A/N: Based on an RP with Scrappy Doo Fan, you're welcome.
Bat-Mite, Lady Gothika, and Sayia Man had just finished a sparring match and decided to check the monitor room.
"Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me: all that sophisticated crime-locating tech, and he wastes it on... PLAYING VIDEO GAMES?!" Bat-Mite groused. "Honestly, the nerve of that bonebrain... I bet he doesn't even KNOW what day it is!"
So Bat-Mite conjured up a paper bag, blew air into it, and snuck up behind Beast Boy... And then, he burst the bag with an ear-rattling BAM! Lady Gothika just gave her traditional deadpan gaze.
"Yo! What the heck was that for?!" Beast Boy complained.
"This is sophisticated technology! You can't go using it for something so... Frivolous!" Bat-Mite griped.
Suddenly, the screen began flashing the words CRIME IN PROGRESS in bright-red letters.
"And it looks like you won't get the chance to do it further!" Sayia Man added, glancing at the warning.
"This better be good..." Lady Gothika let out a small, yet noticeable sigh.
Sayia Man read over the transmission. "Apparently a meta-human with earth-moving abilities is attacking the Golden Gate bridge. So I suppose we better get moving!" he concluded.
"All right, let's get going then." Lady Gothika said.
"Hey... It'll be okay..." Sayia Man smiled. "Cheer up."
Lady Gothika nodded to him, but she didn't smile.
And so, they got into the T-Car and headed out, with Sayia Man driving shotgun, BB in the passenger seat, and LG and Bat-Mite in the back.
Bat-Mite had noticed LG's sadder-than usual attitude and decided to ask about it. "Hey, LG... What's eating you? I get that you're a Goth, but you seem... How do I say this... Not as perky as your snarky attitude would normally imply."
"Nothing..." Lady Gothika shrugged to him.
Bat-Mite sighed. "This is about your birthday, isn't it?" he asked quietly. "Batman gets like this around HIS birthdays each year, according to Nightwing..."
Lady Gothika looked to him a bit emotionally. "This will be my first one without my parents."
Bat-Mite looked confused. "Why? Are they somewhere else?"
"I don't know where they are now..." Lady Gothika told him. "I haven't seen them since Sayia Man and I joined the superhero business."
Bat-Mite's eyes widened, and he got a wide smile on his face. "Well~ that might change... Y'never know..." he replied nonchalantly.
Lady Gothika shrugged as she looked emotional.
"Besides, things could get better, specially when we get back to the tower!" Bat-Mite continued as they got closer to the site of the bridge. "I've got something pretty big planned~!" he chuckled.
"Hmm..." Lady Gothika just let out an indifferent hum.
Sayia Man soon walked up to his best friend before giving a small smile and then used his fingertips to turn the corners of her mouth right-side up to turn the frown upside down.
"She'll do it herself when she's good and ready," Bat-Mite replied as they stopped by the bridge, which was surrounded by armed cops. "Besides, we're here already!"
"All right... Let's go." Lady Gothika said before walking forward.
Sayia Man frowned. "Man, I've never seen her this down before... Then again, I can't really blame her."
Beast Boy got out and did a few stretches to limber up.
"Alright, the Teen Titans! Thank God you showed up!" said one cop. "There's some crazy broad trying to trash the bridge!"
"We'll see if we can't BRIDGE a solution to this problem, officers." Bat-Mite quipped. He was met with only cricket chirping. "Okay, so they can't all be winners... Titans, go..." he sighed, as Beast Boy turned into a bird and flew up to the angry girl, who was pelting the bridge's supports with boulders.
"What's the matter, hon; lose your boyfriend?" Beast Boy asked. "C'mon, it's alright; tell Uncle Beast Boy all about it."
The girl, who was clad in brown clothing, turned and glared. "Beast Boy? So those must also be the Titans. You all stay away from me!" she growled.
"Geez lou-ISE! Somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning..." A snarky voice quipped, followed by a blur of orange-and-yellow zipping past our heroes.
"She's probably troubled." Sayia Man suggested.
"Yeah... Too bad I'm not a therapist..." replied an orange-haired girl in a purple and green jumpsuit as she coiled her midsection around the girl's body to restrain her.
