AUTHOR'S NOTE: So you all asked for it! You're all very lucky I had the day of work at the time I got your reviews, or else you'd have had to wait for ages for the next instalment, and if you all review just as quickly for this chapter then I might just get out another one in the next couple of days. Basically this chapter is setting up ideas for future story arcs, tying up any loose ends that I wanted to tie up from the first story arc. And of course providing a huge cliff-hanger to get you all reviewing, I'm really enjoying writing this story at the moment so tell me if you're enjoying reading it. As always its really nice to get an e-mail from a reader at and especially nice to hear that you've read my other stories either on or at my web-site www.anotherworld.gq.nu and all you Teen Titans fans are in for a big surprise if you visit that page!
Titans Reborn
First Epilogue
Waves lapped up on the beach that surrounded the Titans Tower, the sun shone brightly just over the top of the tower, directly into Superboy's eyes. He stood proudly on the beach facing the assembled Titans opposite him, aware of the importance of the occasion. Robin came forward as the leader of the Titans and stood slightly in front of the rest of the team, everyone was present except Arsenal who'd gone to Hong Kong to do a favour for a friend of Green Arrow's in the government. Next to Superboy were two other teenaged heroes who'd helped the Titans defeat the Gordanians, the winged Golden Eagle and the beautiful alien princess Starfire.
Robin spoke loudly in a sombre tone, "You have all proven yourselves to be heroes of the first order," Robin looked to Superboy first, "and helped avert an alien invasion of Earth. In my eyes that puts you all on the same level as me and the rest of the Titans, therefore I invite you all to become Teen Titans, to continue the work you started."
Robin then pulled three circular Titans communicators from his belt and handed one to each new Titan. Superboy was stood in the middle of the three of them and he stepped forward, "We gratefully accept your offer."
"Titans…" Robin started with a small smile, "let's celebrate!"
A roar of happiness came up from the Titans and they all jumped and cheered, congratulating the new members and slapping them on the back. Then they all started to draw back into the tower, everyone except Wonder Girl who sat down on one of the rocks that populated the beach, staring out across the bay at the blue sky. She sat and sighed and close her eyes to think.
"I think I will like it here Robin," Starfire was saying as they all walked up into the Tower then she turned to see Wonder Girl sat by herself on the beach, "why is Donna not coming in with us?"
"She's having a crisis," Robin said quietly, "its all to do with Superboy's joining."
"I think I should talk to her," Starfire said to herself, "in the spirit of this 'friends' thing you told me about…"
"You know Kory I've been thinking," Robin started saying, "maybe I could take you out and show you what Earth's really like, nothing special you know, just like some sightseeing and maybe dinner and a movie or something, Kory?" Robin turned back to see that Starfire had already flown silently down to see what was wrong with Wonder Girl.
Beast Boy came up and put an arm around his shoulder, "Ooh man you were given the brush off before you even asked her out, that's harsh."
Robin extracted himself from Beast Boy's grip, "She didn't brush me off, she was just concerned about Donna…"
"Excuse me," Starfire said, flying round into Wonder Girl's view, "I was wondering if you would like to," Starfire paused to search for a word, "girl-talk?"
"No thanks Starfire, I'll be fine," Wonder Girl replied with a blatantly fake smile.
"But Robin said that when girls have problems they tell each other," Starfire said floating to sit down on the rock with Wonder Girl, "but throughout all of the movies Robin and I have watched that feature girls with problems they always talk about them. Have I got it wrong?"
"No Star its just that I don't know whether you'd understand," Wonder Girl replied, "its complicated."
"Please?" Starfire pleaded, here green eyes softening like a sad puppy's, "if you share with me I will share with you. I would so like to learn how to girl-talk."
"Okay, but you can't tell anyone about this…"
"Not even Robin?" Starfire asked surprised. Wonder Girl suddenly realised that those two really had grown quite close over the past two weeks.
