Terri
Part 5
Slade sat in his swivel chair as he watched his computers. On the seven screens were the Teen Titan's members, them sharing one large pizza. He twiddled with his fingers as he watched the Teen Titans scarf down each piece.
"So, Terri. You managed to survive that hit. No matter. I have many ways to get to you child," Slade said as he focused his attention onto the monitor that showed Terri.
"So, Terri. What kind of stuff do you like?" Beast boy said, picking the pepperonis of his piece of pizza.
"Well, for starters, I hate chick flicks. My favorite color is blue. My favorite food is hot dog. And... I hate clowns," Terri said taking a sip of her soda. The titans laughed at what the rock shifter said.
"I'm serious! They're just to happy!" Terri said with a smile.
"You shouldn't visit Gotham that much," Robin said taking a slice of pizza off the tray.
"Trust me, after what I did to your mentor, I don't think I want to go back!" Terri said leaning back into her seat.
"What happened?" Starfire asked leaning forward.
"Well, it's a long story, but here it goes," Terri said cracking her knuckles, "I arrive in the bright city when all the sudden, a thief that was dressed up like a scarecrow sprinted down the street, carrying a bag full of money. The cops were about fifty yards away from the guy, so I said to myself, "Ah, what the heck. Maybe I'll get some props from the dark knight," So, I started to chase after the guy, giving all I got to at least get in front of him. I grabbed my lasso out of my belt and tried to lasso him, but all the sudden, I guess the scarecrow guy jumped high in the air. My eyes were closed at the time, but I knew I did lasso something. When my eyes opened, I didn't lasso the scarecrow man, I threw my lasso around Batman. By the time I could get him untied, the thief was gone. Pretty stupid of me, huh?" Terri said lowering her head.
"I bet the big bat was mad at you for that move," Beast boy said with a grin.
"He was more than mad, he was furious!" Terri said with her eyes widen from the experience.
"I know what you mean!" Robin said with a laugh.
"Why didn't you just use your powers to catch Scarecrow?" Speedy asked.
"I just don't like using them all the time. Depends on my mood really," Terri said shrugging her shoulders.
"Well, what are you in the mood for now?" Cyborg asked. Terri thought about the question for a moment, then replied, "Chocolate,"
Later that night, Terri couldn't sleep. She kept thinking of ways to get to Slade. Digging through her backpack, she was trying to find her flashlight. She came across something sharp that it pricked Terri's finger when her hand came across it. Quickly pulling her hand back out of the bag in reaction, Terri wondered what the sharp thing was. She dumped her things onto her bed, scattering them around to find the reason why her finger was bleed. Then, Terri heard something hit the ground lightly. She bent down to see what it was. It was her red and blue hair burette. The one which Terra had a matching one.
"Every time we wear these burettes, we must think of each other, no matter what we do or where we are," Terra's voice echoed in Terri's head. Terri looked down at the hair burette. Something inside of her said that Terra still lived. Well, at least inside of her. Terri stood back up, still holding the hair burette. She took her hair out of the rubber band holders that kept her hair back into two ponytails and placed the hair burette in her hair. She entered out of her room and down the long hallway.
Terri sat outside on the shore. She watched the tide roll in, then roll away as the moon shone in the water and lighted the shore's sand. Terri had a lot on her mind; Terra, Slade, the Titans. She yawned widely as she rested her head on her knees. The ocean looked like a black blob just sitting there. The wind started to pick up, leaving Terri to shiver in her turtle neck tank top. Terri heard soft footsteps behind her. She turned her head to see Speedy walking towards her. She turned her attention then back to the sea.
"Do you ever sleep?" Speedy asked sitting next to Terri.
"Insomnia sucks. Why do you always talk to me when we both are suppost to be in bed, Robin Hood?" Terri asked turning toward him. Speedy looked toward the sea, but Terri could see a little bit of redness in his cheeks.
"No reason, Tinkerbell. I can't go to sleep either. Like you said, insomnia sucks," Speedy said. Terri turned back to the sea and rested her head on her knees.
"Thanks..." Terri said watching the water glisten in the moonlight.
"For what?" Speedy asked confused.
"For saving me from Plasmus. I know I should have said thank you earlier, but I guess I was to focused on what I wanted to do," Terri said.
"So... you're not focused now?"
"No, you dork! You know what I mean!" Terri yelled. The both of them sat in silence for a while, then Terri picked up a few small rocks with her powers.
"Wanna see who can skip a rock better than the other?" Terri said as she offered the rocks to the archer. He looked at the rocks, then smiled. The both of them grabbed a rock and stood up.
"Terra and I used to do this all the time. She would always beat me though. That's usually the case when you are a year apart," Terri said throwing the rock to her side. It skipped twice then sank into the water.
"No kidding. Whenever Green Arrow and I were not to busy, I would go by the lake and rock skip," Speedy said as he threw his rock, watching it hop once and skink.
"Do you like being Green Arrow's side-kick?" Terri asked, throwing her rock. It hopped twice again and sunk.
"It has its ups and downs. I have more freedom with the Teen Titans though. That's why I came here," Speedy said.
"But you also ran into me along the way, huh?" Terri said with a smile.
"Heh, yeah," Speedy said with a smile. He threw another rock, this time it skipping three times, "OH! Beat that, Tinkerbell!"
"Oh, I will, Robin Hood!" Terri said as she threw her last rock. It jumped six times before sinking.
"Nice!" Speedy cheered.
"You owe me for that one, bud," Terri said putting her hands on her hips.
"I owe you? I saved your life from a big zit!"
"Well then I guess we're even then,"
"Even? I saved your life from a pimple and you beat me at rock skipping, and you're calling that even?" Speedy yelled, only joking. Terri laughed, almost falling over. Speedy quickly caught her. They stared at each other for a few moments, until Terri pushed off of Speedy's chest, helping herself to balance.
"Well, I think I'll call it a night," Speedy said as he scratched his arm. He felt his face get hot. Terri looked anywhere but into Speedy's eyes.
"Yeah, same here. Um, good night," Terri said running up the hill into Titans tower.
