Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans but I do own the OC's New Titans.
Where we left:"But tell us, what do we do first to help you?"
"Well," Derek started "You think there is a way of talking to our friends in the future?"
Now with the story…
The present is only the past of the future
Chapter 3:
Do it slower, I'm in a rush
"All right if I can just find the right…. Ha! I think I got it!"
"Congratulations you're the 5th call, now just answer the question correctly and you'll win an official Teen Titans T-Shirt with the Titans' autographs!"
*Click*
"Nevermind."
*Sigh*
An hour had passed by and so far Cyborg's attempts to contact their communicators in the future had only led them to call 3 restaurants, 2 radio stations and one hotline. The Titans were getting tired of that.
"Hey Cyborg, you think you will actually be able to make it work?" Beast Boy asked aloud doubting his friend's capability this time. Cyborg glared at him.
"I'd like to see you doing this, their communicators work with different, more advanced technology." Cyborg retorted a little exasperated.
"We weren't about to stay with obsolete technology forever you know?" Adam said without thinking until he saw the hard glare the mechanical Titan was sending him "Uh, well, now it's great and stuff but… Yeah, in the future it's kinda… old."
"Then I think you won't have any kind of problem in showing me how to control this thing." Cyborg said tossing Adam the latter's communicator. Adam caught it with ease and opened it, only to have it explode in his hand. He just managed to take his hand away before it could get burnt. The rest of the people in the room looked at the destroyed communicator for a moment and then stared at the oldest Titan who laughed sheepishly "Heheh… Uh… Can anyone lend me another communicator?"
"We can just rest for a moment and you'll try again later." Robin proposed walking to the couch, his team following behind "It seems the only thing that didn't change in the future was the fact that your machine still needs to work properly."
"Can we not bring that up?" Tori requested deciding to follow the old Titans to the couch, she might as well try to find a good place before her teammates decided not to share the couch, her twin brother following after her "I think it's enough to hear that once."
"You only say that because it was because of you that it brought us here." James said walking up to the green kids and hugging each with one arm smirking playfully "Am I right?"
"You tend to be." Tori sighed pulling away from the redhead and sitting down on one end of the couch not wanting to get near the elders. Terry took the spot right next to her while James sat next to Terry. The rest of the new Titans were still debating on going to the couch, they just didn't feel comfortable yet.
"I'm great at that." James said resting his hands behind his head "Hey guys, they don't bite y'know?"
"I sometimes do." BB spoke up smiling sheepishly rubbing the back of his head "But I won't bite you… Unless I feel the need to do so."
"How sincere." Trevor rolled his eyes taking a seat next to James, there was only place for someone else to sit between him and Starfire, Otto was the one who decided to sit there.
"This couch is larger in the future; we all fit without a problem." Derek said sitting down, Emily didn't lose time in sitting on his lap, he accepted her without a problem. Will sat next to them wearing a frown obviously caused by the purple-eyed girl's action "Then again you don't really need it to be larger at the moment."
"I bet lots of things are different in the future huh?" Terra commented wondering how the Tower would look like in 20 years "Hey, can you tell us about the bad guys in the future?"
"What?" Asked the new Titans a little shocked at the question, they were expecting to be questioned about themselves but never about the ones they protected the city from. They also now were wondering if it was a good idea telling them about the future villains, they had enough problems with the present ones already to be worrying for the future, besides, if they told them about the bad guys they might find a way of capturing some villains they still fought in 20 years meaning their future would change. Especially Adam's and Karla's future, it would be too risky.
"Yeah, tell us, are they all new ones or do you still fight against old Mumbo and Control Freak and Slade and stuff?" BB asked excited, the rest of his team also looked expectantly at the new Titans around them, waiting for an answer.
"We can't tell you." Adam answered quickly hugging Karla who was standing in front of him, Deah led the boy to the couch and made him sit down, she sat next to him and sat Karla on her lap, Robin was next to them. Adam continued before the old team could ask why "That can change the future in a drastic way and that's what we don't want to happen."
"Ok then, how 'bout you only tell us a little about yourselves." Cyborg proposed with a shrug "We don't really know how long you'll be staying here so we might as well know a couple of things about yourselves as you already do about us."
"We can do that, what kind of things would you like to know?" Alex conceded with a nod.
"Well, you know: Favorite color, food, hobbies." The oldest Titan explained, the rest of his team got ready to take note on that, it might be important later one never knows.
