This is something extra in my other story: "The Alternated Future". You have to read it to understand what's going on. This is for the ones who liked this future couple!
Takes place in about a year after Mari and Lance came back from the past!
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans!
Claimer: But I do own Lance, Phoebe (Phoenix) and Blake (Black Bird)!
Mari & Lance
A young blond boy about 13 years old was standing on the roof of Titans Tower. He was looking at the blue sky with the same color of his eyes. With the hands in his pockets, he was waiting for someone very special for him, someone with the eyes as green as emeralds.
He heard footsteps behind him; he didn't turn, though he looked with the corner of the eyes, who was also at the roof, his leader, Nightwing. The man walked till he gets by the boy's side at the edge of the roof.
"Nightwing, did you come here to wait for your wife?" the boy asked.
"Maybe" he answered "But what are you doing up here?"
"Waiting for Mari"
"That's what I thought… I noticed you missed my daughter a lot, during Star's and Mari's travel to Tamaran…"
"Well, I'll admit it; otherwise you'll make me do it anyway, so yeah; I miss her, a lot"
"I also miss Starfire a lot, but they needed to go there, Star was anxious to show Mari her home planet"
"I know, sometimes I think that it must be difficult for her, I mean, live in another planet so different"
"Maybe sometimes, but she has us, her friends and family"
"You're right, but I still miss her a lot…" Lance said looking at the sky "Her smiles, her voice, her beautiful green eyes, her hair, her long legs, her curves…" Lance said daydreaming in remembrances of Mari, but he was suddenly cut by Nightwing.
"Okay, I got the message, you better stop talking about my daughter's body or else I'm gonna push you off that roof" Nightwing said intimidating him.
"Sorry sir…"
"That's better" Nightwing said rolling hid eyes beneath his mask, spotting 2 green trails coming to Earth "Look up there, they're back"
Lance quickly turned his gaze back to the sky, finding both trails entering in the atmosphere really fast, passing through the clouds; in a matter of only a few minutes, both green trails revealed a beautiful woman with red hair and a young girl about 14 years, they were Starfire and Mari. Both landed on the roof of Titans Tower, in front of Nightwing and Lance. Starfire was the first one to hug her beloved, but Mari followed her right behind, quickly hugging Lance, who blushed; he really like Mari, though he never told her and vice versa.
"Oh Lance, you were waiting here for me?" she asked happily, she was just a little taller than him, though it was mainly because of the high hells she used, without them, she's be as tall as him.
"Y-ye-yeah" he stuttered getting redder.
Starfire smiled at it and turned back to look at her husband she showed all the love and how much she missed him just by the look in her eyes, he smiled to see it and muttered "I missed you too" and so she pulled him into a deep, passionate kiss. Just then he realized how much he missed her lips in his, he embraced her tight, feeling the need to sense her body next him again.
"Ahem…" Mari interrupted "I am truly deeply sorry to interrupt you mom and dad, but please don't do this in front of us that much…"
"Sorry my daughter, but after this whole week in my home planet I really missed your father"
"I understand. Daddy, I missed you as well" Mari told him while flying and hugging him.
"I also missed you, my little girl" he quickly glared at Lance and turned back to look at her "We are going inside to tell the others you both arrived"
"Oh, Nightwing! I have so many things to tell you! First, when we were going there, I taught Mari how to fly faster; she did it very well…" Starfire started talking, her voice slowly vanishing while both walked away.
"So Lance, did you manage to fight evil and protect yourself well during my absence?" Mari asked still flying, too happy to put her feet down to the floor.
"Yes I did. And how was your trip?"
"Very well! Uncle Ryan even taught me some battle moves he learned when he was learning fighting techniques out of Tamaran!"
She exclaimed ready to tell him everything that happened, but the moment was cut when the alarm rang. Cinderblock was causing trouble in town (okay, I didn't have any idea of what could attack, but since Cinderblock is made of stone, he doesn't really gets old, right?)
All the Titans headed to the town, though the Titans were just there if needed, they wanted to train their sons and daughters to replace them when they couldn't save the city anymore.
Phoebe, or rather, Phoenix, when she was fighting, was BB's daughter, green skin and hair, but she got the mother's purple eyes, she could transform in any animal just like her father, right now, she was in form of a bird to fly to the city.
Blake is the name of Raven's son, though in battles, he preferred to be called as Black Bird, since he could transform himself, like his mother, into a black energy raven. He inherited all Raven's powers and even most of her personality; his skin is pale and his hair is purple though his eyes were green like his father's.
The funnies thing about those twins is that her name means 'light' and his means 'black'. She has the light personality and he got the dark one, it defiantly came from their parents.
