The Roles we Play
Meeting of Titans
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"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." – C.G. Jung
***TRwP***
"Thank you all for coming. I know there have been some issues lately, especially involving trust with me, and I want to start rebuilding that. First though I want to announce that we will be having a Titans meeting in two weeks, with all of our teammates from the various locations coming here, that means we have a lot to get done in the next fourteen days. This includes cleaning, stocking up on supplies, and making sure that all of our equipment is up to date, including the defenses." Robin announced once the other members of his team had gathered in the common room.
Though if he were honest it hadn't been much of a team as of late, after his reveal of the secret he had kept his fellow teammates had kept their distance from him, and had gone through great lengths to ensure that none of them would end up alone with him for any amount of time. Cyborg and Beast Boy were especially keen on this.
Not that Robin blamed them.
He was hoping that this would show that he thought of them as more than just soldiers on a team, but as a family, something that the changeling had brought up during their conversation.
More and more the boy wonder was beginning to realize what the youngest member of their team had been forced to go through before everything in the Tower had changed, the isolation, and the feeling as though he was just there to fight criminals while being kept from any other activities.
The masked teen had some serious apologizing to do, not only to the green skinned boy but the others as well.
"So what exactly is the point of this conference then Robin?" Cyborg inquired, his eyes trained on their 'leader' throughout the meeting.
"First and foremost it is to build inter team relations. It has become very clear to me lately that many of our members are very specialized, which may call for creating specialized groups in order to deal with certain threats. The biggest example of this was during our last mission, if we had known about Raven's weakness to our opponent then I would have never had her place herself into that much danger just being there to heal us. Secondly I wanted to catch up on how the other teams were doing, sure we have the occasional video calls but other than that we are each far too independent of each other. Finally I think that all the Titans can use a bit of a break, so the others are forced to travel, but then get to have some relaxation at our expense."
"How long will they be staying?" Jinx inquired.
"We are planning on at least two or three days, but depending on the situation it might go up to a week."
"So we have to figure out how to provide another twenty five people with room and board, food, habitable areas including bathrooms, and privacy. All within the time span of two weeks?" Beast Boy questioned.
"Uh…. yes?"
"Do you think that we could have a bit more notice next time Robin?" Raven asked with a sigh, already feeling a headache growing at the thought of sharing a room with other Titan females.
'Don't worry Raven, everything will work out!' Happy exclaimed from her mind.
'Yeah, plus maybe it won't be a female Titan… maybe you can bunk with Beast Boy? Imagine it Raaaaaven, a whole three days in the same room with our favorite green love machine again… It has been sooooo long since we had the…. Pleasure…. Of his company after all.' Brave spoke dreamily.
'Along with the fact that you two have been avoiding a very important conversation since then as well, you do need to address that before it becomes a problem Raven.' Knowledge intoned.
'Yeah yeah, I'm working on it…' Raven mentally muttered.
"Robin, I need to ask you a serious question, and I want a serious answer." Cyborg suddenly demanded, his voice becoming hard and serious.
His target nodded, slightly wide eyed and nervous at the change in attitude
"Is this to get more information on the others for your little… project?"
The others froze, before shifting their gazes towards the hero in question.
"No, I promise you that little 'project' of mine has been locked away. I won't lie and say I have destroyed it because… well because I do believe it is important. But I have no interest in furthering it."
The others nodded their eyes still full of weariness towards their teammate.
"Well the only thing left to do is figure out a plan of action then, if you all are still interested in continuing this. If not I will cancel with the others."
"Of course not, it would be most glorious to see the other Titans once more! I have so much of the catching of the ups to do with the other girls. We will do the braiding of the hair, and applying the making up and even eating the large tubs of frozen deserts while we talk of the boys."
"Uh Star, I think you mean 'desserts'."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, deserts mean…. You know what never mind." Jinx just shook her head, leaving the girl to her innocent confusion.
***TRwP***
Over the next two weeks the six teens worked, sweated, and in some cases bled, for the preparations.
Starfire and Beast Boy were moving various pieces of furniture and bedding in order to come up with enough sleeping arrangements for the other Titans.
