Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans…-sighs- OR Batman…-another sigh- Goddamn it…OR The Birds of Prey…there HAPPY NOW? All I own is just the plot and Crissy.

Notes: At the bottom, silly.

New Titans:

Chapter 18:

Gar sat on the large oak chair with a smile, as a little girl climbed into his lap. "Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas little girl, and what do you want this Christmas?" He was playing Santa Claus at the Jump City mall.

The girl smiled, "My mommy to come home." Her brown hair was matty, as her green eyes searched his.

Gar's face fell, and a sharp pain hit his heart as he looked at the little girl. "Where's your mommy at?" He asked, and looked around. He quickly saw that she was with the orphanage.

"I don't know. She left me at the shelter, and never came back." The girl said, and sniffled a bit.

Gar rubbed the little girls back, and smiled. "It'll be okay…"

The little girl smiled, "Thank you, Santa." She climbed off his lap, and Gar looked at one of the elves.

"Who was she?" He asked, and the elf sighed.

"I don't know. I've never seen her before."

Gar sighed, and looked around the mall. But he didn't see the little girl, his attention was brought back to what he was doing when another little kid jumped in his lap.

"Ho-ho-ho!"

-Meanwhile-

-Titans Tower-

Kory watched Cris' breathing, and kissed her forehead. Her and Dick had just gotten home last night, and didn't have enough energy to even make it through the front doors without passing out. So Kory came now to visit with her daughter, and Dick was sitting about two feet away, silently observing.

"She'll be fine, Star. I mean look how you turned out." Dick told her, and wrapped his arms around her waist. Trying hard to reassure his wife that their daughter would be fine.

"I know Richard, but sometimes transformations don't go like mine did….Sometimes they end very badly, and I don't want that to happen to her. That's all."

Dick's grip tightened on her waist, as he buried his face in her neck. "Mmh, baby. She'll be fine, she's a fighter."

Kory nodded, and smiled wearily. "I know, Richard. I know." They spent the next few minutes just staring at Cris' unmoving body.

"Guys, we need you to come downstairs. Something's up." Cyborg's voice rang through, and Dick and Kory left the room.

"What's up Cy?" Dick, now dressed as Nightwing, said as he fixed his mask.

"Cinderblock is loose at the mall." Cyborg reported, and Nightwing nodded.

"Titans move out!"

The team headed to the garage, and sped off towards the mall. They arrived and saw that Gar was hiding the kids in a store, Gar noticed the team and changed into his outfit in a flash.

"TITANS GO!" Nightwing yelled, and the team took off.

Starfire looked around the area, searching for anyone that Changeling might of missed. She turned around to see a bench hurling her way, "SHIT!" She screamed, and grabbed the bench. Her eyes glowed, and she lit the bench up. "GAAH!" She threw the bench back, and it hit Cinderblock right in the head.

Cinderblock turned to face Starfire, and was hit with two bolts of electricity from Bumblebee.

Cinderblock noticed a teenaged girl hiding behind a pole, and he grabbed her. She squirmed in his arms, and got extremely pissed.

"HIYA!" She said, as her foot came in contact with his shoulder and Cinderblock staggered back.

A night-a-rang flew past Cinderblock's head, as Nightwing landed a punch on him. Cinderblock was getting angry and he went to hit Nightwing, but ended up getting blown back by a barrage of starbolts and Cyborg's sonic cannon.

"BOO-YAH!" Cyborg yelled, and Changeling appeared at his side.

"Changeling blitz?" He asked, and Cyborg grinned.

"Well alright!" The two titans attacked Cinderblock, and he went down.

Raven wrapped two poles around him, and Nightwing threw a freeze disk at his head.

"Good job, Titans." Nightwing then turned to the girl, "And you? What were you thinking? You should have been in the store with the rest of the children." He scolded, and Changeling looked at the girl.

"How'd you do that!" He exclaimed, and the girl shrugged.

"My father taught me." She said shortly, and looked at Nightwing.

"Who are you?" Starfire asked, as she floated a few centimeters beside her husband.

"My names Cassandra Cain, but you can call me Cass."

Nightwing looked at the girl intently, she had shoulder length black hair with hazy blue eyes. "Alright, Cass. May I ask what you were doing out here, and not in the stores hiding with everyone else? Cinderblock is a hard criminal to stand up against for someone like you."

Cass shrugged, "My father taught me well, Nightwing. But, thank you for your concern. I'm fine."

Nightwing looked at the girl, and smiled. 'I know just who to send her to.' "So, why were you here then?" He asked, and Cass looked down at her feet.

