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All the titans remained frozen after Ravenie's exclamation, staring at Jake wide-eyed.

"J-Jake?" she stuttered, coming out of her shock.

Jake gave them half a smile and a shrug.

"But-you're dead..." she continued saying, her eyes wide.

"Well, I'm not, as you can see..." he said slowly, trying to let them all come to terms with the fact that he was still alive, trying not to alarm them any further.

Summer's eyes narrowed in distrust.

"How do we know you're not some sort of trap Creak or another villain has set up for us?" she asked.

"C'mon! Would Creak really clone ME and program me to make all his plans fail? Summer! You're smarter than that!" Jake exclaimed.

Summer crossed her arms.

Jake huffed, annoyed at his sister's unwillingness to trust him.

"Hmm, let's see how I'll prove to you guys that I'm real..." he said "Okay, here goes nothing, Summer, when you were little dad used to call you Sunny, a name which you outgrew around the time you were nine, Jade's nickname for me which has stuck all these years has been Jay-Jay and my own nickname for her has been Gemini. Ravenie, you told me you were pregnant the eve of your 17th birthday party and it took me two days to tell you Summer, you were the first one I told the truth about the baby. Then mom, dad, you guys found out two weeks after when I told you at the dinner table. Nightwing, I don't know when you found out about your daughter being pregnant but before it even happened I went to the tower and told you I loved Ravenie and you made me promise I'd protect her which has always been my goa and all of you know it. Lise I know Ben called me when you were having the baby and that, because Creak decided to attack my family that same day, Ravenie and I couldn't be with youor your baby. And if you guys still don't believe me after all that...Ravenie, our first time happened in my parents' manor while watching Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides when we were fifteen and if that doesn't prove it's really me then I don't know what else does..." Jake finished.

That's when Ravenie broke into a run and embraced him hard, nearly causing them to fall over, before, like always, Jake steadied them both.

"Jake, oh Jake, it's really you!" she sobbed into his shoulder, hugging him hard.

Jake also held on to her tightly, unwilling to ever let her go again.

"Son..." Changeling took two hesitant steps toward Jake, as if in a trance.

Jake didn't let go of Ravenie but looked up at his father.

"Dad..." he said uncertainly.

That's when Changeling hugged his son tightly, hugging Ravenie as well, letting a few tears run down his face which he hastily wiped away.

"I thought I'd never see you again..." he said.

"I'm here dad, I'm right here and I'm not going away..." Jake said, hugging his dad with one arm while holding Ravenie in his other.

Raven then ran to her son and embraced him and Ravenie as well.

Soon, Jake was surrounded by all his family and friends, all wanting to hug him, touch him, see for themselves that he was really here.

"But how is it possible?" Lise asked after everyone had had a turn hugging Jake and the noise had died down "We all saw you die, me and my family, how can you-?"

"You guys thought you saw me die," Jake said calmly "And so did Creak. I wasn't really dead, more like, knocked out I think, and since I was hurt I was breathing in short pants which-at a distance- may have seen like I wasn't breathing at all. Creak didn't even bother to check whether I was dead or not. He just transported me to this cave. I remember very faintly that it was cold and wet. I was hurt very badly, I was cold, and I was hungry. I remember thinking that I was going to die there...well, after some time I found out I wasn't the only inhabitant of the cave. A huge grizzly bear came in and when it saw me it began attacking me-I would've died if it hadn't been that, for some lucky chance, a group of hunters came in and rescued me."

The titans were all speechless, listening to Jake's tale while he continued.

"Anyways, the leader of the group, ironically his name is Hunter, took me back to his village where I passed out. When I came about I had amnesia, I didn't know who I was or where I'd come from and I couldn't answer their questions when he and his wife asked me. They were very kind to me. His wife, her name's Mary, nursed me back to health but even after I had recovered, a full month later, I couldn't remember anything about my past. Hunter and Mary treated me like their son all that month, and I went by the name Mike."

"So how come you're Mystery Heroine- Hero, sorry, sorry," Scott said.

Jake chuckled.

"No worries bro," he said "And be patient. I'm getting there...anyways, one day- I heard something on the radio-something-something about Ravenie being in the hospital I think..." Jake said confusedly looking at the titans.

Ravenie bit her lip.

"I had a near-miscarriage," she told him quietly "Sorry, I ended up in the hospital and the media made a fuss over it 'cause they found out I was pregnant and all..."

"Love, I'M sorry," Jake said looking into her eyes "I should've been there for you, protected you...I'm sorry,"

"Neither of you have any fault in this therefore don't apologize and continue please," Nightwing said, looking sternly at the two teens.

"Anyways, I heard her name on the radio," Jake said "And it sort of unfogged my memory. Suddenly, it all came back to me, who I was, what I was supposed to be doing. But I realized that if I went back to you guys then we'd be back at square one, Creak hunting you all one by one until he got to me. And I also knew that if I 'revived', then Ravenie would be his main target and I couldn't let that happen. Not when I'd finally gotten her safe. So instead, I decided to go undercover. I spied him for long days and nights. I studied his attacks, all his tactics and strategies and I began learning them myself. I taught myself how to defeat him and over time began to develop new powers."

