Author's Notes: Wow. I can't believe how many chapters I got for the first chapter. I was only expecting five. Sorry if I didn't respond to yours at the end, but I've decided to only really respond to those that say something more than 'Good fic, Please update', sorry.

It took me a while to get this chapter sorted in my head. There are things tacking place in this chapter that will lead to events in future parts. I didn't spend as much time on this one as I did with the first one. The first chapter I spent two months working on before I posted it. I get the feeling most of you wouldn't like me to take so long with this one.

Teen Titans: Blood, Earth and Shade

Author: The Omakeer

Disclaimer: Teen Titans is owned by Warner Bros, DC comics, and Cartoon Network. And as soon as I raise a couple billion dollars to buy all three, I'll change it for the better, or worse depending how open you are to pornography.

Chapter Two: Adoption

Late Evening

George felt terrible. He was suck on the late shift again, had to check in the new arrivals on his own, and worst of all he had a splitting headache.

He made his way through the DEO facility towards the holding cells. There were twenty new 'arrivals' that needed processing tonight, and apparently everyone else was on a break. After swiping his ID card through the electronic lock, and waving hello to Jerry the guard, who as usual was watching his portable TV, George entered the holding area.

George had long ago been desensitized to the fact that all the 'arrivals' were young children, some of them barely walking. It had long been to DEO's policy to pick up Metahumans as young as possible. Most were used to find weaknesses to superpowers, the rest were brainwashed for future use in the armed forces. Not an ideal place for any child.

George moved along the cells, checking each child of his list as he went. In the final cell was a boy about three or four years old, he had short, spiky hair and large, green eyes. He stood in the centre of the cell, tugging at the power-inhibitor collar around his neck with tears in his eyes.

It was then that George noticed what was in the child's hand. It looked like a yellow hockey puck with a black circle on top and embossed with a white T. George knew it wasn't one of the facilities toys, they were all either educational or war based. He contemplated taking it away from the boy, but he already looked close to tears and George didn't like the idea of the child bawling all night long.

Once George turned and left the room the young boy smiled. He flipped open the communicator and pressed the button to activate the emergency signal.

Early Morning - The Same Day

The kitchen area in Titans Tower was alive with activity. Raven and Terra danced around each other getting the breakfast ready for the whole group. As they flipped pancakes and fried bacon, they talked of the events of earlier that morning. Specifically of Ravens interaction Robin.

"You're sure he's the one?" Terra asked again for the third time.

"Blood never lies," Raven said, rolling her eyes, "People might, but never blood. I know he's the one."

"Well it's alright for you," Terra said, starting on another round of pancakes, "You're a vampire you can get a connection with someone from a drop a blood. It's a little more complicated for us mere mortals."

"I'm absolutely positive you'll like him too Terra. Looking passed the fact that he's handsome and looks great without a shirt on…" Raven said, momentarily taking on a dreamy expression. "…he's also kind, considerate and trustworthy. Trust me, you will like him."

Terra nodded her response still a bit apprehensive. They carried on preparing the morning meal in silence. After a minute of working in silence Raven spoke up.

"If you do like Robin…" Raven said, buttering a couple of rounds of toast. "How exactly are we supposed to find out if he likes us? And what if he only likes one of us? I wouldn't be willing to invade his mind even if I could."

"Simple. We us a two pronged attack." Terra said, waving her spatula about. "Basically, we both spend as much time with him as possible, either together or on our own. And whilst we're with him we chat and we flirt and then if he likes us both then we tell him about me and you. But if it looks like he only likes one of us, then whomever that is goes out with him and then tells him we're bringing the other one in."

"You're sure that'll work?" Raven asked skeptically, "It sounds a bit farfetched."

"Trust me," Terra said, smiling, "Robin is a guy, having two girls at once would be a dream come true for him."

Raven had her doubts. Robin didn't seem to have that big of an ego. He never did any publicity or interviews. After beating the bad guys he always disappeared before the press turned up or he could be thanked. And when Cyborg and Beast Boy bragged about their 'conquests', Robin never talked about past relationships, even though Raven was sure he'd had plenty.

Any further talks were stopped when Cyborg entered, asking how long until everything was ready, before sitting down. It wasn't long until Beast Boy, Starfire and Aqua Lad entered too. No one bothered Raven and Terra this morning. Beast Boy was too busy doing last minute homework and Starfire was eye deep in conversation with Aqua Lad about how beautiful oceans of her home planet were.

