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"Garfield Mark Logan! Did you just propose to me?"

Time froze for Beast Boy. That had clearly not been what he had meant to convey to his girlfriend. Her gaze was transfixed upon him, penetrating all the way to his soul as if she were an x-ray machine. He knew that his next words would perhaps be the most important ones he would possibly ever utter in his life. His mouth felt dry as anxiety began to spread throughout his body.

At first he weighed carefully what he would say. Raven had just forgiven him for his fling with Raptor and truth be told he still couldn't believe his good luck. He had been certain that either she would teach him a lesson he would never forget or she would never speak to him again. But no, she had forgiven him, and while she had not exactly received him with open arms, she was holding his hand.

At first he tried to figure out what is was that she wanted to hear. He knew that most girls still dreamed of getting married, wearing a flowing white gown. After all the Bridal Superstore in Jump City couldn't be wrong. But Raven wasn't like 'most girls', that much he knew. She couldn't be obsessed with that, could she?

"Gar?"

If there was one thing Beast Boy prided himself with was that he was truthful. Even the deception they had been playing on their friends, keeping their relationship a secret, had been at Raven's insistence. While he still loved playing pranks on her he had not been deceptive with her a single time since they began to date, and he knew that he could never lie to her. Never. But how would he tell her? What if she got angry? She had just let him out of the dog house, and she could just as easily toss him back into the dog pound and throw away the key.

As he gazed back into her amazing amethyst colored eyes he knew there was only one acceptable course of action.

"Gar, are you OK?"

With a slight jerk he snapped back to reality.

"Rae, I … I can't lie to you. That wasn't a marriage proposal."

"I see." She replied in her monotone. "Tell me, why not?"

The changeling gulped, bracing himself for whatever punishment she would mete out to him.

"It's … just the wrong time for that. It's too soon and we're in this crazy backwards universe. I know you're still upset with me and it's, well I think I would be doing it for the wrong reason if I asked you to marry me now."

Raven saw his ears droop and she replied in her usual emotion free voice.

"You're quite right, even though I have forgiven you I am still very upset with you and for that very reason I would have declined your offer."

Raven felt a wave of both relief and disappointment ooze out of him.

"Of course, that doesn't mean I would not accept such an offer in the future."

Upon hearing that the changeling perked up.

"Thanks Rae, you're the best. I don't deserve you."

"You're right, you don't deserve me."

She reached out with her hands and cupped his face with them. She then drew him in and gave him a deep and long kiss, after which she released him.

"But I'll be damned to let either of them have you. You're mine Gar, don't ever forget that."

"Either of them?" He asked in a confused voice.

Raven looked him in the eyes.

"Terra has been hanging around you a lot, hasn't she?"

"Well yeah, but nothing happened between us Rae, I haven't even kissed her. I swear."

"I know. But she wants you Gar, she definitely wants you. Unlike Raptor she's polite and knows her boundaries, but believe me Gar if I dumped you Terra would pick you up before you hit the floor. And that's not going to happen."

The changeling blushed before responding in a shy voice.

"Thanks Rae, I know this might sound strange, but you have a way of making me feel special."

Beast Boy thought he heard her chuckle as they made their way to the elevator in the Tower lobby.

"Gar, I was thinking…"

"Yeah?"

"When we get home … I might just let you see my birthmark." She said as she pressed the button labeled "Common Room" inside the elevator.

He perked up.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. But if you tell anyone …"

"Rae, you know I'm not a kiss and tell kind of guy."

She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"No, you're not."

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As the sliding doors opened in the Common Room it revealed the three teams assembled, seated around a large circular conference table while Robin and Cyborg were briefing the assembly about the Brotherhood of Evil and their standard mode of operation. Cyborg had popped up a projector lens from his shoulder and was displaying pictures of the Brotherhood and some of their prior hideouts.

