Author's note: This is mainly for my pal Chloe, who seems to enjoy my work. She's called AlohaFox, and she's quite good. For this little sequence to make sense you need to have read "Blackwolf Reunion," which requires first having read "Blackwolf Intervention." This is set at the beginning of "Reunion," and follows David Blackwolf as he speaks in turn to various Titans. So, we begin with Terra, happily living the life of the X-Men …

ONE

Terra signals David from X Land

Class was in session at The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, and Professor Charles Xavier was giving a lesson. The topic had wandered into metaphysics, brought on by a student's speculation about alternate realities. While the Professor tried to explain the six-dimensional nature of space and time, Terra quietly kept to herself. She had firsthand knowledge of alternate realities; she had grown up in one. While most of her close friends knew this, she preferred that the student body didn't.

When the student asked if this six-dimensional theory was provable, the Professor laughed. "In fact, I happen to know this theory to be true, for I've met the man who's traveled it." This got Terra's attention, and the Professor continued. "Quite some years ago now, I crossed paths with a rather extraordinary fellow. An alien, a stranger to this reality, he traveled all of six-dimensional space and time." He had to mean David, Terra was sure of it. The man who had taken her from one world to the other.

"You 'crossed paths' with an alien," the student replied, "and … what? He just left?"

"Indeed. Off to explore what he called the 'multiverse.' He did leave me a memento of sorts, an inter-dimensional signaling device, so I can call him should I have need of him."

"What?!" Terra exclaimed suddenly. "You have …? I mean …" She paused and looked around the room self-consciously. "I mean," she started again with deliberate cool. "You have a way to call him? That's cool."

The Professor eyed her thoughtfully for a moment. "Terra, would you like to discuss this in more detail another time?" She just nodded, and he continued, "Well class, I think we've digressed far enough from the lesson plan for one day, and I see our time is up." He reminded the class of their reading assignment, and dismissed them.

As the students filed out, Terra approached the Professor's desk. "Professor?" she asked softly. "Is it true?"

"Is what true, Terra?"

"You have a way to call David?"

"He left me a device after our first adventure together, some years before your arrival here, even."

Terra gave a loud, exasperated sigh. "Professor? Don't you see what this means? I can call David. He can take me home!"

The Professor looked deeply saddened. "Terra," he started softly, "Do you wish to go home?"

"Well not to stay or anything, of course. But to visit." She leaned closer to him, putting a hand on his shoulder, and continued softly. "Professor? Don't you see what this means? I could actually see Beast Boy again!"

"I hadn't realized this was a matter of such importance to you, Terra. Still, after all these years."

"Professor?!" she exclaimed, as though she couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I have his freakin' picture on my wall. Still, after all these years. So yes, it is a matter of some importance to me that I see B.B. again. Still."

The Professor laughed gently. "Very well, my dear. If you would like to contact David Blackwolf and ask for a visit home, I won't try to stop you."

Terra clasped her hands together and let out a joyous squeal. "Excellent! Excellent. Thank you, Professor." She continued excitedly, "So … so how do we call him?"

"He left me a signaling device."

"Where is it?"

"I believe it's still in the safe in my office. It's quite small."

"Well …" she said, gesturing toward the door.

The Professor couldn't help but laugh at her impatience. "I do have class in ten minutes, Terra … but I do see that you're in a hurry."

"Yes, please, thank you," she said as she followed him out the door.

Once in the Professor's office, he opened his private safe, and after a moment produced a small metal box, which he handed toTerra, who held the small device in her hands. It looked more than anything like a steel box for a ring. She looked again to the Professor.

"I still can't believe you never told me you had this," she said accusingly.

"Terra, dear child," the Professor started gently, "I'm sure you can seen now that back then, had you had this temptation to go home again, the results could easily have been disastrous. It is for the best that you were able to start anew here, without any reminders of your past."

"Yeah, sure, seven years ago," she groaned.

The Professor looked just slightly embarrassed. "I admit that after you were well and settled in here, I … forgot … that you might want this," he said, gesturing to the box Terra held.

"I've got to contact David again, Professor," Terra pleaded. "I've got to know what happened to B.B. I've got to tell him …" she paused, becoming emotional. "Tell him … that he saved me, that I'm OK. I owe it to him to … to let him know …"

"Then do it, Terra," the Professor replied.

"Um …" she started, staring at the box. "How does it work? Have you used it before?"

"In fact, no, I haven't," he said. "David described it as an inter-dimensional psychic signal transmitter. He said one 'needed only to think of him, and he would appear.'"

As he spoke, Terra cautiously pulled the hinged box open. Instead of a ring, there was a small green crystal set into the center. Terra thought it looked like an emerald, an expensive one.

"I'm thinking of him," she muttered, eyeing the gem curiously. "I wonder if you have to touch it …" She hesitantly put a finger to the crystal and pressed it gently.

They were both startled by a sudden explosion of green light from a few feet away. The other half of the Professor's office was now dominated by a large, glowing, bright green sphere of energy. The sphere quickly collapsed into itself, revealing the man standing at its center, the man called David Blackwolf. What had been the center of the sphere was now the head of David's cane, which quickly shrank away to the size of a pen as he absently tucked it in his back pocket.