"No, although he probably knows already," Wonder Girl said, realising the world's greatest teen detective wasn't going to miss anything, "you know about my fiancé Terry?"
Starfire simply nodded, smiling and obviously very excited.
"Well although I do still love Terry, I think I'm falling for Superboy," Wonder Girl looked back out to the bay, "I'm in love with two men. It's like Donna Troy loves Terry Long, but Wonder Girl loves Superboy. Do you get where I'm coming from?"
"Ah yes," Starfire replied, "an interesting problem of duality. Your society is monogamous like mine I assume, so you will have to choose."
"Terry has always and will always be great," Wonder Girl started getting into the conversation more now, "but now Superboy's maturing, he's not the impatient glory-hogging kid he was. He's becoming more and more responsible, and he's really filling out."
"Yes I had noticed his inhuman musculature was in the process of developing," Starfire said with a smile, "if he is not careful one day he will rip his costume."
Wonder Girl giggled at that comment, almost forgetting her predicament and Starfire joined in, "Now that I'd like to see," Wonder Girl said between snorts.
Once their laughter died down there was a moment of silence between the new friends, "Do you want to know what I think?" Starfire asked after a moment of contemplation.
"Well I suppose it couldn't hurt to have another opinion," Wonder Girl mused.
"I would go for Superboy," Starfire replied surprisingly, "you and he have much more in common. The only difference between you is that he is only Superboy, whereas you are Donna Troy and Wonder Girl."
"I never thought of it like that," Wonder Girl replied thoughtfully, "I think I need a bit more time to decide. What did you have to tell me then?"
"I am feeling very attracted to Robin," Starfire said excitedly, "I have noticed he is very intelligent and funny and handsome, his legs are very toned and the bulge in his tights is-"
"That's enough!" Wonder Girl interrupted going slightly red, "So why do you need my advice?"
"I don't know how courtship is started on this planet," Starfire looked down at her feet with slight embarrassment.
"Traditionally the boy will ask the girl on a date, and you go from there," Wonder Girl explained.
Starfire leapt forward and hugged Wonder Girl, forgetting her alien strength as she squeezed her a little too hard.
"No need to thank me," Wonder Girl said with her last breaths of air before extracting herself from Starfire's vice-like grip, "just helping out my girlfriend," she said with a smile.
Superboy was sat on the roof with his feet dangling over the side of the Tower, he really hadn't been trying to eavesdrop but with his super-senses still developing he hadn't been able to shut off his super-hearing. Just then a hand touched his shoulder and he jumped with shock.
"Sorry to sneak up on you," Robin said smiling, "it's a bad habit I learned."
"That's okay," Superboy said as Robin sat beside him, "I, ah, wanted to talk to you anyway."
"What's up?" Robin asked.
"I have to go someplace for a little while," Superboy replied pulling the Titans communicator from his pocket, "I have something to do, something I probably should've done a while ago. I'm not ready to be a Teen Titan yet," he held out the communicator, offering it back to Robin.
"That's fine, I respect your decision," Robin closed Superboy's hand around the communicator, "but you're not quitting on us. What happens if we need you? You hold on to this, be a reserve member, and when you're ready we'll happily have you back."
Superboy thought for a moment then placed the communicator back in his pocket, "How come you're so clever?"
"Wise beyond my years eh?" Robin said with a thin smile, "I really am the Batman's protégé."
Superboy smiled back before looking down at Wonder Girl and Starfire hugging on the beach, "I can't stay any longer," he stood up and took off slowly flying towards Metropolis, "I'll see you soon."
"Remember," Robin shouted after him, "just call if you need us."
Superboy turned back to the roof, "I…" Robin was nowhere to be seen and the door to the roof was slowly swinging shut, "…will," Superboy smiled and shook his head before accelerating to normal flying speed and heading toward Metropolis.
