Sorry for the late update, school is murder. But I'm here now and ready for a new chapter.

DragonFire411: I hope you don't think of me as a jerk for not telling you what I thought of your story. I actually couldn't find it and I forgot to contact you. I apologize so much for that! If you're still reading, please send me the link your Teen Titans/Pokemon crossover if you still want me to read it!

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Robin stood in the middle of the evidence room completely baffled by what Raven had discovered. This was becoming frustrating. All he wanted to do was to crawl into a dark hole and never be heard from again. Robin just wanted to forget about Angela's death, but things just kept on appearing. Starfire was mad at him for making an idiot out of himself, he was losing sleep trying to comfort Cali, he hadn't even had time to arrange a training session for the team, Nikki was coming today, and Raven had found that disc. Nothing could possibly get any worse than it was right now.

Robin sighed and made his way down the stairs to also await the arrival of Nikki. The whole group was gathered in the living room, still unsure of what to make of having a housekeeper. Robin stood stiffly, not sure if he was going to talk to any of his other teammates or not. Although they still hadn't mentioned anything yet, Cali had taken a huge toll on them too. Cali had to be kept out of certain rooms and Beast Boy had to learn to be more mature. It was hard for Raven to keep hold of her emotions when she had a soft spot for Cali, and Cyborg was trying to figure out a way for her not to get into the garage or some of the high-tech rooms throughout the tower. As for Starfire, she was just trying to get used to being the motherly figure for Cali, seeing as she had taken a liking to her.

Robin smiled as he noticed Cali drawing something at the coffee table. He decided he could talk to her, if no one else.

Robin waltzed in and sat down beside Cali. "What are you drawing?"

"A house." Cali said plainly, as if it was the obvious thing in the world.

"Oh, is it supposed to be your dream house?" Robin said, as he stared at the picture, trying to make out something that at least formed the shape of the house.

"Yeah. There are lot of pretty flowers and the sun's out all the time." Cali said happily.

"Sounds like a nice place." Robin said, before finally noticing something that looked like a square and a triangle.

"Do you want to help me?" Cali asked, looking up at him expectantly.

Robin was taken aback by the question. He wasn't an artist by any means, but if it meant killing time… "Of course I'll help you." Robin said, and picked up a yellow crayon and began to draw a sun.

Robin became so absorbed that he didn't even hear the sound of someone asking for permission to enter the house. It wasn't until he heard a familiar voice that made him turn around.

"Angela always said you were a kid at heart, but I never believed her until just now."

Robin whipped around to see none other than Nikki. She still had the same bright green eyes, the long red hair, the thin build, and the stubborn chin. Her eyes and mouth were surrounded with laugh lines, seeing that everything was fun to the teenager.

"Nikki, hi. Nice to see you again." Robin said, scrambling up, and he walked over to give her a small hug. He quickly pulled away after a five-second time period. He could feel Starfire's jealous eyes boring into the back of his skull almost as if she had burned a hole through his head.

Before Robin could even make a proper introduction, Starfire was up in one swift movement and moving gracefully towards Nikki. By the way she was glaring at her, anyone could tell that Starfire wasn't going to ask for this girl's friendship.

"Hello, my name is Starfire. I am from the planet of Tamaran, and I am the princess of my land. I thought I should inform you that when you are addressing me, you are addressing royalty." Starfire said coolly, her chin raised high in the air.

"Bad vibes." Beast Boy murmured to Cyborg. Everyone knew that Starfire wanted to be treated equally, and not like royalty. She barely even mentioned her bloodlines.

If Nikki sensed the tension she gave no sign of it. She gave a huge grin instead. "Cool. I'm Nikki, I'm from the planet Earth, and the only royalty that I know I am is that I'm a drama queen."

Starfire gave a thin smile as Robin tried to hide a grin about how true the statement was. But feeling the uneasy silence growing stronger he stepped between the two girls.

