DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Teen Titans.
NOTES: Ok, been a while since I've done this, so my thanks go out to:
SSJEasterBunny- Thanks for you support bro. means a lot ta me. hope you like this chapter!!
Geoff- Is it pronounced like Jeff, or G-off? cause I have a friend called lik that. anyway, thanks for your support as well. I appercaiete ur reviews.
Penguin Fan- Don't I know you from some where?
Kalabroun- Glad ya like it dude. hope you keep reading!
Optimus- Transformers, right?
Lexi the Writer- What happend to Lexi the Titan?? I liked that story!! lol, thanks for the support.
One more thing, does anyone know what Terra's theme song is and where can I get it? and yes, chapter 18 was what I simply call a "Setup" chapter. not important, but it got me where I needed to be.
Chapter 19
Rescue Terra!!
Beastboy and Raven look around the mind of Terra, seeing that the first thing they stand on was a beautiful hill covered in grass, long wavy grass surrounding the hill for seemingly miles. In the distance, a forest could be seen from the top of the hill. A lone large willow tree stood at the very middle of the hill, shading both Raven and Beastboy in its wake. A slight breeze blows through the meadow, the long wavy grass swaying in the wind. Beastboy looks at Raven.
"This place is beautiful...I wonder if Terra lived near here?" He said, still looking around.
"Ask her when we find her. Let's head towards the forest." Raven replied.
Beastboy nods and the two friends begin the long journey to the tree line. After a long walk, they see an archway leading into the forest. The two Titans walk slowly through the archway, seeing nothing but blackness in the forest. The second they walk through, the scenery changes. Instead of a forest, the scene became a barren desert, much like the one where the Titans first met Terra. Another archway could be seen in the distance. The Titans begin to walk once again, thankful that the walk to the next archway was a lot shorter then the first one. As they near the second archway, a voice booms through the air.
"I don't think you'll be able to help her, my dear Titans."
Beastboy quickly turns his head towards the sky.
"Slade! I will get Terra back from you! You can't control her forever, and you won't for very much longer!" Beastboy shouts.
"Ah but I can. You underestimate the control I have over your former friend, Mr. Logan."
Beastboy looks up in shock upon hearing his last name.
"Yes, Mr. Logan. I know your name. I know everything about you. Terra has told me all about you."
"Well, I'm going to find a way to get Terra back!" Beastboy shouts.
"If you can. Good luck." The voice of Slade taunted.
Raven looks at Beastboy, seeing him shaking with rage. She walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Control yourself Beastboy. Let's go get her back." Raven said, walking ahead through the arch.
Beastboy glared at the bright sky and followed Raven through. The two Titans emerge through the archway on to what seemed to be a volcano island. Smoke rose from the volcano. A village was at the bottom of the volcano, most of them burned out and some still on fire. The next archway loomed in the distance.
"Hey Raven, can I ask you something?" Beastboy asked.
"You just did." Came Raven's reply.
"I know, but one more. When Cyborg and me went into your mind, we met all your emotions. Shouldn't we have already run into some of Terra's?"
Raven stopped walking; realizing that for once Beastboy noticed something she didn't.
"Yes. Maybe what Slade did to her somehow managed to lock up her emotions somewhere. And I'll bet if we find her emotions and let them out or help them she'll be back to normal."
"What did Slade do to her Rae?"
Before Raven could answer, a small red flame blazed to life in front of them. Out of the fire, Terra stepped out, dressed completely in red.
"Hello Beastboy. Hello Raven. Nice to see you two again." The red Terra said. "Yes Raven, you are right, like usual. I am the only one of Terra's emotions that hasn't been locked up. Can you guess which one I am?"
"Rage." Came the one worded reply.
"Well well. Right again. You see this village over there?" TerraRage said, pointing down to the burning village. "I started that volcano. I am the reason that the people that used to live there no longer have a home. Unfortunately though, none of them died. I would have loved to watch them melt under that steaming hot magma. But, you can't win them all, can you?"
Beastboy stared hard at TerraRage, the look on his face said that he did not believe a word that the emotion had said.
