Well...Here you go. Not much else to say...Read on.

Silence filled the full T-Car as it barreled onward, over the bay. Cyborg's focus was mainly on the absence of his green friend, so he paid no attention to the fact that he was flying the car over the city. His elbow was propped against the window ledge, chin on his upturned palm as he steered with one hand, his bionic eye focused on the rear-view mirror where the three girls sat. "Tell me if I'm getting' this right," the titanium Titan mumbled for the sake of breaking the silence. "Slade came back. He used a robot of Brother Blood to pose as the headmaster for Murakami School and then had the robot suck your power source dry. Your powers are being used to fuel a chronoton detonator. He kidnapped you and wanted to use my computer chip to control you but BB got wind of it and came down to save you. Then he made a deal with Slade about Apprenticeship for your life…and he chose to be implanted with the chip to save you?"

Terra was leaning her forehead against the cool window of the T-Car, trying to soothe her throbbing head. Sighing slightly she nodded. "Well, yeah. But actually Slade threw a ransom note through Beast Boy's window and that's why he came after me."

"Told you it was an inanimate object," Raven murmured from the other window seat where she, like everyone else in the car, was staring blankly at Terra.

"Yeah, so you were right," Robin replied dully now examining his fingernails. "So basically Beast Boy's gonna be trying to kill us when we get there?"

"Um, I think Slade wants him to kill me but he just wants to try and get you guys to give up." Terra's eyes were closed and she was barely paying any attention to the conversation; her thoughts were elsewhere mainly on that kiss she and Beast Boy had shared. Now he was probably implanted with a microchip and he was going to try to kill her and to top it off she had no powers.

"Oh, friend Beast Boy will not harm you, Terra. I will not let him." Starfire was sandwiched between Raven and Terra and her mouth was formed into a very thin line. "I also think the Slade should realize that we do not give up easily."

"Remember, ya'll, he's got a chronoton detonator. That's gonna be his bargaining chip to get us to surrender." Cyborg maneuvered the T-Car in midair a frown set on his face. "Any ideas on how we can get at that thing without Slade noticing?"

"Slade's not going to be paying attention to the detonator while we infiltrate the lair," Robin pointed out while drumming his fingers against the armrest eyebrows furrowed, his thoughts pouring out of his mouth. "He's going to be preoccupied with a team of teenage superheroes. He's going to be paying attention to us and bargaining about the stupid detonator."

"Which means he won't be watching Beast Boy's every move. He can't possibly expect us to just surrender. He'll have to be prepared for some kind of confrontation." Raven leaned forward staring into the masked eyes of the Boy Wonder expectantly, waiting for him to assess this information and somehow come up with some brilliant plan. "Well?"

"Well what? I don't know everything you know!" Robin leaned back in his seat, arms crossed as he pouted about not having a plan. "Ask Cyborg. He's pretty good with making tactics when it comes to Super Ninja Fury. Maybe he can use that skill in the real world, too."

"Man, that game helps me with my hand-eye coordination!" The bionic teen mumbled as he swerved the T-Car in the air, as if trying to stay in one lane. "And anyway, there's no way of knowing exactly how Slade's lair is gonna be set up. I need to know my playing field before I can make up a battle strategy."

Again, all eyes in the car drifted to Terra, who unconsciously was tracing a heart on the window with her finger. Her eyes still closed the geomancer picked up on the sudden break in the previous conversation and her eyes snapped open, head tilted slightly to one side. "Don't look at me. It was way too dark in there for me to see anything even when Beast Boy escorted me out. I was distracted anyway. I…just woke up after all." She coughed slightly before directing her attention back to the window, not feeling up to telling the other Titans of her and Beast Boy's little venture if you wanted to call it that.

"Beast Boy escorted you out? Little man decides to become a gentleman when he's in the clutches of a madman. That's BB all right." Cyborg let out a slight snort before shaking his head slowly.

"I do not think Beast Boy would just let Terra leave," Starfire mused seemingly out of nowhere, a hand tapping her chin knowingly. "The look he has in his eyes when talking of you, Terra, is very similar to the one Cyborg gets when talking to the T-Car…"

"Or the one you get when you talk about a certain Boy Blunder," Raven snickered slightly watching as Robin wheeled around, eyes wide behind his mask.

