A/N: This is the second to last chapter.
Mr.Evil: I thought you would get the last question; you were one of the few people who reviewed for like every chapter! Sure, I'll check out your stories, they might give me a few ideas. I'm going to try to have a huge fight scene in this chapter. I'm going to try, but I don't know if I can. I'm planning on this chapter being pretty long, but I don't know about that either.
Celestial Chaos: Sorry, but the answer is Las Vegas, you know, the strip is really bright. I almost got blinded the first time we drove down it at night, I swear! But it's really cool.
JPElles: I don't know if I want to throw Batman or Superman into this story. But I probably will now that you've given me the idea.
Acosta pérez josé Ramiro: Las Vegas is right. And I was thinking the same thing about what characters would be the easiest to convince and who would be the hardest. But instead of explaining all that, I wrote it the way it is now. But I love your analogy of Las Vegas. It's really cool, have you ever been there?
Hafewolfdemon: This is the second to last chapter, and there's not going to be a sequel. But I've got another story waiting, but I've got to finish this one first so I know who to dedicate the next one to. (You know, person with the most cookie points gets the next story dedicated to them.)
Under Contract
Chapter 7: All Fall Down
About a week later Miss Harnett had gotten the other three Titans to be in the movie. They were scheduled to come in about three days and then the movie would begin filming about a week after that.
When they got here, Raven and Robin were the first to see them. They rushed over and greeted everybody and began their speech apologizing and begging for forgiveness. Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire listened and then accepted their apology and then they apologized themselves. And everything seemed like one big giant happy family, for the time being.
Raven and Robin took their morning to show their friends around the studio and they introduced them to Ross, Miss Harnett, and a few other people who Raven and Robin thought they should know.
That night, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire all brought their bags, which they had just left at the studio while they were there, to Titans Tower where they went to their rooms to unpack the things they would be needing for the next three months they were going to spend on this film.
That night, as everyone was lounging around in their normal clothes, all five of them had begun to don normal clothing when they weren't fighting because it was just that much more comfortable, the friends were making small talk because being back together again was still a little awkward for them.
"So, how's everybody doing?" Raven asked.
"I'm pretty good, I moved out to Vulcan City, it's about twenty miles from here," Beast Boy said.
"Yeah, Titans East and I are doing fine. I've gotten used to their battle formations and things," Cyborg said.
"Yes, I have moved also. I live about ten miles from here in the City of Firth," Starfire exclaimed cheerily.
"That's great, what have you all been doing?" Robin asked.
"Well, you know what I've been doing, so that goes without explaining," Cyborg replied.
"I've been hanging around. I've gotten a couple promotion deals since I've left. The fans still dig me," Beast Boy bragged.
"I have begun a career in modeling," Starfire said, although she really didn't need to because her clothes were under the category of 'latest fashion.'
"That's cool, Raven and I have just been sitting around here, and we're still fighting what few villains the mobs of fans don't attack before we get there. We've gotten a couple promotion deals, but we've only accepted one for a local karate instruction place. Do you believe someone else asked us if we wanted to do a sex tape?" Robin asked.
"They do seem to be obsessed with that kind of thing. I've gotten a couple kinky options," Beast Boy joked.
"That's not the worst one. Alright, get this, someone said that after Robin and I got married that if I were to get pregnant, they would do a reality show all throughout it," Raven exclaimed.
"That's just wrong, that's your private life, nobody needs to watch that," Cyborg cried, appalled at the thought.
"Yeah, that's what we said," Raven replied.
"So nothing else interesting has happened?" Beast Boy inquired.
"Well, your fans have been picking fights with our fans at the malls and stuff, those have been keeping us kind of busy too," Robin informed them.
"That is quite humorous, I do wish to see this," Starfire commented.
"Alright, next time one breaks out all five of us will go. The easiest way to break up the fights is to just make an appearance, because then the fans will separate. Ours will mob us, but all of your fans will glare and then go their own way," Raven explained.
"That sounds like fun, I defiantly want to go do that some time," Cyborg said.
"Are a lot of my fans girls?" Beast Boy asked.
"It's about half and half," Robin replied.
The five sat and talked until about ten o'clock when they all decided to turn in for the night so that they would be up to go to the set the next day.