David looked quickly around the room, gave the Professor a quick nod, then gave Terra a very obvious looking over, and an approving smile. "Professor, always a pleasure," he said 

politely, then turned his attention back to her. "Terra … my God, how you've grown up. Look at you!"

"David!" she exclaimed. "You haven't changed a bit," she said, moving toward him to give him a hug.

David held her tightly for a moment, then stepped back. "Wow, Terra. Seven years," he started. "That makes you 22 now, right?" She nodded. "So how the hell are ya? What's up? What can I do for you?"

"Well … David …" she started, then had to laugh. "Wait, how the hell did you just do that?"

"What? That's how I teleport."

"But … the instant I hit the button?"

He smiled and shook his head. "I'm a time traveler, sweetie. I know, it's weird. You get used to me eventually. So … you called me? What's up?"

"Well, David …" she started, suddenly a little hesitant. "First off, I want to say thank you. Thank you for bringing me here, you saved my life."

David smiled at her warmly. "You're welcome. Anything I can do to help."

"Yeah, see, I hate to ask, but …"

"You want to go home now, is that it?" he asked.

"Oh, just to visit," she quickly corrected. David just nodded, and she continued. "I want to see B.B. again. I need to. I need to talk to him."

David laughed gently. "I think I can help you out. I have to ask, though … why now, after seven years?"

"Because somebody," she started, turning accusingly toward the Professor, "didn't tell me he had a way to call you until just now."

David looked surprised. "You just now found my signal beacon? Well … OK, then. Here I am. And you want me to take you to visit B.B.?"

"Oh, would you, please?"

David paused and thought for a second. "I should probably do a little recon first. Let them know you're coming. I haven't seen the Titans in seven years either. I'd better, you know, make sure everything's cool."

"Just tell B.B. He can meet me somewhere. Honestly, I don't …" she paused, hesitating. "I don't know if I'm ready to face the others yet, to face Raven … but B.B. will know what to do. Please, I need to see him."

"Yes, Terra, OK," David said reassuringly. "Yes, I'll take you."

Terra clasped her hands and squealed with pleasure. "Thank you! Thank you so-"

"But," he cut in, "like I said, let me do some recon first. Let me find him, let him know you want to see him, see how he wants to handle it. I think meeting away from the other Titans at first is probably a good idea."

She nodded. "Right. So … um," She smiled self-consciously.

David laughed. "So what am I doing still standing here, right?"

"I'm so sorry, I don't mean to be rude," she started quickly. "I don't mean to just tell you to go run my errands like that. You just got here, would you like to …" She paused and glanced at the Professor. "It's lunch time. Are you hungry?"

He laughed gently. "No, that's OK …"

"Do you need a little time to recharge your jump drive?" she asked. David looked at her quizzically, and she explained, "I, I mean the X-Men, we met these aliens once who had ships that teleported across space. They were called jump drives."

"No, mine doesn't need time to recharge. It just draws from a really big battery. No, I actually think I'm going to go ahead and go. I'm curious to see what the Teen Titans are up to these days. What do you want me to tell B.B. when I see him?"

"Just that …" she started slowly, then hesitated, becoming more emotional. "That he did it," she whispered. "He saved me. He … um …"

"I think that's what you need to tell him yourself, Terra," David said. "I'll just tell him you're doing well here, and you miss him."

She nodded. "Sounds good. So, I guess you don't know how long it will take to talk to him and everything, do you? I mean, how soon should I expect to be able to leave?"

"Terra, Terra," he said with a smile, slowly shaking his head. "Time travel. It's tricky, I know. Tell ya what, I'll be back in about ten seconds to let you know what I found. How's that sound?"

She giggled. "Wow. You can do that?"

David just nodded, and turned to the Professor. "So, I'm sorry, Charles, I've barely said two words to you …"

"Oh, that's quite all right, David," he started.

"And now those two words are about Terra." They both laughed, and David continued, "Has she worked out well here? I mean, should I tell him … ?"

"You can tell her friend that she is an exemplary student and a first-class member of my team, and has been for some years now," the Professor said boastfully. "We're all terribly proud of Terra here at the Institute."

David smiled. "I knew she would be. OK, so, I guess I'm off." He produced the pen, which enlarged into a staff as he took a few steps away from them. As he planted it on the ground, the head exploded with green light, coalescing into a shimmering sphere of green energy. David stared into the light of his cane for several seconds before he continued, softly. "Gimme a sec to look up the address to Titans Tower … haven't been there in a while … adjust for temporal drift … plus seven years, give or take … OK."

He looked back to Terra with a smile, speaking up over the hum and crackling energy of the sphere. "See you in ten seconds. Count it down for me."

"Count it down?" she asked. "You mean … OK, ten, nine, eight,"

The sphere imploded violently into its center, and David was gone.

Terra looked with surprise to the Professor. "Did he mean keep counting? Um, six, five, four …"