"I don't believe you. You didn't have control over your powers back then. You wouldn't do things like this on purpose!" Beastboy said.
"SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT ME!" TerraRage shouted, her hands balling up into fists, her eyes blazing with a familiar yellow light.
A huge chunk of land lifted up from the ground behind her, hovering over her head.
"You never should have come here. Now you must die." TerraRage said, throwing the huge boulder at the two Titans.
Raven shielded herself with her powers, while Beastboy turned into a falcon and flew over the boulder, barely clearing it. TerraRage watched as the boulder smashed into Raven's shield, crashing through it and knocking into Raven, making her fly back a few yards.
"Just like last time, eh Raven?" TerraRage taunted, referring to the first fight they had when she had first joined Slade. "Couldn't beat me then, can't beat me now."
Raven slowly sat up; anger clear in her eyes.
"I've learned some new tricks myself, Terra." Raven said as she stood up.
"Merion Ambedel Orianthos!" Raven shouted, black power engulfing TerraRage. When the power cleared, TerraRage stood there, once again encased in a stone statue.
Beastboy landed in his human form, staring at Raven.
"How did you do that Raven?" he asked.
Raven blushed deeply before she replied.
"I studied some new spells and found a few that would turn people into stone, and a reverse spell to go with it. I was going to turn Terra back human for you on your birthday."
"Y...you were?" Beastboy asked, looking confused.
"Yes. I know how much you care about Terra, and I wanted to do something nice." Raven explained, blushing deeply again. "I guess I shouldn't have waited so long."
Beastboy gave a soft chuckle. "I guess so. But thanks. If you want to get me something for my birthday, help me get the real Terra back. And besides, my birthday isn't for another six months!"
Raven gave a small smile, walking towards the archway. Beastboy smiled as well, following her through.
Exiting the archway, the two Titans gaze at the sight that was before them. A large castle sat on a large mountaintop, a long path leading up to it. Flags with the picture of Slade lined the path up to the castle. All the trees surrounding the mountain and surrounding area were burned to nothing more then smoldering ruins.
"Wow. That's a big castle..." Beastboy said in awe.
"Yeah, and its also decorated with Slade flags. Lets go." Raven said in disgust.
The two Titans begin their long walk up the path to the castle entrance, fully expecting to be attacked. When nothing attacked, they began to get worried.
"You think Slade's planning something?" Beastboy asked.
"Maybe. But there's always a chance that it won't be Slade that's going to attack us." Raven replied.
"Yeah. As much as I hate to say it, Terra might attack us as well."
"She already has. And even if we rescue her, I have to go back and free her rage so she will be completely back to her old self."
The two Titans stop talking as they reached the entrance to the castle. The draw bridge down, as if someone was waiting for them. Walking cautiously into the front door, the Titans gawk at the main room in awe. In the middle of the room was a fountain, the decoration on it an angel with a harp made of white marble, sprouting water from the harp. The floors were covered with what seemed to be a thick silk carpet leading up two stairways, one to the left, the other on the right. At the top of the stairs, armored suits lined the walls, leading up to a huge portrait of Slade. Beastboy glared at it angrily.
"Other than that ugly portrait up there, this is a pretty nice place." Beastboy said.
"Let's split up. I'll go upstairs and look around, you take downstairs. When we're done, meet back here and we'll search this floor together." Raven said as she headed towards the stairs.
"Right. Be careful Rae." Beastboy replied, heading towards a door to the left that had a sign that said: Downstairs.
Raven slowly trudged upstairs, wondering where she should start. She got to the top of the stairs and looked left, then right. To the right, there was a long hallway leading to the one and only door. She could see light coming out from underneath the door.
"Guess that's the way to go." Raven thought to herself.
Starting the walk down the hall, Raven began to get a bad feeling coming from the door, yet she walked on, unafraid of what was behind the door. Reaching the door, Raven slowly grasped the door handle and opened the door. Inside the room was a huge bed, covered in everything that was considered fancy. The sheets were red silk, the pillows looked to be also made from silk. The four-post bed had an engraving on the end of it of an extravagant M.
