Nana nana! Tomorrow's my birthday! I don't feel like writing a whole lot here 'cuz people are making me sad. No one wants to hang out with me to celebrate my birthday…Oh well, life sucks, so what else is new? Oh hello there pessimism, I didn't see you there!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Teen Titans, or Starbucks Coffee :P

Anyway, I now introduce you to the sequel of 'Heroes'…

Villains

By Table for Two

"Here he is, sir. Make it quick. Visiting hours will be over in a few minutes." The guard warned as he slammed the cell door shut and walked away from the prisoner's cell leaving the stranger to his own agenda. The man sitting on the thin cot looked up with tired eyes.

"Who are you?"

The stranger pulled a silver briefcase out from behind his back then placed it in front of the prisoner. He backed away towards the door as the man on the cot unlocked the briefcase revealing a gray suit, a red silk tie, and a black dress shirt, plus a pair of black square-toe loafers. A quiet beeping could be heard from underneath the layers of clothes. He slid his hand underneath the fabric, and into one of the shoes pulling out a small, rectangular device that was very similar to a beeper. Red numbers flashed as they wound down from thirty.

"Welcome to your 'parole', Mr. Cassinger." The stranger walked away from the cell pulling his hat farther down his face and his coat collar higher up on his neck.

Briar Cassinger stared wide-eyed at the bomb in his hand. It got closer and closer to zero with each passing second. As the numbers finally began to enter the single digits, he leapt from his cot and threw the 'beeper' at the wall of his cell that faced the outside world.

Fire irrupted as the bomb went off, completely demolishing the cement blocks forming the cell's outer wall. Briar stood in front of the gaping hole in pure shock. The escape alarms started to sound. He looked to the briefcase then to the door where he could hear the pounding noise of several guards making their way to the prison cell; his own personal hell. A huge smirk crawled and sat itself upon the man's lips as he grabbed the silver case in a snap decision.

"Time for a little reunion." He growled.

The door blasted open and more than thirty guards began to pour into the cell as the escapee leapt out of the hole in what was left of the wall.

Three weeks later…

It was nine in the afternoon, but all the lights in Titans Tower were off. Normally, they were always on until the Titans decided to retire for the night, which was around eleven. However, tonight was not a normal night.

"Shut up, Jasper. He'll be walking in soon!" A petite empath hissed at one of the boys hiding behind the counter in the main ops room. "Yes. We must be quiet if we are to do the surprising for friend Cody." The alien princess whispered in agreement.

"Be quiet, ya'll! He's coming!" The cybernetic teen jumped away from the door and rolled behind the couch next to his green best friend and his spiky headed leader.

"Wait! Do you think I blew up too many balloons?" The blond geomancer rose up slightly out of her hiding spot from under the dining room table. A dark-haired boy answered. "No, I think it's fine, I mean he loves balloons, so-"

"Would you both shut up? He's coming!" A teenage girl with brown and red hair whispered from the kitchen. The doors opened with a soft hiss and a teenage boy in black slacks, dress shoes, white collared shirt, black tie, black disheveled hair, and sparkling blue, sapphire eyes walked in.

"Hello?" He asked softly. "Anyone in here?" Shaking his head, the boy threw his jacket to the floor and began to walk to the center of the room when the lights flicked on.

"SURPRISE!"

Everyone jumped from his or her hiding places throughout the main ops room. The boy yelled in shock and jumped back. "WHAT THE HELL?"

Two brothers, one brother with hazel eyes and brown hair, the other with black hair that hung in his bright green eyes (A.N.: vlad and jasp were always brothers I just never pointed it out. Sorry ha, ha.) ran into the middle of the room, picked up the teenager, and placed him on their shoulders. "Happy Birthday, Cody!" They shouted in unison.

Cody laughed as all the teens in the room began to crowd around them. "Vlad! Jasp! Man, put me down guys!" Vladimir and Jasper looked at each other and shrugged. In an instant, Cody was falling to the floor.

"Nice." He muttered as he lifted himself from the gray carpet. "Well, well, kid. You finally joined the big dogs. Welcome to your eighteenth year!" The brown and red haired girl stepped forward and gave her best friend a quick hug.

"Uh-huh. So, lemme guess…you organized this to get back at me for that surprise party last year, right, Kelsey?" The dark-haired teen stretched out his back as he said this.

Kelsey rolled her eyes. "Although that would be perfect revenge since I told you last year that I hate surprises, but you ignored me, threw a surprise party for my eighteenth birthday, and scared me half-to-death; causing me to punch Vladimir in the nose." She glared and Cody rubbed the back of his head. "But, no. I wasn't the one who organized this little shin-dig." Kelsey walked to the edge of the circle around her best friend and grabbed the empath. "She was. Happy Birthday, Cody." The teenage guitarist smirked and walked to her boyfriend's side giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

Cody smiled at the girl in front of him. "Hey there, Sunshine. Got anything for my birthday?" He smirked and raised an eyebrow suggestively. She smiled back at him and rose up on her tiptoes. Cody closed his eyes and leaned forward to meet her halfway. But, instead of meeting her lips with his own, Cody felt a sharp snap against his head and neck as a party hat was placed atop his head. His eyes shot open and he saw his girlfriend's smirking face. "Happy Birthday." She leaned up and gave him a small peck on his lips and made her way back to the edge of the circle.

