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There was a knock at the door and Terra woke up. She had fallen asleep on the floor whilst reading a book Beast Boy had given her just before the Titans had left, it wasn't that the book "The Code Matched' was boring it was just she was tired. She now picked herself up, brushed herself down and flattened her hair before calling.
"Come in,"
Starfire came through the door; her face was still red and her eyes were bloodshot from crying.
"Oh my gosh, Star, sit down." Terra said quickly. She helped Star over to a chair and she sat down.
"I'm ok Terra but Beast Boy, he's been kidnapped."
This news hit Terra like she had just been punched in the stomach. Beast Boy . . . gone.
"Is that why you're crying so much? You made me think someone had died. But . . . this isn't some joke is it?"
"No, our friend, Beast Boy, he really has been taken. "But I thought some one had died, they hadn't but . . . there is this lady who can make you live your worst fears, if your fear was falling off a cliff you would fall and feel yourself in pain until she let you go and then it would be back to normal."
"Oh," said Terra but she was only half listening. "We will find Beast Boy?"
"Yes our friend will not be alone for much longer."
Terra was upset but knew that she couldn't do anything apart from help the Titans and crying and staying secret in her room wouldn't help, she had to see something good in this. But what was good about Beast Boy being taken? Beast Boy had been the one recently that had made her feel like one of the team and when he had turned around to see if she was coming to help save the local bank it her made her feel that she was forgiven completely. Maybe if she had gone things would be different, they would all be back in the living room laughing and joking and eating pizza or something.
"Terra can you promise me something . . . " said Starfire suddenly looking frightened.
Terra looked up, her eyes had glazed over in tears but she quickly pushed the tears back.
"Yeah sure,"
"You can't tell anyone that that lady can make you live your worst fears, ok? I know it sounds silly but it means something to me." She said confidently looking Terra in the eye.
"Yeah sure," Terra repeated and then she looked away, "You trust me?"
Starfire looked at Terra and a smile appeared across her face.
"My friend, Terra, we all trust you, you are our friend." She leant forward and gave Terra a hug.
"Thanks," said Terra smiling.
"So don't shut yourself up in your room, this is a glorious Earth day. You shouldn't be in your room."
"Star, It's raining." Terra said laughing.
"Well at least come and help me with my Earth fairy cakes, I still don't get what the instructions mean."
Terra nodded and they both left the room and headed for the kitchen. Starfire had made Terra promise not to tell about the lady's strength because if she did then Robin would think that him dying was her worst fear . . . was it? Maybe if the lady had kept her power on her then she would have seen all the Titans die. Starfire shook her head slightly and made herself not think about it.
Beast Boy woke up and felt his hands were handcuffed to the wall. The room he was in was dark and dusty. It made him sneeze. They didn't seem to be any doors but as he looked around he saw a set of stairs going downwards in the room. Where was he? He heard footsteps coming up the stairs so he quickly closed his eyes pretending he was asleep. A surge of pain went through his head.
"That will treat you for pretending to be asleep, it doesn't work when you are against an enemy who has powers of the mind."
Beast Boy opened his eyes and saw the teenage girl was standing in front of him.
"Who are you?" he hissed, his energy seemed to have vanished and he found himself leaning against the wall and on his knees.
"No need for questions Beast Boy, I don't even need to ask you any because of my powers I've been able to go in your mind and get all the information I need to destroy the Titans. I've put it in a file on the computer, safe and sound. And I am actually quite thankful to you Beast Boy if you hadn't made me angry then I wouldn't have been able to transport us all hope. She laughed loudly, a cold merciless laugh.
"You'll never get AWAY WITH IT!" yelled Beast Boy struggling against his chains. He transformed into a series of big and small animals but the handcuffs would change to match the size. The teenage laughed again and the symbols on her arms burnt brightly.
"I think you'll find, I already have. Your blonde friend will not be too happy with you epically if I tell the Titans you've joined our side"
Terra! Thought Beast Boy. She would hate him and then these evil people would hurt her, kill her even.
"LEAVE TERRA ALONE!" he yelled at the teenager.
"I won't be leaving any of them alone!" the teenager laughed, "Oh and by the way in about ten minutes we need you to make a little phone call."
-Titan Tower-
The green teenager appeared on the large screen and all everyone turned to look at him. A tear trickled down his face.
"I know what you've done and I hate you for it," he said strongly. He looked around the room and saw Terra and he blinked twice. "You all lied to me and now you are all going to pay for what you have done."
"Beast Boy! Whatever they've told you it's not true!"
"I just needed to fit the pieces of the puzzle together and the code matched."
His face dissolved in sudden static and then the screen went blank.
"No," hissed Raven.
"What have we supposed to have done, he wasn't making any sense." Cyborg said angrily.
"The code matched . . . " whispered Terra. The name rang a bell.
"Our friend, has turned to the dark side," Starfire said.
"No, he hasn't" said Terra and she clicked her fingers and ran to her room. She looked across the floor and found the book half open on the floor, she snatched it up and ran out of the room back to where the Titans were staring at her.
"Look," she said and she turned the pages till she found the chapter named face signals. She scrolled her finger down the page to the section labelled blinking. "This book is called 'The Code Matched' and that is what Beast Boy said. And looks, "Blinking is a common way of telling someone that what they are saying is being forced out of them for example blinking twice at a person and then not looking at them for the rest of your speech means you are being forced to say whatever you are saying or something horrible will happen." She finished a grin across her face. "He blinked at me twice and didn't look at me again and . . . " she looked around the room and that's when she saw it, through the window was a barrage balloon and it had just turned around and flew in the other direction but on one side of it was a red symbol similar to the ones on the red heads arms and face. Starfire had explained to Terra what they had looked like.
"And is that like one of the symbols on that teenage girl," she said pointing thought the window. They all looked and a smile crossed Robin's face.
"So basically Beast Boy had to say what he said otherwise-" Terra started.
"We would have been bombed by that barrage balloon." Finished Robin.
They all smiled.
"Well done, Terra!" Starfire said and they all congratulated her except Raven who still didn't seem to have forgiven her. Terra turned to face Raven. Raven had her hood down so it wasn't covering her face. A small smile crossed her face and Terra held out her hand and Raven shook it.
"Now are we going to find Beast Boy or what?" asked Terra smiling.
Robin nodded.
"Cyborg you find out where Beast Boy called from, Raven and Terra try and find if there are anymore hidden traps planted near the Titans headquarters we don't want to be blown up and Starfire and I will follow the balloon. They all set of and Starfire and Robin agreed that he would follow the balloon on the ground and her in the sky. As they were just about to go Robin grabbed Starfire's hand making her go red.
"Star, be careful, ok? We don't want another person getting caught."
She smiled. "I will and you be careful too."
"I'm always careful,"
And Starfire took off from the ground and Robin started to race down the Titan block out through the doors and after the balloon. The chase was on.
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