As soon as Spock stepped into Raven's portal he knew that it wasn't a mere doorway. First he felt an incredible chill run though his body, as if he had been suddenly submerged into a freezing pool of arctic water. He also felt weightless and saw the cosmos around him, as if he was floating in interstellar space, without the deadly side effects of cosmic rays or a vacuum. He quickly checked his tricorder, but as he had learned to expect when it came to the gray woman's abilities, it reported nothing. Before he could adjust its settings he found himself inside another tunnel.

An interesting sight greeted him.

The first thing he noticed was the blond woman, whom he quickly identified as "Terra". Her outfit, a form fitting unitard, didn't match any of the outfits she wore in the videos of her had seen. She was older, with a more mature figure. She also was facing Raven, striking a menacing pose, and her eyes glowed a bright yellow.

He trained his tricorder on her and found that she was channeling vast amounts of raw energy, which she was somehow drawing directly from the Earth itself.

Spock could only see Raven's back. She too was in a threatening stance, her fists balled and the muscles in her legs rippling in anticipation. In between the two was the green changeling, who was making a futile attempt to defuse the situation.

"Hey Rave, look who I bumped into." He gestured at Terra, looking very uneasy.

The sorceress shoved him aside as she charged towards Terra. He morphed into an armadillo before hitting the wall, after which he scurried to the Vulcan. He resumed his human form.

"Come on, ladies, we can be civilized about this, right?"

"Stay out of it!" The two women shouted.

Raven continued to approach the blond. "What is your problem? You dump him and break his heart, twice. Have you come back to do it again?"

"He was mine first!" Terra growled. "You made him hate me."

"You did that yourself! You drove him away."

"You stole him from me."

"He was never yours! You forsaked him twice."

"If you think he's yours, witch, you're crazy. He could never love a monster like you."

"I never dumped him like you did."

Terra clenched her fists. A vein throbbed on her forehead.

"I had my reasons." She shouted. "But you wouldn't understand. And don't kid yourself, he's only your boyfriend because you're a slut who puts out."

Raven glared at Beast Boy. "You told her we're sleeping together?"

The green lad sweat dropped. "Uh, she kinda guessed."

"She guessed!?"

"Hey, I did tell her we're gonna get married."

"Nuh uh! I also figured that out!" Terra interjected.

Raven's jaw dropped.

"Gar … you aren't joking … are you?"

"Of course not babe."

"But … you've never asked me."

"I know, I was kinda waiting for the right moment."

Something snapped in Terra's demented mind. Spock had witnessed the entire scene, calmly analyzing it as if he were a psychiatrist. And he immediately recognized the look on the blond's face.

Things were going to get ugly.

Terra lunged at Raven, knocking her over and landing on her. She began to pummel the gray Titan using nothing but her fists. She screamed with each punch she threw.

"He's mine, you damn witch! You can't have him!"

What Terra didn't know was that Robin had made the team, against their very vocal protests, work even more on their martial arts skills, and Raven's skills were very improved. Using a spear strike with her hand, she hit Terra in the neck. The block screamed in pain, and Raven used her distraction to throw her off, after which she leaped to her feet. She was briefly tempted to use her powers, but she saw bits of dirt and other detritus fall from the tunnel's ceiling, threatening a cave in should excess force be used. It didn't matter, she would rather use her two fists to make the geomancer shut up.

The two women continued to fight. Punches and kicks were thrown, jiujitsu throws were exchanged and pretty soon the two women were a mess, their hair a mess, cuts on their faces and with traces of blood all over their bodies.

Spock checked his tricorder and arched his eyebrow. He then drew his phaser … and shot Terra, who collapsed like a rag doll. Raven glared at the Vulcan.

"I had it under control!"

"I agree, I estimate that you had an 87.23% probability of defeating her."

"Dude, why did you shoot Terra?"

"She is unharmed, as to why I stunned her, oxygen levels were dropping quickly. In another 57 seconds we would have begun to asphyxiate. I had to stop the fight … Raven, you can teleport us out of here, correct?"

She nodded. "Yes, I can, And thanks for stopping the fight, it completely slipped my mind that were are in a sealed tunnel. But what about Slade?"

The sound of a muffled explosion reverberated through the cavern, causing dust and other debris to fall from the ceiling.

"I believe that he has abandoned his base and engaged a self destruct. Our mission has failed."

Spock picked Terra up bridal style. "The probability of a cave in is now non trivial. Now would be a good time to leave."

Raven raised her arms and her black hemisphere, with its signature hum, engulfed them and sank into the floor. Her spectral bird emerged from the canyon wall and zoomed back to the Tower just as the sun was rising. It landed on the roof and vanished, leaving them on the roof. Raven opened the rooftop door and they rode the elevator into one of the basement levels.

"Follow me." She instructed Spock.