"Glorious! We have been planning all day for the celebration of the day you were taken from the snargleflak!" Cody stepped back and cocked his head to the side with a worried expression on his face. "Uhm…" Robin came up and elbowed him in the ribs. "Just go with it." The teen drummer nodded.

He cleared his throat. "Uh, heh, thanks, Star. It means a lot!" He stepped forward and lightly wrapped his arms around the girl in a friendly hug, which she returned enthusiastically.

After being dropped back to the floor the second time that evening, Cody received a pat on the back along with a 'Happy Birthday' from Cyborg, a small hug from Terra, and a nod from Beast Boy, which Cody returned stiffly. It was kind of shocking to see the green teen out of his room.

Even after a month of being a Titan, and living at the Tower, Beast Boy still couldn't man up to the fact that Raven had chosen Cody over him. He barely ever came out of his room. The only times he did, he'd only come out for missions, and when that happened he'd ignore everyone. The guy wouldn't even come out of his room to eat. Finally, Cyborg had had enough. He made a slot in the changeling's door that he could slide open, so that they could slide food through. Everyone took turns taking food to him, and they always tried to coax him out of his room.

Raven was the one who made the most frequent visits to boy's room. She tried to talk to him; to apologize. But, he never listened. He'd just lie on his bed and glare at the bottom of the top bunk as hot tears leaked from his eyes and began to trek down the side of his face. Raven never forgave herself for hurting him like she did. She may not show it, but at night Cody could hear her crying as he passed her door on late night missions.

Cody shook his head. The boy had Terra…He just wouldn't get over Raven and tell Terra yes. It'd been a couple weeks since Terra had finally told Beast Boy about her mistakes and her feelings, about how she had lied about her memory loss, everything, and he had told her he needed time. It was just sad.

Cody was brought out of his reverie as Kelsey threw a small box wrapped in black paper at his head. "Ouch." He rubbed the temple where the corner of the box hit him. "Present time." She sang.

He rolled his eyes as he was dragged by an enthusiastic Starfire and energy drink fueled Cyborg pull him to a pile of boxes, big and small, and all wrapped in bright and dark wrapping paper. Raven walked to his side and slipped her hand in his. "Happy Birthday, Cody." He smirked at the petite girl, and he kissed her chakra softly. "Thanks, Sunshine." He turned to the presents and sighed. "So where to begin…"

Vladimir came up to Cody with his hand wrapped around Kelsey's. "Here. It's from Kelsey and I." Vlad tossed the box Kelsey had thrown at his head just a few minutes ago to him. Cody chuckled softly and let go of the half-demon's hand as he began to unwrap his present.

The wrapping paper fell to the floor and Starfire was gripping Robin's arm with complete intensity as she watched him pull the top off the box. Cyborg grinned at Robin's pained expression and Terra laughed as Raven caught Jasper as he tried to spike the punch.

Cody joined in on Terra's laughter as he saw Jasp's stunned expression. After Jasper was sat on the couch bound by dark magic so he couldn't move, Cody turned back to the box. Inside it sat a silver Rolex, with a black face, and crimson red hands. (A.N.: a.k.a. a fancy watch). His eyes widened. "Whoa…Guys…This is incredible…" Kelsey laughed.

"Yeah, we know. I mean, Mr. Businessman has to have a watch now, right?" Cody rolled his eyes.

"Har, har. I'm not a businessman, I just took over the Cassinger franchise it doesn't mean that…" He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah, I'm a businessman." Vladimir laughed and rolled his eyes.

Starfire flew up to Cody with a huge grin on her face. "Oh friend! You must open mine and boyfriend Robin's present next!" Robin laughed at his girlfriend and handed Cody a long, thin box. The blue-eyed teen nodded to his 'leader' in a silent thank you. He pulled to top off the box and his eyes lit up as he saw a pair of red and black drumsticks with his name written in silver paint on the sides of both of the sticks. "Damn, Robin. How the hell did you get these?" Cody plucked one from the box and twirled it in his hand before placing it back in the box.

"Well, the guy at Jump Music said these were the best in town, so we thought you'd enjoy it." Starfire and Robin smiled at his stunned expression. "Thanks! This is crazy! I mean, seriously."

