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Under Contract
Chapter 8: Negotiations
When it was time for their meeting with the mayor, the Titans made sure to show up early.
"You guys can go right on in," The secretary said.
"Ah, the Teen Titans, how are you?" The Mayor, Mr. Hawthorn, greeted.
"We're doing pretty well. We've just recently all gotten back together," Robin said.
"I sure hope it's for good this time, I can't stand seeing you guys broken up like that," Mr. Hawthorn said.
"We're hoping for it to be. That's why we came here today," Raven said.
"Alright, what can I do for you?" Mr. Hawthorn asked.
Cyborg explained to him that the reason why they had kept breaking up was because the fame was tearing the, apart. He said how when they would try to get back together again they would be ripped brutally from each other due to the fame.
"So, you're saying you want my help to get rid of your contracts?" Mr. Hawthorn asked, not completely sure what they were trying to tell him yet.
"No, we want to bargain with you so that we won't have to break up and get back together again," Raven said.
"Alright, let's hear what you guys have got to offer." Mr. Hawthorn said.
"Well, we've figured out that with all of our money combined that we had about 8.6 million dollars. But we don't exactly know how long it'll last us if we have to keep paying for everything," Raven started.
"So we're proposing that if the city will pay for our electric, water, heating, and cooling bills and we'll pay for food bills, and for repairs on the tower," Robin said.
"I don't know, we've had to cut more stuff recently, and I'm not sure how much more we can cut to fit you guys into the budget," The mayor replied.
"That's what we thought," Beast Boy said.
"And that's why we came with a plan," Cyborg said.
"Do explain," Mr. Hawthorn said, excited for some help on the budget.
"Well, first of all, I really don't think that we need to build a new football stadium when the one we have right now is only five years old," Cyborg started.
"And we can easily build the pool for you," Raven added.
"Also, the library we have now is fine, an addition to it would give the room needed for the new books, so we don't have to build a new one of those either," Robin said.
"Are a lot of people upset with having the new stadium built?" the mayor asked.
"Yes, because we just finished paying for this stadium, and our football team isn't all that good anyway." Cyborg said.
"And you'll really help build the pool?" Mr. Hawthorn inquired.
"We can do it all on our own," Raven said, "No charge at all."
"And the library only need an addition?"
"Yeah, you could probably extend it into the parking lot a little," Robin said.
"But what about the middle school? We've already started construction on that, and then there's the parks," Mr. Hawthorn said.
"There's nothing that we can really do with the middle school, so we'll just leave that alone. But the parks just need some new automated sprinklers and someone needs to cut the grass every other week," Beast Boy said.
"Cyborg and I could probably build some riding mowers to help with that too," Raven said.
"Yes, and I wish to help also, but I do not know how," Starfire said.
"Starfire, you can help by doing some fund raisers and things like that to help raise more money for the city," Robin suggested.
"Oh yes, that's a glorious idea!" Starfire exclaimed.
"So, you're going to help out with construction, raise money, and donate some things to help the city in exchange for us paying your heating, cooling, water, and electric bills?" The mayor asked.
"Yes, that's what we all promise to do," Raven said.
"That seems very reasonable, if I could make the decision on my own, that would be active immediately, but I have to run it past city council first and they have to approve of it. You'll have to wait until the meeting next Monday, but I'm almost positive that they will approve of your plan. Especially with you guys offering to do work that could save us at least a million dollars." Mr. Hawthorn said.
"So, you approve of our idea?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yes, it's a very good idea, and it's very cost efficient for the city. As long as you promise not to keep every light on in the tower 24 hours a day," The mayor joked.
"We promise," Robin said.
"And we won't leave every faucet or hose on either," Raven promised.
"Does this mean we will not fight any more?" Starfire asked.
"Yeah Star, it does," Robin said.
"GLORIOUS! We must go and enjoy pizza then to celebrate this wondrous occasion!" Starfire exclaimed.
"Alright, you guys run along then, I'll contact the city council immediately," Mr. Hawthorn instructed.
So the Titans all went out to get pizza to celebrate this joyful event. Afterwards they went out to a club and stayed out until two am partying. Of course the media noticed all five of them together again so the front page of the news paper the next morning was a picture of all five of them on the dance floor together with the head line: Is it for real this time? That gave them all a good laugh because each one of them knew that it would be coming.