"Well, I guess I should introduce you to the rest of your "housemates", this is Raven, and Cyborg, and Beast Boy…"

Starfire turned away and sat down the couch with a heavy sigh.

"Sad?" Cali asked, glancing up at the alien girl.

Starfire gave a sad smile. "Yes, Nikki is much prettier than I ever will be." She said softly, feeling the burning tears sting her eyes.

"Don't be sad, you're pretty." Cali protested. Starfire smiled, and gave Cali a hug, hoping she would understand that she needed that.

Robin walked over at that moment with Nikki. "And, of course, you know Cali."

Cali pulled away from Starfire and grinned at Nikki. "Auntie Nikki!" She screamed excitedly as she threw her arms around the girl's knees. Robin and Nikki both laughed and exchanged looks.

Starfire frowned, and stood up to stand with her other teammates who weren't associating with the new girl any longer.

"I don't like her." Beast Boy said.

"You said that when you met Angela too." Cyborg accused.

"Yeah, but that was different. I thought she was way too quiet for comfort, but it was just because she was nervous and shy. Once we got her talking she turned out to be a real sweetheart, but I don't like this one." Beast Boy retorted.

"Yeah, I guess she's a little too easy-going. But, if she was Angela's friend, and if Robin trusts her enough to come into our home then we should trust her too…Although I don't see her as much of a housekeeper." Cyborg mumbled as Robin began to give Nikki the grand tour, as she balanced Cali on her hip.

"Beast Boy's right." Raven said for the first time.

"Yeah, see? I'm right! Wait…I am?" Beast Boy said, doing a double take at the dark girl.

Raven rolled her eyes before nodding. "I don't like her, there's something about her that's not right. Angela was bubbly, but not as bubbly as Nikki. It's almost as if she's trying to keep something hidden and she's afraid that she'll get caught if she acts differently."

"If you think she's hiding something, then just probe her mind." Cyborg said. By this point Starfire was just watching them and taking it all in.

"I tried to, but I couldn't. Her mind's blocked from me to get through, which only makes things more suspicious. I don't know much about the girl, all I know is that her father used to be a lieutenant in the army and he runs a very tight ship in his house. Nikki didn't like him at all, and she would constantly run away. I'm not sure about her mother, that's all Robin would tell me." Raven said, her voice becoming thoughtful as she pondered over the situation.

"Maybe she had to go to an insane asylum because her father's discipline became too great and now she's come here so that she can rule over us instead of someone ruling over her. Soon she'll have us cleaning the floors with a toothbrush. We're doomed, doomed, DOOMED!" Beast Boy cried hysterically. Cyborg smacked him upside the head, which brought him back to reality.

"Don't be so melodramatic. You almost had a point until you went ahead and spoiled it. That could be very well possible. Maybe Nikki's trying to get control over her own life by controlling what she wants." Raven said.

"That doesn't explain anything. I mean, yeah, I can understand if she came on her own, but Robin called her." Cyborg said.

Before Raven could reply, Robin, Nikki, and Cali reentered the room.

"We're going to go to the pizza place to eat tonight. Anyone who wants to come should start piling in the car now." Robin said.

The four teens all raced to the car at once and as usual Cyborg and Beast Boy began to fight over the pizza topping.

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At the restaurant there was an awkward silence between the four teens. I say that because Robin and Nikki were talking about things that were happening, while the rest of them sat there waiting for their order to come.

Cali scooted over next to Beast boy who became interested in counting the tiles on the floor.

"Is Nikki going to be my new mommy?" Cali asked.

"507…508…509…What?" Beast Boy asked.

"Is Nikki my new mommy?" Cali asked again.

Beast Boy glanced over at Robin who was having a conversation with Nikki about a few memories they had had with Angela.

"Why do you say that?" Beast Boy asked softly, turning to face the young girl.

"I don't know, just because she's here now I guess." Cali said, fiddling with her shirt that had flowers embroidered on it.

"No, Nikki's just here to help out your father with taking care of you and the house." Beast Boy said about to turn back to counting.

