Okay, by request here's chapter three. Sorry it took a while to load, though. My internet was acting up.

"Beast Boy? Come in Beast Boy…" The voice paused giving the shape-shifter a minute to answer. "That thing's back. That shape-shifting thing. We could really use your help." Pause. Static. "It's happening down by the Murakami School if you want to, you know, check it out." Pause. "Robin, out."

Well that was convenient. Beast Boy had heard every word that his leader had spilled out to him, but at the moment he was simply staring out the window. "I'll check it out," the changeling growled under his breath. "Maybe make a side stop along the way." He disappeared down the hallway and just at the horizon you could see a dot of green that was Beast Boy maneuvering to his destination as a falcon.

B&P

By this point it was passed three o'clock at Murakami School, but that didn't mean everyone had gone home. Detention was being held in room 101 as usual and there were extracurricular activities going on throughout the hallways. But now the girl known as Tara Markov was positioned at a desk making up the very geometry test she should have taken on that fateful day one week ago.

But after she and Beast Boy talked, Tara hadn't gone to take that geometry test. Instead she had retreated into the mass of students and hidden in her cloak of insecurity she had locked herself away in the locker room and written in her journal. That journal was probably the only thing keeping her sane. Honestly, she still signed it with Terra for that was who she really was inside.

Tara Markov was who she once was, normal and powerless. Terra was who she is now, fighting to get out. Why had she hidden it from Beast Boy, why? There were many reasons, really. Now as she sat there trying to calculate the difference in the area of two squares, Tara's eyes wandered to the window. No. She thought head pounding and blue eyes forced closed. They can't be here!

But they were the Teen Titans minus Beast Boy were outside her window fighting some shape-shifting thing. Tara slumped in her seat, head resting on her fist as her elbow held it up, pencil tapping against the desktop. Figuring she was never going to get this question right anyway, she scribbled down an answer and slid out of her seat, placing her paper on the teacher's desk and exiting room 107 without a word. Once in the hallway she gave a breath of relief. They hadn't noticed her. She was fine and she was getting the hell out of Murakami. In her haste to leave, though, she dropped something and didn't notice. Tara Markov exited the school and set off towards home, headphones in her ears and acting completely oblivious to the fact that on the other side of the school there was a team of teenage superheroes and an oversized shape-shifter doing battle.

B&P

"Titans! Go!" Robin voiced the battle cry again and eighty percent of the crime fighting team launched themselves forward towards the white creature in different tactical manners. The Boy Wonder had edged forward, an array of miscellaneous disks set between his fingers all ripe and ready for testing. Above him, Starfire was distracting the creature with an assortment of alternate starbolt and eyebeam attacks.

Rearing and letting out a roar of annoyance, the shape-shifting creature let its body become the road beneath it, the green attacks bouncing from its body and hitting other buildings or Cyborg. The titanium Titan had been switching his sonic cannon for a new attachment when a starbolt crashed into him, sending him backward and into a nearby fire hydrant. "No way am I getting beat by some ROCK!" Cyborg edged towards Raven, who had conjured enough dark energy around herself to deflect the blows. "Mind if I borrow some protection?"

"I hope you're talking about the shield…"

"Star!" Robin flung a flash disk forward, watching as the creature bent down to examine the projectile that had done nothing. When it extended a finger to touch it however, face drawn close to the disk itself, it went off temporarily blinding the shape-shifting thing. "Give me a lift?"

"Certainly, Robin." Starfire swooped low catching him under the arms and lifting him up with her. He was surprisingly light, and they had done this so many times she doubted Robin even feared falling anymore, if he ever did.

"Boo-yah! Time to take it up a notch. Raven, hit me up with some of that dark energy, girl." Cyborg leapt forward, a triumphant grin upon his face and sonic cannon aimed directly for the disoriented creature's head. When he got no response, the bionic teen slid back to her side. "Now would be the time to hit me up with some of that dark energy," he hissed holding up his sonic cannon. "So I can hit it up with a sonic dark energy blast!"

"Oh, sorry. You were talking to me?" Raven deadpanned before centering herself. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." An orb of black energy floated its way into the blaster of Cyborg's sonic cannon slowly. All the while the half robot's expression was getting more and more eager.

