Disclaimer: Sigh...Don't own the Titans.
NOTES: Ok, SSJEASTERBUNNY! With your first review, I changed the fic dramatically, cause it gave me some great ideas! I hope you like this chapter, and for everyone else, this is probably the longest chapter I'll put out. I think it was 9 or 10 pages on word...or something like that.
Chapter 5
The Second Meeting
"Well, that was a waste of time. We didn't find diddly!" Cyborg complained.
The Titans had just gotten back from looking for Jason, it had been dark when they reached the bank again, and Terra wouldn't let them leave for hours. It was nearly ten in the morning.
"Well, it was worth a look anyway, Cyborg!" Terra replied, turning and facing Cyborg.
"Well I think it was a waste of time!" Cyborg said again, facing the smaller Titan.
"Looking for my Brother is not a waste of time!" Terra shouted.
Before the argument could turn into a full-blown fight, a loud beep was heard. The Titans turned towards the big TV screen, which had a phone icon flashing on it. Robin walked over to it and pushed a button. The screen blurred for a second, then cleared up, showing the one person the Titans had thought was dead. Slade.
"Hello, Titans."
"Slade!" Robin gasped in surprise.
"Good to see you again, Robin, Terra." Slade said, looking at the two former apprentices.
"How did you survive? Robin-" Terra began.
"Killed an android version of myself. (Note: See my first fic, Nightmare's First) Just a living, breathing robot. Nothing more."
"What are you planning Slade?" Robin snapped, his blood beginning to boil.
Before Slade could answer, a small beep was heard in the background. Slade turned away from the camera as a young girl with jet-black hair and blue eyes walked into the room. on her hips was a pair of custom made .45s. Though her hair was now a different color, there was no mistaking who it was.
"Furry Rose." Said Robin.
"You can drop the Furry, Boy Blunder. It's just Rose now. It has been a while now, hasn't it? Couple of years since we've seen each other." Rose said, now standing next to Slade.
The Titans stood there in disbelief. The last time they had seen the gun-totting girl was when Carcer had fought, then joined them.
"Gee, I though Nightmare would have joined you by now, Titans. He was rather persistent in finding me. We had a few fights in the past years. As you can see, he didn't accomplish what he set out to do." Rose said tauntingly.
"This is just a friendly warning, Titans. You now know that I am back. I do hope this doesn't…keep you up at night." Slade said, before pushing a button, which disconnected the call.
The Titans stood there, still in slight disbelief. The last time Slade had appeared, he had taken Terra as his apprentice again. (Once again, see Nightmare's First for better description.) Carcer was also one of his apprentices.
Robin stared at the screen, an intense look of hatred etched on his face, both hands balled up into fists.
"No matter what I do…I can never get rid of him!" Robin said to himself.
Robin felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Starfire floating next to him.
"Robin…we will find Slade, and this time we will defeat him." She said, trying to comfort Robin.
Robin shrugged off Starfire's hand and stormed towards his room.
"This should have been over a long time ago." Robin said as he left the room.
The other Titans watched as Robin left, not knowing what to do. Each of the Titans looked around at each other.
"Well, what now?" Cyborg asked.
Raven responded by teleporting away, presumably to her room.
"I'm gonna go out for a while." Terra said, walking towards the door.
"I'll go with you." Came Beastboy's voice.
"No, BB. I need some time along. I have a lot to think about." Terra said, holding up her hand to stop him.
Beastboy's face fell, but grimly nodded, knowing that Terra was thinking about her brother.
"Hey, come on BB! I'll show you how to race on the Gamestation!" Cyborg said, throwing a controller at Beastboy, who wasn't quite quick enough to catch it, as it smacked into his head.
"Oh you are so on!" Beastboy replied, his face lighting up as he jumped onto the couch. Starfire floated in the air behind the couch, watching intensely.
Terra smiled. She knew Beastboy could never stay sad. She turned and walked out the main door.
Once outside, Terra used her powers to levitate a boulder. She jumped on and rode it into town. She arrived at Penguin's Pizza, A pizza place that was named after the notorious Gotham City Villain, and the only twenty-four hour pizza place in town. The only other pizza place in town, was the one that she went to with the rest of the Titans. Terra walked in and looked around. The two people that were there looked up at her, then resumed eating. Terra walked up to the counter to order a pizza. A teenager dressed in a penguin costume stood ready at the register.
"Welcome to Penguin's Pizza, where we guarantee that none of our meat contains Penguins." He said in a monotone voice.
"That's a weird way to greet people." Terra thought to herself. "I'll have a medium pepperoni."
"Very good miss. Your order will be ready…now." The penguin-suited teen said, handing her a hot pizza.