Cyborg was updating the security systems and connecting their own systems with the other bases so that they could monitor all of the locations at once.
Jinx and Raven had been put on supply duty, and thus were making grocery lists.
Robin had originally taken to being the 'organizer' but after Cyborg threatened to link all alarms to his the masked teens personal communicator he had wisely chosen to help wherever he was needed most, which was currently trying to find and clear out more space for their eventual guests.
"Hmmm maybe if Titans South stays in the gym then we can move Titans North into the kitchen and…"
"Please do not tell me you are debating on whether putting some of our fellow superheroes in the laundry room." Cyborg called out from behind the pondering boy.
"What? Of course not Cyborg don't be ridiculous. Just curious though, do you think we could get a sleeping bag up on the kitchen table?"
"Robin we just spent about fifteen hundred dollars on groceries. We do not have enough space to put everyone in the kitchen. In fact we probably need to buy a couple of extra refrigerators for all this food." Jinx responded, as her and Raven walked into the room carrying arms full of grocery bags.
"The T-Car is completely full, and we still had to strap food onto the roof." Raven deadpanned.
"Oh… uh okay well then we can move Titans East to the pool area instead. Hey Cyborg how fast do you think you could build a floatable house?"
"They are not living in the pool Robin!"
"Well I don't see how else this is going to work then Cyborg, unless you have a magical…. Raven do you know of any comfortable extra dimensions by chance?"
The empath resisted the urge to face palm, mainly due to the fact that she couldn't raise her arms with all the bags currently on them.
"We could do the slumber partying and the sharing of the rooms…" Starfire chimed in, having just entered the room with the green skinned boy.
"That's a really good idea Star, a bit cramped but at least it will look like we care about our fellow Titans." The pinkette praised.
"Okay, that does make things easier. I bet we could get all of Titans East in Star's room, and then Titans North can take Cyborg's…"
"Where do you expect me to charge?" the Cybernetic teen inquired, earning a blank look from his leader.
"Also no one is going into mine there is way too many dangerous artifacts that someone could break." Raven intoned.
"Uhhh…."
Cyborg had immediately typed in a few buttons on his wrist computer before smirking.
"Got it! The Robin group can all stay in his room so that the rest of us don't suffocate under their egos. Starfire and the girls can stay in her room since it's pretty big anyway Jinx can stay with me in mine since we already do that half the time. That frees up her room for a group of boys, sorry jinx, and…"
"I can sleep anywhere so that gives us another room to work with, along with the extra guest room." Beast Boy agreed.
"Sorry man I didn't want to kick you out or anything."
"Nah, like I said I've had to sleep in practically any situation you can think of so it's no big deal. Heck I could sleep in the pool or outside if need be."
"Don't be absurd Beast Boy, you can always stay in my bed…. room. In my bedroom if it comes to that." Raven responded, thankful that her hood once more hid her blush.
Jinx smirked as she eyed her fellow sorceress.
"Don't worry about that Raven, besides I know it would be hard to sleep with the green bean." Cyborg chuckled, earning a fake pout from his friend.
"Yeah Raven, I bet it's really hard huh?" the pinkette's smirk grew wider at her teasing.
"Oh yes Raven, please do tell us how the hardness was with the room sharing."
"Starfire… that isn't what Jinx was talking about…" Robin sighed, as he took a drink of pop to calm his nerves.
"Oh? So Jinx was not speaking of Beast Boy and Raven sharing in the sexual activities?"
Robin spewed the carbonated drink all over the room.
Cyborg's eyes widened as he stood frozen in shock.
Jinx fell to the ground laughing.
Raven found herself trying to hide even more in her cloak.
Beast Boy rolled his eyes.
Starfire just looked on curiously, wondering why everyone was reacting so strangely.
"Wha-wha-what!?" Cyborg finally recovered enough to shout.
"Oh man, you should see your faces! Holy crap that was funny Starfire!"
"I do not understand Jinx, are the sexual activities supposed to be funny now?"
"No Star, it's just everyone's reactions that are causing the laughter." Beast Boy explained.
"What do you mean 'sexual activities'!?"
"Really Vic? She means sex, doing the nasty, fucking, sleeping with each other, making love, the horizontal shuffle…"
"We get it Jinx…" the changeling interrupted.
