I'M BAAACCKKK

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words about my injury and recovery and enthusiasm for my story. You guys and gals make it all the worth the while. Seriously, ya'll give me some mad motivation to get back to writing.

Second off, I'd like to point out to my 'guest' reviewer that I'm not obligated to express my concerns over the not mentioned additional memory loss or irregular sleep schedule forced upon me via injury. You guys are here for my story and I give info regarding that.

Lastly, I'd like to say that this chapter has a bit of fluffy lemon in it. Nothing too detailed, really, but it's still there. Following chapters are gonna get spicy though! :D

So long, space cowboy B)


WARNING: LEMON AHEAD


Raven opened her eyes and looked at the clock. 5:13 AM. She sighed when she realized she had only slept for three hours this time. Her mind was still in turmoil after the meeting with her emoticlones the day before. It had almost been too much information for her to process.

But that was yesterday and tomorrow was another day. Well…today is another day. She sighed again and rolled over to look at her sleeping boyfriend and father of her child.

Father of my child. She thought, amused.

That ridiculous thought brought a small smile to her face. Never would have seen this coming a few years ago. But then again, I wasn't supposed to live past sixteen and the world was supposed to have ended.

Those morbid thoughts sobered her mood almost instantly, despite gazing at the love of her young life. He was sleeping on his back again, one arm under her. Felix was sleeping snuggled between his head and shoulder. The longer she watched them, the less of a hold those dreary thoughts had on her.

Suddenly Felix yawned real big and got up. Stretching, he looked around for a moment before he washed his face. Following that, he crawled his way across the bed and hopped off. After a moment the sound could be heard in the room as he used the litterbox. Raven smiled when she remembered that Gar had literally explained and showed the kitten how to use the litter box. It had been downright disturbing and hilarious at the same time.

A very soft whumpf let Raven know that Felix had decided to sleep in his bed instead of climbing back up with them. She smiled again, knowing that she had Garfield all to herself now. She nuzzled up to him, her head taking the place where Felix had laid. She breathed in his scent, letting it lull her into a comfortable daze that bordered on a doze.

She was just starting to drift off when Garfield suddenly rolled on his side and grabbed her by the breast. Her eyes popped open as one of his lazily opened. He gave her a grin and a teasing squeeze, making her shiver.

Before she could open her mouth to say anything, he let her go and rolled away smiling. She opened and closed her mouth several times, not believing that he had the gall to tease her like that. The teenage sorceress rolled away from him, her back to his now, so that she could quietly pout.

A head popped over her shoulder and her violet eyes met emerald eyes.

"Are you pouting?" He teased. She snorted and he laughed at it. "Woooow, Raven is pouting! I gotta write this on the calendar!"

"Shush, you stupid elf." She grumbled.

He laughed again, causing her to sulk a little bit. "I was just about to go to sleep when you had to touch me like that."

"That almost sounds like you want more." He teased her again as he lightly brushed his lips down her neck.

Her skin jolted at his touch and she mumbled. "Maybe."

"Maybe what, Rae?"

"Maybe…I want your attention now." She shuddered as he kept kissing up and down her neck, her body starting to heat up and ache.

"My attention?" Gar chuckled. "But Rae, you always have that."

"Maybe I want something…more." She glanced up at him, hoping he wasn't going to make her say it. His smile told her that this was a false hope and she sighed. "I…want you, Gar. I want you to touch me."

Instantly one arm slid under her then up her shirt to grab a breast and squeeze it gently. The other hand wrapped over her and slowly slid down the front of her pajama bottoms and touched something that she wasn't aware was so sensitive.

"What are you-!"She gasped as he caressed her top and bottom, her whole body shuddering at his touch. "What is that spot?!"

"Huh?" Gar asked, confused. "You mean you've never…you know…entertained yourself?"

"No! Emotions! Remember?!" Each of her words came out as a small gasp as one hand kneaded her breast, rolling the tip between his knuckles with just enough pressure to sting pleasurably, the other hand now stroking her more fully, soaking herself and his hand.

"Really now, huh?" The shapeshifter mused for a moment before he grinned evilly. Seconds later his teeth daintily danced across her ear, making her moan softly.

That sound, he thought, is worth more than anything right now.

His teeth and hands ceased all activity for a moment, causing her to look up at him.

"Why did you stop?" She panted.

"'Cause I'm fixing to do something a bit bold."

"Bold?"

