A/N: Well a mass of bone numbing boredom has driven me back to my key board. Don't you feel so loved? But I'm writing that chapter I promised (any ideas from my reviewers are welcome. You guys are so nice to me, especially after what a horrible chapter poster I was/am.) By the way, I have a phone number in this chapter. It is not a 555-6754 sort of phone number. I doubt this story is going to become big enough that I will get in trouble for it. But please don't go off and call the phone number. If you do you're just a jerk. Thank you.

Disclaimer: ditto

It wasn't until a few days later that Beast Boy got a response from Maria and Tom. His chant let out a cheerful whoop so loud that I looked up from my book to see what was going on. I could hear his footsteps as he pounded to my door, 'Boy is she gonna be surprised!'

To hell with people skills, I got up and opened my door; a beaming Beast Boy just about running into me.

"You won't believe it!" he seemed to jump up and down. Oh wait, he was.

"What?" I followed him as he entered my room, shutting my door behind me.

"I don't believe it, there's no way you could believe it!"

"WHAT?" I was just about jumping up and down too. His excitement was infectious.

Beast Boy stopped bouncing and finally faced me, unable to wipe the grin off of his face. "The Powers, Tom and Maria, want to speak with the Titans to get our help against Slade."

Now I am ashamed to admit it, but I let out a squeal and grabbed his hands and started to spin. "I can't believe it!" Now I couldn't stop smiling.

He grinned back at me, both of us narrowly missing my dresser, "I know!"

Raven and Starfire came bursting into my room, having been spending some 'girl time' together. I thought it was really sweet that Raven and Star tried so hard to keep up such a difficult friendship. They must mean a lot to each other.

Starfire floated up and stared at us, "What are you doing friends?"

"Celebrating!" I yelled, Beast Boy and I lost hold and went flying back. He fell back against the foot board of my dresser and I bumped into a wall, sliding into a sitting position.

Raven entered my room, having until then hung about my threshold, afraid that what ever I had was infectious. "Celebrating what?"

Beast Boy jumped up to his feet, "We have to call a meeting."

We looked at each other and grinned, my face was beginning to hurt but I couldn't seem to stop. I could hear my chant singing out one long prolonged note of happiness. "Yes, so we can tell everyone!" I took a deep breath and called out so anyone in the whole tower could hear, "Meeting! And whoever misses it is going to get it!"

Robin and Cyborg looked up from their work. Cyborg grinned and got up, heading to the living room—expecting some sort of entertainment. Robin looked at the paperwork he was going over then got up unhappily and headed downstairs.

Speedy and Aqualad hesitated then headed towards the living room as well. Though they were definitely unsure if we had gone insane, or had just had too much sugar. Either way there was definitely something wrong with us.

Starfire, Raven, Beastboy, and I all went down as a group; Starfire pestering us. "What is it friends? This hording of secrets is unfair. Why are you being so cruel?" she made the perfect little pout.

At Starfire's pout Raven smiled a little proudly. And from her chant I discerned that she had been teaching Starfire how to use her cuteness against us. Raven was the only one unaffected by it, so it was foolproof.

I hurriedly tried not to look at Starfire, rushing into the living room. The teens all looked at Beastboy and I; the two of us clearly knowing what was going on. I looked at Beastboy, "Should I tell them or you?"

"You're the one who's all wordy and stuff," Beastboy said, pushing for me to speak.

"Yeah but you got the letter," I replied, not wanting to mess it up.

Robin finally had enough, "What is going on?"

Beastboy and I looked at each other and he finally spoke up. "We got a letter today."

At that uninspiring statement Raven sighed and proceeded to look extremely bored.

Beastboy gave her a look and opened his mouth to continue when Robin cut him off, "I'd like to see the letter."

Beastboy sighed and handed it to him, "Anyway it—"

Robin started to read it, "To the Teen Titans,

"We find ourselves in a difficult position and feel the need to ask for your services. For the past few years young Powers have been tempted by Slade to join him in a fight against the Pure humans.

"Naturally tensions are already high when it comes to the Powers' and Pures' relationship. Slade has taken advantage of this to whip up the righteous fervor of the young and wronged of our kind.

"Now, to make things worse, he has stopped trying to recruit and has giving in to bald faced kidnapping. Teenagers and children have been taken from their parents, seen months later on the news robbing a store with some of Slade's well known workforce.

