Ch1: The Elemental Squad
Terra stared out the window of her new room in Titan Tower. This week had been perfect. She was finally one of the Teen Titans, and she couldn't have been happier.
She grinned broadly as she watched her fellow titans fired up the backyard grill. Beast Boy wanted to be the cook, but Cyborg wouldn't allow it. She watched the scene unfold before her. Beast Boy barked that he should cook, but Cyborg wouldn't allow him to make anything containing tofu. And so they fought until the other three decided to vote. Cyborg won (with everyone except Beast Boy on his side), and Beast Boy sulked in a corner.
Terra turned to look at her surroundings. She still couldn't believe that it was all hers. From the desert wallpaper, to the huge TV in another corner. The place was absolutely wonderful.
"Aww! Come on Cy! At least throw one tofu dog on there! I don't wanna starve!"
The plea of Beast Boy's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. But she quickly drifted right back into them. Almost. This time she thought about Beast Boy.
He had been the only one who had understood her a while back. When she first came to this city. He must have really cared about her to do all of the things he did.
But does he? Does he really even care about you at all?
She pushed the dark thoughts aside. Of course he did. Didn't he?
BEEP! BEEP!
"Ah!" Terra jumped as something round vibrated in her pocket. She calmed herself as she remembered the communicator that Robin had given her a week ago. She pulled it out, and flipped up the cover.
"Terra here," she said, as Robin's familiar face appeared in a miniature version on her com-device.
"Do you want something to eat? A hamburger, or-!" Beast boy tackled Robin from behind, grabbed his com-device, and finished his sentence.
"-a tofu dog?" asked Beast Boy. His eyes widened as she started to speak.
"Sure, BB. I'll be right down," she responded modestly.
"'Kay! See ya down here!" He flipped the cover closed, and the com- device went blank.
"Maybe, he does care," Terra said quietly to herself, then walked towards the elevator.
As soon as she walked outside, Cyborg thrust a plastic plate into her hands and slapped a cheeseburger on it.
"Cy specialty!" he said with a grin.
"Thanks, Cy!" said Terra. As she walked towards the small table set up, a noise in her ears made her stop dead.
"What is that sound?" cried Terra, slapping her hands over her ears.
"The....... Robin started, looking dumbfounded.
"...... doorbell," Raven said flatly.
Everyone went inside, into the front hall. Robin cautiously pulled open the door. There stood four strange characters in even stranger outfits.
"What do you want!" demanded Beast Boy pointing his finger at all of them individually.
Strange. Thought Terra. I've never seen him like this. Then again, I've never seen one of his meals interrupted. She smiled.
The one dressed in blue out of the four began to speak. "We are the Elemental Squad."
"So," started Robin looking puzzled, "what exactly are you doing here?"
"We're here," fumed a red one, who was obviously hot headed, "be cause we want Terra to join us."
* * *
Beast Boy nearly fainted. "Take Terra? Never!" he wailed.
A girl dressed in green bent over and smiled at Beast Boy.
"No silly," she soothed, "We only want to show her around our home."
"I don't think that-!" started Beast Boy before he was interrupted by Robin.
"I guess if she would like to go with you for a while and check the place out. Then it's her choice."
"What!?! You can't be serious! I mean, what if-!" Beast boy started to protest yet again when he was interrupted, yet again. This time by Terra herself.
"I think I...... might check it out."
"If that's what you want to do," said Robin. Terra smiled
She started to walk off.
"Wait!" cried Beast Boy.
"What?" asked Terra.
"What if you're making the wrong choice? What if-!"
"Don't you trust me?!?" Terra was looking a strange mix of disappointment and anger.
"Well yeah, but-."
"I thought you cared about what I decided to do. I guess I was wrong."
"Terra! No! That's not it at all!"
"Good bye, Beast Boy." With that, she turned her back on him, and flew out the door with the Elemental Squad. The door softly clicked behind her.
"Well, let's eat...... I guess," said a disappointed Cyborg. The others followed him outside. For some reason, it just wasn't as happy as it had been earlier that evening.
"I, don't, care?" Beast Boy sat down, starring at the steel doors. His appetite seemed to have vanished with the sealing of the doors. He just sat there and stared.
* * *
Ion stared at the new that had abruptly taken a seat in the back of their silent jet. She was pretty cute. Maybe fifteen, maybe sixteen. Not much of an age difference. Maybe she would grow to like him too when she joined the team.
