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"What ever it is, we have to help it." Robin said determinedly as they walked through the murky tunnels under the ground of the bright Jump City.
Beast Boy did not speak on the way down, but in other times he would be jabbering away of some crazy plan.
"BB, are you ok?" Cyborg asked as he lit his lamp. "Your acting strange." And indeed he was. He was looking down thinking about nothing other than what could happen when they get deeper in the cavern.
"I'm fine." He mumbled.
"Some one woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Raven commented as she rolled her eyes.
"Leave Beast Boy alone." Robin said irritated from his team's arguments.
"Yes, Robin is right leave friend Beast Boy alone." Starfire said nodding in agreement.
Beast Boy sighed leaving a puff of breath in the chilly still air. He looked up to notice a crimson glow emitting from the lava stained tunnel walls. He also noticed his friends were already examining it from side to side.
"Slade," Robin said as he sniffed one of his specimens of filth from the ground. "He was here."
"It seems he was just more that just here." Raven said revealing a metal door with the Slade icon printed on the door. "It seems that he lives here."
"Lets us go inside and explore it inner boundaries." Starfire said with a chill of fear rising up her spine.
"I don't know this place gives me the creeps." Cyborg said as Robin kicked down the metal door without any effort at all. It was like a counterfeit metal door.
"Well that's the end for knocking." Raven said dryly but hid a smirk under her hidden face that lay beneath her hood.
They walked in slowly examining what they entered, but even with Cyborg's and Starfire's light put together they could barely see themselves. They entered a room full of darkness and an eerie sound of leaking water. They could not tell if the room was large or small, but they stayed close for people get separated without knowing.
"Very Good Titans. I didn't expect you until another hour." That haunting smooth voice said clapping slowly. The applaud echoed giving a certain relevance that the caver/room was not so small. Starfire made firebolts of righteous fury in her fists, Cyborg set up his sonic cannon, Raven's eyes glowed white in anger, Robin was ready to fight in his Kung Fu stance and Beast Boy stood there his normal self but ready to change into whatever animal that was appropriate.
Lights began to open one by one on each of the Titans. More spotlight appeared, but they did not see the criminals face.
"Show your self Slade. Come out and fight like a man instead of hiding." Robin said raging with fury.
"Why should I fight like a man when you don't yourself?" He said slickly. One last spotlight opened revealing Slade on top of a platform a few yards away from the Titans.
What does he want? Why did he contact us? Those questions spoke in Robin's brain. The only one to answer that would be Slade himself.
"What do you want? What did you contact us?" Robin said getting more aggravated by the second.
"Robin, Robin. Why do you have to jump to conclusions, why can't you just play?" He said jumping off the platforms charging at the Titans. Each Titan got into there stance. Starfire began to hurl Starbolts at Slade failing to hit him once. Cyborg charged and fired his sonic cannon also failing to strike him, Raven levitated some large boulders with her mighty powers and began chanting "Azarath Metroin-" but was cut off when Slade high jumped kicked her causing her to fall. She tried to regain flight but fell into the arms of Beast Boy which surprisingly caught her.
"Uhh-"Beast Boy said blushing letting her down.
"Leave it." Raven said adding a little grin.
Slade charged toward Robin. They flipped, kicked and punched until there were breathless. They went on and on while the other Titans fought a bunch of Slade's technology.
Starfire began to hurl a Starbolt at one Slade robot, but to her surprise her righteous fury did not unleash any Starbolts.
"My powers!" Starfire said as she floated towards the ground. She tried to lift herself up in the air but it was hopeless.
"What have you done to Star?" Robin said dodging some of Slade's hard punches.
"I have done more things than you imagined." Slade said as he stepped back ceasing the battle and stopping the fighting until the whole cavern was in total eerie silence. He pressed a button on his metallic suit causing one more light on the east side of the grotto.
The Titans could not believe there eyes. What they saw did not make them more nervous but made them anxious. They were hallucinating, it was impossible.
Robin did not know what to say. He tumbled over his words. Beast Boy gasped and his spirits soared higher than streets above them. Raven did not know what to say nor think. Was she trustworthy? Was it a hallucination? Starfire and Cyborg both felt surprised and as well more angered to fight back.
There she was, the bright blue eyed girl. That spunky girl that had a large personality and a large heart. That girl that was there friends and as well there foe. She looked pale and thin as if she had not eaten in days. She wore the last thing she wore at the time she died. Tape was positioned across her mouth making her unable to speak. She lay captive on some sort of metal bed that inclined as if she stood. Each of her limbs was chained to it unable to struggle through. Her eye's looked earnest and she struggled to talk.
"Terra!" The Titans all screamed at once.
"Let her go!" Beast Boy said breaking his silence.
"Free our friend from this captivating prison!" Starfire raged as she tried to thrust more starbolts, but it ended up to be a mere small starbolt unable to harm even the most delicate flower.
"You see I wish not to. Watch and learn." He said lifting his arms as the boulder besides him levitates as high as the grotto could hold.
"Her powers! You stole her powers!" Cyborg screamed blasting a sonic cannon in rage but missed to his dismay.
"I did not steal the child's power. She simply gave it to me." Slade said thrusting the boulder towards Cyborg knocking him down.
"Is this true?" Raven said as she looked into Terra's sincere eye. She shook her head and started to scream, but the tape muffled her noises.
"Terra! I will save you!" Beat Boy said transforming into an owl for night supervision. He flew to her not believing what he saw. It was a dream; he was going to wake up soon. But it wasn't and Terra wasn't a hallucination she was there in flesh. He flew a few yards then with out his control he dropped to the ground turning into his normal self.
