Here comes the end to my very strange tale.

I mean, who in their right mind would bring back Mother Mae-Eye?

Apparently, I would. At least, I hope I'm in my right mind…

This is the longest chapter yet, so grab some free time, a couple snacks, and an ice cold drink!

Anyway…

…..

"Raah!" The swarm of Mae-Eye's followers formed a sort of tidal wave and totally overwhelmed Speedy. It was beyond his capabilities. He fought back, but it was no use.

'If I fought back with super strength… Maybe I….' Speedy thought. But he couldn't. All he had was his bow and his brain. 'Hey! Wait! That's it!'

He gave in. He let the crowd grab his limbs. Then some people came up to him. He was shocked and distraught to see that it was his team.

Bumblebee, happy as a school girl in love, spoke to him. "Speedy, you don't have to do this. You don't need to get hurt. You just need to embrace the love Mother gives us!"

"(Yes! Join us, brother Speedy!)" Menos cried out.

"(She's so wonderful!)" Mas agreed.

"Speedy, it's the best for all of us…" Aqualad offered his hand.

"Ai!" Tram nodded.

"No guys. I can't do that. I'm sorry, but I didn't come back to be a part of her team."

"But we're on her team, Speedy! Don't you want to be on our side?" Bumblebee wanted the enitre family to be a part of this.

"If you're not gonna be fighting the good fight, then I don't want to be on your team, either. I want to be a Teen Titan."

"Well, that's a shame, isn't it Sweety?" Mother Mae-Eye, holding a rolling pin and batting it in her hand, walked up to Speedy.

"Wait, Ma! Speedy, do you want some pie? Please?" Bumblebee ducked down, then popped back up with a dish op blackberry pie.

"Honeybee, I don't think Speedy will-"

"Yeah, sure."

"What?" Mother Mae-Eye almost fell backwards.

"Hey, if it'll make Bee happy, I might as well have one more bite before I go…" Speedy laughed nervously.

"Hmm…" Mother Mae-Eye hastily grabbed the pie dish, and she suddenly held a serving spoon from out of no where. She took some pie, then slowly…offered it to Speedy.

While this was happening, the crowd quieted down, and Titans East stood silently, in a row. The entire area could hear a pin drop.

Speedy opened his mouth…the spoon came closer…then Speedy bashed his head on it, making the other side of it hit Mae-Eye's face!

"Oh, my nose! My beautiful nose!" She grabbed her face, then took a few steps back.

At this, the crowd exploded with rage, and for the first time since they first ate the pie, Titans East got mad.

Speedy chuckled, "Oh I'm sorry, did you say 'blackberry'? Oops. I'm afraid I'm allergic," At this, Speedy forced his arms and the two people holding them, and flipped them onto the pavement of the street. Then he used his fists to knock out the two holding his legs.

Once he freed himself, the Titans had almost made their way to him. So he took out on of his arrows, and snapped it. Soon, the entire area was surrounded with camouflaging gas. When it cleared, Mother Mae-Eye, recovered from the blow, looked around.

She went up to her favorite kids. "Where's Speedy? Where did he go to?"

Bumblebee was very sad, "We're sorry, Mother," She put her head down. "He got away."

So angry, she lifted the back of her hand to give her a smack. Remembering the consequences, she put it down.

"…There….There…. Its all right…" She brought Bumblebee and all of her Titans in for a hug. "We'll find him…" Then she noticed something. Looking at all of her children, she asked, "Where's Aqualad?"

….

A couple blocks down from the bakery, Speedy let go of Aqualad's mouth.

"Ah! Traitor! What're are you doing? Take me back to Mother!" Aqualad was standing there in protest. Speedy noticed that he wasn't doing anything else. Was this because Mae-Eye wasn't close by?

"sigh. Dang. I was hoping I'd grab Bumblebee…or Tram maybe. Why you? Oh, well. At least I'll get satisfaction from this!" Speedy grabbed his bow.

"Hey! What're you-" Blam! Speedy conked Aqualad on the head.

"Uuh…."

"Don't worry. You're going to feel a little dizzy, kind of nauseous, and a slight sense of nostalgia…" Speedy kneeled down to make eye contact with Aqualad, who had fallen to the ground.