"Can you speed it up? That thing's gonna come to soon!" The empath deliberately stopped the orb's progress just as it met the blaster, a satisfied smirk upon her face. "Come on, Rae!" Cyborg whined human eye becoming round and watery. Sickened to the point of defeat, Raven slid the dark energy ball into the sonic cannon.

"Don't ever make that face again."

"Awe, yeah. You liked that, eh, Raven?" Cyborg took aim again, though it was hard to aim at a moving target. The shape-shifting creature had come back to reality and was swiping at Starfire and Robin who were hovering just out of his reach. "Eat sonic black energy ball, sucker!" He let it loose, grinning as the mix of black and blue hurtled forward.

The creature didn't make an effort to move, though. When the energy orb hit, it transformed. This time its limbs were covered in the same blue circuitry as Cyborg's and the rest of its body was black matching Raven's energy.

Cyborg's face fell, his jaw hanging near the gravel below. "Nice job. Now it's a demented bionic demonic hybrid." Raven lingered behind him hood drawn over her head as she conjured enough energy to make a nearby lamp post hover. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to make sure it doesn't digest out friends."

Cyborg stared blankly at her before looking upward, where Starfire had dropped the Boy Wonder lightly onto the creature's shoulder, which caused it to begin thrashing. "Robin, you are unharmed?" Starfire was hovering dangerously close to the shape-shifting being's flailing arms, and frankly it was starting to distract Robin.

"I'm fine! Get out of here before-" The Boy Wonder trailed off and winced as the Tamaranian was hit with one of the blue circuited hands and was sent into a nearby building. "Okay. Electric Disk and Exploding disk combo." Robin placed both of them upon the creature's back before jumping off of its shoulder. He fumbled in his utility belt for roughly three seconds before landing on something solid. Blinking, he looked down to find himself upon a floating black lamp post. "Uh, thanks?" He called to Raven who shrugged slightly.

As the disks detonated, the creature hit the ground hard and fell directly into the spray of water from Cyborg's broken fire hydrant. The electricity coursed through his body causing him to roar out in pain, and when the cybernetic teen hit him with blue energy that literally went through his body, the shape-shifting creature got to his feet and sprayed Cyborg with water. Besides throwing the bionic teen back a few feet nothing happened.

Raven's lamp post suddenly went out of control when the shape-shifting creature reached out for it and became metal. Flinging the lamp post into Raven and Cyborg the creature was left only one Titan to deal with. Robin hit the ground hard, but landed in a crouched position one remaining disk in hand. "Eat this!" The Boy Wonder bellowed, flinging the disk forward and pulling out his grappling hook.

The freezing disk did nothing to the creature besides change its form to ice. "All right, pal, you've just one a one way ticket to the ground." Robin let the grappling hook coil around the creature's legs and smirked as it tripped up, but before it hit the ground and crashed into a million pieces it touched a nearby brick building. When it hit the ground its fist reached outward catching the Boy Wonder in its grasp. "Titans! This isn't working! We need more. We need…"

"Beast Boy," Cyborg filled it in dragging himself to his feet. Raven and Starfire were hovering above him. Shaking his head slowly, the bionic teen gazed around for anything that might be useful for the battle. The now brick creature was slowly squeezing Robin, though. Time was a priority here.

"Robin!" Starfire screeched, a few pent up starbolts escaping her and hitting the creature, only angering it more. The opposite fist sprang forward, wrapping around the alien girl and as he stood both Titans were slowly being crushed. "Stop squeezing now, please," she choked out, vision blurring.

Raven's eyes narrowed as she and Cyborg locked eyes. There had to be something they could do. "We have to make that thing change into something that we can destroy easily." The empath murmured gazing about as well. "And we need to do it fast."

"Glass breaks easily. Ice, but that didn't work out. How 'bout we make it paper!" Cyborg coughed slightly, bringing himself back to seriousness. "Or…"

Just then a blur of green zipped passed, causing the creature to jump in surprise and drop the two Titans. Starfire regained her composure and floated herself to safety while Robin hooked his grappling hook around a nearby mailbox to ease him to the ground. Beast Boy regaining human form landed alongside the other two grinning slightly. "You rang?"

