KamirineGoddess: Thank you for the compliments! And yes, that was only the prologue so it was meant to be short… but this chapter and the next ones are longer!

YAY: I'm sorry about the rating! I didn't realize I had forgotten to set it at 'R', the correct rating until you mentioned it, so thanks! And thanks a lot for the compliment about the plot :D However, the pairings are NOT going to change. I don't want to sound mean or rude (but it's a major pet peeve when people try to tell me how to write my story), but I'm not going to change the pairing just because one person doesn't enjoy it. You don't have to read it if you don't like the pairing. On the other side of that argument, these pairings are the ones (and probably only ones) I like in this fandom. So I'm not going to write a story with a pairing I don't like.

DelofDani: Hehe, thanks! Personally I was killing myself because I thought, in my opinion, it wasn't as well written and detailed as it could have been. So that makes me feel better :D

Mistress of Dragons: Yes! 'Perspective'! That's actually what inspired me to write this XD – And I look forward to 'Endgame' :) And thank you for the lovely review!

Raven-Fieryblack: I've inspired an author to write slash! I can now say my life had meaning XD – And thank you for the review… I, myself, hope it ends up good as well XD

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Everyone go check out the Prequel to this, "The Rain Goes On" for it to make more sense :)

Rectitude
Chapter One

"One minute on the dot. Beat that." Robin smirked as he stretched and dusted himself off, looking over his shoulder at the mock battlefield Slade had set up for them in order to help hone their skills. The ray guns and mechanical enemies carefully repaired themselves and slid back into their hiding places.

Terra rolled her eyes and gave Robin a nasty look, stepping up to what they had dubbed 'The Starting Line.'

"Watch me," she hissed, digging her fist into the ground and getting into a launching position. Robin left the simulation and stepped up to the control panel behind a glass wall, entering in the program code. He pursed his lips together and pressed the green 'start' button, never missing a beat as he braced himself against a metal column and held his ground as Terra took off, the earth shaking in her wake.

"Time." It was a demand, not a question. Robin glanced over his shoulder at the figure in the shadows, before returning his gaze to Terra.

"One point zero," he said smugly. He heard the footsteps approaching him and closed his eyes.

"And the girl's?"

Robin opened his eyes again and glanced at the timer in the corner.

"One-twenty-eight so far."

"She's lacking."

Robin nodded and rested his hand against the difficulty lever, planning on moving it from 'normal' to 'easy', when a pair of rough hands grabbed him around his waist and pushed him against the console.

"My pretty little bird. You weren't going to help her, were you?"

"No," Robin lied, trying to concentrate on Terra's work.

"What was your hand doing there then?" The voice sounded patronizing and knowing. Casting his gaze downward, Robin put his hand back on the handle.

"Making it harder." Robin felt a larger hand cover his own and help him push the level up to 'difficult.'

"That's a good little bird."

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Terra's eyes widened as she narrowly missed a disc being thrown at her at a speed she was sure the program wasn't set for. Lasers shot at her from more directions than she remembered existed, and she barely had time to jump before a boulder crushed anything that was lying in the spot she had just been standing in.

Coughing from the dust particles surrounding her, Terra turned a frustrated gaze towards the control panel. When all she could see was Robin's back against a slightly foggy glass wall, she nearly lost her balance from the force with which the ground was shaking.

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"What the hell was that about?" Terra cried, aiming a jagged rock directly at Robin's head. The Boy Wonder easily dodged the attack and cocked an eyebrow.

"What are you talking about?"

"You," Terra lifted a rock off the ground and flung it at Robin, "know," another rock took flight, "what," and another with every word that came from her mouth, "I'm, talking, about."

Robin was on the ground by the time the blonde had finished, looking at her as if he didn't know whether to be amused or petrified. He was vaguely reminded of a redheaded girl, where he would also be torn between hilarity and fear when she was angry, but he couldn't quite place the face or the strange feeling he got in the pit of his stomach when he thought about it.

"The field test?"

"Bingo." Terra scowled as Robin narrowly missed being squashed by a boulder.

"What? Couldn't hack it?" Robin smirked and pulled out his birdarang, holding it in between two fingers in his ready position. Eyes widening, Terra drew her hands to her sides. Robin could slice her into a million pieces if he wanted to. And she had a feeling that if she slammed him with a rock, he would take the initiative.

