A/N: Okay, here's chapter thirteen. This took a long time to write, mainly because I had school and I had to sleep sometime or another. Mostly Terra POV, with some Slade in the middle. Enjoy!

My reviewers, who are the only reason this story has got this far:

Carolyn Carissa Sydnie: Awe, thank you! I hate writing the fight scenes, cuz they take forever to write, but I'm glad you like them.

TK FoX: Fail to disappoint… yep, that's a compliment. Thank you! Terra's fight with herself was fun to write, so she may have to do that again. Also, my offer from the last chapter is still available if you're interested. Just send me an email or say something in your review!

PsychoMindGames: Thanks! Yeah, the redo was necessary. Hmm… I guess I did overdo it with the word 'damn'… I'll tone that down a bit from now on. Thanks for saying something. I didn't know if it was too much or not. About the sentence… oops? I'll change that… I guess I didn't catch that in my re-read. Thanks… you're right the sentence just doesn't work.

Io Europa 2010: Thank you! Yep, the Terra and Raven fight scene needed more, so I fixed it. Yeah, terra's conscious is coming back inthis chapter. Umm, I actually had the ending planned as Beast Boy POV… I have it all planned out, and I think it'll work well.

Darkstar Rain: Oh, thanks! I'm really glad you like it. And Terra's POV is getting easier now, so that's good.

Angela: Thank you! I'm glad you like it. The 'sleepy sensation' is whenever Slade uses the suit to control Terra or give her a boost in strength. He tells her about it in Chapter Ten.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. I'm holding them all captive for ransom in my closet until Season Five airs, but I still don't own them.


Chapter Thirteen: Fighting a Losing Battle

Terra POV

It was all over. The Teen Titans were no more, and it would only be a matter of time before the city would be in our command. Their heroes were gone; there was no one to protect them now. The police might try to put a stop to our rise to power, but they would fail. Everyone in the city knew that going up against Slade and his associates was suicide, so the cops would all die in vain. No, the people would flee for their pathetic lives, leaving Slade and me to gather our strength and move on to other cities. Metropolis, Gotham, Steel City: all would be overthrown in a matter of days.

Pocketing Robin's badge, I hopped on a boulder and headed back to the hideout, beaming with pride. I destroyed them. Me alone. And it felt great! After several minutes, I arrived back at the base.

Slade was sitting at the computers with his back to me, watching a recording of my fight with Robin. Wait a second… I just killed his old prey. Is he gonna kill me for killing his 'precious bird'? Now I was scared.

"Fine work, my dear," he said startling me. I didn't think he'd heard me come in. "You should feel very proud. Ninety percent of your fighting was on your own, which deeply impressed me." I smirked, relishing this praise I was getting.

He walked toward me, gazing at me through his steel mask. How I wanted to see the man behind the mask, the man I had come to respect more than anyone I'd ever known. Why won't he show me his face? He knows now that my loyalty will never sway from him again, so what is the big deal? I gave a small sigh of frustration, and looked away from him.

After a few moments, he spoke. "So, you have destroyed my former apprentice," he said in a cold voice. My eyes snapped back up to face him, terrified. With a trembling hand, I pulled out Robin's badge and handed it to him. He looked at it for a moment, then back at me. "Very good." I stared at him in shock. "It seems my expectations were set far too low, my dear. I had never dreamed you could finish Robin off so easily. That's a feat worth being proud of, so relish it."

I smiled at him, so relieved that he wasn't going to murder me on the spot. He reached up and gently stroked my jaw-line with his gloved finger, sending shivers all over me. It felt really creepy, but very nice at the same time.

"You see, my dear apprentice, he said in his silky voice. "Now that you belong to me, the city belongs to us." We stood, gazing at each other for a moment, and he dropped his hand. "It is late, and you need your rest. Goodnight, Terra." And he turned, heading back to the computer.

I walked toward the door, emotions rushing through me at top speed. I respect him like a father, but I hate him like my old second grade teacher.

'But Ms. Barton taught you so much.'

Oh, hell. Not you again. I thought I'd gotten rid of you.

'Afraid not. I just decided to leave you alone for a while. But now I'm back.'

Well, isn't that just perfect? So what do you want this time?

'You need to get out of this now, while you've got the chance.'

And go where? The city's gonna be empty once they realize the Titans are dead.

'And you don't feel any regrets at all, do you?'

Not a one.

'Oh, I give up!'

Yes! I got it to go away again! Terra: two. Stupid conscious: zero.

It was then I realized that I was still standing in the control room, and Slade was now staring at me pointedly. Okay, okay, I'm going. I headed over to the door and opened it. But I paused and turned back to him before I went through.

"Goodnight… Master."

