It was just after nine P.M. when Raven returned home. She'd spent most of the afternoon with Damion, then combed the city for any supers, then met up with Damion at the café he had mentioned. It was Thursday, so they hadn't had any events while they were there. It had still been fun, though. Damion told her about how the city had been for the past five years and she had shared some of her stories about the many dimensions she had traveled in those five years. Before either of them knew it, time had flown by and the café was closing (on non-event weekdays they closed at eight-thirty). Damion had walked with her to the beach, and they said goodbye.

Either she hadn't been very quiet coming in, or Nightwing had just been waiting for her, because he was still up, sitting at the kitchen counter, when she came in.

"Did you find any supers?" he asked almost the second she walked into the room.

Raven shook her head. "Not a hide or hair of any supers."

Nightwing scowled. "Why were you out so late, then?"

Raven tried to fight back her irritation. What, was he her father now? "I was gathering information about Jump City in the past five years," she explained. It was mostly true.

Nightwing's scowl melted as he nodded, accepting this reasoning. "Good idea." When laughter traveled from the rocky shore through the window, he frowned.

Raven's eyebrows drew together. "Who's that?" she asked.

Nightwing glanced at her hesitantly. "Beast Boy… and… Terra."

Raven's blood turned to ice for a split second. "Oh," she said, trying not to let it bother her. "Good for them." She turned her head towards the stairway and clenched her jaw. 'Why should I care if he's on good terms with her? It's not my business,' she thought angrily. So why did it bother her so much?

Nightwing cleared his throat. "Tomorrow Beast Boy, Cyborg and I will go to the hardware store. We need new appliances and other stuff. I want you girls to try and get rid of as much dust and debris as you can."

Raven raised an eyebrow at his attempt to change the subject. "Guess Terra will be good for something."

Nightwing chuckled. "C'mon, give her a chance. Maybe she really has changed."

Raven looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "And maybe politicians will finally be honest," she retorted.

Nightwing smiled, but shook his head. "It's weird to be back here," he said after a long silence.

Raven nodded. "Very," she agreed.

"It must be weirder for you. You hadn't even been on Earth for the past five years."

Raven paused to think. "It's a little weird… but with all of us together, it just seems... right."

Nightwing smiled a bit at this. He then stood up and stretched. "Well, Raven, goodnight," he said as he wandered off to his room.

"Night," she called after him. She looked around and, after deciding that she really didn't want to listen to Beast Boy and Terra, returned to her room to read one of the books that had remained on her shelves for all these years.

Terra was glowing. It was dark outside, but she could feel herself glowing with happiness. It seemed like Beast Boy was going to forgive her. It was just like old times: the two of them, sitting on the rocky shore, talking, laughing. The rest of the world didn't exist.

Terra stole a glance at Beast Boy. Even in the dim light that the moon provided, he looked absolutely perfect. Like a green god. 'So totally kissable,' she thought, internally chuckling at her "Another Cinderella Story" reference. SelGo was totally adorable back then; now she was trying to be sophisticated… it didn't really work, in Terra's opinion.

Beast Boy's eyes met her stare and she blushed, dropping her gaze. Had she been staring at him that intently?

"Beast…Boy…?" she asked hesitantly.

He looked at her fully now. "Yeah?"

"Do you…" she began, nervous about the rest of her question. "Do you think…"

"Do I think what?" he prompted.

"Do you think we could ever have anything… like we had before?" she finally asked.

The few seconds where Beast Boy processed and thought about that were the longest of Terra's life. "I don't know," he finally answered.

Terra clenched her jaw. Had she really expected any more than that? She'd betrayed the team. And to their worst enemy, no less.

"Terra…" Beast Boy began. She got a thrill when he used her name. "Things aren't the same as back then. The situation's changed, you've changed, I've changed… Things can't ever be exactly the same. We were children back then. Now… we've grown up."

"I know that."

"Do you? I'm not trying to sound rude or angry, Terra, but why are you here? Really?"

Terra hesitated. "I want to redeem myself. I don't want to be a traitor in your eyes forever. And…"

"And?"

"And I want us together. Like before all the Slade crap."

After a moment of silence, Beast Boy stood up. "It's late," he said, flying up to the broken window that led to the kitchen and living room.

