Sorry this is a bit later than I wanted it to be since poetry class has been kicking my butt, literally got 20 pages of poems to read for my next class (and write a review). Anyway, enough of my troubles and on with the story!

I do not own Teen Titans or other DC references made

-Terra's POV-

I can't believe it has already been 1 1/2 years since Robin died, I remember how the Titans were so distrusting of me when I came here. Almost as if I had done something to hurt them in the past, but that happens with strangers and I still slowly managed to gain their trust and become their friend. Starfire and Raven both became like sisters and Cyborg and Robin became like brothers and I felt so happy to be in this 'family' we had. When Starfire and Raven left to better control their powers Robin had decided to teach the rest of us how to fight without our powers so that we aren't so reliant on them and so we have a back up method of combat. I had finally begun to gain a family, but then Robin was taken from us.

I still remember Raven's reaction when she and Starfire heard that Robin had been killed. I had asked Cy why she was so devastated and he told me that they were really close friends who could share everything with each other. I looked at her as she sat on the couch lost in thought while Starfire continued talking to her unaware that she was ignoring her. I giggled to myself as it almost reminded me of how we all acted only a few years prior, and it's thanks to Rune.

Rune

He seems to be an alright guy, even though he kicked me into an AC unit (back still hurts a bit). In some ways he reminds me of Robin, I mean they're both badass fighters, they both use gadgets to help them with crime fighting and they're both from Gotham! In a way, he has been healing the hole left by Robin's death, he fits in really well and he even helped save Raven from that toxin. In fact-

"Hey guys, we got something!" I hear Cy shout.

"What is it?" BB asked in response.

"Burglary, the suspect apparently took out 8 cops and ran to a nearby warehouse. No eyewitnesses yet."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I shout.

-Short while later-

We were looking around the warehouse, I felt something bugging me in the back of my mind but I couldn't afford to be distracted right now.

"Looking for me?" we hear a rather deep voice say.

We all turn to look at the speaker and were greeted with a man in full body armor with ammo belts and other gear strapped all over his suit. He looked like he was ready to go to war, but the last detail is what scared me the most, he wore a black and orange helmet with only one eyehole.

"Slade!" Cyborg yelled.

"Took you guys a second, surely I don't look that different now, do I?" He cracked his knuckles and I froze as memories came flooding back to me.

"Why are you back?"

"Well I just got done with some contracts that have kept me busy for the past couple years and now I figure that I better check up on good ol' Jump City."

"Things here are fine without you!" Cy shouted.

"Oh really? Let's see how true that is." Slade then detonated some explosives which dropped a steel beam towards us, BB pulled me out of the way and then I realized that Slade had separated us from the others. BB though seemed more concerned about me.

"Terra! What's wrong?!" I couldn't respond as I saw memories of what I had previously done and the guilt of my actions took hold.

-With Cyborg-

"So let's see how much you have improved"

Cyborg landed a hard punch on Slade's face, causing him to stagger.

"Oh? It seems Robin has taught you some." He caught Cyborg's next punch, "But not enough."

-With Starfire-

She heard some fighting and was getting ready to go help when Cyborg was thrown past her. When she checked on him she saw he was knocked out, and she turned to see Slade walk towards her.

"You will pay for harming friend Cyborg!" She shouted as she charged him with her eyes glowing.

"Alright" He cracked his neck, "Show me what you got."

-With Raven-

Raven was trying to figure out where Slade was, she then saw him about to drop attack her and she countered with a blast of magic to his chest. She heard him crash into a crate before he started laughing.

"You may have grown in power, but you still have the same weaknesses." Before she could cast another spell she was charged by Slade and was helpless against his onslaught.

After a few minutes of Raven getting mercilessly beaten she fell to the floor, bruised and bleeding, but still conscious.

"Still as stubborn as ever, yet you Titans still don't pose any threat. Well here is a goodbye present." He began waling away as he dropped a timer that had a little over 3 minutes left.

-Back with Terra and Beastboy-

Beastboy had been trying to get Terra to talk to him and those attempts grew more panicked as he saw tears running down her face.

"Terra, please talk to me!"

"I betrayed you…" she whispered.

"What?"

"I remember now! I betrayed you all, I worked for that bastard and almost got all of you killed!" She sobbed, "I deserve to die…"

"No!" Terra looked at BB wide-eyed for how quickly and firmly he responded, "You changed yourself for the better! You may have done bad things in the past but that's not who you are! You're a Titan and a fantastic one at that! Titans stick together and we are all here for you! I loved you before you were a Titan and I sure as hell love you now!" He said all this while holding her tightly.

Terra realized that BB was right, she was her own person and she has a duty to protect her friends. "Thanks BB."

"Let's go kick Slade's butt!"

They went looking for the other Titans and managed to find them except that Cyborg and Starfire were unconscious and Raven seemed to be trying to wake them up. She looked up at them and relief briefly broke through the panic on her face. "We need to get out of here, Slade left a bomb. Terra I need you to carry us out so I can focus on healing them."

Terra nodded her head and began to lift the platform beneath them and fly them out of the warehouse, but they only made it about 30 feet before the whole building exploded and sent them crashing to the ground.

"Is everyone okay?" Terra looked around and saw that everyone seemed to have only gotten scratched up from the crash.

Raven then stood up and said, "Yeah, let's get back to the tower." Terra nodded again and began to fly them back, both her and BB completely unware of the metal shard in Raven's side.