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Robin entered the common room at the crack of dawn, seeking a cup of coffee to jump start his system. As he entered the room he smelled the aroma of a freshly brewed pot, courtesy of the coffeemaker he always set up the night before. As he entered the kitchen he was surprised to find Starfire there, leaning against the counter, sipping a mug of her own.
"Morning, Star."
"Greetings, my beloved."
"Since when do you drink coffee?" he asked while he poured himself a cup.
"I have slowly acquired a taste for this bitter drink." She replied. "I have found it to be agreeable when mixed with hot chocolate powder mix."
"I think it's called mocha when you do that." He replied. "So did you take a spare bed to Raven's room?"
"I did."
Robin took a deep swig from his mug.
"So they spent the night together?"
"Yes, they did." She replied with a smile.
Robin sighed. "At least Raven had enough sense to get him his own bed."
"But he did not sleep in it!" she grinned.
"WHAT!?" Robin spewed his coffee. "How do you know that?"
"I peeked."
"How did you do that? Raven doesn't allow anyone in her room."
"I've had her entry code for some time. She gave it to me when friend Beast Boy was dating the Heather. We did a lot of the girl talk then."
Robin still looked shocked. "Please tell me that all they did was sleep."
Starfire gave him a dirty look.
"Robin, sometimes you can be so unromantic! Of course they did not engage in the coitus, if that is what you are worried about. But they looked so cute, sleeping together."
"Coitus?" Robin asked perplexed.
"She's sayin' they didn't have sex." Cyborg told him as he also poured himself a cup of coffee.
Robin almost jumped into the air.
"Sheesh Cyborg, you almost gave me a heart attack. When did you come in?
"Just now. And if I were you I would stop talking about this, unless you want Raven to hand your head to you on a platter."
Robin nodded in agreement. "You're right. Raven would kill us if she found out."
"If I found out what?" Raven asked in her monotone. She had phased into the room, still in her pajamas, also unnoticed.
"Uh, that I drank the last cup of coffee?" Cyborg replied nervously.
"Nice try, Victor. Now what were you saying about me behind my back?"
"Robin's weirded out that you and BB spent the night together."
Raven frowned. "Oh Azar, please don't tell me you're wondering if we were intimate last night."
"OK, the thought crossed my mind." The Boy Wonder replied.
Raven proceeded silently into the kitchen and pulled out a large tray, which she loaded with fruit, cereal, milk, juice and bread while her tea kettle was boiling some water. Once the kettle whistled she poured its contents into a tea pot with a few tea bags. She then picked up the tray and addressed the trio, who had been watching her in silence the whole time.
"Since you're all being stupid about this, Garfield and I will be having breakfast alone in my room."
She phased into the floor and disappeared.
"Well, that went better than expected!" Cyborg beamed. "So what do you guys want for breakfast?"
"Two lumberjack delights." Starfire replied. "And we will consume them in my room!" She giggled as she led a protesting Robin away, her vise like grip on his wrist.
I guess Robin won't be sleeping in his room tonight. The tin man chuckled to himself.
Several weeks had passed and there had been no sign of Terra. There had been a few ordinary missions, nothing out of the ordinary. Control Freak had escaped from prison and some weirdo who called himself the "TicketMaster" tried to steal money from the Jump City Jaguars basketball team's box office.
Raven began to wonder if perhaps Robin was right and that perhaps Terra had simply decided to leave them alone. Beast Boy suggested that they start venturing outside the Tower as he was getting cabin fever. He never did complain about their nightly slumber parties though, and those continued uninterrupted.
At first they were cautious and would just run out to catch a movie or grab a quick bite to eat at a restaurant. Cyborg made them a couple of holorings to disguise themselves, but Raven doubted they would fool Terra. Still it was pleasant to be able to eat a meal at a restaurant without being gawked at by their adoring fans.
Slowly the outings became longer and a little more relaxed. Soon they were spending afternoons in the park, kissing while lying on a blanket in the shade of a tree. Then they spent a day at the local amusement park and finally worked their way up to a whole day down the coast at Disneyland.