"Nope, that was Robin." Cyborg coughed slightly as the creature took on the form of concrete and vanished into the road. Beast Boy tilted his head to the side slightly before kicking at the ground.

"Sorry I wasn't here soon enough to kick its butt."

"Actually, it kind of kicked ours," Raven muttered dryly.

"Where were you anyway? We couldn't find you anywhere." Robin surveyed the changeling who seemed to be averting his gaze from the other four.

"Around," he answered finally running a hand through his hair.

"Friends, let us enjoy the pie of the pizza together," Starfire piped up. She was already floating in the general direction of the pizza place with Cyborg on foot behind her.

"Yeah, and we're so getting meat on it since BB showed up late." The titanium Titan scoffed casting a glance over his shoulder before heading off again. Raven was following them at a slower pace, not exactly overjoyed to be heading back to the old pizza place, but at least that hadn't changed.

"You coming?" Robin questioned the shape-shifter, who seemed if anything distracted.

It took a minute or two for Beast Boy to register the fact that the Boy Wonder was speaking to him. "Oh, uh no. I got stuff to do." The green boy gave a slight sigh before heading off towards the gates of Murakami School. It was long passed three o'clock and Terra wouldn't be there now, but the place seemed to calm him at least a bit. Since that day last week, he'd been coming almost every day to try and catch a glimpse of her, and most of the time he succeeded. She seemed happy, but Beast Boy couldn't help but wonder why.

"You sure?" The Boy Wonder called back, watching as Beast Boy slid down the gate and sat on the sidewalk withdrawing something from an inside pocket of his jumpsuit. Was that a book? Robin's eyes widened as his jaw dropped slightly.

"Yeah. I, uh, need some Beast Boy time," he shot back watching his leader's retreating back. With a heavy sigh the changeling found the spot he had left off at and picked up, interested to see the events from Terra's point of view. "This is too early to be the time the Tower almost collapsed. This has gotta be why she went with Slade!" His voice was excited and fast as he whispered to himself, eyes flying across the page.

January 25th

If I ever want to go back with the Titans again I need control. This guy, Slade, says he can give it to me. Normally I wouldn't go for that kind of guy, shadowy, but he reminds me of someone, my Dad I think. He told me he can show me how to control my powers and more. He said I could be great if only he taught me. He said he could fill in what was missing in my life. I'm finally going to have a father, one that doesn't hurt you, one that teaches you and loves you. As much as I hate to admit it to myself, that's what I've been missing: a father. Now that I think about it, if it wasn't for my father I would have been able to control my powers. I was so worried about impressing him they went wild and never came back. With Slade's help I can get control and so much more. I can get the father I've always wanted.

Terra

Beast Boy had to reread this entry twice before the words finally sank into his brain. Terra thought Slade could be her father? What did that madman say to her? Then again, Terra had probably been very vulnerable at that point, thinking her friend had betrayed her secret. Shaking his head slowly, Beast Boy bit his lower lip. "Terra didn't go to him just for control. She went to him for a father figure. That was something the Titans couldn't give her. I mean sometimes Robin acts like a demented dad but…he's fifteen…" He closed his eyes slightly before flipping the page, almost afraid of what he would read next.

January 31st

Today Slade told me I'm to be his heir. He said I'm the best child he's ever had, and he said he had three before me, too. Today we had combat training and he said I was gaining real skill. One day he thinks I could even beat Robin. That's funny. I don't think I'll be able to do that much. Slade brushed my hair today and told me that he was working on getting us matching outfits so we can be alike in every way. Dad wouldn't be caught dead matching with me. As he brushed my hair, though, Slade told me something else. He said that his heir was to be his Apprentice. When I asked what that meant he said I didn't need to worry about it as long as I trusted him. In some weird fatherly way I guess I trust him because I told him I did. Oh well. It's not like he's out to hurt me, too, right?

Terra

The green shape-shifter winced at her written words. Even then, Terra hadn't known she was doing anything really wrong, at least not yet. Beast Boy paused, staring at the spine of the book for a long while before withdrawing the butterfly hair clip. His fist clenched around it as he bit his lower lip. "Matching outfits?" He muttered molding his hand to the hairclip. "To be alike in every way including controlling her powers!" The changeling shook his head slowly, unable to process this information in his mind.