"Wow. That was quick." Terra said to herself as she walked to an empty table. Before she could start to eat, she heard a voice from behind her.
"Hello, Terra."
Terra turned around and saw Jason sitting at the table behind her. Terra's eyes lit up immediately.
"JASON!" Terra shouted, wrapping her arms around him, putting her head on his shoulder.
Terra couldn't see it, but when she hugged him, his face turned to a look of disgust.
"How this happen?" Jason thought to himself.
T EARLIER T
After a few hours of having his mind wiped painfully by the machine, Jason stood in front of Slade, having no memory of what took place earlier, or anytime in his past. All he knew was that he served Slade. Standing beside him was his new companion, Rose.
"Jason. I have a mission for you today. Right now, the Titan Terra, is on her way to downtown. She thinks that you are her missing brother. Your mission is to capture her and bring her to me." Slade said.
"Why? She is no use to anyone." Jason replied.
"Are you questioning my orders, Jason?"
"No Master," Jason said quickly. "I just wish to know why you need her."
"She will be a powerful addition to my plan. she had much untapped power that I can use."
"But that's what I'm here for!" Jason thought to himself, already hating this girl, Terra. "As you wish Master. I will not fail you."
With that, Jason turned on his heel and walked out the door.
T PENGUIN'S PIZZA T
Jason broke the hug and held Terra at shoulder length, a wide smile on his face.
"It's been so long, Sis!" He said.
"Jason…we saw each other yesterday! Why didn't you say anything? And…you kinda attacked us too…" Terra said, showing a look of concern on her face.
"Oh yeah…about that…I didn't recognize you! It's been quite a long time, Terra. And I didn't mean to attack you, you caught me in a real bad mood and I just…lost control of my powers. After that, I just ran off."
"You mean you still have trouble controlling your powers?" Terra asked. "I do to! Well, I used to, I mean."
"You mean you have powers? How did you gain control of them?" Jason asked, a look of confusion on his face.
"Oh, well…I always had these powers, but I managed to hide them from our Parents and you. They were under enough stress knowing you weren't in full control of your powers. I did have control of my powers, until…well, you know, when you lost control of your powers back then." Terra said. "Hey, come outside and I'll show you what I can do!"
Jason nodded and followed Terra outside. He watched as Terra shook her arms loose and holds them out in front of her. A yellow glow formed around her hands, and she let out a small yell. Across the street was an empty lot, and Jason watched as a large chunk of earth began to break out of the ground. As Terra moved her arms, the earth chunk moved as well. After a few minutes, Terra set the piece of earth down from where she got it.
"Well, what do you think?" She asked as she turned around to face Jason.
Before he could answer, they heard a loud crash come from Penguin's Pizza. They both turned to see a fat kid wearing a trench coat and had long red-brown hair, running out of the pizza place with a wagon following him on his own.
"HAHAHA! These pizzas will make great energy fuel for when I take over all of TV!" The Fat Kid said.
Jason turned to Terra, a confused look on his face.
"So, who's the Fat Kid?"
"Ugh…It's Control Freak. C'mon, we gotta stop him." Terra said.
"Yeah, right…I'll handle him. You can see what I can do with MY powers." Jason said with a smirk on his face.
Jason turned and stared at Control Freak, who saw him and Terra standing across the street.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? A lone Titan and her Boyfriend?" Control Freak taunted.
"He's not my boyfriend! He's my-"
Jason held up a hand to silence Terra. Terra noticed that his hands seemed like they were on fire, a blue flame was growing out of them. Jason stared intensely at Control Freak, and then unleashed a small amount of his power; similar to the blue orb he used to take out Mumbo. The orb hit the fat nerd in the stomach, causing him to double over and drop his remote. Terra used her powers to pop up the ground under the remote, causing it to propel into the air. She caught it with both hands and crushed it.
"Nice shot, Jay." Terra said, walking up to him.
"Sure was. Hey, I want to show you something. Come on." Jason said, starting to walk away.
"But what about Control Freak?"
"Won't your Titan friends be by in a few minutes? They'll take care of him." Jason replied.
Terra shrugged and followed her brother.
T JUMP CITY ZOO T
"What are we doing here? The Zoo is closed today!" Terra said.
Jason turned and smiled at Terra.
"Hey, come on! It's not like this is the first thing we've broken into. Remember when I was nine and you were seven? Mom and Pop left us alone one day and we broke into that old warehouse that was full of old cars!"
"Yeah, I remember that. You smashed a few windows." Terra said, showing a look of disapproval.
