Here it is, chapter 4. This is sort of the end, I will have an epilogue though, so one more chapter to go. The epilogue shouldn't be too long so i should have it out soon, sorry it took me so long to get this out. I had like half of it written then got stuck. I think this whole chapter went a bit fast, alot more action than dialogue. Tell me what you think thanks.
Terra in Two chapter 4
The blinding light woke Terra up. She had been in and out of sleep for the last twenty-four hours hoping she would wake up in her old bed in Titans tower safe and sound. No luck, not like there's much else to do when you're strapped to a crucifix in a dark room.
"Hello Terra," a deep voice spoke to her. Her eyes finally adjusted to the light and Slade slowly came into view; he was typing on the computer. "Good evening Terra, it seems my machine has finished with you."
At this Terra's eyes grew wider as she remembered the situation she was in, and what Slade had promised to do once he was done with her. Slade chuckled as he saw the look on her face.
"Don't worry Terra; I need someone to test my powers on so you can live until then." Slade finished typing and walked over to one of the white walls and opened a small glass case. Inside was a rather simple red button which Slade pushed.
The walls started to creak as the ceiling opened up above her exposing the darkening sky. Once the ceiling was completely gone the floor started creaking as it pushed itself towards the clouds. When it reached the top the entire contraption shook violently and Terra looked around in an attempt to figure out where she was.
The first thing she noticed was the large body of water surrounding them and she pondered for a moment if she was on a submarine. She would've laughed at the foolish idea if she wasn't in such horrible conditions. She looked again and noticed she was on a tiny Island about a mile off the coast of Jump City.
Her view of her surroundings was blocked as Slade walked in front of her. He then undid Terra's shackles on her arms and legs and let her fall to the ground with a groan. Terra was sore all over and she hadn't eaten since before her carbonation. She tried to stand up but fell back down and decided to crawl out of the way instead.
After she had crawled past the computer she turned and watched as Slade attached himself to the same machine that had held her captive only minutes before.
"Don't bother trying to escape Terra, you're on a small island surrounded by water and far too weak to swim." Terra scoffed knowing he was right but instantly regretted it as her scoff turned into a cough.
"Power transfer device," Slade yelled out into the air. "Activate!" And suddenly the crucifix like holder Slade was on burned bright blue and steam shot out of it from multiple tiny holes surrounding the machine.
"Arrghh!" Slade cried out in pain as his body contorted. Terra watched in horror as this continued for a full minute until finally there was a blinding flash of light. When Terra looked back the machine was off and Slade was no longer screaming, he was just breathing deeply against the machine as a small amount of steam rose off his body.
After another few minutes Slade seemed to regain his strength and unhooked himself from the machine. He concentrated on a nearby boulder and watched as it rose and flew towards him by his mental commands alone! He then pulled up another boulder and smashed the two together. As the debris fell to the ground he laughed maniacally at his success.
As Slade finished his maniacal laugh he thought he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He looked again and saw six small dots flying in from Jump City. Curses, he thought. The titans are more resourceful that I give them credit for.
They're still too late to stop me; I already have my new powers. Unfortunately they may still be able to capture me, at this Slade looked over to Terra. Unless of course, I make this interesting.
The mastermind ran over to the weakened girl and picked her off the ground. He quickly took her back over towards his machine and despite her protests he reattached her to the crucifix-like device using his new powers. The rock could be manipulated so much better that Terra's new restraints were twice as strong.
"Hey what are you doing? Let me go!" Terra pleaded but Slade had no time to argue with a teenager. Using his own strength he ripped the crucifix off of the machine and walked towards a nearby ledge as he waited.
A few minutes passed as the figures grew closer. They were finally distinguishable as they dropped down from the sky and landed on the floor across from Slade. It was the five titans and the other half of Terra's soul.
Beast boy was the first to speak, "Holy crap guys its Terra!" BB turned to the school girl next to him, "But so is this! Can anyone explain what's going on?"