When the movie started filming, things were doing pretty good. The Titans had all become friends again and so things at the set were pretty laid back and fun. But the peace only lasted for so long. About a third of the way through the filming, the stars all started getting into minor fights more often. A month later the fights began to get bigger and more often. And then with two weeks left in the filming, every body exploded.
It had been a normal day with all of the Titans quiet at breakfast because everyone was trying to wake up from the four hours of sleep they got because of the party the night before. Beast Boy was eating his cereal, Starfire had her waffles, Cyborg was eating as much meat as he could, Raven was drinking her herbal tea, and Robin had his coffee.
After everyone was finished they all took their showers and then prepared to head off to the studio.
Beast Boy was sitting with Starfire and Cyborg in the family room waiting for Raven and Robin to come down so they could all leave and he was, once again, complaining.
"I don't see why Raven and Robin are getting so much camera time. Their relationship was boring in real life. Seeing it being played out again is so much worse!" Beast Boy complained a little too loud, so that Raven and Robin, who were coming into the room, heard it.
"Are you complaining about that stuff again? I thought we explained to you that we didn't ask for all this camera time, it was written in the original script! We don't like having to act out what everyone else thought our relationship was like," Raven exclaimed.
"That's what you always say. You two are always denying that you like to have all of the attention! Come on, what person in their right mind wouldn't like having everyone paying attention to you?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't like it because it just bugs the hell out of me when people all try take care of me. I like doing things for myself, not having everyone in the world do it for me," Robin shouted.
"Even though I can show emotion now and I don't have to meditate constantly, I'm still my old self, no matter how much you think I've changed. I hate being in big crowds and things like that! Being alone is heaven now a days," Raven added.
"I do not believe you are telling the truth," Starfire said calmly.
"Why do you think that, Starfire?" Robin asked.
"Because you two have changed, you are not like your old selves. Being together has changed you two," Starfire replied.
"Being with Raven has not changed me. I still care about my team mates, because you guys are my family. Raven and I are just a lot closer because we share some what similar paths. There is just more of a connection between me and her," Robin informed the other three.
"No, Starfire's right, you two have changed. Raven, you aren't shutting yourself in your room every day now or reading constantly, instead you do a lot more active stuff, and you've almost become a completely different person. You're not a creepy Goth anymore," Beast Boy said.
"And Robin, when you weren't consumed by a case or just simply working, you would always play video games or try to do something fun. Now if you get bored of all your reading, you and Raven go out some where!" Cyborg cried.
"I do wish you two did not become a pair, it has changed you for the worse," Starfire added solemnly.
"It's you three that have changed, you all still do the same thing but the fame had gone to your head. Ever since we had that stupid TV show, you three have all been trying to out-do everyone and become the best. Robin and I were thrown into the spotlight, we really would have preferred to keep living our normal life, but the city ran low on money. We could really care less about being famous. We just want to do our job of protecting the city and get on with our life." Raven said.
"Shut up, we're all sick of that stupid lie you two keep telling. We all know that you two didn't really care about us, you probably would have preferred if we weren't in the movie!" Beast Boy yelled.
"For your information, we got you three in the movie because we didn't think it was right for other actors to play you guys and for us to be in the movie!" Robin shouted as Raven threw a chair at Beast Boy.
Nobody heard Robin's last statement because a total war had broken out in the family room. Every thing was being thrown. Raven even started using her power and grabbing things from other rooms to throw.
"EVERYBODY STOP!" Starfire yelled at the top of her lungs.
Everybody froze and looked up at her.
"Friends, we should not fight!" Starfire yelled, and then she was hit by one of the chairs Beast Boy had thrown just before she commanded them to cease.
"That's it!" Starfire screamed and she threw something at Cyborg and the fighting began again.
The phone rang five minutes later. It was Ross, calling to ask them where they were. Raven answered the phone.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hey, Raven? It's Ross, where are you guys?"
"Umm, we're still at home, we're having some… car trouble," Raven lied.
"Oh, do you want me to send someone to come pick you up?"
"No, we've got it; Cyborg's almost done fixing the engine."
"Okay, so I'll see you in like what, twenty minutes?" Ross asked.
"Yeah, see you then. Bye." And she hung up the phone.
