Author's Note: Enjoy some cuteness.

The morning started out with small pancakes, made by Cyborg, with a bit of peanut butter on it. Raven seemed to be in better spirits today, and she was talking with the boys, answering questions about how she used her powers. The current topic was what her 'magic words' were, and it was clear she was having a lot of fun making them guess.

"How many words?" Beast Boy asked as he took another bite of the pancakes. Raven took a sip of her tea before answering.

"Three," Raven told him. Robin tapped his fork against the top of his glass, still full of grape juice, since he had once again been denied coffee and was staging a strike. The black hairs boy was staring at her intently before looking over at Cyborg.

"Can I get a hint?" He asked. Cyborg laughed as he sat down with his own meal. Starfire was finishing off her second pancake, covered with mustard, and watched with fond amusement as the two boys enjoyed their game.

"Maybe, depends on who you ask," Raven said. Robin tapped his fork to his lips, getting peanut butter on them, before turning to Starfire.

"Do you know what the words are?" Robin asked her sweetly. Cyborg grinned and pressed the record button in his robotic eye to capture this moment.

"Yes, I do," Starfire told him. Robin beamed and turned back to Raven.

"See, she knows what the words are!" Robin told her triumphantly. Raven calmly looked back at him.

"Yes, but do you know what they are?" Raven asked him. Robin's eyes went wide to that realization and he frowned.

"Ok boy, I think it's time to wash up," Cyborg chuckled. Starfire took their plates, and ignored Robin's cries for coffee, before starting on wiping down the table. Cyborg herded the two boys down the hall and into the elevator. He let Beast Boy push the button for the bedroom floor and Robin laughed as they started to move.

Getting two boys semi-clean was an adventure.

Beast Boy didn't seem to mind getting cleaned, but Robin put up a fuss at the slightest touch of a water washcloth. Cyborg finally huffed and placed the smaller boy on the counter.

"Alright, Rob, here's how it's going to go: you are going to get clean, get into some nice new clothes, and then we can go do something fun until Aqualad and Speedy get here. Now, you have a choice, this could be done the easy way or the hard way. Your choice," Cyborg explained. Robin pondered it for a moment, then looked back up at the metal teen.

"The easy way," Robin told him. Beast Boy frowned.

"He's lying," Beast Boy interjected. Cyborg went to look at the other boy, currently seated on the toilet lid, but it was too late. Robin had slid his way down the counter and into the hall, laughing the entire time. Groaning, Cyborg pointed at Beast Boy.

"You stay right there, got it?" Cyborg ordered. Beast Boy nodded wide eyed. Cyborg ruffled his hair before chasing after the miniature boy wonder.

X

Speedy pulled his bike into an open space next to the T-Car. It was battered in many places, and the archer wondered what the heck had happened to trash Cyborg's beloved car. Shrugging, he placed his helmet on the handle of his bike and dismounted. Aqualad followed suit and placed his helmet back on the spot on the end of the bike. Speedy's bike wasn't as flashy as Robin's, but it was a deep red, almost scarlet, with pale yellow detailing.

It had taken him a good year to save up and put the thing together. He wasn't a tech god like Cyborg, but his girl ran just fine and had gotten him from place to place without needing repairs every week like Robin's. Aqualad stretched.

"I guess we should go up, they probably have their hands full," He said. Speedy shrugged.

"Sounds like a plan. The building is still standing, so they can't be that bad," Speedy said as he grabbed his bag. The two made their way up the elevator. When they reached the main room, they were unprepared for the noise level inside. Cyborg was racing around the couch, while Raven and Starfire watched, with amused looks, from the kitchen.

"Friends! You've arrived! I trust your trip was good?" Starfire greeted them. They both accepted her bone crushing hugs before taking in the scene. Speedy almost swore but caught himself in time.

Robin, who wouldn't have reached his hip standing up, was laughing as he avoided being caught by Cyborg. The teen, who was failing at hiding his growing smile, vaulted over the couch and scooped Robin up. Tickling him once, Cyborg walked over with his charge.

"Hey guys," He said. Aqualad smiled and Speedy walked over. He looked Robin up and down, as the boy did the same to him. Speedy held out his hand.

"My name's Speedy," He introduced himself. "You got a name, squirt?"

Robin scowled.

"My name's Robin, not squirt," Robin wiggled in Cyborg's hold. "Come on, I wanna run with Gar. He'd like it." Cyborg almost dropped him.

"Oh, crap," Cyborg said as he dashed for the door, forgetting the other child during the excitement. Raven ran with him.

"You left him alone?" Raven hissed. Cyborg glared at her.

"He's the better behaved one, I don't think we have to worry," Cyborg told her. They didn't notice the other three following them.

Aqualad looked at Starfire.

"Beast Boy's the better behaved one?" He asked. Starfire smiled.

