AN: Nope, no ownership yet… deal with it

A Day in Gotham

The view of Gotham was beautiful. It was autumn, so the trees were brilliant shades of orange, red, and brown. The T-ship slowly began to descend and land within the Wayne estate. Alfred was there, waiting. As soon as it was turned off the doors flew open and they each jumped out.

"Wow, that was a long ride," said Cyborg, stretching his robotic limbs as if they were stiff.

"It was not as long as when we went to Tokyo," said Starfire.

"Ow! My feet are asleep!" said Beast Boy as he began to walk around, which felt like he was walking on pins and needles.

"Shake it out," said Raven. Beast Boy began shaking his limbs and hoping the blood would start moving.

"Welcome back, Master Dick," said Alfred with a smile.

"It's nice to see you again, Alfred," said Robin with almost a smile. "Where is he?"

"Master Wayne is waiting for you and your friends inside," said Alfred, moving to the back of the T-ship. "I shall bring your luggage to your rooms."

"You don't hafta do that," said Cyborg, opening the trunk.

"Yeah, we can handle this," said Beast Boy, who could walk properly again.

"That may be, but I am here to help, Master Victor and Master Garfield," said Alfred with a kind smile.

"Maser? Dude, I like this place already," laughed Beast Boy.

"Hey, I want you on your best behavior," said Robin, pointing at him. "That goes for all of us."

"I am sure your friends shall be fine here," said Alfred, grabbing a few bags. "Now, shall we head inside?"

"Oh, yes, that sounds wonderful," said Starfire, slipping her arm into Robins. Alfred smiled and led them inside.

The shear size of the mansion had the four other Titans in awe. They couldn't believe Robin had spent part of his life growing up here. It was like walking into a museum and Beast Boy had to be told more than once that he should keep his hands to himself and not touch anything. He thought they were overreacting until he touched a large suit of armor that nearly fell over had he not caught it.

They were led to the study, where Batman was waiting, but he was out of his uniform. At first everyone but Robin weren't sure who this was. But, from the look on his face, they knew it had to be Batman.

"Long time no see, Dick," said Batman.

"I'm not going to apologize for not calling, Bruce," said Robin.

"I'm not asking you to," said Batman, dryly. He then looked at each of the team members up and down. "So this is your team."

Starfire stepped forward, put her hand out, and said, "Greetings, Batman, I am very pleased to meet you in person."

"As I you," said Batman, shaking her hand. "And you can call me Bruce if you wish."

"Then I shall," said Starfire, smiling. "And you may call me Koriand'r."

"If it's all the same, I think I'll stick with Starfire," said Batman. "It's easier to remember."

Cyborg gave Batman his hand next and said, "Nice to meet ya, name's Cyborg."

"But you can call him Master Victor," Beast Boy snickered.

"And you can call him a grass stain," said Cyborg, glaring at Beast Boy.

"I'll stick with Beast Boy," said Batman, not amused, as he shook Beast Boy's hand.

"You don't have to worry about my name," said Raven with a small smile as she shook his hand next. "It's just Raven."

"Glad to meet you," said Batman. "Now, do you want to come see the new equipment?"

"Sure," said Robin.

"The rest of you can take a look around if you'd like," said Batman.

"I wanna see our rooms," said Beast Boy. "In a place like this they've gotta be cool."

"Alfred will be right back and he can take you," said Batman as they all left the study. "Let's go." And with that he and Robin walked down one of the many corridors, leaving the four all alone in the large mansion.

"Shall I show you to your rooms then?" asked Alfred from out of nowhere.

"Uh, yeah," said Cyborg. "That'd be great."

Alfred smiled, turned around, and began to walk. The four quickly followed after him. Starfire couldn't help turning around once or twice to see Robin shrink in the distance and then disappear behind a door. She sighed and followed her friends up a large staircase.

"Young ladies, your rooms are on the right and young masters, yours are on the left," said Alfred.

They each went to their door and slowly opened them. None of them could believe the size of their room. They could all have easily shared one and still have had room to spare!

Cyborg whistled as he walked in and looked around. He saw that there was a generator set up for him to hook up to while he slept. There was also an entertainment system and an already set up videogame that was waiting to be played. Cyborg's eyes lit up and a smile grew from ear to ear. He quickly plopped down and started to play.

Starfire flew around her room and looked everything over. It appeared to by like any other earth bedroom, only a whole lot bigger. She then saw that the pillow of her bed was at the foot of it, just where she preferred. There was also a gift basket on the bed that was full of eight different types of mustard. She squealed with joy and quickly decided to taste each one.

Beast Boy let out an excited yell as he closed his door. He wasn't impressed by the size; he was impressed at how clean it was! He gave a laugh and leapt onto the bed. He stood up and began jumping up and down, which was something he couldn't do on his bunk beds. As he jumped he saw that there was a whole stack of sci-fi movies waiting for him. "Dude!" he cried out and jumped right off the bed to put one on.