"So friends," Starfire said, her face lighting up with a smile. "What plans do you all have on this most glorious day whilst friend Beast Boy and myself are experiencing the joys of public high school?"

"I'm mostly going to be working in my garage," Cyborg answered, finishing his first round of pancakes and moving on to the second. "But I also want to finish the files on our most recent missions just in case Robin turns up."

"You're a bit late for that," Raven said, taking more bacon of the grill. "He turned up early this morning."

"WHAT?" all the other Titans except Terra exclaimed.

"He turned up at about five o'clock. He'd gotten an injury tackling some criminals on his way back into the city and I healed it," Raven blushed at the memory, but thankfully it was hidden from the others. "I think he might still be in the shower."

"Guess again." the Titans all jumped in surprise. Robin leaned in the doorway with a easy going smile on his face, "How are you guys?"

Starfire was up in an instance, wrapping her arms tightly around the Boy Wonder. The others expressed their welcomes, though thankfully they didn't feel the need to pull him into a bone crushing hug. Aqua Lad was the only other Titan to stand up. He simply shook Robin's hand.

"Hey Aqua Lad," Robin said, a small smile on his face, "I heard you were filling in for me. So are you going to be sticking around then?"

"Well," Aqua Lad said, taking a moment to think. "Aqua Man seems to think Atlantis and all the oceans are just his responsibilities. He always gives me a hard time if I try and help him. And more importantly I've just got my room here in order. So if you want me, then I'll stick around."

"Glorious," Starfire yelled, maybe a little too loudly. "Come; let us all enjoy the wonders of breaking the fast."

Robin shot Raven a winning smile, causing her to blush, before sitting down and pulling a plate of pancakes forward. Beast Boy let out a sigh of relief as he finished the last sum in his math homework and started devouring his tofu eggs.

"What are you doing up so early anyway?" Robin asked the changeling, "I wouldn't think you'd have to leave for school for at least another hour."

"I have to get up early to get in the bathroom before Star does," Beast Boy grumbled. "If I didn't I'd have to wait for two hours before I could have a shower. I don't know why we don't have on suites in this place."

Raven smiled to herself, she knew exactly why. When they first started the team Beast Boy had insisted on a shared bathroom, thinking that that would mean they would all use the facilities at the same time. Robin agreed, just not in the way Beast Boy thought. One bathroom, with a bath, shower, sink and toilet, and one door that had a lock on the inside. Unbeknownst to Beast Boy, Starfire and even Cyborg, one floor did have on suite bathrooms. The floor Robin and Raven resided on. He had told her about their floor's private bathrooms straight away, realizing even that early in their relationship, her need for privacy. She realized that that was probably the first instance of her feelings for young detective.

"Anyway Robin," Cyborg said in an attempt to change the subject, "Did you happen to hook up whilst you were in Gotham?" Both Terra and Raven listened intently. Terra in hopes of learning more about the Boy Wonder and Raven in fear of her plans failing.

"I was working Cy," Robin said, his face devoid of emotion. "I barely had to shower, never mind go out on a date."

"Yeah, thanks for the mental image, but come on dude," Cyborg said, slightly frustrated, "When was the last time you even had a date?"

Robin gave Cyborg a 'wouldn't you like to know' look. This made Cyborg even more frustrated. He knew Robin must have been with a few girls. The Boy Wonder had come home late from patrolling some nights with the scent of perfume and the hint of lipstick on his neck that the others apparently hadn't noticed. The problem was he wouldn't talk about it, no matter how much Cyborg pestered him.

"Dude, if you want I could find you the perfect woman," Beast Boy said with a wide smile.

"You?" Robin asked, "You can't be serious?"

"Hey, I'll have you know I'm a certified love doctor." Beast Boy pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Robin, "See, I did it over the internet."

Robin unfolded the paper and looked at it, then at Beast Boy, then back again. "I wouldn't trust the site that gave you this Beast Boy."

"Why the hell not?" Beast Boy asked indignantly.

"You mean besides the fact you got it of the internet?" Robin asked, handing it back to the changeling, "they misspelled certified and doctor… and love."

Beast Boy grumbled as the others laughed. "I don't need this anyway. I'll have you know I'm gods gift to women."

"Someone needs to tell god we want a refund." Raven smirked.