Robin tried not to be too smug about being right, and instead chose the high road as he and Starfire wished the chromatically challenged couple (author's note: I believe this was the first time I called them that), who now no longer bothered with disguises or holorings, a fun day at the Magic Kingdom as they left early in the morning. Starfire suggested they spend two days in Anaheim since it was Raven's first time. She booked them a room at the Disneyland hotel and was apparently even more excited than they were about the trip.
As Beast Boy and Raven pulled away in the new Ford Taurus Cyborg purchased for non mission road trips Starfire flew alongside the car and motioned for Raven to lower her window, which she did.
"Friend Raven! Do not forget to ride 'It's a Small World!'"
"If you say so Starfire!" Raven shouted back before she raised her window.
"Small World?" She asked Garfield in a quizzical tone.
"Ain't happening." Beast Boy replied.
"She'll be crushed if I don't."
"Trust me, you'll hate it!"
"Why? Because you do?"
"Have you ever been to the Tokidoki store at the mall?"
"Ugh! Starfire took me there once."
"It's worse. Much worse."
"I see your point. I still think we should ride it once, or I'll never hear the end of it from Starfire."
"OooKaayy" he replied. "But if you bail out don't leave me behind!"
Two hours later they reached the Disneyland Way exit from Interstate 5 and parked in the hotel parking garage.
Their first day had been a pleasant one. While they didn't disguise themselves, Beast Boy and Raven did wear normal civilian attire. Beast Boy thought Raven looked pretty hot dressed in jeans and the Tinkerbelle T-Shirt Starfire gave her. The parks weren't very crowded that first day and few people approached them to ask for autographs. Beast Boy as always was more than happy to sign the autograph books and pose for pictures, and even Raven got into the spirit of things, especially when the autograph requestors were young girls who dyed their hair purple and had it cut in Raven's trademarked A-line bob.
They were able to ride most of the rides the first day and other than getting drenched on Splash Mountain everything had been perfect, including the sumptuous dinner they had at the end of the day.
As they entered the park on the second day there was only one thing on Beast Boy's mind: 'It's a Small World After All'. He knew they had to ride it or Starfire would be crushed. His other concern was that the building that housed the attraction would be encased in obsidian light and explode if they did ride it. As they emerged from the tunnel under the train station into Main Street he squeezed Raven's hand.
"So, what do you wanna do first?"
"Let's just do the Small World thing and get it over with." She replied. "After that I wouldn't mind riding Indy again."
The celebrity couple, and yes they were now a celebrity couple as their photo made the cover of the most recent copy of People magazine, stopped by the Indiana Jones fastpass dispenser before heading on to their first attraction of the morning. Raven had seen the copy of People in the hotel's gift shop that morning and much to Beast Boy's relief she didn't freak out.
As they approached the queue for the "ride of enchanted dolls" as Starfire called it Beast Boy noticed the many topiary bushes in the outdoor queue area. He and Raven strolled slowly, hand in hand, viewing the botanical sculptures and had paused to admire a large elephant.
"Mom! Look! It's Raven and Beast Boy!" a little girl shouted as she bolted from her mother as they entered the queue area. "Take a picture Mom!" The girl shouted as she ran up to the heroes.
"Angelica! You come back here right now!" Her mother shouted, clearly embarrassed. "I'm so sorry." She apologized to the couple. "You're just here to have a good time, and not to be pestered."
"It's quite alright." Raven replied as she placed a hand on Angelica's shoulder. "We don't mind."
"That's very nice of you Miss Raven. Angelica is just crazy about the Teen Titans." She said as she fumbled in her purse for her camera. "Where did that camera go? Oh here it is." She pulled a simple point and click digital camera out of her purse and turned it on.
"Oh good, it's charged. Ok, everyone, say cheese!"
Raven, Beast Boy and the little girl posed in front of the topiary elephant as the woman snapped a picture.
