Part 12

December 24th

"Well, I suppose it is deserved. A toast to Noel, who did such a damn good job making order sprung from chaos." Robin said. Indeed, under the 'watchful' eye of all the Titans, Savior had spent the entire day cleaning, fixing, and reparing everything. "Well done. And one more toast to him, the man who finally found the way to the heart of the season is just to look for the obvious. It took you long enough, but better late then never. Congratulations, Noel!" Tim said, as he saluted Noel, who had finally let Tim use his real name in front of the Titans East, with a champagne flute of hot chocolate.

"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…" Noel snored.

"…Eh, let him sleep for now." Robin said. "Well Titans, all in all, it was a pretty good…"

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Came a loud laugh as the floor erupted, a hideous monster coming up through the floor boards as a repulsive mutant doctor rode it. Before the Titans could do anything, it had swallowed Mas Y Menos.

"Prepare to die Titans, at my hand, DR. SLUG!" The mutant declared.

"DOCTOR SLUG! The oft referenced but never seen number one enemy of Darkwing Duck?" Gauntlet yelled.

"We don't have time for this. Dr. Slug, meet mister Salt Arrow." Speedy said.

THWIP-THWIP!

"ARGH! MELTING, MELTING! BLLARRRGGHHH…" Dr. Slug wailed as he and his monster melted back the way they had come, spitting out the speedster twins before they vanished, amazingly causing the floorboards to set back down in the exact same position they had been in before his appearance.

"Man, I've been waiting so long to use those arrows." Speedy said, as Mas Y Menos shook off the slime, which amazingly disappeared, and sat back down on the couch.

"Uh…you ok guys?" Bumblebee asked.

"Multa fina!"

"Me siento muy bien!"

"Uhhhhh…did I miss something?" Savior said as he woke up.

"Nothing much." Cyborg declared. Savior blinked, and then started sipping at his cooled hot chocolate.

"So, Star, I noticed you didn't go look for Santa this year. Finally realize the truth?" Terra asked. Robin gave Terra a sideways glare: Starfire had been rather traumatized by the whole Santaberg thing and was still a bit hesitant when speaking, and just when he thought she'd finally dealt with it, Terra had to go say something like that…

"…No…he is still out there…but after that manifestation…I have had just about enough of Father Christmas this year." Starfire said, and sipped her mustard. "But next year, he will be mine!"

Then again, Starfire was stronger then even Tim realized at time.

"All right then. Then everything's fixed, everything's set, and everything's done. So, Merry Christmas everyone." Robin said, and they all clinked glasses.

"And to all a good night." Savior said as he got up. "I'd like to stay longer guys, really this time, but I'm exhausted. I'll see you all tomorrow."

"All right Noel."

"Nighty-night!"

"Buenos noches!"

"Sweet dreams!"

"I'd prefer eight hours." Savior said, as he walked, slowly to his room. He found it, and sat down on his chair, taking off his boots before he leaned back and took a breath, trying to relax.

And then he sensed it, as Raven appeared from the shadows. But not in her usual attire.

"Merry Christmas, Noel." She said, as he looked up in her, bedecked in a long red fur robe…and under that a Mrs. Claus outfit. Yeah, she'd said never to Terra…but only because she believed such things should be private.

Savior cocked his head, looking up at the dusky woman before she swung the cloak around him and sat on his lap.

"Sure I deserve this?" He asked.

"Better then the lump of coal you were going to give yourself." Raven said, and kissed him deep.

December 25th

"It's Christmas! Wake up! Wake up everyone!" Beast Boy's voice rang through the tower. Noel blinked his eyes open, then grabbed Raven's alarm clock.

"Quarter past six. They let us sleep in this year." Noel said.

And we pan out the room, as Christmas broke over Jump City with the frenzy it does everywhere, as we look over the whole city and then come back to the Tower.

"Hey there!" Dickens said on the roof.

"Yep, we're back! Said we would be!" Charlie said. "Christmas had come to Jump City, and the Titans had survived once more. Of course, we never know what will happen next year…but for now, let's see the end of this year…" Charlie said, as we panned down through the roof.

Inside the main room, Beast Boy, Mas Y Menos, and Gauntlet were already tearing at their gifts, while Robin tried to regain order, Starfire watched happily, Bumblebee, Speedy, and Aqualad looked sleepily on, Cyborg brewed coffee, Scalpel and Sophie sat on a couch…

And Terra got hit by a snowball!

"THAT'S IT! I AM GETTING YOU THIS TIME!" Terra yelled, as she turned and ran down the hallway and around the corner. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU-HUH?"

"Whoowhoowhoopwhoopwhoop!" Slade yelped as he ran down the hall. For a moment, Terra thought she was dreaming.

Then Slade tripped and fell, and with a poof of smoke, he turned into…Larry the Titan.

"Larry! It was you? Why did you keep hitting me with snowballs?…And why were you disguised as Slade?" Terra said.

"Um…that girl told me to do it." Larry said, pointing. Terra looked.