"Who was it?" Robin asked.
"That was Ross, we're late. I told him we were having car trouble so we've got twenty minutes to get there," Raven said.
Raven looked around the room at all the broken things. She picked them all up with her black energy and then threw every broken thing away.
"We'll continue our debate later," Raven said, glaring at Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire.
Raven teleported her and Robin to the studio and then Cyborg drove Beast Boy and Starfire there.
After about three hours of filming, the fight broke out again and a lot of tables, chairs, and props were broken. It took five crew members just to stop Raven from blasting Beast Boy again, three to stop Cyborg from shooting Robin with his sonic blaster, and seven with a ladder to get Starfire to stop shooting her eye beams at everybody.
The set was a wreck so Ross, Miss Harnett, and Clark Kent, the president of the production company, took the five fighting Titans into the board room and sat them all down to try to verbally work things out.
"Why were you all fighting?" Ross asked.
Raven told them the story of what happened in the morning before they came to the studio. And she explained that the fight had just begun again.
"Okay, why doesn't everybody say what they think the problem is?" Miss Harnett suggested, "Beast Boy, we'll start with you and then go around the table. And I don't want anybody else speaking until it's their turn!"
"What do I think the problem is? The problem is that Raven and Robin are hogging all of the spotlight. And that they're not admitting it. They keep saying that they don't like having all of the glory, but Cyborg, Starfire, and I all know that that's not true," Beast Boy replied.
"Okay, now, let's discuss Beast Boy's thoughts. Raven and Robin, do you like having all of the spotlight and glory?" Miss Harnett asked.
"No, I do not. Before we defeated Trigon, I was not able to express emotions and I had to meditate a lot. I also really didn't do many things; I mainly just read and meditated. And now, even though I can express emotions, I still like keeping to myself, except when Robin's around," Raven explained.
"I also like to stay in the back round. Only when fighting do I prefer to take the lead and that's because I am the leader of this team," Robin said.
"Okay, those are very valid reasons, and I," Miss Harnett was cut off by Beast Boy.
"They're lying! Everybody loves this kind of stuff and they're no different from everybody else!" Beast Boy yelled.
"On the contrary Beast Boy, I was just about to say that I always got the feeling that Raven and Robin would have preferred to just live the life they were used to, which meant protecting the city and not having to deal with the fans unless they were at the mall," Miss Harnett said. "Now Starfire, why don't you tell us what you think the problem is."
"I believe that the problem is Raven and Robin's relationship. Things have been quite different since they have gotten together," Starfire said.
"I certainly hope that everyone doesn't think the problem has something to do with Raven and Robin," Miss Harnett said. "Cyborg, when do you think that things started to change?"
"Well, things actually started to change noticeably after the city couldn't fund the Titans anymore and we had our TV show," Cyborg said.
"So, you're disagreeing with Starfire?" Miss Harnett asked.
"Yes, Raven and Robin had gotten together a couple weeks over a year ago. We started our show around seven months into their relationship," Cyborg said.
"I see, now, why don't you tell us what you think the problem is," Miss Harnett requested.
"The problem is that we can't work together because both Starfire and Beast Boy are jealous. Beast Boy liked Raven and Starfire liked Robin. When the love birds over there got together, jealous soup began cooking in them. When the soup boiled over in Starfire's pot, she left, and not long after that did Beast Boy leave." Cyborg explained.
"So you think its Best Boy and Starfire causing the problem?" Clark asked.
"No, it's jealousy that's getting in the way. Their jealousy, not them," Cyborg replied.
"I see, so two say the problem is Raven and Robin, one says its jealousy, what do the other two say?" Miss Harnett asked. "Ladies first Raven."
"Easy, the problem is the fame. Beast Boy secretly said it himself. I'm sure he would be saying the same thing about Cyborg and Starfire if they were getting more fame. It's just that we're not used to this kind of thing and some people are too immature to handle it," Raven said, glaring at Beast Boy.
"So you say that Beast Boy doesn't realize that he's angry over the fame and doesn't know it?" Ross asked.
"No, I'm saying Beast Boy is a fly and fame is the bug zapper. It's all he cares about," Raven replied.
"Robin, why don't you tell us what you think the problem is," Miss Harnett asked.