"When, where, how, why, what?!" Robin's brain finally rebooted enough to begin functioning.
"Uh, during the mission, in the joint room we had, like any normal people I suppose, because we wanted to, and sex. Although that last question seems a bit repetitive don't you think Rob?" Beast Boy answered.
"B-b-but that's inappro…"
"Oh yes, and you are just the epitome of being a fair and appropriate team leader." Cyborg interrupted their leader, "Please explain how having threesomes with two of your female teammates behind everyone's backs and then showing off how awesome you are at all times, all while convincing one of them that 'saving people means you owe them sex'…"
"HE WHAT!?" Jinx roared out, immediately causing both Robin and Cyborg to pale.
"Uh…. sorry dude…."
Robin fled for his life amidst the various pink energy blasts.
***TRwP***
"Seriously though Beast Boy, you and Raven hooked up?"
"Yeah Cy, a bit weird huh?"
"Nah not really, Jinx has been dropping not so subtle hints about Raven's interest in you for months now."
"Ah, yeah I just didn't want to rush into anything and become a rebound."
"Totally understandable" The mechanical man nodded in agreement, thinking of how to ask what was on his mind next.
"So uh…. are you and Raven... you know… a thing?"
"I don't know we haven't really discussed it, what with all the stuff that has been going on and the fact that we were on a mission at the time."
"You haven't continued…."
"No we haven't slept together since then."
"Oh… uh sorry, this is just a bit weird since you are both kind of like my little siblings."
"Sorry that we introduced incest into your life." The changeling chuckled, earning a flinch from the larger man.
"Do you want to be in a relationship with her?"
The green boy halted in his cleaning, Jinx had created quite the mess in her efforts to maim their leader.
"She deserves better… I can't really be in a long term relationship like that Cy…"
"Why not? You two seem good together."
"It's… complicated. I promise I will tell you later but it isn't something I want to talk about right now."
"Alright, well if you ever need to talk you know I'm here for you man, just like Jinx said she always would be and I am sure Star would as well. I would include Robin but who knows when we will see him next, plus he will probably just suggest a harem or something."
The two boys froze then burst into laughter.
***TRwP***
"Welcome fellow Titans to the, soon to be annual, 'Teen Titans Convention'." Robin proudly declared, as their fellow superheroes arrived.
"Yeah yeah, get on with it bird boy." Speedy replied back, earning a few snickers and a glare from Robin.
"Remind me again why we made him a Titan…." The boy wonder muttered.
"Because you are way too much of an ego maniac not to invite your redheaded clone?"
"Thank you Cyborg…."
"So what is the point of all this Robin?" Bumblebee inquired.
"Glad you asked the point is that so far each of the teams has been relatively segmented to our own sections. Sure we share information occasionally on villains but rarely anything more than that. Recent events have shown me that we need to build better team relations so that should the need arise to create a unique group from various areas that we are all aware of what everyone is capable of, and that we know that everyone can get along enough to do what is needed."
Various nods of agreement were seen allowing the boy to continue his announcements.
"Also I think we can all agree that we have been a bit overworked lately and since you have all made the trip out here we are more than willing to provide you all with a bit of a miniature vacation."
That elicited a few cheers before the various heroes spread out in the common room and began their individual conversations, while Robin went to locate the other team leaders.
***TRwP***
"Hello Raven how have you been?"
"Not bad Argent, yourself?"
"Oh same old same old, I heard your team had a bit of a snag last month?"
"Yeah it was a bit of a close on, dealing with black magic is always a bit of a risk after all."
"Indeed, by the way have you seen Beast Boy around?"
"Uh yeah he's over talking to Aqualad, why?"
"Oh just wanted to catch up with him. I haven't seen him in a while after all."
Moments later said boy noticed the two chatting, and politely excused himself to head over and speak to the two pale girls.
"Hey Argent, how have you been?"
"Good and you?"
"Certainly can't complain. I haven't heard from you in a while. Nothing's wrong I hope."
"Nah just got caught up in everything that has been going on, plus getting back into the flow with the team."
"I see… still I want to thank you for what you did for me and my team."