If she decides to join the team. His mind abruptly reminded him. You can't force her, no matter how hot she is.
"Are we going some time today lover-boy?" teased the playful voice of Elani. To no one's surprise, he immediately blushed. He looked over to Terra and was thankful to see that she hadn't noticed the joke. She was obviously lost in thought.
Ion gathered himself, and thrust on the engine.
* * *
The mansion of the Elemental Squad was marvelous. It would easily be able to hold up to at least five of the Teen Titan towers. The lawn was freshly cut, and smelled eternally of dew. There were multiple statues in the front. All beautiful.
"I'm Ion," said the one in blue holding out his hand for a shake. She took it, and saw the boy immediately recoil his hand after a short shake.
"And I'm Elani!" exclaimed the girl in green. "Pleased to meet'cha!"
A young boy, around the age of fourteen, stepped out of the jet. As the others, he was color-coded. This model was red. He did not introduce himself. Instead, he went straight to the gate, and started punching in a series of numbers into a panel on the side.
"That's Heron," said Elani, "He doesn't like many people."
Ion saw his chance to get even. "Except you. Isn't that right? Don't you have a boyfriend!?"
Elani blushed as a boy dressed in black hopped out. "And lastly would be me. Hey there. I'm Drake."
"'Kay people, mansions unarmed. Now that this little meeting is done......?" moaned Heron.
Ion had some menacing spark in his eye while staring at Heron, which worried Terra, but that quickly vanished. "Shall the tour begin?"
* * *
Beast Boy sat in his room. He had no idea why Terra would even think about leaving. He thought that she had come this time to stay.
Maybe it's just not meant to be. He thought. She probably never liked it here, didn't like anything I did, or even like me.
He picked up a photo next to his bed. Terra and he were having such a happy time that night at the fair. Why'd she leave?
"She'll be back. I know it. Terra will turn them down in a heartbeat," he assured himself. Maybe he was being foolish, but what if she didn't want to leave the Elemental Squad? "She'll be back," he told himself again, and hoped that he was right. He walked out of his room, and clicked off the light.
* * *
The inside of the mansion was marvelous. It started out into an open hall. Nothing out of the ordinary, for a mansion at least. There were six doors leading out of the hall. Each one leading to a different terrain.
In the first, was an indoor waterfall. It seemed to actually be real. The room was completely blue. In one corner was a deep swimming pool, and a virtual ocean shore. The floor was covered in ocean sand, over what appeared to be deep blue tile; but that was hard to see. Terra could've easily guessed who's room it was, but Ion had already told her that it was his.
Each room personalized, just like Titan Tower. As she thought this, Ion was already leading her out of his room, and into the next "wing" as he said.
It was a tropical rainforest. The humidity, the plants, even robotic wild life. It all looked just so, real. Just as the last room had. Even though it was all indoors, the ceiling and floor could have fooled her alone. The floor was nothing but tightly packed dirt. The ceiling was painted over, and given the illusion of being a sky. There was a stone path way leading towards, something, off in the distance. Terra couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it. A huge library, in what appeared to be half of a room. In another corner was a bed that seemed to be incased in plants.
Terra gasped, and Ion began leading her out of Elani's room, and into another.
* * *
Heron watched the girl walk through his lava room. For his own security reasons, he had a pool of lava guarding the entrance. He had to use his power to cool the lava into a rock way, but that girl, Terra as they called her, was too busy trying to look at the other shore of the scalding defense lava to notice.
Not very observant now, is she? He thought to himself.
As they walked across the lava to his actual room, Terra didn't give any of the usual gasps that she usually did.
And why would she? He thought. Your room's the most boring.
He looked at his workout equipment, then to his pantry, next at his simple bed, and lastly at a small box in the east side of the room. The girl started towards it. She reached one hand for the box, when Heron shoved himself in the way.
"Don't you ever touch this!" he barked, and the girl seemed to understand while still being mildly disturbed. They started to back out of the room, and Heron was relieved that no one would ever know what was in his box.
* * *
The next room was dark. Barely enough light to see. Terra knew that it must've belonged to Drake. He didn't seem to like light. But it wasn't the darkness that surprised her. His room was a personal city. It was very dark, and what were obviously robotic people walked about through it.
He slept at the inn in the city.
Not a very welcoming place to live. Thought Terra as one robot mugged another. She was almost relieved when they left the dark waters of the even darker city far behind, and the door closed behind them.
