"How did it go?"
Terra shrugged her shoulders in response. "No clue."
Raven moved to the center of the room, where she could command everyone's attention. "I still do not know where Terra's power comes from, but I think I know how it works," she began, getting right down to business, as was usual for her. "The amount of energy within the Earth is massive, and I believe that Terra acts as a channel for that pent-up energy, thus, keeping seismic activity relatively under control.
For some reason, it seems that more and more raw energy is entering her system, quicker than she can channel it into other activities, which is the reason for her recent power surges, and probably the headaches as well. I suspect that something is wrong with the material source of your power, Terra. Whatever it is, it is no longer able to support the strain of manipulating the Earth's energy."
"So we find it, and fix it?" Gar asked.
"The only problem with that plan is that nothing in Terra's mind gave me any indication of what it is, or where to even begin looking," Raven answered, somewhat pessimistically.
Terra was deep in thought. "...your two new buddies know..." Terra suddenly sat up straighter, causing the others on the sofa to look at her in confusion.
"Henry, Alix, do either of you know anything?" she asked.
"How would we?" Henry replied.
"Well, it's just, that guy who attacked me said that the two of you knew something."
"Wait a minute," Henry began, perplexed, "how would he know if we knew?"
Alix had an epiphany. "Henry, you don't think...?"
"What? What don't I think?"
"Remember that night we were staked out at the museum, and-."
"You're gonna have to be a little more specific."
"I was not finished! Anyway, we were staked out, and some robots tried to make-off with that yellow gem-thing?"
"A yellow gem?" Raven inquired, seemingly very interested in Alix's story.
Alix nodded. "Yes, like I said, some humanoid robots were trying to steal it. We stopped them, but butter-fingers over here dropped it, and it broke in two. The strange thing is that when it did, there was an earthquake."
Raven raised an eyebrow.
"How long ago was this, exactly?" Terra asked, shifting her weight uncomfortably.
"I'm not sure, it seems like it was a while ago. Half of a year, maybe?"
Terra's whole body tensed. That's about when I was freed. Is it possible they had something to do with it? She was convinced.
"I thought the curator was going to have it repaired," Alix continued. "I can call later and find out if it ever was."
"That would be wise," Raven stated, before directing her attention to Terra. "Terra, can Garfield and I speak with you alone for a few minutes?"
Terra nodded and followed them into the bedroom, while Alix and Erik exchanged frustrated looks.
Why all the secrets? Erik wondered.