Teen Titans: 2nd Season Rewrite

by Mastered Ultra Instinct

Slade attempted to make Terra his apprentice, but Batman intervened, forcing him to recruit his daughter, Rose Wilson, for the title. At the same time, Batman unwittingly unearthed a rare, rainbow-colored gem and handed it to Terra. What are the secrets behind it? And can Robin, Batman, Terra, and the Titans save Rose from Slade's ruthless grip?

10. Ravaged

Teen Titans: 2nd Season Rewrite

"Ravaged"

Chapter 1

It all began when one of the troopers were just knocked out by one of Slade's robots. They had successfully stolen some sort of bomb and were walking out as they exploded a hole on the wall. They continued onward only for one of them to be hit in the right side of its face by a birdarang. The birdarang then returned to its owner, who turned out to be Robin, leader of the Teen Titans. "Tell Slade the Titans have a message for him." Terra then explained the "Quote-unquote" message. "Eat dirt!" She then launched several boulders at Slade's robots. Robin then led the attack with his usual catch phrase. "Titans, go!" The Titans then followed Robin into battle. Terra then maneuvered a boulder for Robin to ride on. He dodged a few lasers before jumping off the boulder, which then crashed into one of Slade's robots, and then kicks another in the stomach. Starfire, then, shot out a laser beam from her eyes, literally drawing the line on the ground, and causing it, along with the robots to explode. Raven followed by lifting one of the boulders and tossing it to Terra. "Terra, catch!" Terra then used her powers to grab the rock and then toss it toward Slade's robots, who managed to flee in the nick of time. Terra turned to Raven. "Thanks a ton." "Closer to two tons, actually." Raven then raised up her dark magic, only for it to act as a shield as the laser hit it, knocking her back. One of Slade's robots then hit the rock, causing her to fall upon its detonation, and land on the ground before being surrounded. That was when Beast Boy turned into a gorilla, roared as he pounded his chest and knocked away five of Slade's robots, one of which trapped him in a headlock, but not for very long. Beast Boy then lifted Terra up bridal style and then reverted back to normal form. "You saved me." "Yeah, that was cool." Terra then felt a slight feeling of embarrassment. "Uh, Beast Boy, you can put me down now." Beast Boy grew more embarrassed than her from hearing that and put her down. "Yuh! Right. I was just, uh.." Suddenly, one of the robots was passing by as if it was being pushed back. Beast Boy then decided to return to help the others, and so did Terra, eventually. "Oh, what the heck." Terra's hands glowed yellow as she smirked and returned to the fray. Robin kicked one of the robots with an uppercut kick, then whacked another with his staff, before hitting another on the shoulder. Raven then unleashed her black aura and converted it into several separate blasts. Cyborg then punched one of the robots and then hit another with his laser cannon. Starfire rained down four laser balls at the robots and launched one of them toward another. Beast Boy then turned into a mountain ram and "rammed" into one of the robots with his horns. Terra then lifted up several boulders, quickly encircling them around her and then tossing them at the robots.

Meanwhile, they had no idea that they were spied on by Rose as a means of useful data to use against the Titans. Slade was quite pleased. "Excellent. You've done well. Very well. All your hard work is about to pay off. Tonight, we strike, and by sunrise tomorrow, the Titans will be annihilated." Only one of Rose's eyes was shown in the shadows before steam blew out in front of it.

