This was actually going to be a fairly serious piece as a story but, alas, I gave in. Actually that happens a lot and I end up writing gags out of snippets I was going to include in bigger stories. Anyway, here's the next chapter and the Titans are up to no good- which possibly isn't the best thing for a bunch of underage superheroes.

Disclaimer: ok, ok, I hid the Teen Titans and the JLA under the sofa for a while DC, but don't get mad and sue… they're all in perfect condition except Robin is looking a little green…

'He's not our mentor so what can he do?' Roy spoke up, more confident now that Bruce had left.

'You don't want to know.' Dick said secretly pleased to see the others shiver. He may be slightly worried about how mad Bruce was going to get- but he wasn't scared of him and never really had been since the first time he stepped into the Bat cave.

'Ahem. Time to get this mess cleaned up young masters.' Alfred came back into the room with the brushes. Struck with an idea to get them out of it, Dick turned to Wally for hope- for the speedster it would take hardly any time at all. But yet again, Alfred used that mind reading technique that made him so special that Dick would often think of as a curse and a blessing 'No super speed Master Wally or I may inform your uncle.'

Wally was looking downtrodden at having to move slowly Alfred appeared to falter for a moment before walking resolutely out of the room. Sighing Dick got the titans to work. Cleaning up the flour was surprisingly difficult, there was always one spot they'd missed or where it had dug into the wooden floor. They were there for ten minutes before the next interruption, although Dick and Roy were constantly bickering.

'Richard!' The angry call came from upstairs. Dick winced.

'He wasn't that angry before…' Garth said wonderingly, while the others glanced at each other nervously.

'Yeah, well… hmm… might be my fault…' The Titans looked at their leader curiously- was he really more troublesome than they thought? Roy especially was surprised by this new side to their leader- well they hadn't known him very long, only a few months but to them he had always been on the straight and narrow.

'Richard, get up here now.' Bruce growled impatiently. Dick looked dejectedly towards the stair case before jogging up to the first floor.

He found Bruce looking not too happy standing inside his bedroom, where the smoke from the smoke bomb Richard had placed concealed the true prank – the yellow gunk tin which now had mixed with the flour to make a sickening paste that slid down Bruce's face and onto his clothes. Dick had selected the gunk because it was slow moving and left it easier for Alfred – or him - to clean up if he had to. Dick now was unsure of how to act in the situation, Batman hardly trained for this. He would have laughed except he was a little nervous of how much angrier Bruce would get.

'Umm……' He nearly had to stuff his fist into his mouth to stop himself grinning. Bruce saw this and wasn't completely as amused.

'Yes.' Bruce said shortly. 'Explain yourself.'

'Uh… I set it up a while before the Titans came over.' He shrugged, embarrassed, as he put up the best defence he could. He told Bruce honestly 'I was bored.'

The kid was good at pranks though, Bruce had to admit. He wished he had actually looked up to see the one the Harper kid had set up, instead of glaring at the Titans who had been uninvited. He should remember to never assume anything when those kids were around. Trying to decide what to do about his ward was a different matter though. He deserved credit for the success yet he had to try and get it through to him to stop it with these pranks every other week how could he reward and punish someone at the same time…?

Bruce cleared his throat slightly while he watched Dick shuffle nervously; the kid could never keep still. 'I'm taking you to the watchtower so the JLA can deal with their junior partners appropriately and then you are going to spend six hours on monitor duty by yourself. Is that clear?'

'Yes sir.' Dick replied glumly, Bruce knew he loved going to the watchtower but monitor duty was worse than Alfred getting him to clean as far as he was concerned, he had already covered a couple of hours when the JLA were saving the world again and found them to be the most boring of his life- even on stake out he was allowed to bring cookies. He was confined in a small room, with nothing but a spinning office chair to keep him occupied. He'd talked to Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, for a while as he told her about a new menace that had come up on screen but she was soon too occupied to be company.

'After I have a shower we're leaving. Make sure the Titans stay put.' Bruce said forcefully feeling a slight pang of guilt at seeing his downhearted ward. But at least it would mean Harper was out of his hair.

Superman couldn't believe his eyes when Batman walked in followed by the five extremely hyperactive children, who were amazed but also bedraggled for some reason. Although it was clear Batman was not happy with his entourage it was still one of the most unusual sights that had seen within the watchtower's walls. He was about to greet them before pausing slightly. He cocked his head inquisitively. Did Batman smell of… flour? Deciding against commenting on the smell he instead smiled welcomingly. 'So what-'

'Not now Clark.' Bruce snapped, irritated by the blue boy scout's easiness around the young Titans. Knowing better than to object Superman flew with them on the way through to the meeting room where the guardians of the other four Titans were waiting. They looked up as Batman strode through the doors and took his place in a shadowy corner of the room.

