Hi guys. Sorry for the delay, this chapter was originally going to be a lot longer but I decided to split it in two. But at least the next chapter is somewhere between half way and three quarters complete.

Thank you to my reviewers: Tira's Host, jalele, Randomgirl14, amythestpony, Forlorn Melody, Tac03e11hp and Meiriona. Your feedback has been quite helpful and is greatly appreciated.

"It sounds like a setup."

The hint of malice in Raven's usually calm voice wasn't hard to detect. She was the first one to say anything after Beast Boy's glowing rendition of Angela's fight with the H.I.V.E. team

"How can you say that?"

Beast Boy instinctively came to the defense of his new friend.

"Think about it. The FIVE of us have enough trouble dealing with them."

"She's that good!"

"She would be. We infiltrated the H.I.V.E. academy, what's to stop them trying to do the same to us? Why were they there in the first place? They would send one of their best, someone we don't know."

"True," Interjected Robin, trying to remain neutral and objective so he could evaluate all possibilities as accurately as possible. "Though they could also have just been stalking Beast Boy."

"It doesn't sound right." As if on cue, the Titan's resident H.I.V.E. expert spoke up. Having infiltrated and studied in the H.I.V.E. academy, only one other outsider could rival Cyborg's knowledge of the H.I.V.E. tactics. However Cyborg got far closer to Jinx than Bumble Bee ever had. "If they were going to pull a stunt like that, they'd do in front of all of us. It's personal for them. They'd take a hostage over a spy any day. Betrayal cuts deeper than any wound. They'd love to torture BB.."

"Dude!" The green teen clearly didn't like what he was hearing "I'm standing RIGHT HERE!"

"Sorry bro" Cyborg clearly didn't like talking about the subject. "I'm the one who got you into this mess. When I betrayed them, it cut them deep. It's no secret we're palls and they'd be looking to settle the score."

"Wile we're on the subject of BETREYAL…" The light flickered as Raven said the last word and turned menacingly toward Angela. "What's to say it doesn't run in the family?"

"Back off, Raven!" Beast Boy stepped in between Raven and Angela, gearing at the former. The look of pain and anger in his eyes would have frightened anyone else

"Friends please," Starfire desperately tried to stop the fight from escalating "It is un-just of us to blame our new friend for her sister's mistakes."

"What mistakes?" Angela's need to know the truth surpassed her anxiety. "What did Terra do? Did she loose control?"

Raven went in for the kill.

"She sided with a super villain, betrayed and nearly killed us."

"That's not possible." Defiance rang threw Angela's voice

"That's the truth."

"It can't be the whole truth. She could never just betray the Teen Titans. All our lives we dreamed about becoming superheroes. She idolized you guys, aspired to be like you guys and hoped one day to be good enough to join the Titans. You expect me to believe she threw away a life long dream just like that? I don't buy it. There's got to be more to it. She must have been manipulated or something"

Beast Boy opened his mouth to speak but couldn't bring himself to utter the words. He hadn't been able to bring himself to talk about the whole incident since his love turned to stone. Though Angela did a good job of hiding it, Beast Boy could tell that she was finding the whole experience very traumatic. This made Beast Boy feel even worse. Robin saw the expression of Pain and sorrow on his friends face and decided to step in. He had his own questions for Angela though it would be far more productive to save them for another time.

"She was manipulated alright."

"Not when she turned on us." Interjected Raven. "That was before she had the suit."

"Yes she was. I know Slade. He's a control freak and a sadist. He's too careful to work with anyone he can't control. He also likes it. That's half the reason he works with others and tries to recruit apprentices, so he can manipulate them into doing things thay'd never do. It makes him feel powerful. He'd prefer that to using a mind control suit but after the last time he'd be more cautious." Robin fought off the memory of the time Slade had made him shoot Starfire in cold blood and attack his friends. "Remember when Terra returned to us, she had those bruises that she said she got from the last time Starfire hugged her? They were more likely from Slade beating her."

Angela and Beast Boy both shuddered at the thought. Robin saw the horrified looks on their faces. I'm not like Slade! I'm not a sadist!

"The important thing…" Robin continued "Is that Terra fought it off in the end, and even fought off the mind control suit. She sacrificed herself to save us and the city from a volcano and she turned to stone."

The look on Angela and Beast Boy's faces changed subtly but Robin could tell they were both feeling infinitely better for hearing his last few words. A glare in Raven's direction was all it took from Robin to prevent her from saying that they wouldn't need saving if it wasn't for Terra.

The silence that followed was finally broken by Starfire

"Do you wish to see her room?"

"Yes please."

Angela followed the team in a daze, still struggling to digest what she'd just herd. A few miles away, lying in a patch of bushes with a telescope and a laser microphone, Andrew Hurst was taking the news rather differently. This wasn't the first time that Hurst had encountered this sort of thing. Hurst had spent the last two years of his life working with Web as mercenaries specializing in problems that the police couldn't or wouldn't solve for whatever reason. He'd dealt with pimps, drug lords and the ghost of his own past who'd all done similar things but each time it enraged him just as much. If anything it felt worse the more he saw such cases as the realization sunk in of how commonly innocent people fell victim to such ghastly tactics.

Angela had an idea that the tale of Terra's predicament would not be pleasant so she'd prepared herself as best she could for the bad news. Visiting the room Terra had lived in was not something Angela had anticipated or prepared for. Although the Titans had been the ones to decorate Terra's room, Terra had been the one to set it up. This is why the room was instantly familiar to Angela.

"It's set up exactly the same!"

"The same as what?" asked Robin.

"The same as the room we used to share, only her bed was over to the left a little and mine would be about there." Angela pointed to a spot about six feet (approximately two meters) to the right of Terra's bed. She turned to a spot on the wall to find it bare. "Where are the clippings?"

"What clippings?" asked Beast Boy

"We both kept posters and clippings from news papers and magazines about super heroes. Mostly you guys, even dating back to before the Titans were formed. This was her spot and my spot was over there. We worshiped you guys because you were newcomers to the game, not as tough of the rest but you still gave it your all anyway. You gave us hope, we wanted more than anything to be like you guys. Her favorite Titan was Beast Boy"

"Me!"

"She liked you because you were 'the cute one'. She liked you because you were different to the other super heroes. One of the few heroes with a since of humor."

The green teen tried to suppress the tears but couldn't stop the few that rolled from his eyes.

"Friend Angela, do you have a place to stay? You are welcome to say with us."

Starfire's friendly offer brought a smile to Angela's face. Her smile was so reminiscent of Terra's, a smile they all longed to see again, that all of the Titans knew they couldn't say no to her.

"You're sure, I don't want to Impose or anything…"

"We're sure." Replied Robin. "If you're as good as Beast Boy says you are…"

"She's better!"

Robin Glared at Beast Boy for his outburst.

"Then you might have a permanent place on the team."

"You really mean it!"

The Titans nodded in unison although Raven was somewhat hesitant. Angela burst into tears of joy.

"Thank you all so much!"

Cyborg flipped open a panel in his left arm revealing a keypad for a phone.

"This calls for a feast. What do y'all want on your pizzas?"