Chapter III: Now, and Forever

Beastboy woke up on the cold, steel floor, with many bruises and scrapes. The constant ticking of the clock brought comfort to him as he lay there somehow. "They beat me." Beastboy said, rubbing his head. "I never should have taken them all on at once. But at least now I know Slade's not working alone." Beastboy had changed since that day he was crushed by the fact that Terra didn't remember him. He learned that things do change, and that even he needs to learn when it's time to grow up. He still never lost hope that Terra would remember him somehow.

"Beastboy!" Beastboy heard a faint, familiar voice in the distance.

'It can't be…' he thought to himself.

"Beastboy!" It repeated.

"No… it can't be…" Beastboy told himself. "Terra? Is that you?" He called back. After several minutes there was no answer. "I knew it…"

"Beastboy?" A voice asked from behind him. Beastboy turned to see Terra standing behind him, staring at him.

"Terra… is that really you?"

"Yes… and now I'm running the show, not Slade." The two hugged. "What happened to you?" She asked.

"Slade happened. And he's not working alone anymore; he's got some sort of warlock and a demon with him. I tried to take them on, but…"

"I see."

"I just want to take him down, for good this time."

… … … … …

"So, Fate has interfered once again." Armegeddon said, slamming his fist on the wall

"Shall I attack him?" Sirus asked.

"No." Slade answered. "Even he will serve a purpose in my plan. Sirus, you did cast that spell over this cavern, didn't you?"

"Yes." He said.

"Then Fate doesn't know anything that goes on in here. He can't stop us now."

… … … … …

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…" Terra and Beastboy heard a laugh as they were about to leave the old clock tower. An orb of fire slammed into several walls, shaking the tower to its core. "Crash and burn babe, yeah!" The orb continued to crash into walls.

"He's trying to destroy the clock tower!" Beastboy said. Wood boards on the ceiling caught fire and fell. "Let's get out of here!"

"Not so fast, kiddies! It's Time I did Slade and Sirus a favor and kill you two myself!" The orb floated down and the walls crumbled, leaving only the steel frame of the clock tower left standing. Debris created a floor as the orb exploded into Armegeddon. "Let's go!" The gray beast dashed toward the two heroes, his sharp claws pointing towards them. He morphed into a child and ran in-between their legs before morphing back to normal form and knocking their heads into each other. "It's over! Burn! Burn in my eternal fire!" The two quickly got up and returned the attack. Terra raised the large boulder that she had ridden on to get to the tower and launched it at Armegeddon. "You'll pay for thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis! He screamed, stretching the i in this as his voice became distant.

"Thanks, Terra." Beastboy said.

"No problem."

"Let's get back to the tower, the others are probably wondering what's going on."

"Okay."

… … … … …

"So Armageddon's been destroyed." Sirus said.

"A Minor loss. He never knew when to quit. Besides that, he had no idea what he was even doing."

"True. So we still stand a chance."

"Of course. One by one, the Titans shall fall."

End Chapter