The Harder They Fall

A child needs both a mother and a father to be able to have a good childhood. To be raised properly, a child needs the wisdom, love, and guardianship of two loving parents, but not every kid has two parents. One of them was Jordan King. We snap to his perspective as he opens his eyes. He looks up at the blue sky and the giant tree behind him. He slowly raises his upper body and looks around. He sees no one until his mother pops out from the giant tree and scares him.

"Boo!" exclaimed Carla.

"Ahhhhh!" exclaimed Jordan.

"I got you," said Carla.

"What was that for?" asked Jordan.

"You need to keep your senses sharp. You don't know what weirdo will pop out of nowhere in this city," said Carla.

"I was sleeping," said Jordan.

"That won't stop these animals from attacking you. Always remember that," said Carla.

"Fine. I will," said Jordan annoyingly.

"Now that you're up, let's enjoy the weather. It's usually not this hot in the fall," said Carla.

"But, I just want to lay here all day," said Jordan.

"Me too," said Carla as she lays down next to her son.

"I can see the clouds," said Jordan.

"Me too," said Carla.

"They look so weird. That one looks like a banana," said Jordan as he points at a cloud.

"And that one looks like a car," said Carla as she points at another one.

"Why do clouds look so weird?" asked Jordan.

"I don't know. Ask a scientist because I have no clue," said Carla.

"But you know everything," said Jordan.

"Only God knows everything, Jordan. I'm just doing my best," said Carla.

"Why do you put your faith in someone as unknown and mysterious as God? We don't even know if he exists," said Jordan.

"Always have faith, little one and he will help you> If you are in bad shape, find him and pray to him. He will help you," said Carla.

"What if he's the cause of it?" asked Jordan.

"Then, he will tell you why. He always does," said Carla.

"If anything bad happens to you or me, will God save us?" asked Jordan.

"Ask him. Only he knows," said Carla.

"Hopefully he does," said Jordan.

We now cut to the present day. Jordan opens his eyes and he is now standing in front of a large church. He takes a large breath before entering the church. It is absolutely empty. You couldn't even hear a pin drop. Jordan walks down the aisle and takes a seat at one of the long pews in the front. He then puts his hands together and puts his head down.

"I don't know why I'm here. My mother has always believed that there was someone out there. A divine creator of some sort, but I never believed. We have Superman, Shazam, and Wonder Woman. There can't be multiple gods if you're supposed to be the only one right? I've stared Satan in the eyes and told him to eat a dick. Satan no longer scares me. He is pure evil and my friends and I defeated him. Something that you refused to do. I don't know who my father is and my mother's in a coma. A believer of you has been in a coma for years because of you. I don't know why she has to pay for the sake of me. I would have been fine if this didn't happen. She didn't deserve it, but the Joker does. He still stands while my mother still sleeps. That is top-tier bullshit, but I don't need you. I'm only here for her, so if you're listening, you better wake her up or face my wrath. Amen," said Jordan.

Jordan gets up and walks out of the church. He takes one more look at the Jesus statue in the front of the church and then walks down the street. This wasn't a good choice. He sees his greatest fear. Mothers with their children. One of them holds their small daughter's hands. Another rolls their twins in a baby carriage. Yet another mother walks with her two children as they skip around her.

"Hopefully they don't get put in comas. They won't deserve it either," said Jordan.

Jordan continues to walk until he hears a large boom. He runs up the street to see what is wrong and sees two people causing chaos. One is pretty buff while the other is a muscular girl. It's a duo of destruction!

"Sis, this is an amazing birthday gift. Thank you," said the buff man.

"Don't mention it, brother. I like to make sure that you have good birthdays," said the muscular girl.

"Sorry to crash the birthday surprise, but it's for you inbred bastards to jet. This ain't your turf," said Jordan, now in his suit.

"Everywhere is Terror Twin's turf," said the male Terror Twin.

"Not here. Get back to your trailer park before you piss me off," said Jordan.

"Is that a threat?" asked the female Terror Twin.

"It is," said the male Terror Twin.

"There are kids and mothers around here. Don't do this," said Jordan.

"Don't tell us what to do," said the male Terror Twin.

"Then, come celebrate your birthday with your Uncle Phoenix," said Jordan.

"Let's get him, bro," said the female Terror Twin.

"I'm following you," said the male Terror Twin.

The Terror Twins charge at Jordan. Jordan pulls out two Claws and throws them at the twins. It doesn't affect them and they still charge him. He then pulls out a couple smoke bombs and drops them on the ground, dispensing smoke. The Terror Twins run into the smoke, but Jordan has disappeared.

"Has he run? What a coward." said the male Terror Twin.

"No. He's still here. He's trying to sneak up on us. Get in position to strike," said the female Terror Twin.

