a harrier jet, but the fuselage was wider, and the engines set a bit high to make room for a crew ramp. The jet was a metallic gray color with the Titan's iconic "T" blazoned on each wing. The ramp was already down and as Robin approached the jet powered on and the engines began to power on to stand-by. The inside of the jet was, cozy, to put it nicely. While it was not as spacious as the Orca, more of a areal command center they used for far away or escort missions, it did work well as a short range transport and flag of intimidation. The latter of those was something more of what Robin wanted on this mission, due to the un-easing nature of how the person who boarded the yacht dropped out of what Robbin assumed to be a stealthed ship, which they did not have any information on. Walking past the few rows of seating, Robin came to the front of the jet where the pilot controls were located. With a few button presses the jet came alive with activity. The ramp colsed, the falps and rudders began moving, and the hanger door began to open as the jet slowly rolled into place for takeoff. With a roar the jet shot forward and out of the underground hanger, it's vertical engines providing enough force to lift it from the ground and into the air just before the end of the runway.
Even with the speed of the T-Jet Robin arrived on scene just as the rest of the team had put the plan into motion. Starfire was circling the area keeping onlookers at a safe distance and monitoring for escape, Mirage had just radioed in that the sub-nautical conditions were nominal, Wonder Girl had managed to evacuate a few of the ships occupants, and Wraith was running some advance recon of the situation.

“I’m not seeing anything so far, guys. Just lots of smoke and panic.”

"I think Wraith is bellow decks, I'll keep on the exits, keep whoever it is from getting away."

"Good job team. Lets see if we can find who is behind this chaos." Robin said as he pulled the jet in above the yacht. The down thrusters kicked in as the jet slowed to hover above the main aft deck, clearing most of the smoke from the craft. Robin noticed an odd proximity reading before he put the jet into patrol mode and dropped to the deck below, landing with a thud on the deck. He glanced up around the jet as it gained in altitude and began a lazy circle around the area. looking around Robin noticed that most of the passengers and crew were on their way to deploying inflated rafts, while a few who were obviously part of a security detail were staging at an opening to the lower decks. Scanning the deck he saw both Wonder Girl and Mirage and motioned to the security personnel. "Lets see what they are getting ready for." Robin then approached the group and activated the team comm-link so Wraith could hear as well. "We are here to help, what is the situation?" Robin started as one of the security officers, a woman, looked his way.
"Head of security Tylers, Krystal." She introduced herself. "I didn't think we would need the Titans. We appreciate the assist though. It all happened quick, and the part we are having issue with understanding is where this intruder came from. Suddenly the deck was covered in smoke, and this..." She paused a moment, distracted by radio chatter in her ear piece. "This intruder dropped from the sky, but there was nothing above us." She glanced up before looking back to Robin. "He was dressed in a red suite is what one of my men reported and armed, but his weapon seemed to only shoot concussive waves, non-lethal for the most part in the open, but could be dangerous in confined spaces."
"Thank you Krystal, we can take it from here if you want to take your group and make sure the passengers and crew get off safely." The woman nodded and issued a few orders to her men. "Wraith, did you get that? We are moving in from the main deck." Robin then looked to his team and motioned for them to begin moving below decks.

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I am going to be working on getting a post up. Might be Saturday before I can get something though.