Back again, oh ye of little faith. Chapter two!

Disclaimer: Psh, I own nothing. DC Comics and Teen Titans…I wish. Also, I own nothing in the Secret World of Alex Mack series.

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"And then she blasted through the ceiling and Raven was all "where'd she go?" and then Robin was like "Oh my god, Batman!" and then he ran to the computer. Turns out Star had already gotten to Gotham, flying at about mach 3, burst into the Batcave, started yelling in Tamaranian, and tried to beat up Batman."

"What happened next?" Terra asked, staring eagerly at Cyborg, who was telling the story of Robin's love affair to the two Titans that hadn't been present, Terra and Beast Boy. Beast Boy was literally sitting at the edge of his seat, rocking back and forth, while Terra was as still as stone, eyes leaping in excitement. Cyborg drank in their expressions and then began to finish the story.

"Well, Batman had no idea why Starfire was blasting him in his own cave, and, in some weird fit of compassion, he didn't want to put the smack down on the poor little alien girl, so he called in Batgirl, y'know, the new one, the one with the full face mask."

Beast Boy nodded and said, "Yeah, she's totally hot. I mean, how Robin managed to not tap that…" This, of course, earned him a smack on the back of the head by our loving geomancer.

"Don't be rude," she said, glaring. Then she turned back to Cyborg. "Keep going, Cy."

Just then, Robin burst through the doors, Raven at his side. Robin was laughing his head off and Raven, even, had a little smirk on her face. They stopped short of the group on the couch. They looked at each other, looked at the small group, and began to laugh again. Cyborg looked at them quizzically. "Whatcha guys laughing about?" he asked, confused.

Robin just shoved the newspaper, which they didn't realize he had been holding, into Cyborg's hands. Cyborg straightened it out and began to read aloud.

Terra: The Girl with a Stone Heart

Everyone and their grandmother know what happened two years ago. It is common knowledge to know of the young, impressionable geomancer Terra, and how she and Slade worked together to destroy the City of Jump. But now she's a Titan again, accepted by those she betrayed. But new knowledge has recently come to light about the hard-as-rocks Terra, knowledge that will rock your world.

Terra, who is rumored to be second in line for the throne of the small European country known as Markovia, may not be what we think she is. She may not even, in fact, be human. A source has come by, of late, with important information regarding the earth-mover's past. Terra, it is now being said, is not from Markovia but from Gotham City, the city that even Superman referred to as "a nightmare of metal and stone."

So if Terra is from Gotham, then who is she really? Does the Batman know that she's one of his rogues? Exclusively revealed to us, the source says: "Terra has never been a person. She was created." "Created?" we asked. "Created by whom?" The source goes on to reveal that the superhero Terra is originally a gargoyle from Gotham City, experimented on by the Penguin using the chemical agent GC-161. She was transformed from gargoyle to human in less than 48 hours, the source says. "She was supposed to be a henchman for the Penguin but the chemical made her a girl, and that just wouldn't do for a criminal mastermind like him." Also stated by the esteemed source was: "But knowing that she was once a gargoyle kind of accounts for her face doesn't it?"

So when you see the hero Terra on the street or in the sky, ripping up a chunk of your front lawn to fly, just remember her humble beginnings, as a henchman to the crime boss, the Penguin.

Terra stared at Cyborg open-mouthed, amazed. Beast Boy looked much the same, staring at the tin man as though he had just outlawed tofu. Then Beast Boy began to laugh. It was slow at first but bubbled up rapidly. The sound of Cyborg and Robin's laughter was soon added. Terra quickly regained her senses, glaring at the metal man and the Boy Wonder. The glare swiftly forced them to quiet, but then Terra said, "You don't really think I'm a gargoyle, do you?" The laughter became louder. Terra glared a bit more and then said, "At least I'm not having a love affair with my mentor!" That shut Robin up but Cyborg and Beast Boy continued to cackle, fully amused with the article and fighting. Then Raven, who had gone off to make tea, cracked a real smile from in the kitchen and said quietly, "Yeah, because who would want to have an affair with the Penguin?"

Terra stormed off, muttering incoherent statements punctuated by words like "idiots", "princess", and "not funny". Then Beast Boy stopped laughing and said, "Terra's a princess? Dude!" and he raced after the geokinetic.

Five minutes later the Tower moved a full three inches and the sound of Beast Boy's screaming could be heard all the way in Jump City.

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Sorry the chapter was so short and not up to my usual standards. Christmas took a lot out of me; what an anti-climactic holiday. Anyway, it's difficult for me to write as Terra because I never know whether I want her as the good guy or the bad guy. Le sigh.

Oh, and Protector of Canon2, I put it in the right category, it just screwed up. I fixed it, just for you.

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- Titangirl797