Pastime
#Part 2#

If what Wally said is true, then this Reach alien will probably have some way for the scarab to take over Jaime's body and become one of their slaves. It's going to be about as fantastic as alien invasion could get. So perhaps a chat with the scarab was necessary and inevitable.

"Khaji-Da?" Jaime began. "Do you really have to depend on that Reach database?"

"I am free of the Reach control." Khaji-Da replied. "The Reach has not come, but it will. And by that time, I cannot tell if I am going to side with you or not."

"So what happens if they come?" Jaime asked. "What am I going to do?"

"I do not know." It replied. "When I took over your body, my programming should connect into the Reach database, but I am damaged upon contact of Earth. I have been searching so long for a perfect host."

"And I am that perfect host." Jaime said. "Why me of all peoples?"

"I can't tell." It replied. "There is something about your strong will and attitude that caught my interest. I have joined you on so many battles before. Your sense of right and morality has admired me, despite my personal disagreements with it."

"I've told you." Jaime said. "There is no reason for us to approach things in just mindless violence. We have to take it slow. If there's no other choice, then we'll go into your mode, but don't get too far."

"Like what Damian did to Brother Blood?" Khaji-Da replied. "He and his army alone has slaughtered innocents more than General Zod. Someone with that amount of power should be stopped at the most necessary of times."

"I'm not a killer." Jaime said. "Damian had told me so many times. I may have the power to kill, but I'm not a killer. Damian was a killer even before the Titans. He had stepped out of that moral line and regretted every moment of it."

"Did he?" Khaji-Da replied. "There was a sense of satisfaction when he killed him. I can feel it."

"If there's one thing he needs to be satisfied at is that Brother Blood is not going to kill anyone anymore ever again." Jaime said.

"A conversation with the scarab?"

Suddenly, Wally barged into the garage. Jaime was startled by his appearance. He was still on his Blue Beetle mode as the scarab try to fix some minor damages on the armor.

"Uh... yeah." Jaime said.

"Look, can you just tell that I didn't mean anything to provoke your uh... little demon." Wally said. "Don't aim your gun at me. You knew that your own host thought something like that too."

"He said that you will regret saying that." Jaime said.

"Okay, I'm sorry." Wally said. "I'm just here if you want some drinks to order."

"A soda would be nice."

"Not happening." Wally said. "Superboy and Wonder Girl got that."

"Okay uh... how about orange juice?"

"I guess we have some." Wally said. "You want the bottled one or the juicer one?"

"Anything works." Jaime said.

"Great." Wally said. "Have you seen Cyborg?"

"Cyborg is out to buy some food, but I doubt that he's going to buy any drinks for all of us anyway. I forgot to tell him." Jaime said.

"He's going out?" Wally said. "Is he really going out with that Terminator face on him?"

"Of course not." Jaime said. "He programmed a digital disguise. It will blend around. Don't worry about it."

"Well awesome." Wally said. "Looks like all the orders are in. Star is about to finish her waffles. You're coming up?"

"I'll be there." Jaime said. "Thanks for coming, Wally."

"No problem, buddy." Wally said. "And uh... say my hello to the scarab."

"You have."

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"Waffles are ready!" Starfire announced as she grabbed in a plate full of waffles into the bar table.

Chants of "Whoa", "Cool", "Awesome", and similar kinds of cries can be heard from many of the members. Wally also came in right beside her with the drinks.

"And drinks are ready too." Wally gave all of the drinks orders. "I'm the best bartender you can find."

Damian was the first one to try the waffles. Now, since Starfire was well known for her horrible early attempts at cooking Earth cuisines, at least through gossips from her friends anyway, Wally darted his eyes towards her boyfriend on his comment about her lovely cuisine.

"Wow." Damian said. "This is very tasty."

"Really?" Starfire said. "I am very glad that you liked it. It's the least I can do, my love."

The two began touching each other's hands and smiling. The other either saw it with a very delightful 'Aww' face or a face of disgust.

"Mmm..." Raven said after she got a taste of Wally's Rosemary Herbal Tea. "I have to admit. Your Rosemary is quite impressive."

"Thanks, Raven." Wally said. "That's my girlfriend's recipe. No one else can make it as good as her than me."

"I bet." Raven said.

"I liked the tea too." Garfield suddenly replied, who was sitting right besides Raven all this time, obviously trying to interrupt something. "You're really good at this!"

"Thank you, Gar." Wally said.

"Since when did you start drinking teas?" Raven asked.

"I'm a vegan, Rae." Garfield said. "I eat plants. I drink plants."

"So you drink nectars too?" Wally said.

"Yeah... No! Wait!"

That statement was followed with Wally laughing and Raven giggling under her breath. Garfield took a glance at Raven giggling and immediately smiled back.