"Yes, he's not as rowdy as Robin, though it is amusing to watch," She answered. They missed the elevator and waited for the next one. When it came back down they filed in, and tried not to press the button too hard.

When they got out on the floor, they didn't expect to see Cyborg flinging open the nearby doors and Raven searching them. Speedy realized the situation before anyone told him.

"Oh my god, you lost him, didn't you?" Speedy spoke.

Cyborg's face popped out from behind a doorframe.

"I didn't lose him. Misplaced is a better term. Now spread out and find him. Cus if we can't, Raven is going to use my head for a volleyball."

X

Gar knew he should have stayed in the bathroom. Cyborg had told him to stay there, ordered more like it, but he and Robin had been gone a long time and he was bored. He only meant to look at the room next door, but he had gotten distracted and now found himself on a different floor with no way back upstairs. The little light on the door was red and wouldn't open. He couldn't reach the elevator button. So he was stuck.

Deciding that he would find someone soon, he started to explore the other rooms. Even though Starfire told them that both he and Robin were actually older, Gar didn't find anything to show that. There were no names on the doors, no labels or anything. Frowning, Gar picked a random room and was about to go in when he heard chattering coming from the vent. Leaving the open door, Gar followed the noise and found the vent behind a small table. A tiny mouse was there, trembling, and Gar was able to convince it out of there through a narrow slit in the metal. The mouse curled up in his hand and he stroked it with his finger.

A lot of people didn't like mice, which was too bad, since they were very affectionate and loved to be pet. Within seconds, the mouse was laying in his palm, completely relaxed. He was so focused on the creature in his hands that he didn't hear the footsteps getting closer.

"Oh, there you are," said a voice. Gar turned his head to see a boy with black hair and wearing what had to be a wet suit. This must have been one of the new people coming to help. He walked over to Gar and sat down next to him.

"What do you have there?" He asked him. Gar opened his hands a bit to show the mouse.

"It just wanted to be held, so I found him," Gar told him. Aqualad nodded seriously.

"Well, it's good that you found him. Maybe we should go tell the others who you found," He suggested. Gar nodded, and carefully held the tiny mouse to his chest as they walked back upstairs. When they got there, he was stunned at the noise level.

Aqualad placed a hand on his head and told him to wait. Brining his fingers to his mouth, he blew and a loud, shrilling whistle came through. Everyone stopped and came out of the rooms they were checking. At the sight of him, they all visibly relaxed.

"Found him," Aqualad said. Walking over, Raven went to hug him but Gar shook his head.

"You'll squish him," He told her. Raven frowned.

"Squish who?"

Gar opened his hands a bit and a small pink nose peeked out. He looked up at Raven from beneath his green hair.

"Can I keep him?"

X

After a quick scolding by Cyborg, the group headed back down to the common room. Robin had been pestering Beast Boy with questions, mostly about the mouse in his hands, and he answered them as best he could. There was a bit of an argument when he wouldn't let Robin hold the mouse, on the reasoning that Robin could hurt him and he didn't want that. He did let his pet the creature and that seemed to fix that.

"Alright, here's the plan," Cyborg said after they went through introductions again. "Raven and Star are going to be looking into a reversal spell. We're looking at the tablet for any clues. So I'm thinking in two teams and we just switch."

Speedy nodded, and steadied Beast Boy from falling off his perch on the couch arm. "I'm ok with that. I'll take mister escape over here, someone else can go after Rambo."

Robin perked up. "I'm Rambo!" They laughed and went back to the conversation.

"Well, if that's it, let's get started. Who wants to be on child duty first?"

After a bit of discussion, it was deemed that Aqualad and Cyborg would go first, while Raven, Speedy, and Starfire would begin searching for a cure. Those three left the room to get the needed materials and bring them to the file room where they could work in relative peace.

To give them some time before the next switch, Cyborg decided that distracting the kids was in order.

"So, can I keep him?" Gar asked him as he patted Cyborg's leg. Cyborg bent down and gently ran his finger over the mouse's back. The animal decided that anyone who wasn't his handler was enough for him and he scurried up his arm and perched himself on Beast Boy's shoulder. Laughing, Cyborg stood up. Robin skipped over and leaned next to his buddy.

"Well, I think he picked you bud. Let's go see what we can do, and go from there," Cyborg said. They decided to look in the basement for anything useful for housing a mouse.

"I figure this can keep them busy for a while," Cyborg said to Aqualad. He laughed, amused by the two boys in front of them.

"I have to admit, when you told us, I don't think I pictured this," Aqualad replied.

"Well, they're both pretty interesting at this age. I always pictured B being off the walls, but he's been really easy to handle. Robin is the wild one. That I never would have guessed." Cyborg said.

"So, any names for him?" Aqualad asked kindly as they got into the elevator. Robin once again pressed the button with Cyborg's help.

