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A/N: As you can see, Nano didn't work out. This was one of the most difficult chapters I have encountered thus far. Well, for those of you who have seen this episode you know how much detail it would entitle. It would've probably ended up having to have its own book! For time and quality purposes, I created this. So, in turn with much trouble and procrastination, (and much love and bothering from Tamaki27), I give you Chapter 25: Titan Rising!

-Ana Uzumaki

.: "Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously.

.: Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. :.

.: You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. :.

.: You will find peace not in denial, but in victory." :.

― Swami Sivananda

Chapter 25: Titan Rising

Terra Markov

Location: Titan's Tower

Date: January 6 Time: 7:27

"Well that looks fun," I chuckle lightly as I step into the light of the room. I focus on keeping my breathing light and even. I can do this, I chant so softly inside my head it becomes a silent mantra, repeated over and over. Most of the room's attention flickers to me, most of the team seeing me but not fully connecting it with my presence. Star is the first one to greet me as the room nearly bursts with chaos and recognition.

"Terra!" Starfire yells, her feet hovering just above the red carpet as she flies towards me. Beast Boy is the second to spot me.

"Let… Me… OUT," he complains. He struggles, his hands waving back and forth at me under the restraints. The straps turn black with energy, glowing as the straps are pulled tighter before the small clasp is released and then pulled free. Rea rolls her eyes and the energy disappears. Beast Boy nearly falls on his face as he gets up, one hand rubbing his wrist. When he looks up, a giant smile spreads across his face making his eyes light up as he heads forward, his feet getting tangled under him as he tries to race towards me.

"Oh, hello long lost friend!" Star smiles as she pulls me into a bone breaking hug, catching me by surprise. She squeezes me and once again an inaudible oomph nearly escapes my mouth. "You remember me yes?"

"Of course, Starfire," I pant almost choking. "I still have bruises from the last time you hugged me."

She gasps and lets me go. I run my hands down my arms trying to relinquish the tingly feeling that had set into them. I look up as Beast Boy nearly bumps into me.

"Terra! I- I mean… " He mumbles, dropping his arms to his side. Instead he offers me a handshake, a light blush coloring his green cheeks. "How's it-? Um…" Again he drops his hand, resorting to leaning back and forth on his feet. "What's up?"

I bite my lip and pull him into a hug wrapping my arms around his neck. Before I have the chance to say anything, I hear someone clear their throat. All eyes are on the Dark Knight as he looks up at the screen. Much like in one the haunt, the screen in the Operations Room commands the center of the room. I bite my lip as I look at the screen, my breath almost caught in my chest. For the second time, I see billions of nanoscopic probes, each attached to a tiny blood cell.

"What is this?" I frown, feigning innocence.

"In our last major run in with Slade he infected us with some kind virus like thing, I guess," Cy shakes his head.

"Transfer the data. I'll send it for examination now that the threat has been verified," Batman orders dismissively as he turns to leave. Cy frowns and shakes his head probably guessing Bat's didn't want to say anything else with everyone around, especially since I arrived.

"It's good to see you again," he smiles warmly. Cyborg has always been the big brother type, the I-got-this kinda guy, but even now as I look over at him, he looks warn out, exhausted.

"Good? Who's he kidding?" BB frowns. My face nearly falls at his tone. He smiles holding his arms out in excitement. "It's great to see you! I didn't think I'd ever see you again!"

This time Beast Boy's blush deepens as he smiles big and bright, almost lighting up the room even more. He makes me blush as well. Beast Boy wanted to see me?

"What was that all about?" I frown turning to look at him.

"Probably just some mumbo-jumbo about tests and stuff," he answers clearly distracted or just not wanting to say anything. Since it is Beast boy, I'll go with distracted. "Rea wake up!" BB calls heading over to Rea. Near the corner of the room she sits with her legs under her as she hovers a few feet above the floor. Her violet cape hangs past her almost touching the flooring as she chants softly. "Terra's back! Isn't that great?"

She opens one eye and glances behind her. "Super," she answers closing them again. "Just help yourself to anything in the fridge and make sure you lock the door when you leave."

