Heart of Stone: Chapter IX
"Where have you two been?" Cyborg asked Raven, who was supporting an injured Beast Boy as she came in the next morning. "And what happened to him?"
"Take a guess," said Raven, coldly.
"It took you that long just to beat her?" Robin asked, suspiciously.
"Actually, I found him like this," lied Raven.
"And it wasn't just her," Beast Boy added on.
"Who else was it then?" asked Starfire.
"I- I couldn't see them-" he said, since giving away Illusion would also give away most of the real story.
"Was it Slade? Were they working for him!" asked Robin, half yelling.
"No, I don't think so," he lied, not wanting to give away their new master so quickly.
"Still, Beast Boy, you stay here. We'll go try to find Terra and whoever this other person is," said Robin.
"No! I'm going with you guys!" said Beast Boy, sounding determined.
"No, you must remain here until you are fully recovered," said Starfire with concern.
"Yeah, Robin and Star are right," Cyborg said in agreement.
"Dude, I'm going," Beast Boy argued angrily. They were just messing with their plan.
"Just let him come," said Raven, exasperated. "It's not like he's gonna back down."
"Fine," Robin said, giving in. "But still, you should take it easy."
Terra leaned against the wall breathing heavily. The wounds were mostly healed by now, and although they weren't that deep, she still lost more blood than on average. She was now wearing a loose black t-shirt and jeans to cover them up, although some blood had spilled onto the jeans. She slid into a sitting position, still leaning against the wall.
She stopped breathing as she heard someone approaching, although it wasn't just one person. She knew immediately who they were, and this was the worst moment to encounter them. She stopped all movement and breathing, trying to hide in the shadows. It worked as they passed her, until Beast Boy smelled the blood and turned around, spotting her. "Damn it!" she cursed quietly as she got up, not really prepared to fight them.
"I suppose none of you would believe me if I said 'I didn't do it'…" she whispered as Starfire shot beams at her out of her eyes which were blocked by rocks which exploded upon impact.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zin-" Raven began but was cut off by a rock that hit her off guard in the stomach. Cyborg fired at her. She shielded herself again with a rock. Robin ran at her with his staff, but she dodged his attack. Beast Boy ran towards her as a cheetah, but she made the ground beneath him explode, making him transform back as he lost his balance. Robin got up and charged at her, but she tried to block most of his attacks, but failed and was knocked backwards.
You know you still have one last place to turn, Raven told her telepathically, but Terra ignored it as she just barely dodged an other attack from Cyborg.
"If none of you are even willing to believe me," she said, her eyes glowing yellow as she got back up. "Then fine." She sent a wave of rocks towards Starfire, Raven and Cyborg, an other wave as Robin tried attacking from behind, and more at Beastboy. They retaliated, but strangely attacking air that was about 10 feet to her left.
"So, have you made up your mind yet?" said Slade from behind her. Illusion was standing next to him and she assumed that she was creating a diversion.
"Yes.." she responded, reluctantly.
"Good. Raven, Beast Boy," he said. "Terra's one of us now. And you're currently fighting one of Illusion's diversions."
Slade stabbed her in the neck with a syringe and she passed out before she could protest.