Mari, or rather, Nightstar, was flying next Lance, who was flying on a rock, using his powers to make it move, he could control the earth, most of the time. He was the only one that didn't use another name to fight, he has no hero name. All The Titans landed (or were landed) on the top of a building, watching what their sons were going to do to stop the enemy.
Cinderblock got a car and tried to throw at them; they deviated and prepared to attack.
"Black Bird, get the car he used against us and create a distraction, Phoenix, when he's distracted attack him with all you got as a tyrannosaurus!" They obeyed Nightstar, who had inherited her father's leader way. "Lance, throw some rocks at him!" She told him after Black Bird and Phoenix attacked, she threw starbolts at him.
Cinderblock fell on the floor, but it wasn't over yet, he stood up again and attacked the young Titans. Suddenly, Mari's powers failed again, making she fell on the floor, she sat up rubbing her head, opening an eye, than widening both when she saw Cinderblock running in her direction to attack her; though to her luck, he was stopped by a rock that was raised in front of her, protecting Mari and making Cinderblock bump into it. She looked up and saw Lance, his eyes glowing yellow as he tried to control the earth as best as he could to protect her.
Mari quickly got out of there, regaining her powers, she started to fly again and thanked him, both attacked Cinderblock once more, but he defended himself pushing both backwards, making Lance fell off the rock he was on.
"Lance, are you okay?" she asked standing up, he started to sit up.
"I think so… Mari, watch out!" He yelled seeing a car being thrown at them; she stopped it easily with her alien strength.
"Let's finish it! Phoenix put him on the floor!" Nightstar yelled, Phoebe turned into a dinosaur and with the tail made Cinderblock trip and fell on the floor "Black Bird, hold him!" Blake used his powers and held Cinderblock on the floor; Mari got some pipes and rolled it on him, immobilizing the enemy, finally. "It's over" she said putting the hands on her hips, something that Lance loved to see.
"Let's go home now?" Blake asked
"Already? I was just starting to have fun around here" Phoebe complained. Blake rolled his eyes.
"We shall go now, I need to rest, I'm really tired flying from Tamaran to here and then fighting…" Mari said
"Than hop up, I'll take you to the Tower"
Lance said giving her a hand, she accepted and hopped on the rock he was on, he put his hands around her waist and they started to fly back to the Tower, Lance enjoyed each moment; he couldn't stay that close with her to much, since her over protective father's eyes were always looking at him.
The afternoon was getting to the end; the sun was getting down hiding behind the horizon, Nightwing and Starfire were making out at the roof, watching the sunset; Raven and Blake were meditating; BB, Phoebe and Lance were playing games and Mari was looking for Cyborg, she found him at the new TV room, they made it because with so many people in the house one TV was not enough. He was watching an old sci-fi series, Star Trek.
"Uncle Cy, there you are" she said hopping up the sofa to sit on it.
"Hey little lady, how are you? I hope you rested; you seemed quite tired when we got back in here. Little Lance even had to care you…" he teased, it worked since she got red…
"Oh, stop it! Lance does not like me the way you think he does. He is just a friend"
"Yeah, right… You are as stubborn as your dad, I just hope you two don't take as long as your parents…" he sighed rolling his eyes, and then looking at the screen again
"So, you're watching Star Trek the Original series?"
"Yep. Might be old but the classics are the really good ones"
"You are right, uncle Cy" she agreed also looking at the screen "So, who is your favorite character?"
"Uhura. She was like the first black woman actress to get a main character in a series" he answered "What about you?"
"Spock. He's a hybrid just like me"
He giggled at her reason to choose him as a favorite character; both watched the rest of the episode in silence. After that, he continued to watch more sci-fi movies and series while she decided to see BB, Phoebe and Lance play, mainly because of the last one. Unfortunately for Mari, he was not there, she asked BB and Phoebe where he is, but they didn't know.
Mari searched everywhere inside the Tower, but didn't find him anywhere, so she thought he might be at the little island that supported the Tower, it was the only place closer to earth around here, and he liked to stay next it.
She wasn't wrong, she found him throwing rocks at the ocean, using his powers. She got closer and sat by his side.
"What are you doing here all alone?"
"Just wondering"
"Do you mind having my companionship?"
"Never" he said raising one side of his lips in a beautiful half smile "Wanna try?" he asked making a little rock levitate in front of her.
"Why not?" she grabbed it and threw at the sea, though it just fell inside it, she sighed.
"Try again" he gave her another rock; she still couldn't make it bop sometimes before entering into the water "Come on, it's not that difficult…" he gave her another small rock, she tried, and it bopped 2 times and fell.
"Yes I did it!"
"Yes you did" both laughed
"So, what were you wondering about?" she asked embracing her legs. He threw another rock at the sea, making it bop on the water some times.