The titans nodded. All this had happened during the months Creak had kept quiet after Jake's 'death'.

"So after I deemed myself ready to fight him I began watching you guys," Jake said sheepishly "I hacked into Uncle Cyborg's computer system so that when you guys got a call, I would too...and you guys know the rest..."

"Why couldn't youlet us know you were alive?" Summer demanded "You have no idea of the pain we've gone through these last months, thinking you were dead idiot..."

"I couldn't let you guys know, one of you guys might've accidentally given me away and then- you know what would've happened with Creak..." Jake said "As it is, I see you did a great job taking over my job as team leader Summer,"

"That time you saved me from the Hive Five's attack..." Ravenie whispered "There was no alarm, how can you have known-?"

"I was watching the Tower at the time, monitoring that you guys were okay, that Creak had put no new explosives in and I saw you go out all dressed up and such...I'll admit, I got curious and I followed you- I'm glad I did though," Jake said.

"Oh my God, that means you saw me with Will!" Ravenie exclaimed.

"You WOULD think about THAT and not the attack," Summer said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh Jake, I'm sorry, I'm so terribly sorry I-" but Jake put a finger in Ravenie's lips to silence her.

"It's okay," he said, looking tenderly at her "Ravenie, it's fine, really. You thought I was dead...I was glad to see that in the case of my death you'll be able to move on...'cause that's what I want for you..."

"All the same Jake," Ravenie said but Jake shut her up with another kiss. A more desperate and needy one that ended only after Summer cleared her throat rather loudly.

"Why did you make us think you were a woman?" she asked "Brother, I've seen you fight all my life and the way you've done it in the battlefield this past year...that's not you...and the voice disguiser?"

"Well I HAVE spent a lifetime watching you sis, and Lise, and Ravenie fight. I tried to imitate it as best as possible and used the voice disguiser to make it more convincing...I wanted you guys to have absolutely NO suspicions about who I really was so...yeah," Jake said.

A loud shriek interrupted the moment and everyone froze.

Alex, who'd been all this time in Starfire's arms shrieked again.

Ravenie immediately reached out to take her son in her arms looking at Jake as she did so.

"May I?" Jake asked timidly.

"Of course Jake," Ravenie said blinking back tears "It's been too long already..."

Jake took his son into his arms, sighing in relief at finally being able to hold his baby.

He smiled gently at Alex who smiled back at him, making bubbles and moving his chubby hands and feet up and down.

"Hey little man," Jake said softly "Sorry we didn't meet before but I'm so glad to have you here...I'm your daddy..."

Ravenie was now crying and Summer held her friend sympathetically while her brother stared, still mesmerized by Alex.

"What's his name?" he asked softly without turning to look away from his son.

"His name's Alex," Summer said softly.

"Alex?" Jake asked delighted "Ravenie you-"

"I remembered," Ravenie said smiling and wiping her eyes.

"You're incredible, you know that right?" Jake said, moving to hug her with his left arm while keeping Alex secure in his right arm. He gave Ravenie a gentle kisss on the lips.

"I love you," he told her softly.

"And I love you Jake!" Ravenie said, breaking into tears again because she'd thought she'd never hear him say that again.

"Ravenie was very brave during the pregnancy," Summer commented "Sorry we couldn't get his birth on tape for you though, it happened all of a sudden..."

"Oh I was there," Jake commented casually.

"You were?" Everyone exclaimed.

Jake grinned.

"C'mon!" he said "You guys didn't actually think I'd miss my own son's birth did you?"

"But you-how did you-?" Ravenie stammered, amazed.

"I told you before, I was watching you guys constantly to make sure you were alright..." Jake said, "It so happened that I saw you the day you went into labor. When they took you to the hospital I teleported myself to it as well. Remember how you didn't feel any pain after the initial contractions?"

Ravenie nodded.

"That was you?" she asked shocked.

Jake nodded.

"Yep," he said "That was me. I used a simple nerve-dulling, sort of anesthetic trick I learned from Creak's spellbooks which I stole for a short while without him noticing and then used it so you'd stop being in pain 'cause I hated to see you in pain because of me..."

Jake then turned to Nightwing.

"Nightwing," he said "I'm sorry...I never got to tell you this before but...I really am, we should've been more careful more-"

"You should've," Nightwing said, interrupting him with a smile "But what's the use now Jake? The important thing is that you're here and you'll be with her to help her raise the kid, who even now has all of us wrapped around his little fingers.."

Everyone laughed for what felt like the first time in a long while.

"Guys, it's late," Changeling said, checking his watch "I'm sure we all need some sleep after today's revelations, especially you Jake...I'm glad you're back son,"

"I'm glad to be back dad," Jake said.

