Terra of course was long gone; she had grabbed Robin and jumped from her platform as soon as they crested the nearest building. Robin's extra weight had prevented them from truly gliding but the rooftop was only ten feet away. They had made it, barley.
"Come on, you know they will follow." She dragged Robin to his feet. "We have to get out of here."
"Right." Robin brushed her hand off and stood on his own. His knees were shakily from the beating he had just endured but Robin had never been one to show weakness in front of another. "Lets go."
After several minutes of silence Terra decided to breach the subject.
"What happened back there?"
"You saw."
"Not really I was out most of your fight. I saw you and Starfire," Robin shifted uncomfortably123 at the mention of her name. "Then you were being attacked and then…"
"I lost control, I could have killed her."
"But you didn't?"
"No, but I blew any chance for the Titans to ever accept me back."
"You don't know that."
Robin stopped walking and spun around.
"You didn't see the look in their eyes, in her eyes. I may not have killed her but I broke her heart." Robin turned and resumed walking. "I think a better question is how did you do that?"
"Something snapped and I could use all my powers again and more than I've ever had before." Robin cocked his head to one side leaving the question unspoken.
"The way the stone flowed, like a liquid, I could never do that before."
"Speaking of which why are we walking across the rooftops if you can levitate rocks now?"
"Doing that just now drained me, it was like pushing a boulder with just my breath. I'm afraid I'll have to relearn how to use my powers."
"I don't mind helping." Beneath her mask Terra smiled.
"Well this is it." Robin and Terra walked into the old warehouse, this one was owned by a Sandra Wilson. The Wilson family owned a lot of empty warehouses in the city. Robin had come to realize that they were all aliases for Slade. The place was empty, save for a room in the back. As the two went in Slade waited for them, he was standing in front of a staircase leading bellow ground.
"You have it of course."
"Yeah." Terra pulled the amulet out of its pocket and held it in the light. The metal seemed to give off an eerie glow.
"Good, please give it to me." Robin studied Slade for a moment; he was never one to ask for anything.
"You uphold your end first."
"Of course." Slade pressed something on his arm. "The suits will no longer prevent you from removing them." Slade extended his hand. Terra dropped the amulet into it and backed away.
"Thank you for your time and effort." Slade's voice had resumed its normal tone.
"What now?" Slade turned and begain to walk down the stairs.
"I don't care, speak to your friends, go to the police, it doesn't concern me. Your free to go." Slade disappeared as he rounded the staircase and the panel covering the staircase covered it again, leaving the two of them alone.
"I kind of expected him to double cross us."
"I know what you mean, let's get out of here Terra."
"Where will we go?"
"I don't know."
Half an hour latter the two sat in an abandoned building nearby. It had started to rain and they were both tired.
"Robin you don't really think we'll be outlaws for the rest of our lives do you?"
Robin turned form the boarded up window and looked at Terra, she had taken her mask off and was trying to manage her hair. Terra's blond locks got tangled up when she put the mask on.
"I don't know, I really don't know." He walked over to her side. "I've crossed the line before but never this far and never for this long."
"We can still make things right, get the stolen goods back from that thief."
"Red X." Robin corrected her.
"Yeah we get the really expensive stuff back from Red X and then we take the amulet back from Slade. That would make up for what we did right?"
"I don't know, but it's as good a plan as any. We'll have to take Red X first."
"Why."
"Slade probably can turn on these suits whenever he wants. We defiantly have to get out of these before we challenge him."
"It's a shame no special toys, I had gotten use to them."
"We'll get new toys. Cyborg may have built the tower but I installed a backdoor system he doesn't know about. We can get in and get a hold of all of my equipment."
"Taking on Red X, the Titans and Slade seems like a lot."
"We can do it together."
"Yeah together." Terra placed her hand on Robin's shoulder and he groaned slightly. "Robin are you hurt?"
"No this suit protected me from the blunt of the attacks, I'm just a little sore." He still pushed her hand away. Then he sat down with his back to the wall. "We had better get some sleep." Terra sat down beside him.
If you want to say something you'd best do it now.
I don't want to say anything; I just want us to be like this forever.
I'm you. You can't lie to me, no go for it before the rush form earlier wears off and you lose the courage.
I don't know what you're talking about.
You know far to well what I mean. What your planning on doing could get you both killed, if one of you were to die would you want him to never know?
No.
Then stop talking to yourself and act.
"Robin." He looked up.
"Yes."
"I realize that our course is dangerous."
"All the more reason to get some sleep." He turned away from her.
"No." Terra pulled him back towards her. "Its why I must tell you how I feel before its to late."
"That's… that's fine … uh…really." Robin began to stammer and beneath his mask blush. The same way he had whenever Starfire tried to get romantic. Terra pulled off his mask. The boy wonders face got an ever-redder shade of crimson.
"Robin, I've always liked you but now, I don't ever want to be away from you again, I don't know what I'd do if you were gone. I…I love you." Robin just stared at her for a second.
"But what about Beastboy?"
"I liked him, I had a crush on him, but this is different." She moved in closer. "I wanted him, but I need you." Robin suddenly interrupted her by pulling forward and kissing her. If Terra had anything else to say they were drowned out in the kiss. Terra could fell energy radiating off of him, like she had touched a livewire. His touch was electric but she didn't pull away, no she had never felt better in her whole life. Robin finally pulled away and breathlessly answered her with.
"I feel the same way."
A/N Well I guess your biggest question at this point is why something with enough foul language to half fill a teaspoon is rated M. The next chapter is why. I warn you now the next chapter is a lemon, no the whole lemon tree. The rest of the story can be understood if you skip this next chapter, so if you would find anything of a graphic sexual nature disturbing I suggest you skip it. For the perverts out there who have been waiting for this scene since chapter six enjoy. /A/N