They made their way to door number five, and Ion warned her not to be surprised, which was practically impossible as the door flew open. It was a vast desert, and they were standing on top of a mountain in the place. There was a rocky bridge leading toward a dusty, windswept room.
The room had a yellow bed, and mirror, and anything else Terra could think of in yellow. It was perfect. And her next surprise came, when Ion told her that this barren room would be hers if she decided to stay.
She gasped, and then admired the room again. Her thoughts swept over to Beast Boy.
"I don't think I can decide right now," she informed them.
"Don't worry, we'll have dinner then drop you off back at Titan Tower where you can decide.
She silently agreed, and let him lead her to dinner.
Terra looked back at the room and sighed.
* * *
"Do you think she'll come back?" Beast Boy asked Robin as he let him win at Gamestation for the thirtieth time.
"I'm sure of it, BB," assured Robin.
"Well, sure or not, it's my turn BB, so go eat somethin' while I play." Told Cyborg.
"Alright Cy." Beast Boy sulked off to the kitchen as Cyborg picked up his controller.
* * *
"So," started Ion, as he helped himself to a plate full of food, "what do you think of the mansion?"
Door six had led them into a large dining area. She looked at all of the steaming foods in front of her, but she couldn't eat. There was just something missing.
"Oh, it's great." Terra sighed, and waited for the others to finish their meal so she could go home.
* * *
Starfire flew over to where Raven was reading.
"Are you missing Terra?" asked Starfire.
"It's a little more quiet, but not really," Raven informed her.
"But I do not think that it would be alright for her to leave. Or as Beast Boy would say, 'It is not very pa-hat."
"First of all, Starfire, it's phat. Even I know that. And secondly, could you please leave me alone? You're getting on my nerves,"
"Oh, I understand." Starfire flew off down the hall, and yawned. "I should go to sleep." She flew down the hall, and went into her room.
* * *
"Hello?" Terra called quietly. There was no answer. The others must have already been asleep.
"What should I do?" Terra asked herself.
She went to her bed, and drifted off to sleep, trying to think about what she should do. If she should stay with her friends, or start a new beginning with the Elemental Squad. They were just like her, each controlling a different element. Maybe it was better for her to go. She just didn't know.
Okay, there's chapter one. Don't forget to review when your done reading. Thanks.
Terra stared out the window of her new room in Titan Tower. This week had been perfect. She was finally one of the Teen Titans, and she couldn't have been happier.
She grinned broadly as she watched her fellow titans fired up the backyard grill. Beast Boy wanted to be the cook, but Cyborg wouldn't allow it. She watched the scene unfold before her. Beast Boy barked that he should cook, but Cyborg wouldn't allow him to make anything containing tofu. And so they fought until the other three decided to vote. Cyborg won (with everyone except Beast Boy on his side), and Beast Boy sulked in a corner.
Terra turned to look at her surroundings. She still couldn't believe that it was all hers. From the desert wallpaper, to the huge TV in another corner. The place was absolutely wonderful.
"Aww! Come on Cy! At least throw one tofu dog on there! I don't wanna starve!"
The plea of Beast Boy's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. But she quickly drifted right back into them. Almost. This time she thought about Beast Boy.
He had been the only one who had understood her a while back. When she first came to this city. He must have really cared about her to do all of the things he did.
But does he? Does he really even care about you at all?
She pushed the dark thoughts aside. Of course he did. Didn't he?
BEEP! BEEP!
"Ah!" Terra jumped as something round vibrated in her pocket. She calmed herself as she remembered the communicator that Robin had given her a week ago. She pulled it out, and flipped up the cover.
"Terra here," she said, as Robin's familiar face appeared in a miniature version on her com-device.
"Do you want something to eat? A hamburger, or-!" Beast boy tackled Robin from behind, grabbed his com-device, and finished his sentence.
"-a tofu dog?" asked Beast Boy. His eyes widened as she started to speak.
"Sure, BB. I'll be right down," she responded modestly.
"'Kay! See ya down here!" He flipped the cover closed, and the com- device went blank.
"Maybe, he does care," Terra said quietly to herself, then walked towards the elevator.
As soon as she walked outside, Cyborg thrust a plastic plate into her hands and slapped a cheeseburger on it.
"Cy specialty!" he said with a grin.
"Thanks, Cy!" said Terra. As she walked towards the small table set up, a noise in her ears made her stop dead.
"What is that sound?" cried Terra, slapping her hands over her ears.
"The....... Robin started, looking dumbfounded.