"She thought of him like a father and he beat her. I saw it happen!" He was breathing heavily now, ragged and uneven. "A father doesn't do those things! A father loves you and takes care of you no matter what. They don't do that kind of stuff! He was putting on an act! Terra didn't even realize she was selling her soul to the devil…"

A picture fell out of the book, one of Terra in her street clothes and Slade standing behind her in the background. Her hair was falling over the right side of her face and somehow Beast Boy couldn't shake the feeling that they did look scarily alike in the picture. Flipping the photo over the changeling winced, reading the words scrawled in Terra's handwriting aloud. "This guy is like the father I never had. He actually cares about me unlike fathers that shall remain nameless."

Setting the picture aside, Beast Boy stared hard at the pavement ignoring the few people walking passed him and pointing, whispering about 'that green Titan' who was out in the middle of nowhere reading a book. Biting his lower lip the shape-shifter pulled the book towards him, recognizing the next date immediately. "The day she came back…"

February 1st

Last night Slade told me what my job is. Since I'm already in with the Titans he told me…he told me that I'm supposed to go back, find out all I can about them, and then give their weaknesses to him. He wants to destroy the Teen Titans. They're my friends and I don't want to- but Slade told me that they really don't care about me. I don't believe him and he could tell. He told me to go back, stay for a couple of weeks, get the information and just hang out. After two weeks I'm to send him the information, but if I feel like they really do care about me, then I won't do it. He's not worth it.

When I came back, they all welcomed me with open arms. Kind of. Raven and I disagree on a lot of things, including how to take on these giant worms and power drill trying to sink the Tower. We worked it out in the end, though, and I think she might actually like me to a point anyway. They even got me my own room, and they really trust me. I don't know what I'm going to do, but if I don't help Slade I might lose control of my powers forever. At this point I'm fifty/fifty, but for now I'm with the Titans even though Slade kind of chewed me out after they left. He was mad that I didn't just save the entire Tower by myself. And he said I was acting very buddy buddy with the Titans. I can't help it if his planned battle turned out so weird…

Terra

Upon reading that last line Beast Boy let out a gasp. "That battle was SO not planned! I can't believe it! Slade wanted her to fix it!" The shape-shifter paused grinding his teeth together before seeing a picture fall out of the diary. Hesitantly he reached down and picked it up reading the back first this time.

"The six of us?" Beast Boy was only slightly confused for he knew what was coming next, but he wondered who had taken the picture. Shrugging he turned it over to reveal a shot of the five Titans and Terra in front of the Tower. She had her arm around his neck and his eyes were glimmering as he flashed a peace sign. Robin stood in the middle, Starfire literally having him in one of her bone-crushing hugs, and on either end were Cyborg and Raven looking…happy? That was strange…

Laughing slightly at the pose of the Boy Wonder and the Tamarainian, he covered the Slade and Terra picture with the shot of the Titans and flipped the page. Funny, this wasn't the last page but after this entry they were all blank. Narrowing his eyes slightly Beast Boy gave a dull groan as he looked at the date. "Our betrayal." The changeling had taken to calling it that because, really, he felt responsible for it. But the entry itself was before that had happened just after he had given her that present.

February 14th

Okay, so Beast Boy showed up at my door with this present. It's so cute, too. He made it himself. I love it so much. Anyway, he asked me out. You don't know how much I wanted to say yes, but I can't. Tonight's two weeks. I just sent the information to him. I don't want to hurt Beast Boy anymore then Slade is going to. I don't want to break his heart. Plus I'll be gone by tomorrow… But I really want to go with him. Maybe if I take him out of the city we can get away before Slade attacks and I can try to explain. I don't know. I know this isn't how it's done but I'm going to ask him out. I know I'm insane.

Terra

Upon reading this Beast Boy couldn't help but give a smile. She had betrayed him right then and there, the Titans, everything they stood for, but she didn't want to break his heart. That was all she had to say to make him grin stupidly and get a laugh out of him, because it was just such a hard thing to do, not breaking someone's heart I mean. "Too bad you already broke it four times."