"Heh. Yeah I did. Let's go." Jason said as he hopped over the fence. The two siblings walked through the Zoo, looking at the animals as they passed by.
"So, what do you want to show me?" Terra asked.
"It's in here." Jason replied, walking into what appeared to be a giant glacier.
Inside was a Penguin Habitat. (I like Penguins, have you figured that out yet?)
Jason leaned on one of the rails overlooking the Emperor Penguins.
"Is this it?" Terra asked.
"No, I'm what he wanted to show you." Came a female voice.
Terra quickly turned around and came face to face with a .45.
"Rose." Terra said, her voice filled with hatred. "Jason, what the-"
"Sorry, Terra. But for some reason, Slade wants you." Jason said, not turning away from the Penguins.
"What he wants with you, he won't tell us. But all he said was to take you alive. He didn't say anything about being unhurt." Rose added, swinging her gun and connecting with Terra's jaw. The impact knocked Terra senseless and she fell to the ground, holding her jaw.
"Oh come on, Terra. You're tougher then that!" Rose taunted, kicking Terra viciously in the ribs.
Terra yelped in pain, as she skidded across the floor, stopping at Jason's feet. Jason bent over and placed a thin, black collar around the fallen girl's neck.
"This collar will restrict your powers, Titan. You're lucky Master wants you alive, otherwise I'd kill you right here, right now." Jason said harshly.
"B…but you're my…my brother…" Terra gasped.
"Me? Your Brother? HA! You wish. The Master is my only family."
Tears began to brim Terra's eyes. She the only other time she had felt so hurt was when she had first joined Slade. Beastboy told her she had no friends.
"Oh shut up!" Rose shouted, kicking Terra again in the ribs.
"That's enough, Rose. Master wants her alive." Jason said, glaring at Rose.
"Geez, your no fun. Fine then. Lets get little Miss Cry Baby to Master." Rose said.
Jason walked over to Terra's sobbing form and bent down to pick her up.
"I don't think so, pal." A voice rang out.
Jason and Rose turned towards the entrance and saw the five other Titans standing in the doorway.
"How did they find us!" Rose screeched.
"Simple. It's called GPS. Every T-Com has a tracker chip built in." Cyborg said, aiming his Sonic Cannon at Rose.
Rose snapped her .45 up, aiming at Cyborg. The half-man half-machine didn't hesitate, letting loose with his Cannon. The bright blue beam struck Rose in the chest, knocking her back into the wall, knocking her gun from her hand. It clattered nosily on the floor.
"Azerath, Metrion, Zenthos!" Raven's monotone voice rang out.
A black arm shot across the floor and grabbed the gun off the floor, throwing it behind the Titans. Jason responded by blasting Raven through the door of the Penguin Habitat.
"Get up Rose! Get Terra outta here!" Jason shouted, throwing blue blasts at the Titans.
Rose slowly got to her feet and rushed over to Terra, who was still lying on the ground crying to herself. as Rose went to pick her up, Terra swung her arm, catching Rose on the left cheek, completely cold-cocking the gun-toting girl. Rose fell flat on her side, and Terra rose to her feet, shaking with rage. Jason stopped throwing his energy blasts and turned to see Terra standing behind him, covered in a yellow shield of energy.
"What? But how? The collar should restrict your powers!" Jason shouted, turning his powers towards Terra.
This gave the other Titans a chance to strike. Starfire and Raven combined their powers, a black, solid beam circled with Starfire's green energy blasts. The combined force of the blast hit Jason directly in the back. The Titans heard a blood-curdling scream, and watched as the blast knocked Jason into Terra, and then through the wall. Terra fell of to the side, unhurt. Beastboy was the first one to Terra's side.
"Terra! Are you ok?" The Green Changeling asked, pulling off the collar.
Terra rubbed her neck, and looked Beastboy in the eyes. "I'm fine, Beastboy." She replied, giving him a reassuring smile. "Where's Jason?"
"He's gone. Rose must have grabbed him when she jumped through the wall." Robin said, walking towards Terra and Beastboy. "Terra, what were you doing alone with him? You should have known something wasn't right, he attacked us!"
Terra looked at Robin with tears in her eyes. "I didn't know, OK! He...he seemed normal to me. How was I supposed to know he was working with Slade and Rose?"
"He's your Brother. You-"
"I haven't seen him for seven years, Robin! How was I supposed to know!" Terra yelled.
Robin stared hard at Terra, instantly realizing she was right. How could she have known? She couldn't, of course. Robin shook his head.
"Let's go. We need to start forming a plan to find out what Slade and those two are up to." Robin said, walking out the door. The other Titans followed suit, Beastboy and Terra being the last ones out.