Chapter 2

The Titans were having a sort of Pizza party back at the tower. There was only one last slice of pizza left. Cyborg then decided to point out who gets it. "And the last slice of pizza goes to... Terra!" Everyone was happy for her, while Terra was surprised. "Alright!" "Whoo!" "You're the winner!" "Congratulations." Then, it comically went to the end of some sort of football game with Cyborg as the announcer. "Just a rookie, and already, you're an MVP holding the coveted four-cheese trophy. Terra, the world wants to know...how does it feel?" Terra felt slightly out of words. "Um, good? And kind of greasy." Robin and Starfire lifted Terra up as Cyborg's microphone went to Robin. "Seriously, Terra, good job tonight. We're glad to have you on the team." It then went to Starfire and the Raven next. "And we are most mirthful to claim you as our friend." "Yeah. What they say." Beast Boy then turned into a dog and then licked Terra, making her giggle. "Beast Boy." Terra then blushed. "Thanks, guys. Really, for everything. But you shouldn't... I'm just doing my job, you know? No big deal." Beast Boy felt otherwise. "Well, it's a big deal to us. Good friends, don't come along every day, you know?" Cyborg then shuts down the tower after putting up the defenses, with a simple handprint scan. The lights then turn off before Cyborg yawns. "Alright, y'all, Titans Tower's locked up and Cyborg's shuttin' down." Cyborg then went to his room. Robin had the similar idea for everyone else. "We should all get some sleep. We may have stopped Slade tonight, but we need to figure out what he's planning tomorrow." They then went to their rooms. "Night." "Pleasant shlorvaks!" "Nighty-night, Terra." Terra felt a nervous tinge. "Yeah. See you tomorrow."

Later, at the hallway, she noticed Beast Boy in front of her door and ran over to him. Beast Boy blushed from the sight of her. "Hi." Terra was confused. "Hi." After a brief moment of awkward silence, Terra looked both ways. "Okay, well, nice talking to you." Beast Boy was not about to let her go and instead, held out a gift for Terra. "I kinda made you something." Terra then turned around and noticed Beast Boy's gift. "You did?" "Yeah. Went a little crazy with the glue gun." Beast Boy showed it to prove this point and tried to get it off as Terra opened her gift. After that, she opened the lid of her gift sideways to the left and saw her reflection. Terra was surprised. "Oh! Beast Boy, it's... I don't know what to say." Beast Boy felt otherwise and decided to ask her out. "You could say yes. 'Cause I'm about to ask you out on a date, you know, like you did last time." Terra was at a loss for words. "Oh. Wow." "So...you wanna do something tomorrow night?" Terra felt that tomorrow night would not be best, especially when they can just do it tonight. Besides, she has something important to show Robin first. "Tomorrow? How about tonight, instead?" Beast Boy's eyes widened with surprise. "What? For realsies?!" Terra smiled and nodded. "Yep. For realsies." Beast Boy then let out a shout of excitement. "Whoo-hoo!" Terra then interrupted him there. "But, first, I got something important to tell Batman, then we'll go, alright? Oh, and we might bring a special guest, too. To, you know, hang out." Beast Boy knew that it was okay, considering that it was something important that Terra had to do. Besides, she did say "yes" technically. "Sure. Anything for my girl." Terra giggled from that as she was going back inside to get her laptop. "Beast Boy." Then, the door closed for a couple of seconds before it opened again. "I'll meet you by your window, okay?" Beast Boy showed his lovestruck expression as Terra dashed for the lab. "Okay."

A minute later, near the lab, Terra spoke with Batman about going it alone to reach out to Rose. "You plan on reaching out to Rose tonight, aren't you?" "Yeah. Something has to be done to save her." "Look, Terra. I know you want to help her, and I'm not against it, but there could be times when Rose takes advantage of you when you least expect it. You want to make a decision? Make one, but be prepared to deal with the consequences." Terra then walked off. "Okay, Batman. Good night." She then walked away and thought of where Rose could be right now. "Maybe, if I bring just myself and Beast Boy there, Rose will see that we mean no harm."