"What are you saying?" The Titans leader forced out, eyes nearly popping out from their hidden spot. "Just because Cyborg gets a glazed look in his non-cybernetic eye when he's waxing the T-Car I don't see what this has to do with Beast Boy and Terra."

Raven gave a long sigh before flicking the back of Robin's head with a finger. "You wouldn't, Robin. Most boys don't understand it. It takes time for them to mature to a point and get enough nerve to express their feelings." The empath took a breath, letting these words sink in and exchanging a wink for a glare with Cyborg from the rear-view mirror. "Cyborg knows the feeling because yes, he does love his precious T-Car. He even talks to it sometimes. If you remember the time it got stolen, I had to help him hijack another vehicle to get it back. Beast Boy's look, though not exactly as blank as Cyborg's is more intimate. Ever notice how I always left the room whenever he started talking about Terra?"

"I thought that was just because you didn't like her, Rae," Robin cut in with a slight smirk on his face, now staring out the windshield and trying to look innocent, though a devious sort of expression was still visible on his face.

"There's that," Raven muttered before shaking her head slightly. "No, it's because the strong emotion behind his voice was throwing my powers off. Normally other people's emotions don't affect me but something that strong does."

"So I am correct in saying Beast Boy has the crush on Terra?" Starfire murmured with wide eyes, gaze wandering to Terra who was wearing a disbelieving sort of giddy smile.

"No, Star. What Raven's trying to say is that the little midget's got the love bug." The bionic teen rolled down the window as the T-Car passed into the quarry, bionic eye wandering to the Tamaranian.

"But why can he not simply turn into something bigger and get rid of the insect which ails him?"

"Starfire," Robin said softly shooting a quick glare to Cyborg before continuing. "What metal man's trying to say is Beast Boy and Terra, uh, well Beast Boy l- er- What I meant to say is Beast Boy and Terra are like…"

"Like what?" Terra muttered with a raised eyebrow, eager to hear what the famous Boy Wonder was about to compare the two of them to. "Like you and Batg-"

"NO. No," Robin cut her off his voice considerably loud as he gave a nervous sort of chuckle. "What I was trying to say, Star, is Beast Boy l…lo-, um. He love, loves her. There I said it!" The Boy Wonder was slightly red-faced as he leaned back against his seat, arms crossed over his chest and staring blankly out the window.

"Oh, so they are like the Romeo and Juliet?"

"More like the beauty and the beast if you ask me," Cyborg replied with a heavy sigh. "But yeah, you got the picture."

"And has he told you the secret yet?" Starfire's voice had become considerably hushed as she spoke to Terra with a hand blocking the boys from their conversation.

"Mmm-hmm." The alien girl's eyes widened at Terra as she spoke. "He told me he loved me."

"Oh not that secret. I mean the secret identity." The geomancer looked at Starfire quizzically, shaking her head slightly as Raven burst into the conversation, smirk plastered on her face.

"It's Garfield."

"…Garfield?" Terra repeated with a blank stare earning nods from both girls. "I think I prefer the alias." The geomancer gave a short laugh before realizing she was laughing at the person she cared about the most who was now in evil's clutches. Biting the inside of her cheek she leaned her forehead back on the window, blue eyes scanning the rock wall they were passing. Silence enveloped the car once more, uneasy and awkward.

"Robin?"

"Yeah, Star?"

"Would you be upset to know that I have the crush on you?"

"…"

As entertaining as the conversation had turned, Terra's eyes became wide as she noticed the definite spot that Beast Boy had thrown her out of the lair. "There!" She yelped pointing at a break in the wall where the door was concealed. "Beast Boy's there!"

"All right ya'll. We're goin' in." The T-Car swooped low allowing five teenagers to pile out, though Cyborg remained firmly buckled into the driver's seat. "I'm gonna take my baby up to the top. I'll meet you guys in there. Save some Slade for me, eh?"

"Can't you just leave it with the valet Cyborg?" Raven deadpanned blankly from her spot on the rock ledge, hood drawn and cloak billowing in the wind that had just picked up. The three Titans and Terra stood their, hair and Robin's cape whipping in the wind as Cyborg hovered off to hide his baby in a safe place.

"I fear we are too late. Beast Boy is unharmed?" Starfire murmured in the general direction of Raven who was wincing slightly, sensing a horde of different emotions from her teammates at once. She paused trying to sort Beast Boy's out from the crowd but frowned lightly.

