Title: Mind's Obsession

Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli

Summary: SEQUEL TO HEART'S DESIRE; The Titans are looking for Terra and Terran, and when they find someone who knows where they are, their partnership with this person results in more than they could have imagined. RobStar BBRae CyOC (finally)

Disclaimer: Obviously, I still don't own the Teen Titans. Why would I be writing a fan fic if I did? I also don't own Coca-Cola or Pepsi, but I do own a strong favoritism for Coke and a major dislike for Pepsi. There IS a difference. COKE RULES!

Chapter 5 – Of Tofu and Coca-Cola

Robin awoke to a generally dark room. At first he was confused because his bedroom at Titans Tower was always bright in the morning, but old familiarity set in as he recognized his surroundings as his childhood bedroom. He got up, stretched, and walked over to the mirror. Shocking blue eyes met him there.

"Morning, Dick," he whispered to himself. As he tied his mask on, he remembered the times he used to wander around Wayne Manor without the mask, mostly carefree and able to be himself. Those days were most definitely over.

He opened his door and headed to where he knew was the kitchen. On the way, he ran into Beast Boy, who looked relieved to see him.

"Dude! This place is like a freaking maze! Everywhere I turn it's a dead end! I just want to get to the kitchen!" This fact was backed up by BB's stomach growling. "Do you think this guy has any tofu?"

"I doubt it," Robin said, laughing.

"Aww, man. Well, at least we weren't murdered in our sleep last night. I think that means that this guy is okay."

"Yeah. Yeah, I think he is okay. We should trust him."

"Unless he only wanted us to think that he's okay so we'll trust him and listen to him and head right into his trap. Or he could be waiting because he's going to poison our breakfast! Or...."

"Beast Boy?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't think too much. You might hurt yourself." Beast Boy grumbled as he followed Robin down the winding hallways and into the kitchen.

"Dude! How did you do that?"

"Just lucky, I guess. Morning, Bruce." The man sitting at the table drinking his coffee and reading The Gotham Times looked up and smiled at the sight of his guests.

"Morning! I'm glad you were able to find your way here, I know the hallways of this house can be a bit misleading."

"A bit!" Beast Boy complained. Bruce laughed.

"Where are your other friends? I hope they didn't get lost."

"Well, Cyborg has a systems tracker and Raven's pretty good with direction," Robin said. "But Starfire....uh, I think I should go find her."

"No need," Beast Boy said, as two feminine voices drifted into hearing range.

"But Raven, I think we just came past this way...."

"No, Starfire, we didn't, it's that just every hallway looks the same. I'm sure this is the right way."

"But friend Raven...."

"See? We're here." The girl Titans entered the room from the left just as a beeping Cyborg entered from the right.

"Booyah! Found it."

"Morning everybody!" Beast Boy said. "Uh, Bruce, I don't suppose you have any vegetarian food in your fridge, would you?"

"I'm sure we have something. By the way, I called my mechanic this morning and he's out there working on your car now. He said to give compliments to the one with good taste."

"That would be man," Cyborg said proudly. "Made her myself. In fact, forget food, I want to go make sure he's handling her right." Cyborg left the room, oblivious to Beast Boy shaking his head.

"It's a sad day when Cy chooses something over breakfast. We have got to get him a girl."

Breakfast was served (including a specially made vegetarian dish for Beast Boy) and as the Titans ate, Raven kept looking for significant glances between Robin and Bruce, but there were none.

"I am proud to announce that the food is not poisoned!" Beast Boy blurted out, much to Robin's embarrassment. Everyone stared at him strangely, and he shrunk under the attention. "Just an observation, heh, heh." Robin glared.

"Beast Boy's paranoid," he explained to Bruce. "One Thanksgiving Cyborg replaced his tofurkey with a real turkey and he took a bite. Since he's a vegetarian, that was like poison to him." Bruce nodded, understanding.

Nice fast thinking, Robin thought.

Just as the team was finishing up their meal, Cyborg walked in the door, a gigantic smile on his face.

"The T Car is fixed! Which means we can go any time we want." Robin looked over at Bruce.

"Bruce, would you mind giving me and my team a second to ourselves?"

"Of course." Bruce stood and left the room, while Cyborg took his seat and began eating what was leftover on Raven's plate.

"Dude, that is just wrong," Beast Boy said as Cy gulped down large amounts of uneaten food.

"Guys, can we focus on the matter at hand?" Robin asked. "I want to know where Terra and Terran are, and I think we can trust Bruce."

"If Robin believes we can trust Bruce, then I believe we can also," Starfire added.

"Nothing happened overnight," Cyborg agreed.

"Awesome, my moment lives on! Unless, of course, nothing happened overnight because...."

"Beast Boy, no more theories," Robin cut in.

"He's trustworthy," Raven said. "I can sense it."

If he's part of Robin's past, how bad can he be? Raven thought. Unless there really is something that Robin's hiding from us....

