Alex appeared on top of Titan Tower, Nightwing, and Raven were there to greet him.
"Hey guys, how's the day going for you so far?"
"Good so far only had to stop Hive from robbing the bank, and then had pizza," Nightwing said while Raven nearly fell to her knees.
"What are you?" Raven panted as if she were finishing a long hard run.
"Dimensional traveler," Alex said while stepping to her and picking her up he focused on her pattern and smiled.
"Uh how are you touching her, anyone else touches her and her father reacts through her to push them away," Nightwing said shocked that someone was able to touch his friend.
"My bloodline makes Trigon look like an ant, and he knows it so he's being a good little doggy and staying away from me," Alex said with a grin.
"I can't feel him," Raven said with wonder in her voice.
"Yeah and while he is hiding in a corner and can't hear us talking I'm going to make you an offer, " Alex said while nodding toward the door.
Nightwing nodded and went to open the door for them as Alex carried Raven in a princess carry, he waited inside the door for Nightwing to lead the way while Raven almost desperately clung to him.
"What's the offer?" Raven asked as he followed Nightwing through the hallway to the room that had a large TV and Simi circle couch.
Starfire and Cyborg were there watching TV and looked up when they entered, "Raven are you feeling the unwell?"
"No, I'm fine better than fine right now, I'm temporarily free of my father," Raven said with an almost happy voice.
"My offer is two options, One I take you to a reality Trigon can't reach you in," Alex said while watching the face of the Titans all looked shocked.
"That's not happening," Cyborg and Nightwing said together while Starfire looked lost
"And Option Two is I make you Starfire's sister," Alex said with a grin.
"That should be option One," all the Titans said.
"Yeah I know but it's not as fun seeing you agree to the first option, " Alex stated while Raven almost borrowed into his chest.
"She can become my sister?" Starfire asked eyes sparkling.
"Yeah, though she will lose her magic in return she will get your power set."
"How will that help Raven?" Cyborg asked.
"Her DNA that's the doorway he uses to get to this plane."
"But my brothers are here couldn't he use them?" Raven asked.
"No, he opened a small portal for them to get here when they reach a certain level of strength the dimension will kick them out, Raven on the other hand was born from a woman from this dimension, hence the doorway with her alive or related to him the dimension will fight him but she will be the anchor."
"So making Raven to be my sister is the best way to stop him?" Starfire asked hope growing brighter just like her eyes.
"Yeah, that's it."
" Will I get her strange taste in food?" Raven asked almost purring as she now didn't even feel a hint of Trigon.
"No that's more to do with her home planet and her enjoying your reactions to some of the odd things."
"Hey, no fair to tell my secrets," Starfire pouted.
"Some of that was poking fun at us?" Nightwing asked.
"Yes especially when I eat the gooey things," Starfire pouted even more.
"Also her tastebuds are slightly different from humans, it's why she can eat you all under the table when it comes to jalapeƱos," Alex stated with a grin.
"Ohh those are yummy and sweet."
"And candy?"
"Blah, they burn except for the chocolate ice cream."
"Okay getting sidetracked here so Raven what is your choice?"
Raven hemmed and haaed for a few minutes, "I guess I will take the sister then I will have no trouble being around."
Alex had to brace himself as Starfire turned herself into a missile, and latched onto Raven, as she did this Alex took a scan of her and then overwrote Trigon's DNA with that of Starfire's father's.
"Now for the most part you'll have similar powers, I don't know how much of your abilities came from Trigon or how much came from you practicing, try them out after you spend a few days sunbathing to change up," Alex said while standing and letting Raven slide out of his arms.
"He's gone even without you near me," Raven practically squealed.
"Yep and that's my job done, now I need to hit up a gold exchange and get some cash before moving on to the next city and talking an old man into letting me study a gizmo he made," Alex said with a grin.
"Gold exchange and old man?" Nightwing asked looking confused.
"Yeah I need money and the first Green Lantern of Earth made his battery and ring from an asteroid."
"Oh yeah, Batman has a file on the Justice Society from fifty years ago, but I think he passed away a few years ago, and the Guardians of Oa took his ring and battery, " Nightwing said after a few seconds of thought.
