Back again! This chapter is going to be really good, I promise, even though I know most of you must hate Terra and don't really want to read it. But in the end, I promise this chapter only enhances the love between Beastboy and Raven! Also, I know I said this chapter would be posted after like seven reviews, but because of the longer wait for chapter fourteen, I had already written it, so here it is! The reviews for next chapter aren't as high: I want five reviews for chapter sixteen. That's not too much to ask, is it?
I'm not going to talk much, because I expect another really long chapter out of this. But I'll let you know that this is sort of like a song fiction. Raven isn't actually singing this song, but she is hearing it on the radio, and it seems exactly like what she's going through with Beastboy. First you'll hear the song, and then you'll find out what happens.
Disclaimer: If I owned the Teen Titans, then you would see this story on the TV, not on the Internet. So no, I don't own them.
Dedication: To JoJo! I had this song stuck in my head, so I figured why not find the lyrics? And then I figured you couldn't just have perfect love and leave it at that for two different couples, I needed something to happen between Beastboy and Raven. So here it is, thanks to you! (Even though I totally know you're not reading this.) (Also, sorry about last chapter's dedication. I put dedicated to fanfiction the website, but it didn't show up…)
Leave (Get Out), by JoJo:
I've been waiting all day for ya babeSo won't cha come sit and talk to me
And tell me how we're gonna be together always
Hope you know that when it's late at night
I hold on to my pillow tight
And think of how you promised me forever
(I never thought that anyone)
Could make me feel this way
(Now that you're here boy all I want)
Is just a chance to say
Get out, (Leave) right now
It's the end of you and me
It's too late (Now) and I can't wait for you to be gone
'Cause I know about her (Who)
And I wonder (Why) how I bought all the lies
You said that you would treat me right
But you was just a waste of time (waste of time)
Tell me why you're looking so confused
When I'm the one who didn't know the truth
How could you ever be so cold
To go behind my back and call my friend
Boy you must have gone and bumped your head
Because you left her number on your phone
(So now after all is said and done)
Maybe I'm the one to blame but
(To think that you could be the one)
Well it didn't work out that way
Get out, (Leave) right now
It's the end of you and me
It's too late (Now) and I can't wait for you to be gone
'Cause I know about her (Who)
And I wonder (Why) how I bought all the lies
You said that you would treat me right
But you was just a waste of time (waste of time)
I wanted you right here with me but
I have no choice you've gotta leave
Because my heart is breakin'
With every word I'm sayin'
I gave up everything I had
On something that just wouldn't last
But I refuse to cry
No tears will fall from these
Eyeee-eeee-eeees
Ooooh, ooooh
Get out (Leave), right now
It's the end of you and me…
It's really chorus times three, but it fades off, so it doesn't matter. Anyway, so think about that song in this next chapter.
Chapter Fifteen: Get Out, Right Now
The Tower:
Thoughts were turning all through the tower. Cyborg was staring at Robin, wondering what he could possibly do. Robin was staring at the image of Starfire, who was still knocked out from her power fill the day before (as well as severe beating from the late Philip). Raven was staring at Beastboy, wondering if she had made the right decision, to finally be with someone after all that she had been through.
Beastboy, however, wasn't thinking about Raven.
He was thinking about Terra.
What have I done? He thought. Why didn't I tell them she was back? She heard me shouting whatever happiness I was spouting back there. I saw her. Terra was there, and we could have killed her again. That's the thing I most want… Terra dead.
So why didn't I tell Raven? It's not so hard. Even if I weren't strong enough to kill Terra, I'm sure Raven would be. She's my girl now. She's probably jealous of whatever Terra and I once had. She'd love to kill Terra. Really, any of the Titans would love to.
But why didn't I want to kill her? Terra saw me. She knows that something happened to me. She knows that normally I would kill her. Ever since that day she betrayed me, all I thought about was murdering Terra. I mean, I wanted revenge. She is worse than anything I have ever known before. She broke my heart, and then came back to try to mend it… or at least to die gracefully. I don't know which…
If I so thoroughly wanted that bitch dead, he thought angrily, then why could I not just KILL her? Right there! I had more power in me right then than I ever had before!