"Come on, LG." Sayia Man told his best friend before going off.
Lady Gothika blinked and she let out a small sigh before going to join the others.
The girl angrily struggled in her bonds to get loose, but she was stuck. "I said stay away...you don't understand!" she grunted.
The speedy kid scoffed. "Riiiight. I'm so certain you have a good reason for attacking a bridge. What do you have against vehicular travel routes, jerk?!" he snapped.
"Go AWAY!" The girl demanded as she sounded quite peeved off by their intrusion.
"Nothin' doin', sister," Bat-Mite snapped. "You don't attack bridges in OUR town and not expect us to get involved. So what's it gonna be: fight a battle you're gonna lose, or knowing when to turn tail and retreat? Use the brain you have within that rock-obsessed head of yours and approach this logically."
The girl glanced at the opponents surrounding her, sweat beading down her brow. Finally, she sighed. "Okay, the bridge stays in one piece... I can't let myself be caught. For now, Titans, you win." She then leapt off of the bridge. "But next time we meet, I'll have to kill all of you... And save Beast Boy for LAST!" she vowed, aiming her arms down at the ground, and suddenly a pillar of rocks and dirt emerged from the ground to catch her. "The name's Terra, as in Earth, AKA my main element! And next time, I won't be so nice!" she snapped, as a blast of geothermal volcanic energy shot her into the sky and out of sight.
"Well, at least the bridge is safe," Bat-Mite sighed. "Might as well go back to HQ. Methinks they've got something grand cooked up for your special day!"
"I just hope that girl doesn't destroy the world first..." Lady Gothika muttered.
"I'm sure she won't." Sayia Man smiled, trying to look on the bright side as always for her sake.
"And if she tries to, we'll stop her, remember?" Bat-Mite replied confidently. "Now let's head back to base."
Lady Gothika didn't say anything and just stared off into space as her mind seemed to be elsewhere.
And so they headed back to the tower, though Bat-Mite seemed a little too certain of himself. When they arrived, they headed up to the main room... But the lights were all out.
"Why is it dark in here?!" Lady Gothika asked.
"I thought you liked the dark." Sayia Man teased his best friend.
Suddenly, the lights shot on, and the other Titans yelled "SURPRISE!" Everyone of them was there-even Cherry's parents!
Bat-Mite smiled proudly. "What'd I tell ya earlier?" he asked.
"Wah!" Lady Gothika yelped, falling to the floor and shivering.
"She'll be fine in a minute." Sayia Man told the others.
Cherry was soon out of costume and on the couch and soon woke up to see her surprise party as everyone came to check on her.
"Well...? Did I do good or what?" Lionel asked.
"Oh, no... Don't tell me she didn't like the party...?" Starfire asked, worried.
"Cherry and surprises are kind of an interesting story..." Atticus said. "It's the thought that counts though."
"What happened?" Cherry muttered as she came to.
"You passed out..." Atticus told her. "I'm sorry, Cherry... It was Lionel's idea."
"Yeah! I even got your parents to show up!" Lionel beamed. "I saw how bummed you were in the car, so I got the others to invite 'em to the party!"
Bud and Michelle smiled and hugged Cherry tightly, smothering her a bit.
"Mom! Dad!" Cherry gasped, both from surprise and the smothering. "Oh, too tight... Wah!"
"Hi, I'm Lionel Schwartz. Nice to meet'cha!" Lionel beamed.
"I see..." Bud said, a little patiently, though curious.
"Hello, Lionel," Michelle smiled brightly which contrasted to her daughter's personality. "I'm Michelle, and this is my husband, Bud~"
"Cherry was right, you ARE nice people!" Lionel replied.
"Don't mention it." Cherry muffled.
"Of course we are." Michelle giggled to Lionel.
"And your daughter is awesome." Lionel replied, blushing.
"She sure is something," Bud smiled proudly about his daughter. "I just adore my little Cher Bear."
"Yeah... Me too..." Lionel replied. "I got something to confess..." Taking a deep breath, Lionel sighed. "I... Am dating your daughter."
Bud's eyes widened.
"Oh, Cherry has a little boyfriend..." Michelle smiled. "Cherry, why didn't you tell us?"