"We'll talk more about this in the morning okay?" Nightwing said "I want to know all the details you might've found that can help us defeat this boy and...I want to tak about Batman..."

"Yeah, I was wondering when you'd bring that up," Jake said, his smile turning into a grim expression. At his side Ravenie stiffened but did not get out of his embrace, nor did she attempt to get Alex away from Jake.

"Oh, Jake, there's things you need to know before we go in," Cyborg said smiling as he and Bee walked ahead of the group.

"What's that?" Jake asked.

"You have a new sister!" Bee said enthusiastically.

"Mom? Dad?" Jake asked smiling again, amazed, at his parents who just blushed.

"Ahhh...yeah, we were gonna tell you- at some point..." Changeling muttered embarrased while he held Raven "Thanks for that Cy,"

The titans all laughed.

"Anytime man," Cyborg said "Anytime..."

"What's her name?" Jake asked, excited.

"Her name's Taylor, honey," Raven said, ruffling her son's hair "Taylor Logan..."

"Wow, anything else that I missed?" Jake asked "I can't wait to meet her by the way!"

Changeling and Raven both laughed.

"Well...you'll meet her soon enough dear," Raven said.

Jake's smile faded slowly and he added quietly.

"Mom, dad, I'm sorry I couldn't save Starlight,"

"Jake," Raven said "Your father and I've made peace already with Starlight's death. S'rthe's in a better place now...we miss her, but it wasn't your fault Jake and you needn't feel guilty over it, okay? It's already a miracle enough that you're alive when we all thought you'd died..."

Changeling nodded in a agreement to his wife's words.

"There's also...another thing you should know..." Kid Flash said with a sigh "Um...there's this-new-baby as well..."

"You and Aunt Jinx as well?" Jake asked grinning again "Wow, congrats!"

Kid Flash winced.

"Not...quite." he said.

"Huh?" Now Jake looked confused and all of the titans kids and adults alike glared and Jinx and Kid Flash.

"It's Dikos' kid...he raped Jinx and she got pregnant from his kid and now Wally's being an ass about it," Changeling said.

Jake gasped horrified.

"He raped you?" he asked Jinx who turned away from him and could only nod "God, I'm so sorry, I left you guys all alone in there, I'm sorry, I should've done something..."

"There was nothing you could've done that we didn't try ourselves," Kid Flash said "Don't blame yourself Jake, we just gotta accept things as they are right now,"

"Fine thing to say when the one who's less accepting here is you," Changeling said.

"I'm doing my best okay!" Kid Flash exploded "And until your wife gets raped by Dikos in front of your eyes and your children's eyes and then gets pregnant don't try and tell me what's the right thing to feel Chageling 'cause you don't know anything okay? Just...lets leave it like this, there's two newborn babies at the Tower not counting Alex, got it?"

Jake nodded.

And they all headed back inside.

"Sleep with me tonight?" Ravenie asked quietly as they entered.

Jake smiled tiredly.

"Wouldn't dream of doing anything but that love," he answered.

Later in Ravenie's room...

"You didn't hear Alex's full name yet..." she added lightly

"Surprise me then," Jake said jokingly.

"His full name's Alexander Jacob Logan," she said.

Jake's smile vanished.

"You named him after me? Ravenie! What if I had really been dead! You'd never have been able to move on! Why hurt yourself so unnecesarily?"

"It was necessary," Ravenie said smiling down at her son as she set him in his crib, already having washed him and put him in his pajamas.

"Why?" Jake asked as he slipped on a white t-shirt and some loose white shorts to sleep in.

"Look at him Jake!" Ravenie said "He's your spitting image! I would've been reminded of you regardless of what his name was and...I didn't want to let your name die...I didn't ever want to forget Jake..."

Jake hugged her again.

"I love you," they said together at the same time.

"I thought you'd hate me by now," Jake said serously "I left you, I lied to you, I hurt your family, how can you still love me after all that?"

"I can't hate you," Ravenie said as they both laid down on her bed and she curled up on top of his chest, hearing his steady heartbeat "You were only doing all that to protect me and you gave me my son who is the greatest treasure of my life...you're my everything Jake, I can't hate you... I love you..."

"I love you too..." Jake repeated closing his eyes and letting sleep overcome him.

Ravenie also fell asleep soon after that, lulled to sleep by the rhythm of Jake's heart beating. Glad to know that when she woke up tomorrow, she'd still have all this for it was no longer just a dream...

A/N: Whew! Long chapter! Anyways, hope you liked it, again, sorry for taking so long to update but I'm in vacation now so I'll update soon I promise.

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I'm under the impression that I didn't mention someone who reviewed in this shouts out but, you see I've had some technical difficulties with my computer lately so, yeah, sorry if I did skip anyone, promise it won't happen again.

So, coming up, Jake's explanation about why he attacked Batman AND more JakexRavenie bonding time!

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Franshes