HEY! sorry i haven't updated in ages, i was in CAN CUN! Woo Hoo! I have a tan! yea... anyways, now we really get into the plot of the story, for this is where it all begins...

Third Chance

Ronnoco

Chapter VII

Dreamland

For a strange feeling inside, Terra glanced over to Raven, still perfectly content resting on her Wonder Boy's chest. Her eyes appeared only vaguely aware of the television screen, where people were presently struggling to not be swept off by a huge wave, on the verge of drowsing off. Terra looked up to her own boyfriend, who, surprising at it sounds, wasn't glued to the screen as usual. He was watching another thing, very intently, focusing all attention upon it. He was watching Terra.

His eyes smiled when they met, a romantic scheme slowing concocting in his devious mind. "It's getting cold," he announced to no one in particular, still grinning at Terra, "I'm going to get some pillows and blankets from the closet. This is an all-nighter, isn't it?"

He stood up, stretched exaggeratedly, before extending his hand to his beloved. "Join me?"

In the hall leading to the blanket closet, Terra suddenly stopped walking. Beast Boy turned around. Terra just smiled slyly; he grinned, cornered. Soon enough, they were in each other arms, in a deep, passionate kiss. Beast Boy's eyes widened as he felt a tongue pressed firmly against his lips, pulling her towards himself. It was a brand-new feeling, to love someone and have them love you back so incredibly, so much ardor and depth in every nerve. Yet, there was still that lingering thought in the back of his head. That thought that told him not to trust her, that she would do something like that to him again, that she would leave him... But such a thought was far too distant, too ridiculous, too devastating to actually happen, so he pushed it back in his head again and ignored it.

Terra paused in her kiss for far a moment. It was an incredibly odd feeling, a frightening apprehension more like, in the very foremost part or her head. A pounding had begun relentlessly, holding in it an incomprehensible thought, blurred by the enormous pain. A horrid headache.

Holding her forehead firmly, she broke away into a huddle.

"Terra, what's wrong!"

"I-don't-know..." Terra moaned back, clenching her head. The throbbing pain was unbelievably agonizing, a tear forming down her cheek. It pounded from the inside in an unusual way, causing floods of horrible feeling. Guilt, grief, hopelessness, fear; all swept across her mind, the pain becoming more and more unbearable, eating up every bit of strength and pride she had ever possessed.

"What is it? A migraine?..."

She didn't hear him though, the pain pounding her ears and clouding her mind. All Terra could hear was a faint noise of agony, a groaning of utter anguish... then a scream

Beast Boy, sensing the obvious danger, immediately swept Terra up and rushed back to the main room. Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire were all crowded about the same spot, each arguing and worried. From that couch came a truly bizarre sound, as though some one was choking, drowning...

He looked over the back of the sofa to find Raven in a horrible spasm; her eyes were closed, however screwed up in a very grotesque way, her hands clenching at her throat gasping for breath, apparently unconscious of her friends around her. She was breathing in a struggle, her feet pressed against the cushions in pathetic support, chest rising and falling very fast and off-beat in desperation. She seemed like she was drowning. Cyborg's cable-cam whizzed out of one of his fingers, and (as Starfire gasped) shoved it expertly down Raven's throat. His eyes drifted away from everyone else for a moment, before quickly withdrawing the device, provoking more choking. "Damn it, nothing...all right, stand back..." Cyborg ordered, a needle flipping out of his left pointer finger. He drove it into her neck, the serum seeping in easily, immediately relaxing her muscles. And she fell silent.

Everyone was quiet for that moment, utterly shocked. "Take her to the wing, now.." Cyborg motioned to Robin, who was rather shaken up himself.

"What just, what just happened-?" Beast Boy pleaded as Robin left the room, carrying Raven. "What's wrong with Rae?"

"I don't know... I only have a feeling..." Cyborg replied. Terra couldn't help but notice an odd look flash across his face as he said that, a look directed to herself... "Like a bad dream or something..."