"Next time you're controlling it, just try to keep your fuck sessions with Slade off the control panel, alright?" Terra sneered, before making her way past Robin and into the base. She refrained from limping until she was out of Robin's sight. A blade had gotten her on the shin, but hell if she would ever admit getting hurt to Robin.

Apparently, though, she didn't have to.

"Huh?" She found herself being pulled by the arm to Robin's room and wondered when he had even caught up to her, let alone grabbed her in the first place. "What are you doing?"

"You're hurt," he said simply, sitting her on his bed. Terra raised an eyebrow at the sudden act of kindness, but knowing that she, herself, was hopeless in tending to wounds, wisely decided not to object. Lying back on the bed, Terra sighed, before a thought suddenly occurred to her and she jumped up, almost falling over from the sharp pain in her leg.

"Oh my God… do you and Slade… eww, on this bed? And I'm sitting on it?" Terra's eyes were wide and she looked as if she'd been permanently scarred. The glare Robin gave her, however, made her sit down again and keep silent. Cocking her head to the side, Terra studied the room she was in. The walls, the furniture, the floor… it was all black. Almost exactly like her room. The only difference was the random splashes of red here and there. She brought her gaze to a room with the light on and the door open ajar. It looked to be the bathroom. The sink was stainless steel and the walls were white – a perfect contrast to the bedroom. Resting on the sink were assorted blades, some covered in dried blood. Terra looked down to avoid getting sick. Fighting the Teen Titans and stealing things was one thing… but killing innocent people? She'd never had it in her.

She yelped at a sudden coldness on her leg, but relaxed when she realized it was only Robin wiping the cut clean. Terra frowned as she watched him. He'd changed so much since she had first met him in Titan Tower. Even since he first joined Slade. In the beginning it was almost as if he was reluctant to have anything to do with the man – he'd lock himself in his room, have mood swings, and even run away. But he would come back. For some reason he would always come back. Now he and Slade had some sort sadistic relationship existing that Terra didn't try, or want to try, to understand, and Robin, who was once all for justice and righteousness, was a cold-blooded killer.

And cocky as hell about it too.

Terra sighed and tried not to wince as Robin applied some kind of medicine. When Robin had left the Teen Titans, it was almost as if he had needed to go into some metamorphosis and become a completely new and different person. He'd even changed his uniform. Now it was a full body suit, heavily armored at the arms and legs and divided evenly into orange and black. Terra wondered where his old uniform had gone.

"OW!" she hissed at the sudden pain, bringing her leg away from Robin's helping hands. The boy looked slightly sheepish for a moment, before giving her a look. Knowing not to test him, Terra put her foot back on the floor.

Sometimes though, like now, glimpses of the old Robin would resurface. She wished it would happen more often. She would never admit it to anyone, but she was lonely. Extremely. She'd thought that joining up with Slade would end that problem, but it had only made it worse. Especially when Robin joined.

In truth, she hated Slade. Couldn't stand him. There were times in battle when she wished for Robin's boomerang to accidentally hit her 'master' instead. She'd been fooled in the beginning to believe that Slade had actually cared about her, but once that image had been shattered, all respect for the older man had been as well. And now, with perfect control of her powers, she wondered why she was even still here.

"Done." Robin's voice brought her out of her thoughts and she smiled tentatively at him, expecting the smirk she got in return.

"Don't screw yourself up again, or next time I just might like to see you in pain."

The ground shook and Terra had to try very hard not to reach out and slap him.

When she returned to her room, she laid down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling, bringing her mind back to her previous thoughts. Why was she still here? Sitting up, she glanced at the yellow communicator resting on her bedside table. She'd kept it all this time because… well, she wasn't sure why exactly. Maybe in hopes of Beast Boy forgiving her and asking her to come back. Or maybe because she didn't want to fully let go of the people she thought were her friends. In either case, she was glad that she had kept it. When she had heard it beeping that morning, she'd almost had a heart attack. At first she thought she was hearing things. Then she figured that maybe they'd entered the wrong sequence and gotten her by mistake. After an hour of listening to it beep, she'd finally checked it and was shocked to see what it'd said. Reaching over, she grabbed the circular device and opened it, reading the message that Raven had left her.