"I-I want to be a hero like you…my father…he's done some horrible things. And my mother has also, I don't want to be like them. I want to be my own person."

"Alright."

The Titans, especially Starfire, were shocked at Nightwing's answer. And they all turned to him, with their mouths wide open.

"Man, you aren't going to pat her down or something?" Changeling asked, and Nightwing chuckled.

"No, I have my reasons. Now lets get back to the Tower. Changeling and Star, you two go and get the civilians out of the stores and tell them it's all right. Cyborg I want you to take Cass with you, the girls will help me clean this place up a little."

They all nodded, and went to do their respective chores, leaving Cyborg with Cass.

"Alright lil' lady, lets get home." He said, and Cass nodded. They drove back to the Titans Tower in silence, and finally Cass turned to him.

"How come he let me come with you guys? Isn't he scared that I might betray you all or something?"

Cyborg shrugged, "Trust me, we've gone through betrayal before its nothing really new to us. But, if 'Wings doing this, then he must have a good reason. Plus, Star's going to get it out of him somehow."

Cass nodded, and Cyborg looked at the entrance of the Tower to see an unhappy looking Robin.

"Shit." He muttered, as he turned the T-Car off and got out. "Rob! What's up lil' man?"

Robin's mask narrowed, "I'm not in the mood. What happened to Cris?" He snapped, and Cyborg shook his head.

"Listen Rob, they didn't call you because they didn't want you to worry. But apparently either you hacked into security system, which is highly unlikely, OR you were eavesdropping."

Robin looked down at the last one, but then looked right back up. "I want to see her." He snapped, and Cyborg nodded.

Cass followed the two boys in, and looked around the Titans Tower in awe. It wasn't particularly clean, there were some pizza boxes and milk cartons, but it was HUGE.

"Alright, lil lady. I'm going to bring Robin to Sage, and I'll be right back." Cyborg told Cris, and Cris nodded. She watched them leave, and a few minutes later Cyborg returned.

"Where's the bathroom?" She asked, and Cyborg chuckled.

"Down the hall and to your left."

Cass nodded, and made her way down the hall. But instead of going to her left, she went up the stairs and down another hallway. She opened the Med door, and saw Robin leaning over a girl. The girl was extremely pretty, and she looked as if she was in a coma.

"Cris, I never told you that I loved you."

A surge of jealousy ran through Cass's veins, and she wasn't sure why. Shaking it off, she listened on.

"You're like the little sister that I never wanted, but loved having around….please wake up soon. You're scaring me, and everyone else."

Cass watched as Robin's hand tightened on the girl's and a tear fell from under his mask.

"Ahem." She said, and Robin's head shot up. He ran a gloved hand through his jet-black hair, and turned a bright red.

"Uh…How long have you been standing there?" He asked sheepishly, and Cass smirked.

"Only a little bit….Who is she?" Cass asked, and Robin stood. He placed a kiss on the girl's forehead and he walked over to Cass.

"That's Sage…she's Nightwing and Starfire's daughter." He told her, as they left the room.

"Oh. Is she okay?" Cass asked, and Robin nodded.

"She will be, she's just in a coma like trance. Hopefully, she'll come out soon." Robin said, and Cass noticed the uneasiness in his voice as he said that.

They walked into the main room, and Cyborg let out a sigh of relief. "I thought you got lost!" He said, as Cass and Robin laughed.

Just then the rest of the Titans walked in, and Changeling was wearing his Santa outfit.

"Come on Rae! You know it's hot!" He said, and winked at her.

Raven shot him a glare, "Garfield. Stop."

Changeling's ears drooped, and Raven sighed. She couldn't stand the fact that her boyfriend was sad, "Fine. Its…hot." She said, and Changeling kissed her.

"I KNEW IT!" He cheered, and Raven rolled her eyes.

"The things I do for you." She muttered, and floated over to her corner and opened her book that was on the table.

Changeling smirked, and ditched the outfit. He then noticed Robin, "Dude!" He said, and gave Robin a high five.

"Robin." Nightwing greeted, and Robin looked up at his brother.

"Why didn't you tell me! What if something happened to her! I mean it's a good thing that I'm nosy! Did you even PLAN on telling me! I-"

"Tim, please." Starfire said, and Robin noticed her tear-filled eyes.

"Star, I'm sorry." He said, and walked over to her. Pulling the distraught alien into a hug, he felt her tears flow onto his outfit. Then he felt Nightwing take his wife into his arms, and Robin watched as he consoled her.

