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(if you thought the first chapter was confusing, this will answer a couple of questions, but will leave you with more questions, however, don't be frustrated because that's what I want, the story is designed to have you ask questions which will be answered in upcoming chapters, so if your confused, stick around. If you are a FOR reader, you will get it more than those who haven't but you too will have some questions, so once again, don't be frustrated, remember your supposed to have questions)
(If you have questions, ask them in reviews and I will answer them in my response to reviewers)
JUSTICE LEAGUE
WATCHTOWER
ORBITING EARTH
Beast Boy was standing next to four other fellow Justice League members of the now huge organization of hundreds of heroes. They were all in there early twenties and all talking excitedly about there latest mission. The Green Lantern was transporting them with his powering. "Beast Boy that was awesome, how you tricked Dr. Death like that, man simply amazing!" a young hero called Power House complimented the senior Justice League member. The other members nodded in agreement, Beast Boy gave his trademark smile and accepted the compliments, he loved being complimented.
"Dr. Death is really just plain predictable these days," Beast Boy said to the heroes with his smile wider than ever.
"How long has it been since you joined the league?" asked one of the newest Justice League members, Eagle.
"Lets see, twenty years ago Wilson was defeated, 16 years ago the Titans disbanded and we joined the league after that terrible battle, then fourteen years ago I had my first child, 9 years ago I got twin boys, 5 years ago I got another daughter, and finally, last year I got a third daughter," Beast Boy summed up his life since the Titans disbanded in one sentence.
"How old are you?" Eagle asked in shock at how many children Beast Boy had.
"36 years and counting," Beast Boy said with a grin.
"You look like your 23 or something," Eagle said, still feeling disbelief that such a young looking guy could be so old.
"I had an accident which made me green, however, the side effect is, I still age like any other human, however, I don't show my age at the rate most people do, that is why I always looked younger than I really was my entire life," Beast Boy explained.
Eagle nodded and the four young members began talking about what they were going to do when they got back. Beast Boy smiled at these heroes, "So much smarter than we were, we should have waited, honed our skills, joined the Justice League quickly, than we probably would have avoided Slade, Wilson, Brother Blood, and Trigon, or at least been much better prepared to face them." He looked to Earth and his smile vanished, "Christine, why did you leave? We miss you so much," he always thought this when he was in space or on earth, hoping she sensed his thoughts and realized the past would be forgiven and all would be well if she just came back to her mother and father.
They arrived on the now huge Watchtower which had grown thanks to Cyborg constantly upgrading and enlarging the space station. When they landed Green Lantern gave Beast Boy a wave as he returned to earth to do what ever he did. Beast Boy and the other heroes reached the main door where there were two directions to go, the four heroes went left to the non married male section while Beast Boy went right to the married and senior members section.
Beast Boy entered the main lobby of the married section to see Aquaman leaving, giving Beast Boy a nod, and Batman with Superman looking at the earth from the huge window in the large, spacious lobby.
Beast Boy really didn't want to get into a conversation with Batman and Superman slipped into the narrow corridor towards his and Raven's apartment. They had one of the biggest ones, since there family was so large, and were next door neighbors to Starfire and her husband Batman, who also had a large family.
Batman wasn't Bruce Wayne; Batman was Tim Drake who took over the role five years earlier after a battle left Bruce Wayne paralyzed from thewaist down. Realizing Gotham's criminals would try to take advantage if Batman disappeared, Bruce convinced Tim Drake to give up his Darkwing identity and become Batman. Tim had gotten rid of the Robin identity because if brought bad memories to both Starfire and Raven, so the second man to wear the uniform of Robin put it away and adopted the identity of Darkwing. Now, Darkwing was tossed aside and he was Batman. The 35 year old had a lot of responsibilities, carrying the name of the legendary hero, raising four children, and spend time with his wife.