"You... Didn't... Ask...?" Cherry replied bashfully.
"Yeah... Sorry I didn't tell ya sooner..." Lionel replied sheepishly. "Didn't mean to embarrass ya, Cherry..."
"No, it's okay..." Cherry replied. "I'm just surprised Dad isn't saying anything."
"Bud was always quiet when around new people..." Michelle commented before poking her husband.
Bud seemed to stare down at Lionel, having a typical father reaction to his daughter having a boyfriend.
"Sir, I swear that I didn't do anything bad to her, I promise!" Lionel replied. "Cross my heart!"
"Hmm..." Bud gave a small pout.
"It's so adorable," Michelle smiled. "I was always hoping Cherry would find a special boyfriend for herself."
Lionel blushed. "Anyways... It's a party! Why don't we enjoy it? I'll go get something to eat! Why don't you all join me?" he asked, heading to the food table. "Christ on the crapper, that was AWKWARD..."
Cherry soon zipped away from her parents to get to the table.
Michelle giggled a bit amused. "Come on, dear, let's find some food."
Bud hummed as he joined his wife.
Lionel glanced at Bud, growing more and more nervous while he ate more cheesy nachos. 'Why hasn't he reacted? He's building up like a volcano... But to WHAT?!'
Atticus smiled, happy for Cherry, though a little sad as he thought about his own parents since Cherry had hers.
"How you doing, Atticus?" Michelle smiled.
"I'm fine, Mrs. B, thanks." Atticus smiled back to her.
Lionel swallowed his entire nacho platter in one bite. "Okay... I know I fought demons and supervillains before... But THAT GUY IS MAKING ME CRAZY-NERVOUS!" he yelped.
"Calm down." Cherry told Lionel.
"Fine... It is your big day, after all..." Lionel replied. "And by the way, you're welcome."
"Oh... Thanks..." Cherry said. "Anyway, sorry I've been down lately, I guess I was just feeling a little homesick."
"It's cool; at least your home is alright... My old home stank on ice. I had no parents, no friends, and NO support!" Lionel replied. "Personally I think I'm better off here..."
"Are these cheese curds...?" Cherry asked, almost drooling.
"YEAH!" Lionel realized, his attention drawn.
Cherry wiped her mouth and smiled sheepishly. "I guess I could eat just one..."
"But of COURSE!" Lionel replied, handing the bowl over to her. "It is your day!"
Cherry looked around and soon began to gobble down the cheese curds.
"Share...?" Bud pouted to his daughter.
Cherry soon looked at him and smirked, giving him just one.
"Well... She's got a healthy appetite." Lionel beamed.
"It's good to see Cherry eating... She doesn't eat as much as she used to though when she was younger." Michelle said.
"Moooom~..." Cherry whined.
"Well, either way, Happy Birthday, Cherry. I love you, and I hope all the rest of your special days are just as great as this one." Lionel toasted.
Cherry soon suddenly hugged him out of thanks.
Lionel blushed. "Aw... You're welcome."
Bud couldn't help but soon smile as he hadn't seen Cherry that happy in a LONG time, and everyone else was pretty damn shocked as well, but it was still a great party.
But eventually, it came to a conclusion and Cherry's parents had to say good night and go home. Cherry hugged her parents goodbye as they had to get going and let them go since it was time to go.
"Well, it was nice meeting you two," Lionel commented. "Thanks for coming, and drive safely."
"Thank you! Good night." Michelle smiled.
"Good night, Lionel." Bud added.
"Good night, you two!" Lionel waved.
Cherry's parents soon left, and the team members finished cleaning up and putting the leftovers away.
"That was one heck of a party." Jaime commented.
"Definitely one for the books!" Beast Boy agreed.
"...It was nice." Raven smiled.
"Awesome!" Bat-Mite grinned. "Well, next year will be just as great, for sure!"
Cherry soon laid down on the couch again as she was full and looked tired. Lionel put his costume in the wash and headed to his bedroom... Though he couldn't help but wonder just why that Terra girl was causing trouble at the bridge that day... Atticus handed Cherry a gift wrapped box and soon walked off, patting her on the head. Cherry gave a small smirk before she soon yawned and looked wore out.