Meanwhile, Beast Boy was excited as he looked at himself through a mirror. "Oh, yeah! Who's got a date tonight? You do! Of course, all you had to do was knock on the door and say.. 'Yo, Terra, you, me, movies, Friday.' 'You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.' 'You wanna go for a ride on my moped?' 'Ruff ruff' 'Ple-e-ase?' Anything would have been better than giving her a glue-covered box and acting like a total goober!" Beast Boy then took a deep breath and calmed down. "But, you got yourself a date and that's all that matters." Terra cleared her throat, surprising him when Beast Boy turned to notice Terra flying outside. He quickly grew embarrassed she had to see that. "Um, how long have you been standing there?" Terra shrugged. "Long enough. Wanna go out?" Beast Boy grew confused and then excited. "Huh? Yeah!" He then decided to play it cool. "I mean, uh, that's cool." He then walked toward Terra. "But why didn't you just knock on the door?" Terra lent out her hand to Beast Boy. "I did kinda tell you I'd meet you by the window, didn't I? That fact aside, do you trust me?" Beast Boy smiled. "More than anyone I've ever met." He then grabbed her hand, before she and Beast Boy left the tower. "So, you wanna catch a late movie?"

Inside the tower, Cyborg got out of his room, feeling hungry as his stomach growled, and went to the kitchen. "Oh, man! I knew I shouldn't have given up that last slice of pizza." He then opened the refrigerator and yawned as he was getting a foot long sub out. "Oh, well. Nothing a footlong ham and beef jerky sandwich won't.." But before he could finish the sentence, Cyborg was shocked upon noticing Slade's entire robot army inside. Cyborg could not believe his eyes. "No."

Chapter 3

Rose was moving in on them, seemingly about to attack when she just touched both Beast Boy and Terra's shoulders, surprising them. "Boo!" "Wah!" "Gah!" Then, Rose giggled as did Terra. "So, that's your boyfriend, right, Terra?" Terra smiled. "Of course, he is". Beast Boy was quite curious. "Okay, what is she doing here?!" Terra knew she needed to explain. "Oh, that's right. She's a special guest for tonight." Beast Boy was still suspicious of her motives. "And how do you know she's legit?" "Because I invited her, silly, to learn more about her." Beast Boy then noticed a picture of Rose's family inside her belt pocket and decided to play along. "Go on."

Then, later, Beast Boy, Terra, and Rose were outside on a hill at night. "When you asked me out again, I didn't realize you meant out of town." Terra turned to the two. "Looks cool, doesn't it?" Beast Boy nodded in agreement to answer her question. Rose agreed as well. "It's actually..not bad." "Guess sometimes you have to leave a place to really appreciate it." The wind blew on Terra's hair for a bit and stopped. "You hungry?" Beast Boy smiled. "Always."

Later, they arrived at a restaurant by the name "Ben's" where Beast Boy and Terra stopped by for food. They then went inside the restaurant and sat down. Beast Boy looked at the menu, but noticed nothing but food involving meat, while Rose looked at hers and noticed the tasty pretzel bites as appetizers. He turned to the waitress. "Um, don't suppose you guys have a veggie burger?" The waitress only stared at him for a bit. Terra then grabbed the menu from Beast Boy and set it down. "We'll just get the usual, Pam." Rose then made her order next. "Oh, and we'd like some pretzel bites for the appetizers!" Terra then turned back to Beast Boy. "So, I'm guessing you've been here before?" Terra picked up her spoon. "I've been everywhere before. I was quite the traveller before I became a Titan, remember?" Rose wanted to know more about her. "Okay, what's the coolest place you've ever been to?" Terra just stared at the back of her spoon. "Don't know. Probably Titans Tower. But there's plenty of cool stuff out here. Who knows? If you're really nice to me, maybe I'll give you the tour." At that moment, Pam set out two plates of pumpkin pie with cream on top along with a plate full of nine pretzel bites with cheese sauce. Terra gave the spoon to Beast Boy as Rose passed three to Terra, three to Beast Boy, and kept the last three. "Dig in." Beast Boy then took a bite of the pumpkin pie and was surprised by the taste. He then removed the spoon from his mouth and spoke sullenly. "This is the greatest pie in the history of pie." Rose spoke next. "If you think that's good, wait 'till you try the pretzel bites!" Then, both Terra and Beast Boy ate the pretzel bites and were impressed with the taste and crispy texture. "Mm! That is so good!" "Yeah, no kidding, Rose! I should have tasty food like this more often!" Terra had an idea for another pie shop. "There's a place about 200 miles outside of Gotham that bakes a mean cherry. But for apple, this is the best there." Suddenly, Rose noticed a reflection of Slade in the mirror and gasped before turning to notice that Slade wasn't here. Terra probably knew that Slade was not far behind, judging from Rose's reaction. She then laid out her change. "Let's get outta here. Night's still young." Beast Boy still hasn't finished his pie. "But...pie!" She then grabbed Beast Boy by the wrist. "You can take it to go." She then noticed Beast Boy's communicator and bent down to pick it up. "Oh, wait. You dropped something." Then, she overheard Robin's voice. "Beast Boy, come in!"

