Titans Tower, Late Afternoon

"Beast Boy, are you sure this is a good idea?" Robin crossed his arms staring down at the green Titan. Beast Boy scoffed. "A good idea? It's a great idea! Terra stopped Slade, saved the city, she's a hero!" All 5 Titans were spread out in the meeting room, with Terra in the hallway, waiting.

"She tried to kill us. She's dangerous." Raven stated. Beast Boy opened his mouth to say something, but Robin held up a hand. "Beast Boy, we don't know if we can trust her, this is just like before..."

"Forget about your feelings for the girl, man..."

"Think about what is the best for our team,"

"Terra's the best for our team!" Beast Boy yelled. "I don't care what you guys say, she's gonna be part of this team again!" He stormed off, running out of the meeting room and into the hallway.

Robin sighed and lowered his head. "Can we trust Terra?"

"No."

"I'm not so sure, man."

"I am the unsure as well."

Robin sighed again.

Robin exited by a separate door.

"I miss that rock n' roller, she was really cool."

"I miss my friend Terra, even if she betrayed us to the Slade."

Outside, Beast Boy was met by a shameful Terra. "They don't trust me..." Terra lowered her head, staring at the ground. "Hey..." Beast Boy put his hands on her shoulders and smiled.

"Everything will be fine, promise..." Terra straightened up and smiled back. Beast Boy's smile got wider. "Wanna go see your room?" Terra enthusiastically nodded.

Elsewhere in Jump City...

"Another cup of tea, sir?" Wintergreen asked, offering his master another cup. Slade waved his hand. "No thank you, Wintergreen..."

Slade sat in his dusty old chair, overlooking his vast headquarters, deep in thought.

Slade stared at his surroundings. Wheels sat on the dusty ground, 5 shattered projection screens were shattered, a cloud of dust covered everything, and the whole place looked as though it was to collapse at any moment.

"Should I fetch the usual, Master?" Wintergreen asked his master in a gravelly voice. Slade nodded. "It's time for me to make...a comeback. Surely the Titans... miss me."

Terra's Room, or Traveling the Halls

Terra growled. "Beast Boy, get your hands off my eyes!" The blond feverishly tried to pry the green one's gloved hands off her face, but Beast Boy held on. "C'mon, Terra, we're almost there!" Beast Boy convinced, leading Terra down the hall where the Titans' rooms were.

"Beast Boy, I don't remember the Tower being this big," Terra said, still jumping around under Beast Boy's grip, who laughed. "Ok, ok, we're here."

They stood in front of Terra's old room. As the doors opened, Beast Boy took his hands off Terra's eyes and gently nudged her into the room. Terra gasped. "It's... just like I remember it," she said softly.

Beast Boy made a gesturing motion for her to explore the room that had once been hers. Terra walked slowly, pondering each step, to the couch. She traced the furnish as the lava lamp on the table in front of it still ran.

Terra looked at the ceiling. "Stars..." she murmured. "Because you loved to sleep outside." Beast Boy finished for her, stepping in as well and walking over to her. Terra swiveled her head around.

"Beast Boy, this is great. I thought after I...well... left," she paused awkwardly, "...that you would get rid of this room or turn it into something else..."

Beast Boy shook his head and sat on Terra's bed. "Naw, I convinced the others to keep this room like this... as a guest room."

Terra sat down beside him. "Do you think Robin and the others will let me back in?" she asked quietly.

"Raven is the only one that doesn't want you back in, Robin is unsure, and I swear I heard Cyborg and Starfire both say they missed you." He playfully nudged Terra's shoulder, and she smiled.

There was a silence. Gently, Beast Boy took one of Terra's hands in his own and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I missed ya, Terra." he murmured quietly. Terra felt a shiver go through her hand and smiled back at the green boy.

Terra couldn't get her eyes off Beast Boy's eyes. Beast Boy couldn't take his eyes off Terra's ocean blue ones. They held the gaze for a while. Beast Boy edged closer to her. Both barely dared to breathe, and silence hung in the air as their faces were inches apart...

The moment was delayed, as the room filled with a bright red, flashing on and off, and Robin's voice came through the speakers. "Titans, emergency! Meeting hall, now!"

Making a decision quickly, Terra pecked Beast Boy on the cheek and whispered in his ear, "Me too." Getting up, she grabbed his hand and ran out the door to the meeting room.

"Ugh, what is she still doing here?" Raven grumbled as Terra and Beast Boy both entered the meeting room. Both were given strange looks, as they were holding hands. Letting go of Beast Boy's hand quickly, Terra followed behind Beast Boy as he walked to Robin.

"What's up? The Hive 5 rob a gas station or something?" Beast Boy asked. Robin was bent over, typing in the main computer. "No. The Hive 5 robbed a bank. I thought we froze them with the other villains."

Cyborg flexed his arm. "We did, must be global warming. Shouldn't they be the Hive 4 now? They're missing Jinx." Robin stood up. "Bank on 21st street, they've already gotten their loot, and are on the run."

Spinning around, Robin yelled, "Titans, go!" All 5 Titans and Terra made a rush for the door. As Terra followed behind Beast Boy, the couch rose and blocked her way, surrounded by black aura."You're not part of this team." Raven said.

All the other Titans stopped and turned around. "She's right, stay here, we'll talk about this later." Robin told Terra. All five ran out again, and Beast Boy stopped for a moment to look at Terra.

"I'll be right back, no worries." he said, smiling, giving her the thumbs up signal, then running to join up with his teammates, door closing with a hiss behind him.