"I can't get a lock on his thought patterns. I think he's asleep…"

"That means Slade's putting that computer chip in him!" Terra cried, eyes narrowing, seeming slightly darker then usual. The gleam in her irises had vanished to replaced with something else: fire. The anger she felt towards Slade was welling up inside her and this just made it ten times worse. Idly the geomancer cast a glance at Robin who was crouched down at the base of the rock.

He straightened up before turning to his team without a word. He raised his hand to indicate for them all to stop their talking and listen- or watch- as he swerved swiftly around to land a kick on the slab of rock that was the door to the lair. An exploding disk had been planted there by the Boy Wonder, and as he made contact with it, the rock blew apart leaving a vacant hole into the headquarters of Slade and company. "Titans!" Robin called looking over his shoulder as he motioned with his hand for the team to follow now running towards the opening whipping out his bo-staff as he went. "GO!"

The lighting in the place was worse then Terra remembered. She watched as Starfire and Raven zoomed passed her landing on either side of Robin as they hovered awkwardly at the edge of the strip of light the break in the rock had made squinting into the abyss that was the rest of Slade's lair. There were a few whirring and beeping noises from machines that gave away the position of the chronoton detonator as well as what might have been a ventilator by the noises it was making. "Robin? Where is Slade?" Starfire peered into the darkness still unable to process just what was out there.

"I don't…" The Boy Wonder paused whipping around as someone- or something- blocked the light streaming in from the outside. By the large silhouette Robin's tensed posture relaxed slightly thinking it was only Cyborg. "Cyborg. Can you trace Beast Boy's genetic code?" Deep breathing answered him making him step forward cautiously assuming that their half-robot friend had been ambushed on the way over here. "Cyborg?"

"That's not Cyborg it's-"

"Beast…Boy?" Terra cut Raven off mid-sentence. From her position closest to where the door had once been, the geomancer had made out the green furred form to be some new animal morph of Beast Boy's but it seemed more animalistic then anytime she had seen the green changeling transform. All of his forms were animal-like, but this one seemed like the beast was taking over his body. "Beast Boy…"

"Terra," Robin cautioned taking a small step forward and flinching as the beast fell onto its front paws massive skull raised in the air and sniffing at it, pupil-less eyes wide with a manic gleam in them. He stalked forward, Terra frozen with fear or some other emotion…sorrow for Beast Boy, what he had become. "Back away slowly, Terra. He's not himself."

"He's still Beast Boy," the geomancer argued bluntly, extending a shaking hand towards the shape-shifter's beast form as he padded closer. The creature stopped once he was inches from brushing Terra's hand, head tilted to the side in question. She extended her fingers, brushing against the fur atop his head for a second before the beast let out a fierce growl and snapped at her, but Terra fell back, eyes wide with real fear this time, eyes jammed shut.

The beast was upon her, mere inches away from clawing at her face when "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" A shield of black energy divided the two of them Terra safely on one side and Beast Boy being flung backwards on the other. The geomancer scrambled to her feet shaking slightly as she let the three Titans move forward. She without powers was no use here…Except maybe for Beast Boy's lunch.

"Thanks," Terra murmured softly, Raven giving a small shrug.

"Don't mention it. Ever." The empath's eyes were glowing white as the beast stood, shaking itself off from the blow and reared back on its hind legs letting out an echoing howl that reverberated off the walls of the lair. But a voice cut through the ringing of the animal's cry making all four teens turn to stare into the darkness.

"Having fun?" The voice was casual, cool, even calmly questioning. Slade's voice was always smooth but he just sounded cocky this time. A line of dim lights sparked up around the Titans' feet boxing them into a lighted circle. As the masked villain walked, lights lit up the area revealing him just like they all remembered. "He is rather amusing but sorry, Titans, that toy is reserved for Terra." Slade snapped his fingers and the beast slinked passed the Titans without a second glance back, standing obediently at its master's side. In the light you could just make out an incision on his forehead, dried blood already forming a thin scar even with the stitches.