"Friend Robin," Starfire said, hoping to save Beast Boy from any further mocking. "Perhaps you would like to join friend Beast Boy and myself in the attending of the public high school. Then you could achieve the higher education like us."

"There's no need Star," Robin said, finishing off the last of his breakfast, "I've already got my high school diploma when I was seven." This stunned the Titans into silence. Raven especially so. She knew Robin was smart, she just didn't know he was that smart.

"Well speaking of high school," Cyborg said, recovering from that revelation and finishing off his forth plate of breakfast, "Come on you two, I'll give you both a lift. I have to go into town to pick up some parts anyway."

Beast Boy and Starfire quickly finished off the last of their breakfasts, and after picking up their book bags and saying goodbyes, they followed Cyborg to his garage.

"I think I'll go outside for a swim," Aqua Lad said, getting up and making his way out. "I have my communicator if you need me." With that said he disappeared down the hall.

"Well, I think I'll go watch some TV." Robin got up and flipped over the back of the couch and started channel surfing.

Raven and Terra started clearing away the breakfast things. Putting anything that wasn't eaten into Tupperware and storing them in the fridge. As they started washing the dishes, they took the opportunity to talk.

"I think I should go talk to him," Terra said, scrubbing the plates and passing them to Raven to dry. "If I'm going to find out if I like him or not then I need to see more than him avoiding Cyborg's questions."

"Trust me Terra," Raven said, for what felt like the hundredth time. "I know you'll like him."

"The thing is," Terra said, thoughtfully, "Even if I do like him, how will we know if he likes us too? He doesn't seem like he'd just come out and tell us. Or even tell the others that he does."

"Now that you mention it," Raven said, "Even if he does like us he might not pursue us in fear of causing a rift in the team. Though I'm sure if we told him to keep it a secret he might be up for that."

"So what are we supposed to do about him telling us that he wants to get jiggy?" Terra asked.

"While I'm not sure if I want to get 'jiggy', there is one thing we could do…" Raven said looking thoughtful, "There's a potion we could use to find out."

"What? Like a love potion?"

"No, no, nothing that would force him to like us." Raven said, shaking off Terra's suggestion, "It will make him… dream."

"Dream?" Terra asked, "What's that supposed to do?"

"Well, if he likes us as friends, then he'll dream about us and the others doing friend things. But…" Raven paused for a moment, "Well, if he likes us in a more… intimate way, then… well he…"

Terra laughed, holding her hands over her mouth so that Robin wouldn't hear. "It gives him dirty dreams. Oh that's priceless."

"It'll only last for a month," Raven said, pulling her hood down more to hide her blush. "The potion isn't designed to make him like us anymore than he does. It's just designed to make him more willing to ask us out than he normally would."

"Cool," Terra said, "What do you need to do?"

Raven took a glass out of the cupboard and sharp knife from the draining board. "I need a couple of drops of our blood for starters."

Terra was a little apprehensive at first, but then held her hand out to her empathic lover. Raven made a small cut on the end of Terra's finger and, after a couple drops fell into the glass, applied some healing magic to mend the wound.

After Raven exited to her room, Terra made her way over to Robin. She vaulted over the back of the couch and sat next to the Boy Wonder.

"What can I do for you Terra?" Robin asked, his gaze never leaving the TV.

"How do you know that I want anything?" Terra asked, shocked at Robin's perceptiveness.

"It's my job to know," Robin turned and smiled at her. Terra liked his smile, it wasn't cheesy or smug but warm and welcoming.

"I just thought it was time we got to know each other a little better," Terra said, smiling back. "We didn't get the chance before you left."

Robin turned off the TV and turned towards Terra, "Well, okay then. I don't see any harm in that."

Robin and Terra spent the next half an hour trading personal stories. Like when he talked to the other Titans, Robin didn't share any personal information with Terra. Mostly he talked about his training with Batman and some of the missions he'd been on with the Dark Knight. Terra, for her part, shared more with the Boy Wonder. Telling him about the father that didn't acknowledge her and what she did before she met the Titans.

She was just talking about the brother she had never met when Raven re-entered the room. The young empath made her way into the kitchen area, "Would you two like a drink whilst I'm in here?"

"Please," Robin and Terra both answered in unison. Raven finished making her herbal tea, poured Terra a glass of apple juice and mixed some milk in with the potion for Robin. Holding her tea and encasing the other drinks in black energy, Raven sat on the sofa next to Terra, floating the drinks to her fellow Titans.