"Green, exotic, training." Alex answered plainly not wanting to say more than necessary, there was a curious liking he had that could give out a lot of info so he left it at that "Not much to say."
"Exotic as in what?" Raven asked curiously with a raised eyebrow, Alex shrugged.
"Just weird kind of food, I like to try new things."
"Disgusting things." Otto muttered making Trevor snicker at that, oh yeah they knew the kind of things the redhead liked.
"All right, how about the rest?" Robin asked looking around at the other teens.
"My favorite color is lilac, I'm a vegetarian and I like singing." Vivian spoke up taking a seat on the floor in front of Trevor who spread his legs a little, letting her rest her back against the couch, he had offered his girlfriend his place on the couch but she had refused.
"I prefer yellow myself and I like all kinds of food but for some reason I like French pastries the best." Jenn announced smiling.
"Any hobbies?" Terra asked, the pinkette laughed sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.
"Well… I'm an… Otaku."
"Awesome!" BB yelled suddenly smiling widely "You into videogames?"
"Sure." Jenn assured more confident of herself "We can play later if you want."
"You're on!" The changeling accepted the proposition "I'll let you pick the game."
"I want to play too!" Terry and Tori yelled at the same time, excited to play some videogames even in the past.
"Great, we can make a tournament!" Beast Boy exclaimed excitedly already thinking on a way of beating them all.
"Then your hobby is videogames?" Raven asked the twins who nodded happily "How about your other preferences?"
"We're both vegetarian but I like soft green while Terry likes dark green." Tori explained "But we hate to always be put together as if we were the same person, we like to be treated as different people, ok?"
"We understand and we will do so." Starfire said seriously, it seemed it was important for her new green friends so she would do as she was asked.
"Good that's for the best." Trevor assured, he knew how his siblings reacted like when they were treated as the same person "As for me, I'm a vegetarian like them but my favorite color is red and I like hanging out, I hate to be always in one room and stuff."
"And he tends to pull me with him anytime he wants to get out of the Tower and hang around the city as long as it's not a date." James said rolling his eyes but smiling none-the-less "But I like to hang around the city as well so I'm not complaining. Although I do eat meat, in pizza most of the time and I also have a special liking for red."
"I like orange, the color not the fruit." Otto spoke up now saying a little of himself "I'm learning to play guitar and I eat just about anything… Except for broccoli, ew."
"I know I hate broccoli too." Emily agreed with her masked friend "But I like chocolate and I usually drink some tea before going to sleep, I've heard it helps relaxing. I love black even though my uniform is white I wanted one like Derek's or Liam's and I really like helping in research."
"Don't you get bored doing research?" Beast Boy asked surprised "I usually can't stay awake for more than five minutes when Robin asks me for help… Which was only 3 times and he hasn't done it since last year."
"I think it's pretty interesting." Emily replied smiling cutely.
"Usually it is." William agreed absentmindedly "Reading is interesting, I like it. I don't eat much but I eat whatever I'm given and I like blue."
"I like blue too but a light tone, I'm a meat fan and I like electronic stuff." Adam said calmer now that the subject had been changed, Karla took this chance to talk.
"My favorite color is pink, I like candy and playing." She said quickly smiling happily, she felt like she was in one on those TV shows where children at school introduced themselves the first day.
"My favorite color is pink too." Deah smiled down at Karla "I really like tacos and I love hanging out with the girls at the mall."
"The girls?" Robin asked curiously, Deah nodded.
"Jenn and Viv."
"Right." The masked leader sighed, he turned to the one who had yet to say something "What about you?"
"I like white, strangely enough, vegetarian for the most part but I do eat a little meat every now and then and I like doing anything so I don't get bored." Derek answered "Talking about food, have you got anything to eat?"
"Yeah I'm starting to feel hungry." Jenn said rubbing her tummy, the rest of her team nodded.
"We really don't have a lot of food, at least not enough for all of you." Cyborg said shaking his head "But we can order some pizza if you want."
"Sounds great, you can get some for free right?" Trevor asked, making sure their future parents wouldn't use a lot of money paying for what they ate and oh man how much did they eat.
"Yeah that's something we have already." Robin said standing up and going to pick up the only real phone the Tower had "What pizzas would you like to order?"
"Here." Adam tossed a piece of paper to the masked leader who barely caught it, he had been distracted with the phone. Robin unfolded the tossed paper and read it before raising an eyebrow and looking back at Adam.
"You have the list already written?"
"It's tiring to always ask everyone what they want when they always ask for the same thing every time we call so we just have it already written down." The dark skinned boy said waving a hand in the air "Oh, ignore the last pizza that's for when we have visitors."