"Aww crap those stingy bastards don't let anyone outside the Lantern Corp from looking at their toys," Alex swore.
"Yeah Hal said that they have so much hidden away that they don't know what is stored away anymore," Nightwing said.
"Oh well I guess no infinite power source, I guess I will just go around exchanging gold and jewels all over the place to keep from crashing the gold market," Alex said while walking to a window and looking out over the bay and saw something odd, "I didn't know you guys had a giant robot here."
"We don't," The Titans said while rushing to the window.
"Well then what's that?" Alex asked pointing to the robot towering over the buildings.
"Control Freak," Cyborg said his eye glowing.
"Titans Go!!!" Nightwing called out.
When Raven went to follow Alex pushed her back into the seat, "Right now you are too weak, give it a few days but for now take off the cloak and get some sun to charge up."
"But I can't let my friends fight him without me, he's a tricky one," she said while trying to get up again only for him to stop her with a finger on the top of her head.
"Yeah, he's tricky but has he ever really caused damage, or he has just told really bad jokes then you guys catch him?"
" Uhh yeah most of the time it's like that," she said remembering most of the time their fights with Control Freak were like that.
"And the reason for that is simple he gets bored with his day job and you guys give him the distraction he needs to get back in the swing of things," Alex told her as they watched out the window as the other Titans fought the robot.
"Hey what's a traveler doing here we've been pretty balanced and the pillars are strong," a voice said from the TV.
Alex waved it off as Control Freak stepped out of the TV and looked at Alex then Raven, "You're not sick are you?" he asked Raven actual concern in his voice and on his face.
" Nah she just needs a charge, I'm passing through, I'm a newborn traveler and this is my first stop I'll be traveling to the next stop tomorrow but while here I've changed a few things like Superman and his family other than mom and dad got powers now Uh let's see I fixed Superboy has got more than five years and M'gann is now a green and her ships a little better than a Javelin now," Alex said while sitting down and pulling a few drinks out of his hammerspace and passing them out.
Control Freak looked at Alex with a blank expression for a second before grinning, "And Raven?"
"Now she is Starfire's half-sister on her father's side and no longer a conduit for Trigon."
"How that's a top-level traveler power there?"
"Grandad is the top boss and infinity is my Grandmother."
"Ohh that's fine then your changes can't be revoked."
"Nope, So what's up with the robot?"
"Came across a team with Xander Harris with them for some reason and he said I may need to go get some real downtime instead of playing with the Titans so one last game before I go traveling myself."
"Nice, me and the little woman and our daughter are going to hit the SGC soon I think if I get the navigation right."
"Seeing the sights?"
"Nah she's a clone of Sam and Dad gave me the address."
"A newborn and you already have a kid?"
"Was still unstable when I landed on the league conference table they took me to medical and Kara literally ran into me and I copied her power set and got overloaded and instinctively created a little girl that's biologically mine and Sam's with Karas powers."
"Oh okay, so how long till you leave?"
"Tomorrow morning most likely but I'm a new breed as well Plane's Walker and Dimensional Traveler so I can easily get back here now that I've been here."
"Any advice you can think of?"
"Yeah if you can get a controller implemented subdermal, you never know when it will come in handy."
"Huh yeah that's not a bad idea," Control Freak said before finishing up his drink and then standing and walking to the TV, "You've made keeping the pillars up easier you know, I'll be bored for a while yet."
" Sorry about that didn't know this was a pillar world till I saw you, " Alex apologized.
"It's fine I've got a few I patrol so one being sturdier than the others isn't going to be a problem," Control Freak said as he entered the TV and walked away, as he did the giant robot vanished into thin air.
"What was all of that?" Raven demanded.
"Huh? Oh introductions and a little get-to-know-me kinda thing," Alex said with a shrug.
"And the pillars?"
"Umm some realities are held up by metaphorical pillars, Control Freak goes around making sure that the pillars are stable and strong."
"Then why attack the city and play the games?"
"You and the team do what most of the time?" Alex asked in return.
"We fight crime and super-powered people who go bad," Raven said with a shrug.