A snowball hit Terra in the face, and far off in the distance a Hispanic girl ran off, whooping like Zoidberg, even as Larry vanished in a poof of smoke. As snow ran down her face, Terra sighed, gave up on making any sense of it at all, and wiped the snow off before rejoining her friends.

And I'm done tormenting Terra for you. You know who you are.

Sure I do! Hey, you ever gonna lock this back door?

ARGH!

"Sounds like a pretty chaotic morning." Savior said as he headed down the halls with Raven, both dressed in their robes.

"You did put all the presents in the right spots, didn't you?" Raven said.

"Yes I…have…oh dear." Savior said.

"What?"

"My little photo project…um…I put all the photos in the envelopes…but I forgot to label them, I just put them on the pile of gifts for whoever was going to give them…but with the mess our more enthusiastic members will make of the presents' arrangement…there's a good chance the envelopes might get…mixed up…"

"WHAT THE HELL!"

"Make that a certainty."

"Beast Boy! What the hell were you thinking!" Bumblebee yelled, waving the photos she had found in the envelope she had been given. "You pervert! You cheater! You no good…!"

"Wait wait, there must be an explanation!" Beast Boy said, now bright red, as Terra said there, stunned. Bumblebee didn't wait for one, as she turned small and chased after Beast Boy, zapping him.

"AIYEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ES HORRIBLE!" Mas Y Menos screamed, as they threw their pictures on the ground. Pictures of Sophie, to be specific, as the girl turned even redder then Beast Boy before Robin, acting swiftly, picked them up and passed them to Scalpel.

"I believe these are for you, Nigel. Bit of a mixup." Robin said.

"Uh…thanks…but what did they say?" Scalpel growled.

"Um… 'My, she is a beautiful woman, but she does not belong to us, so we must depart with these pictures least they lead us to gratuitous bodily harm.'" Robin said.

"…They fit all that in three syllables?"

"…Yes?"

"Good." Scalpel said.

Aqualad stared, looking at his pictures…of Mas Y Menos.

"…Ok…I really hope this is an error…because otherwise someone has just made me feel REAL dirty…"

"I think so." Starfire said, as she showed her pictures of a bikinied Bumblebee. "Otherwise I believe that things between myself and Karen may get…what is your word…discommodious?"

"Yeah. Let's go with that." Cyborg said, as he held up his pictures of Terra. "Heh, Tara. I didn't know you cared."

Terra snatched the pictures away.

"Ok, this is clearly a case of everyone getting the wrong gifts." Robin said. "Now, are there any other…"

"HOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Gauntlet screamed. "JACKPOT! MERRY CHRISTMAS WORLD! MERRY CHRISTMAS TOWER! MERRY CHRISTMAS JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE!"

"What the heck did you ge-HOLY GOD!" Speedy yelled. "YOU LUCKY BASTARD! OH CRAP!"

"What is all the yelling-OH JESUS!" Cyborg yelled, as he poked his head over the shoulders.

Robin finally got over to see what was going on.

"……………………….ROB! GIVE THOSE TO ME! RIGHT NOW!"

"No way! I got it for Christmas! Mine! Mineminemineminemine!" Gauntlet yelled, as he ran for it and Robin furiously chased him around, as Cyborg, Speedy, and eventually all the other Titan men followed, half to try and restrain Robin from killing Gauntlet and half to try and get another look at the pictures. Starfire stood there and tried to look innocent, and wondered if she could convince Raven or Savior to engage in some selective memory alteration…

"Hey!"

Beast Boy's voice stopped a few people…

As the balloon flew through the air, splattering all over its target.

"Yes! I finally got you Cyborg! Finally I got you with the balloon! True I didn't have any oil, but chocolate sauce works just as well, because you said you would never be caught off guard, but I talked Bumblebee out of killing me, and I knew I'd never have a better chance! My being turned brown is avenged! I win! I rule! I…" Beast Boy gloated, as he walked fully into the room…and found a grinning, ducking Cyborg.

"You missed." Cyborg said.

"…I missed? But then who did…" Beast Boy said, as his eyes panned over…to a stunned Savior, his face and head covered with chocolate sauce as it slowly dripped onto the floor.

Silence, during which Robin finally snatched Starfire's pictures away from Gauntlet, as Savior blinked a few times…and then reached up and wiped his face off.

"…Bah Humbug." He said, but without a trace of anger, and then he licked his fingers.

"…Oh well, I'll get that Noel!" Beast Boy said, and then turned into a dog and jumped on the teen.

"ARGH! DOG BREATH! NOT A GOOD WAY TO START THE MORNING! ARGH! AHHHHH!" Savior yelled, stumbling around, as the Titans laughed at the chaos…as the camera panned away from them, back through the roof and onward…

"Goodbye!" Dickens yelled, waving, along with Charlie, Prisionero, a floating typewriter, and a Hispanic girl.

"See you next year!" Charlie called, as the camera panned out to show the whole of Jump City on the glorious morning.

"…So tell me Charlie, you ever going to be able to write anything short again, ever?"

"…Oh, just SHUT UP."

THE END