"Visitors?" Starfire asked with a smile "Who are the visitors you receive?"
"Other future Titans, we're really good friends with the other new Titans that live near, in the United States like us." Deah replied smiling too, needless to say, the old Titans sitting in between both girls felt suddenly freaked out by the resemblance.
"One pizza out of all the ones written down here for them?" Robin asked unbelieving "How many are they, 2?"
"Usually, but don't mind it we're hungry." James called out "Oh, have you got anything to drink?"
"Not much, we haven't had time to go shopping lately." Terra admitted shrugging "But the pizza parlor sends us some sodas with each order… But now, we just have to tell them we have a Titan reunion or something so they can send us 20 cokes instead of 6."
"With the quantity of pizzas we're ordering they will have no doubt about it." Robin said already with the phone at his ear, waiting for someone to pick up on the other end of the line.
"In the meantime we'll go prepare some spare rooms for you, you can stay here and watch some TV." Raven said standing up and tossing the remote to Trevor who didn't lose time in turning the TV on and look for something to watch "Let's go guys, we'll be back with the pizza."
"Awesome, thanks." Derek thanked, watching the Titans walk out of the room, Robin still ordering the pizza "Now if we ever get back to the future we'll have to ask uncle Cyborg to fix the communicator he just destroyed."
"And he won't like it." Adam sighed and patted Karla's head who was still on Deah's lap, the Titans who hadn't had the chance at getting a place on the couch now had the chance of being more comfortable and they had also made more room for each to sit "I'm glad they didn't ask anything else about the villains, that would change the future in a way I don't want it to."
"We know Adam, we'll keep everything as hidden as we can, I promise." Derek promised resting a hand on his friend's shoulder reassuringly.
"Sure, it would be better for you as well, wouldn't it Derek?" Alex asked suddenly folding his arms over his chest, a smirk playing on his lips "I mean, imagine how they would react if they knew the truth about some things about you."
"Things you won't spill for your own good Alex." Derek threatened, Alex just snorted but didn't say another word focusing on the screen instead, apparently Trevor had found an old cartoon that looked interesting enough even for Karla.
"Man I don't even know why you mind him anymore, you know how he is." Adam commented with a shake of his head standing up and inviting his leader to make some distance between them and the rest of the team. Derek left Emily on the couch where he had been sitting, walked a little away, took a deep breath in and let it out slowly before replaying.
"I don't get it, why can't he get over himself?" The leader managed to keep his voice low enough for only him and Adam to listen, the TV still had quite high volume "He started acting this way since I became leader, a position I didn't even want and I wish he could just act the way he used to. We were best friends and now he sees me as his biggest rival."
"Give him some time, he'll get over it."
"More time?" Derek asked not believing his ears "Adam, it's been a year, how much time does he need?"
"He's childish, he'll learn someday."
"I hope he learns soon because I feel like beating him to a pulp each time he says even the smallest thing about my life." The raven haired teenager admitted shooting a quick look to his ex-best friend "And I'm not sure how much longer will I be able to restrain myself from doing so."
"Listen, try to stay calm while we're here, he's not stupid even though he seems like it, he won't say anything that might change the future." Adam assured patting his teammate on the back, Derek sighed once again.
"I really hope so."
The present is only the past of the future
: At the cameras room:
"I really thank you for proposing the mics on the ground Star." Robin said truthfully looking at the screen zoomed in on the future team leader and the one who seemed to be second in command.
"Yeah, and to think that I thought at first it would make us listen to nothing but their steps, good call." BB agreed giving Starfire two thumbs up to which she replied with a soft flattered smile.
"That kid sure knows how to hold a grudge." Raven said looking at Alex on another screen seemingly pretty entertained with whatever show the kids were watching "Breaking up with your best friend for something as stupid as envy is lame."
"It seems normal for kids their age to be honest." Terra said with a shrug.
"I think the point here is not that grudge, but the fact that Alex is threatening to say something about Derek's life that might get him in trouble with us someway or another." Cyborg analyzed already thinking on what that something could be.
"I'm pretty sure they won't say out loud, if the future Tower's security is half the actual one, they know we can watch and hear them from almost every corner day and night." Robin commented with a finger on his chin, the newcomers would not say a thing if any of the Titans asked so the only way they would be able to know about that sensitive subject was if the future Titans said it by accident but what were the odds?
