(just for all you to know, this is not Rae/BB. Terra is in it! grrrrrrr)

thank you reviewers.

crimsonsun-rk- thank you, I also get tired of just seeing the character's stupid side. Most of the time, I just want to read a story that is, well, kinda serious… they are hard to come by.
I know a lot of people who don't really like Terra all that much. When I first saw her, I knew that something was up, and when I saw Betrayal, I got up and screamed "I KNEW IT!" I scared my mom. But I forgive Terra for what she did, because she had a chance to get out of the volcano eruption, but she stayed, and saved everyone's lives, at the cost of almost taking her own.

Angel Vanilla- im sorry! But I can't tell you what is going on! You will figure that out either in this chapter or in the next one! And take my advice, don't shove ice up your nose for a hurting brain. It hurts. But I wouldn't know from experience…

teentitans66- thanx 4 luv'n my story. I also like Terra, but she is not my favorite character. I know that is interesting and thank you (I hav my friend read the story before I post it. She is my guinea pig). I can help you with anything you need help with on this site. Just tell me what!

a dragons wings- I can honestly say that she is a little OOC but in order for the story to work, she has to be. I do have someone to proof read it, and they are a very honest person and point out my mistakes… and how is it predictable? I don't see how it is. Never mind, that's your opinion. And I an sorry to say that I don't smile, thanx anywayz!

i just want to say that i am happy!

Chapter 3 The Visit

The next day was a Wednesday, so everyone was up by 10:00 am. They were in mid November so the weather was nice, just a few clouds in the sky. They all woke up from the sun, which was shining brightly. Everyone met in the main room. They all began to eat breakfast, when Beast Boy was discussing the matter over Terra.

"So, I think it would be a good idea, if we took a break from this Tower, and research at the cave so that we can see Terra." He looked at all of them "you know, for motivation and stuff." he finished

Everyone shrugged "sounds good to me" Cyborg started "I've just been researching in my room until now."

"Yeah why not? We could us a different environment for a while" Robin stared

"Yes!" Starfire began excitingly "we shall have a picnic! I shall fetch my favorite beverage!" she ran to the fridge "mustard!" everyone gave a disgusted look at her. Then they all turned to Raven, for (they thought) she would probably be the one to say 'no' to anything outside her dark haven.

"I think it sounds nice" she said to their astonishment. Beast Boy gave her a thumbs up as she closed her book and began to walk to the door. "It would most likely be quieter there." She said as she walked down the hall to her bedroom door, BB was standing there waiting for her.

"Good cover up" he told her

"How did you get here so fast?" she asked stunned as she pointed her finger at him "never mind" she opened her door.

"Is there anything I could help with now?" he once again asked willingly

"Actually" she said as she walked into her room. Beast Boy looked in there after her, trying carefully not to go in. Raven walked out with a huge stack of books in her arms "you wanna help with this?" she asked

"Oh! Yeah! Right" he stepped forward to Raven who was holding them with no problem, and grabbed the books. He bent his knees from the weight of them "why do I have to hold these?" he asked

"Well, I only did it because you asked so nicely!" she said in a mocking tone. "plus my hands need to be free to get us there" she said in her normal plane voice.

"Ok…urg…fine" he struggled "oh yeah! Duh!" he transformed himself into a gorilla and carried the books with little ease.

They waited in the living area for about five minutes, until everyone else began to come down. But for the time that they were in there, they discussed the Terra thing. I mean, that why they were going there in the first place.

"So?" Cy began as he came down "y'all ready to go?" he came out with nothing in his arms. It looked like he was going unprepared.

"Aren't you taking anything?" Beast Boy began "I mea, we've been looking for the cure for like months now. I would think you'd have something after all this time" he finished

Cyborg had an annoyed look on his face "BB, remember my name?" he sounded like he was asking a five year old

"Uh, duh! It's Cyborg" he said proud of himself

"Does anything about my name, ring a bell?" he asked now aggravated

"Uhhh?" Beast Boy said with a confused look on his face

Cy sighed "I have a built in, online, ready to go anytime computer in my arm!" he said

"Oh. Right." he said as he rubbed his head from embarrassment

Then after those three were out there, Robin came down, followed by Starfire who had a picnic basket on her arm. She went to the fridge and began to pile food into the basket. She then sat the overly filled picnic basket on the counter and began to shove it all in there so that the lid could close. She then grabbed the basket and went to go join her teammates in the living area.