Knowing his actions would speak louder than his words, Gar slid the hand on her crotch down further and curled a finger up inside her. Her back arched away from him as she gasped in surprise at his intrusion.

His finger rubbed around, looking for something that has been compared to a buried treasure. Raven's body was writhing, unused to this new and exhilarating sensation, her mouth clamped shut as she tried to not moan out loud.

His finger brushed against something inside her, causing her whole body to spasm for a moment. She couldn't stop the sound from escaping her lips this time and it made Gar purr in her ear.

"Sounds like yer enjoying yerself, babe."

"Maybe!" She choked out as the finger inside her began to rub that spot again and his thumb on the outside began to rub the spot on the outside. "I've got no idea what you're touching Gar but for the love of Azar please don't stop!"

Garfield chuckled as each of his fingers pushed a little harder, rubbed a bit faster, and delved a bit deeper into the lavender goddess at his side. Her body shuddered hard after a minute of this sensual assault and her breath became ragged. He smiled at her, realizing what she had just experienced. "Funny how I've got to teach you about your own body, Rae."

All sounds and movement from Raven stopped at this moment. Her brow furrowed, she turned to her lover. "How do you know how to touch a girl?"

"Uuuhhhh…."

"Garfield!"

"Okay okay, sheesh! I've watched a lot of dirty movies since hitting puberty!" The changeling smiled sheepishly and Raven glared at him.

"Have you watched any since we got together?" She growled as he froze, a clear indication that he had. "No more! Understand?"

Garfield stared at her for a moment. "Wow Rae, never pegged you for the jealous type."

She snorted and looked away for a few minutes. When she noticed that he hadn't started up again, she turned her gaze back up to him and spoke softly. "Can we keep going?"

"Sure thing babe." He leaned down and kissed her before his hands started exploring her body. "It really depends on what you want tonight."

His fingers caressed her lips. "We could have fun like this…"

He touched her down between her thighs once more. "Or perhaps here…

Finally, his hand slid around her leg and grasped her butt, giving it a squeeze. "Or if you're feeling adventurous…"

His girlfriend stiffened in his arms and stared at him, uncertainty written on her face.

"I'm guessing you don't remember that we…" Gar started to say but was cut off.

"Oh no, I rememberall right. I remember that it hurt like hell."

The changeling winced. "Hey now, it was your idea in the first place!"

"I remember that too, Gar." Raven chewed her lip in thought. "We'll try that again another night. Right now…"

Garfield only had time to raise his eyebrow before Raven grabbed him by the head and pulled it down between her legs.


A/N: END LEMON


9:47 AM Titan Tower

The tower was trembling again and this time Cyborg could feel the foundation shaking as well. This was getting a bit out of hand, having gone on for hours. Robin stomped into the room, Starfire close behind.

"Okay Cyborg, you need to tell me what's going on. That's like, the dozenth time the tower has shook in the past couple of hours." He demanded.

"Actually, that one was the forty second time it's shaken." Cy didn't look up from the sandwich he was making.

"What? It's shaken that many times? Are we going through earthquakes and aftershocks or something?"

"Something like that, yeah."

"Whaddaya mean by that? What's going on then?" Robin crossed his arms. Cyborg glanced at him.

"Rob…I want you to consider the people in this tower. Of the six of us, three have the strength to make it move. Two of them are in this room." He said slowly.

"You, Starfire, and Raven's magic, right? What's that got to do with anything?"

Cyborg looked at Starfire, who was pointedly focusing on the jar of mustard she was drinking from. He turned back to the Boy Blunder with a sigh. "Well Robin, there are six people in this tower, four of which are in relationships. Two of those people are in this room."

"So Beast Boy is doing something to make Raven shake the tower? What's he doing?" Robin was getting impatient now, tapping his foot.

This time Cy frowned and looked to Starfire more intently. "You can't possibly tell me he's this dense."

Starfire looked up from her 'drink' and gave him a plain look. "I believe the saying here on Earth is…No Comment?"

Before Cy could say something about that, the tower began to shake wildly without warning and it lasted for a full minute. By the time it, and its following smaller aftershocks, subsided the whole common room had been shaken out of place. Robin looked up from the floor, now angrier.

"I'm going to go stop this nonsense right now!" He hopped up, only to be grabbed by Cyborg, who whispered in his ear. Within moments, Robin's face was as red as he uniform.

"Oh." Was all he could say in a small voice.