"Dude- how did that." Terra mumbled something, but it was unheard by Beast Boy. "Terra can't you use your powers to break out?"
Terra began to mumble, but Beast Boy couldn't understand. Her cerulean eyes watered. Beast Boy altered into a Hawk for speediness. He zoomed to Terra then it happened again. He dropped down with out his control and he became his normal self. Beast Boy became furious and started to modify into many types of animals till he reached Terra. Terra let out a loud mumble. He ripped off the tape. "Sorry," He said knowing the pain of when a bandage is taken off.
"Beast Boy!" Terra screamed like she had not seen him in months. And this was true. Her heart swelled up and she began to cry. "I have to tell you-"
"Shh." Beast Boy said putting his finger over her lips. "Tell me later."
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If all the bad and good emotions could be put into one feeling that's what I felt when I spoke to Beast Boy. I tried to tell him the reasons why every time he transformed he changed back. Finally while we ran toward the others, (Though I could barely run,) I blurted why. The Titans were confused and puzzled.
"Don't use your powers. He absorbs them like he absorbed mine. I barely have anything left." I said hoarsely.
"Is that why my Starbolts are a mere flame unable to hurt a delicate flower?" Starfire interrogated still amazed to see her old friend in flesh.
I was unable to answer when Slade came prancing upon her shoving her down. She knocked unto the crusty floor. "It seems as Terra could not control the Terrain." Slade said dropping a boulder before my eyes. Life flashed before my eyes one more time. I was going to die again. All this effort to live and I end up securing a horrible mans needs.
I winced and closed my eyes before I was gone, but to my surprise I did not die. I opened them slowly seeing that not only but Raven was levitating it above me throwing it towards Slade. She looked at me and held out her hand. "Sorry." She said dryly. This was a first for Raven. Helping someone by helping them up.
I extended my hand and she picked me up. I felt one others skins for the first time in a very long time. "For what?" I said half laughing. Raven ignored and went on with fighting. Why isn't Raven loosing her powers?
Beast Boy and Starfire stood behind me. Starfire unable to do nothing but comfort others gave me a backbreaking hug like she did the first time we met. Beast Boy looked at me and I looked at him. He blushed and I followed. We looked back at our friends fighting.
"We should help them." I said watching as Cyborg, Raven and Robin give Slade all they've got.
"But how? I am merely a Tamarainian with no powers to aid my friends in battle."
"And he'll just mimic every animal I turn into."
"We should at least try." I said running. If we couldn't fight with our powers we were going to fight with our fists. Starfire had to be careful not to use her alien strength but she couldn't. What her emotions drove her to do she did.
"Thank you Titans. These wonderful gifts are splendid." Slade said stepping away stopping the fight once more. "Or shall you thank you friend Terra?" Those words made me bubble in rage as he pressed one button on his mechanical suit and disappeared into the foggy smoke he created.
"He's gone." Cyborg said breathlessly.
"And with our powers." Starfire said in dismay.
"Dude! He's going to wreck the city, and my reputation! They'll think I'm the bad guy when they see Slade turn into animals!"
"He'll only turn into the animals you turned into." I said shrewdly inching closer to Beast Boy.
"We have to stop him. Slade has a hold of some of Starfire's and Beast Boys power." Robin said.
"And most of mine." I said disappointedly. I felt like there was no burden on my shoulders, but I missed it. I had carried it my whole life. It was apart of me though it also destroyed me. Here I am all because of my powers too.
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We went into Titans Tower. I felt like I was experiencing this all over again. Of course they would not let me be a Titan. Or would they? I entered the T shaped tower. I felt the coziness as I did before.
"We still have your room." Robin said as we arrived.
"So am I staying with you guys? Am I a Titan? I understand if it's a no." I said looking down.
Beast Boy lifted my head up. "We would never leave you homeless would we?" He said sweetly. I loved to hear his voice. It was funny as sometimes but when he was sincere it was like milk and honey.
"Especially If Slade has your powers. We need as much help as we can get." Robin said smiling. Starfire and Cyborg smiled too. All but Raven.
"I hope you don't hate me-"I started but then Raven stopped me.
"Save it. If it wasn't for you the whole town would be a pile of ashes." Those words told me there was room in Ravens heart for apology. It was hard to believe but it was true.
"So why didn't you two guys get your powers taken away?" I asked Raven and Cyborg.
"I don't have a power really. Its technology. Not really magic voodoo." He said looking at Raven who crossed her arms in disappointment at Cyborg's comment.
"My power is guarded. I won't go into detail. Even if he harnessed my power he wouldn't be able to control it." I nodded in cooperation.
"Terra, we will try and get your power back from Slade." Robin said shuttereing at that name.
"So am I on the Team?"I questioned a bit nervously holdingmy sweaty fists in back of myself.
"Well," Robin stammered. "With Starfire and Beast Boy with limited powers we need all the help we can get." I said as my face lighted up in exitment. It was too good to be true. They would eccept me. "But that doesn't mean your on the team." I frowned in sorrow. Of course they wouldn't eccept me. I tried to anialate them! "Not yet." Robin finished. Maybe there was a chance for me to be welcomed again. After what I did I felt as the chance was below zero.
"Hope we can trust you." Robin said holding out his hand.
"Dude after what happened, I'm not going to trust Slade or any bad guy one bit."
That was the beginning of my third stay at the Titans Tower and it was hopefully the longest.