The Terror Twins go back to back and prepare to not get caught lacking, but they then start to wobble and become dazed. They grab their heads as everything starts to become blurred.

"What is happening?" asked the male Terror Twin.

"I don't know, but I can't see straight," said the female Terror Twin.

"It's because it wasn't a regular smoke bomb. It contains traces of what we call a knockout gas. You will be out in seconds," said Jordan.

"No, we won't. We will find you, you bastard," said the male Terror Twin.

"Then, come find me," said Jordan.

The Terror Twins try to look for him, but the knockout gas hits different and knocks them out. They fall on top of each other. It's not the first time. Jordan hops into the smoke with a gas mask on and just looks at the Terror Twins with a disappointed look.

"I would hate to meet their mother or father," said Jordan.

Three hours pass. Jordan hops off an elevator and walks into the hospital room of his mother. She is still in a coma and he is still sad. He takes a seat and looks at her.

"Hi, mom. I know it has been a long time. I've just been busy at work. I've made some new friends and just found out that I had a daughter like a week ago. She's beautiful, ma and I can't wait until you get to see her. Jade's pretty awesome too. I'm with another girl right now, but I will admit this. She is one fine girl," said Jordan.

"I can tell. Only the best girls can get with my boy," said Carla.

"Huh?" asked Jordan.

"You don't remember my voice? Have you forgotten about your dear old mother?" asked Carla.

"Impossible. I'm just hallucinating," said Jordan.

"You're not. It's me, my boy," said Carla.

"Tell me something-," said Jordan.

"You're the leader of a superhero group called the Teen Titans and you are currently in a relationship with a sorceress named Ravem=n while you're hiding your feelings for another girl," said Carla.

"It is you," said Jordan.

"Who would it be? There's only one me," said Carla.

"When did you wake up?" asked Jordan.

"Last night. I was surprised that I lasted this long," said Carla.

"It was thanks to Bruce. He paid for all of this equipment," said Jordan.

"I will have to thank him later," said Carla.

"Don't worry about that. I'll just tell him when I see him again," said Jordan.

"So, how's Hector and Darius?" asked Carla.

"They're good. I don't talk to them a lot, but they seem to be cool," said Jordan.

"That's good to hear. You guys were best friends once. So close that you could be called brothers," said Carla.

"I was a kid back then, ma. I'm 24 now," said Jordan.

"24. 7. Same thing," said Carla.

"So, when do you think that you're going to get out of here?" asked Jordan.

"Maybe a few more days. I want to go home," said Carla.

"You can live with me. You don't have to live in that dump anymore," said Jordan.

"I like that 'dump'," said Carla.

"I've been thinking about moving out with Raven to an apartment in the city. You can live with us," said Jordan.

"No. I don't want to bother you two. Especially at night," said Carla.

"Ma!" exclaimed Jordan.

"Just put me in my own apartment. I can live by myself," said Carla.

"Not for the next few months. Let me care for you. That's my responsibility as your son," said Jordan.

"I'm not that old," said Carla.

"You're 45. You haven't walked in twelve years. You can't take care of yourself. Please. Let me help," said Jordan.

"Ok. I can't say no to that cute face," said Carla.

"Thanks," said Jordan.

"Now, you can start helping me by opening these windows. I want to see the sun," said Carla.

"Ok," said Jordan.

Jordan gets up and walks over to the window. He then opens the blinds and the sun starts to shine into the room. Jordan winces, but Carla doesn't move. Jordan turns around and starts to walk back to the seat, but his mom explodes and he is sent flying out of the window.

"Mom!" exclaimed Jordan in shock.

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his utility belt. He then pulls out a grappling hook and grapples down to the ground. He looks up and sees nothing but destruction.

"No way," said Jordan.

Jordan tries to grapple back up to the room while people around him start to look at the situation in fear, but someone punches him in the face and sends him into a wall. He is then slammed on the wall over and over and over before getting headbutted and curb-stomped. The mysterious assailant picks up his face and looks at him.

"Who are you and what did you do to my mother?" asked Jordan angrily.

"I will show you later, but now, I will put you in a grave," said the assailant as he hit Jordan with one more punch to knock him out cold.

We now cut to the perspective of Donna. In a gym, she completes a deadlift of a few thousand pounds while many people watch her in awe. She sweats all over her body and someone throws her a towel.

"Wow, you're amazing," said an onlooker.

"Can I marry you?" asked another onlooker.

"Let me kiss your abs!" exclaimed a horny onlooker.

"Calm down, fellow gym rats. I am here all the time," said Donna.

"Well, you can't lift more than me," said another girl.

"What?" asked Donna.

"I said that you are weak compared to me," said another girl.

"Prove it," said Donna.

"Boys, give me some weights," said another girl.

One onlooker brings up a bar while another brings a few weights that are five hundred pounds. She places it on the bar and then easily deadlifts it without even breaking a sweat. The onlookers and Donna are in shock.