"Oh is definitely the right word. And the grand finale left off at forty three." The tin man chuckled as he retrieved his sandwich, which had miraculously survived.


The lovers lay in bed wrapped in each other's arms, completely exhausted but fully awake.

"Hey Gar." Raven murmured. "I really loved that, but is it going to be that intense every time?"

"I have no idea Rae." Her love laughed. "But it was awesome beyond belief."

"Yeah, it was." The young mother-to-be burrowed her head into his shoulder and sighed happily. "Never thought I'd be having a family of my own, with you of all people."

Garfield frowned. "What's that supposed to mean, I thought you liked me?"

Raven let out a small chuckle. "I love you, you stupid elf. I was just saying that this totally not how I expected my life to be turning out."

"I love you too, Rae." The changeling kissed her head, making her smile.

"You know we need to tell your parents, right?"

A look of utter dread filled his features. "Oh god, we have to tell Mento and Elastigirl."

"Is that bad?"

"You outta remember how Mento is, Rae. A militaristic hardass."

"There you go using big words again." Raven shook her head. "I wonder when I'll get used to that."

Gar winked. "Probably about the time I get used to waking up next to the most beautiful girl in the cosmos."

Raven blushed and her started beating madly again. He's gotten a little too smooth, she thought as she said, "D-don't change the subject. We need to tell the Doom Patrol, they're your family too."

"I know Rae… I just don't know how to tell them."

"Call them up and tell them you need to talk. Ask them to come to the tower and we'll sit down and talk to them." Raven raised an eyebrow at him as she lifted her head from his shoulder. "What's so hard about that?"

"N-nothing, I guess." Gar stuttered, feeling very uncertain of how this conversation was going to turn out.


Garfield Mark Logan, shapeshifter and adopted son of Steve and Rita Dayton of the Doom Patrol, was really hoping his foster parents weren't at their HQ today. He had just sent the vid call and was nervously waiting for it to be picked up. This was not something he wanted to do, not at all. But Raven had been insistent for the past two days that he do it and he couldn't put it off any longer, seeing as Raven had threatened to start sleeping in her room again if he didn't.

She really knew how to motivate a guy.

He was pacing around the common room, the eyes of his friends and girlfriend plastered to him as he did so. After several minutes, a copper colored metal head appeared on the screen.

"Heya kiddo, what's up? It's gotta be mighty important if yer callin' us." Cliff, aka Robotman, let out a metallic laugh.

Gar flinched. "Uh…yeah…pretty important…Steve and Rita around?"

"Yeah kid, hold on." Cliff turned his head and roared across the room. "HEY MENTO, YA'LL GOT A CALL."

Robotman nodded at Garfield and left the screen. Within moments, Elastigirl and Mento appeared.

"Garfield?" Rita beamed. "You never call! How are you, is everything okay?"

"Yeah…well…kinda…no, not really." Gar scratched the back of his head, completely unsure of how he was gonna do this.

"Well, spit it out already Beast Boy, we don't have all day. The Justice League asked us to hunt down some assassin that's been targeting Leaguers." Mento's natural frown deepened. "He's already killed Green Arrow and Vixen in the past three weeks and we think we just got a lead on him. Whatever it is you want, say it so we can go back to work."

"Uh..well…you see…"

"Beast Boy! Spit it out already!"

Garfield wilted under Mento's stare, causing Elastigirl to turn on her husband and fuss at him. Within seconds, they were arguing over what was more important, helping Gar or chasing a killer. As the argument grew louder and louder, the changeling knew it was time to man up. He took a deep breath.

"Mom, Dad, I screwed up."

Both of the older heroes stopped immediately and turned to him, astonishment on their faces. He never called them Mom and Dad unless he really screwed up.

"On a scale of 'I really pissed my friends off' to 'I released the Brotherhood of Evil from their cryo-prison', how bad is it?" Mento said slowly.

"Uh…where does 'I got my girlfriend pregnant' fall on that scale?" The teen boy asked meekly.

"YOU WHAT?!" This came not from Mento, but from Elastigirl. Her angry face filled the camera feed. "GARFIELD MARK LOGAN, JUST WHAT EXACTLY HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THAT TOWER?!"

"It was an accident, I swear!"

"YOUNG MAN, DOING THAT IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT AN ACCIDENT! YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A GIRL PREGNANT! YOU'RE ONLY FIFTEEN!"

"Almost sixteen!" Gar protested.

"THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER!"

"Rita, calm do-" Mento started.

