AN: I do not own the Teen Titans, for if I did I would never let it go off the air for no apparent reason!

Chapter 8

Three days passed and the Titans decided to stay inside the tower. What with Starfire's near slip of Robin's name at the park, they just figured that it was safer to stay home, as much as they hated it. But they found different things to keep themselves busy with.

Cyborg and Robin sat on the couch playing one of their many video games. Their fingers worked furiously as they tried to gain as many points as possible. They were constantly trying to prove that one was better than the other and so many competitions were being held between the two.

"Ya think you can beat that score?" asked Cyborg victoriously.

"With my eyeth clothed," said Robin scooting closer to the edge of the couch.

Starfire was at the kitchen table with all of her dolls sitting in the seats. She was reading them a story and serving them tea, which was water. She had even dressed up in a nicer dress and wore a bow in her hair. Oh how she loved to play house and tea party with her dolls. She had learned to play such games of the imagination from all of the kid's shows she had watched.

"Would you like more tea, little wooden replica of Cyborg?" asked Starfire with the water filled tea pot in her hand.

"Why yes I would," said Starfire in a deep voice to represent Cyborg. She happily poured him some and then proceeded to ask her other dolls.

All of a sudden Raven burst into the room running as fast as she could with Beast Boy right behind her. She was laughing and screaming, as well as he.

"Beast Boy! Don't!" said screamed out as she rounded the kitchen table.

"I'm gonna get ya!" he laughed as the two danced around the table.

Raven made a dash and soon the two were doing laps around the couch. Cyborg and Robin did their best to look around them, but they were very distracting.

"Hey cut it out!" yelled Cyborg over the commotion.

"Get away!" Raven screamed at Beast Boy and then ran for the door again. Beast Boy hopped over the couch, hitting Robin in the head as he did, and grabbed her. He pulled her to the ground and began to tickle her viciously. She screeched with laughter and tears streamed down her face.

"Could you please be more quiet?" asked Starfire as politely as she could over the noise.

"Yeah, no kidding," said Robin.

"Stop!" screamed Raven through her painful laughter. Beast Boy just laughed wickedly and tickled her stomach and under arms. "I'm going to pee my pants!"

Beast Boy thought that this was enough and decided to stop. He backed up and let her catch her breath, and his own. She couldn't even sit up she was so exhausted from laughing.

"You are so dead," she said panting, but a smile on her face.

"I didn't know you were so ticklish," said Beast Boy giggling.

"Neither did I," said Raven.

"Friends would you like to play with me?" asked Starfire from the table.

"I don't like dolls, Starfire," said Beast Boy. He stood up and gave Raven his hand. She took it and he pulled her to her feet. "You wanna go play in the gym?"

"Okay," said Raven and the two ran off.

"Don't break anything!" yelled Robin.

"We won't," the two called back as the doors closed behind them.

Robin and Cyborg kept playing and then finally Robin dropped his controller and started pointing and laughing at Cyborg. "Ha! I told you I could beat you!"

"No fair, I was distracted," said Cyborg quickly.

"I beat you, I beat you!" Robin danced around the room. Cyborg growled and hit the "reset" button.

"Best two out of three," he called and started playing. Robin quickly sat down and the two went at it again.

"Do you understand that games of video?" asked Starfire to her dolly.

"No, I do not," she said in a high voice for her doll.

Suddenly there came a loud pinging sound and it snapped the three Titans out of their little childhood daze.

"The doorbell is ringing," said Starfire.

"Who could be here?" asked Robin growing nervous.

Beast Boy and Raven appeared looking just as scared as the other three were. They all ran over to the window and looked down to see if they could see who was there. They saw a boat, but they couldn't see anyone. They must have been waiting at the door.

"What do we do?" asked Cyborg.

"We didn't order anything, did we?" asked Raven.

"No, jutht that wire," said Robin.

"Maybe it's here," said Beast Boy.

"How long has it been since we ordered it?" asked Cyborg.

"Five days I believe," said Starfire.

They continued looking down and then saw a man appear and look up. He was holding a package and looked a little confused. He then shrugged and started heading back towards the boat.

"We can't let him leave," said Raven.

"But we can't go down there looking like this," said Beast Boy.

Suddenly Cyborg's eyes lit up and he said, "Come on, I have an idea!"

The man slowly made his way down the rocks that lead to the water, where his boat was waiting. The package in his hand was small and he was quite upset that he had to take a boat just to deliver this small package to a tower where no one was even home.

"Hello?" asked a deep voice through static.