Back at Titans Tower, the Titans were still under attack. Slade's robots were closing in with Robin struggling to call Beast Boy, but to no avail. "Beast Boy, where are you? Answer me!" Robin then ran from them and fell through the hole toward Slade's robots and kicked them one at a time, only to find more of them coming. He quickly managed to flee from them and get behind one of the walls, adjacent to Starfire and Cyborg. "He's not responding!" Raven then appeared in front of Robin. "Terra's not in her room." Robin then turned back to the others. "Somebody wanna explain how 200 armed robots got past my security?" Batman knew how that was possible. "Someone must've traced the tower's coordinates to Slade undetected." Cyborg tried to access the computer, but had no luck and instead got zapped. "Can't even access the computer! We're locked out!" "They are too numerous to fight! What shall we do?" Robin had the best answer he could think of. "Fight anyway. Titans, go!" Robin then kicked one of the robots and then sliced another's face off with his birdarang. Another tried to punch him, only to end up hit with an uppercut and then kicked in the face. Cyborg then punched two robots before Starfire lasered the other robots. She even grabbed one of them and tossed it at the other robots. She then charged toward the robots and fired lasers from her hands, just as Raven swiped one robot to one side and another on the other. She then blocked one of the lasers and then prepared to defeat it. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She then launched several blades at the robot, shutting it down, only to find more of them coming from her room. That peeved Raven more than anything. "That's my room!" She then sent 2 square shaped pieces of debris, toward the robots, crushing them one at a time. "Nobody goes in my room!" She then created a vertical crater, trapping and crushing the other robots. However, Cyborg fell prey to that and ended up falling down toward the Rec room. Cyborg then starting to get up when a robot grabbed a bench-press and whacked Cyborg with it toward a wall. It then tried to land a punch but missed and wound up being pummeled itself and tossed toward the same wall. Another then got the jump on Cyborg as did another, only for both of them to be tossed aside to the floor. The next two did succeed and pounded Cyborg to the wall. They then closed in on Cyborg and began attacking but missed. "Don't know how you guys got in, but I know how you're getting out!" He then thrust his fist toward the robot, impaling it. He then grabbed another by the face and tossed it toward a wall just as Starfire did the same for another one of them. She then punched another in the face three times before she hit another in the face with her laser eyes. She then quickly found herself caught and surrounded by 4 robots. 4 more jumped in to help. Starfire, then, finally had had enough and shot out 6 lasers from her eyes, freeing herself.

Elsewhere, the robots were entering a code in the bomb when suddenly, Batman halted the robots progress by tossing a batarang at the bomb, shutting it down. Robin then used his Bo staff to dispatch three or four robots and roared as he charged toward more of the robots.

Meanwhile, Terra, Rose, and Beast Boy were now at an amusement park riding the Megacoaster. Beast Boy and Terra clearly enjoyed themselves as Rose gave a feigned smile.