"Don't worry about that, you thanked me plenty last time…"
***Flashback***
Argent gasped for breath, while struggling to push herself to her feet.
Glancing over she noticed that Red Star was still battling Wrestling Star, who was wearing a large mechanical suite furthering amplifying his physical abilities.
Hot Spot was down for the count, as was Thunder and Lightning, the latter of which was currently buried under some rubble.
At this point she wasn't sure that they would even survive this encounter, and began looking for an escape route for her team.
If only she could buy some time, then maybe the other could escape.
A loud crash from behind her alerted the gothic girl to the fact that her strongest companion had just been overpowered, and thrown through a nearby wall.
Glancing backwards she took note of the villain slowly striding towards her, a twisted grin on the man's masked face.
She attempted on last assault, launching a series of large energy rings to try and bind him to immobility.
It worked, for the first few moments, until a concentrated effort on the man's part shattered the wrappings.
He finally reached the girl, who managed to stand and glare up at him, refusing to show any fear in her last moments.
He pulled back his fist, intending on one last attack to finish the heroine off once and for all.
Just as he threw the punch a green blur intercepted the attack, spinning him around and tossing him across the room with his own momentum.
"You okay?"
Argent's eyes widened in shock at the sight in front of her, a green skinned boy towered over her, his suite consisting mostly of black and silver.
"B-Beast Boy?"
"The one and only, you don't look too good Argent."
"Wh-what are you doing here? Where are the other Titans?"
The boy shrugged and appeared to be in the process of answering before their enemy made his presence known once more.
"It appears another contender has entered the arena! Yet I fear no man!"
"Oh wow this guy is already starting to get on my nerves." The boy stated in a monotone voice befitting of his empathic teammate.
"Beast Boy be careful!" the pale skinned girl called out in a worried laced tone.
The changeling nodded before charging at his opponent, who ran forward to meet the boy as well.
The larger man tried for a grapple, only to have the hero slip past him.
He threw a powerful haymaker, only for it to be dodged.
His two handed overhead smash was likewise avoided.
Then Beast Boy went on the offensive.
An elbow to the face broke the man's nose, blinding him, a devastating kick to the side of his knee shattered the villain's ability to walk, much less stay standing. A slightly complicated grapple hold broke his arm in three places.
All the while Beast Boy mused on how difficult heroes made these fights for themselves.
They held back so much just to avoid hurting the 'bad guys' yet were met with lethal force each time that their enemies returned.
Sure there was no need to outright kill every villain, but snapping enough bones to prevent them from becoming a threat again wasn't the same as breaking a man's neck.
It was a miracle that superhero fatalities weren't more common.
The shapeshifter ended the fight by flipping over the armor clad man, grabbing his head in the process, and slamming it into the concrete.
The wrestler was lucky enough to just lose consciousness.
The green skinned boy returned to the fallen girl's side, gently picking her up bridal style and carrying her to where her team was recovering nearby.
***TRwP***
"So what are you doing here my green friend?" Red Star inquired, nursing a badly sprained arm.
"Oh I just happened to be in the area when I heard the commotion so I thought I would come by and see what was going on, glad I did."
"Yeah no kidding man thanks a ton for that assist." Hotspot chimed in, while helping Lightning limp back to their vehicle.
"So where are the other Titans? I thought Robin and all them would be right behind you?" Argent once again posed her question.
"Probably back in Jump City." The changeling replied, "I am working with another team on an extended mission and I haven't been in contact with the others. We didn't have the best of partings."
"I'm sorry to hear that, are you going to be in the area for a while still? We extra room at our HQ and you are more than welcome to stay." The pale girl offered a twinkle of mischief in her eyes.
Her teammates rolled their eyes are the girl's flirting.
"That won't be necessary we will be leav…" the hero was interrupted by a beeping from his communicator.
Upon taking it out he read the short message that had been sent to him, scowling a bit as he did so.
"Meetup yielded no results, will continue investigation in area. Take some time off while we are here, think of it as a miniature vacation and enjoy yourself. –M"
His team leader had been insistent on the boy taking some personal time for the last month or so. True the man was a hardass of the highest caliber but even he understood that 'working' constantly was not good for anyone, which could mean death in their line of employment.
