Wow, I'm so sorry for the long wait everyone! I had three reports due this past week, and college began the new semester recently as well, that sucks. But, on a happier note, I've had plenty of time to think about what I want to happen in this story, and hopefully the next chapter will come much sooner. :) Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading this story, over 800 hits! You guys are the best!

Disclaimer: I don't own the teen titans.

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Titan Baby

By: Akemi

Chapter Three: And So It Begins

"You foolish child! Do you know what you have done?" Slade's cool voice echoed throughout the chamber. To say he was angry was an understatement. Having watched his robots be destroyed by the titans, after seeing the cause for their strange behavior the past week, this was almost unbelievable.

The baby had been returned to the titans.

"I did not go through the trouble of obtaining you, of obtaining that baby to train as my apprentice to have you ruin it!" His voice was sharp, frightening, and the woman being held by two of his robots cowered before him. "Look at me when I talk to you!" The woman raised her head to look at him. Her eyes were glistening with tears, her dark hair spilling over her shoulders as she tried to compose herself, to show this man she was not afraid of him.

"I'm glad I gave the baby back. I will not have you train her to follow in your footsteps." The woman spat defiantly.

"That is not for you to decide!" He walked forward, circling her. She kept her eyes straight ahead, refusing to be intimidated. "You are going to get that baby back for me." Slade whispered in her ear.

"No I'm not. It's wrong. I want no part of it." Slade's eye narrowed dangerously. "You say that now girl, but soon, you won't have a choice." At that, he signaled his robots to take her back to her chamber. As she disappeared from his view he couldn't help but laugh cruelly, "and so it begins."

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It was one AM when Raven was roused from her sleep by Sarah's hungry cries. Sighing, she pushed back her covers and stood, "I'm coming Sarah." Raven said, walking to the basinet that had been moved back to her room. As always, when Sarah heard her voice, she stopped crying. Grabbing the robe she had tossed over a chair just a few hours earlier she quickly put it on and picked up Sarah. Quietly she crossed her bedroom and headed for the main room.

The tower was dark, the only light being the moonlight streaming in through the windows. That was why she was nearly blinded when the door to the main room opened and light burst through.

"Raven?" Robin was in the room.

"What are you doing up?" Raven asked. She saw the milk and cookies in front of him and sighed softly. "Another dream?" She asked.

"Yeah." He said, getting up and heading over to the fridge. He pulled out a bottle and set about heating it up.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked, settling herself on the sofa and turning to face him.

"It's ok. It's better now." He said, and took the bottle out of the microwave. Putting the top back on, he walked over to Raven and handed the bottle to her. "Now you're here." He whispered and tucked back a lock of violet hair behind her ear. Raven smiled softly and gave the bottle to Sarah who instantly began to drink. They sat in silence for a while, enjoying the other's presence and Sarah's contentment. Robin continued to play with her hair, running his hand through it, and Raven let him.

Sarah was half asleep by the time she was finished with her bottle, and as Raven gently drew the bottle from her mouth she nestled herself closer to Raven and yawned, exposing her pink gums briefly before falling fast asleep. Robin smiled. "She likes you." He whispered. Raven's eyes glanced at him briefly, just a hint of a smile showing at the corner of her lips.

"I'm going to take her back to my room." She said, taking care not to wake Sarah as she stood up. Robin stood up as well and the two of them left the main room.

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The next morning the titans were eating breakfast in the main room, Raven feeding Sarah her morning bottle, when the ringing of the titans communicator on the TV sounded and the Titans East faces were suddenly looking at them.

"Oh! Is that Sarah? She's so cute!" Bumblebee exclaimed, looking at the baby in Raven's lap.

"Guys, when did you get her?" Speedy asked.

"How come you never told us?" Aqualad demanded.

"Ella es muy bonita." (1) Mas chipped in.

"Sí, y tambien pequeña." (2) Menos agreed.

Robin stepped forward, his cup of coffee in hand, "I suppose you heard the news then?" He asked. Just then another communicator connected to the tower.

"Since when have you guys had a baby?" Kid Flash and Jinx could be seen as well now. Raven turned to look at Robin.

"Does the whole world know about this?" She asked exasperatedly.

"Hello, when did you get her?" Argent had connected to the tower from England. Robin grinned. "Does that answer your question?"

"Yes, thank you." She replied just as sarcastically.

"So?" Speedy asked. Robin looked back at the screen.

"We got her about a week ago. Raven found her on our doorstep." Robin said and proceeded to explain what had happened while Raven finished giving Sarah her bottle. Patting her back gently until she uttered a soft burp, she then picked her up and headed out of the main room to bathe her.

It was about an hour before Raven emerged from her room into the main room with Sarah. When she did, it was to find the main room crowded with people. Quick glances around told her Argent, Kid Flash, Jinx, and all of the Titans East were with her teammates. Robin noticed her arrival and walked over to her. "Did everyone come over to see her?" Raven asked. Robin nodded.

"Yeah." He looked at Sarah, whose eyes were bright and energetic. "She didn't want to take her nap yet?" He asked, facing her.

"No, but she'll be tired sooner or later." Raven said. "Hey, look at her, would you, do you see anything strange about her?" Robin looked at her, puzzled, before turning his gaze to Sarah. Her skin was fair; her hair had darkened the slightest bit, to be a few shades below black. She had her pacifier in her mouth, looked to be a healthy weight for a baby her age. He didn't know what Raven was taking about. Then his eyes found Sarah's once again and he couldn't believe he had missed it earlier.