Cyborg took the box out of Cody's hands and handed him the second to last box. "Here man. Open Terra's before Raven's." Terra sat on the counter in the kitchen as he began to open his present. "I found it out in the mountain the other day, and I thought you'd like it." A rock sat in the box. It was ink-black with a crack in the middle. It resembled an 'X' and the edges of the 'X' were slightly tinged red. "Thanks, Terra." He nodded to her and put the box down. Cyborg laughed and grabbed Cody by his arm and began to run down the hall. Everyone else did their best to keep up as they went down to the garage.

The cybernetic teen spun around and rubbed his metallic hands together. "Okay, so listen up Cassinger. You know how you wrecked your ride last week?" Cody rolled his eyes. "Yes, are you ever gonna drop that?" Cyborg laughed and threw a pair of car keys at him. "Shut up man. Anyway, this is your present from me and the grass stain." He jerked his thumb to the sullen teenager standing in the corner by himself. Cyborg turned back around and walked to a white tarp over a massive object in the middle of the spacious garage.

"Now, may I have a drum roll please?" Kelsey began to drum on her legs as Cyborg grabbed the edge of the tarp and threw it to the side. "Happy Birthday, man!" Kelsey stopped drumming as the tarp fell to the floor. Everyone's mouths fell to the floor at the sight of Cody's new vehicle.

It was a black Porsche with red racing stripes. On the bottom of the driver's side door was Cody's name in a slanted font. "Holy. Shit." Cyborg wiped away a tear. "I know. She's a beauty."

Several car discussion moments later, everyone had returned back upstairs for cake. Afterwards, one by one, all the Titans began to head for their rooms. Jasper, Vladimir, and Kelsey left for their own apartments.

It was as Cody was walking Raven back to her room that they actually began to talk.

"So, Sunshine, do I get anything special?" The teen smirked as she rolled her eyes. Raven reached into her cloak and pulled out a journal. "Here." Cody's face lost all emotion as he looked down at the journal. His name was engraved into the front cover. Instead of it being black and red though, it was white. It was the same exact journal he had when he was young. "Where'd you get this?"

Raven blushed slightly and she shifted her gaze away from his intense eyes. "I found it. It was in your mother's safe in New York…I did some research and…I found it. I thought you'd like it. Plus, I was wanting to read it." She looked up with a small smile.

All of a sudden, the dark-haired teen pulled the half-demon into a heated kiss and pushed her back into her bedroom, closing the door quickly.

"I swear, I didn't know that she was going to beat me up for it!" Cody laughed as Raven shook her head. An hour after their make-out session, Cody and Raven were lying on her bed going through his journal. They were at his fifth grade entries, and Raven was doing her best not to laugh.

The sapphire-eyed boy began to read from where he left off. "'Anyway, I think that when I grow up I want to be like dad. He's really good at his job. And he gets paid a lot. Oh and today was the day that mom died last year. It's really tough. But dad says not to worry about it. He's always right though. At least that's what he says. Well, I gotta go to bed. Night!

Cody'"

He sat back as he finished the journal entry. The violet-eyed empath looked up at him with sad eyes. "Are you okay?" Cody looked down at her then nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. There's something I need to tell you. I was going to tell you when I got home, but I got distracted by the party." He ran a hand through his hair. "Uhm…I have to go on a business trip to Gotham next week."

Raven sat up and looked at him with a small smile. "Okay? That's fine, but there's a catch. I can tell. What is it?"

Cody looked away. "I'll be gone for a month…" He said quietly. Her eyes widened. "A month? Really?" Her monotone left as the realization set in. Things on the walls started to rise and float around the room. Books flew, vases crashed, and stands fell over.

He twisted around so that he could grab her shoulders. "Raven. Calm. Down. It'll be okay. I swear." He pulled her into a tight hug. "Don't worry okay? It's just a month. It'll be fine." Raven took a deep breath and everything went back into place. "Okay. Fine." Her monotone returned, but a small smile found it's way on her face. "Well, it's getting late. I think you should head back to your room." Cody shook his head and a smirk rose on his face. "Not happening, Sunshine. It's my birthday. I get to have whatever I want, and I want to sleep next to you tonight. So deal with it. You can kill me in the morning."

Raven rolled her eyes. "Okay." She lay down next to him and rested her head on his chest as Cody pulled the covers up around them. "Night, Sunshine."

"Shut up and sleep, Cody."

"So what do you think, Mr. Cassinger?"

Briar rose from his chair and grabbed his cane. He looked at his reflection in the glass monitor. His ink-black hair was starting to gray at the sides and more wrinkles were settling on his face. The brown eyes stared back at him intensely. "I think…that my son needs to learn a lesson about love, Slade." He walked away from the monitor and was about to exit the door when he called over his shoulder, "Oh, and Slade, I'll be ready to teach him this lesson say around…next week?"

He left the warehouse and Slade smirked behind his mask. "Perfect."

Tah-dah! That was the first chapter of 'Villains'! Review please! I gotta go to bed now! I have school in the morning! Tell me if it was any good and please review!

Catch ya later,

Table for Two