"Actually," I begin, crossing my arm over my chest nervously. "I was ganna' wait for Cy to get back but, I wasn't kinda planning on leaving this time," I explain my face lighting up. "I'm ready to take you guys up on your offer. I wanna be a Titan."

I bite my lip, my expression faltering as I look around at the confused faces surrounding me. All my hard work, everything I've been training for, all gone. Their response is clearly highlighted in their faces.

"Uhhh…" Beast Boy begins as he brings one hand to the side of his head scratching it.

"Got it," I answer holding up my arms as I turn to leave, tears welling up in my eyes. "I didn't know the offer had an expiration date," I finish as I head for the door bowing my head. A few seconds later I feel a hand on my shoulder.

"The offer didn't expire," Cyborg explains from behind as he walks in from down the hallway, a blank somewhat confused expression crossing his face. It doesn't surprise me that he heard me ask.

"We're just a little… concerned. That's all," Star frowns as she looks down at her purple boots, subconsciously digging one toe into the carpet, and holding her arms nervously behind her.

"It's cause last time… You… umm… Kinda freaked out and kinda ran away; you didn't seem completely… Umm… "

"You couldn't control your powers," Raven finishes for him, not bothering to be nice about it.

Beast Boy glances at me and then back at Raven as if ready to stop a fight or go after me if necessary.

"Duh!" I smile, fully confident in my new abilities. "That's why I left," I explain. "You and Cy said I needed practice, so that's what I did… I've been practicing."

"Yeah right," she mumbles.

"It's just about time to rerun the obstacle course anyway," Cy suggests. "You know the deal. We'll get up early and run through it and we can see how much progress you've made."

"Okay, I can do that," I nod as a small grin spreads across my face. I don't know how Slade did it, but somehow one of the courses I'm used to running though is almost an exact replica of the one the Titan's made me run through the first time. "I got this."

"Sure you do," Raven rolls her eyes as she places her, much shorter, purple boots on the floor.

"Alright, we should hit the hey then," Cy concludes as he covers his mouth to hide his yawn. He shakes his head as if to relinquish the sleepiness that has settled over him. His thumb brushes over the large screen's power button exposing the bay as it disappears. "BB will get you a pillow and blanket. If you're hungry, we have left over waffles," he adds as he passes me, heading for the left corridor. "It's good to have you back."

"Night," I call as Rea heads for the other hallway without much of a word. I roll my eyes but turn my attention to Star as she pulls me into another, much less aggressively affectionate hug.

"Goodnight beautiful friend. I wish upon you the most pleasant of drophgas," she smiles before heading down the same hallway as Rea.

"Night Star," I grin as she waves back, her slim figure disappearing. "Blankets still in the same spot?" I giggle turning my attention to Best Boy.

"Uh, yeah," he answers as he gets up from where he was leaning on the couch.

He leads me down the hall passed his room to a small linen closet. Sliding his hand in between the sheets, he pulls out a medium sized yellow blanket. Beast Boy hands it to me and I fold it over my arm as he reaches up to grab an extra pillow. "Do you need anything else?"

"Nah…" I answer thinking it over before holding up the blanket. "This is good."

"You sure you don't wanna sleep in a bed? I don't mind if you take mine… Ugh… I mean I can sleep out here... and you can sleep in there…" In an instant, he disappears. In his place is a small green dog waving his tail back and forth. "It'll be great," he smiles changing back.

"I'm fine BB," I answer, shrugging my shoulder. "Me and the couch are good friends, remember?"

"Yeah, I guess so," he sighs, scratching the side of his head as he follows me back out to the living room. "Uh... I should let you by some sleep... Huh?"

"Night, Beast Boy," I blush, moving to kiss his cheek.

He smiles brightly, his green cheeks turning a deep red. "Night," he replies dreamily as he turns to go back down the hall to his room.

Pulling the cover over me, I lay my head back on the pillow curling up on to the couch. Unlike last time, my mind is free of the worry and doubt that plagued it. I got this.

"You ready Terra?"

I pull my new goggles over my eyes. "More than you know."