Beast Boy continued on and reached his door, he put his hand on the identification slide, and of course, was approved, the door swung open and Beast Boy walked in with a smile on his face. "Home sweet home," Beast Boy thought as he walked past the toys in the living room, past the kitchen which was full of dishes and teacups, and finally to the hallway which had all the rooms. The twins shared a room and were the first one to the right, Christine's room was to the left, and was untouched, the next room to the right was his next daughter, and finally the last room to the left was the baby's room. Straight ahead was the master bedroom. Beast Boy noticed the children weren't there and when he entered the master bedroom he saw Raven wasn't there either. "Where are they?" he thought, slightly alarmed.
He left the room to check with Starfire if she knew where Raven and the kids were but he thought he heard a sob in Christine's room. "Who is in there? Could she have heard my calls! Is she home?" Beast Boy thought as he opened the door, Raven was sitting on the bed; she quickly got rid of her tears from her pretty face and glared at Beast Boy. Raven, still wore her old Titans uniform except she covered her legs now, she too looked like she was in her early twenties, except the reason wasn't because of an accident, it was because she was half demon, she would most likely live to be two hundred years old.
"She isn't home, she probably wont be home for a while, so don't bring your hopes up, I don't know why you would, after what she said to us," Raven said to her husband, reading his mind.
"Raven, don't say that, you know she didn't mean it, and I know you miss her as much as I do," Beast Boy responded.
"She did something that can never be forgiven or fixed," Raven continued, her voice dark and with anger.
"Raven, you care for her, why else would you be crying in her room," Beast Boy said, "She is mad at me, that much is obvious, why else would she be acting like this," Beast Boy thought. Eversince Christine ran away, Beast Boy and Raven's happy marriage had become strained, Beast Boy went on a lot more missions on earth and did a lot more risky stunts while Raven's personality had become darker and she wasn't as active with the Justice League as she used to be. However, they still loved there children and continued to give them all the love and support they needed.
"I wasn't crying," Raven responded.
"I heard you," Beast Boy continued.
"You heard wrong," Raven shot back.
"Then why are you in her room?" Beast Boy said, not wanting to give ground.
"To figure out why, why she left like she did, why she severed our bond," Raven said quietly.
"You know why," Beast Boy said, also quietly.
The two parents had kept a lot of secrets from there eldest daughter, they hadn't told her who she was named after, they hadn't told her about how powerful and painful her birth was. She didn't know what had happened to her mother years ago, she didn't know that her mother always hesitated a little to show affection because the pain of the night she was conceived still lingered with her and it pained Raven. That night was a right of passage, it was the night she had finally overcome what had happened to her in the Tower many years ago, but it was the most painful night of her life. She still remembered how Beast Boy and her held each other and cried the next morning.
Before Raven could respond the phone rang, Beast Boy got up and grabbed the phone, "Hello?" he asked. After a few seconds, Beast Boy said, "Okay," and hung up the phone.
"What is it?" Raven asked, still speaking coldly to Beast Boy.
"Meeting in fifteen minutes, where are the kids?" Beast Boy asked.
"They are with Hawkgirl, she is baby sitting this week, as are Star's kids," Raven said, still not softening her voice to her husband.
"You know Raven, some wives say hello or give a kiss or say I missed you or something like that," Beast Boy said with a smile.
"I am not like that grass stain," Raven said, not smiling to show it wasn't a joke. She began using Cyborg's old insult on Beast Boy because she knew it hurt and angered him when she said it.
"What the hell is wrong with you Raven, you act cold and hateful to me, you reject your first child, what is bothering you?" Beast Boy said anger now in his voice. He was sick and tired of her mood swings and her little games and her lies, he wanted to end his problems now. "She has become so heartless since Christine left, its time I tell her to pull her self together and face the fact she misses Christine," Beast Boy thought.
"What is my problem? Lets see, I have four kids, who rarely see there father because he plays kid games with people fifteen years younger than him! I mean none of the senior Justice League members do these simple missions, they stay here, with family and friends, not go out like a cowboy every day! You are acting like you're a still a Titan or something, I wish you could sometimes grow up and realize how much you hurt me when you leave," Raven said the last part quietly.