"… they typically set up lairs in spacious underground facilities. The Brain and Mallah are sticklers for cleanliness and order, so we can eliminate any sewer facilities as likely hideouts…"

The chromatically challenged couple entered the room, hand in hand. The first thing Raven noticed was that Raptor glaring at them, or to be more precise, at her. She released Beast Boy's hand and wrapped her arm around his waist, and he reciprocated the gesture by draping his arm around her shoulder. Raptor's glare morphed into a scowl. Alternate Gar was seated next to her and said nothing even though he was painfully aware of what was going on. Starfire also noticed the intimate gesture and smiled approvingly at her friends while she gently clapped her hands.

"Oh X'Hal, she's even worse than my sister." Blackfire moaned quietly to Nightwing. "How much do you wanna bet that she's wearing 'Hello Kitty' underpants?"

"She does seem even more naïve than your sister. But that's not surprising, just look at her boyfriend Blackfire. I feel embarrassed to share my genome with him."

Robin cleared his throat.

"Nightwing, Blackfire is there anything you would like to share regarding the Brotherhood of Evil?"

Nightwing grinned a cocky smile before answering.

"We once asked if we could join them."

"And?"

"They said we were too young and immature." Blackfire completed the report. "Those stuck up pricks, who do they think they are?"

By this point Raven and Beast Boy had seated themselves at the large conference table.

"That's very interesting Blackfire, but irrelevant to this mission. Now if you and Nightwing would please be quiet and pay attention I might be able to finish this presentation before the city is destroyed."

A round of chuckles and giggles could be heard around the table. They quickly died out and Robin continued.

"Terra and I have identified three possible locations where the Brotherhood is likely to set up shop. The first one is the old nuclear fallout shelter downtown. It's a fortress of 10 underground levels of reinforced concrete with steel bulkhead doors; it's been abandoned for years. Terra will lead her team to investigate that facility."

Terra nodded in acknowledgement.

"The second site is a cluster of abandoned missile silos that were decommissioned and emptied out after the cold war ended. They were sold to private investors and apparently it is currently unoccupied. Raptor will lead her team to investigate that site."

Raptor gave Robin an exaggerated military salute as she acknowledged him.

"And I will lead my team to investigate a large underground cavern that is about 2 kilometers north of downtown…"

Beast Boy leaped to his feet.

"Rob, is that …"

Robin answered before the question was complete.

"Yes Beast Boy, it's Terra's Cave."

Terra gave Robin a perplexed look until she remembered the story the green changeling had told her about her counterpart in the other universe.

Robin continued.

"You all have 20 minutes to get ready. Titans dismissed."

"He's a regular G.I. Joe." Blackfire whispered to her Cyborg.

"If by that you mean annoying, then I agree with you 100%."

As the common room emptied Terra approached Raven and Beast Boy.

"What does she want?" Beast Boy muttered.

"I guess we're going to find out Gar."

Raven watched as the blond geomancer approached. She hadn't seen her since that fateful day when she had turned into stone, which had been years before. The sorceress could not help but notice that Terra had bloomed into a buxom young lady and she knew that regardless of how polite and proper the blonde had become she was every bit a threat to her as Raptor was.

"Hey guys, looks like you're cool with each other, right?"

Raven answered in her signature monotone, her face betraying no emotion, which clearly unnerved Terra.

"If you mean that Gar and I have reconciled, then the answer is yes."

Terra examined Raven carefully. Physically she was identical to Raptor. Yet she seemed like an entirely different person. She rarely exteriorized any emotions and she spoke in that irritating monotone which highlighted her gravelly voice. Terra wondered what attracted the green changeling to this odd, strange woman.

"BB, do you mind if I have a one on one with Raven?"

Beast Boy was instantly curious, but he knew that Terra was politely asking him to leave them.

"No problem. In fact I'm kind hungry. Would you like a sandwich Rae?"

"Yes please, but not a tofu sandwich."

Beast Boy grinned as he marched off to the kitchen.

"One PBJ coming right up."

Once he was out of earshot Terra spoke up.

"He won't make a sandwich with meat for you, will he?"

Raven gestured at the empty chair next to her, inviting Terra to sit with her.

"No he won't; but you don't really want to talk about sandwiches, do you Terra?"

