The moment Old Man Beast Boy left the bar he found himself face to face with Robin who was looking at him disapprovingly. The rest of the Titans had been oddly quiet for most of breakfast, except for Cyborg complaining about the food and Starfire asking too many questions on what Old Man Beast Boy's travel plan is, but all he had planned out so far is the town the Red Hoods reside in and Salt Lake City.

Behind Robin was Starfire who looked extremely confused, a half – livid looking Cyborg who was clutching Vic the IV so close to his chest that it looked as if it was fusing with his body, Raven who looked as if she had lost the ability to speak, Beast Boy who looked as if he had been slapped in the face and an extremely guilty looking Phoenix.

"Older Beast Boy." Robin said a bit too sternly at Old Man Beast Boy "Last night, Phoenix had informed me that you are intending to kill my daughter, who now 'rules over' most of the Inner Western United States. Is this correct!?"

Old Man Beast Boy blinked rapidly. Not because that Phoenix had told his younger teammates, but due because of the bluntness of Robin's statement. He was expecting Robin to attack him, to defend the life of his daughter, to yell at him. Sure, the rest of the younger Titans were acting in a way that he half expected them to react, but the one he thought would have the biggest reaction would be Robin. He wasn't expecting this.

"Yes." Old Man Beast Boy said gruffly as he walked out of the porch of the Bar and into the street of the small town that was indecisive on whether if it wanted to be in a Western movie or a Sci – Fi movie. "I don't deny it. I am going to kill her."

"And do you see anything that is wrong with that!?" Cyborg cried throwing his arms up in the air

"No" Old Man Beast Boy said gruffly "No I do not."

"But Friend Old Man Beast Boy!" Starfire said flying up in front of Old Man Beast Boy "Why do you want to hurt someone you barely even know? Maybe she is a good leader?"

Old Man Beast Boy froze as if Starfire's words had turned him into stone. He paused, then threw his head back in a roar of laughter "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh yes, hurt someone I barely even know? In the brief time that I met her, she attempted to kill the Penguin, got broken out of jail by an older Robin, I mean Nightwing, who, may I add, was old and blind. She then relived the Penguin of his head, then attempted to kill Old Nightwing who had just seconds ago saved her life! Tell me, what do you think she is like in that encounter alone?"

The Titans froze as if they had no idea how to respond to this statement. Old Man Beast Boy smirked at this as he continued "If you want to have an idea on what Ashly is like…" Old Man Beast Boy said in an overly calm voice "…judging by the rumours that I have heard…Lets stick around in this town and watch the people okay?"

Robin slowly got out of his senses as he nodded as if his bones were made of bombs. "Alright then…if you insist…I do agree that we need proper attire...But what is the rumour?"

But the last 5 words that Robin said fell on deaf ears as Old Man Beast Boy interrupted him

"Right then!" Old Man Beast Boy said, giving off a giant clap as he slowly scanned the street, his eyes resting on a large wooden shop "I think that we should get some gear over there. We have a bit of a journey in front of us, and I don't think that your uniforms would last very long."

"Okay then" Starfire said a bit too enthusiastically "I would love too see what shops are like in this future!"

"I wouldn't keep your hopes up Star" Phoenix mumbled

30 minutes later…

Robin had insisted on choosing the clothes for the rest of the Titans however he could have done better than attempt to boil the ocean with candles. Starfire had insisted on a dress that made her look as if she was attending a dance party in the 1920's, Cyborg demanded that he wear what looked to be a sailing ships sail and Beast Boy wanted to have what looked to be a cowboy Halloween costume, it was only after Old Man Beast Boy insisted that they wear the proper attire that was common for desert wear that they fell in line and all agreed to wear the sort of clothes that made them look as if they were ancient Greeks or Egyptians.

Cyborg had wanted to get 'proper food', such as beef, bacon and pork. However, he was sadly disappointed to find that all the meat that the store sold could have been brown cardboard, and he reluctantly caved in to getting unlabelled canned and instant food that was guaranteed to destroy your insides if you add too much or too little ingredients.

It was only after they restocked on clothes and food when Old Man Beast Boy gave each of the Titans a small rucksack filled with the sort of things they would bring on a camping trip such as a sleeping bag, pots, pans and all that when he said that they were allowed to buy one or two things for their leisure when the 7 of them broke up to explore the store in it's complexity.

Raven was scanning a bookshelf in a maze of shelves that displayed a tiny, but humble collection of books. The books were either books that she had read before or one of those cheap glossy books that can be found in every airport around the world.

Even though her face didn't show it, her mind was going in many directions at once. Her mind still hadn't recovered from the whiplash that happened the day before when she and the rest of the Titans were bombarded with so much information about the future that she, hell all her friends still needed time to recover from it. Her mind was playing games with her, like a stranger's voice that seemed to be commentating on everything that she did, and whenever she tries to silence this voice it gets replaced with a bombardment of mental images like a movie on fast forward either showing one of two things. An apocalyptic future that may or may not involve Trigon; or her and Beast Boy 'together'.

"Friend Raven?" A voice near Raven spoke.