"What do you mean hurt you?" Beast Boy said, an edge to his voice, "I complied to all her wishes, I married her on Azarath, I had a companionship, I moved out of the Tower for her, I did all that and twenty years latter she still has demands for me to fulfill," Beast Boy thought bitterly.
"You take a risk of getting hurt every time you go out there, something bad happens to men who I am close with, I don't want something bad to happen to you, what would I do if you didn't make it back one day?" Raven asked.
"You are a black widow aren't you?" Beast Boy said menacingly.
Raven looked at him wide eyed, not really getting what he was saying, "Wha-" she was cut off.
"Sucking the blood men until you use them to meet your needs, then you kill them, that's why nothing bad has happened, I haven't been used to my full potential yet, you're a black widow who will kill me once I am used. Maybe I shouldn't have married a heartless half-demon who doesn't even care for her daughter and is worried and upset that she has to raise her children if something were to happen prematurely to the next victim," Beast Boy said with much bitterness, sometimes, his beast side influenced him when he got angry, and that was happening at the moment.
"How could you say that? I married you because I love you, I had children with you, you remember how hard it was the first time, you remember the pain we both went through that night, especially since what, he did to me that night all those years ago. We have gone through hell and back on many occasions together, and now you call me a black widow planning on killing and using you, I just don't want our children to lose such a great father at such a young age, at least wait a few years and let them get older and more mature before you take these risky, daily missions, please, not for me, for the children," Raven pleaded to Beast Boy.
Painful and happy memories flashed in Beast Boy's mind as he remembered all he and Raven had gone through, he lowered his eyes, ashamed at what he said, "I am so sorry Raven, I was being so selfish, you have sacrificed and gone through so much and now I am picking myself over my children and wife, I will do what you say, only if you honestly answer one question of mine," Beast Boy said.
"Ask me," Raven said.
"You still love Christine and miss her a lot, don't you?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven collapsed into Beast Boy's arms and said, "I miss her so much, I just want to make things right, if only I was brave enough to tell her the truth," Raven said.
"Raven, you know what the truth could do to her, we have to regain her trust, not give her such information about your past," Beast Boy whispered in her ear.
"But that is why she left. Because we never told her anything, because we kept the information away," Raven whispered back.
"We will think of someway to bring her back, I know right now we would tell her anything but we know it would be wrong," Beast Boy said to her.
"I know, let's go to this meeting," Raven said, regaining her composure, she left with Beast Boy to the meeting room.
MEETING ROOM
Superman chaired the meeting and called the members to attention, assembled, were Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Batman were the only heroes assembled. They noticed the strange coincidence that the only people in the room, aside from Superman were all Titans. Superman began by saying, "I am proud to say a new super hero team has been formed," he had a grin on his face.
"Is this a local team or a global team?" Cyborg asked, weary that the Justice League may have competition.
"They are local," Superman answered.
"Specialize in a city, region, country, state?" Batman asked.
"A city," Superman answered the question.
"In America?" Raven asked, she was curious to find out for some reason.
"Yes, in America," Superman said with a nod.
"What letter does the city start with?" Starfire asked.
Now Superman's grin grew wider, "It starts with a J," he answered her.
It clicked in all the Titans mind, "Kevin did it," Batman said to his wife with a smile on his face, he hadn't been this proud in a long time.
"The Titans are back!" Cyborg said with a grin.
"How many members?" Beast Boy asked, also smiling that the team had been resurrected.
"Four, ages, around 13-15 possibly 16, not sure exactly what everyone's age is," Superman answered the question.
"Who are these members?" Raven asked.
"Robin, Darkness, Fireteen, and Guardian," Superman answered.
"She is on the team," Raven said to Beast Boy whose eyes widened with his wife's.
"We have to get to the Tower now! Cyborg, get us a ship, I need to go get my daughter!" Beast Boy said as he scrambled to his feet.
Superman stopped him, "I am sorry but you can't get her yet," he said.
"What do you mean we can't get our daughter?" Raven asked, angry at the man of steel. She was desperate to make things right again.
