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"Ladies," you say as you walk up to them. "How is everyone feeling?"

"We're good," Argent says. "And you're looking sharp."

"Thank you," you say. "Have you checked in with Raven yet?"

"Oh, yes," Starfire says. "Miss Arella is with her, as well as your mother and sisters, so she should be ready momentarily."

"Very good," you say.

"What about you?" Bumblebee asks. "You nervous?"

"No, not really," you say. "Very excited, more like."

"That's good," Bumblebee says. "Raven will call us on the communicator when she's ready, and that's when we'll disappear inside."

"Alright," you say. "But there's still time, we're still waiting on my Great Aunt's side of the family to arrive."

You look out at the water, and see a yacht make its way from the main land. It approaches the island and makes shore next to the yacht that your family arrived on.

"Ah, there they are!" you say.

You, father and Grandfather make your way from around the seats to the shore to help the Null-Xenos family off the boat. And by that, you of course use magical assistance to help with the gang plank. The lads, Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy, help with the luggage.

"Rory, don't you look dashing?" Great Aunt Radella says as she walks down the gang plank.

"Thank you," you say. "And all of you look great yourselves."

"Thank you," she says.

"No receiving lines?" Jonas asks with a smirk.

"You can say hello to everyone during the reception," you say while ushering him towards the seats.

The Nulls greet the Null-Xenos, and you can tell Nella and the children are star struck seeing the Titans.

Starfire waves before she, Bumblebee, Argent and Jinx go back inside. That means Raven is almost ready. Your sisters and mother, as well as Arella, exit and take their seats near the front, so that's another indicator. You, Grandfather Sixth and the lads go to "the stage."

"Thank you again for coming all this way, Mr. Watkins," you say to the minister.

"No thanks needed, Rorek," he says. "I've been counting down the days 'til I could preside over another Null wedding."

"Hold on," Cyborg says as his cybernetic eye flickers. "There's an alarm going off."

"What alarm?" you ask. "I don't hear anything."

"It's going off in the Tower but I've got my Bluetooth link," Cyborg says. "It's an illusory alarm."

"Really? How does that work?"

"It compares visual feeds with things like thermal and infrared. So if it looks like it's there but it isn't really there, then there's a problem."

"Makes sense," you say. "What do we do?"

"Nothing," a familiar British voice says. "You don't need to do anything because we're not enemies."

You look over to the other shore and see a man with messy, "dirty blond" hair, a trench coat, black pants, white shirt and red tie, cigarette in his mouth, which itself is in a wry smirk. He's also accompanied by some others: a young Black man who's hair looks to be on fire, an adult Black woman with animal tooth necklace, a White man in a red and blue suit with what looks like an atom logo, and-

"Catpain Cold?" Robin says. "And Heat Wave? What're you doing here?"

"Relax, Boy Wonder," Captain Cold, the man in the winter coat holding the blue laser gun, says. "We're on your side. Well, this instance of us, anyway."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Robin asks.

"And what're you doing her eat all, Constantine?" you ask.

"Constantine?" Robin says. "As in John Constantine?"

"Okay, okay," Constantine says, "it's a bit complicated, but-"

"No, it's not," Heat Wave, the man with the welding goggles and red laser gun, says. "It's time travel and we're here to stop something horrible from happening."

"Time Travel?" Beast Boy says. "Seriously? Like, seriously, seriously?"

"You bet your underbite, green bean," Captain Cold says. "Though, your little security system ruined the surprise."

The music starts playing and you can't help but groan.

"This is definitely not the time for this," you tell Constantine. "Because if you can't tell by the song, here comes the bride!"

Constantine's group moves aside and you see the bridesmaids making their way back out, single file with their flower arrangments in hand. Starfire is at the back as maid of honor, but even then, they're still going in order of height, meaning Jinx is up front, Argent behind her and then Bumblebee third. And as they're approaching, Jinx sees Constantine's group and is clearly confused.

The bridesmaids still take their positions as Raven starts down the aisle. As upset at you are at this nonsense from Constantine and his oddball collection of guests, you're in awe of the wedding dress. Shoulderless but with the single-strap neck, so surely open back, and she has the long gloves, and there's incredibly intricate silver embroidery all over.

Just as you're smiling, a tear coming to your eye, you see everyone else smile, from the guests to your groomsmen and Raven's bridesmaids.

"Aw, she's lovely, mate," Constantine says as even he smiles.

"Thank y- No, wait, stop," you tell him. "Your 'time travel' line still doesn't explain why you're here."

"See, I knew this was a bad idea," the man in the atom suit says. "We should've shown up sooner so we could talk with the Titans about what's coming."

"What's coming?" you and the lads ask.

"Ahem," Raven says from behind her veil. "What's going on here?"

"Oh, Raven, I'm so sorry," you say. "John Constantine showed up, talking about time travel-"

"Constantine?" she says. "The guy who you helped seal that Gary guy up in Gotham?"

"Oh you told her that story?" Constantine says.

"Yes," you groan. "Now, please, just tell us, what is it you came here to stop with your time travel?"

"Hey, uh..." another familiar voice says from the back of the seating area. "Are we late or something?"

Everyone looks to the very back rows, and you see a familiar rag tag group. A bulky man with white hair, a man with gold gloves and white suit, a plain looking girl in all green, a floppy muppet of a girl, a girl with a cheeseburger pattern outfit, and a young woman who resembles Raven, just with long hair, and she is wearing the most scantily clad sweater dress right now.

"What're you all doing out of prison?!" you and Raven shout.

"Aw c'mon," Aurum Miller, the man in white says with a big shrug. "Can't we be here for our big sister's wedding?"

Even though you're outdoors, it feels like the air was sucked out of the room. Raven drops the bouquet, and removes her veil with trembling hands.

"W-What?" Raven says, eyes distant, as if not really seeing anything. "Y-Your... sister...?"