Chapter 2 – Meeting Lilith

Terra didn't just go, "Hey, I'm here," and immediately became a Titan again. Instead, Nightwing had to run a background check on her, as well as the information now about her. She also had to go to the medical room, to get all kinds of tests and stuff done to her. She personally had no clue why.

"Now Terra," Nightwing began, as he was seated on a chair near the medical bed she sat on.

"Yeah?" Terra looked up.

"We might have to move you in with another Titan," Terra gave him a confused look, "We need someone to watch over you, as you're new, sort off, and because of trust issues. And because we're quite packed, if you hadn't noticed, we've increased in size."

Terra nodded, "Who would I be staying with?"

"Well," Nightwing began, he looked at a sheet of paper, "I have a list here of available people. A few of our Titans have big rooms, so we could fit some stuff for you in there, and we need someone who is willing to share and watch over you. There is a lot of truth and honesty involved, and some of the Titans are wary of you because of your betrayal."

Terra nodded, "I expected that."

"Okay then, well, let's see," he began scanning the paper, "Amira's got a big enough room, but she's worse than Raven," he chuckled, "So I doubt you can stay with her. Alexis is free, but I'm not sure he likes you. But, get Raven to fully like you, he'll tag along."

"Excuse me?" Terra asked, confused.

"Alexis and Raven are best friends, for many years they have been," Nightwing said.

"Oh.."

"And there's Lilith," Nightwing hesitated.

"Lilith?" Terra questioned.

"We all know her as Midnight, I mean it," Nightwing said, giving her a glare.

"That's her real name?" Terra asked, baffled.

"Lilith Moon is, only a few people in the world know her name, but I guess she's loyal towards you, so it makes sense for you to know."

"Loyal?"

"She's partly lycan, if you want to call it that, or just a wolf, and a wolf, like many other animals are extremely loyal towards friends and family."

"Why is she a wolf?" Terra suddenly asked.

"You mean, why is she so dark and able to have a strange ability to cast silver fire and become a wolf?" Nightwing said, putting it in a better way.

"Silver fire?!" Terra asked stricken.

"Yeah," Nightwing said. He hesitated, "I shouldn't be telling you about her, maybe she can tell you for herself, when, or if, she wants to."

Terra nodded, "I understand."

"Good, now I might be able to set you up to be her room-mate," he said.

"Cool."

"Well, I'm going to talk to her first, maybe you want to get to know some of the Titans a little better?"

Terra nodded, once again, and jumped off the bed. She started walking through the maze of puzzling corridors until she reached the main room where she heard voices.

"We can't trust her," said Amberlee. Terra listened in the door, hearing every word they then said.

"But you know how Raven was to her, even before her betrayal, but now she's fine with her, so I'll be fine with her," Alexis explained. Terra looked in the crack, to see Akila, Alexis, Amberlee, Amira, Boom Baby, Bolt, Libitina and Ray. They were sitting on the sofa, discussing something with each other. Ray and Akila were silent.

"Alexis," Amira sighed, "You do not need to be her guardian, so you no longer need to decide everything that you believe Raven agrees with. You may be best friends, but you are not her pet."

Alexis fidgeted, "I know, Amira."

"Anyway, I say we can't trust her," Amberlee repeated.

"You can't decide that," Libitina sighed.

"Yes, but you know about her betrayal," Amberlee snapped at her.

"I agree though, I don't like her," Amira said.

"You don't like anyone," Bolt frowned.

"I like people, I just don't trust them," Amira rolled her eyes.

"You won't make much friends if you don't show trust," Libitina said.

"Yeah, I know I'm not a fan of the traitor, but I trust people," Boom Baby said.

"Which leads into betrayals and heart breaks," Amira concluded.

Alexis sighed, "But it doesn't always go like that."

"It can happen, it's happened many times before."

"Okay," Boom Baby shook her head, "Who has this betrayal effected then?"

Amira opened her mouth but was interrupted by the silent Egyptian girl, "It has effected Terra the worst."

"That makes no sense," Ray spoke.

"It does actually," Libitina replied.

"Well, explain it then," Bolt frowned.

Akila shook her head in disapproval, "You believe that her betrayal effected the Titans the worst, including Changeling who had fallen for her-" Terra widened her eyes in surprise, "-but the girl will have a guilty conscious, why do you think she didn't come here two years ago to ask for forgiveness?"