"Don't talk about him like that," Terra snarled hands balled into fists at her sides as she glared Slade down, Raven, Robin and Starfire all behind her. She had a clear view of her former master and his new Apprentice, her eyes blazing. "Beast Boy won't…"

"Beast Boy might not but this animal might." Slade taunted dully, smirking as he watched Terra's face fall slightly, though her glare remained firm. "But don't think I just forgot about you, Robin, Raven, Starfire and, oh where's the other one? No matter." The villain gave a wicked sort of smirk before flicking his fingers again, his army of Slade-bots emerging from every side to corner the Titans. "See what you make of them." He stared blankly at the group of four for a moment before his voice became cold a she spoke out. "One of these things doesn't belong. Eeny meanie miney mo. Oh look, Terra and three Titans…"

The tight circle seemed to close as the three Titans boxed Terra in between them. "Titans, defensive moves only. He's trying to distract us." Robin murmured withdrawing a set of disks from his utility belt, eyes flashing behind his mask as the robots enclosed them farther. He flung a combination of them outward, electric and exploding disks tasking out several robots at once. He gave a slight smirk before turning to speak to Slade only to duck a punch from an oncoming robot. In his crouched position Robin whipped his leg around taking out the robot and moving on to back handspring away from another, his combat skills coming in handy.

Raven was chanting steadily keeping a shield up in front of Terra as she maneuvered dark energy blasts at the robots, sending them a few feet back before literally bursting into circuits and springs. Starfire was at her side firing eye-beams and starbolts in every direction. It only took minutes for the army to be defeated, though more kept pouring in from all sides; just when they thought they were done and Raven lowered her shield more Slade-bots attacked forcing them back into defensive maneuvers. The thing about defensive tactics is it takes a long time to defeat the enemy and one slip up can cost you a lot.

Another shadow filled the doorway, this time obviously Cyborg because who else who have a sonic cannon for an arm? "Who said ya'll could start without me?" He called with a smirk blasting away at the robot army with blasts of blue. Unfortunately one of his blasts went awry and ricocheted off of Raven's energy shield. "Sorry, Terra!" The bionic teen called sheepishly, leaping into the fray and trying to be more careful with his cannon from now on.

Raven and Starfire had been cornered against the wall by around ten Slade-Bots. Standing back to back the two caught each other's eye and smirked slightly taking to the air and joining hands. Twirling around a few times Starfire let out a furry of starbolts, Raven a blast of dark energy. The two beams intertwined, green mixing with black, to take out all ten robots. The empath and Tamaranian's sole concentration had been conjuring enough energy to defeat the robots and that left Terra unguarded amidst the chaos of the lair.

The geomancer blinked slightly, at first somewhat confused about the shield breaking. Terra then backed away from the battle slowly, watching as Robin flipped over one robot's shoulders causing it to ram right into one of its comrades. Chuckling slightly she turned around having that strange feeling of being watched again. As she did her hand brushed something furry and Terra instantly knew it was Beast Boy. The beast was there on all fours, eyes narrowed threateningly as it snapped at her hand, though she withdrew it in time to avoid losing any digits. "Beast Boy," she winced slightly hearing a growl form deep in the creature's throat. "I know you're in there, BB. I can see you…"

The beast seemed to heed her words for a minute, eyes flicking back to Beast Boy's usual emerald for a second before fading back to pure white, jaws wide as he snarled at her, saliva dripping from his fangs as he lunged forward pinning her to the ground. The animal had its paws on her chest so it took Terra a second to let her lungs adjust, coughing and gasping for breath as the massive beast pressed its weight down slowly crushing her against the floor. "I came back just like I promised." This only led to Beast Boy swiping at her unguarded face, leaving a deep gash on her cheek. Terra let out a cry of anguish as she lifted a hand to touch her stinging skin, bringing it down to her eyes to reveal a sticky wet liquid, her own blood.

"I guess I deserved that," she murmured thrusting her legs upward in an attempt to fling the best off of her, but it seemed his legs were firmly panted, forepaws on her chest and back legs on the ground. His claws unsheathed as he pressed down with his front paws, leaving large rips in her shirt, though he moved his paws down now crushing her ribcage. "I promised you I'd come back, Beast Boy," Terra choked out, eyes now closed and breathing getting steadily more painful with each word. "I promised myself I'd bring you back no matter what, even if that means hurting you a little in the process." He was unsteady from the shifting of his weight, Terra could tell. Thrusting her legs upward again, this time catching him in his stomach, she managed to throw the beast off of her for the time being.