"The Teen Titans are a different team, not connected to the JL, they made a rule no JL members may enter Jump City, it was part of the terms they signed with us," Superman told the now angry parents of Darkness.
"You signed a contract forbidding the parents of two of the Titans from entering the city which we bled and saved countless times!" Beast Boy said in anger and frustration.
"Yes, I didn't know Darkness was your daughter, I am sorry," Superman said apologetically. "Robin just said there aliases not there real names, if I knew I wouldn't have agreed," Superman told the two parents.
"But why are they in Jump City?" Batman said.
"What do you mean?" Cyborg asked confused at what difference it made.
"When was the last time you have gone to the city?" Batman asked Cy. Cy rarely left the Watchtower, he was too caught up in his work and since Bumblebee's death in the last Titan's mission he had become a different man.
"Long time," Cy answered Batman's question
"The News magazine calls it the new Gotham, they say it is worse than Gotham City right now, gangsters, corruption, violence, overpopulation, protitutes, murderes, rapists, and supervillains,all the worst things that can happen to a city times two goes on in Jump City," Batman said, concerned, he thought Robin would move to another city, not stay in hell.
"I am sure my child will be all right, he does have his mother's powers, if he embraces them that is," Starfire said. Robin had all of Starfire's powers, but he struggled to grasp the concept of rightous fury and the joy of flight.
"I am sure things will go well, we can still keep an eye on them from up here and make sure things are going smoothly down there," Cyborg said with a smile.
"Unless they get run out of town like we were," Beast Boy said quietly.
"The city won't be funding and taking care of them, the JL will be," Superman told the heroes. The ex-Titans nodded, liking the idea of this new team not being dependant on the corrupt officials.
The meeting was adjourned and the ex-Titans returned to there rooms, wondering what was to happen in Jump City now that a new team of Teen Titans had arrived.
That chapter was complete and I am very happy with it, now next chapter, we see the New Teen Titans enemies!
(remember, you should be wanting to ask questions, which I will answer, if I can next chapter)
I am happy with the responses and of course, I will respond to those who reviewed chapter 1:
BBRaelover4eva- In the Fall of Robin series part one the first Robin, Dick Grayson, is killed after going insane. In part two he is replaced by Tim Drake, who also gets a little crazy by the end of the third story, but he survives. Now the new Robin is Tim Drake's son Kevin, while Tim Drake has become Batman after Bruce Wayne's accident, which is explained in this chapter. Also, Robin (from now on when I refer to Robin it is the third Robin, Kevin) called Darkness his cousin because the two families are close they call each other cousins and Aunt Raven and Aunt Starfire and Uncle BB and Uncle Batman and etc. that is where the cousin comment comes from. Now why the real Titans joined the JL will be answered in upcoming chapters, a terrible event happened which wasn't explained in the Fall of Robin series, that is something that could only be explained in this story. Also, I forgot to mention, this story is when the original Titans are in there thirties, yeah, that would help make things clearer for you hopefully, still confused, then ask more questions and hopefully I can answer them next chapter, thanks for the review and hope you continue to review!
BlackGothFaerie- glad you like Darkness, I think she is the best female character I have ever made up, my favorite male character is Guardian, I just love his story which I thought of. Darkness doesn't like her parents for a specific reason, I hinted on it a little in this chapter but of course, in future chapters that issue will be explored and confronted, glad you are liking this story, hope you like this chapter and I hope you continue to review
Vandagirl- considering your reviews are so long and good everytime, I have no doubt that my chapter to you was a normal chapter, but to me it was huge, I don't see it a competition that your chapter's are longer than mine, it doesn't bother me or make me hate you or anything like that, I respect you and your story. Glad you can get an idea on why it is BBxRae, I was thinking of making this off the Fall of Robin series or the story Can't Live Without Her but I realized I have a more powerful story going with the first one. I use spell check but I am bad at telling words apart, I try my best to keep errors at a minimum, but I don't mind at all when people point out those mistakes so I can look for them next time, your suggestions on grammer have improved my grammer greatly, you arereally a benefit reviewer and I hope to continue getting your support (I am jumping up and down in joy)
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