Trigon continued to roar his triumph, power cosmic coursing through his veins, blood dripping from his fanged mouth. He roared again, and again, and the world shook with his roars.
As civilians, villains, and heroes alike quaked in respone to his roars, Raven sighed. Leaving her lounge chair, she floated up to his forehead, conjured a giant hand of dark energy with two fingers extended, and whacked him on the temple, right below his horn.
"Ow!" Trigon said, rubbing his forehead, and things slowly returned to normal.
"Okay, old man," Raven said, glowering at him. "YOu did your job. Now you can go home."
"Aw...you don't want me around anymore?"
"No, I don't want you frightening the civilians."
Trigon seemed to notice he was the center of attention. "Oh. That's a problem then?"
"Yes. It is."
"Very well. I'll be seeing you, then. But first..." he whispered in Raven's ear.
Raven glowered at him. "That wasn't part of our original deal."
"Please?" He somehow managed to perform a demonic equivalent to Beast Boy's 'the face.'
Raven sighed. "FINE. Fine, I'll talk it over with him when the time comes, and we'll see, okay?"
Trigon nodded, a pleased smile on his face, and vanished back to his own realm.
It took several weeks to clean up after the assault. Luckily, none of those who fought in the battle died, and most of the collaterall damage was easily cleaned up. Things slowly returned to the status quo, as part of the deal discussed with the villains and Mutant Brotherhood who pitched in was being allowed to return to their secret bases unmolested once it was all over - assuming there were bases to return to - followed by a 3 week non-illicit activities period.
During those three weeks, Raven and the other Titans sat and relaxed, reclaiming their energies for the near return to the old grind. Beast Boy lay curled around Raven, both near to sleep.
"Rae?" Garfield asked sleepily.
"Yeah?"
"What did you promise your father...to get him to help?"
*sigh* "An invitation to the wedding."
"He gonna be incognito?"
"Yeah. I insisted."
"Okay." They were both quiet for a while. "What else did he ask for at the end?"
"Christening and birthday invitations. I said I'd clear it with you once we had kids."
"Oh." Gar was quiet for a while. "We'll see how he behaves at the wedding."
"Right." They were quiet for a while longer. "Gar?"
"Yeah, Rae?"
"When are we going to get married?"
"...how's June sound?"
"Sounds good," Raven said, dozing off with a smile on her face.
"We'll work out the details tomorrow..." Garfield soon fell asleep as well.
