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To save the future
"What is it?" He asked noticing what she had let fall
"Tamaranian poison..." He gulped hearing it
"Does it have a cure?"
"Yes..." He sighted a little relieved, but stopped when he saw the worry and fear on her eyes had just increased "In the future..."
"What?!" he almost yelled
"This poison will be created in the future, we managed to get the cure of it, but it's in years from now! Many Tamaranians died till we discover the cure!"
She said while her body continued to disappear. Robin called Raven trough his communicator and she got them out of there in a blink of an eye. They went back to the tower; the Gordanian's vessel escaped and got out of the atmosphere, their job was done. Back at the tower, Robin rested Starfire on the sofa, turning back to his team hiding his desperate as best as he could.
"We have to do something!"
"I got the poison, maybe Cyborg could find the cure in this time?" Mari asked giving the syringe to the half mechanical man.
"I can try" He got the object containing the poison from her hand and ran to his room to analyze it and see what he could do.
"But it will take too long; it might be too late…" BB said
"Raven, can you cure her?" Robin asked
"Not completely, maybe I can soften the effects of the poison, but it will still be there"
"Then please do it, it will give us more time!" the leader said
Raven nodded and using her curing powers she soften the poison effects.
"Mari, can't you go back to the future, get the cure and come back?" BB asked
"No, Cyborg prepared the machine to alert them to the future Raven push me, but I can't go that way, I don't know how the future is, what happened to my mom, if I go, I may get lost in time forever if not vanish completely"
"Dude, what we gonna do?"
"Maybe one of us can travel to the future" Robin said
"But how? We don't have the technology to travel in time yet, the machine Cyborg built was just to call the future me to try to get her back…" Raven pointed out.
"What if we activate it but put someone else there, the future you'll grab it and then this one can come back"
"If one of you goes, it will be like you disappeared for those 20 years, just like when my mom went to the future with Warp, it might change the future"
"What else could we do?"
"I don't know"
Mari said still vanishing away, just then, a black vortex opened, in the middle of the living room; a boy around her age, maybe just a little younger, got out of the vortex and fell to the ground, holding something on his hands, he was blond and his eyes were as blue as the sky, he looked up, concern was visible in his eyes.
"Lance!" everyone looked at Mari exclaiming the boy's name.
"Do you know him?" BB asked pointing at the blond boy.
"Yes, he is my friend!"
"The cure! Quick, give it to her before it's too late!" It was the first thing Lance said, giving a syringe to Robin.
Robin didn't think twice and hurried to give it to her; slowly Star's cold body began to warm again, he sighed in relieve when noticed she was going to be fine, he looked back at Mari, her body was turning back to normal, it was the proof he needed to be sure she was going to be fine. The blond boy hugged her saying.
"I'm so glad you two are ok now!"
"What happened in the future?" She asked hugging back carefully to not break his bones.
"Well, when you were gone to the past, we started another battle, and when it finally finished, we came back home, last thing we know was that Kori suddenly fell to the ground, uncle Cy analyzed her body, she was with that tamaranian poison, everyone started to remember some 'new memories', because they were not suppose to exist, since it wasn't suppose for you to come back in time, so your father send me here to cure Kori"
"I'm still confused, if Star was dying in the present, how she was also dying in the future? Dude, I think my brain is hurting…" BB asked putting his hands on his head.
"Cyborg said it was because it wasn't an entire dosage, so it didn't kill her instantly, giving us time enough to get the cure and send me here with it"
"Oh Lance, thank you for saving me and my mom!" She said happily and kissing him on the cheek; Lance felt his blood going to his cheeks, letting it get really red.
"Wonderful… Mari's knight in shine armor came back to time to save his little princess… but who are you?" Raven asked just the last part with a serious tone in her voice, the first part was with complete sarcasm in the usual monotone voice.
"I'm Lance…"
"Dude we already know it, she meant who are you?" BB said curious
"He's Terra's son…" Mari answered
"What?!" All of them asked at the same time, even Cyborg who was coming into the living room, Raven called him saying Star was ok now; the last one was almost regaining the conscious.
"But… how?" Cyborg asked.
"Terra didn't die, she returned, but she didn't want to remember anything, she didn't want her powers, she rejected it and lived like a normal girl" Mari started to explain.
"But when her son started to show her inherited powers, even if she didn't remember having it, she let me with The Titans" Lance continued. "You all raised me since I was a very small and taught me how to use my powers"
"So you can control your powers?" BB asked
"Most of the time"
"Everyone in the future is having sons or daughters, what about me?" BB asked a little sad for not knowing about his future lineage. Cyborg chuckled while Lance and Mari exchanged glances, not certain if they should say it or not, but then Mari answered
"Well… You actually will have a son and a daughter…" he was shocked, really not expecting it, his jaw dropped and he fainted, recovering fast and standing up with a big grin.