"Good. I don't want Nikki to be my mommy. She's mean. I want Starfire to be my mommy."

Beast Boy turned to her again and frowned. "What do you mean Nikki's mean?"

Cali's eyes grew wide and she glanced around. "Not 'sposed to say." She muttered.

Beast Boy stared at her, before looking over at Robin. "Hey Rob, I'm going to take Cali for a little walk, I think she's starting to get fidgety."

Robin waved a hand absent-mindedly and Beast Boy took Cali by the hand and sent the rest of his team a look that they knew quite well. Something was wrong.

Beast Boy walked a little before sitting Cali on a bench. "Now, what do you mean that Nikki's mean? You were perfectly happy with her today."

"Hafta be happy." Cali muttered.

"What do you mean you have to be happy?" Beast Boy asked, his patience beginning to dissipate.

"Not 'sposed to say…Secret." Cali muttered again.

Beast Boy sighed. "Cali, if this is something important you have to let me know. I promise I won't tell anyone you're secret if you tell me."

Cali took a sharp intake of breath. "I'm scared." She whispered as her shoulders began to shake.

Beast Boy lifted her chin. "Cali, look at me. Why are you scared?"

Cali took a few intakes of breath as tears slid down her face. "When mommy work, Nikki watched me. Had me clean, if I bad, she hit me. It hurt a lot. No tell mommy or I be punished by Nikki and mommy wouldn't love me anymore. Hafta pretend to love Nikki. I hate her! I want Starfire to be my mommy!" Cali garbled.

Beast Boy's eyes widened. "She needed control over someone, because someone all ready had control over her." He whispered as Cali began to cry harder.

"Cali, I promise not to tell anyone your secret if you promise to tell daddy tonight when you go to sleep." Beast Boy said.

"No! He'll be mad that I a bad girl and he'll hate me and Nikki will hit me harderer!" Cali wailed.

"Cali, I promise that your father will still love you if you tell him the truth, and I promise that no one will let anyone hurt you. Okay?" Beast Boy said gently.

"Kay." Cali said. Beast Boy helped her dry her eyes before bringing her back to the table.

He couldn't wait to tell the team later on what he had found out.

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Robin slowly climbed the stairs with Cali in his arms. He laid her down on her bed and sat down beside her. She was almost about to drift off, so he might get a break tonight.

"Daddy?" Cali asked groggily.

"Yes?" Robin said, trying to hide his eagerness for her to fall asleep.

"If I was bad, and people thought I was bad, would you still love me?"

Robin pondered the question for a while. What had brought that up? "If someone told me you were bad, I would ask you what you had done. Whether if you really did the action or not would be a different story. Even if you did do something bad though, I'd still love you no matter what, okay?" Robin asked, as he kissed her on the forehead.

"Okay…Daddy?"

Robin stopped. He had almost made it to the door. "Cali, it's late, what is it?"

"Am I ever going to get a new mommy?" Cali asked quietly.

Robin took a deep breath. "I don't know. Do you want a new mommy?"

"Yes." Cali said.

"Well, I guess all you can do is hope, but until then I…"

"…I want Starfire to be my new mommy." Cali interrupted.

"I can't promise that, but I'll see what I can do, okay?" Robin said.

Cali sighed. "Kay."

"OK, now go to sleep." Robin said, he flicked off the lights and closed the door.

He shook his head. Having Angela being gone would be a lot harder on both him and Cali than he expected. He hoped that Cali would end up turning out okay in the end.

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Underground…

"Stupid little brat! Once you're with me you'll learn to keep your mouth shut!" Slade thundered at the video footage of Cali's information about Nikki.

"This has gone too far…Now they'll never trust her. That changeling probably told everyone else as fast as he could. I never should have hired someone who's psychologically scarred!" Slade roared.

"I'll have to take matters into my own hands. Tomorrow is going to be the last day that Cali spends with the Titans for good!" Slade screamed.

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'll update as soon as possible, I promise.