Raven: Final chapter! The end is nigh!
Beast Boy: Yep. And Raven never got to pole d-
Robin: (sighs as Raven sticks Beast Boy to the ceiling) There will be bloopers, however.
Cyborg: Yeah, we had some good times here.
Starfire: I still need a theme song...
When there's trouble you know who to call. Teen Titans!
From their tower, they can see it all. Teen Titans!
When there's evil on the attack
You can rest knowing they got your back
'Cuz when the world needs heroes on patrol, Teen Titans GO!
With their superpowers they unite. Teen Titans!
Never met a villain that they liked. Teen Titans!
They've got the bad guys on the run
They never stop 'till the job gets done
'Cuz when the world is losin' all control
Teen Titans GO! Teen Titans GO!
If your heart is black you better watch out
You cannot escape the team
When they catch you there won't be any doubt
You've been beaten by the teens
Beaten by the teens
Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other as they reverted back to their original states of being. Soon they stood there, with Beast Boy's green skin and pointy tooth and Raven's pale complexion and chakra gem in her forehead.
"He...he's gone. You were right. We won...we did it..." Raven whispered. Her eyes watered with sheer emotion as she blasted Beast Boy in a Happy/Starfire hug.
"I...told...you...so..." Beast Boy choked out. Finally, the half-demon let him go. He took a minute to regain sufficient amounts of oxygen to utilize his brain before speaking again.
"I told you, Raven. We don't give up. Especially when we've got all the checkers," He said with a grin. Everyone looked at him strangely.
"You mean 'when we hold all the cards?'" Starfire asked dubiously. Everyone turned and gave Starfire an even weirder look.
"Since when do you correct other people?" Cyborg teased, earning a Tamaranian bitch-slap. "Ow!" He cried. Starfire just glowered at him.
Raven took a deep breath. She needed to lighten her load. Badly. "Bea...Garfield?" She got his attention. "Yeah?"
"I'm...sorry. For a lot of things. For hurting you earlier, when I brought Terra back. No offense to you, Terra," She added quickly. The blonde gave a small laugh and nodded. Returning the smile, Raven continued.
"I shouldn't have done that to you, and for that I am so sorry. I...well...I saw the letter," She looked down at the ground. Beast Boy loomed horrified.
"Raven, I wasn't thinking clearly when I wro-" Raven smiled and put a hand up to silence him.
"Let me finish. I saw the letter, and I know now just how damn hard you've been trying to reach out. Consequently, I've also realized just how much of a cold, hard hearted bitch I've been about it," She looked away as she said that.
Beast Boy couldn't help but laugh a bit. This was so...unreal. Raven, finally acknowledging his efforts? "Tell ya what, I'll make you a deal," He said conversationally. Raven looked at him warily.
"Ok, what's the catch," Raven said with a sigh. Knowing him, she'd probably have to show her apology by doing something stupid or humiliating. So what came next surprised her.
"You love me and I'll love you back. Deal?" He held his hand out. From behind him, sounds of gagging, groaning and one "Awwww!" were heard.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Robin muttered.
"Like you're one to talk. I say that every time you drool all over Starfire," Cyborg muttered back.
"Hey!" The Boy Wonder frowned. And, of course...
"Why would friend Robin wish to do the sharing of saliva with me?" Starfire queried. Everyone except Robin busted a gut in laughter.
Ignoring the idiots, Raven gave possibly the biggest smile she'd ever given. "Deal," She said, grabbing his hand. And with that, he pulled her into his embrace and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She just let her head loll on his shoulder in bliss, lost in her own world.
Under his mask, Slade smirked. One pair of lovebirds had finally made it official. He let out a small sigh and shook his head.
"Shall we return to the Tower?" Slade inquired. Everyone nodded their heads, and they headed back for the portal.
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After a short travel, the team stood in front of the portal. Everyone looked at Raven, who nodded and widened the portal so that everyone could fit. Together, they stepped through and flew back into their own dimension, Earth.
"Yaahhhh!" Was the general consensus as they all dogpiled onto the floor of Raven's room. Everyone carefully extracted themselves from the mess and stood. Beast Boy, however, ran out of the room. "What the hell?" Robin wondered.
Raven just smiled as she heard the sound of paper being ripped. He had gone to destroy that letter. Giving a short laugh, she also left the room, joining her new boyfriend in the common room.
"Well, that was quite a ride," Beast Boy mused with a rueful smile.
"What was?" Raven cocked her head, confused.
"This entire thing. Getting slapped into one body, battling Slade inside your mined, working together with Slade and reviving Terra in order to take Trigon out..." Beast Boy shook his head in amazement.
As he was saying this, the others had filed into the room slowly. "I know, right?" Terra said. Her voice caused Beast Boy to jump slightly.
"Oh, hey guys. Raven and I were just talking about how big this whole thing was," Beast Boy explained.
"Yeah, tell me about it. I feel tired just thinking about it," Cyborg said with a laugh. Robin smiled, then got a serious look on his face.
"This isn't entirely over," He said. Everyone looked at him, confused. Seeing the faces, he continued. "We have a couple issues to resolve. Slade," The masked man looked to meet Robin's gaze, "where do you stand?"
Slade remained quiet for a moment. Everyone was dead silent, dying to see what would happen next.
Finally, Slade spoke. "During the time I have spent fighting on and by your side, I have come to realize that some things are more important than others. I will not reveal details, but let's just say I've had personal reasons for my actions prior to this incident," He paused again to breathe, glancing around.
"Losses in life can drive people to...shall we say, extremes. With the experience I have gained throughout this ordeal, I have realized that some losses cannot be recovered, and as should not factor into ones' reasoning," He bowed his head.
"In answer to your question, Robin, I believe I stand with my former enemies. I do believe you have been successful in 'converting' me, though it was not your concentrated effort to do such," Slade finished. Robin's face curved into a massive, respectful smile. Everyone else was stunned.
"Well, in that case," Robin shook his head, grinning, "I am going to say something that I thought I would never say. Slade, I'm offering you this," The Boy Wonder reached into his belt and pulled out a Titan communicator. "Your decision, Slade. I'm offering you membership to the Titans," Robin laughed at the open mouths on everyone's faces.
"If you will have me, I believe we can be powerful allies," Slade nodded and took the device. Robin turned his head from Slade to Terra. "The same goes for you, Terra. If you want to, you can rejoin the team."
Terra smiled. "I won't let ya down, Robin. I promise on the remains of my stone casing," She said with a laugh. Beast Boy frowned. Terra saw this and spoke.
"Oh...Beast Boy, if you're uncomfortable with it, I won-" Beast Boy shook his head.
"It's not that," He said. He pointed to Slade. "He's not a teen. How can he be a Teen Titan?" The boy grinned. Robin shook his head.
"Fine, if you want to get picky we'll call Slade a Titan. Yeesh," Robin rolled his eyes.
Then Beast Boy started laughing again. Everyone looked at him strange, so he explained.
"Sorry. I just realized that we got Slade to join us, destroyed Trigon, revived Terra and got Raven and myself together because of Mumbo Jumbo," He said with a laugh.
Mumbo was released on parole the next day for good behavior, as per request from the Teen Titans.
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Yeah, shorter chapter, but go figure. It's the epilogue. Bloopers to come for a few chapters!