Chapter 2

"Ahhh!"

The sound of Starfire's high pitched scream had Beastboy scrambling from his bed. The drowsiness quickly wore off as he remembered exactly what transpired the day before. The girls! Why was Starfire screaming? Something bad must have happened he was sure. Before he could get to his door it swung open.

"Beastboy we gotta move!" Robin said before running down the hall.

He knew that.

Without wasting anytime he went cheetah then bolted down the hall and towards the lab. His heart pounded faster as faster as the distance got shorter. He had to see that she was alright—she meaning Terra of course . . . well that's what he kept telling himself. He knew it wouldn't have been able to work for the mere fact that he was already spoken for by Terra, who was supposed to be his girlfriend that he loved dearly and besides Raven had just had a bad break up and knowing her she probably wasn't emotionally ready to jump back into the dating pool again.

He stopped running and turned human again when he saw Robin standing at the threshold of the room. His body language said that he was stunned but he had no idea why.

"Oh this is such glorious news!" He heard Starfire in that voice he knew all too well. She was fine, in fact she was celebrating. Beastboy knew that she wouldn't have been that happy if something dire had happened to any of them so he was able to relax after her outburst. He put on a smile and, dismissing the fact that Robin was still standing at the door in shock, bolted inside to see what the 'glorious news' as Starfire called it, was.

His mouth fell to the floor when he saw four children in the room as well, none looked older than 6. Two were being squashed in Starfire's hand, Terra had one sitting on her lap and the last was sitting on the opposite end of the bed that Raven now looked uncomfortable on.

"Holy shit . . ." Beastboy muttered. He didn't know what else to say. The kids looked just like the girls and that gleam in Starfire's eyes said that they were a welcomed surprise. Slowly he turned to look at Robin who had not yet defrosted. "Dude what happened?" He asked through his teeth while trying to maintain a smile.

"I have no idea . . ." Robin replied through his teeth as well. It was obvious that he wasn't nearly as thrilled as the bouncing Tamaranian. "Follow me." He said, tapping Beastboy on the chest. The two walked into the observation room and after locking the door the main lab turned on a special light. The children started looking around in wonder and amazement.

"What are you doing?" Beastboy couldn't help but ask. He really wanted to know what those things were and where they had come from. What if they were some kind of parasite? It was certainly possible seeing as how this was more than likely Slade's doing. Looking over at Raven he the uncertainty in her eyes.

"I need to run a quick test to see what those things are." Robin answered, distractedly tapping keys while looking at the wide screen. Beastboy tried understanding all the readings that came up but everything was moving across the screen too quickly. What made him even more agitated was the expressions that danced across Robin's face and just kept changing. What did it all mean?

Raven sat on the far end of her bed hugging her knees in an effort to remain calm while staying as far away as possible from the thing on her bed. Why was this happening to her? She couldn't understand how Starfire could have been so ecstatic about something so mortifying. It wasn't even logical; waking up one morning to some child staring you in the eye with your face. A face you were trying to forget. . .

"Star should you be so excited?" Terra asked while looking at the little boy sitting next to her. "I mean we don't even know what they are."

"We already told you, we're your kids." The girl who called herself R.A said, jumping to her feet. "Why don't you guys believe us?" As she asked that her stare fell on Raven who looked away almost instantly. She couldn't look at her. She wasn't a mother and there was no she had anything come out of her because nothing good ever could.

"Gee, maybe it's the fact that we're all still virgins and you need to sleep with someone at;east once to get a kid." Terra stated as if it was perfectly obvious.

"No you're not." The two in Starfire's arms said, now looking over at her accusingly. Raven couldn't help but feel hurt. She had known that the relationship between those two was serious but she never let herself think of just how far they had gone. Now faced with reality she knew why she didn't.

"She may be," The little boy who called himself B.J said, pointing at Raven but you two definitely aren't." Starfire giggled guilty denying nothing. A surge of blood rushed into Terra's face after hearing that.

The door to the room opened and the guys walked in.

"So what are they?" Terra asked.

"Well weird enough they are actually your—your—"

"See I told you!" R.A blew up, turning to Raven with a sudden level of excitement that scared her. "I am your daughter and you are my mommy!"

"Whoa I never said that." Robin clarified. He didn't want to be misunderstood. "Yes you share a good amount of DNA and yes the resemblance is there but I'm betting that this was all Slade."

"Wait, he said something about letting him know how things turned out." Terra said, suddenly remembering their brief encounter.

Robin nodded. He had suspected something like that. "He must have stolen some genetic replicators before he left with whatever he lifted from the lab. No doubt he thought this would slow us down giving him time to use whatever the hell that thing is. We have to find him."

"But what will we do with these?" Starfire asked with that bright, sparkly eyes look that usually let her have her way. They all stared at her as if the answer wasn't already obvious; there was no way they could keep them. For all they knew they could have been unstable or just plain dangerous and if not they would only serve to slow the team down. They were super heroes, they didn't have time to watch children all day or worry about them when they're fighting late at night; it was simply too much of a hindrance.

"Listen . . . Star . . ." Robin had to think of the nicest way possible to tell her that they had to put them in the chamber and destabilize them. There was probably no easy way of saying that but facts were facts and the sooner they left was the less likely that some bond would be formed.

"Ooohh I can't wait to show you to the room we will be staying in!" She said, not waiting from him to finish. She flew high, still cuddling the two. Oh boy.

"Star we can't keep them."

Robin watched the beautiful Tamaranian sink to the floor. Her spirit seemed to have literally been crushed and tears were now brimming in her eyes. He couldn't do this to her. With a sigh her turned to Terra with a questioning look. She sighed as well.

"He's abit cheeky but I guess I wouldn't mind keeping him." She said with a shrug but inside she was glad that Starfire felt so strongly about keeping them. Maybe now Beastboy would look at her the way he used to . . . the way he now looked at Raven . . . then they could pretend to be a family and bond just like old times. In truth she saw BJ as the glue that would bind her to him once more and this time she would keep him stuck.

Beastboy glanced over at Raven as Terra made her statement. He saw her cringed slightly and knew instantly that this wasn't going well with her. She had that look he knew all too well; she was scared . . . but of what . . .?

"Um I don't think that's such a good idea . . ." Beastboy said while rubbing the back of his head nervously. He didn't want to suddenly be the bad guy but at the same time he felt he had to help her.

"Why not?" Terra asked. He had to want to keep them or he plan would never work. By now she was desperate to have him hold her like he used to but here he was standing in the way of that.

"Yes, why can we not keep them Beastboy, they are so cute!" Starfire whined before flying directly infront of him and pouting the way she always did. Glancing over at Robin he knew he had lost because so had Robin. He truly was a sucker when it came to her.

"Okay fine but I don't think this will be such a good ide—"

"Yay!" She said going around in circles, as happy as a child lost in Candyland. "It will be so much fun. I have heard so much about the customs of earth mothers and I am thrilled to try them. I will change your diapers and feed you processed mush and we will go for walks in the strollers." Her list went on and on as she thought of all the things she could have done.

"Diapers?" Brightfire asked, looking over at her brother.

"Processed food?" R.J repeated.

Clearly, Starfire didn't see how old they looked and therefore didn't realize that diapers and processed food weren't necessary. Still it couldn't be helped. She was ecstatic about having them and they were grateful for that because they could have ended up like R.A; her mother didn't want her, she wouldn't receive any love and she would probably disappear because of that . . .

Okay so guys I'm not sure if I have this hang of this just yet so if you have any reviews they would be much appreciate, thanks