Some Things Never Change

Teyashi: For some reason, I find myself at an impasse. While I am working on this, I'm also showing progress on the next chapter of An Enigma in Itself, so I have to divide my little time spent taking anything seriously between two mediums. Thus is life. I also apologize for the length of time between updates, as my computer has gone bat-shit insane. And now…

Kid Flash: Teyashi doesn't own Teen Titans, Red Dwarf, or Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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The Titans dropped off the unconscious Terra in the med-bay before heading to the meeting chamber. The meeting chamber was a severe and morose looking affair. Dull, steel gray walls and black tile floors gave it a sense of unfeeling bureaucracy as well as a creepy echo. The room was dominated by a large, round, black table surrounded by five black leather chairs. As the titans entered they all sat down in their usual order. First Robin, then Starfire to his right, followed by Raven, Beast Boy, and finally Cyborg.

"Now that we're all here," Robin began, "I'd like to enact Titan Directive 979."

"You mean 'Any work done by a version of any Titan in an alternate dimension cannot be claimed as overtime'," Cyborg asked, looking very confused, "I did that once on a dare, why do you have to bring that up now of all times?"

"It never fails does it? I'm talking about how in the issue of a possible Titan being a security threat, the senior officer will render a verdict of leaving or staying based on peer review," Robin said, looking irritated.

"Oh, 997 then."

"Right. Anyway, I've called you all here for your opinions on the situation. The facts are these: We had located Terra originally quite some time ago and offered her a spot in the Teen Titans. A short time later, she left after it was revealed that she had little control over her powers of Geokinesis. Some time during her period of being AWOL, she came into contact with one Slade Wilson and agreed to render services to him in exchange for aid in control of her powers. One of the known services was an agreement to become a covert agent in the Teen Titans. She later rejoined the Titans and began sending him information regarding security codes and programming to Slade for use in a later planned attack. On the day of said attack, she reviled her alliance with Slade and left. Later on, with the aid of Slade's technology, staged an attack on Jump City in order to cover up Slade's plans to drop Titans Tower into the earth's mantle. However, she decided to kill Slade and sacrifice herself to save the Tower. Personally, I feel she should leave. What are your opinions?"

"I feel Friend Terra should stay," Starfire said looking concerned, "Why do you think we should turn her away Robin?"

"Well firstly, she nearly got us all killed."

"Come on man, we've all done that," Beast Boy stated, "Need I remind you of the Beast? Or about the Hive Infiltration Incident? Red-X ring any bells? How about the Chrysalis Eater? Let's not forget meeting Raven's dad. We've all nearly killed each other, but we all made up for it and saved our collective backsides. Terra may have endangered us, like we all have, but she actually sacrificed her life for us. I vote she stays."

"Secondly, she divulged important Titan secrets for personal gain," Robin continued.

"Dude, low blow," Cyborg commented, "I know she made a deal for the info in exchange for control of her powers, but from what I could tell the deal was sprung on her after he trained her. Had she simply dropped him like dead fish after she needed him, I wouldn't know what to think of her. While what she did was wrong, it may have been the most right of choices she had. I'm in for her staying."

"Finally, there was her association with one of our most dangerous criminals, Slade," Robin concluded.

"Well, given her situation at the time," Raven interjected, "I can honestly say anyone of us would have done the same thing. I think she should stay."

"Raven, I don't think you should speak for others like that," Robin stated, "I know I wouldn't have done that."

"That's because you don't know what it's like to have powers, none the less one's you can't control," Raven replied spitefully.

"Besides, you should know how convincing Slade is more than any of any of us," Beast Boy added. Robin's eyes suddenly went wider than thought possible as he stared at Beast Boy.

"Everyone," Robin said, barely containing his anger, "I need to have a quick discussion with Beast Boy, just the two of us." As they filed out they could see the look on Beast Boy's face. It gave a distinct sense of 'I'm fucked'. After they left and the door closed, Robin stalked up to the green elf and yelled, "Who the Hell do you think you are?!" The look of fear suddenly disappeared as Beast Boy stood up from his chair and looked Robin dead in the eyes.

"I'm only going to warn you once Robin, so listen carefully. If you turn Terra away, Raven and I will be going with her, and yes I am that sure Raven will be leaving too. When Starfire sees us going, she'll want to leave with us, shocked at your callousness. Then Cyborg will come to you and try to reason with you, but it won't work. You're far too stubborn for that. So that will leave five who want Terra to stay and you who want her to leave." Robin was about to speak when Beast Boy continued, "Before you say something about being invaluable, I proved to be a more than able leader during the Brotherhood of Evil incident. So, if push comes to shove, you can be replaced." After this Beast Boy calmly walked towards the door, but then turned and said, "I'll expect the good news by tomorrow." He the left down toward the common room and shut the door behind him.

'God damn it,' Robin thought, punching the table, 'How could Beast Boy of all people have me over a barrel. I didn't think he knew how to spell blackmail none the less do it.'

Beast Boy quickly popped into the commons to say he did his best to calm Robin and he was going to check on Terra. Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg gave him a quick nod as they each went back to their own thoughts, all of which centered on the idea of Terra being forced to leave. Beast Boy walked into the med-bay, immediately seeing the prone form of Terra. He sat down on the chair next to her bed and quickly looked over the data on her condition. She was unconscious and her vital signs weren't good. Right now they were unsure how long until or if she would stabilize. He looked down at her and said, "Please don't leave me Terra. I've wait so long to see you again. Please don't leave again."

He started to stand up when he heard a familiar voice say, "I'm not going anywhere if I have a say in things." Beast Boy stopped in his tracks and turned around. Terra's eyes were open and she had a weak smile on her face.

"Terra!" Beast Boy immediately bent down and hugged her close. "I'm so glad to see you again."

"I'm glad to be back," Terra said, "How long was I gone?"

"Too long," BB replied, starting to cry a little, "Far too long. I was afraid we had lost you."

"What about the others?" She asked, genuine fear in her voice.

"Well, apart from Robin, they all can't wait to have you back. Don't worry about Robin though, I talked to him a bit and he should come around soon." Terra then, unexpectedly, sniffed his shoulder. "Sorry, just came back from a bit of superheroing and haven't had a chance for a shower."

"It's not a problem, you still smell really nice." Beast Boy was a tad confused about this for a second, but then thought about his cologne, and figured this was part of the 60% they talked about. He reluctantly let her go and stood up.

"Come on, just about everyone's waiting for you in the common room."

"Are you sure they want to see me?"

"Am I a ridiculous shade of green? Just follow me." He then lightly grabbed her wrist and led her out of the Medical bay and upstairs. She was still a bit apprehensive as they reached the door. He smiled at her and lightly squeezed her wrist to comfort her.

She took a deep breath and said, "Alright, let's go." Beast Boy opened the door, and led her in. Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg immediate turned to them. Terra was a little nervous until the others began to smile. It was then that Cyborg stood up and said, "Welcome back, Terra."

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Teyashi: I know it's been a few months, and I'm sorry about the delay. To make it up to you guy's though, I want you to review and state a character not yet shown in the story. Highest voted gets a secret prize! But for now, Shumanalya-Shumalaha!