Raven was impressed by the size of the room. She walked in and saw that everything was neat and clean, just how she liked a room. She was happy to see a nice gift basket made up of different herbal teas. Just the site of it made her feel more relaxed. She also saw a nice little stack of books tied up in a ribbon. She looked through them and saw that they were her favorite; fantasy. She chose one and decided to start reading. She sat down on her bed, which she found to be very comfortable, and opened the book.

A few minutes later someone knocked on her door. "Come in," she said, closing the book.

Beast Boy appeared, smiling. "Okay, how cool is this place?" he said walking over to her. "Boy, was Robin spoiled or what?"

"I somehow doubt Robin was treated like a guest," Raven chuckled. "I think he'd be a little less bitter towards Batman if he was."

"Well, anyway, the rest of us, minus Robin of course, are going into the city to look around," said Beast Boy. "You wanna come."

"I guess," said Raven, sliding off of her bed. "Maybe I can find a decent café in this city."

"One can only hope," said Beast Boy with a smile as the two exited the room.

They met Starfire and Cyborg in the hall and then were off. Alfred offered to drive them and Cyborg and Beast Boy couldn't pass up a chance to be chauffeured around. The girls, on the other hand, felt like they were taking advantage of Alfred. They weren't used to someone actually serving them.

"Where would you like to go?" asked Alfred as they drove around the city.

"Ooh, you got a good pizza joint around here?" asked Cyborg. "I'm starving!"

"I do know of a fine pizzeria," said Alfred.

Beast Boy leaned over to Raven and whispered, "Why don't you ask him to bring you to a café?"

"I'm sure I can find one on my own," said Raven. "Besides, I don't like having him driving us around as it is. I feel bad."

"It's his job," said Beast Boy. "You might as well save yourself the trouble and just ask him."

"Something the matter?" asked Alfred, looking in the review mirror at the conversing Titans.

"You wouldn't happen to know of a café or anything?" asked Beast Boy.

"Oh, I didn't know you were into cafés, Master Garfield," said Alfred.

"I'm not, but Raven is," said Beast Boy.

"I think I may know of a suitable place," said Alfred.

He drove them to the pizza restaurant and dropped off all but Raven. Then he took her over to a quaint little café that specialized in tea. Raven couldn't thank him enough and quickly made her way inside.

There was soft music playing and everyone was quiet and reading or chatting softly. Now this was her sort of place. She ordered a cup of tea and sat down at a little table outside. She slowly sopped her tea and people watched; something she loved to do. And these were different people; Gotham people. She found it funny that even though they were on the other side of the country people seemed to act the same in any city.

It was a sunny day so she took her hood off so she could feel its warmth. She took her long hair out of her cloak and let it fall behind her. She was pretty sure that no hippies would attack her here. Her hair and cloak were safe. She felt quite happy and hoped the others were having as good a time as she was. And she really hoped Robin wasn't going to yell or do anything he'd regret in front of Batman.

She had just finished her second cup when she saw her three friends walking her way. She waved to them and they walked over. "How was the pizza?" she asked.

"The best ever!" said Cyborg. "Man, that Alfred has good taste."

"Yeah, we totally gotta get our own Alfred," said Beast Boy.

"I believe there is only one Alfred," said Starfire.

"How's your tea?" asked Beast Boy.

"Wonderful," said Raven with a smile as she stood up. "I really wish there was a place like this back home. It's just like my old café."

"Come on, we saw this cool arcade place a block back," said Cyborg. "And we told Alfred to pick us up there in an hour."

"An hour in arcade?" said Raven. "And what am I going to do?"

"You can play the pinball or the whacking of the mole or the dance dance revolution or the…" Starfire went on and on.

"Starfire, I was being sarcastic," said Raven, stopping her before she could go on.

"Don't worry, Raven," said Beast Boy, putting his arm around her. "I'll find something for you to do."

"I'm sure you will," said Raven, smirking and rolling her eyes.

As the four walked a man with graying hair passed them by. He stopped in his tracks and turned around, his eyes wide. "Angela?" he asked loudly. The group, and more importantly the woman he had just seen, didn't seem to hear him. He quickly walked over to them and said, "Excuse me?"

The four stopped and turned to him. "May we help you?" asked Starfire.

His eyes went wide and he stared at Raven. "Angela, is that you?"

"I'm sorry?" said Raven.

He looked at her again then sighed. "No, I guess you're not," he said. "I'm sorry, I thought you were someone… I used to know."

"You used to know someone who looked like Raven?" asked Cyborg, shocked. "Really?"

"And what's that supposed to mean?" asked Raven, offended.

"It doesn't matter," said the man. "You're far too young to be her anyway. She must be near forty now."

"Please, who do you speak of?" asked Starfire.

"My daughter, Angela," said the man. "She ran away when she was seventeen and seems to have disappeared off of the face of the Earth."

Raven wasn't sure why, but that name sounded familiar to her. Who did she know who's name was Angela? She had heard it somewhere within her life.

"Did you file a report with the police?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yes, but the case was dropped," he said. "Besides, we believe that if God wills it, she will come home."

'Angela… Angela…' Raven thought. 'Why does that ring a bell? I don't know many people as it is, so why would I know someone who's name is…' And then it hit her. Her eyes went wide with shock. "My mother…"