The bomb had not exploded. Well not in the way Robin had thought it would. Everyone braced for the blast, Raven had thought about containing the bomb within one of her force fields but she didn't act fast enough, while Beast boy just stood there silently, staring blankly at the now empty rock where Terra had stood. What had Slade done?

"We are...alive?" Starfire asked incredulously.

"Another one of Slade's duds." Raven, sensing that the danger had passed, lifting her hood up to get a clear breath of the air.

"No, look." Robin pointed at the cylindrical bomb now, which opened up like a cocoon, exposing to the team a large tangle of electrical wires, computer consoles, but most importantly, a counter that ran down the seconds as the bomb ticked away.

"It's...just a normal detonator." Raven commented. "Easy to disable."

"Yea, but we've still got five minutes before it explodes." Robin wasted no time, bolting for the thermal device when suddenly the ground started trembling...

"No...this can't be..." Beast Boy watched in amazement as a tidal wave of dirt rose above Robin, threatening to envelope him until Raven casted a spell that cut it in half. It disintegrated harmlessly into dust. The eyes of the group were now focused onto a new figure in the room.

"Terra!" Beast Boy shouted with joy upon seeing his long lost friend. She looked as beautiful and innocent as she ever did, her blond hair radiated even in this dark chamber. As she walked out of the darkness into the light, it was apparent that she still had Slade's techno-suit on, but what bothered Beast Boy most was her blue eyes. Beast Boy saw that there was something wrong with her eyes.

They were lifeless, without emotion or feeling. Just a cold, blank stare.

"Beast Boy! Look out!" Raven cried out.

Beast boy barely snapped out of his day dream, just in time to avoid several large rock spikes that were sent hurling in their direction. The entire cavern was shaking now, as Terra took every boulder, sharp rock and stalactite and levitated them menacingly in front of the titans. Terra had instinctively protected the bomb now, encasing it in a rock cocoon, brimming with spikes.

"Terra! It's us! You're friends. Speak to me!" Beast Boy shouted

An evil taunting laugh filled the chamber now, and the titans readied themselves uneasily as Slade made his reappearance, next to Terra.

Slade began checking the small computer on his arm. "Perfect...The neural suit is still functional, and now...only four minutes left until detonation."

"What have you done to her!" Robin demanded quickly.

"Nothing different Robin, You see, I have learned a valuable lesson from my former apprentice. And that is. To keep them on a very short leash." He said calmly, although each word was as icy as steel.

"You're sick Slade, and I'm not going to rest until I stop you." Robin took out his bo staff.

"Idle threats boy, nothing more. Did you really think you are in a position to threaten me now?" Slade said slyly as he faded into the shadows. "Now that you are all in one place, how about some catching up? I am sure my apprentice is all too eager to get reacquainted with you." He gave a nod towards Terra, before stepping back into the shadows.

"Slade! Stop!" Robin reached out in anger. "Come back!"

"I should be the least of your worries now. Goodbye Robin." Slade was gone.

"What has become of our friend?" Starfire asked.

"So far, I'm not sensing anything in her mind. It's as if she's just another one of Slade's robots."

"It's the suit. Has to be, we got to bring her down and get it off her." Robin suggested, he went into a fighting stance now, low profile, bo staff in one hand, while the other secretly reached for a pack of explosive bird-a-rangs.

Terra did not change her expression, but instead let out a huge yell. Every part of the cavern cracked apart now, splitting apart at the seams. The cavern began lighting up now, as rays of pure yellow light filtered through the cracks. It seemed as though Terra's power had gotten considerably stronger since they last met.

The rumblings of the earth were met with a new sound, a monstrous roar as the rock began taking a form of its own. Giant man-shaped figures made out of rock, earth and concrete began popping out of the walls and ceiling. All in all, there were about five of them. Terra meanwhile, just stood right where she was, overlooking the whole scene with a cold expression.

"Titans! Go!" Robin cried out. Starfire, Raven and Robin began splitting multiple directions. Starfire immediately began by firing star bolts at the Granite men who stood upside down on the ceiling. They were quick, submerging into the rock before the bolts made contact.
An arm reached out of the walls, pinning Raven down, while another set of arms began the slow process of choking her. Raven coughed in pain as the earth slowly engulfed her face.

