A/N: As several of you predicted a few chapters ago, here we have it! Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to the first of the next generation of heroes; the Tornado Twins.
Disclaimer: If I owned the Teen Titans, then this would be canon. I want you to think about that very carefully for a moment. And now that you've stopped panicking at that notion, may I point out that I have not owned the Teen Titans for thirty-six chapters previously. Do you really think that has changed?
I refuse to answer that question for you.
"Thank you so much for doing this at the last minute Wally," an exhausted-looking Iris West-Allen said as she handed Don to her nephew.
"No problem, Aunt Iris," Wally said, smiling as he adjusted his grip on his three-month old cousin, who looked about five thanks to rapid-aging (that had been one chaotic and destructive hospital visit that Wally never wanted to see repeated. EVER.) "There are five of us here; we'll be able to look after Don and Dawn just fine."
Iris smiled, looking at Jinx, who was currently been begged for a piggy-back ride by Dawn. "I bet you will," she kissed her nephew on the cheek, and then turned away towards her husband. Barry, in full Flash regalia, smirked at Wally, and then swept Iris off her feet, bridal style, and dashed away.
"So kiddo, what do you want to do?" Wally asked Don, who flashed his pearly-whites at Wally.
"Run!" Don declared, squirming in Wally's grip. "Want to run!"
"Run?" Dawn demanded, losing her grip on Jinx's shoulders, tumbling towards the floor. Jinx let out a panicked cry and managed to catch the little girl before she hit. "Run! Run!"
"Crud," Jinx muttered.
"Race!" Don suggested, beaming widely.
"Race!" Dawn agreed, her smile scarily identical to that of her brother's, which didn't make sense, since they aren't supposed to be identical if they are fraternal twins. Dawn finished worming her way out of Jinx's grip, and then took off, chanting, "You can't catch me, you can't catch me, slow-poke, slow-poke!"
"Not fair!" Don screamed, taking off after her Wally's grip upon seeing his little cousin hit fifty kilometers per hour. "Cheater!"
"Slow-poke!"
"False starter!"
"Feet dragger!"
"Cheater!"
"Ha! You already said that!"
Wally knelt next to Jinx, who looked horrified. "You okay, beautiful?"
Jinx cradled her face in her hands. "We're going to be stuck with them for twelve hours."
"Hey, don't worry!" He said, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm great with kids!"
"Hey Dawny, look! This guy's on fire!"
"That's not good!"
"I know!"
"Where's the faucet?"
The couple exchanged looks. "Uh-oh," Jinx said flatly.
Wally scooped her up, just as Uncle Barry had done for Aunt Iris, and dashed them into the common room, where he discovered Dawn standing on Don's shoulders, wielding the extendible faucet at Hot Spot, who was now very damp, and in his de-powered state. And he was, quite literally, steaming in anger.
"Donny," Dawn said, looking down at her brother, a solemn expression on her face, "I don't think Fire Guy liked his shower."
"Wow, would you look at that?" Wally asked, setting Jinx down and then dashing over to his cousins, grabbing Don and slinging him under his left arm, while doing the same for Dawn with his right. "Two adorable little speedsters, causing mayhem, trying to drown my teammate…"
Hot Spot glowered at Wally. "West, if you ever have children, know that you will be expected to teach them manners. And they better not come in pairs!"
"Pfft," Wally said, shrugging as best as he could with two squirming children under his arms. "Come on Spotty. What are the odds that my Uncle and I have twins?"
"Low," Argent said, looking up from her reading of Pride and Prejudice. "Very low. And if you do knock Jinx up with twins, be warned that she will be highly likely to kill you."
"Why would she do that?" Wally asked, although both he and Jinx were blushing heavily.
Argent just rolled her eyes, and went back to Darcy and Elizabeth.
"Waaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyyyyyyy," Don complained, "I'm hungry."
"Ooh, ooh!" Dawn said, looking up at him with eager eyes, "Can we have cookies?"
"Cookies!" Don nodded in agreement. "Chocolate chip or macadamia nut or oatmeal or snicker doodles or raisin—"
"Ewwwww," Dawn made a face. "Why d'ya want bug cookies!"
"Raisins aren't dead bugs," Don informed her, making a face.
"Yeah they are," Dawn replied, looking as superior as a five-year-old-who-was-really-a-three-month-old was capable of being. "Uncle Hal told me so."