"Hello, Raven." Came a voice from behind her.
Raven whirled around, coming face to face with Slade.
"Slade! What have you done with Terra's emotions?"
"Ah, my dear Raven. They are...around. But they should be your last concern." Slade said as he lashed out at Raven, catching her in the stomach with a heavy punch. Raven fell to her knees, clutching her stomach, trying to breathe.
"You see Raven, Terra is mine. If you haven't yet noticed, this castle is the center point of young Terra's mind. And as you can see, my presence is clearly all around it." Slade said, walking over to a painting with his picture on it.
"This used to be her room. I know all of her darkest secrets. Her past, her family, her friends. All mine. I have the ability to erase all of her memories from this very castle." Slade said, walking back over to Raven.
"T...then why ha...haven't you?" Raven gasped.
"I had no need. I realize that you know what I did to Terra. Nightmare told you. But what he did not know, was that mask that was strapped to her face also opened her mind up to psychic suggestion, which is why I am here. And as for her memories, I used nearly the same threat I used with Robin. Do what I say, or the memories are gone. Of course, with Robin, it was his friends that would be gone. You see Raven, my presence being here, I was able to rearrange certain things in her mind. She started seeing things my way. Her emotions tried to stop me, so I had to deal with them."
"R...Rearrange her mind? But how?" Raven gasped, still trying to catch her breath.
"Simple. Move certain things here, other things there. Even a monkey could do it. Speaking of which, Where is your friend?"
"Go to hell." Raven snarled.
"Such language from a lady. As you wish. I will find him myself. But you will come with me." Slade said, picking Raven up and again punching her hard in the stomach. Dragging her by the hood of her cloak, Slade dragged her back down the hallway, Raven gasping for breath the whole way.
Downstairs, Beastboy was walking along a dark, damp hallway lit by torches. Jail cells lined the wall, but Beastboy saw no one in any of them. Staring down the hallway, Beastboy hears something farther down the hallway. Running towards the sound, Beastboy stops at a cell and looked in. A green dressed Terra was chained to the wall, alongside other color Terras. Beastboy grips the bars and calls out to them.
"Terra!"
The green Terra slowly lifted her head, her face bruised and swollen.
"B...Beastboy?"
"Yeah! What has Slade done to you? Where are the keys?"
"S...Slade has them...Beastboy...we're sorry..." the green Terra said, speaking for all of the different Terras.
"Don't be sorry. Be strong! Where is Slade?"
"I am right here, Beastboy." Slade's voice rang out behind him.
Beastboy turned around, seeing Slade still dragging Raven by her hood. Tossing Raven aside, Slade reaches behind his back and pulls out a set of keys.
"Is this what you're looking for?" Slade taunted, swinging the keys around.
"Give them to me." Beastboy demanded, determination clear on his face.
"Come take them, if you can." Slade said tossing the keys behind him and taking a fighting stance.
Without an answer, Beastboy changed into a gorilla and charged Slade, who easily dodged him, kicking him in the back as he did. Beastboy turned around and let out a loud growl. Charging again, Beastboy leads in with a huge ape fist, taking up the entire hallway, causing Slade to attempt to block it, and failed. Beastboy's fist crashed into Slade's armored arms, making him fly backwards and hit the ending wall of the hallway.
Not letting up, Beastboy charged, once again leading with a huge fist. Slade attempted another block, but due to the hallway being small, was again smashed into the wall. Beastboy pummeled Slade into the wall, armor cracking, bones breaking. Raven sat up and watched in horror as Beastboy continued to pound the lifeless form of Slade into the ground.
"Beastboy! He's gone! Stop!" Raven yelled.
Slowly, Beastboy's blows began to stop, and changed back into his human form. Turning around, Beastboy walked slowly past Raven and retrieved the keys from the floor. Walking back to the jail cell, Beastboy unlocks the door and each of Terra's emotions.
"Raven, can you heal them?" Beastboy asked.
"Yes." Came the reply, as Raven walked into the cell and started to heal each Terra.