They reached the detention area and Raven pointed into a cell. Spock carefully placed Terra on a cot, and Raven snapped a power cancellation collar around Terra's neck. As they stepped out of the cell, Beast Boy activated a force field, which was a translucent amber and hummed quietly.

"I believe that Terra requires first aid, as do you." Spock calmly announced.

"She'll live … she can wait for Cyborg."

Spock turned on his tricorder, which made its high pitched whine, and aimed it at Raven.

"What have I told you about scanning me?" She growled in a dangerous tone. Gar marveled at how Spock never seemed to be phased by Raven's scary outbursts.

"Forgive me, I was just verifying that you have no serious internal injuries, and you do not. However ..."

Spock paused.

"However what? Is something wrong with Rave?"

Spock shut off his tricorder and locked eyes with her. "You are in perfect health."

"You said 'however', dude."

"Do both of you really wish to know?"

"Both of us?" Raven asked in an uneasy tone.

"Rave, what's he talking about?"

Raven did something she rarely did in public, she took Garfield's hand and looked him in the eyes.

"I think Mr. Spock is about to tell us that I'm pregnant."

Gar's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but he said nothing.

"Well, Mr. Spock? Is that what you scanned?"

"Yes, Raven, you are pregnant."

Raven sighed. "I was beginning to wonder … my cycle isn't very regular ..." Her voice trailed off.

"I will go to the gym, where I expect Robin and Starfire are training as they do every morning, and debrief them on what happened."

Gar looked like he was in a daze.

"I will not report on your pregnancy." Spock added. "Perhaps you should go to the infirmary and tend to your injuries."

Without waiting for a reply, Spock left the room. Gar took Raven's hand.

"Your face looks pretty beat up, let's go take care of it."

Raven nodded. "Sure … some medicine should help."

They were walking out of the detention center hand in hand, when Raven suddenly stopped and released his hand. She walked back to Terra's cell. The Geomancer was still unconscious in her cot. Beast Boy saw a grin form on Raven's face.

"Guess what, bitch? I win." She announced in her most monotone deadpan.

She then walked back to him and took his hand.

-(-)-

Raven was looking in a mirror in the infirmary, as she applied medication to the many lacerations on her face.

"Nothing a good healing trance won't fix." She murmured to herself.

Beast Boy was rummaging through the cabinets, also murmuring to himself.

"Gar, what are you looking for? I already found the neosporin."

"There you are, I knew Chrome Dome had one here." He calmly announced as he retrieved a small box. He walked back to Raven and placed it in her hands. She looked quizzically at the box.

"A pregnancy test?" She asked.

"I uh, would like a second opinion."

She examined the box. "It's expiration date was two years ago … Gar, are you OK with our .. news?"

He sat down. "I guess I'm OK, I'm just having a hard time believing it."

"Hormonal contraception isn't 100% effective. It has been known to fail, which in my case isn't really surprising since I'm only half human."

He took her hand. "That's not what I meant."

"What's the matter?"

"I … I can't be a dad."

Her eyes widened. "Gar, do you want me to terminate the pregnancy?"

His body appeared to almost convulse upon hearing her words.

"No way, I'd never ask you to do that."

"Good, because there's no way I would do that … Gar, what's wrong? You know you can tell me."

She saw a small tear drip down his face.

"Rave, how can I be a dad? I'm Beast Boy, the Titans goof ball. What kind if dad will I be?"

She took his hand and squeezed it. "You'll be the best father in the world. Our child is very fortunate."

"But … but … I don't know what to do."

"Neither do I, but we'll figure it out together." She replied,

A small smile appeared on his face. "Yeah, I guess we will." Suddenly another look of panic appeared. "We aren't married!"

"Actually, by the laws of Azarath, we are. You publicly announced our betrothal and I'm pregnant with your child."

"Whoa! So, were like, Mr, and Mrs. already?"

"Well, on Azarath we are. But here in Jump City we'll have to get it regularized."

He chuckled. "Back when we first met, did you ever think the we would, you know, be here?"

"Not in a million years … but not because of you, but because of me."

At that moment Robin, along with Starfire who was closely following him, burst into the infirmary.

"Spock just told me everything! I don't believe it! Going on a clandestine mission against Slade, that was completely irresponsible."

"We're sorry, it was a snap decision, and in hindsight it was the wrong decision."

The Boy Wonder frowned at Raven. "I can't believe that you did this, what have you got to say for yourselves?"

Raven looked at Gar. "May I tell him?"

A huge grin appeared on his face. "Go for it, mama."

"Tell me what? And this had better be good." Robin thundered.

"We're going to have a baby."

Robin appeared to have become catatonic and the room became so silent you could hear the ventilation system humming. That is until a certain Tamaranian broke the silence.

"A BUMGORPH! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUMGORPH!"

Beast Boy leaned forward. "Uh, Star, it's not your ..."

His mouth was covered in dark energy.

"Gar, let her have this." Raven whispered in his ear.