"On my mark," Cy calls out.

Bringing my leg forward, I focus on the energy coursing through my body. My fingers twitch as I wait for him to give me the signal. Just as he's about to give me the go-ahead, several lights begin to blink followed by a familiar tune.

"Really? Again?" I chuckle, glancing around at them .

"Sorry, Terra."

"No worries," I sigh digging my toe into the dirt.

"Looks like the Hive Five are up to no good," Cy shakes his head as he reads the details off of the small computer built into his wrist. "Jewelry store robbery. Let's hit the road Titans!"

Star trails after him as they all head for the tower leaving me surrounded by the large California cliff that stretches up past the course.

"Terra!" I look up finding Beast Boy almost a quarter mile away from me. "You comin' or what?" He yells excitedly.

A smile spreads across my face as I call upon a medium sized rock. Without much of a thought I jump on it and head for Beast Boy who turned into one of those small flying dinosaur things. Just as we're about to reach the tower, Cy pulls out in the T-Car followed by Raven and Starfire and as we head into the city as a team.

It doesn't take as long as I thought it would to find the reach the store. Besides that, having the wind blowing through my blonde hair as BB flies beside me made all of that time seem like only a few minutes. Who knows; it might have been. It takes Cyborg less than a minute to jump out of the T-Car. He outs his right hand up stopping us just in front of the door as he readies his sonic cannon, taking up the front. Star and Rea line up on either side of him, followed by me and Beast Boy.

In one swift movement, he brings down his hand and yells, "Titan's go!"

Rea unlocks the large double doors and we all step in, each with our relative weapons at the ready.

"I should be able to create a few fashion statements with this," I hear Jinx smile to herself from somewhere in the store.

Cy gives us each a look and we split up. Star keeps her starbolts in front of her being sure to light the surrounding area as she takes the middle isle with Cyborg. Beast Boy and I follow Raven as she heads down a side pathway. Just as where about to reach the end, Rea holds out her arm stopping us from going forward.

"What're you-" Beast boy silences his protest as we hear someone speak.

"Man, have you seen how much are in these bags?" See-More smiles as he holds up a relatively large tan bag. He examines it with his X-Ray vision and the places it be side in a small pile he's acquired on the white tile beside him.

"Ugh, a little help?" Mammoth asked tiredly as he tries to lift several tons of gold bars that he had pushed out into the open from a now very, destroyed safe. Debris lines the large open area we've come upon. From across where we are, I spot Cy sticking his head out from the other end.

"You're supposed to be the strong one, stupid," Gizmo rolls his eyes as he passes by him ignoring the rows of glass filled with various jewels in all shapes and sizes.

"You try 'in to start trouble?" Mammoth asks angrily, clearly frustrated about not being able to lift the gold he's collected.

"We already started trouble earlier, nimrod," Gizmo retorts sourly.

"Will you two just shut up?" Jinx rolls her eyes exasperatedly. "I swear you two are worst then that green kid and Cyborg."

"That green kid? Who does she think she is?" BB grumbles beside me.

"Cool it," Rea lectures as we listen on.

"Shouldn't there be five of them? Where is the last person?" I whisper. I don't have a chance to get the answer as Cyborg orders us forward.

"Titan's go!"

Each of us reveals ourselves as we step into the large area. The florescent light bare down on us as each member of the Hive Five team turns to glare at us.

"You snot noses, it's the Titans."

"Hive Five, attack!" Jinx calls as she calls a pink light to her hands. She throws several pink rays in our direction and most of us move swiftly to dodge them breaking into our own battles.

Starfire is the first to go after someone meeting Jinx halfway through the store as she throws a barrage of starbolts. Each barely miss the girl's purple boots as she misses, leaving small black marks on the floor as she back flips out of the way.

"Azarath, metrion, zinthos!" Raven chants beside me as her feet leave the ground. An aura of black energy encases the large stack of gold bars that Mammoth was dealing with earlier.

"No way can a girl lift more weight than I can!" Mammoth steams as he runs towards her.