Don's eyes went huge. "Really?"
"Really."
"EW! And Daddy let me eat them?"
"We don't have any cookies," Jinx said, taking Don out of Wally's grip, and placing him on her hip. "But if you two can play nice with Jericho and Hot Spot and Wally—" Jericho shot her a death glare from his spot on the couch "—I'll make you chocolate chip cookies."
"Really?" Don asked, looking up at her, eyes taking on an adoring quality. It did not escape Jinx's notice that Dawn and Wally were also shooting her the exact same look.
Speedsters. Feed them once, and they'd follow you to the end of the world.
"Really," Jinx confirmed. "Wally, why don't you go get that Lego set you keep in your room and pretend nobody knows about—" Wally made an indignant noise at that, which she ignored, "—and then you guys can help the twins build a castle or something."
"Can we build the Tower?" Dawn asked, perking up. "And then play dress up?"
The Titan boys visibly wilted at the latter suggestion; their minds producing images of tea parties and princess dresses. "Sure," Wally managed, looking utterly miserable.
Jinx rolled her eyes, set Don on the floor, and then went to bake cookies.
"And, we're done!" Wally said, grinning as he lifted Don up to put the final piece of their three-feet tall replica of a gigantic T.
"That was fun!" Dawn said, beaming. "Come on Don, let's go get the dress-up kit that Mommy packed for us in the bag!" The two grabbed hands, and then dashed off in search of their travel bag.
Wally flopped down on the floor. "Dress up. Brilliant."
"Princesses," Hot Spot, still depowered, groaned in agreement. "Silver, any chance of you helping me get out of this?"
"Not one, Spotty, I'm still reading," Argent said absently, turning the page.
Oh come on, Jericho signed, looking apprehensive. How bad can it—
"You finish signing that, and I will end you. Haven't you been in the hero business long enough to know that you shouldn't tempt fate?" Wally glared at the blonde musician, who shrugged.
"Look Wally, look!" The twins charged in, fully dressed. "I'm Batman!" Dawn spun around, beaming underneath her cowl.
Jinx emerged from the kitchen as she heard that, hands clapped solidly over her mouth to prevent herself from giggling.
Dawn was, indeed, dressed in a Batman costume. Don, striking a pose beside her, was Robin.
"Shouldn't you be Batgirl?" Hot Spot asked, looking confused.
The two children glared at him. "Don't be stupid," Dawn said.
"But—"
"Just for that," Jinx said, taking the costume bag from the twins and starting to fish around in it, "You get to be…" Her smirk turned evil. "Black Canary."
"No! No, no, no, no way in he—" He spared a glance for the kids and changed directions quickly, "—heck. No way in heck am I going to dress up as Black Canary."
"Black Canary, Zatanna, or Wonder Woman," Jinx said, throwing the costumes onto the ground with a smirk. "You chose." Hot Spot crossed his arms. "That's an order, Hot Spot."
"I hate you."
"I know."
"What about me?" Wally demanded, looking much calmer now that he was not faced with the prospect of dressing up as a princess.
She reached back into the bag and withdrew a cape. "Martian Manhunter. Here's the green dye."
"Can't I just be Elphaba?"
"Sorry, I don't have a black hat."
"Darn."
"Jericho, you get to be Superman."
Jericho looked highly amused, but accepted the cape and tights.
"Argent, when you're done, do you mind being the Flash?"
"Hey!" Wally protested, face half-green.
"Sure thing," Argent said. "As soon as I finish this chapter."
"What about you?" Hot Spot demanded, tentatively holding fishnets away from himself.
"I'm going to be a Green Lantern," Jinx said, glancing down at the bag. "Once the cookies are done."
"Ooh, cookies?" Dawn asked, looking eager.
"Soon," Jinx promised. "Oh look," she said, pointing at the couch, "I think it's Two-Face!"
"Two-Face!" Dawn gasped, spinning on her heel. "Come Robin, to the Batmobile!"
"We left the Batmobile at home," Don reminded her.
"Then jump!" The two launched themselves over the couch and started having a fake-battle with the pillows.
Prompt: Cross-dressing
A/N: Why did I dress Hot Spot up as Black Canary? Because it's a lovely reversal of gender-roles, and it shows guy super-heroes what it would be like if they had to dress like female ones...
Or was it because I thought it was funny? I forget.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Please review!
Hinn-Raven