"She's amazing," said an onlooker.

"But, she can't be better than Donna. It's impossible," said another onlooker.

"Give me more weights," said Donna.

"Ok," said another onlooker.

More onlookers bring even more weights and Donna places them on the bar. She then lifts it, but not as easily as her competitor. She actually feels a little pain. Her competitor starts to smile.

"Are you too weak? That wasn't even as much as I could lift on a bad day," said her competitor.

"I can do more," said Donna.

"Then, do it," said her competitor.

"Give me more. Replace the hundreds with five hundreds. Only five hundreds," said Donna.

"But, I thought that you couldn't do that much," said another onlooker.

"I can do it. Trust me, friend," said Donna.

"Fine," said another onlooker.

One of the other onlookers brings even more weights and Donna slowly places them on the bar. She then tries to deadlift it, but she is in pain. She can barely do it but starts to sweat a lot and she feels like she is going to not be able to walk after this. She does it, but not as well as her competitor.

"I did it," said Donna tiredly.

"Yeah, but it took you too long. You lose," said her competitor.

"Impossible," said Donna.

"Good job, though. Not many girls can do this like me. Handshake?" said her competitor as she reaches out her hand.

"Yeah," said Donna as she grabs the girl's hand.

She feels something on her hand but doesn't care. She writes it off as sweat and just lets the girl walk away. This wasn't a good decision. She turns to look at her fellow gym rats and they start to turn into Ares? She backs up and rubs her eyes, but they do not lie.

"Donna, what's wrong?" asked an onlooker.

"Back away, Ares. You shall not take me," said Donna.

"What are you talking about?" asked an onlooker.

"I said stay back! I will slay you!" exclaimed Donna.

"Donna?" asked an onlooker.

"Ahhh!" exclaimed Donna as she leaps towards the Ares's.

The gym situation isn't looking good. Now, we cut to the perspective of Raven. She sits in her room and reads an old book. She wants to learn some new magic and this book should help her.

"It should be around here. Yes. Here it is. Zauberspruch: the art of annihilation. If I learn this, we could complete missions quicker and I could get some more sleep. That would be nice," said Raven.

Raven continues to read her book until she hears a noise. She looks up and sees nothing. She looks back down, but she hears the door open. She looks back up, but nothing is there. She puts her book down and gets up to see what the disturbance is. She walks out of her room and then walks down the hall. She sees no one and then walks back. She passes by her mirror but sees something scary. She sees herself and she looks just like her father. She rushes to her mirror and sees the same thing.

"No," said Raven.

She looks at her skin and it is somehow red. Her legs have turned into goat legs and her voice has deepened. She feels her face and it is very hot, the complete opposite of her now snow-white hair.

"What is happening?" asked Raven.

Raven backs up and rapidly blinks, but nothing changes. She runs out of her room and into the bathroom. She splashes water from the sink and onto her face, but nothing changes. She starts to feel sick and she can not breathe. She grabs her neck and falls to the ground, starting to squirm on the floor, but no one will save her. Not even her father. Sad, but we now cut to Beast Boy. He is currently laying on a blanket on a beach. His shades block the sun from his eyes as he stares at it.

"This is the life. I should have more off days," said Beast Boy.

"Hey. Are you Beast Boy?" said a blonde.

"Yeah," said Beast Boy as he shifts his shades over his head.

"I'm a big fan. Can I get an autograph?" said a blonde.

"Sure," said Beast Boy.

Beast Boy pulls out a pen from his shorts and then a picture of himself. He signs it and hands it to the girl. She starts to fangirl and hops a couple times while Beast Boy just watches.

"Thank you. You're amazing," said the blonde.

"All the mommas say that," said Beast Boy.

"Now, I wanna thank you," said the blonde.

"What do you mean?" asked Beast Boy.

"Meet me in that portapotty for your gift," said the blonde.

"Definitely," said Beast Boy.

The blonde woman walks away as Beast Boy rushes to the portapotty. He quickly enters it and removes his pants. The door opens, but he does not get an award. He gets hit with a large needle that dispenses a liquid into his body. He instantly falls off the toilet and starts to violently shake.

"There's your gift, Beast Boy," said the blonde menacingly.

Let's now cut to Jaime's perspective. He flies through the skies and reaches a black car far from the city. He lands in front of it and someone steps out. It's his padre.

"What do you want?" asked Jaime.

"I'm sorry, my boy. I was too hard on you," said his father.

"You think?" asked Jaime.

"Your mother and I are worried sick. I know that you have made friends and you have powers, but you are still my son," said his father.

"You don't act like it," said Jaime.

"I'm very hard-headed. I will admit that, but I don't hate you. I want to accept you. It's just hard to do that when you are attached to a bug," said his father.

