isaiah's mother was already pregnant with him when she married judge crockett, who was unaware that the unborn child was half-alien (part human and part h'san natall). at age 16, isaiah qualified to enter college, but on his first day at ivy university, he and two other students (toni monettia who would later become argent, and cody driscoll who would later become risk) were abducted by the h'san natall. also abducted was the atom, who was caught in the energy stream as well. on board the alien ship, they rescued the earth girl who would later become prysm, and from there they escaped. during these events, the students learned that they were all half h'san natall. they stayed together and formed another incarnation of the teen titans.