'Terra. Meet me at the pier at nine o'clock. Come alone. We need to talk. Raven'

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Terra looked at her watch anxiously. It was 8:55 and still no sign of Raven. The thought that this could be some sort of trap had entered her mind long ago, and she had dismissed it, figuring that being kidnapped by the Teen Titans had to be better than her life back at Slade's base.

"Are you alone?" The monotone voice from behind made her jump. Looking over her shoulder, she raised an eyebrow.

"Slade and Robin said they'd rather go at it like monkeys than come protect me in case of an ambush when I asked them," she said dryly. Raven approached Terra with her hood on, making the blonde increasingly nervous. Terra hated when she couldn't see someone's face. It was another reason she had to get away from Slade.

"Terra." The tone of Raven's voice made it clear that she wanted to get straight to the point. "We need to stop Slade."

Terra sighed. She'd had a feeling that if she wasn't going to be attacked, then it would be something like this. She frowned.

"And why are you telling me? Do you want me to go back and tell him you're plotting an attack against him?"

"No. Because you won't." Raven spoke in complete confidence, and Terra found herself confused.

"I won't?"

"No. Because you'll be helping us."

"I'll be what?" Terra stared at Raven in shock. That was unexpected.

"You'll be helping us. You're on the inside, you know what's going on. He'll be too busy with Robin to notice anything strange you do."

"And what makes you think I'll even consider it?"

"Because you're miserable. You left us thinking you'd be happier, but now you're so much worse off. Slade ignores you for Robin and most likely makes you do the dirty work while Robin is rewarded for even the slightest thing," Raven said knowingly. Terra's eyes widened and she opened her mouth to reply, but found no sound coming out.

"You make me sound like Cinderella," she said after a moment. Raven held back a sigh of relief. She'd hoped she'd been right about her conclusions. She shrugged.

"So what do yo-"

"Wait. I totally screwed you over last time. Are you saying you trust me not to do it again?"

"No," Raven said simply, "We don't trust you at all. The way I see it: if you use this as an excuse to get back into Slade's good graces, and manage to do so, Robin will end up cutting you eight different ways and serve you in slices."

"Okay. You're...morbid as ever," Terra mumbled with a shudder. Raven had once again hit it right on the mark, however - the Boy Wonder didn't handle jealousy very well.

"I don't do happy."

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"Are you sure the others are okay with this?" Terra wondered anxiously as she followed Raven into Titan Tower. If she could have, she probably would have turned and run, but as it was, with her hurt leg, Raven had to levitate her.

"The others don't know," Raven replied as she waited for the security system to scan her. Terra's eyes widened.

"They don't know?"

"Relax, will you? Cyborg will just curse you, Beast Boy will go into another bout of depression, and Starfire will be confused as always. Nothing to worry about."

Terra stared at Raven's back and wondered if the girl was being sarcastic or completely serious.

"And then there's Speedy."

"Speedy? Robin's clone?"

"Yeah. He'll probably try to shoot you with an arrow at first."

"You're joking, right?"

"I don't joke," Raven said shortly. Terra wondered if it was too late to resign herself to being Cinderella for the rest of her life.

The door opened and Raven finally let Terra down, wrapping an arm around her waist. If it was to help her walk or to keep her from escaping, Terra wasn't sure.

"Raven? Is that you? Where did you go? Speedy was just showing Cyborg how to do the cheat in their video ga-" Starfire's voice ended in a gasp as she turned the corner and her eyes fell upon Terra. "What is she doing here? She has betrayed us! She is with Slade! She is evil!"

"Calm down, Star," Raven said in a voice that Terra decided was not very calming. She pulled away from Raven's grasp and limped over to the nearest wall, resting against it.

"She is bad! She has hurt Beast Boy!"

"Star, please," Raven tried again. Starfire shook her head stubbornly.

"She has stolen Robin from us!" The redhead's voice got louder with every word. Not wanting the rest of the team to be alerted yet, Raven muttered a curse, gagging Starfire with a strip of her power. Star's eyes widened and she tried to scream, backing away from Raven and Terra, eyes darting back and forth between them.

"No, Star. I haven't betrayed you," Raven said, her voice sounding slightly reassuring. She took off her hood as if to show her how earnest she was. Starfire looked skeptical, but visibly calmed down.

"I'll remove it if you promise not to scream." When Raven spoke again, it was almost as if she was talking to a child. Starfire nodded.

Terra gulped. Cinderella really was beginning to not sound all that bad.

TBC