Cyborg arrived at the North Tower, feeling good about himself. He was here to help Jinx, and from the sound of her message, it shouldn't be that serious an emergency. Getting out of the T-car, he stepped out. "Jinx? I'm here-oomph!"
Jinx cannoned into him. "Cyborg! Thank god! I have no idea what to do, I need your help desperately!"
Suddenly, this didn't seem like such a small emergency anymore. "What's going on?"
"Come upstaris and see."
Upstairs, Cyborg saw Hot Spot, Herald, and Argent...in daipers. "Umm..."
"They've been turned into babies. Freaky, I know, and I have no idea how to handle kids!"
"Wildebeast seems normal, at least," Cyborg said, pointing to where Wildebeast ws unchanged.
"Well, he's only 3 to begin with. WHAT DO I DO?"
Cyborg held Jinx gently, trying to calm her down. "Well, first things first, I'll build some cribs and see how much of their powers they have. While I'm doing that, run down to the store and stock up on baby formula. From the distinct lack of teeth, they're not ready for solid food. Might also want to stock up on diapers."
"Right," Jinx said, heading for the door. A black portal suddenly barred her way.
"Cyborg," Raven stepped out of the portal. "This better be a REAL emergency or...oh Azar, not here, too!"
"Raven! What do you mean, here too?"
"Robin and Starfire have also been...babified."
"Ouch! Well, I'm sure you and BB can handle it. It'll make good practice for later!"
Raven glowered at him. Then she turned to Jinx. "How come you weren't affected?"
"I was out when it happened, picking up..." She whispered in Raven's ear.
"Ah," Raven said, glad her hood hid her blush. "Something tells me you won't have the energy to need that for a while."
Jinx nodded. "Now I need to get baby stuff. I hope I don't run into any reporters. Gods, that would be embarrassing."
One of Cyborg's tools suddenly snapped and hit him in the face. "Aw, s***!" he shouted.
Jinx and Raven winced. As expected, three little voices started saying, "S***!" at the top of their lungs, laughing.
Raven groaned. "I'll leave you two to it. At least all of yours have hman digestion systems..." she warped back to Jump City.
Meanwhile, at the home Tower...
"Beast Boy! This is a surprise! Tell me, how is my little Bumgorf doing?"
"Starfire's doing just fine, Galfore," Beast Boy said into the interstellar communicator. "Sorry about the lack of picture. We're having some technical difficulties." This was a lie. He'd turned off picture so Galfore wouldn't see Starfire as a baby in the background.
"Oh, I see. What can I do for you, Beast Boy?"
"Well, you know how Starfire and Robin have been getting...close?"
"Oh yes, this I noticed. I believe it was this closeness more than anything else that led her to decide her home was on Earth. By chance are they wed yet?"
"No, they aren't. But...on that note, I had a question. Out of idle curiousity, what do you feed baby Tamaraneans?"
Galfore was quiet. "Why do you need to know this?"
"Well, assuming Robin and Starfire eventually have kids, we'll need to know what to feed them. And if I know ahead of time...Robin will owe me."
Galfore laughed. "Humans are so intruiging. Actually, Tamaranean infants drink their mother's breast milk, much the same as human infants do, I understand."
"True...but would a half-human digestive track be able to digest it, or get the full nutrient compliment from it? After all, Tamaraneans have 7 stomachs, while humans have only one."
"That's a point...but what alternative is there?"
"What if an infants mother is...unavailable? Do have an equivalent to baby formula?"
"Baby formula?"
"It's a kind of substitute for breast milk humans have, produced artificially to feed orphaned infants or babies whose mother's have difficulty producing breast milk. Do you have anything like that?"
"Yes, we do. It's a rather interesting mixture, but I don't see how it will help you..."
"If you can send me all the chemical details - chemical composition of ingredients, proportions, the end nutrient product - Cyborg will be able to figure out a good balance to craft something equivalent to work for a half-human out of earth ingredients."
"Oh, an excellent idea! Can you recieve data streams?"
"Sure send it on. And I owe you big."
"Inform me of the wedding and birthings in time to attend, and we are even."
"Sure thing, Galfore! Talk to you soon." Beast Boy disconnected voice, and examined the data for the chemical composition. "Okay...hmm...I got this."
By the time Raven returned, he was working various chemical compounds. "Beast Boy, what are you doing?" she asked him.
"Making baby formula for Starfire."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Got the recipe from Galfore."
Raven stared at him. "You told him about this?"
"No, I told him it was in case a half-human infant couldn't digest Tamaranean breast milk, Cyborg could use the formula to create a balanced substitute."
Raven stared at him. "That's...actually pretty clever."
THe substance in the finished vat glowed pink. "And I got it right, according to the directions on making the formula."
"You can work chemistry?"
"I told you there was a lot you didn't know." He pulled off his goggles. "The kids are in their cribs. Robin's drinking human baby formula as we speak."
Raven looked at Beast Boy, surprised. "I'm impressed. You actually know what you're doing."
He smiled. "Does this mean I'm forgiven for, you know, the curse word?"
She rolled her eyes. "We'll see."
"Okay." He filled a bottle from the vat and handed it to her. "This stuff will keep for weeks as is, so it's your turn for a feeding." He fell backwards onto a hammock, snoring as soon a she hit.
Laughing silently, Raven leaned over and placed a light kiss on his brow. "You make a pretty good Dad, BB," she said, walking out, not noticing his smile as she left.
Coming into Star's room, she saw the crib arrangements. Robin's was about normal, but Star's had a reinforced roof canopy as well. Opening it up, Raven seized Starfire. "TIme to eat, Star. No, you eat the formula, not the crib." She managed to wrestle Star around until she was drinking from the bottle. When she finished, she burped, curled up, and fell asleep. Raven set her in her crib.
Robin was already asleep in his, the empty bottle discarded beside him, but he was fussing. Picking him up, Raven patted him on the back until he burped, then set him back down. She sat down in a chair nearby, watching over them as they slept. She summoned a book from her room, keeping one eye on the babies as she read.