"Oh no you don't," I yell flying towards him. I slice several chips from the rock at my feet and send them towards his head. Raven, not seeing me, tosses the blocks of gold towards Mammoth. Mammoth grunts under the ton of weight as it knocks him back, crashing into the wall. The impact sends me flying as it crushes the rock I was standing on pushing me into the street.

Sunlight leaks into the room as I rub my head. Getting up, I dust off my clothes and look around at the fighting which had now become sprawled out between the store and the street I had fallen into. Cyborg is closest to me.

"Ready to check your batteries?" Gizmo smirks as he pushes a single button on a rather small pad connected to his backpack. A small shinny cable pushes out from the rucksack heading straight for Cyborg.

"Nice new toy. Check out mine," Cyborg retorts as he drew his arms in front of him. Two cannon, each similar to his sonic cannon begin to glow with white light as they transform. As he shoots them, he brings his arms together connecting the rays of light as he continues his fight with Gizmo.

I duck as something crashes into the wall behind me. It takes me less than a second to realize who it was.

"Beast Boy!" I yell going to his side. Gently I pull his head into my lap.

"Terra, is he okay?" Raven calls as a pile of rubble collapses on Mammoth rendering him unconscious and her particular fight over.

"I never knew eyes were so powerful. Or in this case, eye," Beast Boy groans before falling unconscious as well.

"Eye can't see what his problem was," See-More hums adjusting his eye.

Unable to hold back my anger, I summon a rather large rock from the debris and hold it over my head. Almost instantly the same rock is engulfed in an aura of black energy.

"Raven, let go," I snap trying to wrestle it from her grip.

"No!" She yells as she tries to hold it back.

"Trust me!"

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Because you don't deserve it! I have to meditate every day to keep my powers under control! And I'm supposed to believe that you can just suddenly control yours? Trust is something you have to earn!"

"But how?! How do I earn it?"

"You can start by trusting me!" She answers.

It takes a second for her words to sink in. I release my grip from the bolder and she sets it down. Her eyes flicker to mine before she turns away conjuring blasts of dark energy with her hands. She flings them at See-More and just as he's about to shoot energy from his eye they meet there target and he flies backward out of the fight for good. Beast Boy stirs behind me and sits up as Cyborg walks up with Gizmo in hand.

"How's Robin? Still working with Slade?" Jinx taunts Star as they circle each other.

"He is not," she snaps flinging starbolts her way. She quickly back flips narrowly missing them.

"Aww… Too bad. I kind of liked his dark side."

"Robin does not have this 'dark side' of which you speak," she glares at her angrily. "He is a good person!"

"Not from what I hear… Didn't he rob Titan's tower or something?" She pants as she releases her own pink bolts from her hands.

"That is none of your business," Star growls shooting a starbolt towards her. This time she hits the mark and Jinx goes down, hard.

As she places her feet on the ground, the cops finally reach the scene. The officers take the Hive Five into custody and as they are each placed into a car the head lieutenant takes our statements.

Once everything was concluded and the city was once again declared safe, we all filed into the T-Car, the air of a job well done hovering over our shoulders. The only one who didn't seem very interested in the excited babble that erupted in the car was Star. I frown as I watch her quietly watching the city as we pass by. What's no great about Robin anyway? I ask myself.

"Terra! You did great!" BB smiles, looking at me from his spot next to the other window.

"Why does he get the window seat?" I tease, shifting from my seat in the middle.

"Beast Boy get's car sick," Raven answer, her voice monotone from the front seat.

"HE IS NOT GETTING SICK IN MY CAR AGAIN," Cy yells the car swerving as he stretches to look behind him.

"Chill! I feel fine," BB grumbles, sinking back into his seat.

"I love you guys," I giggle as the car fills with their bickering back and forth. I could get used to this.

A/N: I'm no longer promising a time frame for updates. Just know that it will be soon. Right now it's looking like it'll end up around 32 chapters including the Epilogue. The next chapter is tentatively titled "Trust" and it will have two sections. One will be Dick, the other Terra.

In other news, thank you guys so much for the reviews. 101. Wow. Just wow. This story wouldn't be anything without the readers. Thank you.

-Ana Uzumaki