"Shh, Star." He cooed, and kissed her head. His body rocked back in forth, as Star calmed down and ceased her sobbing.

Finally, she pulled back and smiled weakly at Cass. "I'm quite sorry about that…I am fueled by my emotions."

Cass noticed that Starfire was grounded on the floor, instead of floating. And she nodded to the older woman, she then turned to their leader. "So, why did you bring me here?"

Nightwing smiled a bit, "I want you to go back to Gotham with Robin, I have someone over there who will be willing to train you." He said, and Cass raised her eyebrows.

"Batman?" She asked, and Nightwing shook his head.

"Not exactly. You'll see." He said, and Robin raised an eyebrow.

"Dick, what are you talking about?"

Cass noticed that the Titans were calling each other by their real names, and smirked. She couldn't wait to meet who ever 'Dick' was going to send her to. She wondered if she would be able to work with Robin, or Batman for that matter.

"You'll see." Nightwing chimed again, and walked off with Starfire following in his wake. Both of them talking quietly, and Starfire nodding her head.

"Does he always just walk off?" Cass asked, and the Titans just nodded.

"Well lil' lady, we should give you the run down." Cyborg said with a grin, "My real names Vic Stone. Robin's is Timothy Drake. Raven's is Rachel Roth, but we just call her Raven-"

Bumblebee jumped in, "I'm Karen Beecher, and Changeling is Gar Logan." She pointed up, "Starfire is Kory Grayson, and 'Wing is Dick Grayson. Their daughter's name is Crystal Grayson, but we call her Cris or Crissy."

Cass nodded, and Gar walked out. "DUDES! I can't find my Slipknot shirt!"

The team rolled their eyes, and Raven looked up from her book. "Gar, did you check the closet?"

Gar turned a faint red, and ran out of the room. Raven just went back to reading, with a small smile on her face.

"Rrright."

-6:43 p.m.-

-Gotham City-

The Oracle sat in her chair, and looked over the computer screens. Her mind was working hard on a crime, that she didn't hear her phone ring. Finally the phone's incessant ringing broke her trance.

"Hello?" She said, and typed in some information on the computer.

"Barbara?"

Babs smiled to hear Kory's sweet voice over the phone, she and Kory had kept in touch and both girls were closer than ever.

"Hey Kor. What's up?"

"Richard wants to know if you can do him a favor." Kory asked, with a certain uneasiness. And Babs could hear Dick in the background.

"STAR! I didn't want her to know it was ME!" Dick said, and Babs heard Star smack him on the arm.

"Richard, I am doing you a favor. Suck it up, as they say."

Babs snorted, and let out a sigh. "Alright, what does he want me to do?"

Kory giggled, "He would like you to train a girl that we met today at the mall. Barbara, she is extremely talented and seems to have the same…wit, as you do."

Babs paused and considered it, it would be a good thing to have another Batgirl around Gotham. 'Especially when I'm working with the Birds of Prey now.' "All right, Kory. Tell him I'll do it."

She heard Kory talk to Dick, and then Dick's voice came into the earpiece.

"Thanks Babs, this means a lot to me."

Babs rolled her eyes, "Whatever, Dick. I'm only doing this because Kory asked me to. If you did it, then I would have said no."

Dick scoffed, "Bitch."

"RICHARD! Be nice to Barbara! She just did you a large favor! Apologize!" Kory demanded, and Babs couldn't help but giggle.

"But Star-" Dick pleaded.

"Richard John Grayson." Came Kory's strong voice, and Babs knew that Dick had lost.

"Fine…" She heard Dick's breath back on the mouthpiece. "I'm sorry for calling you a bitch, Babs. That was rude of me."

"You are so whipped."

Dick sighed, "Don't I know it." Babs could hear the cheekiness in his voice as he said it, though. And she knew he loved every minute of it.

"I have to finish this. So I'll talk to you later." Babs said, and started typing again.

"Bye Babs."

"Hey Dick?"

"Yeah Babs?"

"I hope Cris gets better. She's a good kid." Babs said, and she heard Dick sigh to himself.

"Me too, me too Babs." She heard him click off, and Babs shook her head. 'He's so whipped' She thought with a giggle, and returned to her work.

-10:32 p.m.-

-Titans Tower-

Dick stood with his arms crossed over his chest looking out the window focusing on the city lights of Jump City from the roof. He didn't say a word he just stared out in deep thought.

Kory watched him from the floor of the roof, as he paced the edge. She let out a sigh, and made her way over to her husband. "Richard, you are beginning to worry me."