"S…Speedy? What's going on?…" Aqualad got up from the ground, rubbing his head.

"Oh, and you should have an annoying head ache for the rest of the day…" Speedy smirked.

Remembering what had happened, Aqualad said excitedly, "Whoa! That pie! It sucked away my negative emotions! Mother Mae-Eye! You…" He looked at Speedy. "You saved me."

"Well, yeah, duh. No need to make a scene out of it. The mission files told me how to stop the hypnotism, but you can give me your endless thanks later," Speedy could hear the crowd behind them. "…'Cause we gotta split. Speedy moved over to his bike and was about to start it, when Aqualad signaled to him.

"No! We can't use that! It'll be too easy to find us! Come with me!" And at that, Speedy opened a manhole.

"Oh no! Why is it always the sewer with you?" Still, Speedy followed Aqualad to the system below.

…

"I don't care if it was the president of the United States! You need too find those two and end them!" Mother Mae-Eye stormed back into the bakery, checking on her pies.

"Orta vez, nosostros contar les nosostros lata non!"

"Speedy, quiza. El laya ante una tiron, sin tadavia...)"

"Ma, we can't. Whatever you say, they're our friends! You can't make us-"

"Who wants pie?" Mother Mae-Eye glared at Bumblebee, but was able to get out a kind-yet-forceful voice.

Many different sounds in many different languages came after that, but they all translated to: "Ooh! I do!"

At that agreement, 4 pies went quickly down four throats. They sighed in hypnotic contentment.

"Now, what are you going to do for Mommy?" The monster gave out her sweetest sounding voice ever, to improve the effect of the pie.

Blankly, what was left of Titans East let out, "Annihilate Speedy and Aqualad…"

….

Aqualad and Speedy were running through the pipes of the sewer when Speedy stopped them.

"Hold up, wait," Speedy took out one of his arrows.

"What's wrong?" Aqualad grew tense. Was someone following them?

"Something soon, if you don't give me your communicator!" Speedy took Aqualad's communicator and stabbed it with the arrow.

"What did you do that for! We could have used that to call for help!" Aqualad screamed at Speedy.

"I broke it so they wouldn't be able to track us! They probably already know we're in this slime pit!" Speedy was getting mad again…

"Again with the sewer? Look, its all I have to work with, okay? At least I have powers, you selfish, arrogant, gel-haired, fool!" Aqualad blew up in Speedy's face. And it hit.

"You know what? Maybe I should just hand you back over to the pie zombies! I might be able to actually win without you around!"

"I'm the one who got us away in the first place! Without me, you and your motorcycled would be mobbed in ten seconds!"

"Wanna find out?"
"Just try it, arrow boy!"

With that, Speedy and Aqualad parted ways. Aqualad was positive he didn't need that jerk. But Speedy remembered his unheard apology when he was at the tower…

"Aqualad. Wait," Speedy turned around. Aqualad stopped.

"What do you want?" He sad slowly, angry.

"I-" But he was cut off. Behind him, he heard a lot of noise, so he ran over to Aqualad.

"Raah!"

"They're coming this way!"

"Are you crazy? I hear them over here!" It was true. The crowd had surrounded them. The only way to go was up.

Aqualad pushed some of the water on one end to prevent the crowd on Speedy's side from getting to closer, but the one on his side was still open. Seeing his team mate in trouble, Speedy used his bow and shot out an arrow, freezing the sewage in which they stood. They had used their different abilities to work together.

Aqualad used the water in the sewer to break the manhole above them open. They jumped out, and used Speedy's arrows to get themselves up to the top of a building.

"They're everywhere? How in the world are we going to be able to-"
"Shh! Quiet!" Aqualad shushed Speedy and tried to listen to a scene that was going on below them. Speedy looked, and saw that it was Mother Mae-Eye with their team.

"We will go to our home now. Everyone in the city has tried my pie. I'm everyone's Mommy! Everybody loves me!" May-Eye stepped out of the magic field that made her prettier, but everyone who had eaten the pie still saw her fake image.

