RR76: Remember what I said about applcesauce. It'll come in handy when the time comes...or not.

Responses:

Queenie: Ahhh, so it's reacurring, is it? Please tell me, I'm dying to know. Maybe I can interperate it for you? Wow, that's outdated. I'll remember what you said about detail.

SaintH: She had doubts about what Slade told her to do. She hasn't become COMPLETELY evil yet. Just wait.

The Wild Ambition: What's a Deathpool?

im in a kill people mood: Terra gets thrashed a couple times, but wait and see what happens to her in the end. No, Carson isn't British. I just like British slang. Like bloody and pillock. And bollacks. I don't know why, but that's funny.

Don't own, don't sue, don't flame. Or, y'know...die. Or sumpin'.

Terra spun around and kicked the gun out of Carson's hand, and brought her other leg up aiming for his chin, but Carson grabbed her foot and slammed her into the wall. "You pulled a nice trick with the cloak, but it was doomed to faliure. You couldn't use your own powers to help yourself, and you don't seem to be a very good shot." He picked up the revolver and aimed at Terra. "I on the other hand..."

He fired a shot at Terra's head, but the nimble girl rolled out of the way and sent a chunk of the wall at him. Carson stepped out of the way and fired again. Terra yelped as pain shot through her arm. She looked and a small hole had appeared, blood soaking though her sleeve. She looked back at Carson, who was grinning. "Sorry Ter. This is where you get off," he chortled, and pulled the trigger.

A chunk of wall stopped the bullet and hurled itself at Carson, hitting him in the chest. Carson fell back with an "oof," and Terra took advantage of the oppertunity. She charged him, swinging with her good arm (in this case, her left). Carson dodged every swing and eventually just got sick of it, grabbed the arm with his right hand and punched Terra in the face in the left. Terra staggered back as blood trickled down from her nose. "You can't hit me, I'm a girl!" she yelled.

Carson cracked his neck. "Sometimes I wonder," he said, and drew his sword. He stepped forward, ducked under another kick from Terra and punched her in the stomach with his left hand...again. Terra fell to the ground and began to back up as Carson's sword edged closer to her face. He raised the sword, preparing for the fatal blow and said "This is it for you Terra. Nobody's coming to save you this time." Irony struck him in the back in the form of a sonic cannon, knocking him down.

Cyborg stood at the end of the hall, his cannon aimed at Carson's head. Raven phased through the floor behind him, coming between him and Terra, and Starfire flew down the hall to the wounded girl, helping her to her feet.

"That's enough Carson," Robin's voice sounded, as he stepped down the hallway with Beast Boy in tow.

"You don't get it, do you?" Carson yelled, waving his sword frantically. "Open your eyes Robin, Terra is a traitor! She was the one who attacked you all those times, not me!"

"We really have to stop trusting you," Raven growled, levitating herself forward. The other Titans closed in on him. Robin produced Carson's stolen knife from his utility belt and charged, swinging the blade wildly. Carson blocked every blow and kicked the boy wonder in the chest.

Raven gathered her powers and sent a blast at Carson. "Azerath Metrion Zin--"

"-tell me to calm down! How could you? I gave you everything, my heart, my body and soul, and you repay me with--"

The blast fizzled out just as Robin and Beast Boy attacked Carson together, backing him into one of the rooms. Raven collapsed, breathing heavily and Terra rushed to her side. "What's wrong, are you okay?" she asked.

Raven stared at the battle going on between the other four Titans and Carson. "I don't know anymore..." she said.

Carson blocked another swing from Robin and ducked under a swipe of a bear paw from Beast Boy. Starbolts from Starfire and blasts from Cyborg's sonic cannon aimed at his feet kept him backing up, constanlty on the defensive. The mercenary continued to be pushed back, unable to counterattack properly, and before he knew it his back was at the wall. Cyborg closed in on him and Starfire hovered over the three Titans as they converged. He was surrounded.

Carson began to sweat as his gaze darted back and forth from each of the Titans, and finally realized where his best chance lay. "What now Robin?" he taunted. "Kill me, and you become me."

A look of disgust crossed Robin's face as he drew an explosive disk. He drew his arm back and threw it...into the wall, exposing the harbor, the first light of morning reflecting on the ocean. "Get out," Robin said. "If you ever come back, we'll kill you."

Carson's trademark confident smirk returned. "This isn't over yet, birdie. I'll be back for Terra." Beast Boy stepped forward but Cyborg held him back. Carson looked Robin in the eye. "Oh, and by the way..." Quick as lightning, Carson knocked the knife out of Robin's hand and caught it in midair. "This is mine."

Starfire gave a cry and hurled her starbolts at Carson. The aforementioned teenage assassin backflipped out of the hole in the wall. Flames surrounded him and he
disappeared into the air.

Two weeks later...
Raven found Robin in his usual hangout: The gym, punching a punching bag with a badly drawn image of Slade's face attatched. "Robin, I need to talk to you. Got a minute?" she asked.

Robin abandoned his excercise for a moment and wiped his face on a towel before looking up at Raven. "Sure. What's up?"

Raven took a deep breath. "Look, the last time we fought against Carson...I tried to hit him with my powers but when I did...I had a vision."

Robin furrowed his brow. "A vision? Of what?"

"His past, I'm assuming. I think it's from the jumble of images from when I tried to read his mind. It's starting to unravel," Raven responded. She sat down on a table and sighed, putting her face in her hands. "I don't know why, but it's filling my mind. At night when I dream...I see his life. I can't remember anything from the dreams but--"

The alarm began to blair. "Robin, you better get up here," Cyborg's vace called from the speaker "It's him. Carson's back.".

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