Chapter 6: Tara's twin sister
After training everyone was exhausted. They all slowly made their way into the tower and to the living room.
"I'm so tired," Beast Boy said falling back on to the couch.
"I think everyone is," Tara said as she sat down next to him, Starfire sat on her other side. The alarm went off.
"Trouble," Robin said.
"Who is it?" Raven asked as she stood up.
"Slade," Robin said.
"Let's go," Raven said. Everyone left, and they arrived an abandoned construction site several minutes later.
"Ok keep quiet he could be anywhere," Robin said. Everyone nodded and headed into the site. And split into groups of two. Robin and Starfire, Cyborg and Crow, Shadow and Raven, and Beast Boy and Tara. Beast Boy and Tara were the first to run into trouble with some Slade bots.
"Robin-" Beast Boy said but his communicator got knocked out of his hands as a sladebot attacked him. Tara hurried over and picked it up, "Porcupine head get your butt over here we need your help," Tara said.
"We're on our way," Robin said.
"Hurry," Tara said as the communicator got blasted into pieces. Tara looked up and saw Beast Boy being over taken by Slade bots. "Beast Boy duck," she yelled. Beast Boy ducked down as Tara summoned a metal beam and shot it across at the Slade bots, and dropped it on them smashing them, and like magic 50 more appeared. Raven, Shadow, Robin, and Starfire arrived.
"About time," Tara yelled as she tried to fight off several sladebots.
"Sorry it took so long," Robin yelled as he attacked a few robots. One jumped on his, back and Starfire shot it with a starbolt. They then worked together to take on several of the robots. They seemed to nbd doing a pretty good job.
"Where is Cyborg and Crow?" Tara asked.
"Right here," Cyborg yelled as he shot a robot behind Tara. The fought off the robots. The Robot's numbers seemed to be dwindling. Tara saw Slade, no one else saw him so when he left she followed. No one except, Beast Boy, noticed her leave so he followed herwondering where she was going.
"Slade," Tara yelled as she chased him, Slade stopped, as he ran into a dead end. He turned around to face her.
"Tara how nice it is to see you again," Slade said.
"Wish I could say the same," Tara said.
"What's she talking about?" Beast Boy asked himself once he caught up with Tara. "Tara what does he mean see you again," Beast Boy asked. Tara turned around and saw Beast Boy standing behind her.
"I'm so sorry beast boy," Tara said turning around completely to face the changeling. The hurt look on his face hurt her more than anything. She never wanted to hurt him. She knew what he was thinking about. He was funking of the girl he had told her about, Terra.
"About what?" Beast Boy asked confused.
"I didn't mean for this to happen," Tara said.
"What?" Beast Boy asked still having no idea about what was going on.
"You idiot she works for me," Slade said.
"No I don't.," Tara said, "Not anymore."
"Tara, no," Beast Boy said.
"You said you trusted me," Tara said, tears forming in her eyes. She wanted Beast Boy's trust more than anything. She didn't know why, but she did.
"I'm not so sure anymore," Beast Boy said.
"Beast Boy," Tara said.
"Now where have I heard this?" Slade asked, "Ah yes when he found out that Terra was working for me," He said. Tara could tell he was smirking under that mask of his.
"Beast Boy you said you trusted what makes this so different," Tara asked.
"Sisters do act so much alike," Slade said.
"What are you talking about?" Tara asked, she looked over her shoulder at him.
"Your twin sister acts just like you," Slade said.
"You know who she is?" Tara asked, "How do you know?" She could feel his smugness rolling off him in thick waves, "You lie," she said as she turned away from him.
"Am I?" Slade asked.
"Why should I believe you, you told me she died," Tara said.
Raven noticed Tara and Beast Boy were gone. Once all the Slade bots were destroyed. She looked around and the two were no where to be seen.
"We did it," Starfire said happily.
"Where are Tara and Beast Boy?" Raven asked looking around trying to find them. Everyone joined in the search but they couldn't find them, until Beast Boy came out of a passage way, closely followed by Tara.
"Where were you two?' Raven asked.
"Nowhere," Tara said as she left, she seemed to be fighting tears. Beast Boy left too without saying a word.
"Uh…" Cyborg said.
"Let's get back to the tower." Robin said.
"Yes," Starfire said as she grabbed Robin and brought him to the tower. Raven, after she arrived at the tower, went up to the roof where she found Tara sitting with her legs pulled up to her chest, and her head down.
"Tara are you ok?" Raven asked.
"He found out," Tara said but it was slightly muffled due to the fact she had her face hidden.
"What did who find out?" Raven asked confused.
"Beast Boy found out I worked for Slade," Tara said raising her head a bit. Raven looked at her and saw how sad she looked.
"How?" Raven asked.
"I followed Slade," Tara said. Raven realized she had been crying, "And now he doesn't trust me, and I found out who my twin sister is." Tara said.
"You did? Who?" Raven asked.
"Slade said it was Terra," Tara said.
"Terra was…" Raven said.
"I know Beast Boy told me," Tara said, "When he trusted me," she added putting her head back down. Raven sat down next to her. She could tell this was really bothering Tara. She had never seen Tara so down.
"He'll come around," Raven assured her.
"But what if he doesn't?" Tara asked it was muffled and Raven couldn't understand what she said.
"What?" Raven asked.
"I said what if he doesn't?" Tara said annoyed lifting her head a little.
"He will," Raven said.
"I hope your right," Tara said.
"Am I ever wrong," Raven asked.
"Not usually," Tara said. Raven smiled. Tara looked at her sister shocked.
"Ok who are you and what did you do to Raven?" came Crow's voice from the doorway.
"Shut up Crow," Tara and Raven said rolling their eyes. They both turned around to look at him.
"Just comin to see if you're ok," Crow said, "You left in a hurry," he said."Thanks for the concern but I'll be fine," Tara said giving Crow a small smile.