Wincing and squinting outward at the battle around her, Terra noticed a lot of smoke and shouting, though she couldn't make out a lot of the words. All she could tell was the Titans were losing somehow, though she didn't know why. Right now all she was focused on was dragging herself away from Beast Boy and the pain long enough to regain the use of her legs. Pushing herself to her knees, one arm wrapped around her ribs Terra crawled away from the large lump of green fur on the floor that was Beast Boy. If she could only knock him out she was sure he'd resume human form and maybe that way she could talk some sense into him…

As she thought, though, Terra stopped moving and was slumped on the floor, hair hanging in front of her face as she clutched her side, breaths coming out sharp and ragged. "My dear Apprentice it has been a pleasure. But all things must come to an end. It seems your life's end is now." Slade's voice rang in her ears painfully, though he wasn't screaming at her. The villain was crouched next to her whispering into her ear. She brushed her hair from her face and spit into his face, eyes filled with cold fury.

"Kill me, then," Terra challenged now shaking slightly. "Put me out of my pain."

"Dear child, are you under the impression I was the one to end your life?" Slade gave a slightly sorry sort of laugh before shaking his head slowly, reaching out to cup Terra's chin in his gloved hand. "No, ending your suffering would only bring you peace of mind. I won't be killing you. He will." Slade pulled at her chin, making her head whip around to stare into the face of the beast just to the left of her, breathing out of his nose heavily. Beast Boy snorted as Slade dropped Terra's chin, her head lolling on her chest as she pulled her gaze around to stare at the creature that had been Beast Boy…it still was Beast Boy deep inside.

"Beast Boy…d-don't." Too late. The beast had sprung, pouncing on Terra's already weak body and pinning her painfully to the ground once more this time taking care to place his front paws just above her ribs his back paws on her thighs to keep her from moving. She cringed slightly as he drew his massive head down towards her own, forcing herself to stare up into those scarily pupil-less eyes, tears forming in her own eyes. "You told me once…you said it's never too late to change. It's not too late for you, Beast Boy. You can overcome the beast, you can overpower Slade's chip. Come back to me Beast Boy. You can change. I love you, remember?"

The was a long silence between the two of them, the beast's rapid breathing and Terra's ragged breathing mixing as their heads were so close. Terra's eyes held a glimmer of hope, heartbeat fast in her chest as she waited for a response of any kind, bracing herself for the worst. But the silence was broken as one massive paw was raised to swipe at the girl's neck. There was a moan of intense pain but nothing more…nothing except the soft whimpering of the beast as it looked down at its work being done. There lying in a pool of her own blood was Terra and he Beast Boy had done this to her. The creature rolled over onto its back, now in a seated position as he stared blankly down at Terra, eyes a familiar green.

They flickered slightly as Beast Boy fought for control of his body, but in the end his eyes were still that white, the beast and the chip winning the battle for power. Combined Beast Boy just couldn't overcome them. The animal snorted slightly, turning his back on the girl leaving her in a puddle of red. Terra lay there, hand clamped around her neck trying to stop the blood pouring from her wound to no avail. Uneven breathing patterns were getting steadily harder to perform, though she kept her oxygen flow going. Terra could feel her heart pounding slowly in her chest when only minutes ago it had been beating rapidly. Was this what it felt like to die? Was this what it felt like to fight so hard for what you wanted only to lose it all in the end?

Like a filmstrip memories were flashing passed her eyes. Terra and daddy, Terra and Brion, Terra and the Titans, Terra and Slade…Terra and Beast Boy images all flashed through her mind in the span of a few seconds. The geomancer felt the pain in her ribs start to spread, feeling a sharp twinge in her chest. Terra grimaced as she heaved another breath, now staring into a brilliant white light. In the movies when people were dying someone always called to them 'Don't go towards the light!' But the person she always envisioned to be saying that line, Beast Boy, was nowhere to be found and to make matters worse he was the one who had done this to her. No, it was Slade. Gasping painfully for air Terra jammed her eyes shut, unable to stare into the blinding light anymore, though she did note that it was now golden. She felt an intense jolt of pain throughout her body and then nothing…Terra didn't feel numb or tingling or anything…All she felt was nothing. Terra didn't care what anyone had told her about death…It wasn't painful in the least. It was fast, quick and sure there was pain but then it was death. She couldn't handle the pain anymore and so willingly tasted oblivion, a warm tingle running down her spine as she broke the barrier separating her from what was on the other side of the light.