After the ride, Beast Boy, Rose, and Terra were sitting on a bench, although only Beast Boy was sitting on the top of the bench as Terra sat normally. He was very excited from that ride. "Yeah! This place is awesome!" Rose turned to Terra. "So, what do you find so special about coming here?" Terra then explained why they came here, apart from the cool rides there. "Spent a lot of time here when I was on the road. This is the closest thing I had to a home." Beast Boy then bent over to her. "You mean besides Titans Tower?" Terra then gave a sort of concerned look. "Yeah. So, you wanna ride the bumper cars or-" Beast Boy could tell something was wrong. "Terra, is everything okay?" Rose saw that look as well. "Yeah. You seem kinda nervous." Terra turned to him and smiled. "Totally. What makes you-" Beast Boy knew the reason as he saw it. "Because I'm having fun, and I really want you to have fun, but if you're not, you know, with me..." Terra then expressed her happiness once again as she poked her arm at Beast Boy. "Beast Boy, you're my definition of fun." She then stood up and held Beast Boy's hand. "Come on, let's ride some more rides." Rose then went with the two of them. "All right, but only if I pick the first bumper car."

First, Beast Boy, Rose, and Terra rode on bumpercars with Terra and Rose winning and on par with each other. Next, they ride on a spinner with both having fun on it, up until Terra felt sick and held her mouth as her face turned green as Beast Boy was practically getting dizzy and some saliva careening out of his mouth, although Rose was having a good time all around. Then, she, Rose, and Beast Boy took pictures of themselves with the first picture showing Beast Boy confused and Rose putting her arm over his shoulders as Terra smiled from far away as the rest showed funny pictures with Terra, Rose, and Beast Boy "showing their guns" and Beast Boy hanging upside down as a vampire making Terra laugh and Rose was in the pose of a vampire hunter. It also showed a picture of Terra holding and hugging Beast Boy as a puppy with Rose patting him on the head. Then, the next four pictures showed that Terra and Rose were jumped by Beast Boy, who received an uppercut as a reflexive response, leaving Terra embarrassed and Rose surprised, although they both got a laugh out of it. Then, the final picture showed both Terra and Beast Boy being surprised while Rose smirked. After that, they then went on a scary ride, amusing Terra and exciting Rose while it scared the dickens out of Beast Boy, who tipped over to Terra's side, practically traumatized, as Terra blushed and smiled. They then played a ball game with Beast Boy, knocking down all the cans before Terra got her turn. Unfortunately, though, Terra's ball only landed on the ground, much to her dismay before Rose took care of that problem, leaving Terra very happy. She then hugged both Beast Boy and Rose and then both laugh. Next up, they watch as fireworks are shot up into the sky and explode, lighting it up. Finally, they make their way to the Ferris wheel as Terra crosses her arm with Beast Boy's and Rose crosses hers with Terra's.

Beast Boy, Rose, and Terra were already inside the Ferris Wheel as he scooter over close to Terra. He then spoke to her. "So, what made you say "yes"?" Terra then grew weary. "Excuse me?" "About going out with me, with Rose hanging with us. It was the ears, wasn't it?" Beast Boy wiggles his pointy ears as he said his next statement. "Ladies love the pointy ears." Terra only giggled a bit and then answered. "Actually, it was because... of all the things I could've done tonight, I realized all I really wanted to do is spend time with you." Beast Boy found that understandable. "Lucky for me, you didn't have other plans." Rose remembered Terra's lesson and then what she needs to tell them. "Well, that's what friends do. They help each other and tell each other everything. That's why there's something I need to tell you." Beast Boy grew confused. "Huh?" "Beast Boy, Terra, if you guys knew something bad about me, would you still be my friends?" Beast Boy undoubtedly answers truthfully. "Of course." "I mean, if you guys were really my friends, I could tell you anything, and no matter how horrible it was, you two would still like me, right?" Beast Boy was determined to help make the relationship work as was Terra. "Yes." "We promise, Rose. No matter what." Unfortunately, neither one noticed Slade in the shadows. Fortunately, Terra decided to break the ice. "In fact, I have something I can only show you now, because you're my friend. It's a very special gift and you've earned it." Rose smiled and blushed. "Oh, that's so sweet. What is it?" Then, Terra got out the picture and gave it to her. "Here you go. It's a picture of your real family, before, well, you know." Rose gasped upon seeing the photo and realized that what Terra said actually was the truth. "I-I don't believe it. You were telling the truth!" Terra knew what she had done by now. "You had to see with your own eyes. You needed to know for sure yourself." Rose realized something else from Terra as well. "You knew. You knew I was lying." "Yeah, and my friends probably have their hands full with a bunch of robots right now." Beast Boy grew curious and wanted to make sure he heard right. "Wait, what'd you say?" "I sent Slade the coordinates to the tower." Beast Boy gasped in horror. "No way!" "But there's still time to save them!" "Rose is right, Beast Boy. The sooner we get back to the tower, the sooner we can save our friends." Then, Slade's voice pitched in with a slight hint of anger and disappointment. "So, the truth comes out, doesn't it?" The voice earned a gasp from Terra as Beast Boy and Rose turned to notice Slade. "Slade." "And to think, you would've been my apprentice." He then got up and walked toward the two of them.