Robin however, was faster, throwing two explosive bird-a-rangs at the hands, blowing one of them apart while the other withdrew back into the walls.

Raven was dropped, and she coughed out one last time before fully recovering. She looked to her surroundings. Robin was using his bow staff to knock the stuffing out of one of the earth monsters, with little effect. The monster simply absorbed his bo staff through its stomach. Starfire was taking on two of the monsters at the same time.

Star's eyes began glowing green, and she let loose a powerful blast which sliced one of the Earthmen in half, but it was in vain, he simply pulled himself back together.

Beast Boy just stood there, watched in shock as he saw Terra fighting his friends. He didn't know what to do, he couldn't bring himself to move.... What Have I done....

"Beast Boy!" Raven shouted, using all her powers to restrain one of the monsters as it tried to pummel the green titan. The rock monster was blanketed by a screen of black as Raven tried her best to pull the rock man out of the ground. It was a difficult task, but eventually, with much strain, she lifted the Earthman into the air, throwing him at Terra. Terra simply created a wall of spikes in front of her, earth spouted out as quickly as water would in a fountain, protecting her from any harm.

Raven ignored that, instead landing next to beast boy.

"I know this must be difficult. But if you want to help her, then help us bring her down."

"Yea..but..this isn't like last time." Beast Boy said with a sincere tone. "It isn't her fault this time..."

"Regardless, she's dangerous, and if we don't stop her soon, then she'll end up hurting all of us, and herself." Raven pointed to the detonator, still ticking away precariously during the fight.

Beast Boy gave a grudging nod and immediately transformed into a T rex, attracting the attentions of three of the monsters in the room. One was immediately sent flying with a huge tail whip, shattering into a million pieces after it hit the wall. The other two attacked more discreetly. With lighting quick speed, they immediately disappeared underground and began coiling Beast Boy's T-rex form. One of them wrapped itself around his legs, creating a shackle of rock and concrete, while the other began the process of tying him down to the ground. The earth beneath Beast Boy's feet began liquefying into quicksand.

She was trying to drown him.

Raven wasted no time, floating up to the platform where Terra was standing, she prepared herself for her next attack.

"This time, You aren't the only one with new tricks." She said as her eyes began radiating a black flame.

"Necronom Hesperith Mortix!"

A black cloud began enveloping the room now, as more dark rays began emitting from Raven's eyes. Each of the rock men were bound into the black glowing mist unable to move.

Beast Boy transformed into a bat, escaping while his three assailants were engulfed in a sea of black flame. Rock began collapsing throughout the chamber as the black mist destroyed whatever it touched. Raven however, had thought of this and had already surrounded Robin, Starfire, Beastboy as well as the detonator in protective black energy bubbles, safe from harm while the rest of the cavern was being torn apart.

Terra, far from looking scared, summoned up another torrent of energy. A bright yellow glow filled the cavern on all sides now and soon collided with the black energy from Raven.

The entire cave vanished in a flash of light, and soon all of Terra's rock monstrosities were gone, dissolved into a million pieces. The cave ceiling shook violently, letting loose a few grains of rock and rubble, but otherwise, it seemed stable enough.

Raven was exhausted from the spell, and she landed gently onto the ground next to the rest of the titans who prepared for their next attack. She knelt on the floor now, still recovering from that vast exertion of energy.

Terra, un-phased, detached a platform from the rock she was standing on, and began walking towards Raven.

Beast Boy stood protectively in front of the exhausted magician however, and shouted. "Terra, don't make me do this."

She detached a spike from the ceiling now, and aimed it precariously towards the two titans.

"Robin! The detonator!" Starfire cried. "Do not worry, I shall help Beast Boy." There must be less than two minutes left in that thing.

"Got it!" Robin picked up his bo staff from the ground, pressing a hidden button to make it charge electricity. The staff began glowing as bolts of electricity jumped from one end to the other. If there was a fast way to stop a simple detonator, it was to short-circuit it out.
Robin sprinted as fast as he could to the detonator, saw the last seconds count down.

Terra however, had anticipated this move, and the rock around the walkway began sprouting out spikes. Robin jumped, using his bo staff to pole vault out of the way.

Almost there..... just a few more feet....

More rock forms came out of the ground. This time arms popped up, holding Robin's feet while two others held back his arms.

