Chapter 2: Pieces of the Puzzle
"Are you sure she'll be ok?" Tundra asked in a concerned tone.
"For the millionth time, yes, she can heal herself!" came Robin's somewhat annoyed reply.
"I just wanted to make sure, she took quite a hit," Tundra retorted.
Tundra looked down at her in the bed (still concerned, Robin's words not having much of an effect) but as soon as he did, she sat up, a moan escaping her lips.
She looked around for a moment, trying to orient herself. "Friend! You are unharmed!" came Starfire's excited voice, as she ran over to hug Raven.
"I won't be for long if you don't stop hugging me," Raven said, gasping for breath. Starfire blushed and backed away.
'She's so cute when she's embarrassed…' he thought, then looked around, eyes slightly widened, as if someone might've heard his thoughts. (A/N: Bet no one knows who was thinking that…sarcasm)
(Later)
"So, if Slade talked about bringing Terra back, and that person we fought has the same powers you do," Robin said thoughtfully, pointing at Raven, who was sipping some tea, "then he must be the one reviving Terra!"
"We've got to stop him," Raven said, remembering the tension between them.
"What! What we need to do is convince him to come to our side, then help us revive Terra. But we can't keep him from doing it! He can bring her back!" Beast Boy argued.
"But why is it that he can do it, but you couldn't, Raven?" Robin asked.
"I don't know…he must have more powerful healing abilities than I do. Or maybe he knows a particular spell…or he could be getting help…" Raven speculated.
"I doubt he's more powerful than you," Robin said, "During the fight, didn't you notice that your powers overtook his? And any spell that he knows, I'm sure you'd know. You study your spellbooks a lot. But then again, I can't think of anyone he'd be getting help from…"
"Not necessarily true," came Raven's monotone reply, "He may not have stronger telekinetic powers, but he might have honed his healing abilities more so than I have. And he could have access to better spells. I may have studied my books a lot, but that doesn't mean he can't have studied better ones."
"So you think he's stronger than you?" Beast Boy asked, obviously confused (A/N: As if that's hard…).
"It's a possibility," Raven said, looking over at him on the couch from across the counter in the main room of the Tower, and somehow "forgetting" to argue.
"Wasting time as usual," came the familiar, malevolent voice, "How sad. It's only a matter of hours until my apprentice starts healing Terra. After that, there's no way you can save her. She'll be back to destroy you, along with TK and myself." The screen went blank, and all that could be heard was maniacal laughter.
"Well...nothing weird about that," Beast Boy said sarcastically. Everyone looked at him, deep in thought, everyone except Tundra, who was baffled by the whole situation, and was observing the heroes, hoping to maybe pick up a new way of thinking.
"So, I'm guessing he's probably going to bring back Terra with help from this apprentice of his, then take control of her again…" Robin's voice trailed off.
"But what's he gonna do after that?" Cyborg asked.
"I don't know, but we're not gonna find out!" Robin said, determined, "We're going to help Raven to figure out a way to revive Terra."
"Or maybe we could use Slade's apprentice…" Raven said thoughtfully, doubtful that she could (or would) do anything in a matter of hours that would help Terra.
"Or…" said Raven in deep thought.
"What is it?" Robin asked.
"I've got a plan," she said with a slight smirk, and everyone looked at her, surprised.