Chapter 4

As Slade walked toward them, Terra got defensive for both Rose and Beast Boy. "Back off, Slade! She's with us now!" Slade only responded in his usual voice with a tinge of anger. "Do you really believe this?" He then grabbed Beast Boy by the wrist and tossed him to the door, causing it to break apart and leaving him literally hanging in the edge of Ferris wheel pod. Slade then glanced over to Rose. "You and I are going to have a long talk, my dear. Did you think you and your little friends could just run away?" Beast Boy quickly got back up and got defensive for Rose as did Terra. "Let her go!" Beast Boy then turned into a raptor and roared at him as he circled around Slade before leaping onto him with Terra joining him, straight off the doorway of the Ferris and on top of another, leaving Rose concerned. "Beast Boy! Terra!" Terra was determined to defend her. "Rose, run!" Slade had a different idea. "Stay where you are, child." Terra only stared daggers at him. "You don't get to tell her what to do, not after what you did to her family!" He then kicked Terra and Beast Boy off of him, tossing him to another Ferris. Slade then hopped up to his feet and turned to see Beast Boy as a bird before he turned into a tiger and leapt onto the Ferris before circling around him as Terra got up her own way: with a rock-like podium and hopped onto it. Beast Boy eventually pounced on Slade, only for him to block with his staff, keeping the green tiger at bay before tossing him off the Ferris. He then stepped forward only to notice Beast Boy on the same Ferris as Rose. They both look up to see Slade, although only Rose gasped from seeing him before he jumped down and swept at Beast Boy only to miss, although he did cause Beast Boy to fall, only for him to grab the metal fence for support. As Slade approached, Beast Boy got back on the top of the Ferris as a gorilla, causing him to step back. Beast Boy roared as he got closer to Slade before he jumped off, causing the green gorilla to give chase as he climbed through every part of it, leading to another Ferris before Slade did a switcheroo and grabbed him although Terra cheered for Beast Boy. "You can get him, Beast Boy! I know you can!" "You and Terra think you know her? You're wrong. She never even liked you." Beast Boy then grabbed Slade, smacked him to the top of the Ferris and tossed him off in anger of what Slade said about Rose. Beast Boy then panted heavily, still in Gorilla form when Terra appeared on a floating rock with Rose next to her and tried to get him to come with her. "Beast Boy, come on!" But before he could, he turned to notice that Slade was on top of another ferry. Then, Beast Boy leapt on top of Slade, turning into a baboon, knocking him off the ferry and onto another. Then, Slade hopped off the ferry and on top of the structure holding the "Big Wheel" sign on both sides front and back in-between and then got pounced on once again as Terra watched with worry for Beast Boy. Rose turned to her. "Uh, now would be a good time to help your friend." Eventually, Slade got the upper hand as he pinned Beast Boy to the ground and was about to throw his punch at him. "Terra!" Terra saw that and yelled out as she created an earthquake mostly centering the Ferris wheel. "Beast Boy, fly!" Beast Boy glared in understanding and then turned into a bird and flew away much to Slade's dismay. "Terra, no!" Terra glared at him. With that, eventually, the Ferris Wheel fell down and was destroyed, although they had no idea that Slade managed to hop out of it to safety in the nick of time. Then, Beast Boy, Rose, and Terra entered the house of mirrors, not knowing that Slade is following them.