"Now that we got them out, what do we do?" Beastboy asked.
"We can repair Terra. But we need the rage emotion to do so. Once Raven is done healing us, we can go with you and help control it." Green Terra said.
"But I don't wanna." Said a Terra dressed in orange.
"That must be her lazy emotion." Beastboy thinks, smiling to himself.
"And one more thing you need to do. Destroy everything with Slade's picture on it. In order to completely erase him from our mind, everything with him on it must be destroyed." A Terra in white said.
"I'm on it." Beastboy said. "Raven, you can go with the emotions to get Rage. I'll take care of Slade."
Raven nodded and walked out of the cell, the many emotions of Terra following. Beastboy took a look around the cell before he to left. Over the next few hours, Beastboy went through the castle tearing down pictures and flags and paintings with Slade on them, throwing them into a pile outside the castle. As he was taking a huge armored suit that looked like Slade out to the pile, he saw the Terra emotions and Raven walking up to the castle, Rage in tow behind them, bound and gagged.
"Hey Rae. I see you had good luck with Rage." Beastboy said.
"Yeah. Real lucky." Raven said sarcastically.
"She put up quite a fight." Green Terra said. "It took us an hour just to tie her up! Then another hour to get the damn gag on her! I'm not looking forward at all to putting her into a cell till she calms down! By the way, how goes the Slade tear down?"
"Good. I've got all of it I think." Beastboy replied.
"Even if you didn't, we can get the rest. We took down a lot on the way back." Green Terra said. "Give us about a few hours to finish clean up the rest of Slade's presence and we'll wake Terra up for you."
"Sounds good." Beastboy said.
"Let's go." Raven said, turning and walking towards the exit.
"Wait BB." The emotions said together. "We just wanted to say...that we're sorry. It was our fault for letting Slade take over. It was our fault for not doing anything while we destroyed Cyborg..."
"Hey, Cyborg will be fine. Robin is working on him right now." Beastboy replied. "Just get everything cleaned up, and I'll see you in a few hours."
OUTSIDE THE MIND OF TERRA
Robin and Carcer finish piecing Cyborg together; the only things missing were his left arm and right leg.
"He'll wake up soon. His systems need some time to reboot, and his human side needs time to wake up as well." Robin said.
"Well, that's good. Now what?" Carcer asked.
Before Robin could answer, Raven and Beastboy opened their eyes and stood up.
"Glad that's over." Beastboy said.
"Hey you guys. Everything turn out alright?" Robin asked.
"Yeah. Terra's emotions are cleaning up what's left of Slade as we speak. She should wake up within the next three hours." Raven replied.
"Good to hear. Cyborg is as fixed as we could get him. Don't know when he's gonna wake up though." Robin said.
"How about right now?" Came a weak sounding voice.
The Titans turn and look towards Cyborg, who was slowly starting to sit up.
"So who did the horrible repair job?" Cyborg joked.
"Cy, good to see you back!" Robin said, smiling. His smile did not last for long, as his thoughts quickly went back to Starfire. "Listen, I gotta go check things out with Batman. I'll see you guys later." Robin said, walking out of the room.
"Well, I have no left arm or right leg...and I take it the Tower is still sitting in a pile of rubble?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah...there's things we need to talk about though." Beastboy said, walking over to Cyborg and sitting on his bed.
Over the next three hours, Beastboy and Raven explained what had happened the past day, about Terra, about Starfire and the city. Carcer sat and listened for two of the three hours before getting up and walking out of the room, telling the Titans he was going for a shower. Outside the room, Carcer walks around the huge mansion, taking in the sights of art and lavish decorations, until he literally walked into Alfred, who was carrying a tray of food.
"Oh crap! Sorry Alfred. Here, let me help." Carcer said, quickly giving Alfred a hand in picking up the food that had fell to the floor.
"Thank you. I do hope I am not out of line, but you do need a shower. Down the hall to the left is a bathroom. Leave your clothes on the floor and I shall wash them for you." Alfred says as he walks back towards the kitchen to prepare more food.
