Gathering

"Terra?" Robin repeated. "But she's frozen in stone and—"

"I know how we can get her out," Beast Boy said firmly. "But we'll need help. Cyborg will have to scan Raven to see if she's powerful enough to bring her back. She helped Malchior, and she can help Terra."

"Well, then, y'all," Cyborg cheered. "We'd better get to work!"

From then on, they analyzed Raven's power in every way possible. With all sorts of twisting wires and massive computers, they hooked her up and tested into oblivion. They made her do everything, from destroying large objects under a time limit to sitting still and waiting. She didn't flinch during the latter tests, because she knew that she had to put up with the them in order to rescue Terra from her stone imprisonment.

Days and days flowed on, more tests were run on every part of Raven's body and mind to see if she had what it takes to free their dear friend.

Their dear friend who had arrived, run away, returned, disappeared, and betrayed them all. None of them had a clue why they wanted her back, but they did.

Why were they doing this?

Their answers, five trains of thought in an elsewhere of uncertainty, echoed on where no one could hear them. They all had five different opinions and they would all stand by them.

For the city, claimed a grim rasp.

For our promise. Another one, low and honest.

For our friendship. An innocent chirp.

For what's right. A flat, rolling tone.

For me. The last one, strident and scratchy.

They all wanted her back, despite their conflicting reasons as to why they thought so. It was the least they could do. Nothing could ever be worth the courage it took them all to say goodbye.

Finally, as the next day began and the sun erupted in the sky with a warm glow, Cyborg announced "We're done, y'all! And Raven is good to go."

"Friend Cyborg," the redhead alien began, "are you positive this will work? There is so much—"

He cut her off. "Of course I'm sure, Star," he reassured. "Rae has every bit of what we need, she just needs to give it all she's got."

They all carried the same message in their minds. They were a team. And the story of Terra wasn't over yet.

But little did they know, two forces housed in one had been watching in the shadows, with plans of their own that the Titans were not aware of.

For Terra was not the only Titan that had two sides of who she was and who she could be...