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"C'mon Terra! Try!" Slade screamed at her as he landed another kick to her ribs.
"I'm exhausted. Please. Can we please just be done for the day?" She looked at him with her wide blue eyes.
"We still have ten minutes of training left for today. I told you, discipline is everything." Discipline he spoke of. Slade looked at the ground as he thought about the discipline he should be practicing himself. Something about her made it exponentially more difficult. Just a glimpse of her eyes or that blonde hair always seemed to make him act like a child or an addict, making excuses for his actions. The first time they had slept together, it was all a part of his plan. It seemed a necessary component of ensuring her allegiance. However, lately he had begun wondering why he continued to do it. Shouldn't a few times have been enough? And why did he get butterflies when they were together? Had he crossed the line from doing what was necessary to developing dangerous emotions?
Maybe he was just losing his edge. He shouldn't be worried about this. He was a super-villain, for crying out loud. Why would he be falling in love with a 15 year old girl? However, when he looked at her, he felt something he hadn't in a very long time. It was almost as if Terra were the one holding the reins. Suddenly, an overwhelming frustration flooded into him. Since when had Slade Wilson lost control, especially over some ignorant, impulsive teenager?
Slade's train of thought was shattered as a battalion of rocks bowled him over. Terra's eyes glowed gold as she smirked at him.
He smiled back at his apprentice. "Now you're learning."