"...... doorbell," Raven said flatly.
Everyone went inside, into the front hall. Robin cautiously pulled open the door. There stood four strange characters in even stranger outfits.
"What do you want!" demanded Beast Boy pointing his finger at all of them individually.
Strange. Thought Terra. I've never seen him like this. Then again, I've never seen one of his meals interrupted. She smiled.
The one dressed in blue out of the four began to speak. "We are the Elemental Squad."
"So," started Robin looking puzzled, "what exactly are you doing here?"
"We're here," fumed a red one, who was obviously hot headed, "be cause we want Terra to join us."
* * *
Beast Boy nearly fainted. "Take Terra? Never!" he wailed.
A girl dressed in green bent over and smiled at Beast Boy.
"No silly," she soothed, "We only want to show her around our home."
"I don't think that-!" started Beast Boy before he was interrupted by Robin.
"I guess if she would like to go with you for a while and check the place out. Then it's her choice."
"What!?! You can't be serious! I mean, what if-!" Beast boy started to protest yet again when he was interrupted, yet again. This time by Terra herself.
"I think I...... might check it out."
"If that's what you want to do," said Robin. Terra smiled
She started to walk off.
"Wait!" cried Beast Boy.
"What?" asked Terra.
"What if you're making the wrong choice? What if-!"
"Don't you trust me?!?" Terra was looking a strange mix of disappointment and anger.
"Well yeah, but-."
"I thought you cared about what I decided to do. I guess I was wrong."
"Terra! No! That's not it at all!"
"Good bye, Beast Boy." With that, she turned her back on him, and flew out the door with the Elemental Squad. The door softly clicked behind her.
"Well, let's eat...... I guess," said a disappointed Cyborg. The others followed him outside. For some reason, it just wasn't as happy as it had been earlier that evening.
"I, don't, care?" Beast Boy sat down, starring at the steel doors. His appetite seemed to have vanished with the sealing of the doors. He just sat there and stared.
* * *
Ion stared at the new that had abruptly taken a seat in the back of their silent jet. She was pretty cute. Maybe fifteen, maybe sixteen. Not much of an age difference. Maybe she would grow to like him too when she joined the team.
If she decides to join the team. His mind abruptly reminded him. You can't force her, no matter how hot she is.
"Are we going some time today lover-boy?" teased the playful voice of Elani. To no one's surprise, he immediately blushed. He looked over to Terra and was thankful to see that she hadn't noticed the joke. She was obviously lost in thought.
Ion gathered himself, and thrust on the engine.
* * *
The mansion of the Elemental Squad was marvelous. It would easily be able to hold up to at least five of the Teen Titan towers. The lawn was freshly cut, and smelled eternally of dew. There were multiple statues in the front. All beautiful.
"I'm Ion," said the one in blue holding out his hand for a shake. She took it, and saw the boy immediately recoil his hand after a short shake.
"And I'm Elani!" exclaimed the girl in green. "Pleased to meet'cha!"
A young boy, around the age of fourteen, stepped out of the jet. As the others, he was color-coded. This model was red. He did not introduce himself. Instead, he went straight to the gate, and started punching in a series of numbers into a panel on the side.
"That's Heron," said Elani, "He doesn't like many people."
Ion saw his chance to get even. "Except you. Isn't that right? Don't you have a boyfriend!?"
Elani blushed as a boy dressed in black hopped out. "And lastly would be me. Hey there. I'm Drake."
"'Kay people, mansions unarmed. Now that this little meeting is done......?" moaned Heron.
Ion had some menacing spark in his eye while staring at Heron, which worried Terra, but that quickly vanished. "Shall the tour begin?"
* * *
Beast Boy sat in his room. He had no idea why Terra would even think about leaving. He thought that she had come this time to stay.
Maybe it's just not meant to be. He thought. She probably never liked it here, didn't like anything I did, or even like me.
He picked up a photo next to his bed. Terra and he were having such a happy time that night at the fair. Why'd she leave?
"She'll be back. I know it. Terra will turn them down in a heartbeat," he assured himself. Maybe he was being foolish, but what if she didn't want to leave the Elemental Squad? "She'll be back," he told himself again, and hoped that he was right. He walked out of his room, and clicked off the light.
* * *
The inside of the mansion was marvelous. It started out into an open hall. Nothing out of the ordinary, for a mansion at least. There were six doors leading out of the hall. Each one leading to a different terrain.