"Ooh, that didn't turn out right. Do you mind if I take another?"
"Take as many as you want." Best Boy replied.
"Mr. Beast Boy, is Miss Raven your girlfriend?" Angelica asked.
"You got that right!" he replied with a big grin.
"Ok, I'm gonna take several shots, so say cheese!" The mother called out and began to snap away.
"Ok Angelica, say 'Thank You'." She instructed her daughter as she looked up from the camera's LCD screen. The expression on her face instantly changed from relaxed to horrified.
"Augh!" she screamed as she reached forward to grab her daughter's wrist and ran off. Beast Boy then felt something wrap around his waist and lift him into the air. He craned his neck around and saw that the topiary elephant had come to life, grown to full size and had wrapped its trunk around him. Other park attendees saw what was happening and also ran away screaming.
"Rae, watch out." He shouted to his sweetheart as a topiary bear took a swipe at her which she barely dodged by ducking. Using her black energy she pushed the bear away, only to see that all the topiaries had come to life and were running in her direction. She turned to Beast Boy, who still hadn't freed himself.
"Heads up toots!" A female voice with a Brooklyn accent called out from behind her. Raven turned around in time to see what appeared to be a large mallet hit her squarely in the face. She collapsed and hit the ground, knocked out cold.
"Eh, ya ain't as tough as they say ya are." Her assailant said, tossing her mallet aside. Beast Boy saw the whole thing and had morphed into a gorilla, breaking free from the elephant's grasp and ran to Raven's side, slapping away the strange woman who attacked her.
"Ow! That ain't no way to treat a lady, ya big galoot!"
Beast Boy ran up to the sorceress's side, now in his human form.
"Rae, baby, are you OK?" He shrieked, wiping the blood off her face while not noticing that vegetation was growing out of ground and trapping him again.
"Quit yer belly achin', she'll live."
"Who the hell are you?" he asked the woman, who was dressed like a harlequin. The topiary elephant approached and split open, revealing a petite red headed woman dressed in green.
"Aren't you a feisty one?" The red head taunted him. "And cute too. Green is my favorite color after all."
"You're Poison Ivy!" Beast Boy growled. "You don't really think I can't escape from these vines, do you?"
"Of course you can, but you won't. Isn't that right Harl?"
Harley pulled out a small pistol and held it against Raven's still unconscious head.
"Noo!" Beast Boy pleaded. "Don't hurt her! I'll do anything you say!"
"That's more like it, handsome." Ivy opened her palm and blew her spores in Beast Boy's face. "Now it's nap time."
Beast Boy immediately lost consciousness.
"Go ahead Harl, finish her off."
Harley hesitated.
"But she's just a kid ,Red."
"Harl, don't go soft on me. Bane said he'd pay us an extra 20 million if we killed her."
"I can't do it Ivy, I just can't. It's not like she's the Bat."
Ivy harrumphed and snatched the small caliber pistol from Harley's hand, then pressed its barrel against Raven's temple.
Poison Ivy sighed. "Eh, it's not worth it. We'd have the Titans and the Justice League after us if we greased her." She said as she handed the pistol back to Harley.
"Let's get out of here Harl. We got what we came for."
Slade was watching the breaking news on internet. 'Mayhem in Disneyland', 'Beast Boy kidnapped by Gotham Super villains'. He watched the live footage as Robin and Cyborg combed the queue area for clues while Starfire was tending to an enraged Raven. He had also hacked into the Disneyland security camera system and saw how close Raven had come to meeting her maker.
So Terra has bypassed me and hired her own muscle. Her obsession with the green boy will be her downfall.
One would think that Slade would have been pleased with this situation, but one would be wrong. Slade was displeased with the idea of Gotham villains infringing on his turf. He also knew that Bane was involved, and he had never cared for the Venom man. Rumor had it that Bane was going to set up shop in LA, and that meant they would eventually bump heads in Jump City.
He would have to do something about that.