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN, STEVE, THAT'S MY LITTLE BOY DAMNIT!"

"I know it is dear, but-"

Rita glared death at Steve and he immediately shushed. Some things were just too dangerous to argue about when your wife could grow to the size of a skyscraper. Her glare turned back to Garfield, who visibly cringed.

"We'll be there tomorrow." She declared.

"But Rita-"

"No buts, Steve." Rita growled. "Garfield, your girlfriend will need to be there too."

"Easy peasy, ma'." Gar gave her a small smile. She bid him goodbye and hung up the line.

Garfield sunk to his knees in dread as Raven ran up to him.

"What was that all about? She seemed so sweet and easy going when we met the first time." She asked, her hand on his shoulder.

"She's totally a closet momma bear." Gar shook his head. "That's the only person I've ever seen make Mento back down from something."

"It'll be fine, Gar." Raven hugged him. "It's not like we're telling Trigon, after all."

"That might be safer." The changeling muttered just under his breath.


11:37 AM the next morning, Titan Tower

Garfield had been pacing all morning. He was terrified, excited, agitated, and nervous all at the same time. Raven had been watching him for the past few hours, stopping him every once in a while to make sure he ate something or at least got something to drink. But he hadn't really stopped pacing.

"Gar…you really need to settle down." Raven said monotonously with just a trace of irritation in her voice.

"I can't." He shook his head. "This is worse than the time I took Cliff apart or when I locked Larry in the freezer or when I swapped Mento's aspirin with tic-tac's, or that time that I hid all of Rita's shapeshifting shoes."

Raven scrunched up her face. "Those sound like terrible pranks."

"They were awesome at the time, but that was a long time ago." He paused for a moment and looked at her. "That expression is really cute on you, ya know."

Her face heating up, Raven threw a pillow at him. "Shush you, this isn't the time to be flirting."

Gar dodged the pillow and chuckled. "Dude, I thought flirting with you was perfect for any time of day?"

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should!"

"But I should. I love you Rae and I'll spend the rest of my life telling you that." Garfield winked as Raven blushed harder.

"I'd tell ya'll to get a room, but ya'll might like it." Cyborg laughed from the kitchen, his head in the fridge as he tried to shove something blue and fuzzy to the side so he could reach a soda.

"Dude, that's so not-" Gar started to scold his friend, but was stopped by an curious look in Raven's eyes. He gave her an 'I-don't-think-this-is-the-time-for-that' look and she pouted.

Later, he mouthed to her. His girlfriend nodded and picked up her book, though he could tell she was most certainly not thinking about anything on the pages. He could literally smell her desire for him and it was setting his blood on fire.

The tower doorbell rang and they all froze. Garfield looked to the door that led to the hallway that led to the elevator that led to the main lobby of the building and immediately wondered who's idea it was to build their base this damn big.

"I'll get it for ya, bro. Go sit down." Cyborg waved at him and walked off with his soda.

Garfield sat on the couch, both of his legs bouncing with dreadful anticipation. Raven sat next to him and wrapped her hand around his. "Gar, it'll be okay."

"I…I know Rae…but I'm still scared." He shook his head. "I could totally go without doing this, ya know?"

Raven kissed his cheek and his head. "I know, but it would nice to have an older woman to turn to when I need help. The only girls I know are all around my age and I don't like any Leaguers."

Garfield stared at her for a moment before he spoke softly. "I actually forgot you don't have someone to turn to for this. I'm sorry Rae, I'm an idiot for thinking of just myself."

"It's okay Gar, really."

He shook his head. "No, I'm just a scatterbrained idiot."

"Well…that's true." Raven smiled. "But you're my scatterbrained idiot."

The changeling smiled warmly that Raven felt herself blushing again. He leaned in and kissed her passionately before he pulled away. "I could spend the rest of my life listening to you saying that."

"You probably will." She gave him a small wink before she left the couch. Making her way to the side, she sat with Starfire and Robin, who had been sitting quietly. Soon enough, Cyborg made his way in with the Doom Patrol in tow.

Mento was a tall man in a black and purple uniform (complete with a lightning bolt), a large purple helmet with a prong on each side of it, and silver combat boots with matching gloves. His piercing blue eyes surveyed the common room of the tower, noting all exit points and all hidden security devices.

Elastigirl was at his side, her auburn hair kept out of her eyes with a black hairband. Like her husband, she wore a black and purple uniform, though with a skirt instead of pants. She too wore sliver gloves and shoes, though they were closer to heels. Her eyes were locked on Garfield the moment she saw him.

