Darkness, she had known darkness for so long now that she was beginning to forget what light was. Her name was Terra; she had been Slade's loyal servant. She had taken pride in her work, the destruction of the teen titans. She had failed, perhaps because after all had been said and done, she still saw herself as their friend. Only Beastboy still liked her, the others probably liked that she was here. Wherever here is, she had turned on and killed Slade but the damage was great and she acted selflessly to preserve the city. It had taken every last drop of her power to stop the eruption of the volcano. Now she stood, well she thought she stood. Terra had eyes but there was nothing to see, she could sense her hands, and move them around but felt neither air nor herself. She had never been so alone, she had tried to count, but despair had crept in and she had lost her place. All she could do was relive the memory of the past couple of days, her betrayal of her friends. Why had she done it, now she blamed Slade but deep down she knew that the fault lay within her. Slade was a master of manipulation, but one can only manipulate what is there to begin with. For the hundredth time she tried to cry but her non-existent body would not let her. Again for the hundredth time she wished for a way out of this prison of her mind, or even death as that must be better. She thought hundredth but had no idea, she had lost count so long ago and time didn't seem to pass in this place. Then she noticed the light, it was dim and very far away, but in her tomb of perfect darkness any light was welcome. Slowly the light brightened and got closer, until it was a searing point inches from her eyes, well she thought so at least. There was no way to mark distance here either. Terra focused on the light with all her strength, it could be her salvation. She promised again to herself that she would do anything to be free of this existence. Suddenly the point of light disappeared, there was nothing but darkness again. Terra looked for a second but nothing happened, the light was gone and with it any hope she had left. She imagined herself falling to her knees and sobbing, but it didn't relive any of the sorrow and despair she felt.

Then she felt a sharp pain and the point of light reappeared except this time spider web like cracks formed around the point and rapidly grew, the light and the pain became more intense, she felt like screaming but no sound came. Deep within her she knew this was good, whatever this was, pain tells you your alive she remembered a forgotten friend telling her. The cracks widened and the light became hot, very hot, and then the light shattered. Darkness returned but this time there was more, she could feel her heartbeat, the sound of blood as it rushed through her ears. She could feel something on her skin, and she could feel it flake off as she lost her center of balance. Terra fell forward, instinctively raising her arms to catch herself. She took a step forwards only to trip and stumble further. She hit the ground hard, her arms were not ready to catch her, she had prepared for a short fall but she had been standing on something. Rising to her knees Terra blinked, and blinked, as her eyes made tears she started to see the world around her. She was in a cavern, the same one she had been in before she guessed. The fact the carven still stood said she had stopped the volcanic eruption, that was good. Things swam back into focus, she could see her hands, still wearing the suit Slade had given her, she would have to find new clothes soon. But first she needed to stand up. Her legs were weak and her knees buckled in protest as she stood up, but she ignored their complaints and the pain that went with it. After a few tries she managed to stand and found her senses had returned to her. She was now facing the platform she had fallen off of.

Terra could tell because of the fragments of stone scattered around the platform, at its base a simple plaque read "Terra a Teen Titan, a True Friend" a memorial perhaps? The plaque was not new, she wondered how long shed been there incased in stone. A better question was how did she get out?

"I let you out of course." No that voice it couldn't be.

"But it is, turn around Terra."

Terra spun around to confront the man she knew she had killed.

"Slade." Was all she managed before her strength and her legs failed her and she was on the ground before him.

Slade towered over her, exactly the same as before, well not exactly he had a strange mark seemingly burnt into his mask.

"How?"

"How did I release you or how did I get here?"

"What are you doing alive, I…I killed you."

"Death didn't appeal to me so I left."

"You don't just decide to come back to life!" Terra screamed, she found the strength and stood back up. It didn't matter Slade was almost a foot taller than her and had a much wider build.

"Correction you can't decide to come back to life, I do as I please."

That's not possible she thought I must be dead.

"No you're very much alive."

"You can read my mind now?"

"Only when you're mad."

"Well read this!" Terra threw her hand forward and willed the ground beneath Slade's feet to collapse. Nothing happened.

"Oh you'll find you're abilities are quite gone."

"What did you do to me?"

"I did nothing, this was you're doing."

"My doing."

"Imagine a battery, when it is brand new it needs to charge to full before it can be used. After that it can be used and recharged as much as you want but if you deplete the charge you have to wait for it to re-charge to full again."

"My powers are gone?"

"For the moment."

"Will they come back?"

"Eventually I guess."

"You don't know?"

"Enough of this take my hand." Slade stretched out his had to meet Terra's

"No." Terra backed away.

"That wasn't a question that was a command, now take my hand!"

Terra could feel herself moving back towards him, it was the suit she wore it could still control her movements. She had beaten it before and she could do it again.

"NO!" She wrenched herself away from Slade and turned around as she prepared to run. One of his robots was standing right behind her, when had it moved in without her noticing it. It jabbed out with a pointed object of some sort, Terra tried to twist out of its way but she was to close.

As soon as the pronged device hit her electricity fired throughout her entire body causing pain and preventing her from moving. Terra sank to the ground still twitching, trying her best to stay awake. Slade stepped over her and picked up her now limp hand. She tried to fight him but her muscles were not listing to her.

"Why do you always have to do things the hard way?" Slade kicked her, his foot caught her in the temple and she saw only stars then only darkness.