His right hand lifted to her face, as he gently caressed her cheek with the pad of his thumb and she immediately closed her eyes to the softness of his touch. He felt her relax into his body, as he wrapped his left arm around her and his right hand lightly stroked her hair.

They were interrupted by Tim walked out, the teen stopped and looked at them. "I thought you two would be sleeping by now."

Dick just shrugged, and Kory rested her head back on his shoulder.

Tim walked over to them, "I'm scared." He admitted, and the couple turned to look at him.

"Of what Tim?" Kory asked, and turned around. Dick's arm snaked around her waist again, and kept her close to his body.

"Of losing Cris, she's like a sister to me. And I…I'd miss the brat." He said, and looked out at a the bay.

"We're all afraid of losing her, Tim. Its alright." Dick said, and Kory closed her eyes.

"She loves you too, Tim. Even if she doesn't tell you, she does. When you leave, she gets all mopey and sits in her room listing to your CDs." Kory told him, and Dick nodded.

Tim smiled a little, "I miss her too. It's weird being the only teen in the manor with Bruce, sometimes I'll call her and we'll just talk."

Dick nodded, "We know. She gets all happy, and flies around the rooms."

Tim chuckled, and let out a small yawn. "Thanks guys. I'm going to head to bed now."

Kory nodded, and opened one eye. "If you ever need to talk Tim, we're right here."

Tim smiled at her sincerely, and nodded his head. "I know, Kory. Thank you." He walked out, and they heard his boots click on the stairs as he walked away.

"She'll be alright, right Richard?" Kory asked, and Dick sighed.

"One can only hope. He's taking this harder than I thought he would." He told her, and Kory just nodded.

"We should head to bed now, Richard."

Dick nodded, "Come on Star." He grabbed her hand, and they walked to their room.

They both changed, and Dick sat down at his desk for a moment.

Kory crawled into bed, and let out a whimper. "Come lay with me, please."

Dick chuckled, and turned off his lamp. He made his way to his side of the bed, and took off his sunglasses. Sliding into the cold satin sheets, he felt for Kory's warmth.

She snuggled against him as her head rested on his chest and her warm breath covered his neck making his skin tingle. She felt his arms slowly embrace her, and hold her close as she quickly drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

Dick smiled feeling her against him, feeling her breath go even and her body go limp, as she finally drifted off. He smiled feeling that very familiar tingle that only she could cause in him. He closed his eyes again, and fell into a dreamless sleep.

-8:11 a.m.-

It was silent in the halls of Titans Tower, as the members of it slept soundly in their beds.

Slowly one of the Titans' woke, but this Titan had been in a sleep for several days now. And now she has awoken from her sleep. Her jade eyes scanned the Med Lab, as she cracked her neck.

"What happened?" She asked herself, and rubbed her temple. Her eyes adjusted to the lights as she sat up in her bed.

She moved a strand of black hair out of her face, as she coughed a little. Standing up, Cris ripped off the tubes and ran over to the bathroom. She let out a small smile, as she washed her hands, and then she looked up at her reflection.

She looked older, as her hair was a bit straighter and her eyes were a deeper green. Cris lit up a starbolt, and gasped.

"What happened to me!?"

Okay! Here's the new chapter! -eye twitches- Dont kill me, please! Gosh, you guys are VERY demanding reviewers...lol. Right on. Sooo Gar's playing Santa, Cass is now introduced, and Cris is awake...-gasps- But, whats wrong with her??? Well you're gonna half to wait and find out..haha.

Review/ers: Tara Malcov...you are SOO funny. You make me giggle so much! Lol. I cant believe I forgot about the second nevermore trip! -slaps forehead-That actually is coming up in like...three or so chapters..its going to be quite funny because they talk about it. OH! We have new reviewers -waves- "Hi!" Question Time!!!:: Tara Malov..Q: How come Slade had dirty blonde hair? A:: Cause, I mixed the show and the comics together. His hair WILL change..But thats not till WAY, WAY later. Q:: How come I called Bruce the Black Knight? A:: I was having a brunette moment, and forgot to write 'dark knight'..lol! Hehe...my bad.

Important Notes: Okay, so like ALL of you said that you wanted info on Cris' life before the Titans? It's called, Shining Crystals. It's about three short chapters, and it tells you why Cris is the way she is...so review this, THEN read and review that...okay good.

Now review! And I thank you all for reading my EXTREMELY long notes. lol. Goal: 235 reviews. Okay?

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