"Because she probably couldn't look at herself after her betrayal, so when she finally had forgiven herself, she wished to ask for forgiveness from the others who were effected," Libitina answered for her. Akila nodded. Terra bit her lip. It was the truth and she was showing every reason that it was. She emptied her mind of questions to listen to the newest Titans.

"You have a thing for eavesdropping don't you?" asked a familiar voice. Terra jumped, and turned around guiltily. She saw Midnight with an eyebrow raised and her arms crossed.

"And you have a thing for sneaking up on me," Terra replied.

"Yeah.. I guess," Midnight smirked. She led Terra up to the roof.

"The view is as perfect as the last time I saw it.." Terra said, her eyes scanning the city that was covered in the orange light that hung in the sky.

"I like to come up here, so do many people," Midnight replied.

"Why?"

"It clears thoughts, confusion and is a sanctuary of hope and peace," Midnight said, sitting on the side of the roof. Her feet dangled in the air.

"Are you sure you won't fall?" Terra asked.

"I've had a year to practice, haven't I?" Terra sat next to her, admiring the view.

"Why are you showing me up here?" she asked.

"Because I thought you might need a place to think, as you have seen, you will need to think a lot about what has happened in the past and what is happening now," Midnight explained, her words floating in the air.

"Why are you the only one who is willing to help me?" Terra asked.

"I know what it's like to have a guilty conscious," Midnight sighed, "And how it feels."

"What happened to you?"

Midnight looked at her and hesitated, "You don't need to know."

"Please?"

Midnight looked back at the sunset, "Well, to clear something up, I'm eight hundred years old." Terra's mouth popped open in surprise. "I've lived for quite some time, and that's not all. I'm immortal."

"Are you like a God or a Goddess?" Terra asked.

"No," Midnight replied, "The only one here capable of being a Goddess is Libitina."

"Libitina?"

"Well, alien Goddess," Midnight chuckled.

"Can you continue?" Terra asked, already fascinated.

"I knew I was not quite human even when I was little.." Midnight began, her eyes watering, "I had screamed when I saw my eyes go silver, my skin as pale as it is now, and my hair turn as black as the darkest of nights."

"Were you always these colours?"

"No, when I was born, my hair was as blonde as yours, my eyes were a piercing green and my skin was tanned. It happened when I was twelve that I changed. Like every night, my family and I prayed before we went to bed. I prayed for a change in the world, I prayed for hope of others. Sadly, God ignored me and a wolf entered my home. It was no ordinary wolf, as it's fur was silver with a black streak, it's eyes were as black as coal and it's fangs were large and sharp. It was a big wolf, and it held much power. It sneaked into my parent's room and killed them with one scratch each. My little sister, Maya, did not live any longer, as her blood spilled across the room. The wolf took one look at me and it snarled. Instead of killing me it bit my arm. My blood leaked out but it didn't stay red, it turned silver. I screamed. When looking in the mirror my whole body changed colours. It was the most terrifying experience of my life. I went into hiding. Several years later I walked into the city, which turned out to be pretty stupid of me. It was the time when humans believed that most women were witches and needed killed." She laughed slightly, "I was no exception. The newest experiment was to drown those they suspected. I was tied, my feet to my hands, it was awful. They threw me in the deepest lakes, and I was to surely drown if a witch did not save me. Her name was Elvina and she was a powerful but hidden witch. When the humans were sure I had drowned, they left, but Elvina stayed. She summoned me from the icy waters and breathed life back into me. She touched my forehead with her finger, creating marks which are definitely not human. They granted me more powers, mind-reading, flight, telekinesis, shape-shifting and pyrokinesis, which I like to call silver fire."

"You sound quite powerful," Terra hesitated.

"Actually, I can only be really powerful when I recreate the marks on to my forehead and arms."

"Oh."

"Anyway, I became more powerful, and it also meant I had to hide deeper and further, mostly from humans. The witch did not abandon me, instead she hid me. It has been hard to live without being hunted. I turned blood-thirsty towards humans and started killing them to drink their blood."

"You're not a vampire are you?" Terra asked.

Midnight laughed, "No, the blood just kept me stronger, and human. For I had nothing but silver blood in my veins and red blood gave me humanity, which is pretty ironic but still.. I was soon hunted down, and trapped. I was to be burned and boy, the fire was hot. I survived though, my hatred for humans peeked at my power level, and soon I lost control. The town that I was 'burned' at was destroyed by my fire, people were crushed under the objects that I threw at them, and no one was safe." She shuddered, "I really wish I had more humanity back then."

"That sounds horrible," Terra whispered.

Midnight nodded, "It was. I was."