Terra stood, too, and dusted herself off. "'Night," she mumbled as she walked to the entrance to her room, with happened to be underneath the Tower.

Beast Boy walked down the hall that led to the original Titans' individual rooms. He paused as he reached Raven's door. Turning, he knocked on it. His heart sped up a bit as he waited for an answer.

It seemed like an eternity, but finally, the door opened. Raven's dark eyes locked on his own green ones with a look of slight shock.

"Um… yeah?" she asked in a confused tone.

Beast Boy swallowed. "Hi," he said simply.

Raven raised an eyebrow and leaned against the door frame. "Is that all you came to say?"

Beast Boy blushed a little. "No. Actually. I, um, came to say… um… good night… and… see you tomorrow… I guess."

Raven responded, "You interrupted my reading for that?"

Beast Boy tensed his jaw, holding back a biting retort. "It's been good to see you again, Rae." He turned and walked down the hall to his own room.

He paused as he heard the barely audible response from Raven, "You, too, Gar."

He smiled. She remembered his real name. His smile didn't fade as he returned to his room, and it was still there when he fell asleep.

A tall, dark and handsome young man walked into the United Evils Tower, UET for short. It was his "employer's" building, and he himself was in charge of the operations as of the moment the Titans returned to Jump City. He walked onto a warp pad that led to an office with the name "Damion" on a placard on the door.

Damion sat at his new desk, admiring what the good money of "X" had paid for. He rolled his eyes then said, "I really wish you wouldn't hide in my office and spy on me."

Slade Wilson emerged from the shadows. "I merely wished to report the status of Olympus to you," he said with false innocence.

"And to check up on me as 'X' commanded you to do."

"His reasons are his own. Just as mine are. The girl, ElectroJinx. In combat practice, she showed a little promise. I may have to take her as an apprentice."

"That's not my department, Wilson. It's X's."

"The boy, on the other hand, shows little room for improvement. He may be at his peak."

Damion sighed. "Teach him what you can. He's important to X."

Slade nodded. "She comes in the morning?"

Damion clenched his jaw. The go-between agent for X, Trigon, and himself was scheduled to arrive tomorrow. He wasn't looking forward to meeting yet another Daughter of Scath. He looked at the file on her again. She was, like her siblings, an incarnation of one of the seven sins. "Yes," he finally answered. "It ought to be… interesting."

ElectroJinx lay down on her bed, exhausted from the hours of training Slade had demanded to show hers and Eclipse's potential. She was so exhausted that she barely noticed when Eclipse came into her room. When she did, she sat up. She tried to read the expression on his face, but it was unreadable.

"EJ…" he began. His eyes tried to avoid her exposed skin – her uniform exposed quite a lot, considering it was just a bandeau and pleated skirt with spanks underneath. "You did really great today."

"So did you," she responded.

Eclipse shook his head. "I didn't do very well. I could sort of tell Slade was disappointed with me. But you…"

EJ's eyebrows drew together. "'But I' what?"

Eclipse walked over to her and pulled her to her feet, into his chest. His hand went down her shoulders, down to her lower back. His other hand lifted her chin, and he planted a kiss on her lips.

ElectroJinx was shocked, but she kissed back. Hadn't she wanted this for a while now? It was always just the two of them in the Tower. They were partners. They were really close. This made them closer.

As Eclipse pulled away, he breathily said, "I've wanted to do that for a while now."

EJ nodded in agreement. "Me, too," she said just as breathily. She pulled him lips back to her own and kissed him again.

A girl in her late teens with long red hair – 'Red Velvet Cupcake, to be exact,' she was always correcting people – arrived in Jump City just as the run was rising. She melted into a shadow and reappeared just outside of the United Evils Tower. She smiled coyly.

Her mission: Report to Damion; Infiltrate Titan Tower; gain the Titans' trust; destroy them from the inside out. She just couldn't wait to see her dear sisters again. She melted into another shadow and appeared in Damion's office. It was empty for the moment. She walked over to the window and looked out at the wonderful view of the city that Damion had.

Her smile turned more flirtatious as she heard the door open. "Good morning, Damion," she purred.

She could hear his sigh as he said, "Good morning, Hummingbird."

"Please," she purred. "Call me Jessie."