"Huh. That's funny. Did you see that? She glowed when she stepped there. That's where the spell must end. But there just might be a catch…"

"Yay! Yay Mommy! We love you Mommy!" All the Titans were total puppets now.

"Now let us got to our castle! Our home! To the tower everyone!" Mother Mae-Eye danced her way across the town. Titans East followed, skipping along.

"Bleah…" Speedy and Aqualad gagged at the sight. A light bulb suddenly floated above both their heads.

"I've got an idea!" They said at the same time.

"We should use my powers to-"

"No, we use the arrows in my-"

"Who cares about your arrows? Besides, your almost out, and your spares are at the tower, which is where they're going if you didn't notice!"

"I don't care about your powers! Besides,. What's a school of fish going to do in a time like this?"

They glared at each other. Then Speedy suddenly remembered what he was going to say.

"Sigh. Aqualad, wait. I need to tell you something," Speedy calmed down.

Aqualad calmed down too. "What is it?" He was still mad though.

"I'm…I'm sorry for ditching the team. I made a mistake coming down when you had Rancid, but…I don't know….It just seemed that all you guys can do so many different things…And I can't. I'm just the guy in the team who's…normal. I shouldn't have acted like that though, and-"

"Speedy. All you said is true," Aqualad said bluntly.

"Well, Gee. Thanks!" Speedy let out, sarcastically.

"But you have one thing wrong. You're not normal. How can you be normal? In a group of super-powered people, you prove that you don't need powers to be a hero. You just need a good heart, and determination. I actually admire you for that. I don't know if I actually have as much courage as you do…so…yeah." Aqualad smiled at his friend.

Speedy smiled back. "Well, okay then! I knew I was that much of a hero, but I didn't know you knew that! Either way, I'll take all the praise I can get! Now what was your plan?" Speedy smirked at his friend.

"Oh, no. You're the hero. What was your plan?" Aqualad attempted to bow, but couldn't pull it off that well, since they were both kneeling.

"Well, as the brave hero…I say we pool ideas together and see what we get."

"In that case, here's my idea…"

…..

"Oh! Goodness gracious! This is a fancy home!" Mother Mae-Eye gave herself a tour of the tower. She hadn't gotten to look around it before. She just appeared, then they went back to her store to make more pie.

"Look at this! You lovely children even have your own pool!" Mother Mae-Eye wanted to jump in, but she figured it wouldn't be lady-like.

"Yeah, it was for Aqualad…"

"Antes el una Speedy izquierda nos..."

"Maybe they had a good reason to leave? I don't know….Quiza ella una bueno cordura a irse?"

"Bee googa…"

Mae-Eye saw that her control was slipping. She quickly gave them more pie.

"Now. Wasn't that pudding delicious?"
"MMM. Yes Mother!"

"Now what are you going to do when you see Speedy and Aqualad?"

"Destroy them!"

"Very good…."

….
Titans East all stood in a row. They were mute, under Mother's orders. However, Tram's eye twitched. He looked around, then "spoke" to his friends.

"Ab me, to cha de gueno. Do da back!" He waved, then walked away.

"Que?" Mas asked Bumblebee.

"I don't know, I guess he's going to look for more pie.

…

Tram walked around the tower. He went upstairs, into Speedy's room. Mysteriously, he punched in Speedy's secret code to get inside his closet. Inside, there were dozens, maybe hundreds of special arrows! Boxing glove arrows, freezing arrows, grappling hook arrows, camouflage gas arrows, even arrow arrows!

Tram grabbed a couple dozen, and put them into a spare quiver. Then he took the elevator downstairs. During the ride down, he opened the emergency door on the ceiling, and put the quiver outside of the elevator. He closed the door, then stepped out of the elevator.

Now Tram looked nervous. He sneaked around in the shadows, trying to be unoticeable, but it wasn't working. Then he stopped, as if he was listening to something, then he started to walk down the hall again, but more casual. Eventually, he reached his team mates.

"There you are, Tram! Did you find any pie?" Bumblebee, with the hypnotism getting stronger, looked even happier, and could barely stand.

"Sarree…" Tram buffed up, and conked Bumblebee on the head. He would've bopped Mas y Menos too, but they realized what was happening, and sped off to warn Mother Mae-Eye.