Robin grunted under the strain, the arms were too strong, and his feet scrapped violently against the floor as he tried to run. Move damnit! Move! You can do this. The counter was in the last thirty seconds...

"Terra..." Beast Boy called softly this time, the young girl however, did not pause in her advance, and the spike levitated uneasily beside her.

"Its not use, attack Beast Boy. She can't hear you." Raven spoke weakly.

"no.... I can't.." Beast boy replied back.

"Do not worry, I shall be of assistance." Starfire immediately blew up the spike which Terra was levitating, but it was no use, she quickly remolded the rock into dozens of smaller spikes, sending them flying towards Beast boy and Raven at an alarming speed. There was no time to dodge it....

A plasma cannon erupted from behind Terra, sending shocks throughout her body. The girl gave a loud scream as electricity shot through the suit and through her body. With a soft groan, she fell down, unconscious.

Robin, released from his rock shackles, quickly threw the bo staff like a javelin, piercing the detonator's main computer and sending waves of electrical energy through it, frying the circuits. The countdown stopped at five seconds.

"Did someone call for the Cavalry?" Cyborg grinned as he retracted his sonic cannon back into his arm.

Beast Boy knelt beside Terra now, holding her up as she lay unconscious on the floor. "Terra...is she?"

"She'll be fine B. Don't worry." Cyborg said reassuringly. "I just sent an electrical surge through the suit, it took most of it."

Robin, jumping down from the detonator, gave a sigh of relief that he was able to stop the bomb on time.

"Alright then, lets go back home and see what we can do for Terra."

And so they left. Unknown to them, a dark figure watched the entire battle the whole time. Satisfied at least, with the battle, he disappeared into the shadows without ushering a sound....

They were back at the tower, all of them gathering around their old friend in the emergency ward. Terra had been out for a few hours now, and although there was no danger of her being seriously hurt, her heart rate and blood pressure were still closely monitored by Cyborg. Removing the neural suit was a long and arduous procedure, and they did not want to take any chances with their friend's health. Plugs and other medical equipment were strapped onto her, to keep an eye on her vital stats. While an oxygen mask was placed on her mouth. Terra was breathing weakly.

"I finally removed it." Cyborg commented, pointing to Terra's armour, which was lying on the table next to the door. Terra was lying still now, wearing her old blue shorts and grey T shirt that she wore when they first met her. Beast Boy noticed that they hadn't put on her old uniform, and as the doubts began clouding his head, he pushed them back, he was more concerned now about her health.

"Will she...be ok?" Starfire asked with concern.

"She's just recovering from all that time she's spent encased in stone. Needless to say, she barely has any strength left, especially after the battle Slade put her through. She just needs rest." Cyborg gave his diagnosis reassuringly.

Just then, right when Robin was about to say something, Terra groaned weakly, and underneath the mask she began uttering something.

"Terra!" Beast Boy ran to her side now, clasping her hand as she opened her eyes for the first time.

"Ugh....My head." She spoke weakly now, apparently still drained of much of her energy.

"Terra! I.... we're...you're back!" Beast boy was at a loss for words. He wanted to hug her now. Hug her so hard that he would never even think of letting go. Not now, not ever. It had been so long...almost a year, and now... she was back. He closed his eyes, trying hard to hold back the tears, the tears of joy, the joy of being reunited with the one person he cared the most about. He began wiping tears from his eyes.

"Welcome back Terra." Robin said with his usual cool authoritative tone, although he was glad she was alright. Raven gave a slight smiling nod towards the her, while Cyborg was less indiscreet.

"BOOYAH! Thats my My favourite little rock and roller!" Cyborg cheered jubilantly.

Starfire, not to be outdone, was next in line. "My friend! We shall celebrate with a feasting of Glork!"

"Don't worry Terra, you're safe now, we're right here, and we'll look after you. I'll look after you until you feel better." Beast Boy replied gently.

Terra groaned again, rubbing her head as if she had a splitting headache. She looked around now, stared at the rest of the team with an unfamiliar glance, as if she was trying to focus on her surroundings.

Then Beast Boy's world fell apart, and the rest of the Titans fell silent as Terra began to speak.

"Who......is Terra?" She asked weakly, then stared blankly at Beast boy, his eyes wide open in shock.

"And who .......are you?"