Robin downed his drink in one go and let out a little cough. If the girls could have seen his eyes, they would have noticed them glaze over momentarily. "Thanks for that Raven," he stood up and stretched his back. "I think I'll go do some training now."

As Robin made his way towards the exit Terra jumped up and shouted, "Wait." Robin turned and looked back at the young Geomorph, "Erm… could you… could you train me."

Robin raised a questioning eyebrow, "We have combat training three times a week."

Terra momentarily looked at Raven then back at the Boy Wonder. "I don't mean combat training; I mean all that kung fu stuff that you do."

Robin's expression was blank as he looked at Terra, "kung fu stuff?"

"Well I can't rely on my powers all the time can I?" Terra smiled, very pleased with herself for thinking of this so quickly. "What if someone manages to block my abilities, I'd need someway to defend myself."

Robin took on a thoughtful look, "This isn't something to take on lightly Terra. It would take at least three months to get any good. And then you'd have to train every day to keep those skills sharp."

"I'm nothing if not determined," Terra smirked.

A small smile appeared on Robin's face, "Do you want to start now?"

Terra practically jumped for joy, "Sure."

As they both made their way out of the room, Robin turned back to Raven. "What about you? Do you want to join us?"

Raven was taken back by Robin's question but soon shook her head in response. "I need more meditation time than Terra does. And even if I didn't, I'm a lot stronger than you might think. I doubt you'd be able to handle me."

"You'd be surprised," Robin smiled.

"Maybe some other time," Raven said with a soft smile as Robin and Terra left for the gym.

Robin and Terra spent most of the day in the gym, mastering the stretches and warm up exercises. Terra was a surprisingly fast learner, picking up the fundamentals with amazing ease. Robin was also surprised how focused she was. She only asked questions when she wasn't sure how to do a certain move. She was far from being a master. But given time, Robin knew, she would be a force to be reckoned with.

It wasn't until Cyborg signaled them on their communicators that it was time for dinner that Robin realized they had been in the gym all day. After a quick warm down, Robin and Terra went to their rooms for showers and to get changed.

Robin and Terra entered the rec-room not long after each other sitting down at the table with the others. Raven and Terra shared a look. After Terra gave her a thumbs up, Raven smiled behind her cup of tea.

The Titans talked about their respective days as they enjoyed their meals. They were just hearing of Starfire's adventures in geometry when the alarms sounded. The Titans were in front of the big screen in less than five seconds. Robin's fingers blurred across the keyboard as he typed in the commands to find out what the problem was.

"It's a distress signal…" Robin said, his eyes fixed on the screen, "…from a Titan communicator."

All eyes immediately turned to Beast Boy, "Did you sit on yours again BB," Cyborg asked, rolling his human eye.

Before Beast Boy could check, Robin answered for him. "It's not his this time. It's from an honorary Titan." Robin typed in some more information. "Wildebeest's. And it's coming from the middle of the desert."

"What's the hell is he doing in the middle of the desert?" Cyborg asked.

"He might have picked up been the DEO," Robin said, almost to himself.

"What's a DEO?" Beast Boy asked.

"I'll explain it on the way," Robin said, turning around and running towards the garage with the other Titans close behind.

By the time the T-Car reached the desert it was night fall. The Titans were all squeezed in, Robin and Cyborg in the front seats, Starfire, Aqua Lad, Terra and Raven squeezed into the back seat and Beast Boy, transformed into a dog and sitting in the back of the car. Cyborg made a mental note to get a bigger car for future missions. Thought at least Beast Boy wasn't able to tell any jokes in dog form.

As it would take a little over half an hour to reach the point of origin for Wildebeest's distress signal; Robin took this opportunity to fill the others in on what he knew.

"It's very likely that Wildebeest is being held in a DEO research facility. The DEO, or Department of Extra-normal Operations, is an organization that 'collects' adolescent Metahumans"

"Why do they collect them?" Raven asked, fearing the answer.

"They collect them to study them," Robin said, "They perform experiments on them to find new was to capture, control or even destroy other Metahumans."

The Titans shock quickly turned to disgust. "Why does the earth government not put a stop to these people and their villainy?" Starfire asked.

Robin let out a mirthless chuckle, "Because they are part of the government Star. There is of cause no way that the DEO could ever be linked to the government in anyway that a normal person could find. But trust me, they are.

