Heart of Stone: Chapter VI

"Terra?" Beast Boy's voice came, bringing her to her senses and Slade was gone. "You ok?"

"Yeah…"

"No you're not. I know that look, something must be wrong." In a more tender voice, he said, "Come on, you can tell me."

"I just thought I saw… him…"

"Who?"

"Slade.." she said as if she couldn't bear saying the name of her old master.

"It's ok," Beast Boy reassure her. "He's dead, thanks to you."

Terra pondered arguing the possibility that he could have came back, but left it at that, realizing how unlikely it was. "I guess you're right," she admitting, although checking over her shoulder one last time.

"You wanna go somewhere else?" he asked.

"Good idea," Terra agreed. They went someplace quiet overlooking the water.

"You sure you're ok?" Beast Boy asked, true concern in his voice.

"Yeah-" but as she said that, she saw Slade again behind Beast Boy. He was holding a handgun and pointed it at the back of his head. She leaped at him, pushing him out of the way of the bullet, or what would have been a bullet if she wasn't imagining it again.

"Uh, Terra?"

She looked at where she could have sworn Slade was moments before. Nothing. "This is just weird," she admitted.

"Yeah, which is why we should head back," he said, not waiting for her response before getting up and offering her a hand which she took as he pulled her back up.

"So you're saying she kept seeing Slade?" Raven asked. He decided only to mention this to her since she was wiser than the others in such matters.

"Yeah," Beast Boy responded, nodding. "But I he wasn't anywhere. You have any idea what's going on?"

Raven thought for a moment, then remembered the fight with Garnet.

Garnet got up and walked towards Terra, who was getting up. She kicked her back down and put a hand on Terra's forehead, holding her there, as she raised the knife. "This one will end it."

"That's probably it…" she said thoughtfully.

"What!" said Beastboy, waving his arms in confusion.

"When she was fighting Garnet, she touched her forehead. It's probably making her see things, particularly traumatic things."

"Anything we can do?" he asked.

"Not at the moment, but tomorrow, I'll go pay our little friend Garnet a visit."

"Thanks, Rave," he said and left.

Terra couldn't sleep. The thoughts of Slade were still haunting her. Beast Boy kept assuring her that it was all in her head, but she couldn't help but feel that it was real. She felt cold all of a sudden, as if someone was watching her.

She turned around: no one, but then she was forced to the ground from behind and a hand clasped over her mouth, preventing her from screaming. She was turned over onto her back and staring at Slade's metallic face.

Terra threw him off of her and backed into the corner, whispering to herself, "It's all just in your head, it's all in your head."

"Or is it?" he said coldly. "If it were, would you feel this?" He grabbed her by the throat and pinned her against the wall. "I have a job for you-"

Terra kicked him backwards, making him release his grip. "It's over, that's all pass! I left the Terra that worked for you behind."

"Regardless of what you say, it doesn't change who your are, what you did, apprentice. Now, you can either go along with this offer and they never find out it was you. Or… you can decline it, but be where you were before: by yourself." He struck her on the side of her neck and everything went black.

AN: Ok, so this chapter was short, but I don't care