"I mean sure. I drink nectars sometimes." Garfield said. "But believe me when I say that I've drank worse. That cactus juice I drank when I was stuck in a desert made me about as sober as drinking five bottles of Brandy."

"Which also means that you're dead." Raven said.

"It's just a hyperbole!" Garfield said.

"Since when did you know something about figures of speech?" Raven rested her chin towards the table and glanced at Garfield in the most condescending of ways. The look on her face either signaled that she's challenging his intelligence with her sarcasm... or she just wanted to fuck around with his alpha male instincts.

"I uh... I..." Garfield, obviously mesmerized by that look, began to stutter as he glanced at Raven looking at him with that stare. He snapped back into reality by shaking his head and say his reply. "I used to be not so fun before!"

Even then, he gave a 'who cares about your opinion' face while crossing his hands. Raven still gave him a smile and that condescending look at his face.

"And Raven, uh..." Wally broke off the tension. "I forgot to apologize pushing you out when we first met. That was not so nice."

"That's fine." Raven said. "You could've done much worse intros."

"And sorry for kicking you in the head after that." Garfield said.

"I'm cool, buddy." Wally said. "You're just protecting your friend. I get it."

"We would've done so much worse if you were our enemy, or a part of the Brotherhood." Raven said.

"Oh screw those guys. Really." Wally said. "Why did they do what they do anyway?"

"Hatred. That's it." Raven said. "They were a bunch of hypocrites who says that humanity is a flaw in the existence of the universe or some bullcrap like that, even though they themselves are the flaws of humanity. They're both scary and irritating at the same time. You just want them to die. If there's one shameful thing that I have to admit is that I did kill some of their members out of rage, but do I look like I care? Those guys killed thousands of innocents. There's nothing that can justify that."

"Fuck those guys." Garfield said. "I fucking hate them and I wish they all burn in hell."

"Calm down, Gar." Raven said. "The only thing you manage to solve by anger is getting Damian injured. Not saying he didn't deserve it, but the point is you'll break something."

"I know. I'm sorry." Garfield said.

"I'm going to check up on the others." Wally said.

Later, he checked up on Superboy and Wonder Girl drinking a can of soda with two straws into each of their mouths. On their left were a pissed off Stephanie and a very confused Tim. On their far left is Damian, sharing stares with the insanely beautiful Starfire. Seriously, if Starfire really was an alien from outer space, she could be quite literally an angel sent out for him.

"You guys look so cute together." Wally said towards Conner and Donna.

"Thanks. "Conner said. "Starfire really makes the best waffles."

"She always have." Donna said.

"You still haven't answered my question." Conner said.

"Oh sorry!" Wally said. "You were practically eating each other after that. Anyway, although you are still half-Human, half-Kryptonian–"

"I'm not." Conner said. "I'm a full Kryptonian, but for some reason I don't have laser sight or flight like Superman does."

"Okay but the point is that you were a half human, half Kryptonian." Wally said.

"Who are my parents?"

"Who are your parents now?"

"Well, my father is General Zod and my mother is... I honestly don't know." Conner said. "My father said that I was produced by his genetic code and someone else's in a pod. Kal-El is the first natural birth of Krypton in centuries. That's why he easily got all of that power and can be stronger than Zod. That's why I can't be as strong as him."

"Oh..." Wally said. "Well, in my universe, you were a clone of Superman created by Project CADMUS. Robin, Aqualad, and I went into one of their research stations and found you there. We don't know much about you but we invite you to the team nonetheless. It turns out that you are the son of Lex Luthor and Superman."

Tim was about to spat out most of the contents of his drinks when he heard that. "Wait, what?"

"Yup." Wally said. "And no, they don't have sex to get something like that. They only share the same genetic codes. I don't know how that works technically."

"But the point is I still do come from bad blood." Conner said. "It's just from a different source. That's all."

"That means now you're not really tied up to Superman in any way except for your Kryptonian blood." Wally said. "And yet you still look like him. What's the matter with that?"

"I don't know." Conner said. "Clark is the only person that acts like a good father role in my life. Seriously, if–"

"You're seriously putting Wally in the middle of this?" Stephanie interrupted by saying those words out loud. "For god's sake, I am so glad that he found out that I left my panties right on your own room just so that peoples can think of millions of dirty things that Tim Drake has done to me."

"Oh, you're saying that I'm the one to be blamed right here?" Tim said. "You were passed out drunk and I didn't even know you were supposed to wear panties."

"Excuses... excuses... stop that please." Stephanie said.

"But... but it's the truth!" Tim said.

"Guys, can you keep the panties dialogue to a minimum?" Wally said. "Peoples are trying to eat some waffles here."