"And if he just popped out of your TV and tried to advise you all or just to chat?"
"Umm, the first time he did that we attacked him," Raven said embarrassed.
"Yep so now he pulls out a mob of creatures for you all to fight and he sits back talking or tossing out jokes."
Raven slowly nodded then it hit her, "He's been giving us advice and tips while we fought the creatures."
"Bingo and I'm willing to bet most of the time he shows up when you guys are in a slump."
"Now that you mention it."
"Yeah but keep it to yourself, if the team realizes it is all a setup to get them motivated it may not be effective anymore," Alex pointed out as Raven nodded in understanding.
"And me, now that I know?"
"Cheerleader?"
"Yeah I can do that," Raven said after some thought.
"Alright I'm going to scoot before the others get back, and don't forget to update the league on your new status," Alex said finishing his drink and then standing up just in time for the window to fly open admitting two children dressed similarly to Wonder Woman.
"DADDY," "Uncle," the two said together.
"You two snuck off didn't you?" Alex asked with a sigh.
"Mommy was trying to learn cookin," Karen said with a scrunched-up nose.
"Mama got called out to fight Cheetah," Stephanie said while looking around the room.
Raven sat there looking lost, "Umm?"
Alex smiled as he scooped the two girls into a hug mostly to keep them from flying off, "My daughter Karen and her friend Stephanie who is the daughter of Wonder Woman and Superman," he said slightly lifting each when giving their names.
"Uhh, I thought Superman was with Lois?"
"He is he just donated half of what was needed for Stephanie to be born, Lois threw a fit when Wonder Woman just asked for him to help her with a child," Alex chuckles thinking about the other night.
"Daddy we didn do the cake and i cream for Stepney birfday, Me and Conna gots it for our birthday," Karen suddenly said.
"Umm I'll talk to ma about it," Alex said while imagining these two hyped on sugar.
"Yay," Both girls cheered then looked to Raven.
The sudden focus from the two made Raven nervous, "Daddy she needs shopping, she is only in her bathing suit."
"No that's her hero suit," Alex explained while absently flicking a suit pellet at Raven and almost laughing at her panic when it covered her for a second before forming itself to be her normal get up.
"A little warning would have been nice," Raven mumbled as she felt out the suit.
"Where's the fun in that? by the way that'll become anything you can imagine for clothes."
" Really?" Raven asked while her leotard and cloak were replaced by a deep purple shirt and pants, when the cowl was removed the red jewl fell from her forehead.
"Uh, I thought that was embedded like those jewels or red dots Hindu women had centuries ago?"
"No I was just keeping it there for safe keeping, father used it to try and get here through it through me but now its just a jewel," Raven said picking it up.
"Huh?"
"It was made from the blood from my umbilical cord," she said while examining it and no longer saw her former fathers eyes looking out of it.
"Ahh yeah, keep it your mother is also a part of it and the change must have got that too cause it had blood in it and was touching you."
Suddenly Ravens eyes filled with tears.
"Girls hug," Alex said pointing to Raven.
Karen and Stephanie immediately latched onto Raven who gathered them into her arms and began bawling.
Alex stepped away and tapped his earpiece, "Traveler to Nightwing, Raven needs you guys."
"We're two minutes out, what's wrong?"
"She's finally able to feel the grief of losing her mother."
"Got it we're almost there," Nightwing said just as the T-car flew to the roof of the tower.
The other three came running into the room a minute later to find Raven crying and hugging two little girls.
"Raven, what is the reason you are shedding the tears?" Starfire asked as she joined the hugging.
"M M my mother," Raven said releasing Karen to show the jewel that formally rested on her forehead.
"Huh?" Nightwing and Cyborg asked totally lost.
"I uh may have reminded her that, that blood gem holds her mother's blood as well as hers," Alex explained.
"And the crying?" Cyborg asked still confused.
"She couldn't grieve her mother's passing, the emotional outburst could have done some major damage."
"Ohhhh, that's harsh."
"Yeah," Alex said while watching the teen as she cried herself to sleep.