Next came Robotman, his huge hulking and copper colored form barely fitting through the door. The tower vibrated a little with each of his steps, making his weight unquestionably apparent to the teens. He too looked around the room, but his gaze lingered on the huge television.

Lastly came Negativeman, similarly garbed to his still human comrades. But his head was swathed in bandages, a testament to some past tragedy in which he never spoke of. He was the least interested in the room, but still chose a comfortable looking chair to sit in.

Rita and Steven Dayton walked quietly towards the living room and sat across from their adopted son, who was fidgeting nervously and not looking at them. Silence reigned for several minutes, though Garfield could feel Raven's mounting irritation.

"So."

Gar jumped three feet straight up when Mento said this. Mento, unperturbed, continued.

"Beast Boy, you said that you got your girlfriend pregnant. I was not aware that you had a girlfriend, let alone was having premarital intercourse."

Garfield had been expecting this and tried to answer without stuttering too much. "W-well, you see, what happened was, um…we uh…"

"Speak clearly, Beast Boy."

"We uh, had a party for Valentine's Day and someone spiked the punch. It kinda made everyone, well, drunk. And ya see, me and this girl, well…we ended up making out and…ya know…" Gar couldn't look at them, especially not his mother.

"Were you two even a couple before this happened?" Rita said slowly, her eyes unreadable.

"No…" Came the expected whimper.

"That's borderline rape, Beast Boy." Mento's eyes narrowing in disappointed anger at the green teen before him.

"No! I WOULD NEVER DO THAT! ESPECIALLY NOT TO HER!" Gar cried out angrily.

"You took advantage of a girl while she was intoxicated and now she's pregnant!" Mento shouted. "What the hell is wrong with you, boy?! We raised you better than that!"

"Let me explain, please!"

"WHAT IS THERE TO EXPLAIN, YOU-"

"Enough of this."

The table between Garfield and his parents exploded, showering them with splinters. Gar sat still as a stone while Mento and Elastigirl stared at the table in shock. They turned to Raven who had stepped towards them, her eyes blazing with fury.

"How dare you accuse your son of such a thing!" She spat before she sat next to her boyfriend and took his hand in hers. He gulped as his parents looks of astonishment turned into ones of incredulity.

"The demon girl?" Rita almost growled.

"Half-demon." Raven corrected her instantly.

"Still a demon in my book."

"How did this even happen?" Mento asked, glaring at them.

"It's complicated, but let's just say the alcohol made me realize that I wanted Garfield more than I ever knew."

"So you had a few drinks and slept with him?! That doesn't make you any better than a common wh-" Rita jumped up shouting but was stopped by a savage growl from her son.

"Don't you dare finish that sentence, mother."

Raven glanced at her boyfriend, then balked at his appearance. Within seconds he had shifted into the Beast and was standing protectively by her. All members of the Doom Patrol jumped up in shock, backing away from their former team mate.

Raven jumped out in front of him and wrapped her arms around him. "Garfield! Stop! Calm down!"

The Beast only growled and Raven could feel Pride surging within her own mind, demanding to be released to punish these intruders for insulting her mate and herself. Raven gasped as the surge became more powerful, dropping to a knee and clutching her head in pain.

The verdant behemoth noted this immediately and stopped growling. It wrapped his arms around her and began to shrink. Within moments, he had returned to being Beast boy.

"I'm sorry!" He hugged her tightly as Raven's breathing calmed down.

"It's alright, Gar. I was angry first and it affected you. I should have seen that coming." Raven shook her head and glanced at the Doom Patrol, who were recovering rather quickly from their shock.

"What the hell was that demon you turned my son into?" Rita hissed.

"I am not a demon, Elastigirl. That beast is a part of me." Garfield growled again.

"Ridiculous!" Said Mento, crossing his arms. "You never had that form when you were with us!"

"That was years ago, Mento. I've grown up since then."

Mento and Elastigirl both frowned but sat back down, their faces dark with thought as they telepathically communicated with each other. Robotman eyed Beast Boy warily as he and Negativeman resumed sitting as well.

"You know, kid, that was downright scary." He said, shaking his head. Gar just gave him a grim smile.

"You should see what else I can do now that Raven's opened my mind about my powers."

"Opened your mind? What do you mean?" Mento leaned forward, instantly curious about something he couldn't get Garfield to do years before.