"Alright. I'm sorry." Stephanie said. "There's been way too many instances where Tim had been quite the perverted jerk."

"You're the perverted jerk!"

"Oh you two just kiss already!" Wally said.

Tim glanced at Wally weird and gave his comments. "What are you talking about–"

Stephanie lunged herself towards Tim and began devouring his mouth as much as she could. Tim was honestly surprised by that sudden reaction, but then she let it go and there was an intense blushing on his face.

Wally groaned, extremely puzzled and confused. "Guys, I was joking! Seriously no kissing here. You're going to make the others puke."

"Human behaviors sometimes really confuse me." Starfire added her comment out of nowhere.

"Well, Stephanie and Tim are among the weirdest couples here." Damian said.

"Oh like you're not, Demon Boy." Tim said. "You're dating an alien who just a mere sneezing can blow up an entire warehouse."

Stephanie slapped Tim on his arms, causing him to groan before she gave her thought. "You insensitive prick."

"That is... not nice." Starfire said.

"Don't worry, Star." Damian said. "We're talking with a guy dating a chick who wears a tight batsuit every night who also left her panties right in her boyfriend's room while drunk with brandy. And you're saying that I'm the weird one here."

"Seriously, Damian?" Stephanie said. "You're going to do this again?"

"Nah." Damian said. "Tim just becomes too boring."

"Don't care what you think." Tim said. "I have my girlfriend's panties on my room. I want to see you do the same thing to Star."

"Oh so all this time you stole it just for that." Stephanie said.

"Hey, I didn't say that I stole it!" Tim said. "I'm just making a point."

"Yeah, and have you put that point in too?" Damian said.

"Urgh, stop with the innuendos, Damian." Stephanie said. "You know Tim, maybe I should bite you next time."

"I am very confused of what you are suggesting right now." Starfire said.

"Me neither, love." Damian said, holding her hands.

"Aww... So sweet." Stephanie said. " You're finally starting to give your girlfriend cute nicknames. I prefer honey myself, right honey?"

Stephanie hugged Tim's arms. There was a very small smile sighted right on his lips. "Yeah me too uh... honey."

"So Wally," Stephanie asked. "How's your sex life?"

That train of dialogue caused Tim to flinch. Wally also widened her eyes on that question.

"That's not something I'd quote every day." Wally said.

"I thought that movie was brilliant." Stephanie said. "It's truly one master class of a film."

"Well, you're the only one, unless you're being ironic." Wally said. "Anyway, me and Artemis... well... we didn't start off great at first. We'll fight even at the smallest of topics. I made fun of her dress, she made fun of my face, I punched her in the arms, she punched me in the stomach, all that good stuff. But eventually, she grew on me and, well, I started to like her, especially after knowing her family and how she tried to protect the team as hard as she could."

"Isn't that a start to every love story ever?" Tim said.

"I know." Wally said. "I've been with her for the past five years. She's an amazing woman. She's quite the hardass and can be very stubborn at times, but she's strong and have a good will. She came from bad blood sure, but she was raised from the good ones and I'm so proud of her all to this day. I'm so stupid not to tell her how I felt. I would've been much happier sooner."

"Wow." Stephanie said. "So five years, you've been together fighting supervillains? I only fight a couple of thugs and a couple of mercenaries. They were pretty tough, but I bet your supervillains had some magic powers or techno-babbles that can make them fly or knock peoples out in a second."

"They have all of that and more." Wally said.

"We fight a huge dragon. No seriously." Tim said. "The dragon came from Raven's book of magic of some sort. It was released out of the book and it soon enough tried to consume the entire world by summoning undeads. These undeads are no joke. Conventional weapons are useless, so we had to enchant our weapons with magical properties before we could even beat them."

"Seriously, it's Damian Wayne as Robin with a knight armor and a magical sword riding Beast Boy as a horse slaughtering undeads on the way while trying to save Starfire from her morally ambiguous sister and a huge dragon." Stephanie said. "That is without a doubt the most awesome thing I've ever experienced in my entire life and it was no freaking joke. That actually happened a year after the Zod attack."

"Wow." Wally said. "It sounds like you're having quite the awesome time... before the Brotherhood at least."

"The Brotherhood's a more serious business and quite the bitch to handle. Let's not talk about that one." Stephanie said. " Anyway, all is well until the Reach comes and you both had to split, right?"

"It's more than that." Wally said. "But I guess I shouldn't go into details."

"So say that you can come back to your universe, will you?" Stephanie asked.

Wally always had that train of thought on him, but he never found a good answer for it. "I... honestly don't know."

"Don't worry." Stephanie said. "You'll probably know the answer later. Either staying or coming back, the Titans will help you in any way we can."

"Thanks, guys." Wally smiled.