"Star get her to her room and stay with her, she's going to be moody for a while so don't take anything she may do or say too seriously," Nightwing said shocked that he had not thought of Raven ever needing the emotional support she is going to need soon.
Starfire picked Raven and the two girls up and carried them out of the room to put Raven in her room.
"Girls come here, you did good but it's time for her friends to be there for her," Alex called out to the little girls.
"Okay," they coursed before floating to him.
Starfire followed the two with her eyes then she glanced at Nightwing with a wistful look, "Oh yeah I forgot I need to give Starfire something you two play with Cyborg and Nightwing here for a minute or so, just don't hurt them."
"Hurt us?" the two asked.
"Yep these two are as strong as Wonder Woman," Alex called out behind him as he jogged to catch up with Starfire who was trying to hold Raven and open the door to Raven's room.
"Here I got it," he said reaching around to open the door.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
She lay Raven on the bed in the sparsely decorated room with black-out windows, "Yeah that's got to go or she'll starve of sunlight."
"Friend Raven does not like the light, she said it disrupts her meditation," Starfire said while running her fingers through Raven's hair getting a small smile from Raven even in her sleep.
"Yeah that's not going to be a problem now, she may still meditate but that'll be from years of habit," Alex said while smiling, "Do you know what she normally wears to sleep in?"
"Yes her sleep clothes are here," Starfire said while opening a wardrobe and pulling out an oversized shirt and boxers.
"Lay them on her please?"
She then looked at Alex when Raven's suit absorbed the clothes and reformed into her sleeping clothes.
"Gave her a new suit that reform to whatever she wants," Alex said passing Starfire a pellet that took on her suit's appearance.
"This is the cool," she said while rapidly changing her clothes until she changed back to her normal get-up.
"Yeah, I thought you would like it now you need to get Raven to help you talk Nightwing and Cyborg into a shopping spree and show off your choices to Nightwing just remember you guys are young and he'll come around sooner or later."
Starfire looked confused for a moment until she realized what he was talking about, "Will he like me like that?"
"Pretty sure he's getting that way just give it time and just be you."
"And friend Raven. I have seen his eyes follow her sometimes?"
"That's something you all will need to work out, you both are very beautiful and strong young women and he is a teen male, he is going to notice any female especially when you two wear those uniforms when out fighting crime."
"But they are easy to move in when in combat, " Starfire said while looking down at her clothes.
"Yes but they also allow men to peek at your bottom and cleavage."
The orange girl blushed causing a few hidden freckles show up as she tries to cover her bottom with her hand, " That is not for anyone but my mate to see."
"And Raven when you join her in the shower to help wash her hair and get her to wash yours," Alex said while watching the girl blush even more.
"It's a bonding time that I can not share with the others," Starfire said while getting a far off look in her eyes.
"Yes as well as your people's female's being bi-sexual by nature helps."
Starfire's shoulders slumped but her blush reached epic proportions, "Will she hate me now?"
"I doubt it, she's had to repress herself, just continue as normal, if she truly didn't want you to be in her room or shower do you think you could have been able to get in?" Alex sent a wink to Raven who was trying to seem to be sleeping but he could see an eye watching him while she was blushing.
"Oh, I do hope to continue with the sharing of the shower especially when..."
"Please say no more that's private stuff you are about to share and I don't need to know it," Alex said stopping her from possibly saying more and causing Raven to faint.
"Now sit here with your friend and be here when she need comfort, just remember her emotions will probably rapidly change until she can get them under control," he said while walking to the door hiding a smile as he saw Raven closing her eye.
Alex returned to the TV room to find Karen and Stephanie wrestling with Cyborg while Nightwing watched from the couch with a smile.
"You young man are in for an interesting future, " Alex said while patting Nightwing on the shoulder dropping a pellet at the same time.
"What the..." Nightwing started as the suit covered and absorbed all but his gadgets and tools.
"Instant suit up if you are on a date and have to suddenly fight crime," Alex said while watching the girls somehow twist Cyborg into a loop backwards without breaking him.
"A little warning would have been nice."
"Yeah but less entertaining for me, so how did this come about?"