"How did you become a Titan then, no offence?"

Midnight raised an eyebrow. "Well, three years ago I moved here to America. One year ago, the Titans had to battle a group called 'Misfits'. I kinda joined the group two years ago, because I had no where or no one to turn to. There were three girls there that I was friends with, Breeze, Krystal and Ember." Terra raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Breeze can become air, if that makes sense. She doesn't turn invisible, she just evaporates into the air. She can also move around in air, sort of like flying. She is great at martial arts too so it is hard to fight her. Krystal can become walking, talking piece of crystal. It makes her impossible to bring down, or smack, 'cause you'll break your hand trying. She can create anything but it is in crystal form and she kicks butt. Ember is a hot-head, literally. She can create and control fire, and even destroy it. They are hard to defeat. We did little thefts to survive but the Titans didn't like it. We had a secret underground base, and the Titans found it. We did everything we could to defend ourselves, but the Titans brought the place down. We all survived but the three girls ran off, trying to get me to come, but I was trapped under rubble. I kept telling them to go, even though they were still trying to get me out. I faked death to get them to go, and it worked, even though they started crying. They left and I was still stuck under the rubble. Nightwing and Cyborg found me, I was scared. I suddenly fell through the floor, which sounded strange, but that's when I discovered I could phase. I tried running away but they caught me. Ember saw this, confused as she was she realised that I was caught. She tried to fight them, but Cyborg punched her through several walls until she was knocked out. I freed myself and ran after her. I poured some of my life force into her own and let her escape. I was knocked unconscious and I woke up in the medical room. I tried to escape but gave up. Soon I became a Titan."

"I see, but from that story you don't sound so glad to be a Titan," Terra said.

"I'm not," Midnight sighed.

"You don't want to be a Titan?" Terra asked baffled.

"I'm only here because they know I'm powerful, and they don't want me to go on the 'bad' side," Midnight sighed again.

"Haven't you tried finding your friends?"

"I've tried but it's pointless..." Terra saw Midnight's silver eyes dull and emotionless.

"Well I'm glad you told me your story," Terra bit her lip.

"That's alright," Midnight replied getting up. The sun was sinking into the ground, and the sky was beginning to darken. She stretched her arms. "I'm going for a swim."

"A swim?!" Terra asked confused. Midnight nodded, grinned and dived off the roof. She plunged into the water. "Midnight!" Terra cried. Midnight's head popped back up. She was grinning like a maniac. Terra wondered if she should join but decided against it. She just watched her friend swim around.

Midnight escaped the water, her dress dripping with water. It clung to her skin. Her hair looked almost the same as it's shade couldn't have been darker, but it dripped with water too. She walked on the island, watching as Boom Baby walked out.

"Hey," she grinned.

Midnight nodded, "You going for a swim now?"

"Oh yeah," BB smirked. She took off her jacket, her gloves and her boots and waddled through the water. Midnight waved to her and wandered inside the tower. Her feet crept around the floor, spreading water.

"You need to stop doing that," said a voice. Midnight turned around to see Bolt.

"Doing what?" she smirked.

"Jumping from the tower," he said. "And well in your clothes too."

"It's fun," she stretched her arms.

"Yeah, but what if something happens to you?" Bolt said, serious.

"Oh relax, I doubt the water could kill me," she smiled mysteriously.

Bolt shook his head, "You don't realise that it can."

"Oh c'mon Adrien, nothing happened, give me a break." Midnight sighed.

"I'm sorry," he said, and put his arm around her shoulders. He put his head on one of her shoulders and grinned. Midnight rolled her eyes. She curled a lock of his hair around her finger, as they walked down the corridor to the main room. They heard footsteps approaching and jumped from each other as if they were both on fire. "Oh hey Nightwing," Bolt coughed.

Nightwing nodded, "We need you down to the main room for a briefing," then he stopped. "Why are you so wet Midnight?" he stared at her.

"Went for a swim," she replied blankly.

"A swim?" he questioned.

"Yeah, that thing when you go in water and move around," she said.

"Whatever," Nightwing said robot-like.

"What's the briefing about?" Bolt asked.

"Misfits are on the loose," he said, directing the poison to Midnight, who stopped.

"Misfits?" she whispered.

"Are you alright?" Bolt asked, uncertain.

"Anyway, come as quickly as you can, I will need to get the others down." Nightwing replied, walking away. Bolt put his hands on her shoulders, trying to look into her eyes.

"Lilith, are you alright?" he repeated.

She sighed and smiled weakly at him, "I'm fine."