"Friends!" Starfire shouted "when shall we venture to the cave of our dear friend Terra, in which we all miss so?" she asked

"When everyone is ready to go" Robin replied "is, everyone ready?" he then asked curiously

"Yeah!"

"Yes!"

"Yup!"

"Uh, huh!"

"I guess so"

Everyone replied at least once before Robin responded again. "So? Raven, are you taking us?" He asked just out of plain wonderment

"Yes" she but before they were off she said "Beast Boy, get the books," she pointed to the table in which the sat. "And does everyone have everything that they need?" she asked, she didn't want to back any trips back.

Everyone nodded, so she engulfed them in her black energy. And they were off to the caves.

Traveling close to the speed of light, they got there pretty fast. Within 30 seconds, they were at the entrance of the cave. They all walked in and found their own places to sit. Beast Boy sat right in front of Terra, where he felt comfortable.

They were all there for about three hours without much progress. Starfire was trying to make the place look more welcoming. She put up flowers, and began to draw pictures on the stone walls with her star bolts.

Robin sat in the center of a circle of stones, in which he had papers and other things sitting on. He was working with a lap top and chemicals, out of everyone, he looked like he was making the most progress over the hours.

Raven sat atop a large stone with her stack of books near. She was reading about three at a time. Looking as though she had caught on to something every ten minutes or so, she would jump from book to book. Trying to follow the lead.

Cyborg was walking around most the time. And every so often he would grab somthin' to eat each time he had passed the basket. Once or twice, he went up to examine Terra, to make measurements or something like that.

But Beast Boy was just sitting in front of her. He would get up and pace back and forth for a while, then get bored and sit back down. He saw some litter around, and began to pick it all up. He then walked around the back of her, and saw some graffiti on the bottom of the platform that Terra was standing on, and began to wash it off. It had been so long since he had come to visit her. He grabbed a drink of water, and sat at her feat again.

The nice day slowly turned into a lightning storm. Every few minutes, they would here a crack of lightning out side. And before that, they could see the flashing lights. It was beautiful in its own way. But… the storm was close.

"Anyone get anything?" Robin asked sounding bored

"Nope" Cyborg answered first "I thought some thing, but it turned out to be a false lead."

No one bothered to ask Beast Boy or Starfire, for they were tidying up the place, and obviously had done nothing really. So they all looked to Raven, who was just looking through the books like she was tracing something. She was flipping through the pages rapidly and speaking to herself. Everyone looked to one another.

"Raven?" Robin started "do you have something?" he finished to turn to Raven who didn't even look up. "I'll take that as a 'yes'" he turned to everyone "no one bother her, she might have it" he looked up to Raven, then back to everyone else "you don't want her to loose her consintratio-"

"I've got it!" she exclaimed

Everyone looked to her with excitement in their eyes. Beast Boy ran to go and put his cup of water down, when a flash of lightning rang through the cave. All of the lights went out.

Starfire made a star bolt to light up the room so that they all could see Raven with her explanation. Another lightning bolt struck. Starfire, being scared and surprised, shot the bolt. Beast Boy jumped so that it wouldn't hit him, spilling the cup of water, it went flying into the air. Then another lightning bolt. They all mixed together, the star bolt, water, and lightning bolt. All landing on top Terra's statue, making it shine out white, small explosions through out the cave. The light was blinding…the cave began to collapse, along with Terra.

"…no…" Beast Boy said below his breath in a frightened tone "NO!" he shouted

He ran up to Terra, trying to keep her in place so that she wouldn't fall apart. By now, everyone had gathered up everything. As large rocks began to fall from the cavern's ceiling, they were all avoiding as many as they could.

Beast Boy was holding her tight, talking aloud repeating himself "its gonna be ok…" every so often he would struggle to keep himself standing and the statue in place.

When, to his surprise, small portions of the rock began to fall atop his head "no…no…" when out of the rock, became flesh and bone, hair and skin, a person. The figure lay limp on his shoulders. She was out of the stone…in one piece.

Beast Boy looked up to see the form on his shoulders, it was hazy. The form came into focus.

"…Terra…"

cliff hander

i hope that might answer some of your questions... and if not, then you will have to wait for the next chapter, which explains ALOT of stuff.

i m so happy! something is going to happen in four days (March 15, 2005)that i am really excited about! and anyone who can just what i am happy about... well... gets credit for it!

hint i am getting rid of something that i've had for about 2.5 years. and it is not something that has to do with surgery.

R&R