"Not sure truthfully, first they were talking about how the girls flew around the world looking for you and how a metal man with a glowing green rock in his chest attacked them in some mountains where he was digging up more glowing green rocks, and Cyborg asked how they took him out and you get that," Nightwing said gesturing to the three who were now doing a tug-of-war with Cyborg as the rope.
"Metalo?"
"Metalo."
"I said not to break them," Alex called out as Cyborgs body began to creak and groan.
"We were being careful Daddy, we are almost done wif the battle," Karen said while the two let Cyborg down.
"Yeah we weren't goin to throw this man to the moon," Stephanie added with a smile so sweet Nightwing felt a cavity form.
Alex sighed and tapped his ear,"Traveler to the WatchTower, did Metalo impact the moon?"
'Yes we were tracking the two girls that threw him up there but lost them in Honolulu,' Guy answered.
"Yeah that's my daughter and Wonder Woman's daughter, search the area they fought Metalo he was digging up Kryptonite."
'On it, I'll put the word out on the girls though I should warn you that half the female league members want one of their own now Diana is bragging,'
"Yeah No Diana is under unfair restrictions, the other women can do it the normal way and get a man to put on in there or go to a sperm bank and get help there," Alex said and sighed when he heard some women on the other side groaning.
'They heard you and aren't happy,'
"Yeah and who's going to watch over a couple of dozen super-powered kids while mom is out fighting crime?"
'Wow that shut them up quick, ow ow cut it out,' Guy nearly cried on the other end of the call.
Alex ended the call and looked to the girls, "Next time you find a bad guy knockem out and wait for an adult to take them away."
"Okay," the two said together.
"So Raven good?" Cyborg asked as he stood up his body popping and creaking as dents and dings repaired themselves.
"Yeah she'll need some time but she's good."
Cyborg sighed as he moved to the couch and sat, "We nearly lost her to Trigon a while back it was not fun and took her a while to come out of her room."
"Yeah she had to get her emotions locked down again and stopped from possibly having a out burst that could have let him through again, " Alex told them while looking Cyborg over.
"Ohh we thought she was hiding from us in fear that we would kick her out of the team and tower," Nightwing said while his suit changed from one version of his old Robin uniforms to various styles of the Nightwing set.
"How you doing that?"
"I give some of the heroes I meet a bio- suit which I am afraid I can not give you, not enough of your biological body left for the suit to bond with," Alex said while shaking his head.
"It's fine I've gotten used to it and so have the people of the city, plus I have a holographic watch to go civilian," Cyborg said with a shrug.
"Okay but I am traveling I may come across something that you may be able to use to regain your biological parts but keep the powers and implants."
"Really?"
"Yeah the girlfriend runt and I are dimensional travelers, anything is possible out there."
"But I'll have to go away from my fwiends," Karen almost cried out.
Alex scooped up the two sad girls and sat in a chair, " We'll make visits, your mother's are good friends already do you think mommy will let me forget to come for visits?"
"No mommy will be mad and make you sleep onn the couch," Karen sniffed out.
"Yeah and let me tell you that couch is good for sitting on but isn't warm enough without mommy to keep me warm and I like warm," He said getting chuckles from everyone.
Alex stood with a child on each arm hanging like ornaments, " Well let's get going I still need money," Alex started before his earpiece beeped.
"Yes?" he asked after getting Karen tap it on.
'The ladies want to meet Stephanie and Karen are you still with the Titans?' Diana asked.
"Yeah was about to leave to get somethings done, oh yeah Karen reminded me we didn't throw Stephanie a birthday party so we may be in trouble."
'I'll send word to ma to get things ready, oh yes StarLabs purchased the Kryptonite the girls stopped Metalo from digging up, what should I do with Karen's half?
"Bank it We'll be popping up every now and then so her having it'll make things easier."
'Very well, I'll be on top of the tower in a minute.'
" Okay see you soon," Alex said just before the call cut off.
Alex led the group to the top of the tower where he found Diana and Dinah waiting for them.
"Mama," Stephanie squealed out before flying and tackeling Diana who caught her with a laugh.
Dinah stepped to Alex's side and took Karen off his arm and hugged her close.
