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Kori Anders packed her toothbrush and toothpaste after brushing her teeth in the morning.

She sighed and put her bags beside the door to her apartment. She went to watch TV.

Minutes later, there was a knock on her door. She got up and opened it.

A man with spiky black hair and electrifying blue eyes stood in the doorway carrying traveling bags.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Well, hi to you too!" Kori said sarcastically as she embraced him in a hug, gently wrapping her arms around his neck. He smiled.

"Hey, Kori…" she greeted. Kori chuckled.

"Hey, Marc." She said. "I guess I'm ready." She said as she let go of him and picked up her own bags.

"Great…" Marcus said. He gave her a peck on the cheek and walked her out the door. Kori locked it, and they both started to walk out of her apartment building. They hopped into Marcus's red convertible sports car, and drove off toward the airport.

When they go there, they went straight to the luggage drop-off.

"You got the tickets, right?" Kori asked.

"Yeah…" Marcus replied. He handed her a small piece of paper.

"Thanks." Kori said. She dropped her carry-on bag next to a small circular table and sat down. Marcus did the same.

"Are you sure you wanna go to California? I mean it's hot, and bright, and it's not dirty at all…" Kori said. Marcus waved his tucked and passport in her face.

"Well, if I didn't wan to, it's kind too late now. Besides, it's not like a place being clean is a bad thing…" he said. Kori shrugged and looked out the large window and saw their plane was landing in the large landing strip.

"Flight 101 at gate 33 boarding now. Flight 101 at gate 33 boarding now." A voice over the intercom said. The pair looked at each other and picked up their carry-on bags.

"Ready?" Marcus asked. Kori shrugged.

"Yeah…" she said. The two walked toward the gate and waited to board the plane. Once they got on, they made themselves comfortable, as they knew this would be a long ride…

Kori couldn't sit still the entire ride. What if the Titans saw her? What would they think? What would they say? How would they act? How would Nightwing react?

Kori's eyes widened as she realized what she had thought. She thought she had gotten rid of the thought of Nightwing… apparently not. And this only made her worry more.

She had promised Raven. It's been a year. All to long, yet, much too short. She wasn't ready to see them yet. She didn't want to. She decided to try to stay away from all the big crimes that the Titans might go to… and think.

Raven probably thought that she had backed out on her promise… but she didn't. Not yet. She wanted to just go and get it over with, but would they let her go back? Would she want to go back?

Kori shook herself from her thoughts.

'Of course I would want to come back… I have Vesper…' She told herself.

'Yes, but do you love him?' said a voice in her head.

'I thought I got rid of you…' Kori told the voice.

'You will never get rid of me… I'll never actually be gone. I'm a part of you, and no matter how hard you try to get rid of me, I'll always be here.' Said the voice.

'Shut-up… what was this about Vesper?' Kori inquired herself.

'Do you love him?' the voice said.

'Of course I do.' Kori thought. (lol)

'What about Nightwing?' the voice said.

'What about him?' Kori inquired crankily.

'Don't you love him, too?' the voice asked.

'No, I don't. That was a long time ago. In fact, it wasn't even love. It was a stupid childish CRUSH!' Kori informed, although she knew it wasn't true.

'Ow, keep your thoughts down! Besides, I know that's not true. I can read your thoughts. I'm practically yourself.' The voice said.

'You know what? Just… shut up. Shut up and leave me alone. Go back to… wherever you went to all those other times I actually needed you, and don't come back.' Kori said.

The voice went back to one of the darkest, most unused part of Kori's mind and said no more. Kor sighed and looked out the window.

It had been about 4 hours since they had left NYC and Marcus was asleep on Kori's shoulder. Kori couldn't sleep, for she was deeply lost in thought, staring blankly out her window. When she saw the ocean on the horizon and palm trees dotting the land, she knew. They were finally in California. She inhaled and exhaled deeply and looked at Marcus's sleeping form.

She shook his shoulder as they neared the airport. He awoke and smiled at her gratefully and looked out the window. He smiled wider.

"Wow, it's awesome!" he remarked. Kori nodded and squinted toward the horizon. She saw what she was looking for: Titans Tower. It was early late morning, like 10 AM. They should be up by now. She smiled as she remembered the tofu vs. meat wars in the morning…

"Wow, your smiling!" Marcus said. Kori's expression quickly faded.

"What? No I wasn't…" she said, unaware that she had in fact been smiling.

"You should do it more often, you look really pretty." Marcus said before looking out the window again. Kori shrugged and did the same. She reluctantly remembered her nights on the roof, watching the sunset with Robin…

Again, she shook herself from her thoughts. She didn't want to think about Robin or Nightwing… she loved Marcus now. Besides, it's not like Nightwing liked/loved her back… he had given her full reason to believe that.

When they landed, Kori and Marcus both waited patiently until they could go.

Coming off the plane, Kori remembered all the places she had seen and went to back when she was a Teen Titan… their favorite pizza place, a few night clubs they had went to, car repair shops, and banks they had saved from being robbed.

"You OK, Kor?" Marcus asked.

"I'm fine…" Kori said.

"Great… what do you wanna do? Eat? Find somewhere to stay?" Marcus asked excitedly as he looked around. "Rent a car? Ooh! Yeah! Let's rent a car first! We have to get the most awesome car there is…" Marcus dragged Kori onto the street and they walked into a building to rent a car. They ended up with the same car Marcus had in New York.