"I think he should be called Mortimer!" Robin exclaimed. Then he proceeded to explain why that was a more superior choice than any other.

X

Speedy tried not to gape at the amount of books laid in front of him. Raven had already buried herself in several, with the tablet in front of her. Starfire and he were looking at some older English versions, hoping to find a clue. Sometimes Raven would ask them to look something up and he and Starfire would flip through the pages, carefully, looking for the answer. After an hour of this, they hadn't made much headway. The spell had been roughly translated at least.

It spoke of turning back the clock, but only temporarily. It didn't say how long the spell would last, or if there needed to be another spell cast to reverse it. Finally fed up, Speedy let his head fall onto the wood table with a thunk. Raven looked up and marked her page before closing the book.

"I guess we should take a break. No use burning ourselves out on the first try," Raven said. Starfire suggested that getting some lunch would be a good break, and if they needed to switch teams they could. They made sure the door was secure, and the tablet safely stowed away, before heading down to the kitchen. When they got there Raven almost burst out laughing.

Aqualad had been roped into playing video games with Robin. They were playing Mario Kart, and the Alantian was trying not be beaten by a five year old. Beast Boy and Cyborg were on the floor, working on an old wooden crate. Cyborg had his tool box out and was fitting a working door onto the front of the crate. There were already two large side windows installed. Beast Boy was sitting next to him, the mouse he had found earlier still sitting on his shoulder.

"I guess you're keeping it?" Raven asked. Gar frowned at her.

"It's a boy, actually. We checked," He told her and went back to watching Cyborg work. Starfire laughed at the annoyed look on the green boys face.

"Sorry. Are you keeping him, then?" Raven tried again. Beast Boy nodded.

"Ya, it's a baby, and its mom is gone," Gar said. The mouse squeaked at her and curled up against his neck. Raven smiled; it figured that Beast Boy would save a lost mouse.

"Does he have a name yet?" Raven asked.

"Its name is Mortimer!" Robin shouted. Beast Boy stuck his tongue out at him and looked at Raven again.

"No, his name isn't Mortimer," Beast Boy said. "I haven't named him yet."

"Oh, well do you have any ideas?" Raven asked. Gar shrugged.

"You can't name something without knowing it for a little bit," He said. And that seemed to be the end of it. Looking at Cyborg, with was grinning, Raven shook her head and headed into the kitchen to help Starfire prepare lunch.

Speedy started to put out the plates. He turned to talk to the two girls.

"I have to admit, you guys always have the weirdest things happen to you."

X

Lunch went smoothly, with it finishing when Speedy built a fork capitulate with Robin's help and aimed it Cyborg and Aqualad. That started a food fight, which caused Raven and Starfire to seek refuge on the couch. Gar had placed his new pet in the finished cage, but hadn't given it a name yet, much to their confusion. Cyborg had eventually told them he would tell them when he was ready. When the mess in the kitchen was cleaned up, it took over an hour, they decided to watch a movie.

The hope was to tire the kids out, which didn't prove to work. Robin wasn't interested in the exciting life of Jack Sparrow, and Gar found the pace too slow. To make it more interesting, Aqualad dared Speedy to act out parts of the movie. He agreed, but only if someone else joined in. Soon, they had a game of charades going, with the goal being to impress the kids and get points. The winner would wing bragging rights since they didn't have anything else on hand.

Starfire won with her impression of Barbosa, with Aqualad a close second. Deciding that the break had done its job, the groups went back to their tasks. Cyborg helped place the mouse in a safe spot, on the kitchen table, while an intricate game of hide and seek began. There were teams, Aqualad with Robin, and Cyborg with Beast Boy. The rules were that you had to stay in the common room. One team would play while the other would time them. One person would hide, the other would seek. The boys got creative, hiding in the smaller cupboards, and the bigger boys higher up. It ended with Cyborg getting stuck under the coach and requiring Aqualad to get Starfire to help lift the furniture so he could free himself.

Cracking his back, Cyborg flopped onto to the comfy couch cushions. Aqualad sat down on the floor, with Beast Boy next to him. Robin began to throw pillows on the floor. He grabbed Aqualad's shoulder and Beast Boy's hand.

"Come on, the floor's lava!" He cried. Soon they were jumping across the floor, trying to avoid stepping on the imaginary lava, and acting Hollywood style deaths when they touched the carpet. After a while the boys began to tired, choosing to make another fort and curl up in the pillows. When the three came in, Aqualad pressed his finger to his lips and pointed to the fort. Robin and Beast Boy were asleep, curled up in a nest of pillows.

Deciding that ordering in might be a good option, Starfire went to hunt up a menu. Cyborg began a video game match, on mute, to keep them entertained until the food got here. Raven positioned herself near the fort, so that the boys were in her line of sight, and watched as a racing tournament started.

The boys didn't stir until much later and the competition was several rounds done.