Heart of Stone: Chapter X

When Terra woke up, she was chained.

"Sorry about this," said Slade. "Just precautions."

"Precautions against wha?" she was cut short as Illusion knelt down in front of her and made her stare into her eyes. They were deep, as if one could get lost in them.

"You will serve Slade and only Slade," she said.

Don't listen to her! You're only in this to save Beast Boy! she told herself mentally, but then an other thought came to her mind. Maybe she actually did want to work for Slade again, not only for somewhere to turn to, but for something else. Maybe she actually did enjoy working for him. Maybe she did enjoy the excitement of unleashing chaos.

"Slade is your one and only master," Illusion continued. "And you will refer to him as such. You will do as he says without question. Whatever he says, you will do at once. You are loyal to only Slade and none other than he."

"I think that's enough," said Slade. "Wouldn't you agree, Terra?"

"Yes," she said, and after a second of pause, added on, "master."

"Good," he said, simply. The chains disappeared and she fell forward. "Now, your first task…" he handed her a small item that appeared to be a computer chip. "This is similar to the mind control devices that I used on Raven and Beast Boy. I want you to plant this on Robin."

"Yes, master," she said.

"Illusion will aid you, as well as Beast Boy and Raven."

"Beast Boy, Raven," Terra said into the communicator Slade had provided them with. "Are you familiar with the plan?" Raven nodded. "Remember, stay with Robin, no matter what."

"Got it," said Beast Boy.

Not much later, she wasn't surprised to find herself and Illusion facing the others. Terra was standing on a levitating rock and Illusion had conjured a pair of black wings and a katana.

"Titans, go!" Robin ordered, sounding corny as usual. Illusion made a wall of fire appear, separating Raven, Beast Boy and Robin from Cyborg and Starfire. While Illusion kept Star and Cyborg occupied, Terra lead the other three somewhere away from them and finally stopped once they reached a clearing in the woods.

"Stage one complete," she said loud enough for them to hear too. Robin was confused as Raven and Beast Boy advanced on him. Raven created hands from dark energy and grabbed him by the wrist.

"Raven, what the hell are you!" Beast Boy forced him to his knees and raven came up next to him and grabbed Robin by the top of his head as Terra approached.

Raven forced him to look down as Terra forced him to look downwards. Suddenly, the hypnosis began to wear off for a moment and Terra came to her senses. Why was she helping Slade? Wasn't she just doing this to help Beast Boy and Raven? Why was she dooming Robin to the same fate? As suddenly as it had occurred, it had taken effect again, but that moment was enough for Robin to break free.

"What did you do to them!" Robin yelled at Terra.

"Nothing, they were actually working for Slade before I was this time," she informed him. "But it doesn't matter now, you're still outnumbered."

A beam of green energy hit her in the side. "Not anymore," said Cyborg with Starfire next to him.

"Never trust your senses," said a voice behind the two. Cyborg shot Illusion before she could stab Starfire through the heart, but she disappeared and then drop kicked him from the side.

"Terra, Illusion, Raven, Beast Boy, get back here!" Slade's voice rang in their heads, sounding pretty angry.

Terra made the ground explode in a cloud of dust and dirt, allowing the four of them to retreat.

"Explain what went wrong," Slade demanded angrily.

"I- I don't know…" said Terra, looking down.

"he rest of you, leave," he ordered. After Raven, Beast Boy and Illusion left, he said to Terra, "I know exactly what happened, and so do you."

"What are you talking about?" she asked, backing away as Slade walked towards her. He pinned her against the wall.

"You're having second thoughts about working for me, aren't you?" When he didn't get an answer, he repeated more fiercely, "Aren't you?" She still didn't respond, but he let her go. "I guess it doesn't matter much. I have other methods." He paused for a moment. "The mind control devices on Beast Boy and Raven are directly connected to their brains. I could easily kill them at any moment. Now I know you could care less about Raven, but Beast Boy on the other hand-" he stopped as he noticed the sudden look of fear. "I thought so. Now, since they have been discovered- thanks to your incompetence- they can no longer help you as the could have before, so you have to do this on your own. You still have the mind control device?"

"Yes," she answered.

"I assume you know what you must do."

"Yes, sir."

AN: 10 chapters and only 1 review ;; Also, if anyone wonders why he just used devices on Raven and Beast Boy but hypnotized Terra, well, Terra was valuable as an ally. But the devices restrict powers. While Raven and Beast Boy were just being used as spies and were intended to fight with the Titans just to blend in, so a slight decrease in ability wouldn't be noticable.