Disclaimer: I do not. Own. TEEN TITANS, yo

Quake

A Teen Titans Fanfiction by Secret7/Agent S7/Nukenin/"Ruff Rae Razor" (on CartoonOrbit ;D)

Prologue

The Terra Report

It is a dark and stormy midday.

Garfield Logan speaking, biggest jerk/numskull on the entire Teen Titans squad. Otherwise known as "Beast Boy". I've been asked by Robin the Obsessive Writing Down Person to file a report on what has come to be known as "Terra incident". I hate it when he calls it that.

I just had a whole barrage of insults for Birdy the Boy Wondrously Stupid—(I deleted that "Birdy" part immediately. Robin IS my friend after all. Though he does kind of suck.)—but I don't want to get in trouble with our leader.

Little is known of Terra's backstory, so little we've had to second-guess most of it. We know that she'd been running from her powers all of her life, because she obviously didn't want us to know about her limited control over them, and we know that she was an outcast. Like most of us, actually.

I could relate to her. My mom and dad were superheroes too, and I haven't seen them for years. Most people used fear and hate me 'cause I had green skin, pointy ears and slight fangs. Slight fangs.

When I joined the Titans, I had found a home, where everyone was weird and different and great. I expect that's how Terra wanted to feel when she eventually wanted to join.

She told me a lot of things, most I don't want to tell. Eventually Robin guessed that Terra didn't have full control over her powers, and she was angry. She thought I had blurted it out, and left for about a month.

When she returned, somehow she had gained an amazing control over her abilities, easily whooping butt. What we didn't know was that she had been a spy for Slade in return for learning how to control her powers. When I learned that, I felt the deepest feeling of betrayal I ever have. I loathed her, and pretty much told her that too. She fled with Slade to join him. I felt horrible, betrayed and…well…heartbroken. If you're reading this Robin, tell anybody this and I'll tell Batman about you and Star.

Once again, about a month later, Terra had been forged to hate us Teen Titans, and she turned on us. With the help of Slade, she took us down one by one in her new Apprentice suit.

Part of me wants to make a Donald Trump joke right now. I shove it down, and keep typing.

Eventually, we cornered her and Slade, and her mixed feelings played with her mind. She wanted to kill us, but she loved us. It was horrible. When she attempted to join us, she discovered that the suit had been bonding with her mind, giving her control over her powers and Slade control over her.

Her powers triggered an underground volcano, and she sacrificed herself to stop it from erupting. Somewhere along the line she flung Slade into some lava

--I backspaced—

…into some magma and killed him. Trying to prevent the volcano from reaching the surface, she died. She turned into stone, like some fairy tale with no happy ending. Where the princess dies and the prince ends up alone and miserable.

End of Report

I contemplated this report I had written about her, thinking quietly in my chair. As I walked towards my room, Raven looked at me in a "What's wrong?" sort of way. The good kind. Whenever I'm with Rae, I feel this guilt tugging at my stomach. I love her of course, but not like Terra.

Robin, walking out of his room (no doubt studying pictures of Slade. Sometimes I wonder what he does in that room alone. And that's a joke for those with either good or no senses of humor.) and spoke.

"Hey Beast Boy. How did the report go?"

"'Twas perfect. Added my mean, lean green charm and it…" I paused for drama. "…was awesome."

"Cool. Anyway, me and Star are going to see a movie. A 'moving slorbadarbb' as she calls it."

"Which one?" I asked, pretending to be curious.

It worked, because Robin answered. "That new Star Wars movie. She's interested if it will mention the war between the Kykornachans and the Blightar. Or something like that. I kinda think she'll be disappointed." Robin beamed.

I grinned back. "See ya. I have to go to my room."

He walked down the stairs. Oblivious to everything, as always.

I think I'm the only one who actually sees things, with the possible exception of Raven. It's stupid, really. If I wasn't so obsessed with making people laugh I could actually be…what's the word? Oh yeah. Useful.

My door opened in such a way that would make any Star Trek fan swoon, and into my room I went. It's a fairly well lit room covered in posters of the latest supermodels, with orange wallpaper. There's a computer in the corner and an iguana on the right side of the room, who I adopted. It's name? Think of the most ridiculous name for an iguana on the planet.

Guessed it yet?

Ignacious.

On the left side of the room there's a nice, soft and comfortable bed where Terra used to sit with me. We kissed, naturally, but nothing more. It has average white sheets and a green comforter with all sorts of dinosaurs on it that I've had since I was five.

I collapsed onto the bed, then turned over, lying on my back. I twiddled my thumbs, combed my hair, and took off my shirt to be comfortable. Out of nowhere my head started to itch, so I scratched it.

I turned over, considering Terra for a moment.

Her golden hair went through my mind, her beautiful face and eyes near it, the blue eyes staring, pleading. As my mind sank lower and lower into sleep, I heard her whispering.

"Why, B.B.? You killed me. Why did you do it?"

The face in my mind began to melt and change shape, and it the orange and black mask that I despised. It was laughing at me. Slade couldn't laugh…could he? He could…he was doing it now…

Images too disturbing to write started to flash through my mind, of Terra, Slade, the Titans. Death, murder, everything wrong…

Few people can remember exactly when they went to sleep. I don't even exactly know. The words, the whispers and the horrible visions didn't help me to sleep either.

Somehow, right when I knew I was about to sleep, I saw her, smiling at me in her Titans outfit. I felt like her spirit was all around me, and a deep feeling of warmth came over me, calming me completely.

I slept.