Chapter XXIV: The Logans Revisited

Raven watched Garfield slowly stuffing himself. She smiled to herself recalling all of the times he and Cyborg had challenged each other to eating contests in her old Tower days. "Garfield, how's your ankle?" she asked him.

"Huh," he looked up as he chewed his food. "Oh, it still hurts a little. The wine seems to have taken the edge off."

"Here let me look at it and see what I can do." Raven bent over and slowly moved the bowl of snow Garfield's foot was in out from under the table. She looked up and saw him wince in pain as he turned himself in his chair so he was facing her.

"Well I guess it hurts a little more than I thought," he said through clenched teeth.

Raven gently removed the slush from Garfield's foot and examined his swollen ankle. She then lay both her hands on it and began to heal it.

Garfield's face relaxed as he felt the warmth of Raven's touch pass through his throbbing foot. His mind flashed back to the time Warp dragged him back from Italy with a shattered collar bone.

"Well I guess you can add another body part to the list of broken bones you healed for me," Garfield gently called down to her. "Remember when you fixed my collar bone after Warp dragged me back to the Tower?"

"Yes I remember," Raven replied. She frowned slightly to herself as she looked down at Garfield's ankle. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you when you said someone was watching us," Raven continued. "I could have saved you a painful trip if I had just listened to you." She felt strangely better after her apology.

Garfield looked down at Raven as she continued to concentrate on his ankle. After several moments, he spoke up. "That's weird," Garfield said with a slight laugh.

"What?"

"I got two things today that I'd never thought I live to see; a drive in the T-car and an apology from you," Garfield explained.

Raven looked up into Garfield's smiling face. She withdrew her hands from Garfield's ankle and stood up in front of him. "That should do it. Stand up and see how it feels."

Garfield pushed himself up from his chair and cautiously put weight on his foot. "I think that did the trick Doctor Raven. How much do I owe you?"

"Your bill has always been paid in full, in fact I think the doctor still owes you a little something," Raven sweetly replied.

Garfield stood smiling into Ravens dark eyes once more. She raised her left hand and gently stroked his cheek. Instantly he was whisked away. He felt a sudden feeling of being hurtled to great heights above the Earth. Looking down he could see the twinkling of a million cities scattered on the dark side of the globe. Garfield felt another presence with him as he looked down from his high perch. For a brief moment his spirit was caressed and entangled with Raven's dark pulsing essence. They were one in the stars.

Raven slowly removed her hand from Garfield's soft cheek and smiled warmly to him. Garfield breathed in deeply upon his return. He was about to say something when Raven gently lay her fingers across his lips.

"Garfield, I do believe my debt to you is paid in full," she softly spoke to him.

Terra stood away from the others watching her daughter talk with Raven's sons in the giant hall. She was amazed at how much older she appeared. Had it really only been six months since she left and joined the Titans?

"Wondering where your child went?" Morpheus' voice suddenly startled her.

"Yes," Terra answered without looking back into the immortals eyes.

"Will my presence always be a curse to you Terra?" Morpheus asked after a brief pause.

Terra turned and looked into Morpheus' dark swirling eyes. It was she that had asked for his prophecy and its bitter consequences. "Morpheus, you are not responsible for my request. I always knew my life would be difficult. In many ways I've been more fortunate than others," Terra stoically said. "I must accept my fate."

Morpheus smiled as his eyes glittered in the darkened hall. "May I offer you this vision to lighten your heart? Turn and look at your daughter."

Terra turned and watched as Aimee knelt between Raven's sons. Darien's ferret was scrambling up her arms as it playfully perused Daniel's blue and orange pigeon. The pigeon fluttered around her head causing her to shriek and laugh. Aimee turned and looked at her mother flashing a slightly embarrassed smile to her.

"Your daughter will one day have the large family you and your husband once desired," Morpheus explained to her in a steady reassuring voice.

"What?" Terra asked hopefully.

"In time she will have five children and a loving husband," he continued.

"Five," Terra said in surprised voice. "Will Garfield see them?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes," Morpheus answered with a laugh. "Your house will be a constant buzz of laughing children."

"Five," Terra said dreamily as her eyes filled with tears. She smiled at her daughter as Daniel and Darien retrieved their familiars. "We're going to need a larger house." Terra paused as her mind raced. "With who and when?" she suddenly asked as she turned to Morpheus.

Morpheus smiled slyly. "I'm sorry Terra but not all things can be revealed by prophecy alone."

"Yes," Terra replied happily. "I think in this case I can wait and see how things turn out."