Terri

Part 4

"Let us feast on this glorious food!" Starfire said laying a tray on the dining table.

"Um, Star. It's just breakfast," Cyborg said staring at the Tameranian girl strangely.

What is that anyway?" Robin asked, watching the purple, brown dish.

"I'll eat it as long as it doesn't kill me," Speedy said with a smile.

"As long as it doesn't have meat in it, I'm good," Beast boy said taking a spoonful of what was on the tray.

"Please friends. I made it all by myself," Starfire said with a smile.

"That's what I'm afraid of," Raven mumbled as Starfire scooped a spoonful of the mysterious food onto her plate. The titans picked up their forks hesitantly. They all took a forkful and forced themselves to put the food in their mouths. They chewed slowly, but then chewed faster, taking in the flavor.

"This is good!" Cyborg said his mouth full of food.

"A little spicy, but a little sweet," Speedy said licking his lips.

"Problem is, what's it made out of?" Robin asked taking a sip of his orange juice.

"I was afraid someone was going to ask that..." Raven mumbled to herself. With a great smile, Starfire rejoiced, "Liver, mayonnaise, tuna, shrimp, fungus, and the blue things in the back of the fridge," Everyone's faces', even Beast boy's turned a dark shade of green.

"I at not just one, but two animals! What kind of sick world is this!" Beast boy said disgusted as he tried to get the flavor out of his mouth by whipping his tongue. The titans shook of the disgusting feeling going through them and managed to put on smile. There was a soft yawn that came from the stairwell. Terri came down, full uniform.

"Good morning, Terri! Would you care for some break-fast?" Starfire asked nicely with a smile. Terri looked up at her.

"I'm not hungry," Terri said walking forward.

"Don't tell me your gonna pull that stunt with the doorknob again," Speedy said putting his fork on his plate. Terri turned around and smiled widely. She reached into her utility belt a took out a pair of rubber gloves. She slid them onto her hand.

"Watch me," Terri smuged. She reached for the doorknob and open the door.

"Ha! I'm outta here! See you losers lata!" Terri said running out the door. All of the sudden, a cage fell over top of her, trapping her from her escape.

"Crap," Terri mumbled. She sat on the ground and leaned up against the bars of the cage. Robin walked out of the tower and met Terri at her cage.

"You don't get visitors that much, do you?" Terri said staring up at the boy wonder.

"We do, but most of them want to kill us," Robin said lifting the cage up and helping Terri to her feet.

"Why do you keep trapping me?" Terri asked angrily pulling her hand away from Robin's.

"We don't want you getting hurt. We lost Terra to Slade, we don't want that to happen again to any person,"

"Well ya picked the wrong gal to have second chances with,"

"Terri, we don't even know where Slade is. We assumed her died along with... you know who,"

"You think he's dead. I don't. I can feel he's alive and planning to do something other than to live. A little bit of punches and kicks doesn't kill a man,"

"But killing someone doesn't solve anything!"

"What would you know?"

"My family was killed by a mad man. In spite of my anger, I became Robin and killed the man. Earlier, I thought I would feel good, but now I would do any thing to change that mistake. Once you've killed a man, you can't take it back," Robin yelled. Terri stared blankly at Robin. He was in the same situation that Terri was in now, and he was able to talk about it.

"Robin.. I'm sorry... it's just that-"

"No need to apologize. I know how you feel. We'll help you get Slade, but we don't want to rush in blindly. Here, let's make a deal. You stay here, we'll help you find Slade. Deal?" Robin said extending his hand. Terri looked down at his hand and smiled. She grabbed the green gloved hand and shook it. In a New York accent, Terri replied, "You got it, boss!"

"Cyborg steps up to the mound. He gets ready for a marvelous throw. He takes his time to admire his greatness," Cyborg said as he twirled the game's baseball in his hand.

"Would you just throw the ball already!" Speedy yelled from the plate. Cyborg stepped back, then darted forward, releasing the ball out of his hand. Speedy swung and;

"Strike one!" Robin yelled as he threw the baseball back to Cyborg.

"Ooo, who bad? Cy bad!" Cyborg said with a smile as he caught the ball in the air.

"Just keep throwing them, iron head," Speedy said as he swung a practice swing. Cyborg threw the ball.

"Strike two!" Robin yelled throwing the ball back to Cyborg.

"Aw, you scared now, are ya Speedster?" Cyborg joked.

"Don't count on it. Just throw the ball," Speedy barked as he got ready to hit. Cyborg threw the ball, Speedy swung and;

"Strike three, YOU'RE OUT!" Robin yelled pointing his thumb behind him.

" Jeez, don't gotta rub it in," Speedy mumbled kicking his feet back to the dug out.

"Your up, Terri," Robin said handing the green eyed brunette a metal bat.

"Naw, I think I'll just watch," Terri said sitting on the bench in between Speedy and Beast boy.

"Aw, c'mon, Terri, we just need to win by one point!" Beast boy pleaded.

"Leave her alone, BB. Terri probably wouldn't hit the ball anyway," Cyborg said as he threw the baseball in the air and caught it in his baseball glove. Terri looked at him angrily.

"Give me a bat," Terri said cracking her knuckles. Robin smiled and handed her the metal bat. Terri took her place at home plate and kicked her foot into the ground.

"I'll warn you, I've been playing softball since I could walk," Terri smuged. Cyborg threw a fast ball, Terri swung and;

"THAT'S OUTTA HERE! Team B wins!" Robin yelled. Terri jumped in the air with joy. She quickly ran around the bases as Starfire and Raven chased after the homerun ball. Terri slid into home plate with a smile on her face. For once, she actually felt like she fitted in.

"Good job, Terri. You're a worthy opponent," Cyborg said helping Terri to her feet.

"Pleasures all mine, Cy," Terri said giving Cyborg a high five, "Oh and don't feel to bad by loosing to a girl," Starfire and Raven returned with the baseball. They both touched the ground.

"Splendid! We shall rejoice by eating the pizzas!" Starfire said happily.

"That sounds good to me! I could go for a pepperoni!" Terri said with a smile.

"Yep, she sure is a real titan," Beast boy joked. Everyone gathered in Cyborg's car and drove off.