On the beach Starfire and Wonder Girl walked back towards the Tower, and out of the corner of her eye Donna Troy saw a small speck against the darkening sky flying off away from her.
Raven was floating about a foot off the ground in her room in her traditional meditation pose, chanting over and over the prayer she'd learned from her mentor, Azar. She'd known for some time that Kid Flash was watching her, and it was disturbing her focus.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos, Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos, Azarath, Metrion, Zynthos," Raven chanted, trying her best to ignore Kid Flash. But failing.
"What do all those words mean?" Kid Flash asked.
Raven sighed and put her feet down on the floor, turning to face Kid Flash, "They're prayer words from my home," Raven walked over and sat down next to Kid Flash.
Kid Flash yawned and put an arm around Raven, "Where is home for you?"
"Far away," Raven said, not bothering to remove his arm, "far far away."
"So you have parents?"
"Yes and no," Raven replied, "my mother died when I was young, and I never really met my father. I don't want to either."
"I won't ask," Kid Flash said, "you'll tell me more about yourself when you're ready."
"Thank you," Raven replied, "you're much more bearable than I first thought you know. You infuriate me less now I've stopped…"
"Stopped what?"
"Protesting, ignoring my feelings," Raven said wistfully, "my powers are emotionally based, so I've never really allowed myself to feel anything before. Certainly nothing like this."
"So what's 'this' then?" Kid Flash extending his hand to brush his index finger along her cheekbones.
"Affection, intimacy," Raven replied, turning her head to face his.
"I'm glad you did," Kid Flash planted a small kiss on Raven's lips, "you know you look nice out of your costume. When you're just dressed casual."
"Donna gave me a few of her clothes, I needed to wash my robes," Raven absent-mindedly ran her finger over Kid Flash's chest, "Flash, what about your parents?"
"Well my parents died a couple of years ago in a car accident," Kid Flash said sadly, "so the Flash took me in, and I never really looked back," Kid Flash turned to Raven and looked her in the eyes, "what's your name?"
"It's Raven, I didn't think much of these superhero codenames," Raven put a hand on Kid Flash's thigh, "you think I need one?"
"No, I like your name," Kid Flash smiled a little, "I wish my name was as cool as yours."
"I like Wally, although maybe Kid Flash needs a little more thought to it."
"What?" Kid Flash said incredulous.
"You're not exactly a kid anymore are you?"
"No," Kid Flash replied, "I guess I never thought about it like that…"
Starfire and Robin where sat on the beach in the moonlight staring up at the stars. Robin looked over at Starfire for a moment before turning back to the sky.
"So which one's yours?" Robin asked quietly.
Starfire pointed out at one of the stars near Orion's Belt, "About half a million miles from there, that's Tamaran."
"You're quite a way away from home," Robin didn't really know what to say. Every time he plucked up the courage to ask Starfire out something happened.
"I can't remember much about Tamaran anymore," Starfire lay back on the sand, "I feel more at home here with you than I ever have before."
Robin lay back as well, "Thanks," he pulled his gloves off, "I want to show you something," he reached up and pulled of his ever-present domino mask, "this is me."
Starfire looked at him, cocking her head to one side, "You're very handsome Robin."
"You know my name isn't really Robin."
"What is it?"
"Dick," Robin replied, "so what do you prefer? Kory or Starfire?"
"You should call me Kory," she looked him straight in the eyes, "on Tamaran when two people feel like we do about each other they refer to each other by their preferred names."
"How do we feel about each other?"
"We're close friends," Starfire said turning away slightly, "isn't it the same here? We are friends aren't we?"
"Yes Kory," Robin replied, "we're friends."
"Oh well," Starfire said with a yawn, "I am very tired, I think I shall be going to sleep."
Robin sat up and thought for a few minutes, he was thinking over and over about how to ask Starfire out. He was really bad at these sort of things, probably from having the Batman as a role model. Sure Bruce Wayne was the biggest ladies man in Gotham, but the Batman didn't have any feelings let alone a girlfriend. He realised they'd been silent for about five minutes now and decided that now was his time.