He shuddered, his head spinning with angry curiosity. He glared at the ground, got up, and left for his room.
"Is everything okay?" Raven asked, stopping him in the hallway. He could tell she didn't want the Titans to know they had something for each other. "You looked like you wanted the ground to die back there," she said with a bit of a laugh.
He tried his hardest to laugh. Any other day, he'd want to scream with joy. Raven had kissed him. Raven loved him. Now Raven wanted to know what was wrong with him. But not now. Right now there was the one other important thing on his mind: Terra, and why he hadn't killed her. "Yeah, funny," he choked. "Um, I kind of have a headache, that's all," he said after a moment.
"Oh," she replied easily. "Okay. Then just come back soon. I think Robin wants us to plan this giant party or something for Starfire. For when she wakes up, as a Welcome Back party, or whatever. I guess we should go."
He nodded. "Right," he replied quickly. "Well, 'bye." Then he turned to leave.
She couldn't help it, she did what she would normally do any day. She had wanted to not go into Beastboy's mind when they were a pair. She thought it was only fair to let him have his privacy. In fact, she had even left him alone when she found herself in love with him. That way she wouldn't be heartbroken if she found out he didn't love her.
But she wasn't an idiot – she knew something was going on, something very strange. It wasn't a headache – he didn't even appear to be in any pain. So she tried – faintly – to search his brain for what was wrong.
But she left immediately when she found her answer. Because it scared her. It made her forget all about trusting people. In fact, it reminded her of betrayal. Of being alone.
What she found was Terra.
He didn't love me.
I was alone.
I am alone.
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As soon as he got into his messy room, Beastboy immediately found himself glaring at the floor again. How could he be so stupid? Terra was his mortal enemy now. Even though he had spared her life, he… well, he felt no sense of love at all for her. He couldn't believe he ever did. So why, then, had he spared her life?
"Beastboy," said a smug voice. He looked up in surprise at his window, the source of the voice. There stood a blond with baby blue eyes on a large rock.
"I don't know why I let you live before, Terra," he said angrily, rising off of his chair quickly, "but you shouldn't have come back. I'm not going to be so merciful this time."
"I think that's for me to decide, actually," she said with an evil grin.
"Excuse me?" Beastboy asked in surprise. "I think – unless something weird is happening to the dumb blondes of our world – that I can murder who I want. Especially betrayers."
"Dumb blondes?" she asked. "I don't think I'm quite so dumb, actually. Honestly, Beastboy. Why do you think you spared my life before? It wasn't because of any love for me, I promise you that. You spared my life because I told you to, and you followed my command."
"I never exchanged a word with you!"
"Of course you didn't, naïve one." Terra obviously thought of herself as a goddess and the rest of them as little people. "My sister, Melanie, is powerful. Bringing people back to life is not the extent of her power. She gives them more power, more purifying power. Raven experienced it, and now she has been having nightmares ever since. And we all saw her in her little Princess costume, didn't we? Well, my new power is controlling minds. I tested my power on you."
He couldn't help but gape at her. Then he immediately turned into a unicorn and tried to strike at her.
"Wow, impressive," Terra said with a grin. "I thought you could only be regular creatures. But a magical one just for me? How sweet!" She narrowed her eyes, and easily stopped him from trying to strike at her. "Now, I have to admit, I did like you once upon a time. Now I can't help but think you're ugly. I don't know how I ever liked you." She grinned again. "However," she said, taking a few steps closer and bringing her face close to his, "I want the Titans to be finished so that I can find my Master, Slade. He'll be proud of me."
"So?" he asked hoarsely. She wasn't letting him breathe easily.
"So I want to do just that, break up the Teen Titans. And I mean break up. Starting with you and Raven. I believe that, after my telling her to, Raven will be here any minute." She smiled at him. "And I guess you know the rest."
Before he could stop her, she forced him to turn back into a human… and kiss her. And not just any kiss, either. It easily topped off his kiss with Raven so close before…
…Right as Raven walked in the room to witness it.
