While Robin's mask always covered his eyes, it couldn't hide the look of utter disbelief on his face. Starfire flitted around the infirmary, performing aerial pirouettes and shouting joyfully in Tamaranian. Robin shook his head and blinked a few times before refocusing on Raven.

"What did you say?"

The gray woman crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

"You heard me. I'm pregnant and Gar is the father."

Robin pointed his right finger at Beast Boy while shaking his head.

"This is one of your pranks. You just made this up so I would forget about you running off to fight Slade without us."

"Dude, we're not making it up. Spock told us after he scanned Rave with his tri-thingy."

Robin saw the pregnancy test in Raven's hand and pointed at it.

"So, you came here to check if he was right?"

She handed the box to Robin, "That was Gar's idea, but the test kit is too old, it could give a false result. I think Spock's tricorder is probably right."

Robin looked at the expiration date on the box before dropping it into a trash bin. He sighed unhappily.

"You can't be pregnant, you're still a teenager."

"We're both nineteen." Gar snapped back at him. "We aren't kids anymore."

The boy wonder rubbed his temples. "How could you let this happen? Didn't you use protection?"

"Do you think we did this on purpose?" She asked in an irritated tone. "We took precautions, just like you do with Starfire. You do know they aren't infallible?"

"Yes, I know … this just great, the press is going to have a field day with this, especially since you aren't married."

Raven gave him a cross look. "We do intend to do something about that. You can go ahead and issue a press release saying we're married. Oh, and thanks for being happy for us."

"Wait … you already are married? Why am I just learning this now?"

She sighed. "Gar proposed to me earlier today. That and being pregnant is grounds for a common law marriage in Azarath, which is good enough for me. I don't want some stressful ceremony where I have to dress ridiculously and go through with all sorts of pomp and circumstance." She droned in her monotone.

Robin raised his hands in a submissive gesture. "Fine, I'll send out a press release saying you're married. I understand, you want this to be low key … you know the press is going to hound you."

"Let them try." She growled.

Starfire was still flying around the room, singing praises to X'Hal, when she swooped down and landed in front of Raven. She hugged her exuberantly.

"We must celebrate this good news!"

"If you insist, Starfire."

-(-)-

Terra slowly woke up. She ached all over and groaned as she slowly sat up in the cot. The lights were dimmed and she blinked a few times before standing up. She groaned as she recognized the Tower's detention center.

"What did that witch do to me? I feel like crap."

Terra noticed the power cancellation collar around her neck and tugged at it, hoping in vain that it wasn't tightly locked. "Dammit." She muttered under her breath.

She approached the force field and pounded on it with her fists. The amber shield did not yield.

"Let me out of here!" She bellowed at the top of her lungs. "You can't keep me here! I didn't do anything! I want to talk to a lawyer!"

She continued to pound on the shield and shout more complaints, which were interspersed with some profanities. Finally, the sliding door to the detention center opened and the Tin Man, who was carrying a first aid kit, entered.

"Well, hello there, rock and roller. You sure changed since the last time I saw you. You're all grown up now."

"Cyborg! Let me out of here." She demanded as she tugged on the collar. "And take this off me."

"Sorry, no can do."

"Why the hell not?"

"Well, from what Raven and BB said, you're working with Slade again."

"That's not true!" She thundered.

"C'mon, you were right next to his lair."

"Hey! You know I like to hang out in the Bad Lands. How was I supposed to know that he nearby?"

Cyborg turned off the force field and entered her cell. "Let me take a look at your face. Looks like Rae-Rae was giving you a good thrashing."

She gritted her teeth as he cleaned her facial wounds. "I was kicking her butt, until she went all witch on me. What did she do to me? I feel awful. Did she cast a curse on me or something?"

"Nope."

"Then what happened? It felt like someone dropped a pile of rocks on me."

"Spock shot you with his phaser. Good thing it was set to stun."

"Who's Spock?"

Cyborg packed his first aid kid and stepped out of the cell, restarting the force field.

"Terra, my sensors say you're lying. You know who Spock is because you work with Slade."

He turned and walked away, stopping at the door.

"Why, Terra? Why did you go back to Slade?"

She closed her eyes and dropped her head. "I had my reasons."

He turned around to look at her. "We were your friends, and he never was."

He began to walk away again.

"What are you going to do with me? Are you gonna leave me here to rot?"

The door slid open. "I just talked to the Justice League. Your brother is coming to get you."

"No … not Brion. I don't want to go back to Markovia. Please don't turn me over to him."

"Sorry, girl; it's out of our hands now."

-(-)-

Later, around lunch time …

Spock knew it was time for the midday meal, and since there were no replicators in the Tower, it meant that he would have to walk to the common area and eat whatever the Titans, or to be more accurate, whatever young Garfield would prepare for him. It was fortunate that the changeling was a vegetarian, since the others were not only carnivores, but had terrible dietary habits: they consumed too much fat, too much sugar, and rarely ate fruits or vegetables, even though he had seen the green one try to coax his teammates into better eating habits. Cyborg was especially bad in this regard, and not only was his diet deficient in good nutrition, he ate huge amounts of it. Spock estimated that the entire bridge crew of the Enterprise did not eat as much as the bionic lad. Once he tried to explain to the Titans that once they approached middle age that they would become obese should their eating habits not change, but none of them, not even Raven seemed interested in what he had to say.

