"Terra." A noise was calling her back from darkness, like her mother used to do when she was sleeping in. Terra moved to pull the sheets higher about her, she needed more sleep.

"TERRA." There was panic in the voice this time.

She tried to speak but only managed a groan. Light filtered back into the world, she wasn't at home in her bed. She hadn't been there for years. Terra was lying on her back in the training room; Robin was looking down, obviously worried.

"Are you alright Terra?" She sat up and started to shake the fog out of her head. Her mask had been removed and her hair now cascaded around her in a tangled mess.

"Yeah I'm fine." Getting up she stumbled and Robin grabbed her to keep her from falling.

"Your hurt."

"How long was I out?"

"Only a few seconds."

"No, I'm fine, just a little wobbly." Pushing away from Robin she walked a few steps on her own, to prove she could, then turned back to Robin. "Well come on, we don't know how long this is." Terra started moving towards the spiral ramp.

"Ok but let me take care of things for a while." Robin moved up in front as they begin to climb. Terra was about to protest but deep down she knew she didn't have the strength right now.

With a carefully delivered upward slash Robin felled the last of the three that had attacked them. This was the third group that had jumped the two since they began their accent of the tower. They only came in groups of three but they attacked without warning, Robin had so far been able to beat them by himself. Terra hoped he could keep it up; his attacks had become much more focused. Rather than simply destroying them he was conserving his strength and finishing each one with as little power as necessary. Terra was both amazed by his control and worried that he taking the precaution to ration his strength, after all the goal was about twenty feet above them, only two more rotations. What really amazed her was how good he had gotten. Terra remembered the fight between them like it was yesterday, for her was. Robin on the other hand had over two? years between then and now. His forms were more focused and practiced, even with the training she had received and the full use of her powers she knew she stood no chance. Back then they had been almost even. Her brief period of contemplation was broken when another three robots dropped from the ledge above, firing.

Robin rolled, dodging the shots and returned fire with one of his discs. The razor sharp weapon embedded itself in the robot's chest, its arms went ridged and it missed the ledge they were on. Flipping over backward Robin dodged the second's fire and charged in low barreling it over. They both toppled of the edge; it was easily thirty feet to the ground bellow.

"Robin!" No, Terra told herself, I will not lose him too. Sprinting forward and pulling her staff she bashed the final robot's head in. For some reason they were ignoring her. Robin was hanging on an outstretched strut several feet down. Out of Terra's reach and to far away from the ledge bellow to jump.

"Hang on." Slade had not given them grappling hooks for this test, probably to keep them from bypassing the guards.

"Its ok, I've got this one." He called back up. Then he slipped some, regaining his grip just before he would have fallen. Then Terra noticed the figure bellow him, Robin hadn't succeeded in losing they robot.

"Don't move." Terra pulled one of her throwing discs, the non-explosive kind.

"Hey wait what are you doing?"

"I said don't move, I'm not losing you."

"What…" Robin let out a started shriek as Terra threw the disc. Terra held her breath, time seemed to go in slow motion as the lethal weapon hurtled through the air, far closer to Robin than she would have liked.

What happens if we miss or if this doesn't work?

It will work.

That's all the support you can give.

It Will Work.

After what seemed like an eternity the disc hit. The robot took the hit to the head and went dead. With a simple kick Robin dislodged the extra weight and pulled himself up to were his elbows rested on the strut.

"That was a stupid and crazy thing to do." Terra felt that she should have been perturbed that he still doubted her but all she could feel was relief.

"Sorry, I…"

"Thank you."

"What…"

"It's ok, thank you, now lets get me back up." He thought for a moment. "Hold your staff out over the edge, as far as you can go."

"But it won't reach that far." Terra did as she was instructed anyway.

"Won't need to." Robin pulled himself up and squatted on the strut. "Just brace yourself."

"Wait Robin that's crazy…"

"Terra, you did the right thing before, I should have trusted you unconditionally, but now its time to trust me."

"Right." There was nothing for her to grab onto and still be able to hang over the ledge, spreading herself out as best she willed herself to be heavier. "Go for it." Terra attempted a smile but her heart wasn't in it.

Robin jumped, catching the staff about halfway through his leap; he began to swing towards the central tower. The shock hit Terra like a load of bricks suddenly she was pulled over the edge and was falling herself. Screaming she squeezed her eyes shut and held on.

Is this really how it ends, after all that I've been through? As she saw her life flashing before her all she could think of was regret for dreams not realized. But her fall was not long enough for her to complete her remorseful thoughts. Less than four feet down she could feel herself change direction and then another shock as the staff hit something. Terra opened her eyes and looked up. Robin had grabbed a pipe on the tower, the ones on her previously level had been out of her reach. He was obviously strained holding onto the pipe with one hand and her staff with the other. Terra pulled herself up, as soon as she grabbed the ledge Robin dropped the staff and rushed forward griping her hands and pulling her up. When she was once again standing Robin didn't let go of her hands.

Terra stepped in close pressing herself against him, she would have hugged him but she didn't want to have him let go.

"Terra are you alright?"

"I am now. I thought that I lost you, and then that I was lost. But I am alright now." She stepped back her eyes probing into the mask he wore, of course she still was wearing hers. They just stayed there taking in each other for several seconds.

"W…we had better get moving." Robin finally broke her gaze and let go of her hands.

"Right." Terra nodded picking up her staff and starting forward. "I hope the bots aren't back."

Robin actually laughed at that, Terra hadn't heard him laugh since they had arrived here almost a month earlier.