Hi, I'm back to apologize for the crap I posted before. To make it up to you, I' putting up this nice chapter on the same day. This is a little discussion between Terra and Rogue. I've been thinking- they're a lot alike. It gave me the idea for this chapter. Scribble will do the disclaimer, and so we will begin.

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Later that night, Rogue was sitting just outside Titans Tower, unable to sleep, when someone came to join her. "Hey."

Rogue looked up to see Terra come up. "Hey to you too."

"I wanted to thank you again for saving me, although I really don't deserve it."

"Once again, it was no problem, but why don't you deserve it?"

Terra sighed. "For as long as I could remember, I could never control my powers. I've tried so many things. Wherever I went, I tried so hard to do good. But everywhere I went I always screwed up. I would always make horrible things happen, then I'd get scared, and then I'd be forced to leave. When I met the Teen Titans, they were the only friends I ever had. But I betrayed them by joining their archenemy, Slade. I nearly killed them all. Only later did I realize my mistake, but by then, Slade had full control over me. They came back, and I tried to kill Slade, only to start a volcanic eruption."

"I know what happened next. You stopped it by absorbing it, sealing yourself in the rock."

"But that's not the point. The point is I've done horrible things. I've nearly killed everyone I cared about. I hurt them physically and emotionally. I don't deserve their forgiveness. I don't even deserve to be here, to be a Titan. I only mess everything up."

Rogue thought a minute, and then she said, "Well, if you don't deserve it, then I guess I don't either."

"What do you mean?'

"A while back, before I joined the X-men, I realized I had a strange power. And like you, I couldn't control it. I have the power to drain people of their memories, strength, and sometimes even powers." Rogue demonstrated this by lifting a large rock from when she absorbed Terra's powers. "But I was scared. I ran away from the only home I had, from a mother that wasn't even my true mother. I was attacked by a shape shifter, who tricked me into thinking others had attacked me, and she pretended to be my friend. Not only that, but she turned out to be my adoptive mother as well. But I learned this all later. She tricked me again and again to make me think those people, who only wanted to help me, were trying to hurt me. I learned later, by touching her, that she had been deceiving me all the time. I attacked her and ended up joining the X-men. But even after that, she would continue to deceive and use me when she could. She was turned to stone by a mutant who tricked her, Mesmero. I could've saved her, but I was angry with her for all she did to me, I pushed her off a cliff instead. She shattered as soon as she hit the rocks. She was Kurt's mother too, and Kurt was really upset, it took him a while to forgive me."

"Wow," Terra said. "I'm sorry that had to happen to you."

"The point is, I didn't deserve forgiveness either. But I still got it. Maybe you feel you don't deserve it. But they still forgive you. It must mean that, at least to them, we do deserve it. Take it from someone who needed more than one second chance."

"I understand what you mean, I think."

"I'm also sorry about what had happened to you. It really sucks to be tied to someone you despise."

"I though no one could ever understand that."

"I do," Rogue said with a grin. "I also understand what it's like not being able to control your powers. Why do you think I wear gloves all the time? It's not for fashion, I can tell you that."

"And I know what it's like to run away, even from the ones you love, to be scared because you can't control the situation." Terra smiled. "I never thought anyone could understand me."

"I thought the same."

"We're actually a lot alike, you and I. We both understand each other."

"In that case, I'm glad you turned to stone. If you hadn't, I never would've met you."

"And I'm glad you came, even though it reminded you of your mother."

Rogue looked thoughtful. "That's why I was afraid of coming at first. I was afraid I'd do to you the same I'd done to her. But you had never hurt me, and I had no reason to be angry, just as Kurt told me. I'm glad I didn't shatter you."

"Me too," Terra said, and both girls laughed. As they finished, Beast Boy and Kurt came outside and told them to come back in, and the two girls rejoined their friends in Titan Tower.

Scribble: Hey, that actually didn't come out too bad.

Me: Still, it could've come out better. The next chapter will contain a little talk between Kurt and BB. Please, no flames (although I'd understand it last chapter) but con crit and good reviews are welcomed. Super Powers Rock!

-titangirl161