Um, next chapter. yay! coughpleasereviewcough
It was to be an inside operation. I was to gain admittance to the Titans again, and gain their trust, all the while feeding their secrets to Slade. Slade trusted me to figure out the particulars about the mission, how I would deal with each and every individual, what my relationships would belike with every Titan. We even had a back up plan in case any of them were having a hard time trusting me, a plan which we eventually did put to use. There were times when I actually felt bad for them. It was like I wsa a spider, and they, the helpless gnats caught in my web. Cruel, I know, but that's how I felt. But whenever I started to feel bad for them, I thought of Slade, what he would do, what he would want me to do.
It was surprisingly easy to gain the trust of my oblivious prey. Only Raven (who I hated) was rightfully suspicious. It was for her that the backup plan had to be put into use. Slade made these ridiculous worms burrow around Titan's Tower, above, and underground, so that the entire island would sink into the ground. It was the sort of thing that only my powers could combat and it successfully won me Raven's trust (although I was surprised no one wondered why on earth Slade would bother to do something as ridiculous as sink their island). But I felt that by winning her trust, I was home free.
I had to watch my self and never mention Slade. There were times when I would repeat things that Slade had said to me, and someone would ask where I had heard that, but other than that I was fine. Days of battle and playacting were one thing, but nights were a completely different story. Slade plagued my dreams. Dreams of the past, dreams of what could be, one dream in particular stays vividly in memory.
I seemed to wake up in my room in the tower. I stood up and stumbled out the door only to find myself back home in Slade's headquarters, inches from Slade himself.
"Terra" he said, "you are doing very well." As usual, his words were all well measured and beautifully calm. He took my face in his two hands, "I want you to know I am very pleased with you. You will be rewarded." I knew it was a dream so I tried to ignore the fluttering in my stomach and decided to ask him something I had always wanted to know
"Slade..." I mumbled, "What do you look like under that mask?" I drowsily stroked said item and smiled absentmindedly.
"Ah," he said, with the hint of a smile in his voice, "only for you, my dear" he took one of his hands from my face and placed it on top of mine to help me remove his mask. I held the mask in my hand as he pulled my face towards his, and
I woke up.
There are two strange things about this dream. The first being that I had no recollection of what his face looked. The second being, when I awoke, I found under my pillow, Slade's mask.
That morning I was confused and disjointed (especially after finding the mask under my pillow). I had no idea where I was. I was sure I was back home with Slade, and when I made my way to breakfast, was startled to see the Teen Titans, of all people, sitting at the breakfast table. I very nearly went into a fighting stance when Beast Boy approached me, but didn't when I saw the concerned expression on his face.
"Dude, Terra, are you alright?" I quickly regained my composure. I smiled big, and said I was fine, then walked past a blushing BeastBoy and ruffled his hair on the way to the waiting breakfast table.
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