"With her guidance, I'm learning to micromanage my powers and to use more than one at a time. A little while back I mixed reaction times of insects with the physical strength of a whale and took down Aqualad in a single move. It was pretty darn cool." The changeling smiled smugly. "Not to mention that she showed me some mythological creatures in her book and I can turn into them too, since I know the base animals they're made of."

"That's…" Mento trailed off, unable to finish his sentence.

"Amazing." Rita said softly as her stare on the half demon softened as well. "What can you turn into?"

"A phoenix and a chimera, so far. There's a couple more I wanna try before long though."

"A chimera, huh? That's pretty cool, Green Bean." Robotman nudged Negativeman, who nodded.

"Dude, I know right?"

"Gar, we're getting off topic here." Raven bumped shoulders with him, then glanced at Mento. "Besides, Mento's extremely curious about us."

"How did you know that, young lady?" Said purple-clad hero raised an eyebrow.

"You're not the only empath in the room." Raven murmured as she locked eyes with Rita. "I'm quite aware that you very much disapprove of me."

"You're a demon, of course I don't approve of you."

"Half-demon." The young sorceress corrected her again. "And despite whatever protest you have against my bloodline, you should know that your disapproval means nothing to me. Gar and I are bonded mind, body, and soul. I'm the one who said you four should be told because you're his family just as much as I or the other Titans are."

Before Elastigirl or Mento could start an argument, another voice spoke up. "Just leave them be."

Surprised heads turned to Larry, aka Negativeman. He looked pretty relaxed in his chair and gave them a shrug in response to their stares. "What's the point in getting mad about it? Mento is a psychic with borderline unstable powers, Rita changes sizes, Cliff is a brain in a robotic body, I'm pretty much a corpse with a detachable soul, Beast Boy is a green shapeshifter, Starfire is an alien, Cyborg is half-machine, and Robin was trained by the most anti-social megalomaniac on the planet. So what if Raven is a half demon? None of us are normal, so there's no point in getting mad about them being together."

Rita stuttered while Mento was silent. "B-but they're so young! They're not married and they aren't ready for a child!"

"You're right, Miss Rita." Raven's eyes were downcast and Mento flinched at the raw uncertainty and fear that emanated from her. "I'm not ready to be a mother. I'm not ready for anything like that at all. How could I even be a mother when my own didn't raise me? How could I hope to be a parent when my father, the demonic warlord Trigon, raped my mother, who then attempted to commit suicide? How could I be a good mother when I was raised by monks that spent my entire childhood and early teens teaching me to control my emotions, least they break everything around me or summon Trigon? How could I even do this? I mean, yes, I destroyed my father last year and I've been learning to feel emotions without things going wrong around me, but where does that give me the right to be what I'm going to become?"

For a long while, nobody spoke. The other Titans were nervous, seeing as they had never seen Raven so…upset. Cliff and Larry didn't have anything to say just yet. Rita and Mento were both lost in thought when the television behind them suddenly flickered on. There was a flash of light and an obnoxious voice started speaking.

"Hey Titans, just popping in for a bit to see Seymour and I was gonna ask Raven to proof-read my latest fan…"

The whole room was staring at Control Freak, who had just looked up from a stack of papers he was holding. He looked at the Titans, his gaze lingering on Starfire (who shivered), then drifted towards the Doom Patrol.

"Fiction." He said slowly, realizing he had showed up at a very bad time. A bubble of magic formed over the papers, which drifted to Raven's outstretched hand.

"Definitely not one of your finer moments, Eugene." She said, raising an eyebrow at the former villain.

"Aw come on! You guys haven't seen me since chapter 5 and I gotta let you know I'm not just a background character! I'm important too, like in the next chapter when I-"

Beast Boy hopped up and clamped his hand over his friends' mouth. "Dude, seriously, no spoilers. Just go see Seymour already, we'll catch up to you in a bit."

Control Freak nodded vigorously and waddled rather quickly towards the door. He tossed Starfire a wink.

"Please, friend Beast Boy, tell Control Freak that I find his attentions most uncomforting." Starfire shuddered as Robin started foaming at the mouth in irritation.

Gar chuckled. "Oh he knows, Star, trust me. He still thinks yer hot though."

He turned away from Starfire and Robin's disgusted looks to see Mento looking him in the eye.

"So now what, Beast Boy? Where do you go from here?" His mentor and father-figured asked him in a stern but quiet way.