"It's not a bug. It's an alien superweapon," said Jaime.

"Semantics. Look, let's just talk it out. Mano y mano," said his father.

"When did you get the new car?" asked Jaime.

"Just bought it from Ms. Lionheart. It's a cold ride," said his father.

"I have some things to do. I'll talk to you later," said Jaime.

"Why can't we talk now? I just want to see you," said his father.

"Later. I have some crime to stop," said Jaime.

"Sorry, Jaime, but I can't take no for an answer," said his father.

"What?" asked Jaime.

Jaime is hit with a taser and electrocuted at a very high voltage. Good enough to put down a metahuman. He passes out in thirty seconds and falls onto the cold ground. His father walks up to him and bends down.

"Sorry, but you're in my way," said his father.

Let's now cut to Starfire's perspective. She exits her room and lets out a big yawn before walking into the living room. No one is there and she decides to make her way to the fridge. She opens it and pulls out a carton of milk. She takes a look around by just moving her head before jugging down the milk. She continues to do this until she hears a voice.

"Star, come here! I have a gift for you!" exclaimed Raven.

"Raven, really? No way," said Starfire.

"I'm not lying! Come here and take it!" exclaimed Raven.

"On my way," said Starfire as she places the milk on the counter.

Starfire quickly walks towards Raven's room and reaches it in a few seconds. She enters the room once the door opens and sees Raven standing in the middle holding a big gift box.

"Why are you giving me a gift? My birthday isn't until next year," said Starfire.

"Just take it. You need some love," said Raven.

"What is it?" asked Starfire.

"Just open and see," said Raven.

Starfire takes the gift and opens it. This was a bad idea because a big toy pops out and stabs her with needles. She then drops to the ground already unconscious.

"Happy birthday," said Raven anonymously.

Ten minutes pass. Cyborg enters the living room with two giant pizza boxes held up into the sky. He intends to feed his teammates, but he doesn't know that they have different plans.

"Pizza's here!" exclaimed Cyborg while his eyes are closed.

Cyborg opens his eyes and sees that no one is there. He sadly just places the pizza on the table and then yawns. He didn't get much sleep the night before and is barely awake now.

"Time to hit the hay for at least a couple hours. It's rare to get such silence here," said Cyborg.

Cyborg walks out of the living room and walks toward his room. He makes it there, enters it, and walks towards his "bed". He gets on it and closes his eyes while waiting for the tentacle chord to plug into his head. Big mistake. The tentacle chord plugs into his head and he immediately feels something wrong. He starts to see different things and his brain starts to hurt very much. He starts to panic and he tries to move, but he can't. His movement systems have been shut down.

"Virus detected," said his systems.

"I know. Reboot all systems," said Cyborg.

"Unable to reboot. Virus is preventing system reboot," said his systems.

"Fight it!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"Unable to do that," said his systems.

"Ahhhh!" exclaimed Cyborg in pain as his insides start to explode.

He continues to scream in pain until he finally passes out. His metal body falls to the ground and creates a loud thud. Yet another Titan defeated suspiciously. Now, we turn to the perspective of a gang of criminals. They have a little girl as a hostage in an abandoned warehouse. They point their guns all around the place, scared of anyone outside of the JCPD finding them.

"Is the money on the way?" asked one of the criminals.

"Yes. Ten million in cold hard cash," said another criminal.

"Nice. Easiest job in my career," said one more criminal.

"Don't say that," said another criminal.

"Why?" asked one more criminal.

"Saying stuff like that always brings these heroes to come to stop us," said another criminal.

"You're just being superstitious. No one is coming. The Titans don't go after goons like us," said one more criminal.

"I do," said Connor.

"Knew it," said another criminal as he and his friends look up.

"Fire!" exclaimed one of the criminals.

The criminals fire at the clone, but he is bulletproof and the bullets just bounce off him. He then speed blitzes all of the criminals, knocks them out, and takes away their guns. He lands in front of the girl and extends his hand.

"Are you ok?" asked Connor.

"No," said the girl scaredly.

"I'm Superboy. I'm here to help," said Connor.

"Thank you. I thought that I was going to die," said the girl scaredly.

"You won't die in my hands. I promise. Now, let's get you out of here," said Connor.

Connor gets up and turns around to walk towards the exit. He thinks that the girl is following him and continues to walk, but she isn't. He notices this and turns around. This was the wrong choice.

"Hey, little girl. What's-" said Connor.

He is shot in the heart by a Kryptonite bullet fired from a gun held by the little girl and falls to the ground. He struggles to breathe and starts to cough up blood.

"Superboy's down. He won't be bothering us," said the girl.

"Good. Jordan and his teammates have been dealt with as well. I expected them to be tougher, but they're weak. Too weak. Thank God. We can now take over this universe with ease. Yet another universe under the control of the Teen Tyrants," said the man.