"Slade!" Robin called out, ignoring Beast boy's frantic questions. "Give us the girl and turn yourself in." At this declaration Slade pulled the crucifix holding Terra over the ledge.
"Sorry Robin, but you're not making the demands this time! This time you have to make a choice. Save the girl and let me go free, or fight me and let the girl drown?" Slade smirked beneath his mask at the shock on the titans faces as he dropped the girl off the ledge into the ocean beneath. "Now choose!"
As soon as the crucifix holding Terra fell from Slade's hands Robin's quick thinking kicked in. "Beast boy, Raven, rescue Terra! Starfire, Cyborg, help me stop Slade!" The instant the words left his mouth the team jumped into action.
Raven and Beast boy jumped underwater where BB quickly transformed into a whale and swam towards the quickly sinking Terra with Raven on his oily back. The crucifix must have weighed a ton because Terra was sinking incredibly fast.
BB swam as fast as he could, unfortunately he couldn't manage to overtake the sinking girl, only able to get close. This was enough however as Raven mouthed (she couldn't actually say anything underwater, but they worked anyway) her three magical words and the infamous black hue covered the blonde and she stopped sinking.
Raven struggled as she forced herself not to give in and drop the girl. Luckily Beast boy had already headed for the surface knowing the two girls would need to breathe.
They broke the surface and Beast boy threw the two girls over onto land as he transformed back to his human form. The girls were spitting up water and BB allowed himself to turn to the fight. Even though the titans outnumbered Slade 3 to 1 Slade still had the upper hand.
Starfire's eyebeams and starbolts were all blocked by Slade's new geokinesis abilities. He was holding Robin off with his martial arts alone and Cyborg with a combo of the two.
Beast boy turned back to the girls and transformed to a gorilla intending to break Terra's bindings when Raven told him not to. "No, I've got it covered! Help the others, I'll fix Terra!" BB wasn't sure what she meant by 'fix' but nodded his monkey head and went over to the others.
Slade was distracted fighting the three titans and didn't notice BB snuck up behind him until the gorilla delivered a hard punch to Slade's back. Slade went flying and Starfire took the opportunity to shoot him with an eyebeam. However he recovered from the punch and did a roll as he avoided the beams.
"Well this hardly seems fair, 4 against 1." Slade taunted, "Do the good guys normally win by numbers alone?"
"Quiet Slade!" Robin yelled as he attempted to drop kick Slade, "You know nothing of fair!"
As the four titans fought Slade Raven had called over the other half of Terra's soul. "Azeroth-Metrion-Zinthos!" She yelled as she covered both Terra's bodies in her magic. She connected the magic between them and as she muttered more magic words both half's of Terra's soul came out of their bodies and into the middle of her magic.
There was a flash of light that was so bright everyone else stopped fighting and looked over. When the light was gone both girls had disappeared. In their place was one whole Terra, standing tall.
She appeared to be wearing the uniform she got from Slade but after a few seconds of twitching it crumbled beneath her to reveal the school uniform the other half had been wearing.
"SLADE!" Terra screamed as she unearthed a boulder from the dirt and hurled it straight at the evil mastermind. So surprised at what had happened he forgot to dodge and the boulder slammed right into him. At this the fight resumed as all five titans and Terra attacked Slade. Only this time they were winning.
Robin threw his disks at Slade's feet, effectively freezing him to the ground. As he struggled to get away BB had turned into a rhinoceros and was continually charging Slade back and forth. Cyborg shot a wave of acid (from his arm cannon) onto Slade from behind.
Slade screamed in agony as he could feel his flesh start to melt, and as he screamed Terra surrounded his body in rock. The rock worked with the glue-like acid to trap Slade inside.
Raven used her magic to cover the whole thing, making it impenetrable. Finally Starfire used her superhuman strength to pick the whole thing up and throw it deep within the ocean. The six watched as there mortal enemy quickly sank, realizing it was finally over.
Before anything could be done what was left of the small island started to sink. Star grabbed Robin, Raven grabbed Cyborg and Terra grabbed a rock while BB transformed and they flew back to dry land.