The verdant changeling looked at him hard for a moment. "You think I should marry Raven so that the kid isn't born out of…what's the word…wedloop?"

"Wedlock." Mento nodded, noting that this 'bond' Raven mentioned had brought Beast Boy some clarity of mind. It was an unexpected, but most certain welcome, surprise to find that someone had finally convinced the boy to use his brain.

Raven and Rita both looked at Mento, then Garfield in opened mouth surprise. The teen was in deep thought for a moment before he shrugged. "I think you're right Mento…but I think you're wrong too."

Multiple sets of eyes raised eyebrows in slight confusion as the changeling shrugged.

"I'm not against the idea at all. I couldn't be happier to have Raven by my side for the rest of my life. But I don't want her to think that she has to marry me 'cause she's having my kid. I'd want her to marry me 'cause she wants to. And we've only been together for a little while…so I want to take that time to make sure she wants to spend the rest of her life with me."

"Kid, that's the smartest thing I've ever heard you say." Robotman started laughing. "Man, why didn't you hook up with this chick sooner? She coulda knocked some sense into yer thick skull years ago!"

"Nah, I don't think so." Garfield said instantly, causing Cliff to stop laughing. "I was way too immature back then and I'm still pretty immature now. I had to grow up a bit and learn more about this complicated girl before I had a chance with her."

The Doom Patrol gaped at him, just now realizing how much he had changed over the years with the Titans. Raven couldn't keep the smug smile off of her face.

"This doesn't mean you're going to get out blessing." Rita crossed her arms and looked away.

"Oh, yer gonna give them a blessing or else." Cliff said as he got up and stomped his way to stand behind the surprised teens.

"Or else what?" This came from Mento, whose tone became very cold.

"Or else I'll quit the Doom Patrol and help these kids out as much as I can."

Mento and Rita's eyes almost popped out of their skulls, but Robotman cut them off before they could argue. "Don't even start with yer shit Mento. You're the reason the green bean left us to begin with, always tryin' to turn him into something he's not. He's not a hardass like you. And on top of that, I heard you bragging to people that 'your son led a counter charge against the Brotherhood of Evil and rescued not only his team, but dozens of other young heroes and then imprisoned the Brotherhood in ice'!"

Garfield gaped at Mento, who couldn't look up to meet his gaze.

Negativeman suddenly joined his teammate and crossed his arms to stare at his teamleaders. "Cliff has a point. Rita, weren't you just telling me a couple of weeks ago that you were looking forward to the day when Garfield would settle down with a nice girl?"

Now it was Rita's turn to look away from Gar's gaze. Cliff gave a robotic equivalent to a snort. After a moment, Mento spoke slowly.

"How did you get pregnant? It was my understanding that Beast Boy…that Garfield was sterile, as were interdimensional half breeds like you."

"As disturbing as this sounds, my demon half is responsible for the pregnancy. She exists as a separate entity within my consciousness, confined so that she can't do anything. But on that night the drink somehow let her and all my other contained emotions out. Instead of causing havoc, they all set their sights on Garfield…" Raven's face began to heat up as she tried to rush the rest of her explanation. "Anyways, my demon half decided it would be a good idea to bind him to us bodily via pregnancy, which I assure you I did not approve. She did so by using my magic to forcibly evolve his DNA over and over until it bound to…mine."

"So this bond…it's mental and emotional as well?"

"Yes. Our emotions feed and feed off of each other. As you saw a few minutes ago, I got angry with you and within moments it affected Gar. Even though I had calmed down, his anger affected me too. On top of that, our bond allows us to locate each other."

"Hmmm." Garfield's adopted father leaned forward from his chair and studied them. "I wouldn't think regular alcohol would affect an individual such as yourself."

"I don't either, which is why we're going to confront our drugger very soon." Raven nodded then turned to Cyborg. "Who did it, Cy? I know that you know."

Cyborg hesitated, looking around at all the faces that were watching him. He quickly ran through his options.

One, I can lie. But Raven and Mento are empaths so that wouldn't work. Two, run like hell. But everyone here is faster than me but Mento and Robotman, so I ain't getting far. Three, shut down. It might work for a bit, but both Rob and Raven know how to turn me back on and I'm sure Mento and Robotman could figure it out too….

That left his only option to tell the truth. He sighed and closed his eye. "Kid Flash."

Instantly Raven whipped out her communicator and dialed Jinx, who picked up after a few minutes.