Raven turned to see Starfire face to face with her, her arms filled with what can be described as a mountain of stationary "What book are you looking for?"

"I…I don't know." Raven said scowling at the bookshelf as if trying to make up her mind on a book

"I see." Starfire said sadly as she sat next to Raven, her face a jumbled mess of emotion. "I... I mean… we have… been through a lot in the past few hours…"

"Yeah…" Raven said "I know…"

"I mean…everyone…all of our friends…dead or…or evil…and…and…I just…I just can't handle this!" Starfire cried as she waved her arms in the air as if she was fake drowning. "And…and I don't…we…I…I don't know what we are supposed to do!"

"You mean trying to stop this future…" Raven said gripping a leather book of a classic that she could recite by heart.

"Yes!" Starfire practically hollered "I mean…how are we going to stop this!? And…how are we going to get back?"

"I know…I think Older Beast Boy and Phoenix and the rest of our friends are thinking the same thing Starfire." Raven said

Starfire seemed to calm down as she looked up at Raven, her eyes flooding with tears "Yes Friend Raven. I know…Its just so much…" she took deep breaths and then her sad face was replaced with a small smile "So…when are you going to tell him?"

"Tell him what?" Raven said raising an eyebrow at Starfire's sudden shift in tone, dreading the answer.

"You know…" Starfire said with a wide smile "…You and Friend Beast Boy…"

Raven stiffened at this, her face turning a bright shade of pink. She knew it was futile to deny it, with all their interactions in the past few years, along with the confession in that slumber party that Starfire threw a few months prior and the elephant in the room, Phoenix which burned a very ugly image into her mind.

Raven shook herself as she tried to forget the image as she turned back to Starfire saying the first thing that came to mind "I…I don't know yet…"

"Well…you know that it will happen sooner or later!" Starfire said scooping up the pile of stationary. "If you don't reveal it, I will."

Raven froze, unable to think as her friend walked away, vanishing into the maze of shelves.

The electronic section was small, but interesting enough for Beast Boy to examine all the futuristic looking gadgets that were falling apart.

Beast Boy was scanning the shelves when something caught his eye. At first, he thought that it was a small boom box from a time where they used tapes and all that, but then he realised that this boom box was more complicated than he thought. It had too many buttons, too many nobs and too many things that he had forgotten the name to. He turned it over to see a small row of giant buttons, each with a small picture on it. One showed what looked to be the face of a famous composer from the 1800's, another showed what looked to be hearts, another showed what looked to be a bar chart, another showed what looked to be a cowboy hat, and another showed what looked to be skull and electric guitars as cross bones.

Beast Boy was about to press the skull Phoenix approached him.

"Hi." He said to Beast Boy

"Oh…" Beast Boy said looking up and down his future son "err…hi"

"Seen anything that you like?" Phoenix said as he picked up what looked to be a fusion between a microwave and a camera.

"Well, I am interested in this thing." He said looking at the radio

"I see…" Phoenix said now looking at the radio the same way an art dealer would look at a painting.

"What exactly are your powers?" Beast Boy blurted out. Beast Boy slapped his hand to his mouth the moment he realized that he had spoken. He didn't know why he said it, but something inside of him curiosity got the better of him.

Phoenix looked up at Beast Boy as if he had been expecting him to say this and he gave a small smile "Well. I have your powers, and Mom's powers. A combination of the two if you will."

"Well…yes." Beast Boy said trailing with each word that he said unsure on each word that her said "But…err…what does that mean?"

Phoenix cocked his head as he looked at his younger father in confusion "Well…as you know I can shapeshift like you…and I can do magic like mom…its just…well…recently…well okay 20 or so years ago… when my powers were…um…err…" Phoenix seemed to pause at this as he stroked a mini TV as if it was a pet "…well how should I say this? Augmented?"

Beast Boy paused as if trying to solve a difficult puzzle, as if Phoenix was speaking about something bad that happened to him that he wasn't comfortable talking about.

"What do you mean by that?" Beast Boy asked looking at Phoenix as if trying to work him out.

Phoenix seemed to pause, as if he had been turned into stone.

"Hello? Phoenix?" Beast Boy said waving his hand in front of Phoenix's face "What do you mean by 'augmented'?"

But Phoenix seemed to have lost the ability to speak or hear, as Beast Boy rapidly waved his hand in front of Phoenix "Is it Raven? Constantine? Radiation? An accident? Slade? Tri…" But Beast Boy didn't even have the time to finish his sentence when Phoenix suddenly sprung to life that he turned his head and threw his face towards Beast Boy's face so close that they were nose to nose to each other.

"Do. Not. Say. His. Name!" He rasped. His face filled with rage, his eyes turning a fiery shade of red as he shoved Beast Boy away as he vanished into the maze of shelves.

Beast Boy blinked rapidly, unsure on what to make of what had just happened. He was just about to say the name of Raven's father, when Phoenix acted extremely strangely.

That was when Beast Boy realised that something bad had happened to Phoenix, and he was determined to find out what it was. Little did he know, little did anyone know, the answer would bring about their doom.