"I agree with Raven. Fame has driven us all mad. We were such great friends up until the show started and then we began to drift apart. I think we need to find another solution to our problem with the city not being able to pay for us. And if it means we have to move to another city to save our friendship, I'm all for it," Robin informed everyone.
"Okay, it does seem that being famous had caused a problem for all of you, so propose that after this movie is done that you guys all stay out of the limelight for a while and cool off and work everything out," Clark suggested.
"No way! I've made it to the top! I'm not going to stop now! I'm going to keep going 'til I can't go any further!" Beast Boy declared.
"Yes, and I too wish to continue my career in modeling. I have become quite successful," Starfire exclaimed.
"After this movie's done I'm going back to Steel City, I'm still part of Titans East," Cyborg said.
"I'm fine with living a normal life, what about you Raven?" Robin asked quietly.
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind things going back to normal," Raven replied.
"Raven and I would not mind just living off the money we've made making this movie. It could last us for a while anyway," Robin said.
"As soon as this movie is over I'm going back to Vulcan City and I'm never going to talk to those two again!" Beast Boy yelled, and then he stormed out of the room.
"I would not mind never speaking to Raven or Robin again," Starfire exclaimed, floating out of the room.
"I wouldn't do that to you guys, but I'm part of Titans East and we've been pretty busy. I don't know when I'll be able to talk to you, but when I get some time, I'll make sure to call," Cyborg said. He left the room also, but only because they were pretty much done now.
Raven and Robin just stood up and left.
"That went well," Clark said sarcastically.
"Everything was doing fine until we tried to get them to put a pause in their careers to work things out. They always said they were family, but I'm never seen a family so mad at each other," Ross said.
Staying true to their word, Beast Boy and Starfire got their checks and left as soon as all the filming was done. Cyborg went back to Steel City the next day and Raven and Robin stayed in Jump City living off of the 2 million they got each for the movie. (A/N: I don't know if that's too much or too little, but oh well.)
Over the next seven or eight months, nobody heard anything from Starfire and Beast Boy. Starfire was occasionally on the cover of magazines and Beast Boy was some times seen with in the magazines doing underwear ads. Cyborg was seldom heard form because Steel City was so busy with crime that when he wasn't fighting, training, or recharging, he didn't really want to do anything but hang out and do stuff with his team mates.
Raven and Robin got married about a month after the movie was done. They had a small wedding with just a few of their close friends including Bruce Wayne, and all of Titans East. Beast Boy and Starfire were invited but they did not come. It was amazing that Raven and Robin were able to find their addresses though. They took a week long honey moon and went to Hawaii to enjoy all the warm pacific sun shine and to get away from the busy city they lived in.
A week after their honey moon was the premier of their movie. Raven got a gorgeous dress that was fitted to her size and Robin rented a tuxedo. Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy were all there but security made sure that Raven and Robin didn't talk to Starfire and Beast Boy so that there wouldn't be any fights that night.
Five months after the premier of the movie, Raven and Robin were really bored with everything in their life at the moment.
"I wish we could get Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire to all come back and we could be a team again," Raven said one morning as she and Robin sat at the kitchen table.
"I do too, but you know that after a month we'll start fighting again," Robin said.
"Well, that's the thing. I was thinking, maybe if we got them to come back, the five of us could all go back to the mayor and we could negotiate a deal and they can fund the Titans again. I think having a lot of the citizens buying a lot of things recently has helped with the city. What do you think?" Raven asked.
"That sounds like a perfect idea," Robin exclaimed, kissing her.
The two completely laid out the plans for what they would do and then the next day they put their plans into action.
Raven called Cyborg, and luckily he was there and able to pick.
"Hey Raven! What's up? I haven't talked to you in so long!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Hey Cyborg. I was just calling to ask, do you want to come back to Jump City? Robin and I have an idea of how to get the team back together and we think we know how to prevent the fighting so that we won't break up again," Raven said.
"Oh yeah, how?" he asked.
Raven explained their plan in great detail, and then it was settled. Cyborg was going move back to Jump City in a week and then he was going to help Raven and Robin convince Beast Boy and Starfire to come back.