A week later at the city council meeting the five Titans were all sitting there in street clothes waiting for the council to approve the bill.
"The next thing on the bill for today's meeting is the approval of the Titan's financing." The president said.
"I move to open the topic," the woman to her far right said.
"Seconded," The man to the presidents left said.
The president reviewed what the Titans had proposed and then, "All those in favor say 'Yay'." Four yays, one nay was heard and because majority rules the Titans all cheered to themselves for the approval of their proposition.
For the next six months all five titans worked very hard building the pool, helping with the library, raising money, building and repairing mowers to maintain the parks, building the middle school, and not to mention fighting crime. A lot of people were surprised they still had time to eat and sleep every day. The truth was, they weren't. The Titans invested in caffeine pills and glucose tablets to keep them going after those sleepless nights. When all of the projects that had promised to do were completed, all five Titans were completely exhausted. It took them about a week to get used to sleeping again and three weeks to actually find things to do when they weren't fighting.
Raven and Robin still weren't sleeping normally and when they couldn't sleep, they'd work on cases and get completely consumed in them. At one point, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire were pulling them out of their work and forcing them to sleep every couple of days. When they finally got everything worked out, Raven and Robin's anniversary was coming up.
"So, what are you two going to do to celebrate your first year of marriage?" Cyborg asked.
"We don't know yet," Raven replied.
"Oh good, Beast Boy, Starfire, and I got you two a gift. We booked the presidential sweet on the Norwegian Star cruise ship and you two are leaving for Alaska three days before your anniversary and you're coming home three days after it." Cyborg said.
"What!" Robin asked, stunned at how much that 'gift' would have probably cost.
"We figured food bills won't cost us that much, so we bought you this, it's not every day you've been married for a year. Besides, we'll probably forget to get you guys gifts for the next six years any way," Cyborg replied.
"Alright, but are you guys sure you want us to leave?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, we can cover for you any way. You've got four days to pack, and we've already picked out your excursions," Cyborg said.
"Thank you so much!" Raven said, jumping up from Robin's arms on the couch and hugging Cyborg, and giving him a big kiss on the cheek.
"Hey watch it, Robin's not supposed to know about what we're doing," Cyborg exclaimed, winking at his best friend who was still on the couch.
Cyborg walked away and as soon as he was out of ear shot, Raven and Robin really expressed how excited they were for the vacation.
Four days later, Raven and Robin were on a cruise ship leaving from the Seattle port heading towards Juneau, Alaska.
A week later when they came back, Raven and Robin had a lot of gifts for all of their friends, including an emerald bracelet, ring, and necklace for Starfire; mini totem polls, autographed pictures from the lumberjack show, and a sweat shirt for Beast Boy; and maps, a gold nugget, and a pendent that had 'boo ya' written in diamonds.
When Raven and Robin came back, life went back to normal. The Titans never broke up, and they're still together today.
Epilogue
An update on how each team member is doing right now.
Raven and Robin: About nine months exactly after their first anniversary, their daughter Wren was born. Two years later they had a son and named him Ryan. Raven's seven months pregnant right now with twin boys.
Cyborg: About four years after getting the Titans back together, Titans East moved in with the Titans. A year after that he and Bumble Bee got married. They have one girl named Jessie.
Starfire: She and Speedy started dating after Titans East moved in and two years later they got married and they now have two boys named Tommy and Wyatt.
Beast Boy: Beast Boy is currently engaged to a girl Mas y Menos hooked him up with.
The End
A/N: I suck at ending stories. But my fingers hurt like hell. I've been sitting here for like six hours now writing, rewriting, and then re-rewriting this chapter. I just couldn't get it perfect, but I've used about half a bottle of moisturizing lotion keeping my fingers from like drying out and cracking from typing madly for the last couple days. I had been working on this before today also. But I hope you liked this story. Unfortunately it's over. I had fun writing it and reading your reviews. Now, you've got one last chance to get cookie points. I'm not writing another chapter, but I'm going to write out summaries and titles for some possibilities for new stories and I want everyone to review and pick their favorite three. Make sure to vote!
Answer to Last Chapter's Question:
Where was Woodstock held?
Bethel, New York
Bonus Question:
Who owned the property it was held on?
Max Yasgur
This Chapter's Question: (This is the last one!)
What ancient civilization has a Goddess named Nike?
Bonus Question:
What is she the goddess of?