Raven even once told him: 'I respect that you don't eat meat, please respect that I don't eat fake meat.", which puzzled him. This was not an issue of respect, it was simply a matter of healthy nutrition, nothing more than facts. And vegetarian fare was not by any definition "fake meat".

The sliding doors opened and Spock arched an eyebrow. The room was almost unrecognizable to him. There were several banners that congratulated Raven and Garfield on their marriage and pregnancy. There was a table with several boxes wrapped in bright, shiny paper with ribbons and bows. Gifts, that's what they were, an old Earth custom. There was a long table against a wall with several dishes of food, most of it nutritionally deficient … a buffet, he recalled the term. And on a separate table there was a large multi tiered cake, which even in the 23rd century was still associated with wedding celebrations. It has a gray bride and green groom on the top.

He saw Raven with her husband, standing in the kitchen, looking at the scene before her. As he approached them his sensitive ears were able to discern her voice.

"I said I wanted this to be simple. Pizza would have been fine. But no, Starfire went and invited every superhero in the world to come over. How did she organize this so quickly? It's only been a few hours … I mean … all this food … the cake … the decorations, where did she get all this?"

"You got me, Rave."

-(-)-

The impromptu party wasn't as bad as Raven feared. Titans East and many honorary Titans were in attendance. Raven was actually enjoying being the object of envy of the other females present. Of course Bumblebee was there, along with Kole, Argent and Pantha, along with others who didn't always fraternize with the Titans, like Supergirl and Wondergirl. They all fawned over her and Raven was relishing her role, however short it would be, as the "cool girl" in the group.

Spock observed the social dynamics in the crowd. All of the "super heroes" assembled were peers, roughly the same age. They exchanged many colloquialisms that the Titans did not use with him, and he found it difficult to follow their conversations, as at time they appeared to speak in near gibberish, using colloquialisms he was completely unfamiliar with.

About an hour into the party, a yellow clad speedster known as Kid Flash pointed out the large windows in the common room. Spock looked and saw one of the Justice League's Javelins approaching the Tower.

"Well, I guess it was fun while it lasted." The archer called Speedy said in a deadpan. The mood in the room suddenly changed. All of energy vanished. Spock had observed this on the Enterprise, when a highly ranked officer, such as himself, entered a room full of junior crew members, it would "die" as Hikaru Sulu once explained to him.

A few minutes later the doors swished open and several Justice League members entered. Superman and Batman entered first. The others Spock did not recognize. One was a man dressed like Robin Hood, another wore a trench coat and a fedora and his face was completely concealed. There was a blond woman wearing a leotard with fishnet stockings. The last one was a grim faced man who wore a yellow spandex outfit. Spock overheard someone say "Is that Geo-Force?"

Spock was standing at the far side of the room, though he stood out in his blue and black Starfleet uniform, as he preferred to observe the room full of rambunctious young heroes than interact with them.

As the last time they visited, Batman and Superman dispensed with the pleasantries and headed straight to Spock, without bothering to check in with the Titans. To Spock's mild surprise, Raven intercepted them.

"I don't recall inviting you to our party." She confronted them in her flattest monotone. Spock noticed that Batman tensed up. The muscles around his mouth tightened, without actually displaying any emotion.

"This isn't a social visit." He replied.

"Then I'll have to ask you to leave."

"We came to take Terra. Cyborg told us the you have her in custody. Once we have her, we'll be on our way."

Raven narrowed her eyes. "Have you checked this with Robin?"

"It isn't necessary."

The Kryptonian cleared his throat, looking a bit uncomfortable with the situation at hand. "I have the parts that your Mr. Spock needs to repair his ship,"

The Vulcan approached. "That is good news. I will take delivery of them now, if possible."

"They're on the Javelin."

Spock left with the Kryptonian. Gar was standing next to his wife when he saw Geo-Force approach them.

"He has powers like Terra's" He commented.

"That's because he's Terra's brother." Batman added in his own monotone.

"Dude! Since when does Terra have a brother?"

"Since she was born, obviously."

"But Geo-Force is Prince Brion, of Markovia … does that mean that Terra is a princess?" Raven asked.

The Marovia prince reached the Logans.

"Mr. and Mrs. Logan, you have my congratulations. As for Tara, she is only my half sister, my father's illegitimate daughter, if you must know." Brion interjected as he joined the group. "She isn't an official member of the Royal Family. I am here to take her home and correct that."

"That explains why she ran away and kept her true identity a secret." Raven added. "So, what will happen to her?"

"That is not your concern. She will be cared for and will never trouble you again. That is all you need to know."

The changeling looked at his wife out of the corner of his eyes. He could tell that she didn't appreciate Brion's tone nor his arrogance.

"All I can say then is: good riddance. She has been nothing but trouble since we met her. If I never see her again, it will be too soon."

Robin came out of the kitchen with Starfire. He and his former mentor exchanged a quick and terse greeting before getting down to business.

"Cyborg tells me you're here to take Terra away. That her family is taking her back."

"That is correct."

"I would have liked you to check with me first before coming here. This is my team, after all."

"It seemed unnecessary. It's more than obvious that you don't know what to do with her. We're doing you a favor by taking her off your hands."

Starfire heard a growl form in Robin's throat. She placed her hand on his shoulder giving it a firm squeeze, after which he sighed.

"Fine, you want her, she's yours. Let's get this over with. I'd like to get back to the celebration."

-(-)-

The five Titans, along with Batman and Geo-Force entered the detention block in the basement. Robin stopped and stared at Terra's cell.

It was empty.