Carcer nods and walks towards the bathroom, looking forward to washing the day old sweat that still clung to his body.
After Beastboy and Raven finished telling Cyborg what had happened, he sat back in his bed, deep in thought. "Well, you know me. I'm not one to hold a grudge. After what you two have told me, I feel more sorry for her then myself." Cyborg said. The three Titans looked over to Terra's bed as she made a low groaning sound.
"Looks like she's waking up." Raven said, getting up and starting to walk out of the room.
"Hey Rae, where you goin?" Beastboy asked.
"I thought you two might want to be alone for a while." Raven said, a small smile on her face.
"Well hey then! Push me out of here to!" Cyborg said.
Raven sighed and went back to push Cyborg's wheeled bed out of the room. Beastboy watched them leave, then turned his attention back to Terra, who was slowly blinking her eyes open. He watched as she slowly sat up and looked around the unfamiliar room.
"Where am I?" She asked, not noticing Beastboy yet.
"At Robin's former place, I guess." Beastboy said, walking towards Terra.
"Beastboy!" Terra cried, leaping from the bed and wrapping him in a huge bone crushing Starfire-like hug.
"Nice...to...see...you...to...Terra." Beastboy managed to squeak out.
"Oh Beastboy, I'm so sorry. I've done horrible things! I can't believe I went back to Slade again..." Terra said, starting to cry.
"Hey, it's ok. Cyborg has forgiven you already. It's not your fault. You couldn't control yourself. Don't worry Terra, I'm here for you." Beastboy said comfortingly, wrapping her in a soft hug.
"It's not ok! Slade took over my mind! I attacked you and the Titans...I don't deserve to live..." Terra said, crying into his shoulder.
Beastboy grabbed her by the shoulders and brought her away from his body, staring deep into her eyes, anger rising in his.
"Don't ever talk like that Terra! You have two choices right now, help us take the city back and takedown Slade, or sit her in self-pity! What's it going to be?"
Terra stared at the floor before giving her answer.
"Y...you're right, BB. I shouldn't feel like this. I hate Slade with all my heart, and I want him dead and gone." Terra said, determination clear in her voice, tears still streaming from her eyes. Beastboy smiled, hugging her once again.
The door opened and Batman walked in, his face turned into a frown.
"It's good to see that everything is alright in here. But I have a question for you. Have either of you seen Robin?" asked Batman.
Both Beastboy and Terra shook their heads no, a questioning look on their faces.
"Then he is no longer here. He must have gone to look for Starfire. If you two are ready or feeling up to it, I want to ask you to go after him. Raven and Carcer are all ready to go, and Cyborg and Alfred have just finished putting a new leg on. He'll be ready to go in an hour."
Beastboy stood up and looked at Terra.
"I'm going to see what the plan is. You coming?"
Terra nodded eagerly and stood up and followed Beastboy out of the room, Batman behind them. In the huge living room of Wayne Manor, Cyborg sat flexing his new leg and arm, Raven meditating and Carcer sitting in an overstuffed chair, relaxing by the fire.
Seeing Beastboy and Terra walk in, the three stopped what they were doing and stood up.
"So, what's the plan?" Terra asked.
Cyborg looked at her with some concern on his face.
"Are you sure you're up to this Terra? You've been through a lot."
"You've been through more then I have. And yes, I'm sure." Terra answered.
"Fine. Here's the plan. Robin is obviously somewhere in Jump City, though we don't know where. I had Batman take some aerial photos of the city. It's overrun with HIVE members, prisoners and those damn robots. I don't really see any other way we can take the city back except by clearing it sector by sector. And as we are right now, I don't think we can do it alone. Batman can't help; he has Gotham to protect. I've given Speedy and Aqualad a call, and they'll help us out. We're to meet on the outskirts of the city, near the forest. So lets go to it." Cyborg said, standing up.
The Titans and Carcer nodded and stood up to leave.
"Be careful." Was all Batman said as the left.
Somewhere in Jump City, the Boy Wonder stood atop a sky scraper, his arms folded and cape flapping in the wind, wondering how he should attack.