"Her eyes, they have flecks of purple in them. Bright purple." Robin said. Raven looked worried for a moment at his words then quickly drew her emotions back.

"That's what I thought. I wasn't sure though. I noticed it just now." She said. Just then, Bumblebee caught sight of them, breaking away from Starfire to wander over to them.

"There she is; are you hiding her from us? Or are you two just talking?" She asked.

"Just talking," Robin answered. "This is Sarah." He introduced, motioning to the baby in Raven's arms.

"Oh, she is too cute, can I hold her?" Raven shrugged and passed Sarah into Bumblebee's outstretched arms. They watched as Sarah looked at Bumblebee with something akin to confusion in her eyes before giving in and laying her head on Bee's shoulder. Sarah was already starting to hold her head up on her own, trying to be independent despite her young age. The other titans, noticing Sarah, began to walk forward and cluster themselves around her. Sarah was looking at each of them in turn, curious as to why all the new faces were gathered around her. She grinned suddenly, the cheeks producing dimples as she did. She then reached her hands out to Robin, leaning out of Bumblebee's hold. Robin obligingly took Sarah and she cuddled herself close to his chest, reaching her tiny hands up to his shoulders and gripping him almost in a little hug. She sighed into his shoulder, happy.

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She had to escape. She had to warn the titans before it was too late. She almost laughed at that thought. Never had she thought she would be warning, or trying to help the titans, her father's sworn enemy, in any way. He had repeatedly told her tales about them when she was a young girl, even today; he still detested them with a passion. Time and time again, he would tell her the story of how he had been so close to being unbelievably rich with that dumb clock he had tried to steal using the time suit he had invented a few years ago. Ironically, it was her ignorance of that very story that had gotten her in the situation she was in right now.

She had foolishly tried on the time suit that he had prepared for her. He had wanted her to accompany him through time to retrieve the clock. She had refused; she was too wrapped up in her own life to go chasing after something that he wasn't even sure would be there in the first place. Besides, she had plans that night.

When her father had returned to his time, nearly a week later, she had been happy to see him, but when he told her about his run in with the titans, she had nearly laughed outright. The titans had long since disbanded. It was to her shocked surprise that the titans had reformed their group, or rather; they had never drifted apart in the first place. All credit due to her father for his journey through time and space. Eager to prove to him that she could get that clock and wave it in front of his face without his help, that night she had put on the time suit her father had fashioned for her. It had taken her a while to figure out how to work all the gadgets on the suit. (He had invented and installed many weapons to it). When she finally got the suit to work it was by accident. But she had only gone back in time exactly eleven minutes though. Hurriedly, she pulled over her sweater to hide the suit before leaving the house, unbeknownst to her father.

She hadn't gone back in time far enough, she hadn't realized that for a while, wandering around the past Jump City. Then he had turned up. It was late, the sun shooting out its final rays of light when she met him. He had claimed he was going to help her; that he knew where the clock she was looking for was. She had foolishly followed him into an old building, where she was ambushed by his robots. When she was captive he took off the time piece that kept her at her correct age. Almost immediately she felt herself begin to grow younger before stopping then growing back to her correct age again. She soon discovered that her father had installed another time piece to the back of the suit, unwilling to take any chances should the titans take apart the first one. It was that second time piece that had saved her life.

She learned his name was Slade later on, when he had locked her up, 'for later use' he had said to her. When he returned to the room he had put her in, it was with the baby. Almost boastingly, he told her that he had kidnapped the baby, just as he had captured her. He was going to raise the baby to be his apprentice. When she asked whose baby it was, he had laughed.

"Wouldn't you just love to find out," he had said.

She had a strong suspicion as to whose baby it was though. And she was right. Slade had gone a few years ahead into the future and kidnapped the baby from the titans. She didn't know which titans were the parents though. The baby was about one or two months old. She wasn't wearing a time piece. Slade had left her to tend to the baby while he attended to business elsewhere. After a week of tending to the baby Slade had plans to make his apprentice, she couldn't take it anymore. She had taken the baby and left one night, while he was gone. She had been terrified he would find her. Her plan had been to drop the baby off at titans tower then head back to her own time. She had only been able to complete half of it. Slade had found her near sunrise; she hadn't been able to get the suit to work properly with only one time piece on.

For another week she had been able to pull off the fact that she didn't know where the baby was, that she had escaped purely to save herself, not having a care in the world what happened to the baby. And for a week, Slade had believed her, until he sent his army of robots to attack the tower. It was then that Slade found out where the baby had gone. She had been punished for that. But she would be damned before she gave into his attack and acted the part of servant before her master. She was still fully intent on sometime soon escaping again and this time making it back home.

That's what she was working on right now. Slade hadn't managed to get all of the weapons concealed within the suit. She had managed to trigger one and was working her way through the cuffs that held her hands behind her back. She was getting out of here no matter what it took.

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Ella es muy bonita. Translation: She is very beautiful.

Sí, y tambien pequeña. Translation: Yes, and tiny too.

A/N: So that was chapter 3! I hope everyone liked it, leave me your thoughts in a review! I know I've never mentioned the girl's name and who her father is, but anyone want to take a wild guess:)

-Akemi