Deliver us from Evil
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Chapter 3: Old faces
Beast Boy stood there, his face in shock. He couldn't believe it. There in front of him, was Terra. Her body stood there on the floating rock, outlined by the sun's rays. The girl he had thought was dead. The girl he thought was gone forever. The girl he dreamed about and wanted back in his life was right here, out of the blue. His gaze meet hers as he removed put down his hood, revealing his face. "Glad I found you here." She said, her voice filled with an eerie calmness. BB wasn't caring about that right now. His heart was bursting with joy at seeing her alive, before him.
"Terra!" he yelled out with a smile. He began to run to her, but something unexpected happened. A sharpened rock pillar shot out of the ground in front of BB. It then curved down and stopped its sharp point only a few inches from his neck. "What are you doing?" he asked, his face sweating with fear. "Move and I'll gut you here." She said as her eyes glowed yellow for an instant and then stopped. She jumped down from the platform and headed towards BB. It was at this time that he finally got a good look at her. First of was her clothing. She was wearing gray jumpsuit with orange sections on the knees, elbows, and around the waist. On her chest was a steel plate that bared a gold S on it. Her hands were cupped behind her back as she walked, giving her a kind of personality like an army officer. Her eyes were the newest feature of her. Instead of the friendly kind of vibe they originally gave off, these were less inviting. They were filled with hatred and evil swimming in them.
Terra stood next to the pillar, looking BB over. "I can say it is you. You have grown." She said noticing his change in appearance. "So have you." BB said, upon noticing she had grown up to his neck and her body looked a lot more developed. "Well, I am seventeen. And with age comes good fortune and greater power." Terra said as she lifted her hand, which then glowed yellow. The pillar then wrapped itself around BB, only leaving his head exposed. "Is this some kind of joke?" BB asked as he squirmed around in his prison. "I can tell you truthfully," she stated," this is no joke." "Let me out!" BB yelled out as she came closer to him. "You would like that wouldn't you? To get out so you can once again finish me off for good!" She yelled as she raised her hand. The hand then came down and slapped BB across the face.
"I thought you would be glad to see me again." Bb said as after the blow had come. "You make me sick at hearing you say that." She replied. "You're not Terra. You can't be. She's not like this." BB said. Terra then raised another platform and sat down on it, her legs dangling over the edge as she said, Oh, don't worry. It is me, alive and in the flesh." "This is not right. I saw you die." Beast Boy replied. "You would of like me out of your life, wouldn't you." Terra said with a tone of ignorance. "Can someone please tell me what is going on?" BB asked. "You always have to know everything," Terra said shacking her head," well, I better start of as simple as I can. The woman who you thought dead wasn't me."
"What?" BB asked, his mind swimming with confusion. Before she went turncoat, she had been with them for about two months. Okay, so it gave her enough time to get information for Slade, but BB thought of that time as the best time he ever spent in his life. "I can not believe I once considered an idiot like you more then a friend." Terra said as she looked at BB, her eyes now piercing right through him. BB felt the insult drive threw him like a knife. "You see, that girl was me, and yet she wasn't." Terra stated. "You mean like a clone?" BB asked. "And he gets the million dollar question right!" She shouted out. "But how? Cloning isn't possible. The team and I have never encountered a case like that." "The person I work for says differently." Terra replied, tapping the gold S on her chestplate.
Suddenly, BB's face went into shock. "No, he can't be…" he began. "Yes, he's very much alive." She butted in. "But how? He was thrown into a volcano!" BB yelled back. "He had a little help from a friend." "Terra, you don't have to work for him. He is just using you." He said. "Shut up!" she yelled back, "Slade has opened my eyes to the truth. That is the Titans are liars and deceivers." "What has he told you?" BB asked. "Much. Originally, I had planned to betray him when I first started to become his apprentice. Of course, being the great leader that he is, he caught me. He punished me by throwing me into a cryogenic sleep, but, while my mind was still on, my body was being enchanted, my powers going beyond their limit. He made me stronger."
She then raised her hand and made the pillar around BB squeeze him tighter. He grunted at the pain he was feeling. "He talked to me while I slept, and the things he said finally showed me truth. When I heard my clone had been turned to stone and then later destroyed, I discovered that you had let that happened. Not only that, but my master had nearly died in the conflict." Her gaze then became full of hatred as she said," You and the rest of your team wanted me to die!" "No, we would never do that!" BB shot back. Just then, the pillar that had ensnared him had gone back into the ground and Terra was now hovering on a rock platform. "I have heard enough of your lies for now," she began," but, soon enough, we will meet again. Farewell." "Terra wait!" BB yelled, but she had hovered back into the air and was gone from sight.
Immediately, BB ran back to the tower to tell the others. They were eating breakfast when he barged in and started shooting of his story at a thousand miles an hour. "BB, slow down," Cyborg said," the only parts I got were 'the', 'her', and 'evil'." "Okay, you're not going to believe me." "Try us." Specter said. "Okay. Slade is back and I just met Terra, who told me that the other one was a clone, and now she hates us and what's all of us dead." He said. "Maybe you shouldn't have said anything." Specter said. "Guys, I am serious!" he yelled. "Friend, are you sure about her? Are you having, as you humans call it, mourning?" Starfire asked. "Beast boy, she's been gone for three years. I know it's hard, but you probably might be seeing things." "But she was real." BB said. Robin came up to him and said," We know you're upset, but it's over. Even if Slade is alive, how would we know it." "Quite right Robin," a voice out of no where replied," why, he would just show his face to begin with."
The team turned to see, on the television screen, Slade. Unlike his other appearances, they could see his disabled body in his wheelchair. "Slade!" Robin shouted, his face filled with anger as he raced over to the screen, the others following him. "Now Robin, is that anyway to treat an old friend." Slade said, his head resting on his only remaining hand. "We were never friends," Robin said," besides that, what are you doing alive." "I had some help. And yet, I wish I had a little more help." "So, maybe we should call you wheels from know on." Cyborg joked. "I don't want to be treated that way, after what I'm been planing." "Tell us Slade. Robin demanded. "Robin, the old Slade would do that. I'm the new Slade. And the new Slade will reveal his plan soon enough."
"Besides that, there's another matter we have to talk about." Robin said. "And what is that?" Slade asked. "Did I really meet Terra?" BB asked. "Of course you did. Why wouldn't you?" Slade stated. "So Terra is alive." Raven said. "Alive and well. In fact, you can meet here." "When?" Satrfire asked. "Why, were I am," Slade said," and don't worry, I will take care of all travel accommodations." Just then, cylinder canisters came out of the doorways of the living room area. They span around, causing purple smoke to rise up. "Gas!" Robin yelled as the group was engulfed. The members coughed as the smoke filled their lungs, making them dizzy. And, one by one, the team members fell unconscious to the ground. BB was the last to drop. As his eyes closed, he saw the dark silhouettes of people entering the room, and then darkness.
What is Slade's plan? How is Terra involved? Find out in Chapter 3!