"What about the Justice League?" asked Aqua Lad, angrily, "Shouldn't they be doing something about this?"

"They do what they can," Robin admitted, "Whenever they find one of these facilities they shut it down. Arresting the personnel, getting the captives medical treatment and reuniting them with their families, and, depending on which hero is there, destroy the building. But the problem is there are more than one of these places. And every time one closes another one opens."

The Titans all sat in silence, letting this information sink in. "So… what's the plan boss?" asked Cyborg.

"We'll go in in teams of two," Robin said, his voice full of confidence, "Raven and I will go in first, we'll head to the warden's office and deactivate any alarms and anything that could automatically kill the captives. Then Terra and Starfire will make there way inside and locate Wildebeest. Aqua Lad and Beast Boy it will be your job to free as many of the captives and take out as many guards as possible."

"Erm… Raven and I work great as a team," Terra said, "Why don't we go and get Wildebeest."

"One: because even though I don't know all of the defense systems the DEO will have, I do know that they have psychic disablers. If they use them on anyone with psychic powers it instantly knocks them. that's why I pared one psychic team mate with one who isn't. and Two: no offence to you or Aqua Lad, Terra, but I know Raven can be quiet. And I need someone with me who can move about almost as silently as I do."

"And what exactly am I supposed to do?" Cyborg asked, felling left out, "Or am I just the get away driver?"

"Oh no Cyborg, you have the best job of all." Robin said as he shot his friend a mischievous smile, "You get to be the distraction."

Before they reached the base, Cyborg activated the T-Car's newly developed cloaking device. Cyborg was particularly proud of this device. It was an amalgamation of the one Robin used for his Red X costume and something Cyborg had seen in a James Bond movie. The only way you could tell the car was there was if it was parked on top of you. The fact that it made him feel like a secret agent was just a bonus.

Cyborg parked the T-Car at the side fence of the facility, and. once Robin and Raven got out, he drove round to the front gate to wait for Robin's order of attack.

Once Raven phased Robin and herself through the fence they made their way across the compound, dodging searchlights and, whenever necessary, knocking out the occasional guard. The birds quickly made their way into the main building, taking advantage of the signposts and quietly moving towards the warden's office.

When they neared the corridor leading to the office door the birds peeked around the corner. Spotting the six guards lining the passage Raven pulled back and let out a heavy sigh.

"Maybe I should just teleport us in," Raven whispered, "If we're lucky the warden won't notice us until we can take him down. What do you think Robin? Robin?"

It was then that Raven noticed the Boy Wonder was missing. When she looked back down the corridor she saw all six guards laying on the floor unconscious and the office door ajar. Stepping over the guards, Raven made her own way in to the office. When she entered, Raven immediately spotted the warden laying on the floor with a bruise forming on his forehead with Robin working away on his computer. Raven was impressed, though she wouldn't tell Robin that.

"I'm downloading all the base's files now," Robin said, hooking up a black box to the computer. After a couple of more strokes of the keyboard he smiled, "And I've just deactivated all the alarms and disabled the prisoner's inhibitor collars."

Raven let out a small chuckle, "Go on, say it. You know you want too."

Robin smirked and flipped open his communicator, "Titans Go!"

Cyborg had to admit it. He loved being a distraction.

As soon as Robin had sent the attack order, Cyborg had blasted down the main gates with the T-Car's positron cannon. Once the other Titans had headed off to complete their assigned tasks the real fun started.

Extending his retractable armor over his human parts, Cyborg also set the T-Car on an auto-drive program to rally around the compound ramming and blasting the trucks parked in the base.

Cyborg was having the time of his life. Blasting his sonic cannon into the ground and causing small earthquakes, picking up jeeps and throwing them into the guard towers, even shoulder charging into any soldiers brave enough to get too close to him.

Oh yes. Cyborg loved being a distraction.

The corridors of the DEO facility were in total chaos. Once the prisoners realised their inhibitor collars had been deactivated, those with the powers to do so broke out of the cells and began attacking the guards that had imprisoned them. With all of the alarms offline, most of the guards didn't know what was happening until they were having there faces smashed in.

Terra and Starfire made their way through the halls as quickly as they could, following the signal from Wildebeest's communicator. They reached a reinforced door which Starfire tore down with great ease. And after knocking out the guard on the other side, entered the holding area.

