Summary: "Tell me what happen to you during the years we were apart…when did it happen…who you were with…Tell me how did it happen…and where were you…" This story focuses on the Titans' lives as normal citizens and as superheroes after the disbanding and reforming the team. Along with the love, life, and evil villains that come all with it. Each carried secrets from their time apart, but how will it affect the team during their time together.
Disclaimer: Don't own the Teen Titans or anything related to it.
This is going to be a fast slow burning story that focuses on the each Titans lives and past. But the story is main characters are Raven and Robin and their relationship first as friends then lovers.
Chapter One: Reintroducing the Titans part 1: Unmasked
"Yo, Dick! Wake up!" A plastic cup hit the face of the sleeping detective. Slowing siting up, the young man let out a long yawn as he woke up. "What late party, rich boy?"
Richard John Grayson, or Dick as he like to be called, looked at his partner, who sat in the desk across from him. The guy was five years his senior and had a thing out for him ever since he joined Jumping City's police force two years ago. He hated Dick for a lot of reasons. A few reasons included being a rich family, out-ranking him even though Matt has been in the force longer, and the fact that he was more attractive than his partner. However, the last part was up for debate. Matt Bruesome was an attractive guy with sandy-brown hair and an athletic figure that was covered in tan skin. His personality, however, causes the ladies to flee even though his shiny green eyes stopped them in the first place.
"No, not a party, but your mom." The nearby officers chuckled at Dick's response.
"Ah, ah very funny." Pushing a stack of files in front of him, Matt continued to speak. "While you were sleeping the chief drop this off. Apparently, someone has been robbing jewelry stores for the last month."
"Month? And we are just hearing about it now because…"
"They are stealing identities too. They posed as a rich couple, whose visit the place jewelry stores frequently, to rent the jewelry and paid cash to do so. The problems was that when the stores asked for the jewelry back the real couple claimed to never have rent them. And the merchandises are long gone."
"How do we know that the real couples are not the thieves?"
"Because each had a tight alibi at the time the jewelry was being rented."
"Is that so?"
"That's so. And you would have known this if you were here for this morning meeting."
"What can I say? Your mom held me up this morning. She is good in the kitchen as she is in the bedroom." The other officers burst out and laughed
"You better watch your mouth, rich boy."
"And you better watch your mom," he said as he got up to leave taking the pile of files with him.
"Where are you going?"
"To solve our case."
"And what am I supposed to do?" The only response that he received was a wave of his hand.
"Hey, Matt, didn't you turn in the finish report on that case to the chief this morning?" A nearby detective asked after he left the room.
"Oops, I forgot to tell him that I just wanted him to file them." He answered as went back to working on the case the chief gave to them this morning. The cops' laughs were cut short as a short, elderly man with a bold head made his way to the group.
"Matt." The cop turned to look that his boss, the chief, as he appeared him.
"Yes, sir."
"Did Dick come in yet?"
"No, sir. I haven't seen him all morning, sir"
"Tell him that I need to see him as soon as he gets in or he else is going to lose his rank."
"Yes, sir. We wouldn't want that to happen." The cops' laughs filled the room again when the chief left.
Dick was no fool when he picked up the files and left the office this afternoon. He knew that Matt finished the case last week Friday and that he turned in the report this morning. He wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth because he like working with Matt. It was because they didn't work together at all. This gave him time to do his own thing, his own way, without his partner asking questions. And right now, he was going home to change out his titan uniform, which was hidden under his clothes.
Looking at a billboard as he rode his motorcycle to his apartment, he smiled when he saw his supermodel girlfriend, Kory Anders, pasted on it.
'Can't wait for tonight, princess.'
(Line)
"Smile 'sexy' for the camera, Kory."
Kory put on one of her sexy smiles as the cameraman captured the moment. Turning her orange tanned firgure to the camera, she pushed her ampleD-sized breasts forward and let the rest of her curves speak for their selves. Adding the finish touch to the pose, she took some off her long, auburn hair and placed it in front of her while her eyes shine with seduction. The cameraman captured the moment. The Tamaranean often, if not all the time, thought of her boyfriend of four years during the photo shoots. Even now, her mind drifted to him and their date tonight.