The titans were still bickering amongst themselves, mostly aimed at Roy. Now fully uniformed Robin's expression was almost unintelligible beneath his mask although once or twice his mouth quirked slightly as if he was trying to stop himself laughing. It had turned out the gunk was harder to wash out than suspected and underneath the cowl there was a tint of yellow in Bruce's hair. He'd been forced to distract the Titans whilst Bruce made a run for the cave; the entrance was downstairs behind the clock.

'What have you done now Roy?' Green Arrow sighed and eyed his ward with a hint of pride it did take a lot to frustrate Batman.

The Titans exchanged glances, now who exactly could explain that they showed up uninvited and played a prank on Batman…

Roy took a deep breath and opened his mouth to speak, much to the horror of the other Titans.

They were doomed and they knew it.

While Robin was left in the monitor room as expected by himself with explicit instructions to stay put, Kid Flash, Speedy and Aqualad were forced into doing extra homework in silence in what could be called the watchtower's library/reference area supervised by Atom who was doing some more theoretical physics research. Wonder Woman thought it best if her little sister stayed in her room in the tower by herself for the duration. All the leaguers were exhausted. Super villains were fine. But dealing with the kids who always had a snappy comeback, excuse or prank at hand were another matter entirely.

Green Arrow and Flash were glaring at Batman, as threateningly as they could. Secretly they were proud of their protégés for facing Batman down, it was more than some of the league members could do, but then they did trespass into his territory… Flash was amazed himself that Wally had overcome his timid nature to be bold enough to do this. He had courage, no doubt about that, but even Superman sometimes had difficulty forcing some sort of communication. He didn't know how Robin put up with it, poor kid. Although Flash had noticed Batman paid much more attention to Robin's ideas than any of his actually implementing a few of them. Most of Barry's were tossed out of the window before they were even voiced. That almost mind-reading habit of Bruce's was a nasty one. (A/N- Inherited from Alfred)

Now, however, they were angry because they had been made to punish their kids at Batman's whim or hence face his wrath. Which meant getting, very, very, terrified most likely. Green Arrow particularly felt it was unnecessary as he had never had any problems with some of the Titans visiting his home and he thought Bruce could use a sense of humour. Although he'd never dare say that out loud, so he contented himself with glaring at an annoyingly unconcerned Batman who was continuing to type information into the JLA computer. What annoyed Oliver Queen even more was that he swore he could see Batman smirking.

'Pssst,'

'What Roy?' Garth replied hissing back under his breath.

'Want to get out of here?' Speedy adjusted his hat and leaned in low next to Aqualad

'No way. If Arthur finds out I'm toast.'

'Don't you mean fried? Like salmon?'

'Harper,' Garth growled. They then both looked up in panic as Atom muttered something about 'quantum mechanics' and 'dimensional rips'.

'Live a little,' Roy taunted, raising his eyebrows, as soon as he thought the coast was clear.

'Guys…' Kid Flash had been following the conversation feeling slightly panicked.

'You're our ticket out of here my friend.' Roy grinned his evil grin. Wally gulped and looked pleadingly at Garth who merely shrugged his left shoulder slightly.

'Better than studying…' Garth actually looked at the book he had been given for the first time; he'd been sulking and pinching Roy for the last half hour. He raised an eyebrow '…history of Art…? Like this will be useful to an Atlantean…'

'Boys, quiet now.' Atom called back distractedly. He smiled satisfied at the silence he got in answer. They weren't that much trouble after all, he didn't know what all the fuss was about they were nice kids, superheroes even. He continued gathering more maps and sat down again, engrossed in his work. It would be another twenty minutes when the watch tower's alarm system alerted him to a new incoming crisis he would realise they were gone.

'Oh hell…' Atom groaned.

Yep, a lot more trouble is coming. Ah well, it's what superheroes are for. As well as coming up with costumes for Halloween parties…

Dude- Thanks for reading my fics and I'm very glad you found this funny. I will update this sooner than last time, hopefully within three or four days at most.

Yourperfectdisaster- I'm really happy you think I'm writing in character as that's what I like to focus most of my work on, I'm glad you're enjoying this and hope the next chapter lives up to expectations.

batfan7- Ditto with the character writing, it really means a lot to me. I like reading other stories about this set of titans too because they were in the early days their stories didn't have a lot of emotional depth or them annoying each-other, which is what I like to write about most.

DC's Princess- The fact people enjoy reading my stories makes it worthwhile. The way the original titans interact is a unique relationship in comics which gives many different aspects to write about, it's also very fun. I can't promise how long it will take me to finish but I shall, hopefully sooner rather than later.

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