"Really?! With who?! I got to meet her!"
"Uncle BB…" Mari started
"Yep?" he asked daydreaming
"Look behind you…" Lance said pointing to the direction, he turned his gaze around, spotting a really mad Raven behind him. He gulped.
"Rae-Rae it is not what I meant!"
"Don't you dare call me Rae-Rae" she said sternly. BB stepped back.
"You see, uncle BB, you already know her… the one who will be the mother of your children is standing right in front of you…" Cyborg said laughing like non-stop. Both Beast Boy and Raven stopped suddenly, not really believing in him.
"Are you sure?" BB asked while Raven asked at the same time.
"How do you know?" she asked, then glared at him "What do you mean with 'are you sure'?!" BB gulped again, he tried to change the subject.
"So… Why Mari told you and not us?"
"You never asked" Mari answered laughing. Beast Boy and Raven surely was a weird yet funny couple. She barely noticed she was holding Lance's hand unconsciously, but Cyborg did notice it and said mainly to the blond boy, though everyone heard it.
"And as what we can see, you have a good time with little Mari, am I right, Lance?"
Cy asked him with his teasing tone and a huge grin; it was obvious they liked each other. Immediately, Lance let go of Mari's hand, he also didn't notice he was doing it. Robin glared at him, raising an eyebrow, over protecting father instincts suddenly coming to him.
"Uncle Cy, I always admired your ability to notice things, but not right now…" He said hiding behind Mari, trying to avoid Robin's glares.
"So, what are we going to do now, friends?" Starfire asked sitting up. Robin ran to her and sat by her side, asking if she was felling ok, she nods in answer.
"What do you mean?" Lance asked
"About the future, I don't want this stupid war, mainly because it'll be my entire fault"
"It's not your fault aunty Kori…" He stopped when receive another deadly glare from Robin, 'Who he thinks he is to be so intimate with my Star and my future daughter?' it was what he thought "Sorry, it's the habit, Nightwing…" Lance tried to defend himself, feeling nervous with the glares he was receiving "I mean, Robin… could you please stop glaring at me?"
He stopped glaring at Lance when a gentle hand touched his arm, it was Starfire.
"It is my fault, I started the alliance, and maybe it would be better if we just don't make it"
"No, the alliance was really good for both planets, Tamaran got another ally, some of them started to live here and help humans, Earth is improving in space technology, we're doing great with it! You can't say it!"
"How could it be great?" She asked, Robin noticed she was very sad "We're in a war, against the Gordanians, they went back through time to try to kill me, fearing this alliance I've made, and we're always fighting in stupid nonsense battles. I hate wars, they're pointless, I do not want to be the one that cause this one, not now, not ever"
"Hey guys, I was wondering…" BB began
"Since when you do that?" Raven asked ironically
"Hey! I do it sometimes, Rae!" He exclaimed to his girlfriend, even if they were dating now, nothing really changed.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist, please continue…" she said with a small smile raising her lips.
"Anyway, I was wondering if they came back to the past, just to kill Star because of the alliance, don't you think they were just too… quick?"
"What do you mean?" Cy asked
"If they traveled just to stop this alliance of being made, don't you think it was jus too easy to get Star back?"
"You're saying that they came here, not only to kill Starfire?" Lance asked, being careful to not call her only 'Star' or 'Kori' or even 'aunty' to not receive jealousy and over protective glare from the leader…
"So what else would they be here?" Raven asked
"My mom was not the only one to make the alliance, but she did it with the future King of Tamaran… Uncle Ryan…" Mari revealed looking with concern and worry at Starfire, who widened her green eyes.
"So they're probably here to kill him also" Cyborg concluded "But… who is he?"
"My little brother…" Star said
"So you also have a brother? Is he evil like Blackfire?" BB asked
"Yes I have, and no, he isn't… I have to save him"
Next chap will be the last one, so please leave a review for me so I can post the last one as soon as possible!
And about the sequel, I'm really thinking on doing it, so if you want it, please let me know!
Anyone liked the new couple Mari and Lance? If you guys liked it, I'll post a special one-shot in 'my collection of oneshots' for that couple! Actually, I think they're really cure together...
TT-Fan, I'm really happy I barelly did any mistakes; and I think last chap ends were just so great, I really liked to end it that way, I'm glad you also liked it!
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