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Earthshine

Chapter Eleven: Count the Seconds

Eight months since she rejoined the Titans. Nine months since she was released from her prison. Almost two years since she sacrificed herself. Almost three years since it all began.

Countless missions. Countless villains. Countless victories.

Count the seconds.


Rain drummed on the ground, creating a steady beat of Nature's music. The door to the tower opened, and the Titans walked in. It was not a pretty sight. All of them were soaked from the rain, and they looked exhausted and pale, like ghosts. They had just gotten back from a mission.

"Wow, we all look like that dead girl in the well", commented Beast Boy.

"What did you expect from fighting in the rain?" Raven asked sarcastically.

"Why do always have to be so blunt and sarcastic?"

"It's who I am; I can't help it. Just like you can't help being nosy and annoying."

"Hey!"

Terra smirked. "Well, while you guys are busy clawing each other's eyes out, I'm gonna take a shower." Terra ran upstairs to her room.

Raven walked over to the couch and turned on the TV. She turned to the Weather Channel, because she had forgotten to do so earlier that day. Storm Stories was on, so she picked up her book and started reading.

Beast Boy looked at the title of Raven's book. I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Raven scares me sometimes, he thought.

"I thought I scared you all the time", said Raven.

"Ah! Raven, why are you in my head?"

"Sometimes it's hard not to be."

"Well, get out!"

"I already am."

Starfire too, had gone to take a shower, leaving Robin and Cyborg in the kitchen.

Cyborg leaned over to Robin and whispered, "I swear, if Beast Boy wasn't going out with Terra then he and Raven could be a couple."

Robin was about to reply when they heard a voice behind them. "What were you saying about me again?"

The boys jumped and found Raven standing behind them, glaring.

"Oh, um, nothing Rae! We were just talking about…um…"

But Raven didn't hear what they were talking about, for she gave them evil looks and went back to sit on the couch. Robin and Cyborg breathed sighs of relief and started looking in the refrigerator for something to eat.

A moment later, Terra and Starfire entered the room. "Hey guys, what are we having for dinner?"

"Anything, as long as it's not pizza. We've had that three nights in a row", answered Robin.

"Shall I prepare a Tameranian feast?" asked Starfire.

Everyone sweatdropped. "Uh, why don't we just forage tonight?" Robin suggested.

"Fine by me." The rest of the Titans got up and went into the kitchen. Raven, of course, just got a cup of herbal tea.

"Dude, you're gonna starve one of these days if all you drink is tea", commented Beast Boy.

"Since when do you care about my well-being?" Raven tried to hide the surprise in her voice.

A chart appeared behind Beast Boy, cartoon-style. "Well, if you left then there would only be five of us left, and we'd totally have our butts kicked in battle. And when Starfire went into the future, the whole team fell apart because she wasn't there, even though if she never went into the future then the team would still be together, but then again it was twenty years into the future and the team might not be together in twenty years anyway, so it's all messed up."

Terra came up behind Beast Boy, shocked. "That actually kinda made sense, in a weird sort of way."

"Wow, it's a miracle. Beast Boy made sense", said Raven, who was now watching TV again. The forecast came on, and Raven suddenly jumped and almost spit out her tea.

"Raven, what's wrong?" asked Robin.

"Listen", she said, pointing at the screen.

"A thunderstorm warning is in effect for the Jump City area tonight…"

"There was thunder in my vision. We have to go." Raven got up and started to head for the door when Robin stopped her.

"Wait a minute; we don't even know if this is the right time. You said that you didn't know when it was going to happen."

"I know, but we can either go and find out if this is the right time, or stay and watch the city get destroyed. Your choice."

Robin looked at her and nodded. He turned to the other Titans. "Come on, let's go."


It took the Titans a while to get to the place where Raven had her vision. It was all sand and rock, like a small desert on the outskirts of the city. It was raining harder now, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

A flash of lightning. 1…2…3…4…thunder.

Terra remembered this place. It was where she had first met the Titans, when she was running from that giant scorpion. She looked at the others, but if they had been thinking the same thing, they didn't show it.

A flash. 1…2…3…thunder.

Raven remembered, even though she didn't want to. She looked at Terra with guilt in her eyes. It's too late to say anything now…

Lightning. 1…2…thunder.

Beast Boy remembered. He never wanted to forget that day. He looked at Terra, who was standing beside him, and smiled. Terra smiled back.

White. 1…thunder.

I hope that vision was wrong. I don't want it to happen. I should have told them when I had the chance…

All of their thoughts were cut off when lightning and thunder crashed at the same time, illuminating the land with and eerie white light. The Titans waited for something to happen, for something to appear. Nothing did.

Then, they felt it. There was no sound, but they knew that something was coming. They knew it with the sixth sense that everybody has. Then, something moved from behind a boulder. The thing came out to stand in front of them.

The creature seemed to be a shadow, with no real body shape. Four legs extended from it, with razor sharp claws. Its snout was shaped somewhat like a wolf's, but had fangs like a snake. The eyes were strange. They looked clear, as if you could see through them, but they weren't.

The shadow-creature turned its head to look at all of the Titans. It gazed at all of them in turn with its eerie eyes, and then they came to rest upon Terra. The blonde girl heard that strange voice again, but this time it wasn't in her head.

"Hello Terra."


dun Dun DUN! Chapter 12 might take me a while to write, cause my head hasn't exactly been in fanfiction these days, but I'll try to get it up before I leave for the beach. Sayonara!