"So Kory you think that maybe you might like to be more than friends?" Robin asked without turning around, "maybe we could go out sometime, see a movie, have some dinner? You know, like a date…"
Robin turned to see Starfire sleeping on the sand, and smiled to himself, shaking his head. He silently pulled his gloves back on before sighing and attaching his mask to his face once more, then he slowly scooped Starfire up trying not to wake her and carried her back up to the tower.
Robin placed Starfire in her bed and pulled the covers over her, smiling again as he left, "Guess it wasn't my time after all."
When the door closed Starfire sat up in bed and smiled wide, "I have to see Wonder Girl," she tossed the covers aside and took off out her window.
The next day Beast Boy was sat outside one of those anonymous coffee shops, the ones that are trying to be Starbucks but higher class. He'd been there for about forty-five minutes, and he'd only been fifteen minutes early, so that meant the mysterious blonde was half an hour late. He quite liked going out in public out of costume, people would stare at him for ages trying to work out whether it was make-up or not. Occasionally he'd smile and wave and they'd look down or away, and he'd laugh. Just as he was thinking about this he noticed a vision of beauty walking towards him, all the men who saw her stared and followed her with their gaze. The vision of beauty was the mysterious blonde girl who sat down opposite Beast boy.
"Hey," was all Beast Boy could muster, he swallowed hard.
"Hello there," the blonde replied with a pearly-white smile, "nice to see you again."
"Its always nice to see you," Beast Boy replied, trying to be smooth and not doing too badly.
"Aw thanks," the blonde replied making a pout that could launch a thousand ships, "you okay? You're looking a little greener than usual?"
Beast Boy swallowed again, "Yeah I'm great," he wiped a little sweat from his brow, "how're you?"
"Oh I'm okay," the blonde girl flicked her hair a little, "looking for a place to live. My parents threw me out when they found out I wasn't exactly normal."
"You know there's one place where not being exactly normal is one of the criteria for living there," Beast Boy said leaning in a little.
"But I want to stay in the city," she said not catching his drift, "Gotham's just not very safe, or clean, or sanity inducing."
Beast Boy turned and pointed out to the bay, towards the Titans Tower, "I meant there, with me and the Titans. I'm sure nobody would mind, except maybe Arsenal but he's in Hong Kong anyway."
"I'll think about it BB," the blonde replied, "you want to go for a little walk?"
"Sounds good, I could use the exercise," Beast Boy morphed his belly into a huge mound of blubber then back again, the blonde girl laughed and then he remembered something, "hey, what's your name anyway? I can't keep referring to you as 'the blonde' forever."
The blonde slapped her hand to her forehead, "I was trying to be all mysterious like that chick in the movie about the blind lawyer, guess I was a little too mysterious," she smiled and they both stood up and started walking down the street, "my name's Terra."
Wonder Girl sat on the floor of Terry Long's bathroom, sweating from having thrown up several times. Tears streaked down her face and made lines in the smudged make-up and grime, her beautiful blonde hair drawn up into a lazy ponytail, greasy and unwashed. She slumped slowly down to the floor where she curled up into a ball and buried her face into her knees as she sobbed. On the other side of the room embedded into the wall was a small, thin white plastic stick. On the end of this thin white stick were two thin blue lines.
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, even though it was pretty much all talking and no action of the superheroic kind! I had a blast writing it, even if I did use up almost the whole day doing it. I nearly ended the chapter on the revelation that the mystery blonde is Terra, but decided that the last paragraph was just too good to be slotted in randomly in another chapter. It deserved to be a cliff-hanger and you all know it! If you'd like to find out what happens next then review this, e-mail me, look at my website, then come back to and read Titans reborn: Contracts, I decided to make the next story arc actually another story altogether. So I shall catch you all at the end of the first chapter of Contracts!
