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Chapter 15: The Truth

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"Daddy!" Kariand'r cried out flying towards Richard, embracing him in a bone-crushing hug. Richard winced in pain feeling his breathing coming to a halt.

"Kariand'r! What in X'hals name are you doing here?" A furious Starfire yelled grabbing a tight hold of her young daughters' arm.

Kariand'r looked up at her mother and then thrust her arm out of her reach in anger. "You lied to me mother! Grandpa told me about my father and how you and he were Robin and Starfire back when you were teens! Back when you were the Teen Titans! He never told me I had a twin sister, and you never told me either! You kept Mar'i a secret from me and you forbade me from ever coming here to meet my father! My own father!" She yelled.

"Kariand'r, I had a reason." Her mother told her, her voice sounding firm and angry.

Kariand'r glared at her mother until she felt a comforting hand rest of her left shoulder. It was Mar'i.

"Hey, at least you knew that you had a father. I didn't even know I had a mother or a twin sister or that I was half Tamaranean or I had powers or that my dad, grandpa, and aunt use to be Gothams' strongest team of heroes!" She yelled giving a death glare to her father.

"Mar'i, I'm sorry you had to find out like this. I was going to tell you but—"

"But you didn't! Saying you're going to and actually doing it are two different things dad! You lied to me! You've kept practically my whole origin a secret from me. Me! Your own daughter." She pointed at herself. Starfire and Richard both looked at each other and then looked down upon their two daughters feeling guilty.

"Mar'i. Kariand'r. You have to understand your parents had a reason about not telling you guys about each other." Raven told the two girls.

"What reason is so important that you have to lie to your own kids?" Shadow asked walking towards his mother. He looked at Mar'i and Kariand'r. "You're not the only ones who've been lied to."

"Shadow, please. I—"

"No!" Shadow interrupted his mother. "What you did mother, I can never forgive. You lied to me and Stevie about our father. You told us he didn't exist and when Stevie went out to find him and never came back, you just went on with your life like he never existed."

"He has a point mom." Stevie said walking towards his mother. "Lying to your own sons is one thing, but finding out one of them left and just forgetting about him is going way too far."

"Kids, we're only doing what's best for you." Beast Boy told them.

"But lying to us isn't the answer!" Shadow yelled.

The four kids looked up at their parents, who now were feeling lower than low having being yelled at by their own kids.

"Come guys, what happened that involved lying to us?" Mar'i asked.

"We want to know the truth." Kariand'r told them.

Richard, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy all looked at each other and then looked down upon their kids.

Richard sighed starting off the story. "Sixteen years ago, before any of you were even born, we were all on a mission to stop one of our greatest enemies—Slade—from destroying out city."

"His plan was to break out fellow city into two harming many citizens of Jump City." Starfire explained stepping into the story.

"And we had to stop him." Richard told them.

"Me, your father, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg—who's no longer with us—tracked him down and tried to stop him." Raven said.

"We fought a great battle and stopped Slade from destroying the city, but in that battle, we lost a very important member to the team and a very close friend." Beast Boy said, his head drooping down in sadness.

"Cyborg died on that dreadful day. Slade pulled out a laser and shot him, killing him." Raven said also drooping her head in complete dismal, Beast Boy wrapping a succor arm around her.

"After that horrid incident, Slade got away and I vowed to avenge the death of our fellow member by putting an end to him." Richard said punching his right palm with his left fist.

"That's when Mar'i and Kariand'r came into our lives." Starfire said giving her two twin daughters a loving smile. Kariand'r and Mar'i smiled back.

"And that's when ol' Shadow came along also." Beast Boy smiled giving Shadow a good, hard noogie. Shadow gave out a small laugh.

"But, still having no luck on tracking down Slade, your father decided to work harder. He ate all his meals in his room and hardly ever came out. He became so obsessed with his work he forgot he had two daughters to care for." Starfire said looking up at Richard.

"Your mother then had it with me being obsessed with my work and threatened to leave me." He said to them.

"You didn't let her leave did you dad?" Kariand'r asked looking up at her father. Richard looked at Starfire, who had her arms folded across her chest.

She looked back at her two daughters. "I gave him another chance. He promised he would stop working so hard and spend time with his family. Boy was I stupid to actually believe he would keep that promise."

"What happened?" Mar'i asked.

"One week! He spent time with you girls one week and then went back to being a workaholic!" Starfire yelled.

"Dad! How could you?" Mar'i cried.

"I was close to a break-through!" Richard yelled at Starfire.

"Uh-huh, if you were close to a break-through, Slade would already be dead!" Starfire yelled. "After that, I left him. I could no longer live with a man who cared more about his work than his family. I headed back to Tamaran taking Kariand'r with me."

Starfire looked down at Mar'i.

"I was going to take you back with me too Mar'i, but Richard was one step ahead of me and took custody of you before I could. He begged me to let him keep one of his daughters'."

"After that, I realized that I was getting nowhere with finding out about Slade and that caring for my daughter was way more important. But I didn't want you to grow up in such a criminal infested city, so we moved in with your Grandpa Bruce and Aunt Barbara in Gotham City which was now a safe town to live in." Robin explained.

"After Robin and Starfire left the tower, it was just me and your mother caring for our little boy." Beast Boy said ruffling Shadow's spiked up purple hair.

"But your father wanted you to be just like him. A crime fighter. I on the other hand wanted you to live a normal life and not use your powers for justice. I didn't want my son to go through the dangers of fighting criminals." Raven said.

"Your mother then left me, having custody of you and leaving off to Azarath right when she was pregnant with Stevie." Beast Boy explained.