"As the Teen Titans have often battled with Slade we'd appreciate your help in our present fight. Please call us at 897-6754 to set up a meeting.

"Sincerely,

"Thomas Marselus

"And

"Maria Vindegald"

Robin looked up at us, folding the letter and putting it away. Beastboy sat down, irritated at having the spot light stolen from him. And now he had nothing left to tell them! No one said anything for a long moment then Robin asked, "Who's Marie and Thomas?"

I forced myself to chill out and explained, "The Powers have formed a sort of second government," shock could be seen on his face. But the rest of us were either Powers or Aliens, so we were pretty up to date on these things. Powers weren't trying to hide from us. "Maria and Thomas are the ones who started it and so are pretty much the leaders."

"It's a dictatorship?" Robin asked, not looking too pleased.

"No!" Aqualad exclaimed, speaking before speaking, "It's got a council—it's just that Thomas and Marie are the spokespeople."

Raven jumped in, saying in that matter of fact way of hers, "It's a young establishment."

"Am I the only one who didn't know about this?" Robin exclaimed, practically exploding.

We all looked around uncomfortably, "Well…"

"Yeah, sort of."

"We didn't really…"

Robin looked over at Cyborg, "I can understand how they'd know, but why do you?"

"I'm not really human man, they trust me."

Robin sat down, looking at all of us—his chant echoing his feelings of frustration and slight betrayal, "And you feel you can't trust me?"

Shouts of earnest, "NO!'s escaped from everyone.

Starfire floated over to Robin, "I wished to tell you Robin, but they made me promise not to."

Cyborg shrugged, "Yeah, it's not my secret to tell."

Aqualad half raised a hand to get Robin's attention, "I thought you knew."

Speedy nodded, "Me too."

Robin glared at Beastboy and I, the only two who didn't have an excuse. Beastboy jumped back, "Dude, don't look at me like that."

"Hey!" I exclaimed, forming a cross with my fingers to ward off his evil gaze, "I'll have you know Beastboy and I are the ones that got Maria and Thomas to write this letter." I lifted my chin and looked at him with wounded dignity.

Robin looked around at us. A few years ago he might have held on to this as a betrayal. Though he was still hurt, I could hear the small laments from his chant, he was now adult enough to know we didn't do it to hurt him. The man nodded, "Alright." He was quiet for a long moment, "So, all in favor of calling them?"

Relieved smiles flashed all around and Robin reached for the phone. We all went deathly quiet as he dialed, this would be the first real dealings between the Pure and Power governments. Robin looked at us then began to speak, "This is Robin may I…oh, yes I'll hold…" He looked at us, unable to hold in a small grin from the fact that we were all staring at him. "Hello this is Robin…yes we'd like to help…talk over dinner? Let me check with the team." He looked at us, covering the receiver. "How does meeting with them over dinner sound?"

I shrugged, "Sure, just no place too expensive."

Raven gave me a look, "They'd be paying."

"Oh, in that case…"

Robin rolled his eyes and uncovered the receiver, "Dinner sounds good. Where?...The Brass Door…"

Immediately Aqualad brightened, "I love that place." Speedy and Beastboy nodded in agreement, I'd heard of it but never gone there.

At Aqualad's reassurance Robin nodded, "The Brass Door sounds good, around six?...We'll be there." He hung up the phone, "What in the world is The Brass Door?"

I couldn't resist teasing, "Really Robin, agreeing to meet at a place you don't know? How do you know it isn't a trap?"

He gave me a sour look, "Obviously it's a real place or Aqualad couldn't 'love' it."

I grinned at him, and Robin relented and smiled back. Aqualad spoke up, "It's the best Power restaurant in town."

Starfire knitted her eyebrows together, "Power and human restaurants are segregated? Was not segregation made illegal during the civil rights movement?"

Speedy laughed, "No Star. It's not segregated, it's just that Powers like it more then humans."

I shook my head, we might as well be segregated. It was Civil Rights all over again.

"Why?"

"The more unusual Powers won't get stared at. Most humans aren't too used to seeing Powers." Speedy explained. Powers referred to normal humans as Pures in private, but it was considered rude to call them Pures to a humans face. It generally confused or offended a Pure.