"Actually that sounds nice, I appreciate it."
"Uh Argent, we don't really have any extra rooms remember? The guest room was converted into storage room two months ago."
"Oh my your right Thunder, I guess I can always let him stay with me… I am very thankful for his assistance after all." The goth smirked as she replied.
'Subtle….' The other Titan's members thought in unison.
***TRwP***
It hadn't taken long for the two Titans to begin dating, and soon after that a heated love affair, if the gasps and moans from her room were any indication.
Unfortunately for both they realized it would never be a long term thing, the combination of being a superhero and the distance posing too great of obstacles.
So when the time came and The Doom Patrol were finally able to locate a new lead the two lovers spent one final night saying goodbye to each other, before the Titans waved their companion off.
***End Flashback***
The goth smirked, remembering the events just as clearly as the boy did, and gave him a seductive smile.
"Any chance we can have an encore of that month?" she purred out.
"Well with our lack of space there will be some co habitation…"
"Oh don't worry about that Beast Boy I am sure that Argent wouldn't mind staying with me in my room. We have so much to catch up on after all." Raven interrupted while glaring at the pale girl, who smiled in reply.
Her empathic senses had easily picked up the raw lust pouring off of her distant teammate, and quite frankly she didn't appreciate it being focused towards her green skinned friend… lover? Either way she didn't appreciate it.
"Darn, well I am sure we will run into each other from time to time in the next few days. I have always wanted to take a private dip in your pool…"
Beast Boy smiled towards his former lover, easily understanding the innuendo.
"Hey Beast Boy! Whats up man?" Hotspot and the other members of Argent's team called out, as they made their way towards the boy to catch up with him.
Meanwhile Raven practically dragged the other girl away from the group of boys, looking for a quiet place to get an explanation.
***TRwP***
"So what's this all about Raven, it isn't like you to act so forceful. This wouldn't have anything to do with your lack of 'beast' time would it?" Jinx inquired her and Starfire having noticed the incident and making sure to follow their friend and monitor her odd behavior.
"What does she mean by… ohh." Argent joined in the smirking with the pinkette. "So you have had some experience with our large green friend as well have you?"
"He is my teammate Argent, and I brought you here to make sure that you were not taking advantage of him."
"Uh huh… trust me girl if there is anyone taking advantage of the situation, it was both of us. And it was quite mutual I assure you." The goth replied.
"Oooooh sounds like you have a bit of a rival Raven." Jinx grinned as Starfire giggled behind her.
"Oh yes, you must settle this on the field of battle as is the custom on my planet."
The three girls turned towards the Tamaranean, confusion and a bit of fear in their eyes.
Was she suggesting that they fight for the boy?
"Uh Star what if they just talk it over instead? Fighting each other seems a bit intense even in this kind of situation don't you think?"
"Nonsense Jinx, this is the only way to truly settle a dispute among two lovers wishing for the affection of another. They both battle in the bedroom to see who is able to bring the prize to a louder passionate roar."
The three girls gaped at their friend, blushes appearing on all of their faces at what the 'innocent' princess had just suggested.
"But perhaps you are correct, it would be better to merely share in the experience. Perhaps you would have room for one more in the lover's entanglement?" the alien inquired.
As luck would have it Cyborg and Robin and walked over towards the gathering, hoping that everything was alright with their fellow teammates, and overheard the last comment.
Robin immediately passed out.
Cyborg froze up, muttering something about how Beast Boy had just "won at life".
Jinx fell to the floor laughing.
***TRwP***
"So Beast Boy, I heard that you and Raven are a couple now." Argent called out, as she walked into the indoor pool that the shapeshifter was busy doing laps in.
The teen halted his exercises, before taking a look at the towel wrapped girl.
"I guess so, I mean we definitely have a connection but after the one time we haven't actually decided what we are. Not sure if it was a onetime thing or if she is interested in more."
"I see… so you are still single then?" the gothic girl inquired, as she neared the shallow end of the pool with the steps leading into the water.
The boy shrugged in response.
To be honest the situation was beginning to bother him and he had asked Raven about it, but the girl hadn't given a direct answer. She had just responded with an excuse on needing to sort through her emotions and figure out what was going on in the team before they made any commitments.