Feeling sick to her stomach, Terra walked out a different door and found her way back to her room.

Crashing on her bed, she looked around. Everything was in the place it was when she left, and the room had a polish to it. Falling on her back, Terra landed on something. Yelling in pain, she rolled over and looked to see what the thing was.

The heart shaped box sat in the middle of her bed. Terra could feel tears coming as she picked up the box and opened it. She saw the shadows of the past shine in her face.

Closing the box, she put it back on the bed. "No one wants me," she told the room, standing up. Memories of fun times with Beast Boy before her betrayal clouded her vision.

Shaking her head vigorously, Terra looked around. "I wonder where my laptop is..." she questioned, beginning to search. "I don't think I took it with me..."

21st street, intersection

Robin hit the ground with a thump. Beast Boy as a bull, charged at Mammoth, who was holding many sacks of money. "Ole!" Mammoth screamed, picking Beast Boy up by the horns and throwing him in the air. Turning in flight, Beast Boy turned into an elephant and landed on Mammoth with a thud.

Raven and Starfire both dealt with Billy Numerous and Gizmo. "Snot eaters!" Gizmo yelled as Starfire's beams hit his daddy long legs machine legs and sent him to the ground. Raven surrounded the pipsqueak with dark energy and destroyed his backpack, leaving Gizmo defenseless and making the bald boy curse under his breath.

Billy Numerous climbed on Starfire's back and multiplied. "Yee haw, ain't this a party, Billy?" One of Billy's other clones answered, "You betcha, Billy. Quite a show stopper." Starfire gathered all her strength and kicked and punched Billy off of her, who flew into the air with a scream.

Raven collected all the Billys in a ball of energy that kept getting smaller and smaller until only one Billy was left, who she let hit the ground, defeated. Robin held up Kyd Wykyyd's lifeless body as well, and threw it on top of Billy.

"Well, that takes care of that..."

Back at Terra's room, Titans Tower

"Aha! Found you!" Terra announced triumphantly. She tugged her laptop from under her bed and dusted it off, setting it down in the table in the middle of her room.

Cracking her knuckles and sitting down, Terra flipped it open and turned it on. "Glad I remembered to turn it off," she chuckled, waiting for Windows to boot.

When it did, Terra typed in her password and smiled at the other account on the log in page. Terra sighed as her background appeared and all the icons were in their usual places. "Good to see things haven't changed," she muttered, clicking on the Internet Explorer icon.

It launched Google almost immediately, and Terra went to Gmail right away. "Wonder how many people have emailed me," she said with a smirk. However, after logging onto Gmail, she saw the inbox was full with nothing new.

Terra shrugged and looked at the online box. All her contacts were offline. Terra sighed, bored, and opened a new browser, going to Youtube this time. There was a small pop as the webpage loaded.

Terra flipped back to Gmail and squinted. A small chat box was open in the corner, and there were two words written in the cyberspace that made Terra's heart nearly stop.

"Hello, apprentice."

Terra's fingers flew over the keyboard as she replied.

"Are you who I think you are?"

she typed back, waiting for her contact to answer. She rubbed her temples. It can't be, she thought. I got rid of him...

"Who else would I be, my dear? It's nice to talk to you again, too."

Terra's eyes widened. "It can't be you..." she said to no one in particular, typing back.

"But— it can't be you. It can't."

Terra fell back on the couch and racked her brains. "I punched him, then let my powers loose and watched him fall into the lava! Who survives after falling into lava?" Terra said, puzzled.

"Oh but it can, Terra. Ask Raven later, if you don't believe me. Are your powers working?"

Terra made a note to do just that, and wrote a quick lie.

"No. Why do you care, you psychopath?"

She barely had time to think before the box popped up with another response. "He's fast," she groaned.

"You lie, my dear. I only care for your well being."

"Yeah, right. You almost got me killed. Stay out of my life."

"You almost killed yourself. The green one was right. I only controlled your body, you did all the dirty work."

"SHUT UP!" Terra screamed at the laptop. She clenched her fists and glared at the box. Looking around, she was glad the Titans were away...

"So what? I've changed. I'm not like you. And I never will be."

"You liked destroying the Titans, and you know it. Things would be better if you had just followed through with the plan."

"Yeah, a Titanless world. What a utopia. I'm glad I betrayed you, even if I almost lost my life. You're insane."

"I might just be, but then you would be, as well. You can't avoid the truth. You're just like me."

"No. I'll never be! Stop bugging me with the past! What do you want?"

"I want you back."

Terra's eyes widened. "No..." she gasped. Memories overflowed her mind, and she fought to keep herself from screaming and crying.

"Good luck with that. I'm with the Titans."

"I doubt that. You're an outcast. You said that last time, child. See where that left you."

"They support me! They're my family, and I know they can kick your butt. And SHUT UP! THAT WAS THE PAST!"

"I was your family. You were with me first. History repeats itself."

"No! I never was! I'll never let it happen again!"

"From the day I set eyes on you, I had a vision of what you could do. And that vision came true. You're not safe with the Titans."

"I'm not safe near you!"

"You can deny all you want, my dear. But I'm coming. And I'm coming for you. You can't hide any more. I'll destroy everyone in my way."

The box went black and gray. Terra closed her laptop and brought her knees to her chest. "Why me?" she said, tears forming in her eyes. She held them in and gazed at the ceiling. The faces of her five friends seemed to be outlined in the starry pattern.