That next morning, they set out again. This time, Ember wanted to cause some real damage, so they ventured into one of the business districts of Jump City. Her instructions were simple, destroy. She told them to focus on bringing down the huge buildings, and she instructed West to stay near to Terra this time as well. I don't think I can go through with this. Maybe I can slip away and- Terra's train of thought was halted as the 'H' on top of a hotel exploded nearby. West seemed to guess her intentions, because he never strayed more than a few yards away as she took down a building that she knew for a fact would be closed today.

Out of nowhere there came a flash of blue light that threw West back into her, knocking them both to the ground. Terra looked up to see Cyborg standing a short distance away, his sonic cannon still smoking slightly.

"What's going on, Terra? What are you doin' with them?" His voice was cautious, and his face was unreadable.

Terra gritted her teeth. I had hoped I wouldn't have to face him, but I should have known better.

A sudden gust of wind knocked Cyborg off of his feet and Terra saw West standing next to her. He held out his hand and helped her up.

"Looks like we have company," he said, nodding towards Ember and Serena, who were locked in battle with two people that Terra immediately recognized.

Robin and Starfire. Robin had let his hair grow out long and he wore dark blue and black, which she supposed was part of his Nightwing costume. His eyes were still hidden by his trademark mask. Starfire, on the other hand, didn't appear to have changed much since Terra had last seen her. If anything was different, it was that she had obtained more of a figure, her face becoming a little more angular.

The two of them were fighting fiercely, but even their spectacular teamwork had met its match with the twins. Nightwing and Star couldn't keep this up for long, though it didn't seem that Ember and Serena had gone without injury either.

By then, Cyborg had gotten back on his feet and he sent a barrage of small rockets in Terra's direction. Taken off guard, she barely had time to raise a wall of rock in front of herself. West flew up over the barrier and attacked, but Terra waited for a moment behind the barricade.

This is my chance! I can go and help Gar, and then I can come back here and we can help the others. She sighed. No, the others may not be able to make it that long. By the time I get back it'll be too late. Garfield will have to wait.

Thinking quickly, Terra broke apart a chunk of the wall and leapt onto it. She sped over to where West and Cyborg were fighting. Without hesitation, she threw part of the street in their direction. West was taken by surprise and it slammed into him, full-force, nearly rendering him unconscious.

"I'll explain later," Terra shouted down to a confused Cyborg. She quickly hurried over to aid Starfire and Nightwing.

Serena and Ember had apparently seen what had happened to West, because as Terra approached, she was met with a column of fire. While she was preoccupied with evading the flame, a fire hydrant exploded beneath her, and tendril of water wrapped itself around her leg. Terra was yanked off her rock and slammed into the ground. The air knocked out of her, she lay for a few moments, gasping for breath. She sat up to see West walking in her direction.

A gust of wind kicked up, nearly lifting Terra off of the ground. She scurried backwards a few feet until she found her back pressed up against a wall. She stood up slowly.

"West, you don't have to do this. This," she said, indicating all of the destruction, "is Ember's vision, not yours."

The air suddenly crackled with energy as a black shape materialized, forming into two figures. One was Raven, and the other was Garfield Logan. Terra was distracted and a sudden gust of wind launched her sideways, her head smacking against a block of rubble. Terra struggled to remain conscious as her vision became blurred. Gar was next to her in an instant, helping, and half lifting, her to her feet.

"Are you alright?"

She smiled weakly, her vision still a bit hazy. "Y-yeah, I'm fine."

o-o-o

The ex-Titans began to make headway, fighting as a team. It was almost as if they had never separated.

They were not without injuries, however. Cyborg's sonic cannon had become jammed from its years of disuse, forcing him to rely on his strength alone; and Nightwing's leg had been badly burned, hindering his agility with intense pain at every step. Terra's head was pounding, but at least she had finally stopped seeing spots.

A stream of water lashed out at Terra, but she was able to sidestep it easily. This battle was taking its toll on Serena. She was breathing laboriously from the strain and her movements had become drastically slowed. It didn't look like the frail girl could handle much more fighting.

West seemed to notice this as well and he shouted to Ember, "Ember, we have to get out of here, we're no match for-"

"No! We can't retreat!" The ferocity in Ember's tone was frightening and even West seemed taken aback.

"But it's Serena, she's injured! We have to g-." He was cut off as a stream of starbolts hurtled towards him and he had to leap out of the way.

"She's fine," Ember shouted back fiercely as she launched a jet of flame at the green elephant that was charging her.

Terra exchanged a meaningful look with West. Ember is clearly not in her right mind, if only I could get him to realize that. As another stream of water shot towards her, Terra dodged and threw a good-sized rock at Serena. She was careful not to launch it with enough force to seriously injure the girl. Serena was knocked off her feet.

"Ember," West called out again, but she seemed too caught up in the heat of battle to respond.

Starfire dodged a ball of fire and it kept going, roaring past Terra and taking a chunk out of a nearby building.

Meanwhile, West had rushed over to Serena and was helping her back up. "Ember, let's GO," he shouted, but there was no response from Ember. She was holding her own against the five other ex-Titans, and she seemed to relish the violence. Another one of her attacks went horribly awry. This time the huge fireball came barreling towards West and Serena.

Terra acted on instinct, raising a wall of rock in front of the pair, shielding them from the inferno. West looked at her with obvious surprise. He composed himself quickly and nodded in her direction. Then, he and Serena were gone in a gust of wind.

Ember must have seen what happened, but was too busy fighting to do anything about it. Terra hurried to help the others, flinching mentally at the half-curious and half-suspicious glance she received from Nightwing as she approached. I'm not looking forward to explaining all of this later.