The two titans and escapee then walked on into the house of mirrors up until they reached a dead end. Beast Boy turned to Rose. "So, you want to do the right thing, right?" "More than anything." Terra walked up to Rose. "Then, come with us. We can help you." Rose still felt worried and unsure. "I'm not sure I can go with you. I can't." Terra grew a bit puzzled. "Well, considering the time we had, I don't see why not." Slade then spoke and showed up behind Rose. "Because she is not your friend. She is my apprentice, or rather, my daughter." Beast Boy then glanced at what he assumed was the real Slade and stared daggers at him. "The girl you knew was merely an illusion, a fantasy. In reality, she's been working for me." Beast Boy felt that he already knew that. "I already know that! Terra figured that out!" "Perhaps, but did she ever tell you why she worked for me?" Terra then spoke next. "Sure. Because you took her in after you annihilated her real family!" Beast Boy then ran to a mirror and punched it and proceeded to to the same to any different, unbroken mirror while Terra did the same in an alternating manner as Slade some each sentence. "I found her. I trained her to be as strong as she is now. And then I sent her to destroy your little 'T'. From the inside out." Beast Boy stepped back, panting heavily as Terra prepared for battle herself. "Even if that was true, Rose would never!" "Tonight, her orders were to strike, but then, she had to ruin everything by exposing her goals to you two, all because of a major error in judgment. But, despite all that, she was kind enough to deactivate the security at Titans Tower. Batman and your friends are being annihilated as we speak." Terra then spoke to him. "All the more reason to stop you quickly, so that we can hurry and save our friends!" Terra and Beast Boy turned to see the real Slade and Rose. "And you, too." Slade then spoke next. "That is a shame, really. I guess I'll just have to put the both of you down at once." Beast Boy then roared in primal anger just before turning into a tiger and pouncing on Slade before he grabbed the green tiger and put him on the ground quickly. Beast Boy growled at him before Slade got out his laser gun and shot it at Beast Boy, damaging him while also causing him to revert to human form. As Slade prepared his weapon, Terra gasped out of worry for Beast Boy as he weakly tried to get up with Rose unsheathing her Katana. "No! I won't let you hurt my friend!" Slade glanced back at Rose. "Dear child, you don't have any friends." Rose knew that Slade was right about that, but was determined just the same. "I never had any, but that's about to change." Then, Rose attacked Slade as she leapt up and kicked Slade, knocking him back against the mirror, breaking it completely into pieces. Terra was impressed with her, especially since now she wants to do good. "Nice shot." "Thanks." Slade then got back up. "Come now, Rose. Is that any way to treat your father?" Rose only stared daggers at Slade. "You are not my father!" She then tossed her katana toward Slade, managing to trap his arm by the clothes on it onto a nearby mirror. Then, Slade removed the katana and dropped it. "Is that the best you can do?" Then, suddenly, a very large shadow fell over him. That shadow came from Beast Boy, on his feet as a bear with one paw raised to strike. The claws send Slade to the floor and knock his blaster away, and the ursine Titan goes after him as Terra and Rose give him space. When the masked villain stands up again, fresh gouges are visible on his armor and mask. Beast Boy then pins him, at which point, Terra decides to assist him and had to usher Rose to safety. "Get out of here, Rose. Now!" As instructed, Rose turned and ran through the opening in the mirror wall. Then, after a moment of sprinting, Rose stopped at another reflective wall, caught full sight of herself with a gasp, and backed away slowly. More images of the slim, athletic snow-white haired girl appear on the glass sheets, a multiplicity of shocked, speechless, hopelessly confused Roses, staring every which way. Eventually, she collapsed before her huge, distorted reflections did. "Beast Boy, Terra, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen." Then, Terra and Beast Boy walked over to her. "If that's true, then why did you let it?" Rose then stands up. "I don't know, okay? I don't know. Slade...he helped me, saved me from myself. He said I owed him, but..." Terra knew what she was going to say. "But then, you found out about who your real family was and what really happened to them. You didn't know better back then, but now you do." Beast Boy still couldn't believe it. "So, it was all a game? You were just pretending?" "Pretending to go along with Slade for the time being ever since the last time we met, if that's what you mean. Besides, you guys said you two'd be my friends no matter what, remember?" Rose reached out to touch Terra's shoulder, but Terra only put her hand on hers. "That's right. We did say that. But, by the same token, Slade was right, at least in the past. You didn't have any friends, but right now? Right now, you've got two friends who will do everything they can to help you through this, no matter what it takes, or how long it takes." Rose stared in surprise with a smile across her face as Beast Boy agreed. "Yeah. Who would've thought you were like Terra a long time ago? I'd do anything to help her, just like I'd do anything to help you, too, Rose." Rose looked down at the ground with a smile before Terra put her hand on her shoulder. "Rose, you are who you choose to be, not what Slade makes you." Rose moves Terra's hand from her shoulder and looked back at her. "Thank you, Terra." Then, Slade spoke, prompting Rose to back up, bow her head, and closed her eyes. "Rose, come. We've had a change of plans." Rose's eyes open back up before she and Slade slowly retreat into a shadowy niche as Rose smiled and gave Terra and Beast Boy a thumbs-up. Terra and Beast Boy then turned to each other. "So, now, what do we do, Terra?" "We go back and save our friends." Then, the hexagonal rainbow gem on Terra's necklace flower and shines brightly.