Before he left, Cyborg promised Titans East that if things didn't work out he would be back. He also said they were welcome to come and visit anytime they wanted.
Upon arrival in Jump City, Cyborg was greeted by an overly excited Raven, and a happy Robin.
"Hey guys, did you miss me?" He asked in greeting.
"Very much so, now let me get the car and your stuff," Raven said, using her powers to lift the car and its contents over to Titans Island.
"Thanks, nobody could really do that in Steel City so I always had to pay for the ferry." Cyborg informed his 'new' team mates.
"It's good to have you back Cyborg. But now we've got to get to work. Convincing Starfire and Beast Boy is not going to be easy. Raven and I knew that because you weren't mad at us, we'd ask you to come back first. And you can help us get the other two back easier also because they're not mad at you," Robin said.
Raven teleported them all back to their communication center in the tower and they got to work trying to find Beast Boy's phone number, or any way to contact him at all. After three days of searching through a lot of files and trying to trace Beast Boy through his old address (he had moved so that Raven and Robin wouldn't come find him) Cyborg struck a jack pot. He found Beast Boy's new address, telephone number, work address, work number, and through his work they got his cell phone too.
"Hey, BB!" Cyborg greeted his old friend.
"Hey Cyborg, what's up?" Beast Boy asked, with a definitely fake smile on his face.
"Not much, what's up with you? You don't seem too happy right now," Cyborg asked.
"Oh, I'm just having a rough time. I just got dumped a week ago," Beast Boy replied.
"That's too bad, but listen, I've got an offer for you," Cyborg started. Beast Boy's ears perked up, "Raven and Robin have come up with a plan to get Jump City to fund us again and all we need to do is get our team back together, what do you say? I'm already here, and they were about to call you, but I offered to instead."
"That's sounds good, but won't we just end up fighting again?" Beast Boy asked.
"No, because it's been decided that the fame was making us all crazy and so once Jump City can fund us again, we won't have to deal with that so it won't be a problem," Cyborg explained.
"Oh, okay. Am I really wanted there?" Beast Boy inquired.
"Of course you are man, so what do you say?" Cyborg asked.
"I'll do it. I'll be there in three days; I just need to pack my stuff up. Is Starfire going to be coming back too?" The changeling asked.
"We don't know yet. But we're going to need your help to get her to come back. I know I won't be able to convince her myself and Raven and Robin are completely out of the question, she was pretty mad at them but we're hoping she's cooled off," Cyborg replied.
"Oh, that's cool," Beast Boy said, "I'm going to start packing things up so I've got to go."
"Do you want me, Raven, and Robin to stop by in a little bit to help out? We'll bring pizza," Cyborg offered.
"Alright, see you then," Beast Boy said, and then he hung up.
About an hour later, Raven had teleported Robin, Cyborg, and pizza to Beast Boy's apartment and they helped him pack all of his stuff up. About six hours later, everything was packed and Raven was teleporting everything to Beast Boy's room at the Tower.
"Hey, thanks guys. My life was really going down the drain, and now I'm hoping everything will get better," Beast Boy said before he went off to bed for the night.
"I think we really helped him out. When I called him, he really didn't look like the Beast Boy we knew, but when I offered for him to come back, he got that shine back in his eyes. And just being here again with people who care about him is doing wonders for him already," Cyborg said.
"Yeah, it really has. But I hope that Starfire will come back as easily as you two did," Raven commented.
"Me too," Cyborg added, "I've got to go recharge now, I'll talk to you guys in the morning alright?"
"Okay, good night Cyborg," Robin said. Ten minutes later he and Raven decided that it was time for them to turn in also.
The next day after everyone was awake, had breakfast, and showered; the four titans began searching for contact information for Starfire. She had also moved from her old address, but finding her was a little easier because they new she had a job. They looked at all the local modeling places and finally found her at the Serious Pout Modeling Company on only the second day of searching. When Raven called them they got her home number and new address.
Cyborg called later that evening and when she picked up; Starfire looked absolutely delighted to find out it was Starfire.
"Greetings friend Cyborg and Beast Boy, what is it that you have called for?" Starfire asked.
"Hey Star, we called with an offer for you," Cyborg said.