The man nearly fell over he was so startled. He turned around and said, "Hello?"

"We're here," said the voice. "What do you want?"

"Um, I have a package here," said the man.

There was a slight pause and then the voice spoke again. "Do you know what's inside of it."

"I believe it's a wire, sir," said the man.

Another pause came. "It was supposed to take a week."

"Yes, sir, but when the company found out that the Teen Titans were waiting they made sure to get it to you as soon as possible."

A pause. "Please leave the package at the door."

The man looked around as if he was being tricked, but did as he was told. He went back to the door and left the package on the ground.

"Thank you," said the deep voice.

"Uh, you're welcome," said the man, slightly confused. He turned around and, once again, headed down to the boat. As he did he could have sworn he heard children giggling. This was the strangest delivery he had every made.

As soon as the boat was out of sight the Titans opened the door and grabbed the package. They were still laughing and Cyborg held the boytalk in his hand.

"Great idea, Thyborg," said Robin as they headed back to the common room.

"Man, I'm so glad you had this thing," said Cyborg to Beast Boy.

"I always knew it would come in handy," said Beast Boy.

"It came in the hand more than once," said Starfire giggling.

"So is it the wire?" asked Raven looking at the package. They had reached the common room and Cyborg quickly tore the package open. Sure enough, there lay the wire in plastic wrap.

"Yup, now we can get back to normal," said Cyborg with a smile. But the smile slowly faded and the five felt as if a cloud had formed over them. The looked at each other and then back at the wire.

"Back to the way thingth were," said Robin.

"Back to fighting the villains," said Starfire.

"Back to being green," said Beast Boy.

"Back to being half robot," said Cyborg.

"Back to never feeling," said Raven.

They continued to look at the wire. It was a small blue wire, identical to the one Cyborg had cut. But in that little wire laid their futures. They had never thought about it before, but they actually had a choice in front of them.

"Well, I guess I should get to repairing the clock," sighed Cyborg in a defeated voice.

"Yeah," the others agreed in a similar tone.

Cyborg closed the package up and headed for his room. He would have a heck of time repairing the clock, since most of his technological knowledge had disappeared. Luckily he had recorded himself explaining how to fix it, just incase he did forget. He sat down at his desk and got everything out that he would need. With one last sigh, he turned on the recording and began to fix the clock.

The common room grew very depressed and confused. The television was on, but the four little Titans barely noticed it. They were too lost in their own thoughts. They hadn't realized how much fun they were really having as children. The freedom they felt. They didn't have any responsibilities.

Starfire sat hugging each of her dolls as tight as she could. She knew she was going to miss them terribly when she was older and was too old to play with them. She liked talking to them and playing games with them. She had never realized how much fun could be had with Earth children's games and dolls.

Robin had his head resting on his hand, his arm resting on the arm of the couch. He hated thinking about the fact that he was going to be in charge again. Back to business and nothing else. He liked being a little boy. He had been rushed into growing up and being a kid again gave him a second chance.

Beast Boy looked at his hands and sighed. He was going to miss his normal looking skin. Soon it was going to be green again, as well as his blond hair and blue eyes. He had to admit, he did miss changing into animals, but he was liking being a kid in the U.S. It was definitely a different experience than being in Africa. He looked over at Raven another feeling consumed him. He was going to miss the friendship they had formed.

Raven was sitting in the corner of the room, where she had usually sat in levitation and read. She was looking out the window and eyeing the city. She felt like she was going to cry, but she didn't want to. She couldn't. She had to get used to suppressing everything again. Never again would she be able to laugh like she had when Beast Boy tickled her. Never again could she cry when she got hurt. Never again would she be able to smile for no reason as she sat on a swing set.

Cyborg entered with the clock in hand, and he didn't look happy. "It's fixed." The others stood up as he walked over to them.

"So how do we become older again?" asked Starfire.

"I'm not exactly sure," said Cyborg. "But I think I know what to do." They were all quiet and looked around aimlessly. "You guys ready?"

None of them wanted to say yes, but they had to. They had a responsibility to the city. "Yes," they each said quietly.

They each went and put on their old costumes, remembering what had happened when they had turned back into children. Cyborg, of course, just kept what he was wearing on. He wasn't about to stand naked in front of his friends again. They all met and the time had come.

"Okay, here we go," said Cyborg. He reached into the clock with a pair of tweezers and began to tap around on all the little chips. The clock began to tick faster and faster. Suddenly the face of the clock lit up and a white light engulfed the five of them.