Her world was a mix of blurred lines, hazy colors, and pain as she woke up from unconsciousness. Where was she? What happened? All she remembered was hearing his voice.
'It's too late to run away, Terra,' he had said before she was knocked down…and in a few seconds…her world had gone dark.
Slowly, she got up from the bed, her arms shaky and weak - that's when she felt something fly off from her bed before it flew in circles around the room - a bat. Where did it come from? And why was it so dark in here?
Terra dragged herself slowly out of the room, pulling the door open and coming to a set of stairs. They were creaking under her weight and she found herself in a large hall with a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. But the whole house looked like nobody had lived here for some time now. Even the windows were nailed shut.
But there were candles - many candles were lit, providing some sort of light. But if nobody lived here, who lit them?
She felt too dizzy to think too much and continued walking until she came up at the large entrance door but as she tried to open it, she saw it didn't budge and even slamming against it didn't help. She was locked in!
Terra turned around. The key must be in here somewhere! And she began looking when she saw two mirrors lined on the opposite walls of the hall - and she saw herself.
But her skin was pale - so pale, that she thought she was a ghost! Did she eat something wrong in school? No, it couldn't be. Maybe-
Her train of thought stopped as she saw something on her neck - what was that? It felt wet and a little sticky.
Her hand went up to that spot - it was indeed wet and when she removed her hand…she saw blood!
A nervous laughter escaped her. This looked like a horror movie! Like she was bitten by a vampire. Nonsense!
Flapping of wings startled her and she spun around and breathed a sigh of relief - it was only the bat.
She turned back to search for the key…when she felt apprehensive. Could it have been this bat? "Vampires don't exist," she told herself, feeling relieved.
"You taste like how you smell. Sweet."
Those words made her freeze on the spot. This was…his voice!
Slowly, she turned around, praying that it had been her imagination. But what she saw proved otherwise. The figure was indeed Beast Boy!
"Beast…Boy!?" she said slowly, trying to make sense of the situation.
But it didn't! He didn't! The red eyes and grey skin didn't! Him being here and having said those words didn't! Nothing did!
"What happened?" she asked, meaning everything that was going on.
"You just crashed at my place. No big deal," he grinned as he approached and Terra took a step back.
"I want…to go home," she growled, trying to force the dizziness back.
"You don't have a home, Terra," he laughed. "You never had one."
"I'm not Terra. And I want to leave," she shouted now before placing a hand on her forehead from exhaustion. Why was she so tired?
"Leave? Come on! The night is still young. Why don't we have some fun?" he asked and Terra couldn't hear any more and lashed out with her fist but he caught it with ease. "Is that how you treat me after all that hospitality? Rude!"
Terra growled and lashed out with her other fist but he simply gave her a light shove and she tripped, once again seeing her world spin - faster and faster like she was on a roller-coaster ride. "Let…me, uh, out," she demanded weakly, finding her footing eventually.
But before she could charge again, he was already by her side, one arm around her waist, the other on her cheek.
"Make me!" he challenged back before she saw him lower his face from the corner of her eye. And the piercing pain set in almost immediately.
"No…" she cried but finding moving too tiring. She just wanted to…sleep. Sleep…forever.
But a voice in the back of her mind shouted: NO!
With that thought, her eyes glowed yellow and a piece of the ground knocked him off her before she collapsed.
Get up…get…up…
She got on her knees and then on shaky legs before she felt a gloved hand on her chin. No…
"Is it still…never too late, Terra?" he asked and Terra took a deep breath, dizziness getting the better of her.
"I don't want…to…die…"
She heard him chuckling amused before the hand moved to the back of her neck. She was too weak to stop it.
"You're not going to die. I'm not losing you again, Terra. But…I'll make you suffer. Just like you made me suffer," he said, leaning close to her.
Did she deserve this maybe? Maybe this was for all she had done to him?
Her head was moved back, eyes now at the glass ceiling before she felt that pricking pain again, punishing her for all her lies and pain she had inflicted.
And she submitted to the pain, shutting her eyes.
At least, now she wouldn't lose him anymore. Now they were together.