Terra sat before replying.

"No, I don't." She paused. "Look Raven, I just want to clear some things up."

"What kind of things?"

Raven's face was still expressionless and Terra wondered if that would change after she had her say.

"Difficult things Raven; complicated things."

"You want to talk about Gar?" She deadpanned.

Terra nodded her head nervously.

"Yeah, that's what I want to talk about … look, you probably already figured out that I like him a lot …"

"As did your counterpart back home."

"Yeah, BB told me about her and how you and she didn't see eye to eye."

"That would be an understatement." Raven replied with a very slight hint of annoyance in her voice.

"I know. Look Raven, I'm not a threat, OK?"

"You're not?"

"Of course not." Terra replied indignantly. "I'm not gonna lie to you and say I haven't fallen for him like a brick, because I have. What can I say? He has a "je ne sais quoi" over blond geomancers …"

"The effect seems to work both ways." Raven answered. Her monotone was still present but was fading quickly.

"Raven, what I'm trying to say is that I won't get between you and BB. I know he's been your boyfriend for a while and it would be pointless for me to even try to steal him from you."

"And why would that be?"

Terra smiled.

"Because he's crazy about you."

Raven crossed her arms.

"And how would you know that?"

Terra beamed even more.

"Because he told me himself!"

Terra had to suppress a laugh at Raven's sudden shock.

"He told you? Why would he do that?"

"Because he was heartbroken. He thought he was never going to see you again."

Raven turned away, it was clear to Terra that she was disturbed by her words.

"Which is why he turned to her." Raven answered.

"Don't be too hard on him Raven. Raptor is very different from you. For one thing she doesn't have to suppress her emotions like you do."

"Please don't remind me of that."

"Yet the two of you are also very similar."

"How so?"

"Beyond the obvious? Sure, she's physically identical to you and that's probably what lured him in at first. But she's a lot like you in many other ways. She's very intelligent, just like you. She's also very passionate, like you. The only difference is that she exteriorizes her passion and you don't. And just like you she's drawn to him, to the point of altering her behavior."

"You mean he was going to bring her out of the "dark side"?" Raven asked mockingly.

"I'm not joking Raven. I think he could have reformed her, brought out the good in her …"

"Like he did with your counterpart."

Terra leaned forward and nodded.

"You're the lucky one Raven, he's yours …"

"But he was hers first."

"Hey! Don't dwell on that Raven. You know he has no feelings for her anymore."

Raven sniffled.

"I'm not so sure about that Terra. I'll never be able to compete with her."

"Baloney!"

Raven shook her head sadly.

"They were lovers Terra. I know I'll never be as good as she is in that regard."

"You don't have to be like her Raven. BB loves you; he would always talk about you when we went out on dates. Trust me Raven, he never spoke about Raptor like that, never."

Raven took Terra's hand.

"Thank you Terra. I'm glad we can be friends in this universe."

"Maybe when you get home, you should give her another chance."

Raven raised an eyebrow in response to Terra's remark.

"Are you willing to give Raptor another chance?"

"Touché. But you never know, maybe she'll redeem herself against the Brotherhood?"

"I guess anything is possible. Where's Gar? He promised me a sandwich."

Raven swiveled her chair and saw Beast Boy in the kitchen, talking with Raptor.

"She just can't leave him alone!" Raven growled as she leaped out of her chair.

As Raven approached Raptor raised her hand in a placating gesture.

"We were just talking about the Brotherhood of Evil Raven, ask Gar if you don't believe me."

Raven ignored her remark and walked past Gar as if he wasn't present. She didn't stop until she was face to face with her doppelganger.

"Stay away from him Raptor. If you don't I will teach you a new definition for agony!"

"I will." Raptor replied. "But after the mission is over the gloves come off sister!"

Beast Boy watched the exchange with a very worried face.

"Oh you're on Raptor. I am so going to enjoy kicking your butt …"

Raven and Raptor were interrupted by Robin, who had returned to the common room.

"Ok ladies, how about we save the butt kicking for the Brotherhood of Evil?"