"Hi ladies having a good day so far?"
"I was until a little while ago," Dinah said while tickling Karen's belly.
Sighing Alex looked her over, "You were going to ask for a child?"
"I can't..." she started to say but he cut her off.
"Ask Lois, Sam, or J'onn, I've only got myself Superman or J'onn to father the kid," he told her looking at her pain-filled eyes.
"Umm I'll find out and meet up with you after the party for Stephanie."
"Alright, that sounds like a plan."
" Time to return I start overwatch in a few minutes," Diana called out to them.
"Are there any others that can't naturally have children?"
"I'm not sure but I can ask the medical team to look for me," Dinah said while holding Karen even closer.
"Do that well probably be back in a month or two, if they absolutely can't I'll see what I can do for them plus I may have a few new father models to look into, if the homosexuals complain tell them to get with other homosexuals of the opposite gender and do invitro."
"I'll get you a copy of our people that can't," Dinah said while returning to Diana's side.
"Okay and if she gets too troublesome contact me or get her to Sam," Alex said pointing to Karen.
"But I'ma good girl, " Karen said with a sweet smile that could melt even the heart of anyone.
"Oh I need the location of Victor Freeze," Alex said while looking around to see what way to go after he was done in the city.
"He was last seen in the Arctic, he thinks he has found something that may help Nora," Diana said wrapping Stephanie up in a hug.
Alex nodded then lifted off the tower after the women and girls teleported away, "You all have fun and watch out for the younger kids the league is forming a team with, you guys can give them pointers the league members may overlook."
Nightwing nodded, "Batman mentioned that this morning, he's going to put the new Robin and Batgirl on the team."
"New Batgirl, what happened to the last one?"
"Paralyzed after Joker was foiled, a member of his gang shot her, Joker broke loose of his cuffs and beat him into a coma then apologized to her, it freaked the Bat out."
"Yeah Joker likes to play his games with him but he never actually kills or permanently hurts anyone," Alex stated while looking toward Gotham to find Barbra Gordon.
"Yeah the only time someone died was when the Joker gas was contaminated with chlorine but the guy that died was going to use the gas in a dirty bomb," Nightwing said while looking over the city, " Batgirl getting hurt is why I moved here, I couldn't take the life there anymore."
"Yeah that's not going to be a problem for much longer I did a cleansing spell over the city."
"That was you? The news has been yammering about the cause of the lights over Gotham for two days now," Cyborg nearly shouted.
"Yeah, but I talked to Lois about it right after I did it," Alex said confused, "I guess she's waiting for some confirmation from the city to put it in the paper.
"She may like to get facts straight before publishing her stuff," Nightwing said while nodding.
"Well I'm going to sell some gold and jewels, you guys have fun, also if you can contact Barb and see if she'll let me heal her my com ID is 'Traveler' Let me know what she says."
" You know our names?" Nightwing asked looking shocked and confused.
"Yeah, I know just about everyone's ID,"
"Do you know mine?" Cyborg asked.
"First do you know each other's real names?"
"Yeah kinda hard to hide it here in the tower, " Nightwing admitted.
"Victor Stone, Dick Grayson, Rachel Roth and Koriand'r Princess of the Tamaran people," Alex ticked off.
The two nodded at each name but looked confused when he said princess of the Tamaran people.
"Star is a princess?"
Alex shrugged, "One of many of a scattered people who don't really get all high and mighty about it."
"Oh okay then we will wait for her to tell us," Nightwing said getting a nod from Cyborg.
"Oh yeah let Raven know her skin color will slowly change to be similar to Starfire's but her hair color will stay the same."
The two nodded, "We'll tell her anything else?"
"Nah she knows that she'll need to practice on her powers and some may have changed."
At their nods he waved and flew into the city, as he landed on a pier jutting out into the sea his clothes shifted from a hero outfit to street clothes.
He walked around to find the exchange, he eventually had to ask a police officer for directions.
After finding the place he facepalmed because he had no ID in the world, giving that idea up he tapped his earpiece, "Traveler to watchtower is Green Arrow on or off duty?"