"Just stuff…"
"Stuff that you won't tell me or that you don't want to tell me?"
"I can tell you, though I don't really want to talk about it"
"It's okay, you don't need to tell me if you don't want" she said in a gentle way, grabbing his hand. He smiled a small smile.
"I was just… wondering about… my mom. I don't remember her, I don't even know the day I was born, and I think I just wanted to talk with her, meet her or at least see her…" he admitted looking at the sea.
"I can't tell I know what you feel, but I can imagine… It must be hard for you…" she said holding his hand, he looked at her "And I must tell you something… Even though I was only about 4 years I remember some things that happened the day we find you at our island… Maybe because I'm half tamaranean and so I remember more things than humans, or maybe it's because I saw you the first time… All I know is that we started to take care of you, but that night, I woke up wanting to see cartoons, I turned the TV on, a few moments later, BB came back from somewhere"
"Where did he go?"
"He didn't tell me the place, he just told me he had to talk to an old friend, I insisted and he told me this friend was Terra… BB always had been the closest friend of her"
"My mom…" she nodded "Did he tell you anything else?"
"Nothing else… He made me promise I wouldn't tell anyone about it, and I kept my promise, till now"
"I think I should talk to him, see if he can track her again and…"
"No, you can't, he'll know I told you about it and he might get mad at me… please don't do it…"
"Okay…" he sighed "I can't let anyone mad at you…"
"I am grateful"
"You know, sometimes you speak like your mother…"
"I know" she laughed, he also did it. Then the laughs stopped and they stayed in silence, just looking at the water of the sea, then she spoke again, breaking the silence "Look, Lance, you don't have to be sad about it, maybe we can track her someday and then you can talk with her…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, why not? Just don't tell BB I told you about that night, please"
"I won't, I promise"
She smiled and kissed his cheek, embracing him not too tight, since she could break his bones easily, she let her dark hair fall on his shoulders, and he couldn't help but smile and embrace her back.
"You know, I really did miss you while I was in Tamaran"
"I missed you as well" he admitted "And… I wanted to tell you something, really important…" he gulped
"What is it?" she asked still in his arms, but his answered took so long that she separated to look at him in the eyes "What is it?" she asked again
"I like you" she smiled
"I like you too, you are my best friend!"
"No, I mean like that…"
He said putting a hand behind her head, pushing it closer to him, till they seal their lips together in a first kiss. It was quick yet perfect for both of them. She couldn't stop smiling, touching her forehead in his. Cyborg was right after all.
"That means we are… boyfriend and girlfriend now?"
"Just if your dad doesn't kill me when he discover about us…"
"He won't…" she told him "But I didn't know you could speak Spanish"
"I learned some little things so I could understand what Mas and Menos talks… Hey, how did you know I can speak Spanish?"
"Because I can do it now, though just the same as you"
Both laughed, they didn't know she could learn languages like her mother, since she never tried it. A cold wind coming from the sea hit them.
"Hey Mari, aren't you cold?"
"That depends, if it will make you embrace me tighter, I can pretend I am cold"
He just embraced her tighter and she did the same. They stayed like that for a long time, but little did they know they were being watched by many pair of eyes, the first 2 pairs were green and purple, they belonged to father and daughter with light green skin, they were laughing and taking pictures, BB might have grown up, but he still was the funniest and the clown of the group, his daughter was following his lineage. The other 2 pairs were way above them, on the roof, precisely.
"Kori please tell me they just didn't do what I think they did!"
"Oh Dick, stop worrying so much about them, they are happy with the other, just like us! Now come with me and let's have some fun!"
She told him while pushing him inside the Tower and then inside their room…
"Well, it's about time…"
A half mechanical man said crossing his arms, smiling a big smile, looking through the window, down at the small island that supported Titans Tower.
I think the way I ended it was a bit lame, but I jut wanted Cyborg to say the same thing when Rob and Star kissed in Tokyo. Anyway, I hope you liked it, please leave a review for me!!!
And I know the part of the Star Trek series was a bit unneeded, but I just felt like writing it since I saw the new Star Trek movie with my mom (yes, we both like this kind of stuff) and I also wanted Mari to say the reason she likes Spock the most, I mean, she is the only one that can say this kind of stuff and I guess it was pretty fun!
About Lance's mother, Terra, I just didn't really know if I could write a good mother and son moment, so I didn't put it in here, though I thought in doing it somehow, so I may do it someday. Besides, this one-shot was mainly for Mari and Lance, so it I put a mother and son's moment it would push too much for Lance's side. At least you got to know him a little more, since he barely appeared in "The Alternated Future".
I really hope you all liked it and please review!
Itban Fuyu