He was hoping to be in some kind of relationship with the girl, his feelings for her had only grown since his return to the Titans and he had been longing to explore them more openly.
"I guess if I had some kind of 'relationship status' it would be 'it is complicated'." The boy chuckled, earning a smile and understanding nod from the girl.
"Well if you need anything I am always available to talk… or more if you are interested…" with that the heroine cast aside her towel onto the floor, and entered the water.
The problem was that she wasn't wearing a bathing suit. In fact she wasn't wearing anything.
Beast Boy's eyes widened in surprise as the teen slowly swam over to him.
"And if it doesn't end up working out between you two… I would be very happy to pick up where we left off."
Raven growled from the shadows.
She had taken to watching her teammate while he had been swimming earlier, engrossed in the way that his muscles were able to push him through the water so easily, every movement accentuated by his emerald skin.
But now this… hussy… was making a move on him.
She had no right to do so!
The half demon watched, enraged, as the girl leaned up and placed a gentle kiss on the object of her affections lips, before staring back into his eyes.
That was all Raven could stand.
Walking out of the portal she made her presence known with a loud clearing of her throat.
"As you are our guest Argent I am sure you were unaware of our rules, but there is no skinny dipping in the Titan's pool, sorry."
"Ah my mistake, sorry about that I must have left my bikini at home during the packing, any chance you have an extra?"
Raven held back the urge to growl and pounce on the nude girl.
"I'll see what I can find, but don't count on anything too flattering."
The pale girl shrugged, before slowly making her way out of the water, purposefully swaying her hips to keep the young boy's eyes on her figure, and bending quite low in order to pick up her discarded towel.
"I'll see you later Beast Boy."
The teen gave a wordless, slack jawed nod as towel clad girl left.
"Sorry Beast Boy, but you know the rules."
"It's okay Rae, I was pretty much done anyway." The hero replied, as he too exited the pool… completely nude.
Raven's eyes practically popped out of her head as her lover picked up a dark purple towel and left to change.
"Maybe it is time to get some of these silly rules removed…" the empath muttered, her emoticlones agreeing in a loud chorus.
***TRwP***
"Hey Rae, what's the big emergency you called me for?" the young changeling asked, as he walked into the empath's room, only to see the girl tucked into her cloak with a strange look in her eyes.
A look that made him feel a bit uncomfortable.
An animalistic stare.
"I was hoping to clear something up with you Beast Boy." The girl replied, her monotone cracking slightly.
"Uh… okay… and what would that be?" Now the boy was nervous, as he noticed the door slide shut and lock behind him.
"I think we need to establish what exactly is going on between us, but before that…" the sorceress parted her cloak, revealing that she was not wearing anything underneath it. "I want to remind you that you don't need anyone else to remain… satisfied."
Beast Boy took a slow gulp, as his teammate advanced on him.
***TRwP***
Robin awoke to the beeping that signaled an incoming message on the video system. After a bit of stretching to remove the annoying pain in his back from sleeping on the floor, he had given Speedy his bed after the redhead had made a comment about seeing if there was any extra room with Starfire.
Making his way to the nearest control console he typed a few keys which brought up the image of his father figure.
"Batman"
"Robin"
"To what do I owe the early morning call?"
"We need to talk."
"About?"
"I will explain when we get there, prepare for our arrival in one hour."
"We?"
"The League is coming with me."
***A/N***
Aaaaaand cliffhanger!
Sorry for not doing Argent's accent, I tried looking up what it would be like online and it didn't seem very easy to type out. If anyone has suggestions on how to do so and could take the time to explain it I would be very appreciative.
I hope everyone enjoyed my attempt at being flirtatious through the various characters, my own flirting skills are mediocre at best.
As of right now the plan for the story will continue to be BBxRae, thus far the majority seems to want this more than any other group relationships. If this changes I might add in something to put Beast Boy ahead of Robin and Cyborg.
Next chapter will be another non-combat chapter and the start of a pseudo Arc. This will be bringing up some very… interesting issues for our favorite green shapeshifter.
Hope everyone enjoyed!