In the first, was an indoor waterfall. It seemed to actually be real. The room was completely blue. In one corner was a deep swimming pool, and a virtual ocean shore. The floor was covered in ocean sand, over what appeared to be deep blue tile; but that was hard to see. Terra could've easily guessed who's room it was, but Ion had already told her that it was his.
Each room personalized, just like Titan Tower. As she thought this, Ion was already leading her out of his room, and into the next "wing" as he said.
It was a tropical rainforest. The humidity, the plants, even robotic wild life. It all looked just so, real. Just as the last room had. Even though it was all indoors, the ceiling and floor could have fooled her alone. The floor was nothing but tightly packed dirt. The ceiling was painted over, and given the illusion of being a sky. There was a stone path way leading towards, something, off in the distance. Terra couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it. A huge library, in what appeared to be half of a room. In another corner was a bed that seemed to be incased in plants.
Terra gasped, and Ion began leading her out of Elani's room, and into another.
* * *
Heron watched the girl walk through his lava room. For his own security reasons, he had a pool of lava guarding the entrance. He had to use his power to cool the lava into a rock way, but that girl, Terra as they called her, was too busy trying to look at the other shore of the scalding defense lava to notice.
Not very observant now, is she? He thought to himself.
As they walked across the lava to his actual room, Terra didn't give any of the usual gasps that she usually did.
And why would she? He thought. Your room's the most boring.
He looked at his workout equipment, then to his pantry, next at his simple bed, and lastly at a small box in the east side of the room. The girl started towards it. She reached one hand for the box, when Heron shoved himself in the way.
"Don't you ever touch this!" he barked, and the girl seemed to understand while still being mildly disturbed. They started to back out of the room, and Heron was relieved that no one would ever know what was in his box.
* * *
The next room was dark. Barely enough light to see. Terra knew that it must've belonged to Drake. He didn't seem to like light. But it wasn't the darkness that surprised her. His room was a personal city. It was very dark, and what were obviously robotic people walked about through it.
He slept at the inn in the city.
Not a very welcoming place to live. Thought Terra as one robot mugged another. She was almost relieved when they left the dark waters of the even darker city far behind, and the door closed behind them.
They made their way to door number five, and Ion warned her not to be surprised, which was practically impossible as the door flew open. It was a vast desert, and they were standing on top of a mountain in the place. There was a rocky bridge leading toward a dusty, windswept room.
The room had a yellow bed, and mirror, and anything else Terra could think of in yellow. It was perfect. And her next surprise came, when Ion told her that this barren room would be hers if she decided to stay.
She gasped, and then admired the room again. Her thoughts swept over to Beast Boy.
"I don't think I can decide right now," she informed them.
"Don't worry, we'll have dinner then drop you off back at Titan Tower where you can decide.
She silently agreed, and let him lead her to dinner.
Terra looked back at the room and sighed.
* * *
"Do you think she'll come back?" Beast Boy asked Robin as he let him win at Gamestation for the thirtieth time.
"I'm sure of it, BB," assured Robin.
"Well, sure or not, it's my turn BB, so go eat somethin' while I play." Told Cyborg.
"Alright Cy." Beast Boy sulked off to the kitchen as Cyborg picked up his controller.
* * *
"So," started Ion, as he helped himself to a plate full of food, "what do you think of the mansion?"
Door six had led them into a large dining area. She looked at all of the steaming foods in front of her, but she couldn't eat. There was just something missing.
"Oh, it's great." Terra sighed, and waited for the others to finish their meal so she could go home.
* * *
Starfire flew over to where Raven was reading.
"Are you missing Terra?" asked Starfire.
"It's a little more quiet, but not really," Raven informed her.
"But I do not think that it would be alright for her to leave. Or as Beast Boy would say, 'It is not very pa-hat."
"First of all, Starfire, it's phat. Even I know that. And secondly, could you please leave me alone? You're getting on my nerves,"
"Oh, I understand." Starfire flew off down the hall, and yawned. "I should go to sleep." She flew down the hall, and went into her room.
* * *
"Hello?" Terra called quietly. There was no answer. The others must have already been asleep.
"What should I do?" Terra asked herself.
She went to her bed, and drifted off to sleep, trying to think about what she should do. If she should stay with her friends, or start a new beginning with the Elemental Squad. They were just like her, each controlling a different element. Maybe it was better for her to go. She just didn't know.
Okay, there's chapter one. Don't forget to review when your done reading. Thanks.