Terra turned her head to the astonished Goth, pulling away from Beastboy. But when she saw that it was Raven, she had Beastboy kissing her neck as she said with a smirk, "So, Raven. I was wondering when you would drop by." Then she disappeared, only to leave Beastboy staring at Raven in confusion.
Then he realized what had just happened.
Raven narrowed her eyes at him. "What happened to everything you just told me? It was a day ago, Beastboy," she cried, a tear falling down her cheek. "How could you do this to me in one day? I can't believe I thought you were different."
"But-" he couldn't stand seeing her so unhappy because of him.
"Terra betrayed us all, Beastboy," Raven said fiercely. "How can you still love her?"
"Raven, I don't! I just-"
"No," she interrupted. "I'm sick of it. I'm sick of having people saying they love me and then sending me off to leave…"
"I'm not sending you off anywhere, Raven!" he replied quickly.
"You're right," she said softly. She longed to forgive him, to fall into his arms just one more time. He was different from the others. And, deep down, she still felt that she was in love with him. But that was no excuse, none at all, for what she had just been through. "This was your fault." She almost laughed. "God, you didn't even stop when you saw me." She shook her head and continued, "But you are right about that. You're not sending me anywhere. It's my turn. Leave, Beastboy. Leave the Tower. And don't come back."
He gasped, falling to his knees in surprise. "You don't mean that, Raven!" he pleaded.
"Yes, I do," she said coldly. "You have done enough here. Now leave. I guess heartbreakers are destined to be in love with other heartbreakers. Go live with Terra."
"But Raven-"
"GET OUT!" she screamed angrily, tears streaming down her face. She couldn't bear it. She turned her head away from him.
He sighed. He deserved it.
He left the door that very second. He left everything he knew.
Just as he left, Raven turned her radio on quietly to a random radio station. When she heard JoJo's song, she could scarcely believe how much this fit her. So much that she keeled over and shed whole new tears. Besides the telephone number, everything was perfect. Besides, a ticket into someone's mind is almost like a telephone number. And Beastboy's mind wasn't full of her.
But he was not going to go find Terra. At least, not yet. Right now he was going to go find Slade.
Me:
Tralala, someone is finally going to see what is up with Slade! And someone by the name of Raven is probably going to go commit a murder on someone by the name of Terra!
Isn't everything going great?
No, I'm sorry, I'm joking. And I'm sorry I put you on such a cliffhanger (even though, once again, it's not exactly a cliffhanger). But Beastboy and Raven's relationship will mend eventually… after all, there is a chapter called "Forevermore" coming up pretty soon, isn't there? And let me promise you, there is lots of mending fluff in that one.
Anyway, so I know you all hate me a whole bunch, but I had the song stuck in my head! And someone like Raven or Beastboy isn't bound to have a perfect relationship. There needed to be something there to bring them closer together!
Last chapter was really, really strange. Sorry about that. See, I sent it, but it didn't show up, so I had to try two more times before it came up. Anyway, the point is, I didn't mention all my reviewers – sorry about that! Also, I don't think I'll be doing reviewer responses anymore on these last chapters, because they're kind of a bother and I always miss people. But I'll try to answer the people who have questions.
In answer to dragontwistr's question, yes, I invented Philip. Thanks, and I will have a sequel! Unless I change something, than it will be called "Old Enemies, Old Allies." But I'm not going to tell you about it yet! Wait for the summary!
And in answer to meangenius's question (I think it was a question, anyways), yes, it's the next chapter! Sorry it wasn't this one! But anyway, sorry about spelling resting wrong. I guess I was thinking about wrestling at the moment…
Also, in response to Pookey's question (again, I think it was a question), Terra isn't just going to trot away in jealousy. I don't think I'm going to make her like BB anymore, but I don't know. But don't worry, I have a grimy plan for her too. I don't like her either, you see.
Sneak Peak for next chapter, No Place Like Home:
"You're beautiful even when you cry," Robin said softly, wiping a tear away from her face.
Excited? I'm excited about writing it! Be glad this was the new longest chappy! See you,
Kweenie :)