Using the tracking device to guide them, the girls made their way to the last cell. To say they were surprised would be an understatement. Both Terra and Starfire were prepared to find a large, hairy manimal, at least similar looking to his codename.

They definitely weren't expecting a four year old child with large green eyes.

Starfire almost immediately went into lovey-dovey mode, crouching down and smiling at the young boy, stating how incredibly cute she thought he was. Terra on the other hand was more interested in what was going on. The boy had a Titans communicator in his hands, and he must have some form of powers to be in this place. But from Robin's description of him, Wildebeest was hairy, had horns, and was at least as big as Mammoth and probably as strong. This boy didn't look anything like that.

"Freeze. Put your hands where I can see them and step away from the cage."

Terra felt like kicking herself. She was so busy looking at the child that she forgot to keep watch for any more guards. Five of them stood near the doorway, their guns trained on the Titans. She did as she was told, watching the guards for any chance she could use to her advantage. Starfire however, was watching the child.

The child's face contorted in anger. His bright green eyes shifted to a feral yellow. Horns began growing on his forehead as hair sprouted all over his body. Tendons popped, muscles expanded and bones shifted as he grew into an eight feet tall manimal in under a second.

Wildebeest roared with feral rage, breaking through his cage and charging the guards. He knocked three out before they could react, backhanding them with minimum effort. He grabbed the last two by their heads, slamming them together before they could fire a shot. Dropping the unconscious guards on the floor, he turned back to the girls and gave them what they could only assume was a smile.

"I guess that explains how you had the communicator," Terra said, smiling up at Wildebeest.

Wildebeest changed back into his boy form again and Starfire picked him up and hugged him. "Oh little one, I am relieved that you are unharmed!"

Pulling out her communicator, Terra called Robin. "Robin we've found Wildebeest, I guess. What do you want us to do with him?"

"Get him to the T-Car. The rest of us are going to do a final sweep, make sure we've captured all the personnel. Do you girls need a hand carrying Wildebeest?"

Terra took a moment to look at the toddler, "I don't think that's going to be a problem." Terra closed the communicator and smirked. She couldn't wait to see the look on Robin's face when he saw little Wildebeest.

All the guards and scientific personnel were quickly rounded up. After Cyborg had destroyed all the vehicles they had no means of escape. After tying them up, the Titans placed them in the middle of the compound ready to be shipped off to prison. Robin, Cyborg and Raven stood guard whilst Beast Boy and Aqua Lad went off to find Terra and Starfire.

Robin closed his communicator, "The Justice League will be here soon to deal with these guys and help any of the kids that haven't run off yet."

"Can we expect any retaliation from this?" Cyborg asked, "I mean we did bust up one of there cribs."

Robin let out a soft chuckle, "Don't worry about it. We're in the public eye. If they come after us they risk exposure to what they're doing. And if we went missing people would ask questions, not to mention they would have the Justice League on there asses. No the most that will happen is that some criminals will 'miraculously' escape from prison and come gunning for us. Nothing we can't handle though."

"We should probably head back," Raven said, "Give Wildebeest a check up, make sure he's okay."

"You guys go on," Robin said, "I'll stay and check in with the League and get them to teleport me back to the tower."

Cyborg grumbled and walked towards the T-Car, mumbling something about not getting to meet Superman. Raven rolled her eyes before following the metal teen.

Not long after the Titans got back to the tower, Robin teleported into the rec-room, almost landing on Raven. After apologizing to her, Robin told them the Justice League had everything at the DEO facility under control.

"What happened to your hair?" Raven asked, noticing it was more messed up than usual.

"The Flash," Robin said in an exasperated tone, "Every time he sees me he ruffs up my hair and calls me 'Batboy'." Robin chose to ignore every ones laughter and bring himself up to speed, "So how's Wildebeest? Everything check out okay?"

"More or less," Raven said.

Robin could tell from her tone that something was up, it was then that he noticed the little boy sat on the couch. Terra and Starfire quickly told him everything they knew, to Terra's disappointment, Robin didn't seem to be overly shocked. "What are we supposed to do with him?"

"Can we not keep him?" Starfire asked.

"He's not a pet Star," Robin said.

"I know that friend Robin," Starfire said, losing none of her optimism. "I simply meant that if the little one does not have a mother and/or father that we could look after him. He is a fellow Titan after all." The others seemed to agree with Starfire.