"Talking about that, don't you think they'll try to turn the cameras off so we can't check up on them?" BB asked scratching his head, it could be a possibility.
"It is assured they shall not do so my friend." Starfire spoke up with a shake of her head "If they deactivate the cameras and we find out about their actions we shall suspect more about them and their goal is to gain our trust."
"It seems they've calmed down enough to go back with the others." Cyborg pointed out as Derek and Adam walked back to the couch, the mechanic titan couldn't help but snicker a bit "They really have to sit pretty close together to fit in the couch, it looks so funny."
"I think we can leave them for a while, let's go pick the guest rooms they'll be using tonight." Terra said exiting the room, the rest of the team following behind.
The present is only the past of the future
: Not long after:
"Pizza's here." Robin called entering the room, the rest of the old Titans accompanying him carrying some pizzas each.
"Finally! We were soooo hungry." Terry whined hurrying to take the pizza away form Robin's arms, Tori, Trevor, James, Jenn and Adam took care of the rest of the pizzas and the sodas taking them all to the twin tables near the door. The other future Titans already waiting to see what pizza belonged to whom.
"Enjoy them, that's today's dinner." Cyborg said taking their own pizzas to the kitchen so they could eat as well "And don't expect us to-"
"…"
No words, there really were no words for what the Titans were watching. Not even Starfire could understand how a group of earthling teenagers were able to make such impersonation of starving Tamaranians fighting over a plate of Glorg during a war crisis. It was plain scary, only Karla, Emily and William seemed to be eating as normal earthlings would do seated on the couch but the rest… They were just… Wow…
"And I thought Tamaranians were scary." BB commented taking a piece of his veggie pizza and eating it slowly keeping an eye out for the monsters on the other side of the room.
"Wow, we must be really cruel tutors if they are this hungry, I wonder if they had breakfast this morning." Terra said watching carefully "I give them 5 minutes before all their pizzas are gone."
"Let it be two minutes." Said someone, it was William who was still holding his slice of pizza which was almost untouched except for one little bite mark "We actually didn't have breakfast this morning."
"Was it our fault?" Starfire asked worriedly but she was filled with relief when Emily shook her head.
"We never really got breakfast before going to play on the roof and lunch went by rather quickly while we watched the Basketball game and then the teleporting machine accident we just haven't eaten the whole day." She explained taking another bite from her own slice.
"And are they always like-" Cyborg was cut off as a slice of pepperoni pizza hit his head getting his face all dirty "… This?"
"Be thankful is not spaghetti." William said shrugging as if he didn't really care his teammates were acting the way they were "You've got a slice of pizza on your face."
"Really?" Cyborg asked sarcastically taking the pizza from his face and cleaning the cheese leftover with a napkin.
"Yes, and one of your pizzas is gone" William pointed out making the Titans look away from him and towards their pizzas… Or more like Pizza, one out of their two pizzas had disappeared.
"Hey, give us our pizza back!" BB yelled receiving a meat-lovers slice of pizza right on his face, which made him turn a deeper shade of green "Ahhhaa! Get it off me!"
"Well aren't they just a bunch of well mannered Titans?" Raven said sarcastically rolling her eyes as Terra took the edible missile away from the changeling's face… Maybe it would be better if they didn't eat that one.
"Now THAT is your fault." William said form the couch, Emily slapped him over the head receiving a glare from her brother but he didn't say anything else.
"Nice slap." Robin complimented amused by the action, now the glare was directed at him "Anyway, each take a slice of pizza and keep it away from anyone's reach, we have to at least have a slice for dinner. We did fight evil today."
"And the movie night is now postponed until we have the Tower for ourselves again." Terra complained taking a small slice of veggie pizza, with was the only one left on their table. Needless to say Cyborg had to use a lot of imagination to eat it comfortable enough.
"What have you planned for us after dinner?" Will asked, the Titans turned to look at each other at the question.
"What do you want to do?" Asked Robin with a raised eyebrow, a ghost of a smile appeared on the young Titan's lips.
"How about you let us explore the Tower?"
The present is only the past of the future
Blah, blah, talk and talk and more talk and yet nothing important has been said yet. At least not for the Titans who had more and more doubts with each passing second and now they also have some cleaning to do at the main room.
College is awful with hobbies, just plain awful but I have to update when I can. Found the time and decided to add another chapter to this, will add new chapters to other stories ASAP.
Next Chapter: Oh no it didn't sound like a good idea, they could do just about anything in the Tower without minding the fact the owners were still there… Hey so… Maybe it wasn't a bad idea.