After they did that, they went out to eat. At the pizza place Starfire and the rest of the Titans went to. They sat up on the balcony of the restaurant, and Kori tried to occupy herself with her food and Marcus, rather than the memories crossing the border to her mind.

When they were finished eating, they went to find a place to stay. Finding no luck, they stopped for a while at a park, which was dangerously close to Titans Tower. Kori had suggested another place, but Marcus insisted on the park. So, there they were, sitting on the swings, talking about… whatever.

"So… where do you think we should stay?" Marcus asked.

"I dunno… I've never stayed anywhere but where I lived… when I actually lived here…" Kori said.

"Well, where did you live?" he asked. When she was silent, Marcus shrugged.

"Well… we should probably-" He was cut off by a large explosion not far from where they were. Marcus looked toward the explosion. A large pillar of smoke was now rising from it, and you could hear sirens. You could also slightly hear the radios on the police communications.

"We need backup."

"Where are the Titans?"

We need serious help."

Send in some more guys!"

"What do we do?"

Marcus looked at Kori.

"Wanna check it out?" he asked. Knowing that he wouldn't let her say no, she shrugged, and they both went into a building to change, and figure a way out without being seen.

Marcus and Kori, now Vesper and Twilight, arrived at the scene to see a large building slightly on fire, but nothing serious. The thing was, that is was an apartment building, with probably a thousand people inside, with no way out. And from what they could figure, there was a "mad man" inside.

Using their grappling hooks, they made their way up to the roof of the building and went inside through the roof hatch. Twilight hoped that they wouldn't see the Titans…

Speak of the… devils? … Nevermind… The pair saw a group of four young adults fighting a man in a black costume with a large red "x" on the front. Twilight froze and bit her lip. Red X, covered in a black veil, flew between them, and soon, the room was silent. All eyes were on Kori. Nightwing, Raven, Changeling, Cyborg, Red X. Everyone was looking at her in disbelief.

Kori laughed nervously and looked toward Red X.

"Hey, Cutie. Long time no see… I thought you left for good." Red X was the first to speak. The Titans, however, were still speechless.

Vesper decided to save the explaining for later and glared at Red X.

"Starfire?" Changeling asked, as if this all were not real, as if it were all a nasty dream.

"Starfire? What?" Vesper looked toward Twilight. "OK, what the hell is going on?"

Red X decided to get up and throw a punch at Vesper's face, but her dodged quickly, using his abnormal reflexes. He retaliated and punched Red X in the stomach, sending him into the wall, and Twilight followed with a kick to the face, sending him to the floor.

The Titans stared in shock. Was this all happening? Was this Starfire? Why was she wearing all the dark colors? And who was this guy she was with?

"Dude! That was awesome!" Changeling exclaimed. This was followed by a glare from Raven.

"This isn't the time, Changeling. Besides, it looks like Red X hasn't decided to give up." She said as Red X got up and threw large X's at all the young adults in the room, sending all of them into the wall.

"Crap…" Twilight muttered as she hit the wall. Red X neared her, and she glared at him dangerously.

"So, Cutie…" he put a gloved hand on her shoulder and lowered it crudely to her chest, which was responded by a growl from Twilight. She kneed him in the stomach, and he staged back a couple of steps. Then, while he was still regaining himself, she kicked him into the opposite wall. She struggled against her restraints and took out a pocket knife and started to cut herself loose, and Vesper did the same. The Titans tried several ways to get out using their powers and abilities.

Vesper was the first one out, and he went to help the Titans, seeing as they had been having trouble. Soon, all the Titans were out, as well as Twilight. Looking around, Red X frowned behind his mask.

"Well, now look… It's six against one! The odds are completely whacked… well, I guess I'll be going… see ya, Cutie. Titans. Spike." Red X smirked at the nick-names he had given the two young adults, and the two frowned. With a wave, he disappeared with a push of a button on his utility belt.

"Yo, how's it goin, lil' lady!" Cyborg asked Twilight. She smiled at his warmth… he hadn't changed at all… he barely even aged.

Nightwing stayed silent and stared at the new and definitely improved Starfire. Had she really come back? Was this really her? And… who was this guy with her?

Raven walked over to Twilight and hugged her, mush to her surprise.

"Did you get your powers back?" she whispered. Twilight shook her head in response.

She noticed Nightwing looking at Vesper, even though he had his mask on, and the other Titans glancing at him every once in a while. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.

"This is Vesper…" she introduces politely. Vesper smiled and nodded curtly in greeting.

Changeling looked toward Nightwing, who didn't seem to be taking all of this well. He smiled. Looks like he's getting a taste of his own medicine.

"Dudes, I'm hungry! Can we go home now? Come on, you guys can come, too!" Changeling said to Twilight and Vesper. The two shrugged, and the group all walked out together, all talking and laughing like good friends… On the way out, Twilight informed that her name was either Twilight or Kori, either or. And they all talked about her having a secret identity. Nightwing, though, stayed silent the entire time.

Twilight and Vesper hopped into their rented car, Nightwing on the Nightcycle, and Everyone else in the t-car, and they all sped home.

Kori almost regretted not wanting to see the Titans… Almost…

Phew! Sorry, I kept getting sidetracked on this chapter… sorry if it's a bit crappy. I'm too lazy to proofread it, so excuse me if its all crappy. Please please please REVIEW! I guess all of you who wanted the little reunion are a bit happy… lol… I AM IN DIRE NEED OF IDEAS! Not the entire rest of the story, Oh no… I go that covered. Just what you want to happen next, and I might consider it. /might/ lol Thank you so much for reading! )