"You mean, Loki." Raven corrected him giving Beast Boy a small glare.

"Loki?" Kariand'r repeated raising her left eyebrow looking at Stevie. Stevie's face went red as he gave out a small laugh, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment.

"He lived with me for almost two years and you haven't come back for him which means he belongs to me know and now that he belongs to me, I can call him what I like and I like the name Stevie." Beast Boy told her firmly.

"Excuse me? I'm the one who had custody of him and I'm the one who gave birth to him which means that he sticks with whatever name I gave him!" Raven shot back.

"Enough fighting you two, Mar'i, get in the car, we're leaving." Robin ordered.

"Come on Kariand'r, we're heading home as well." Starfire told her.

"But, I don't want to leave Mar'i." Kariand'r told her.

"And I don't want to leave Kariand'r." Mar'i said grabbing hold of her twin sisters' hand.

"Kariand'r, please, I'm tired and very angry with you for leaving when I told you that this planet is off limits to you. Now let's go." Starfire urged grabbing hold of Kariand'r's arm.

"No!" Kariand'r yelled pulling her arm free. "I don't want to go back to Tamaran where I feel like a prisoner in my own home! You never let me have any fun and you're too over-protective with me just because I'm the princess! I'm sick and tired of it and want to stay here with dad and my sister fighting crime!"

"Young lady, I am your mother and I know what's best for you and fighting crime, which is something your father doesn't even do anymore, is not something you should be doing. Now you're coming home with me where you're treated like a princess and are safe and protected by the Tamaranean guards." Starfire told her reaching for her arm once again.

"NO!" Kariand'r yelled slapping her mother's hand away from her. She stepped away from her mother and quickly flew off into the night with tears in her eyes.

"Kariand'r!" Starfire yelled out. Kariand'r was already out of sight.

Mar'i looked up at the sky where Kariand'r flew off and then looked back at her mother. "Mom, I don't really know that much about my sister or about you, thanks to a certain someone." She said glaring up at her father. "But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's bothering Kariand'r."

Starfire looked down upon her daughter and then looked at Richard who gave her a small smile.

"I'll go talk to her." Mar'i said getting a good run, then jumping up in the air flying off into the night. She lost control for about a second, but then went on smooth sailing.

Richard and Starfire then felt a comforting hand on both of their shoulders. They turned looking at Beast Boy.

"Don't worry dudes, I'm sure once Mar'i calms Kariand'r down, you'll figure something out." He told them.

"All right boys, now let's go back home." Raven said opening up a black vortex.

"Home? You mean both of us?" Stevie asked.

"Yes." Raven nodded her head.

"Dad's coming with us, isn't he?" Shadow asked. Raven looked up at Beast Boy and then looked down at Shadow and Stevie with a disappointed look on her face.

Stevie and Shadow both took a step back away from their mother.

"Where're not going back if dad's not coming with us." Stevie told her.

"Loki, I really don't have time for—"

"It's Stevie!" Stevie yelled.

"No! It's Loki! You're my son and your name is the name I give you!" Raven yelled.

"No! If it wasn't for dad I wouldn't be here mother. He has a right to give me a name also and I like the name he gave me which is Stevie! And if you don't like it, then you can kiss my—"

Shadow slapped his right hand over Stevie's mouth stopping his younger brother from making a huge mistake. "Don't make me kick that crap out of you." He whispered angrily in his ear.

Raven's eyes went wide in shock as she looked up at Beast Boy. "Is this the way you teach my son how to behave?"

"No!" Beast Boy cried waving his hands in front of him frantically and nervously.

Raven glared at him and then looked back at her two boys. "That settles it; you are no longer to see your father ever again. When we get back home, I'm putting both of you boys on permanent lock down."

"You won't if you can't find us." Stevie yelled changing into a griffin, running off his powerful paws and then flying off into the air with his strong, beautiful white wings.

"Loki!" Raven called out.

"It's Stevie mother! And he's right! You're treating us like prisoners!" Shadow yelled using his dark magic to teleport somewhere away from his mother.

Raven stood their feeling like a horrible witch, looking down upon herself with his eyes tightly shut. Beast Boy rested a comforting hand on her shoulder giving her a disarming smile. "It's all right Rae; they just need a little time to think. When they're not so mad at us, we'll figure something out."

Richard and Starfire then also put a comforting hand on Raven's shoulders and gave her and Beast Boy a smile.

"We'll all figure something out." Richard told them.

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Deathstroke looked down upon the four former Titans hearing every word of their little conversation. She pressed a button on the earpiece she was wearing and started talking.

"They've all split up Master, what do I do know?" She asked.

"You still have your mission Deathstroke. But to make it a little easier, go after Mar'i first. She's the one that has less control over her powers."

"What happened to not underestimating her just because she has no control over her powers?" Deathstroke asked.

"I'm not telling you to underestimate her. Just because she doesn't have control over her powers doesn't mean she's not a threat. She still has a little bit of her father's combat and quick thinking skills."

"All right, I'll do my best to bring her down." Deathstroke said signing off from her father. She looked out into the city and already caught sight of Mar'i flying off in the night. She smiled evilly clenching her fist as tight as she could jumping up in the air and on top of the next building in front of her following her target.

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Well, that's it for the fifteenth chapter. I hope you guys like it and are ready for the sixteenth chapter. I'll post it up soon since today's Saturday and I always have a ton of free time on Saturday. Ah crap! I forgot I have to write those stupid Limericks for English. Damn it. Anyone know two good Limericks? Oh well, I'll think of something. Hopefully I'll be done soon. Until then, peace out!