A/N: Still writing. Hope you'll like this chapter.

Disclaimer: Same as in Chapter 5.

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Chapter 6

Terra was flying on the rock with great speed, her long blonde hair waving because of the wind. She looked behind her and saw that the tower was becoming smaller as she got farther from it. However she noticed three figures following her. A green bird, a girl with long red hair and another girl in a dark blue cape. Terra quickly looked around to see if there was something to get rid of the small group. Fortunately for her they were flying above the desert and there were plenty of rocks to use. She tossed some of the boulders at the Titans, but they have either dodged them or destroyed the incoming rocks. The Titans were coming closer and even the T-car seemed to catch up with them. Terra was running out of tricks.

"Friend Terra, I ask you to stop! We do not wish to harm you, we just want to help you!" Starfire tried to speak to Terra, but she didn't even look at her. She was still looking for something, anything to help her escape from them. Finally she got and idea. She stood up on the rock and looked at the Teens who were following her. She rolled up the sleeve of her shirt, thus revealing the bleeding cuts on her arm. Raven, Starfire and BB gazed at the wounds, not really understanding what was she doing. And when they finally realized what was she trying to do it was too late. Three huge rocks flew up and hit them with full force, which made them fall on the ground. Terra looked at her arm and smiled, clearly feeling the sharp pain that was coursing through her body.

"Nice diversion. I didn't think you would actually do this, but…well, at least this worked." a cold and familiar voice whispered in her mind. Terra's smile suddenly disappeared.

"What…Shade? What am I doing here? What…" she thought and looked at her arm. She collapsed on the rocks as the pain finally came to her mind.

"Well, you wanted to get rid of me forever, so I've decided to lead you away from all the suffering in that tower. Sorry for using your body this way, but you haven't really left me too many choices." Shade whispered.

"Did you…do this?" Terra looked at her arm.

"No, of course not. I don't hurt or kill without a reason. The cuts are your creations, a temporary loss of control. You wanted to kill yourself, to get rid of me. But I just want to help you!" Shade continued to speak. Terra saw as the cuts on her arm suddenly just stopped bleeding and healed. They were gone without a trace, the pain gone as well. It seemed as if she would never have cut herself.

"How did you…" Terra was shocked by this quick healing.

"Remember, I want to help you. But to do that I need your help. Escape, and I'll grant you all your wishes. If you remain, they'll kill you." his voice was convincing and after the last sentence it disappeared. Terra touched the skin on her arm. It was soft and smooth, no sign of the wounds. The rock was still flying forward, already leaving behind Jump city. She didn't know where was she going, her powers seemed to act on their own will. She just laid down on the rock and let the boulder take her to its destination. She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.

Some miles back in the desert

The T-car came to a sudden stop near the three Titans who were lying on the ground. Robin and Cyborg jumped out of the car and ran to their friends. They were trying to get up and seemed to be in pain. Not far from them lay three huge boulders, each twice the size of the T-car.

"Yo guys, you okay?" Cyborg asked the three weakened Titans.

"Just fine." Raven said with some anger in her voice and tried to stand up. Unfortunately her leg hurt too badly and she fell down. Beast Boy managed to catch her before she reached the ground. He was also in pain, but seemed to be in a slightly better condition than the girls.

"Thank you Beast Boy." Raven whispered to the boy. Both of them smiled a bit and blushed. In the meantime Robin was helping Starfire to stand up. Soon all of them were in the car, Cyborg and Starfire in the front, Robin, Raven and Beast Boy in the back.

"Well, what now? Do you know where did she go?" Cyborg asked. Nobody answered.

"We should go back to the Tower. We'll try to figure out where she went later." Robin said. The T-car turned around and went back to the road that leads to the island.

Same day, later, Titans tower

The Titans were waiting. They didn't know what were they waiting for, but they waited. Perhaps a phone call or something. She had to call them, or try to contact them. It made no sense. Why would she leave? Although she wasn't treated as one of them no one said anything bad about her during her stay, and they tried to accept her back as much as it was possible after what she has done in the past.

Raven was meditating in her room. She needed to clean her mind of all the confusion. She didn't trust Terra at all, but the girl's behaviour has been very chaotic. It seemed, that when it comes to Terra logic is useless, her motives and actions forever doubtful. Someone knocked on her door. Raven opened it and saw Beast Boy standing outside.

"Can I come in?" he asked. Although they've been going out for one month now, he still didn't dare enter her room without her permission. Of course Raven always let him in. Now she smiled at him and nodded. Then she went back to her bed and sat down on it. Her love soon came in, closed the door and sat down close to her on the bed. He offered her a cup of tea he brought with him. She gladly took it from his caring hands and took some sips of it.

"Thank you." she smiled. Beast Boy didn't say anything, instead he began to rub her back gently. They sat there for some minutes this way, both of them happy just to be in the presence of the other one. Indescribable bliss filled their hearts and neither one understood why they felt this way. It was enough to look into the each other's eyes and heaven was created around them, their souls happily united in a single gaze. Beautiful harmony that only they could feel. However Raven's smile soon disappeared and Beast Boy noticed this.

