Chapter 5

Terra stared into Slade's cold eyes. She was like a mouse in the face of a cat. She didn't know why but she feared him.

"Who... Who are you?" she asked with fear in her voice.

"So you don't remember me." Slade said.

"Who are you?" she asked again this time her eyes turned yellow and rocks in the shapes of drills came out of the ground. She fired them but Slade just moved his head from side to side to dodge.

"Terra... don't you remember, I taught you that move." Slade said.

Terra's eyes returned normal as she backed away like a frightened child.

"Why do you fear me?" he asked as if he were her friend.

As she backed away she tripped and fell.

"Stay back." She yelled.

"Terra calm down. I'm your friend remember. I gave you a home. I gave you control over your powers." Slade said.

Terra started to remember when she was in the rain and Slade came to her. He reached out his hand like a friend and took her to a shelter where he trained her. Terra could not remember that Slade used her however. Also she could not remember he was Slade. According to her Beastboy is Slade.

"Come Terra." Slade said holding out his hand like a friend would.

Terra didn't know what to do. She had reached a fork in the road. She remembered this man and how he helped her. Something inside her was also telling her that Slade was lying. She didn't know what to believe, which road to take.

"Without me you have no home, no food and no friends." Slade said.

Terra paused at the word friends. To her that was something she craved. Slade was implying that they were friends and she was not going to turn down friends. She took his hand and got up. They walked away into the distance. AS they were walking a thought struck Terra. Why hadn't she gone with the titans? They too had offered her friendship. She convinced herself that Slade was her friend and the titans were her enemy.

Meanwhile the titans were still at the site of the tornado. Raven reduced her injury as well as Beastboy's to minor sprains. Beastboy got up and looked around.

"Where's Terra?" he asked.

"She ran away." Starfire said.

"What? Why?" he asked.

"When she saw what happened to you she just... stopped." Raven said.

"Well let's go find..." An acute pain interrupted Beastboy. The titans went back to the tower. Beastboy couldn't get to his room so he just sat on the couch and fell asleep. He had another dream but this one was much different than the first.

Beginning of Dream

Beastboy awoke in titans tower. He was on the couch where he had fallen asleep. He looked around and saw everyone was there including Terra. Terra left the room and Raven walked up to Beastboy.

"Did you have a nice nap?" she asked.

"Uh... yeah." He said uneasily.

Suddenly he was in the amusement park and on the Ferris wheel. He turned and saw Raven next to him.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Uh... nothing." Beastboy said. Something was wrong however. Beastboy didn't feel awkward being with Raven like he thought he would. He actually enjoyed. He felt calm and excited at the same time.

"Beastboy, can I tell you something?" Raven said

"Sure, what is it?" Beastboy asked.

"Well it's just that..." Raven was acting strange. She seemed like a different person. It seemed she was actually expressing emotion rather than how she usually acts.

"That what?" he asked.

"I... I... I love you." She said.

Beastboy didn't react the way he thought he would. Normally he would have been saying what over and over again but he didn't. He didn't freak out. He thought of the correct way to respond. Beastboy liked her and all but did he really "love" her. He did love Terra but he (dare I say it) also loved Raven.

"I love you to." He said. They were about to kiss when Beastboy woke up.

He looked around.

"It was just a dream." He said to himself. He thought about his dream and what he said to Raven.

"Did I really mean that?" he asked himself.

Raven something was on Beastboy's mind. She walked over to him to ask what was wrong.

"Now what's wrong?" she asked.

"Wrong? Nothing's wrong." He said with the lying grin on his face. Raven could have read his mind but he decided to not pry into his business. She simply nodded and walked away.

Terra and Slade had just entered Slade's hideout. Terra was still a little confused but Slade was helping her (Of course he was giving mostly false information).

"Appren... Terra come here." Slade said not wanting to say apprentice for fear Terra might remember some things he didn't want her to. Terra walked over to him and found herself staring into a large computer screen.

"What is this?" she asked.

"This is my super computer. I use it to keep and eye on the titans. I can see you still have questions child. Maybe I can answer them." Slade replied once again acting like a friend.

"Well... for starters I never knew how I got out of that statue." Terra began.

"So you remember that." He said.

Terra nodded.

