Chapter Two
Terra stood on the shoreline, gazing at the site across the bay; Titans Tower. She dreaded the task that laid ahead, the task of telling the other Titans that Raven was dead. How would they take it? How would they react to her return and Raven's loss? 'Don't think about it.' she thought. 'Just do it.'
Using her powers, she tore a chuck of rock just large enough for her to stand on and flew it over to the tower.
Once on the island, she let the rock fall. She felt exhausted, drained, and hungry. She walked to the entrance to the tower. She picked up a fist sized rock and pounded it on the steel doors and waited.
Inside the tower, the Titans were awakened by the security alarms. Each of them convened in the hallway on the ground level, all in their sleepwear.
"Anyone seen Raven?" asked Robin.
"Not yet." Cyborg said. "Can't wait for her, though. Let's get this guy!"
He typed a command into a nearby control that opened the door. The Titans were ready to face whatever it was. The figured walked inside and…
"Terra!" they all exclaimed.
The young girl stood in the hall, dazed by the bright lights. The Titans ran to her, with Beast Boy in the lead. They surrounded her in an effort to give her a hug.
"We missed you, formally deceased friend!" Starfire said.
"Yeah, it's great to have you back!" Beast Boy added.
"Just how did you get back?" Robin asked.
"Who cares?" Cyborg said. "This calls for a celebration!"
Beast Boy then ran to the elevator. "I'm gonna get Raven! She'll be so surprised!"
"She knows already." Terra said, with an air of sadness.
"What? How?" the changeling asked.
"It's a long story. I'll tell you in the lounge."
Rather confused, the Titans boarded the elevator and rode it to the lounge. They entered, where Terra sat down in the dining area. Robin stared at her.
"Now, what's the story Terra? Where's Raven?"
"First, I want something to eat. I'm starved." she replied.
"Story!"
"Story be damned! I'm starved and exhausted!"
Cyborg went into the mini-fridge and obtained a box of fried chicken and a can of Coke. He set them in front of Terra. She attacked the chicken with such a ravenous appetite that it unnerved Beast Boy. She pushed the box away when she finished. Cyborg examined the contents to see what was left. To his surprise, Terra had eaten it all!
"Sorry I yelled at you." Terra said after she finished off her Coke. "I was just starved."
"I see." Robin said, tersely. "So, what's going on? And where's Raven?"
Terra sighed. "Well, it's….that is, it's rather difficult to explain."
She sighed again, this time with tears in her eyes. She took Raven's letter out of her pocket.
"It'll be easier if I just read this letter she left for me."
The Titans all sat down, dreading what was to come.
As Terra read the letter, the other Titans stared at her, dumbfounded and in tears. None could believe that their friend, a fellow Titan, had done such a thing, such an unspeakable thing! Were anyone else besides Terra reading the letter, they wouldn't have believed it.
When she finished reading, she looked around at the Titans. All of their faces were streaked with tears, an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"Why?" whispered Beast Boy. "Why didn't she trust us to help her? Why did she have to kill herself?"
Robin was panting from emotional stress. "I should've looked after her. I should've been with her more, pried into her mind and tried to help." Tears flowed down his face.
Starfire sat next to him, her arm around his shoulder. She was silent, tears running down her face. She was reminiscing over the moments she had shared being with Raven, the friendship they shared. Now, that friendship was gone. Had it meant nothing to Raven, their friendship? Starfire turned over these thoughts in her mind.
Cyborg also was silent. He felt not only that he lost a fellow team member, nor just a friend. He felt as if he lost a family member, a sister. He felt much the same as Robin; that he wasn't there enough times for her. Tears flowed freely out of his real eye.
Terra watched the others for a minute of so of their musings before finally speaking.
"Um, don't you think we ought to make arrangements?"
Robin glared at her. "What arrangements?" he said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Arrangements to honor Raven's wishes. You know, cremation and packing up her things?"
"That's not really sensitive of you, you know." Robin replied. "How about a time for mourning?"
"I know you all need to mourn her, but right now her body is still in the cavern, and…"
Beast Boy interrupted her. "Her body's still there? Well, why didn't you tell us?"
"I never got the chance."
"Well, at least we can go there and see her one last time! Come on!" He stood up.
"Wait, Beast Boy!" Terra exclaimed. "I should warn you all, it's not a pretty picture."
"I do not care!" Starfire yelled. "I wish to say my goodbyes to our friend, just as we had to do with you."
Terra winced. "Okay then, Star. Come on, everyone. I think you all need this." The Titans could only nod in agreement.
They took the elevator to the garage level and got in the T-car. Terra sat in what was normally Raven's spot. No one said a word as they sped across the bay toward the mainland, on their way to say farewell to another friend, this time for good.