Chapter 11
Raven finished cutting her long hair back to her bob style. It was the official mark of everything being normal. When she stepped outside, everyone was celebrating in the kitchen. "I propose a toast!" Beast Boy said, raising a glass of soda. "Here's to saving the world!"
"To saving the world!" They all clangled glasses.
"We really did kick some serious ass." Dean said.
"Yeah," Robin agreed, "we make a great team."
Sam nodded as he saw Raven walk in. "Looks nice."
"It's not as nice as yours." She nodded towards it. They all laughed and made their jokes. They made sure to soak in as much time with each other as they could in the moment they had.
In the end, Sam and Dean had all of their things packed and ready. Starfire was the first to say "Do you have to leave already?"
Dean nodded reluctantly. "Someone somewhere needs our help with their supernatural troubles."
"But we'll meet again, right?" Beast Boy asked.
"Hopefully on better circumstances." Sam answered.
"Or if we can save the world again, that'd be great!" Dean added.
As they said their goodbyes, Sam caught a glimpse at Raven. It was nice to see her happy. When she noticed him looking at her, she gave him a slight smile back.
"Well, when there's trouble, you know who to call." Robin said again. "You have the communicator, right?"
Dean took it out of his pocket. "Check." He said. "You guys take care." The Winchesters stepped into the elevator and waved a final time before the doors closed.
Right when they were going to go back to their lives, the Titans turned around and noticed Raven was missing. She met the brothers down in the garage. As soon as the doors opened, Dean knew what it was about and proceeded to get the Impala ready.
"I wanted to give you a proper goodbye," she said, "and to thank you for helping us."
He placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a genuine smile. Looking into her eyes, the smile softened. Then, he pleasured her with a gentile kiss. But she pulled away soon after.
"You're very nice, Sam Winchester. I'm sure we'll meet again."
"Soon." He nodded. "Well, we have to go and protect the rest of the country. Maybe we'll cross paths."
"I'd like that."
After saying a final goodbye, Sam got into the car. "It's about time." Dean commented as he started it up and drove off. "Little Sammy's gonna miss his little girlfriend?"
"Shut up." He laughed. "She not my girlfriend."
"Yeah, cuz she's way too young for you."
"Not too young." He said. "She's of legal age, but it doesn't matter because I didn't sleep with her."
"Not too young." He imitated him. "If you have to use two hands to count the age difference, the gap's too big."
They laughed. "But that whole trip made me pretty aware of how life could've been if we weren't in the hunting business." Dean didn't respond right away, so he continued. "I mean, I woke up in a girl's arms, we watched TV while the kids gossiped, you made them food… And it made me wonder how different our lives would be if we were normal and if we just settled down."
"I can't even imagine." He said. "This is just who we are."
"And it also made me remember why our job is so important. We're there to help when no one else can. Even a group of superheroes didn't know half the stuff we do."
"You're right. We're professionals."
"And the end result is so rewarding. There were so many people we saved today. We saved the whole world!"
Dean scoffed. "It seems like you were on quite a spiritual journey."
"What about you? You didn't have any epiphanies?" He prodded.
"Yeah." He nodded. "All that you said, and comic book heroes are real, aliens exist, and Tamaranean foods are the best energy source ever."
They laughed as they drove off, leaving Titans Tower to slowly disappear in the distance. The Winchesters didn't know if they'd ever see them again. But it was certain that when the demons came for them, the world could rest in their hands.
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