Beginning of flashback (As Slade told it. THIS IS NOT REALLY WHAT HAPPENED. It is just what he told Terra.)

Slade walked into the cavern of Terra's statue. He saw his former apprentice encased in stone. He pitied her so much. She took a test tube from his belt and applied it on her head.

Suddenly the pieces of stone at her head flew away. Terra opened her eyes as the other parts of the statue flew away. Terra looked around and saw Slade. She was overjoyed to see him.

Above Slade a boulder was about to fall on his head. Terra saw this and pushed him out of the way. The boulder hit her head hard and she fainted.

"Terra" he cried.

Suddenly the whole cave started falling apart so he had to run away. He tried to get Terra but he could not reach her.

End of Flashback (Once again most of that was untrue)

"And that's how it happened." Slade said.

"Wow. So you really are my friend. You cared enough to set me free. Well I have another question. Those Teen Titan people... are they my friend also?" Terra asked.

Slade shook his head. "Those five are your worst enemy, especially the green one. You and I have fought many times against them." Slade said.

"You mean Slade right?" she asked.

Slade hadn't known that Terra thought Beastboy was him but he just nodded. Terra yawned and started to look weary. Slade didn't want to make her angry because she may start a cave in or something so he pointed her in the direction of a bed. When she was asleep Slade was angry with himself for being to kind to Terra but he had to stick to his plan.

The plan was to free Terra, than get her back on his side again, than have her eliminate the titans for him. Then he would tell Terra the truth. Finally before Terra could do anything Slade would kill her slowly. That was the plan and he must keep to it.

All of the titans were asleep but Beastboy. He was in his room lying down on his bed with his eyes wide opened. His shoulder was already getting better. He was thinking about Raven and Terra and whom he truly loved. He thought of Terra's cheerfulness and Raven's calmness. He thought of how he met each of them. He remembered Terra's uneasiness when she had first met the titans. He remembered how he got to know Raven when he and Cyborg took a trip into Raven's mind.

He got out of bed and walked outside to the front of the tower. He found the soft waves around the tower very relaxing. He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to find Raven standing beside him.

"Hey Raven." He said as he picked up a rock and threw it across the water.

"You can't sleep either." She said as she sat down and picked up a rock with her powers and threw it as well. Beastboy nodded in agreement.

"You want to go into town?" Beastboy asked.

"It's a little late Beastboy." Raven said.

"Well we can just fly around town. Come on. You know you want to." Beastboy said.

Raven sighed but than agreed. Beastboy turned into a bird and flew alongside Raven into town. There were still quite a few people outside. It turned out there had been a block party. Raven and Beastboy decided to check it out. They walked around in the crown until they saw Robin and Starfire sitting at a table. Raven and Beastboy got out of sight and Beastboy joked about how Cyborg was the only on in the tower.

"Let's just go talk to them." Raven said. She got up and turned around but than she stopped.

"What's wrong?" Beastboy asked.

"Let's leave the two love birds alone." Raven said pointing at Robin and Starfire.

Beastboy looked back at the two of them and saw them kissing. Beastboy took Raven's advice and left them alone. They walked to a table a good distance from the other couple.

"What time is it?" asked Beastboy. He looked and saw a clock. He was surprised that it said ten o'clock. The clock at the tower must be fast. The two of them talked for about an hour before they decided to head back. They walked over and ran into Robin and Starfire. Raven and Beastboy thought they already left. The two couples were embarrassed around the other couple.

"Uh...what are you guys doing here?" asked Robin hoping that they weren't there while he and Star were smooching.

"Uh we couldn't sleep. Why are you here?" asked Beastboy.

"Uh... same thing here." Robin said. Starfire hadn't understood that Robin was trying to hide the fact that they planned to go to the party.

"Actually we come out to town almost every night." Starfire said with her finger up.

"Really..." Raven and Beastboy said suspiciously. Raven put his hand on his head.

Why do I even bother? He said to himself. The four titans went back to the tower to actually go to sleep. This time Beastboy fell asleep right away. This time it was Rave who was awake. Now she was the one thinking... thinking about Beastboy. She enjoyed spending time with him and going out with him. She actually started to think his jokes were funny. She started to realize what a great friend he was. Most importantly she started to realize realized how much she loved him.

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