The next day, the tower looked like a hundred miles of bad road, thanks to the onslaught of Slade's robots. As the four Titans and Batman spoke, it showed a cluttered stairwell with a robot sprawling on the landing, the ceiling of the gym with an arm hanging limply, and the garage, in which a large pile of robots has accumulated. "Well...looks like we won." "Then, why does it not feel like a victory?" "So, Rose was actually taken advantage of like Terra would've been?" "It apparently seems so, Raven." "Good thing Terra and Beast Boy went into help her." Then, at the operations center, Cyborg worked a few controls on his arm as he, and the other three Titans re gathered where the couch sand coffee table used to be. "I've regained access to the computer. Security codes and encryption strings have all been reset." "And all enemy surveillance technology has been located and destroyed." "Problem is, Rose gave Slade more than secret codes and hidden cameras. She gave him us. Our flaws, our weaknesses, everything he'd ever need to know." Robin put his balled fist into his hand as he says his response. "It doesn't matter. Once Slade makes his next move, we'll be ready." Batman turned to Robin as he concurred with him. "I agree. Terra may be on the verge of discovering a new power, a new strength. But we'll have to stay in close contact until then." As the conversation went on further, Beast Boy was watching Terra meditate as her hexagonal rainbow gem on her necklace glowed with six rocks floating around her. "And Beast Boy?" "He will be all right?" "He just needs a little time." The green, large dog looked on as Terra floated when all of a sudden, her gem flowed brightly. That caused Terra to open her eyes. "Huh?" After that, the gem shone even brighter until it was too bright, causing Terra and Beast Boy to shield their eyes. When the light dimmed down, Terra and Beast Boy looked to notice that the six rocks are now turned into rainbow-colored crystals with a glowing white center in the middle, amazing Terra and Beast Boy, who changed back to human form. "Whoa. I didn't know you could do that, Terra." Terra then looked Beast Boy and grinned. "You know? Neither did I." She then looked at her reflection in one of the crystals before smiling with her eyes widened. "I think I may have just discovered a new power!"