Tram picked up Bumblebee, knocked out, and headed for the elevator. He opened it, and Mae-Eye, Mas, and Menos were already standing in it!

"Wah!" Tram cried. He saw Mother Mae-Eye's true form for the first time.

"So….they turned you to the other side, did they?" Then she gasped. She saw Bumblebee in his arms. "You…You've turned her too! Haven't you?" Blind with rage, she attempted to stuff another pie down Tram's throat.

Tram was too fast, however. He pushed her to the side, bowled through Mas y Menos, who were trying to knock him over, and jumped through the already-loose-door on top of the elevator. After that, he threw down two camouflage gas arrows, so they could escape.

"NO!" The monster cried. Mas y Menos trembled in fear…

….

Tram, above, deflated, and crawled through the air vent. Eventually, he finally met up with Aqualad and Speedy, who had gotten in the tower's ventilation system. Tram handed Speedy his refill of arrows, then the three of them woke Bumblebee up.

"Hmmm…" Bumblebee sighed sleepily, "What's happening?" Then she remembered all that had just happened. "Uh! Mother Mae-Eye! She hypnotized us!"

"Yeah, I think we got that part," Speedy rolled his eyes. Then he smiled.

"Good to have you guys back," Aqualad gave Tram a hug, who had started to tear up. "Good job, buddy. I'm proud of you…"

"But how did you guys…?" Bumblebee sat in her confusion, quiet. She waited for their answer.

"It was simple. Aqualad used his telepathy with fish-boy here to block Mother Mae-Eye's love messages. Then Aqualad told Gilly-Fins to get me some new arrows, and to get you, Mas, y Menos back onto our side…But I guess he missed Mas y Menos…"

Tram sighed. Half because he didn't get their Spanish friends, and half because Speedy kept calling him names!

"Its okay, guys! I know how to get Mas y Menos, and the whole city back on our side, and Mother Mae-Eye out of our lives forever!"

…..

Tram punched his way out of the vent, and into the hall. Mas y Menos sped up to them.

"Mother! Bring the crowd!Madre! Llevar lo multitud!"

"Si, nosostros basar les!)"

Bumblebee cried out, "Now!" Speedy and Aqulad twirled to the side, and Tram lunged at Mas y Menos. Forced to separate, Mas y Menos dodged the beast.

They dodged into the arms of Speedy and Aqualad. They raised their hands to hit them, but Mas y Menos slipped out in time.

Bumblebee went ahead to meet the mob of followers that was Mae-Eye's children. Mae-Eye led them.

"When I get to you naughty children, you'll be in for the spanking of a lifetime!" Bumblebee let Mother Mae-Eye get close, but after that, she used her "Stingers" to make the roof capsize, blocking her, Speedy, and Tram from Mother Mae Eye, Aqualad, and Mas y Menos.

"Bumblebee! We didn't get Mas y Menos back yet!" Speedy said. The plan was going to spiral out of control now, he could feel it!

"Oh well! Now get these people out of her control! Start knocking heads!"
Tram chuckled. Speedy sighed, then said, "I thought you'd never ask."

….

[note: Once again, the text in parenthesis are subtitles, translating Spanish to English.]

"Oh boy…" Aqualad had been left all alone with Mae-Eye, Mas, y Menos.

"(Mas! Menos! Grab him! I'll stuff the pie down his throat!) You will love me again, Aqualad. Then I'll get your friends back under my control.

"We'll never truly love you, Mae-Eye! You do know that, right?" Aqualad was stalling for time. Maybe Bumblebee and the others would get to him in time.

"Don't talk to your mother that way!"

"No! I will! To have a family, you have to earn it! With true love, and a desire to help us, and let us grow! We can't be your babies, Mae-Eye! Not if you really loved us!" Aqualad hoped the speech would sink in. Mae-Eye was silent. Then:
Do you think you know what love is? I'm a mother, I know! All you are is a very BAD boy! (Mas! Menos! Grab him!)" But Mas y Menos just stood there.

"(What are you doing? Move! Or I'll spank you too!)"

"(No.)" They both said at the same time.