Slade POV

Master… the word sounded so sincere as she said it, full of pride, power, and loyalty. It was the first time she had ever called me that, and it sounded wonderful in that innocent voice of hers. Her voice was the only thing innocent about her, though. She had left then without another word, leaving me to carry on with my own plans.

Wintergreen was ready with the camera. I walked to my place, and he pressed the recording button.

"Good morning, Jump City," I began, speaking in a calm, clear voice. "This message is being broadcast so that you are aware that the superheroes known as the Teen Titans are no more. They were all killed late last night by my apprentice, whom all of you know as Terra. Any attempt you make to overthrow us will be futile, so I would recommend leaving the city now and saving your skins. My androids will be inspecting the city at nine o'clock a.m. Anyone left in the city will be dealt with severely. That is all." Wintergreen shut the camera off, and handed it back to me.

Right on cue, Overload, recharged and prepared to fight again, walked up. I downloaded what was just recorded into his system, and sent him off. He was heading for the local news station, and by becoming a virus in the computers, the tape would play continuously on every channel. No point in killingoff everyone in the city.

Everything was under control.


Terra knew what she had to do. I sent her out at eight-thirty to assist the androids. She was flying around the city on a hunk of pavement, eyes searching for movement. Overload had succeeded with his mission, and the message had been broadcasting for the past five hours. Everything was going as planned. Terra and the androids searched the entire city, but found no one.

I was switching from monitor to monitor, watching the empty city from the cameras installed in all of the androids and commando-robots. The city had a kind ofmist about it, and all the streets were quite deserted.

"A world without Titans," I said aloud to myself, but Terra could hear me from her new earpiece. "I was beginning to think I'd never see the day. But at long last, the city is ours, and victory is mine." Of course, she deserved most of the credit, but it was me who taught her everything she did last night. Nevertheless, she deserved praise. "Fine work, apprentice. You have made me very proud." It was true. I was extremely proud of what Terra had accomplished. Before she came to me, she had no chance of ever gaining control. But now, she was a villain, and a good one at that.

"Thanks," she said emotionlessly. "It was fun." She was either still very tired from little sleep or just irritated with this fruitless search of the empty city. She'd been out there for two hours, finding nothing more interesting than a stray dog.

She rounded another corner. "Sector Five is secure," she said flatly, clearly bored. "Pretty quiet up here since all the people cleared out." Of course, the silence was so eerie to her.

"Get used to it, my dear," I said plainly. "This city is only the first of many."

"I know," she replied simply, and continued on. After a few more minutes, the search was finally complete.

Terra POV

Icame to a halt, facing the deserted Tower. "Well,"I said heavily, "we did it. They're really gone."

The commando-robot right beside me was suddenly pulled away by something. As I turned to see what was going on, I saw it. A starbolt and a sonic-cannon blast was shot at the robot behind it. It caused an explosion that sent me flying to the pavement, skidding several feet. I grimaced in pain. This can't be happening.

"Apprentice, report," came Slade's voice from the earpiece. "What's going on?" His voice startled me; it was cold and harsh, not the soft, gentletone he'd used with me last night.

I sat up, wincing at the pain. "I don't—" But then, the unthinkable happened. I saw the five Titans' silhouettes appear in the mist around me. What is going on? "No! I destroyed you!" The words were more to comfort me, but they did very little to help. I had a feeling in my gut that these were the real Titans.

"Terra, attack. Now!" Slade said sternly, and I quickly obeyed. I made the ground beneath where they were standing shatter, but when the dust cleared, all that was there was an upturned car. I backed up cautiously, looking everywhere for signs of movement. I heard something running past me on my right side, and then more footsteps on my left. This isn't happening. This is NOT happening!

And then, a felt a huge blow at my back, probably a punch, that sent me flying to the ground. I stood slowly in pain. In no time at all, I was hit on the side with a starbolt, which sent me to the ground again. I stood up woozily. Man, those starbolts hurt! In front of me, the shapes of Raven and Beast Boy were rushing at me. I rose up on a stone column, but another starbolt sent the pillar crashing to the ground, taking me with it. As soon as I landed, Robin was jumping through the fog and hurled a number of his bombs at me. I threw up a slab of stone to take the blow, but a blast from Cyborg's cannon shattered it, sending me flying. I landed in a heap in the middle of the road.

I groaned in pain. "On your feet, Terra," came Slade's stern voice. "Your suit's neural interface allows me to assist you in combat, but I can only help if you get up and fight!" I slowly stood up, every part of my body aching.

