Before this chapter starts, let me thank the following people for their kind contributions:

King Phoenix
A Wierdo
And a list of others I don't know. Sorry if I didn't mention you, I forgot to write your names down.

And thanks to this person for being honest:

Mystic Water Goddess

But now, it's time to get back to the story.

Chapter 3: What The Heck Just Happened!

Back at the tower, in the medlab to be specific, J.T. was tending to Terra's wounds. Despite the fact J.T. had similar wounding in many of the same places, he still put the needs of his girlfriend before his.

"How you feeling, Terra?" J.T. asked.

"A little better," Terra replied. "You should tend to your wounds now. I'll be okay for a minute."

J.T. turned around and patched up his face and stopped the bleeding in his mouth and nose. Then he turned back to Terra, who was a little freaked out by the bandaging on J.T.'s face.

"Wow, this has been something else," said J.T.

"Yeah. I thought I killed Slade. I mean, who lives after being thrown into a pit of lava?" asked Terra.

"Me," J.T. replied.

"Ok, other than people who have control over fire?" said Terra.

"Apparently, Slade," J.T. replied.

Terra sat up. J.T. tried to get her to lie back down, but Terra refused.

"Terra, lie back down. You need to rest," said J.T.

"That doesn't mean that I can't rest sitting up," said Terra.

"I guess. You know what, I just noticed something," said J.T.

"What?" Terra asked.

"You look good with red hair," J.T. replied. "Maybe you should dye some of your hair red."

"Maybe. I mean, you like it, but I wouldn't know," said Terra.

J.T. leaned over to give Terra a kiss, but just then, the twosome could hear the rest of the Titans come in.

"Dude, what the heck just happened!" Beast Boy shouted.

"We got our butts kicked, that's what," Cyborg shouted back.

"It doesn't make sense. How was it that whatever Slade took, it's like it didn't even affect him?" asked Robin.

"How are we supposed to know?" Raven asked back. "It's not like we know what happened to Slade."

"Raven is right. Whatever happened to Slade, there must be a way to stop it," said Starfire.

Everyone headed down to the medlab and saw J.T. and Terra.

"So, do you guys have any clue what's up with Slade?" Terra asked.

"Your guess is as good as ours. Nobody knows why Slade is back, or why he's got these powers, for that matter," Raven replied.

"It's weird. Normally, when I absorb fire, the fire strengthens my powers. This fire seemed to weaken my powers," said J.T.

"What're you talking about?" Robin asked.

"During the fight, Slade shot some fire at me. I absorbed it, and instead of it strengthening me, it somewhat weakened me," J.T. explained. "It's kind of like it was an imitation flame or an unholy flame. I could detect traces of brimstone. It's pretty clear to me that this fire wasn't normal."

"Think you could cough up some of that fire? Maybe we could analyze it to determine where it came from," said Cyborg.

"Not a bad idea. Come on, let's go," said J.T.

Terra hopped off the bed and everyone proceeded to the main chamber. Terra stopped in her room to get a change of clothes and noticed that J.T. was somewhat right and that she did look pretty nice with red hair. Anyway, in the main chamber, J.T. was hooked up to some weird sensors that could detect the contents of whatever was scanned.

"All right, it's ready to go. Go ahead J.T., let it rip," Robin shouted.

J.T. shot the fire he absorbed from Slade at the scanner. A few seconds later, the contents were displayed on the screen of the computer.

"J.T. was right. There WAS brimstone in the fire he absorbed, along with fossil fuels and some trace particles of coal," said Robin.

"So what does this mean? Slade lived and he's making fake fire?" asked Beast Boy.

"Honestly, BB, I couldn't tell you. To tell the truth, I'd kinda like to know what Slade's doing," J.T. replied.

"Terra, did Slade mention anything of doing anything like this when you were his apprentice," Starfire asked.

"No. The only thing Slade was interested in was domination. He never got into anything like that," Terra replied.

"Well either way, Slade's not going to get away with this," said Robin.

"Whatever it is he's trying to do," Raven added.

"You guys can do whatever you want about that. I'm going to bed," said Cyborg.

"Yes, I shall be going to bed also," said Starfire.

"I'm probably going to stay up for a while. I guess I'm just kind of a night person," said J.T.

"Well, yeah, you're pretty much a human nightlight," said Raven.

"I'll see you guys later," said Robin.

J.T. walked out of the room followed closely by Terra.

"You were right, J.T. My hair does look kind of nice with some red in it," said Terra.

"Aren't I always right?" J.T. asked.

"Well, there was that pizza topping bet you had with Cyborg," said Terra.

"Ok, so I couldn't get him to put spinach on pizza. Big whoop. Anyway, you want to do something?" J.T. asked.

"That depends. What did you have in mind?" Terra asked back.

"I was thinking we go out on a date," said J.T. "Say, in an hour?"

"Hmm, okay," said Terra.

Unbeknownst to the two element-controlling superhumans, Beast Boy was just walking around the corner when he heard the whole thing.

"But…but I thought Terra like me," Beast Boy whimpered to himself. "I can't let her go out with him! She's my girl!"

Beast Boy snuck into J.T's car and waited for J.T. and Terra, hoping to wreck J.T. and Terra's date.