"(WHY NOT? Do as your mother tells you too!)"

Mas shouted, "(You're not our mother! Our mother loves us! You just make us love you!)" Mas burst into tears.

Menos said, quietly, "(Love is a two way street, Momma May. You have to give as much as you want to get. If you can't love us as much as you're making us love you, we can't love you at all.)"

Menos hugged his brother. Then, Mas a little calmer, the twinds walked over to Aqualad. Mother Mae-Eye watched in terror.

Mas y Menos bowed their heads. Smiling gently, Aqualad lightly, bopped them on their heads. The rest of the spell wore off.

[So ends the subtitles!]

The twins rubbed their heads, looked at Mother Mae-Eye, who had begun to cry.

"Nobody loves me…No one! Ever! And it doesn't seem that o one ever will!…"

"Alla, alla...Mae-Eye! Le voluntad adicto todos recto...)" They attempted to calm her down.

"Abominar les Titans! Le voluntad jamas adicto todos recto!" She lunged at them.

"Mas! Menos! We think she'll be stopped if she goes back into her magic field!"

Mas y Menos grinned at each other. They high-fived.

"Mas y Menos! Si bote nosastras!" They sped off toward Mother Mae-Eye, picked her up, and sped down the stairs, out the door, across town, and plopped her back into her bakery.

[Subtitles again!]

"(What? No! I can't leave this place until someone loves me!)"

"(Then I guess you better start….)"

"(Practicing on how to be nice!)

Together, they said, "(Bye, Mae-Eye! Please don't bug us again!)"

They sped off, leaving Mother Mae-Eye alone in the shop, sobbing.

…

It was a sad victory for Titans East. End of the day, They saved the people, their tower was damaged, Mother Mae-Eye would never be loved, and Speedy had come back to the team.

"I feel kind of bad for her…" Bumblebee sighed. Aqualad came up to her, and patted her on the back. They were standing in their own ops room.

"Its okay. Don't feel bad for her. All her problems are at her own fault."

"Yeah," She turned around to face her team. At this, Tram walked up to her.

"Ooohhh! Tree dum beedleoop, de wee! Wee-Wee!" He pointed at himself, then took a heroic pose. "Ah ha! Ha ha ha be gee da doh!"

Utterly confused, Bumblebee glanced at Aqualad.

"He's asking you out…" Bumblebee screamed. Tram, shocked, yelled at Aqualad.

"Dahuah! Barroo! Bee-jee jee! Piiiff!"

"I'm just kidding, Tram!"

Bumblebee stopped gagging. "What?"

Aqualad laughed. So did Speedy, who was watching the scene. "I'm just teasing you, Bee! He says he wants to stay and be part of the team."

"Gaaaa?" Tram pushed him to say all of it.

"And he says that he's come to this conclusion, because without him, we never would've won…"

"Hm." Tram was satisfied.

"Well alright then, Tram! I'll go register you into the computer!" Bumblebee and Tram walked off, to register Tram as one of the team.

Aqualad went over to Speedy and sat down next to him. Speedy asked, "So where are the twins?"

Aqualad sighed, then replied, "Menos is comforting Mas. They went through a lot today…"

"How did they break that spell?"

"Eventually, Mae-Eye asked for way too much from them, so that the spell couldn't handle it anymore. That, and a lot of will power, and a true sense of parent/child love…"

"Wow. Those are some special kids, aren't they?" Speedy took a sip of his milk, then reached for a cookie.

"They're on the team, aren't they?"

At this, Speedy stopped. Then he sighed.

"Hey, You're on this team, aren't you?" Aqualad smiled down onto his team mate and best friend.

"…Yeah. I guess I am."

There was a pause. Peace had returned to Steel City.

"By the way, I still haven't gotten an apology for when you bopped me on the head earlier."

Speedy grinned. Yep, this is where he belonged. Where he could annoy people most.

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Alright, there you go!

Before episode 5, I'm going to post episode 1 of Spider-man, "The New Kid," so you guys will have to sit tight for a while. Sorry!

But be sure to come back in a week or two, for my next episode, "Titans North"

So what did you think? Too long? Great villain? Horrible Spanish? Awesome ending?

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