"What's the problem?" he asked her. Raven looked at the floor.

"It's just…I've been thinking about Terra." her voice was quiet and sad. Beast Boy patiently waited for her to continue.

"I've talked to her last night. She was…scared. But she didn't tell me what was wrong." Raven described.

"You think that it has some connection to…what she did today?" Beast Boy remembered the shocking sight of Terra's bleeding arm, the knife in her hand, the blade of the knife and her bed bloody.

"I don't know. Maybe…maybe I was too hard on her. I mistreated her and now I'm afraid that it's my fault what she did." Raven felt guilt arising within her. Beast Boy hugged her.

"Don't be hard on yourself Rae. I understand that you can't trust her. I don't blame you for anything that happened. I'm sure that there was another reason for what she did." Beast Boy tried to comfort his dark girlfriend, although he didn't know what could make Terra do something so horrible. They continued to sit there for several more moments.

In the meantime, common room

Robin was sitting next to the computer. It was still working out all the possible routes that Terra could've taken after her leaving. There were too many results. She could've gone almost anywhere, there was nothing in the direction where she went, just desert. Robin started the search again, hoping to find some sort of clue to her whereabouts. He concentrated so much on his work that he didn't notice a certain alien girl enter the room. She looked at him worriedly. He had been working for hours without stopping, not even eating or drinking. She knew how obsessed with work he could get when it came to solving a problem, but she wanted to be with him. She had loved him for a long time now. A year? Maybe two? She didn't really know when did she realize her love for him, but she never dared to admit her feelings for him. She was kinda glad for the trouble that Terra had caused after her revival, because they confessed their feelings after that. However she wasn't happy for the price that Terra had to pay for their happiness.

"Please, Robin, I ask you to take a brake from your search. You must rest as well." Starfire said, coming close to the leader of the team. He turned around and looked at her. He was obviously tired, but smiled at her.

"Oh, hi Star! What're you doing here?" he asked.

"I am worried about you Robin. I would like to go and 're-lax' with you, so you can rest from your exhausting working." she said with a kind, concerned, sincere voice. Robin looked at the screen and saw that it was meaningless to stay here. The results were the same as before, and without a trace they couldn't find Terra. He stood up and stretched a bit.

"Alright, where do you want to go?" Robin asked the girl. She instantly became happier and smiled at him. She didn't say a word, just grabbed his hand and flew with him to the roof of the tower. They sat down on a bench, which was put there by Cyborg, to have a place where the Titans could rest after a game of volleyball. The sun was setting down, seagulls were flying near the tower and waves were hitting the shore. Starfire looked at Robin.

"Umm, Robin, may I ask you a question?" she said and seemed to be a bit embarrassed.

"Sure Star, what is it?" Robin replied immediately. Starfire thought about her question for some seconds, and then slowly started.

"I wished to ask you…Robin…do you love me?" she turned away from him, small tears appeared in the corners of her eyes. Robin was absolutely shocked by her question. How could she ask something like this? How could she even consider this?

"Umm, of course I do Star! I love you with all my heart! Why do you ask?" he said.

"It's just that…we spend so little time together. You are always looking for criminals while I'm left alone. Robin, I wish to be with you more, it hurts when I can't be with you!" Starfire was now on the verge of crying. Robin felt ashamed.

"I'm sorry Star, I haven't realized that you felt that way. I mean, you know that we have our duties." he spoke. The girl next to him just nodded sadly, still fighting back her tears.

"But I promise that I'll be more often with you. In fact, I want to ask, if perhaps you would like to go out to a restaurant for dinner." Robin said and gently turned Starfire's face towards him. He looked in her beautiful green eyes and smiled at her. Starfire suddenly hugged him and started to cry on his shoulder. Robin hugged her back and started to caress her red hair.

"It's okay. I'm here Star. I love you." he lovingly whispered, as the sun finally disappeared on the horizon.

Somewhere in the desert, in a hidden cave

Terra slowly woke up. She was lying on rocks. She looked around, everything was gloomy. She soon discovered that she was in some sort of a cave. She tried to stand up, but felt dizzy and fell down.

"Nice job Terra, now you're really in trouble." she said to herself. But someone replied.

"On the contrary, you've finally made the right choice." the soft, cold voice echoed in the cave. Terra's heart filled with fear as she remembered what happened to her, how she got here.

"What do you want from me Shade? I told you to leave me alone!" she yelled at the darkling, although he still wasn't seen anywhere. Suddenly an ice-cold hand touched her face. Terra quickly turned towards the hand and saw Shade kneeling next to her, his black eyes fixed at her. He smiled.

"I want you to be loved." he said.

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A/N: Well, what did you think? This was quite long. Hope you liked this. I've decided to slow down the plot a bit in this chapter and added some emotional (and probably fluffy) scenes. Well, I really wanted to write down how much the pairs love each other in this story, 'cause there hasn't been much love expressed so far. I hope you liked the end. Hopefully it made you wander what Shade's intentions are. :) Well, if you want to find out: REVIEW! (thx guys)