"Hey Raven, what's going on?" The pink haired girl asked cheerfully.

"I'm pregnant." Raven told her in a neutral tone.

Jinx's eyes popped open. "YOU'RE WHAT?"

"I only repeat things for Garfield because he doesn't listen half the time." Raven rolled her eyes before setting a cold glaze on her pink counterpart. "Why don't you and Wally drop in? I'd like to have a talk."

"Okay…" Jinx said slowly before she hung up.

After only a couple of minutes, the security system detected two arrivals. Their clearance codes got them in and they made their way to the common room. Upon opening the door, however, they both stopped. There appeared to be a meeting of some sort going on and they had just unwittingly become the center of attention.

"Hello Jinx, hello Kid Flash." Raven said with a dark smile as they approached the couch. "I'm glad you could join us."

"Uhh…yeah, sure Raven." Jinx eyed the people in purple uniforms just like Beast Boys'. "So what's up, you wanted to talk to us?"

"Well, not quiet you so much as Wally."

Kid Flash bolted at that moment, knowing the jig was up. Before anyone could blink, he was at the door.

He bounced off a black magic shield. Not missing a beat, he blasted off towards another exit, only to find all of them blocked. He stopped against the northern wall and looked behind him.

Raven was coming, in all her demonic fury. "You know, Wally, I thought we were friends. Why are you running from me?"

"You'll never catch me, Raven. Not in this life or the next." Kid Flash began to vibrate at ultra-high speeds and he backed into the wall behind him.

And abruptly bounced off it too.

He froze in fear, realizing that Raven's magic was preventing him from leaving. He attempted to vibrate through the floor next, only to be stopped yet again.

"I don't think you understand what you've done, Wally." Raven hissed, now much closer.

"I don't want to do this anymore!" Wally shouted, fear in his eyes, just before Raven's tendrils of black magic wrapped around him.

"Raven, please don't break my boyfriend!" Jinx shouted as she was firmly pushed back by a tendril.

"I'm not going to break him, Jinx." Raven snorted. "But he needs to understand the severity of his actions. If my powers had gone out of control, they may have killed everyone in the building."

"I'M NOT TAKING THE BLAME FOR THIS ANYMORE!" The yellow speedster shouted, his eyes darting around. Everyone paused, staring at him before a quiet voice spoke up.

"Please, friend Raven…put Kid Flash down."

Slowly, Raven turned towards Starfire, who had her eyes planted on the floor. Her anger washed out of her, replaced by a tide of confusion.

"Starfire?"

"It was not really our friends fault." Star fidgeted. "It was mine."

Raven could feel the breath leaving her as her magic dissipated, leaving a shaking Kid Flash behind. "But…how? When?"

"I requested our friend to put a few drops of a special liquid into yours and friend Beast Boy's drinks."

"Liquid?"

"The closest translation from Tamara to Earthling would be the myuilian potion. It is a liquid made by the seer-priests of my world for individuals that have problems expressing themselves to the people they care most about." The alien girl lifted her eyes for to look at Raven guiltily. "It was only my intention that you each receive one drop of the potion but Wally misunderstood me."

"Why one drop?" Gar asked from the couch.

"One drop would have given you both the courage to tell each other how you really feel."

"How much did he put in our drinks?" Raven approached her orange skinned friend, feeling her anger rising again.

Starfire was quiet for a long time before she spoke softly. "The whole bottle."

"What effects would a whole bottle split between two individuals include?"

"I do not know, friend Raven, I have never witnessed the effects before that night."

Raven slapped her, causing everyone to wince. Starfire's eyes lit up with tears

"You drugged us, Starfire. Why the in the name of Trigon would you do that?!"

"I am sorry! I was afraid for you!"

The sorceress hesitated. "Afraid? Of what?"

"You were starting to withdraw from everyone again, fighting with friend Beast Boy more and more!" Starfire's tears were pouring now. "Raven…I am sorry…I was just trying to help…you being with child was an accident…"

Raven glared at her. "Accidents can happen, but what you did to us was very much on purpose."

"You have betrayed my trust, Starfire of Tamaran." She said coldly as she turned away. "It will take quite some time before you earn it back."

Starfire sank to her knees as Robin ran to comfort her. Before he could say anything to Starfire or Raven, the half demon stopped and looked over her shoulder, her temper already fading as she listened to her friend weep.

"You'll start by babysitting." She said softly.


PLOT TWIST!

Who was expecting that, eh?

That's right. None of you. :P