Robin was apprehensive, "I'm still not sure about this."

"I promise that I will take extra special care of the little one," Starfire said, all smiles.

Robin took on a pensive look, "What do the rest of you think?" Everyone seemed to think it was a great idea. Every one except Raven, she had the same pensive look he did, "What do you think Raven?"

"Well," Raven said after a moment, "As long as he isn't as annoying as Beast Boy…" the changeling made an indignant yell but Raven continued, "Then I don't see any problem with him staying."

Robin looked down at the young boy, "You are toilet trained aren't you?" Wildebeest glared at him but nodded yes. "…he's your responsibility Star; you have to look after him. I don't know about the others but I for one am busy enough as it is."

"Joyous," Starfire exclaimed, picking up little Wildebeest and pulling him into a hug.

"I'll contact the League in the morning," Robin said, smiling at the scene in front of him. "We'll find out if he has any parents or not and then see about him staying with us."

"At least Beast Boy has someone mentally the same age as him," Raven smirked.

Robin chuckled as he leaned close to Wildebeest. "Well we can't keep call you Wildebeest all the time can we. What's you name kid?" Wildebeest simply shrugged his shoulders. Robin stood up straight and looked to the other Titans, "Well guys, what should we name the little guy?"

Marv was sweating slightly. Moving all the furniture around his living room took more out of him than he thought it would. The living room was the biggest room in his apartment and that was only eight by eight. He needed at least a six foot square of space for the pentagram.

The magic book Marv was using was a god send. He had found it by chance in an old used book store. The cover had been worn over time; the only thing he could make out was a tall man that seemed to be covered in blood.

Every spell Marv had used from the ancient tome had worked. The guys that had bullied him as a kid were all in mental institutes, his bitchy ex-girlfriend had aged fifty years over night, and his boss had been kissing his ass all week. There was a spell that could give him massive wealth and another that could give him superpowers. But tonight he had something different in mind.

Marv's thoughts of power were interrupted by a knock at his door. He looked at his watch. Almost two am. His first thoughts were to ignore it. But then he realised that if someone was knocking at this time it might be important. And if it was the cops it was better to deal with them now than have them break the door in.

Marv opened the door and looked into a face of a friend he hadn't seen in a long time. The teen before him was dressed in a hospital gown with a raggedy trench coat over it, he had short black hair with bald patches on the sides where wires had once been plugged in, he had bags under his dull, almost lifeless green eyes.

"Simon?" Marv asked, "Is that you? Oh my god… where have you been for the last year?"

"They… they had me in some lab," Simon said, tiredly, "They were… experimenting on me…"

"Erm… come in, come in," Marv said, opening his door wider. "Can I get you something? A drink? Something to eat?"

"I just… I just need somewhere to crash for a while," Simon said, listlessly. "I just need to rest."

"Sure man, sure," Marv clapped his hands together and smiled, "I know what you need, you need is some action." Marv picked up his supplies from of the couch and started drawing a pentagram on the floor with chicken's blood.

"Well you're a nice guy and all Marv, you're just not my type," Simon said with mirthless laughter.

"Funny. But I didn't mean me," Marv said, finishing the pentagram. "I found this great book with magic spells in it that actually work. Right now I'm trying to summon a succubus. A sex demon. And when she gets here she fore fill my every desire. I'll even let you have a crack at her."

Simon gave him a sceptical look, "Are you sure? That sounds kind of dangerous."

"Trust me," Marv said, his voice full of smugness. Marv hung a large silver mirror in front of the pentagram. Once it was in place he put a candle on all five points of the star and lit them before stepping back into the centre. He held the book before him and read out the incantations. Mystical red energy swirled around Marv and the mirror before him began glowing.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Simon asked, nervously.

Marv just nodded his head, even though he wasn't sure himself. The swirling energy increased in speed and mirrors light intensified.

Without warning a beam of crimson light blasted from the mirror and struck Marv in the chest. It levitated him off the ground as it sucked the life-force from him. His muscles wasted away, his skin sticking to his bones as it turned charcoal black.

"Marv!" Simon jumped to his feet to try and help his friend. As he did the crimson energy blasted through Marv's back and struck Simon. His body glowed bright white. His very being felt like it was in flames as he slowly slipped out of consciousness.

Then suddenly, it all stopped. All the energy receded back in to the mirror and both bodies dropped heavily on the ground.