Now Cyborg was rushing at me. I powered up and felt the familiar sleepy sensation, but it all ended when something huge grabbed me from behind. I turned and saw Raven's 'soul self' holding me up by her claw. I sent a pillar shooting up straight below me, and it shot me out of her grasp. I broke off a chunk of the pillar and zoomed away in a panic. But then, I felt a blow to my side and I was falling, landing in a painful crouch on the pavement. Beast Boy, in dog form, was advancing on me slowly, growling.

I've got to win some sympathy, or they're gonna kill me. "Beast Boy, stop!" I yelled, terrified. "Aren't you even going to talk to me?" But he just continued to growl ferociously.

"There's nothing left to say," came Cyborg's voice from behind me. I spun around and saw his silhouette through the fog.

The others appeared around me as well. "You attempted to annihilate us," Starfire said, her usual cheeriness absent from her voice.

"Did you think we wouldn't take it personally?" Raven asked in a cold voice.

"It's over, Terra," Robin said, his voice full of determination and authority. I'm dead.

I was panicking now. All five of them were surrounding me, and any second they were going to strike. There was nothing else I could do. I shot up in the air, flying on a rock, praying that they wouldn't follow me.I landed a few streets away, and just started running, terrified. I ducked into an alley to rest my aching body.

"Where do you think you're going, young lady?" Slade asked in a cold voice, startling me. Where does he think I'm going? If I'd stayed much longer I would've died!

"Anywhere!" I said desperately, still slightly panicky. "I was getting thrashed! I had to get—"

"NO!" he cut me off sternly. "I will not tolerate failure, apprentice. I will not permit you to run away!" He sounded so angry, and it was really starting to scare me. "You will stay. You will fight. And you will win!"

I was too scared to disobey him. I slowly crept out of the alley, and Cyborg promptly rammed me with his shoulder, sending me skidding down the road. When I came to a halt, I rose up a couple of rocks and chucked them at him and Raven. Cyborg continued his charge, smashing through the rock with a single punch. Raven, meanwhile, just used her powers to stop hers and shot it straight back at me. It crashed into the ground in front of me, and I hopped on a large piece of it and shot up. Starfire met me after a few yards, and with a punch shattered my rock into dust.

I pulled up another rock and tried to get away, but Robin shot one of his grappling hooks at me. It wrapped around my waist, yanking back down to the pavement. Damn it, Robin! I stood once again, and started shooting bits of rubble at him. Then, I felt a huge, burning pain hit my back, which could only mean that it was a starbolt. I turned to see Starfire shooting starbolts, trying to force me back away from Robin. I flung some more rocks at her instead, but one starbolt smashed them to bits, and the impact sent me to my knees.

Now Cyborg came up again. He gave the ground a bionic punch, making me jump out of the way to keep me from flying. But mid-jump, a shot from his sonic-cannon sent me face-first into the pavement again. A shadow fell over me, and I looked up just in time to see a bus falling from above me. Thinking fast, I sunk under the ground and shot to the other side of the street. I shot up from the ground again and zoomed away. Behind me, I could see Beast Boy as a pterodactyl hot on my heels.

I began to shoot a few columns at different angles, desperate for anything to slow him down. I loud thunk from behind me told me I had succeeded. Then, I felt a blast to my platform and nearly fell. I looked around to see Starfire right behind me, shooting Starbolts like mad.

This is too much! "Slade! Help!" I yelled, praying the microphone still worked. "I can't do this alone!"

"Dear child," came his smooth reply, "you are never alone." As I flew further down the street, I heard something like an explosion from behind me. I didn't stop to see what it was. I just kept going, desperate to get back to the base and out of this hell-hole.

I ran into the main room of our headquarters a few minutes later, panting and out of breath. Slade was standing there, his back to me. I rushed forward, hoping for some sympathy.

"Slade, I made it," I said, slowing to a walk a few yards away from him. "I'm alive. I can't believe they almost beat me." I stopped a few feet behind him and waited. And suddenly, he whipped around and my face met his forearm. With a yell, I was sent sliding across the ground until I hit the wall. After a moment, I looked up and glared up at him in shock and anger.

"What the hell was that for?" I shouted at the top of my voice. His eye narrowed in anger, but I didn't care. "I just got the stuffing knocked out of me and you just treat me like dirt!"

"Shut your mouth!" he shouted back at me. The anger in his voice scared me to death. Losing my nerve. I instantly cowered against the wall and gave a small gasp of fear. "You may think that was bad, but trust me…," he advanced on me, and stopped about a foot away. "That was nothing compared to what I'm going to do to you."

Now I'm screwed.


A/N: Alright, that's it for this chapter! I think it went pretty well, but I'll let my fabulous reviewers decide. The next chapter should be up very soon, possibly even Saturday. As always, no promises, though. And for the record, there are only two more chapter left.

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