"Kory, focus."
"Oh, sorry." She said in her high pitch voice and focus back on her job as she posed for Nightwing once.
Garfield Mark Logan stood in the middle of the jungle hanging from a tree vein with the beautiful May Lin in his arms. Slowly, he added other creatures to the screen, such as a bird in the tree next to them and an ant pile on the corner of the comic book cover.
"Are you done?" A pretty blond asked leaning over her fiancee shoulder to stare at the latest piece of his comic series 'Called of the Wild.'
Kissing his girlfriend, Retra, on the lips, he replied, "I'm finish now."
"Well come on, lover boy. Let's get. I want to show you the house that I built."
"Can we get something to eat on the way?"
"Really, Garfield, you just ate. You're such a pig something." The six feet tall guy with almond green eyes was replaced with a green pig, which chased Retra around their apartment.
"Ok, Changeling, you won. We'll stop and get pizza on the way." The man version of the pig, which sported a short box-boy haircut on top of his lean, muscular shape, stared down at his fiancee, who fell down on their bed during the chase. Sometimes when he looked at her, Terra comes to mind. The similarities between the two were too much to ignore. Even though, Retra has grown into a woman both physically and mentally since their meeting after the Titans return from their trip around the world.
"Gar?" He kissed her passionately instead of replying. Pushing her boyfriend away, she said, "We don't have time for this."
"Sure, we do." He kissed her again. "Sure, we do."
They didn't have time to stop for pizza after all.
"Goodnight, Mister Victor Stone." The receptionist called as he walked out of the main office branch of Stone Tech. The robotic human created the company eight years ago after a year of guard the city by himself. The company dealt with anything related to technology from home security to communication. After a few years of being open for business, it was one of the top leading companies in technology on the west coast, which was good for all the changes he added on to the Tower.
Driving back to the tower after a long day's work was one of his favorite activities in the world. The look of his precious baby and home brought him the greatest joy. The exterior of the Tower hasn't change over the years; however, the inside was a different story. The changes that were made reflected the Titans new personality.
The tower was a lot like him. He also has change much since joining the Teen Titans, now Titans, years ago. His physical built and appearance was the same with minor changes here and there to keep up with the small part of his human side. But he has change a lot in more ways than he could count.
Entering the living room of the Tower, he saw the one person who probably went through more changes than him.
"Hi, honey! I'm home." He said to the woman standing in front of the living room window.
"Back so soon?"
"Yup. I head here right after work just to see your lovely face."
Rolling her eyes, Raven drunk her cup of tea and continued to stare at the city. It was times like these that she enjoyed. The city looked so happy and vibrant as the sun set on it. She wish the sun would shine on her world more but with her nightmare of past memories the sunlight was not enough. 'If only-'
"You know it is just the two here. You could off your hood?" She felt Cyborg come behind her to remove her hood, but she still his hand in the process.
Shaking her head, she said "Not today."
"Okay," he said moving away. "Not today." Cyborg sat on the leather couch and observed the woman in front of him. The cape that she wore hid most of her figure as it did when she was young, but it did not hide the same figure as before. Many have seen how much the Titan has grown over the years and her new costume, which replaced the leotard with a tight, dark navy blue dress. The dress hugged her front while it left her back expose. At her hips, the dress split on both sides and stopped right below her knees.
However, none have seen her face but him. When the team reformed, being disbanded for four years, Raven chose not to reveal her face even to her teammates. Cyborg was lucky enough that he was able to see the beauty that she has become, but he wish that she would let the world see.
"No trouble, while we were gone?"
"Nothing I couldn't handle."
Nodding to her response, he asked, "Hungry?"
"No, I'll cook at home before I open the place up." That was another change that occurred since the team was rebuilt. Almost every member had their owe place outside the Tower. Nevertheless, only Changeling, Beast Boy's new alias, spent majority of his free time outside the Tower.