"Simon…"

Simon groaned as he came back into consciousness. He rubbed his head to try and get his brain working again. If he wasn't in so much pain he probably would have noticed his hair was missing.

"Simon…"

Simon sat up and starched his back. It was then that he realised how good he felt. Better than he had felt in ages. Since before he was taken to the DEO facility.

"Simon my child…"

Simon's brain finally registered that someone was talking to him. The mysterious voice was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. A kind, caring, loving fatherly voice. The kind of voice his own father should have had.

"Come to me Simon, let me see you…"

Simon stood up slowly. He stepped over the husk that was once his friend and made his way over to the silver mirror. At first he thought he was looking at someone else, but soon realized this strange visage was him. All the hair appeared to have been burned from his body. His skin was incredibly pale but it looked like his muscles had grown stronger. The bags from under his eyes were gone and his eyes were now deep red. Simon's fascination over his new appearance disappeared when he spotted a shadowy figure in the mirror. He looked behind him but no one was there.

"Hello Simon…" said the shadow man in the mirror, drawing back Simon's attention, "How are you feeling?"

"I-I feel great," Simon said, feeling an unusual the need to be absolutely honest with the shadow man, "I feel better then great. Erm… I'm sorry but who… who are you?"

Simon couldn't see it, but he knew the shadow man was smiling. "I am you're master," Simon didn't know why but he felt great relief knowing that. "But do not fear though my child. Though I am a tough master, I am also a most generous master. Do you know why you were captured by those humans and held in their prison?"

Simon was a little apprehensive talking about his time with the DEO, but with his master he knew he would be safe. "I'm a level one telepath and telekinetic. I can just about move pencils and read the minds of chickens. They hoped to improve my powers for their own ends."

"I have done what they could not my child," the shadow man said, "Try out your telekinesis on that corpse over there."

If he had any problems with using his powers on his friend's body, it didn't show on Simon's face. The instance he used his powers his eyeballs and the skin on his head turned invisible, his skull looked as if it was made out of blue crystal, and brain more resembled an azure light, pulsing in various levels of brightness.

Telekinetic energy surrounded Marv's lifeless body, lifting it of the ground. The psychic energy quickly began tearing the body to pieces. Within seconds it was nothing but dust. As he let the energy subside and his head returned to normal, Simon turned back to the mirror and knelt before it, praising his master.

"You are indeed powerful now my child," the shadow man said, holding wide his arms and accepting the praise. "But now there is something I want you to do for me."

"Anything my master, anything," Simon said, feeling unbridled joy at the thought of helping the shadow man.

"I need you to go to a special place in the city," the shadow man said, "A place known as… the HIVE."

To be continued…

Author's Notes: I'll be introducing new character in the first couple of chapters. Not because I have anything planed for them, but so that if I'm stuck for ideas in the future I can bring these characters in.

Simon, or Psimon as he will be called, will make quite a few appearances in future chaps though. I'm sure you have all already guessed who the shadow man is but the first person to tell me wins a virtual cookie.

The idea for this fic came from Teen Titans Go comic issue 16. I wanted to bring in Wildebeest as I had a couple of ideas for him, but when I saw him turning into a little kid in that issue my mind exploded with ideas, mostly a way of distracting Starfire from Raven and Terra's advances on Robin.

Also if any of you could think up a good name to call Wildebeest that would be great. I have one or two ideas, but nothing that good.

The names for Marv and George came from Marv Wolfman and George Perez.

Time to respond to a few reviews:

Cherry Jade: You were the first reviewer for my Teen Titans fic and I'm glad you thought it was so good, I just hope you think this one good too. I'm glad you weren't expecting Raven and Terra kissing, with any luck there will be a few more surprises in the future.

Violent Jack: I'm happy that you were so impressed with my little fic, even happier to know you enjoyed it so much. I wrote the first chapter two months before I posted it. Spending every day adding a little bit more detail. I'm sorry to say I didn't spend as much time on this chapter. I hope you still like it though.

Rearob4ever: Does your review count as a flame? If so it's the first one I've ever gotten. Robin will be with Raven, Terra will be more Raven's girlfriend, I'm not sure how much Robin and Terra will be involved yet.

Scotty Boi: Only one more for now. But there will be more in future.

Philosopher: But trickery was the only way I could get you to read femslash my dear lady.