"Excellent," Beast Boy said. "I'm the man. No, wait, I'm the BEAST! Haha, get it? 'Cause I'm Beast Boy? Get it?" Everyone looked at him, shaking their heads. "Come on....anyone?"

No one.

Robin looked down at the telecom he had strapped to his belt. He was just one button press away from his former mentor. And, in a quick private moment when the Titans were heading out to the T Car, Bruce had told him that he wanted him to keep it even after the mission. Just to be able to check in more easily.

"Man, this is going to be a long ride," Cyborg said, looking at the digital map on the T Car screen. "Hunt Valley is about 100 miles from here and at 60 MPH that's an hour and 40 minutes. Then again if we keep going through all this middle-of-nowhere farm land I'm going to go above the speed limit because who's going to stop me? The cows?"

"Toto, I think we're not in Gotham anymore," Raven said, depressed by the endless boring green fields.

"Not to mention the fact that I'm STARVING!" Beast Boy shouted. "How long has it been since I last ate?"

"Forty-five minutes. It's a world record," Raven responded sarcastically.

"Where do you think we could possibly find food in this hickville?" Cyborg yelled, aggravated. "Oh, I know! How about we chop one of those cows up? Mm, burgers!"

"Man, that is just sick," Beast Boy said, and even Raven had to agree. Her eyes widened as they drove past an actual building. But it wasn't just the appearance of a building that surprised her. It was the sign that accompanied it. In plain red letters it said, "Veggie Paradise: Vegetarian Fast Food."

"Um, Beast Boy, look behind you," she suggested, and his nearly started drooling.

"Cy! Turn this car around NOW!" Cyborg looked back to see why.

"Man, now I know I'm in hickville. Where else could you find a fast food place just for vegetarians?" He put the T Car in reverse (which he could do on the street because it was so middle-of-nowhere that no one was behind him, or in front of him, or anywhere) and pulled into the parking lot of Veggie Paradise. It was one of those cool fast food restaurants where the waiter/waitresses come up to your car on skates to take your order, like they had back in Jump City. The girl that came up to Cy's window was a tall girl with waist-length black hair that fell in waves down her back. Cyborg's jaw dropped open.

"Hi, my name is Riana. Can I take your order?" she asked in a bored voice.

"Ah, uh, B-B-B....I'm Cyborg," Cy spluttered.

"That's nice. Your order?"

"One veggie burger please!" Beast Boy shouted at her from the backseat after whacking Cyborg over the head. "Excuse my friend here....he's an idiot."

"Okay. You want fries and a soda with that?"

"Coke, please."

"Is Pepsi alright?"

"Sure."

"Ugh, BB, not only is your taste in food bad but so is your taste in drinks," Cyborg said with disgust. "Coca-Cola all the way!" Riana smiled at him, and he was stunned by her sparkling white smile.

"Totally," she agreed. "Coke is definitely my preference. And I'm a definite carnivore, too. I only work here because my family's business is in the city and I can only drive that far on weekends. But seriously....tofu?" Riana made a face. "Not my thing."

"You speak my language," Cyborg said. He was definitely in love. Robin and Beast Boy elbowed each other, smiling broadly. So long, unhealthy T Car obsession.

After an hour of conversation Beast Boy finally got his food, Cyborg finally got a number, and the Titans were finally back on the road, on the trail of Terra and Terran once again.

"Good news is, during the greatest hour of my life, the twins have moved out of Hunt Valley and into a tiny place called Marion Fields, which is only 20 minutes away from here," Cyborg informed everyone.

"Twenty more minutes in this car? I don't think I can handle it." Raven stared out the window. "The landscape is just about as repetitive as Wayne Manor's hallways. This has been about the biggest waste of my time ever. And considering all the things we've done that have wasted my time, that's saying something."

"Are you sure we are not in the same place as we were before?" Starfire asked.

"Mother of Trigon," Raven muttered under her breath.

It was going to be a long ride.

Now THAT was the longest chapter I have ever written. Five pages on Word! Not that it was very eventful, but at least now Cyborg has someone he can actually take to a movie theater. And you haven't seen the last of Riana, either, she'll be back in later chapters.

So you guys got lucky. It rained so track was cancelled and now I'm here at my computer eating a Hot Pocket. Great alternative to exercise, don't you think?

Loch Ness Monster: Let's try not to be too perverted....though I will said that when I read your review I burst out laughing in a loud and unattractive way. No, I didn't realize that, and now I'm laughing again because that line is repeated later in another chapter. Greeaat. So, um, can we just try to pretend that it doesn't sound wrong, even though it really really does? Everyone? Please?

Sneak Peak: This chapter will make you very sad. Sniff sniff. A surprise attack makes Robin react in a....displeasing way. That's your chapter, Riles, you can finally ask your questions tomorrow, when I'm pretty sure I can update.

But I won't update tomorrow if I don't get eight more reviews! Yup, you heard me, eight! So get reviewing, people!

Blair