"You cook? I still haven't eaten the food you claim you could cook."
"That's because you won't let me in the kitchen."
"Do you blame me?"
"That was years ago."
"That how long it's taking me to get the taste out of my mouth. Ah! That hurt." He rubbed the spot that she punch.
"Stop being a baby." She said as she sat beside him on the couch and put her head on his shoulder. For a moment, neither spoke.
"How was work?"
"Good, just a minor setback."
"What? Having a hard time topping your inventions."
"Who me? Girl, you must be out of your mind. I have you know that that World's magazine top ten inventions begun with five of my latest creations. And is that all? No! NASA picked my company to design not only their space suits but the shuttle as well. And you ask me, Cyborg, King of Technology, the Walking Computer, if I ran out of ideas. You must be loco. Pssh! And you call yourself a friend." He looked down at her intensely since he stood up sometime during his intense soliloquy. But before she could response, tears start pouring from his eyes.
"Raven!" He cried dramatically before kneeling down in front of her and hiding his face on her lap. "I don't know what to do. It's like I lost my groove, my juice, my life! What's happening to me? Ah ah ah."
"It's okay. It's okay. I'm sure that you will get your groove back soon."
"You don't understand. It's been two days, Raven, two long days."
"Cyborg"
"Yes?" He slowly looked at her with sad eyes.
"Grow up." She pushed him off of her and headed to the door.
"But... But... Raven!" He cried from the floor.
"Tell me all about it tomorrow." She called from the door.
"About what?"
"Your new invention."
"Look Starfire. I'm sorry." He paused as he listens to his girlfriend spoke over the phone. "I know was looking forward to it too...I can't help it...The boss decided to go out tonight...Star...Ok, I'll try to get home as soon as possible."
"Girlfriend problems, Dick." His partner along with other coworkers came to meet him at the entrance.
Quickly hiding his Titan communicator up, he answered, "No, your mom just wanted to know what time I was coming home."
"Dick, I warned you-"
"Is everybody ready to head out?" The chief appearance cut Matt's warning short.
"Yes, sir." The detectives sung together.
"No 'sir' for tonight. I just want some drinks with my fellow friends in blues. So, let's go."
Thirty minutes later the group of officers entered a bar called The Circus. The Circus was located in worst part of town, where the crime rates were the highest and major of the criminals lived. Although the neighborhood wasn't pleasant, the bar was well kept. Round tables were spread about in the middle of the room and booths line one of the four walls. A semi-circle bar contains some part of another wall. A small stage for local performance was placed a distance from the bar and a section of the room cut off for pool. A metal stairway that led to the second floor, which the door contain the word 'private,' was located in the far corner away from the door. The warehouse, which housed the bar, was well kept and gave off a good vibe, which was a surprising to the officers.
After a waiter came to take the ten officers' order for drinks, one of the cops asked, "Boss, why did we come to this bar? There are some more bars downtown in a better neighborhood."
Richard had to agree with his coworker. Even though the bar was nice, the animals that came to this circus did actually hang around cops and vice verse. He was almost sure that he saw one or two criminals that he arrested as a cop sitting at the bar. However he couldn't say about being here in the neighborhood, since his apartment was two block away from the bar.
"This is favorite place, believe or not. I like to come here after a hard today's work and if I need time away from the wife." A few guys chuckled. "Not a lot of people know that I grew up in this neighborhood and was a criminal myself. With the help of a good friend, I was able to change my life around and work on the right side of the law. I come here to remind myself that this city this has a lot of cleaning up to do and that the people still need help even from their selves." The chief stopped talking in order to thank the waitress, who bought their drinks. "Although, I must admit that this placed do give me the creep sometimes."
"Then you can take your cops and leave." The cops in question turned around to see a young woman heading to their tables.
Dick was not shock by the young women's bold comment as the other cops, but was shock by the person herself. The person that walked to their table was no other than Raven from the Titans. Even though he hasn't seen her with her hood off in years, he still would be able to recognize her without it.