"Yeah, Raven and Robin have found a way for us to get funding from Jump City so we won't have to work anymore but we can still be a team," Beast Boy said. Then Cyborg gave her more details of the plan.
"That sounds like most fun, except I do not wish to see Raven any more, for I could not bear to see her angry at me any more, as with Robin," Starfire said.
"They aren't mad at you at all!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"They aren't?" Starfire asked.
"No, they want you to come back and they came up with this plan so that we would not end up getting into another fight and splitting up again," Cyborg said, having slight déjà vu from three days before when he said almost the same thing to Beast Boy.
"Then I agree to come back to Jump City and be part of the Titans once again," Starfire said happily.
"Alright, when do you plan on being here?" Beast Boy asked.
"I must tell my boss two weeks in advance, so I will be at Titans Tower in two weeks," Starfire said.
"Alright, sounds good, we'll see you then." Cyborg said, and then he hung up.
"Starfire's going to be here in two weeks, and then we can be a team again. Once she gets here we can go to the mayor and city council and try to work out a solution. And the five of us together all have a pretty big lump sum of money too, so the city won't have to pay for much," Beast Boy said.
"We could ask them just to pay for our electric and water bills until they can completely get back on their feet again," Raven suggested.
"Yeah, I mean, I've still got almost all of the 2 mil they gave me for the movie because Steel City was paying for the bills of Titans East," Cyborg said.
"I've only got about 100,000 left, I bought a whole lot of stuff," Beast Boy said, pulling at his 7,000 dollar shirt-sleeves
"Raven and I have about 3.5 million left." Robin said.
"Starfire's got a lot, plus the money she's made modeling," Raven added.
"So we've got what, 5.6 mil between the four of us, and then add on like 3 mil more?" Cyborg asked.
"That should last us for a while, but repairing all of the holes that get blown in the tower, paying for food, clothes, and other necessities, and luxury items, I think that might only last us what, ten, twenty years?" Robin joked.
"Yeah, but I don't know, 8.6 million dollars isn't all that much compared to the 46.5 billion of Bill Gates," Raven complained jokingly.
"Yeah, we need a lot more money," Beast Boy added.
The four sat around joking and watching TV, and playing games just like the good old days.
Two weeks later when Starfire came, Raven was completely relieved. Titans Tower had been filled to the brim with testosterone and Raven was very happy to have more estrogen in the house.
"Greetings Friend Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, and Robin!" Starfire shouted as she came in the front door.
"Hey Starfire!" All four yelled.
Raven ran over to her, "Thank God you're here. I haven't talked to another woman since I yelled at the last reporter six months ago!" Raven exclaimed.
"It's good to see you're here. I haven't talked to another woman since I yelled at the last reporter six months ago!" Raven exclaimed.
"It's good to see you too Friend Raven," Starfire said smiling as she returned the hug Raven was giving her with a little too much strength.
"Okay Starfire, I can't breathe any more," Raven said coughing.
"I'm sorry, please forgive me," Starfire said.
"It's alright, you didn't know how strong you were hugging me," Raven replied.
"Hey Starfire, I'm glad you decided to come back," Robin greeted her.
"Salutations!" Cyborg shouted, for he and Beast Boy were in the middle of playing another video game.
"Hey Starfire!" Beast Boy shouted also.
Greetings went all around and then all five titans went out to dinner for pizza. Not wanting to do anything but talk and hang out, they put off going to see the mayor for about a week.
When they finally decided that it was time to go talk to him, Robin scheduled a meeting and then two days later; it was time to meet the mayor.
A/N: Well, that's the end of the second to last chapter! The next one is going to be more like an epilogue for the second half than an actual chapter, but I hope that's alright.
Answer for Last Chapter's Answer:
From space, what is the brightest man made place?
Las Vegas!
This Chapter's Question:
Where was Woodstock held?
Bonus Question:
Who owned the property it was held on?
Standings:
Acosta pérez josé Ramiro: 4
Sillymail: 1
OceanPrincess4192: 2
Lain Shadow: 2
Hafewolfdemon: 2
MysteriousMagic: 1
Does anybody know how to apply to be a staff member of a C2 or how to ask anyone to be a member? And on this topic, does anybody want to be a staff member of my new C2? Tell me in a review if you have an answer to any of those three questions.