Notes: now it's dramatic

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Titan Wars III: Revenge of the Villains

Ch. 9: Realizations

The Titans were now at Titans Tower. Cyborg had changed the message to warn any other Titans to stay away from Jump City. Meanwhile, Beast Boy was looking around the tower at the destruction that had occurred there.

"Dude, look at this place. Blast marks everywhere, wrecked furniture, broken windows, and there's dirt, mud, and rocks all over the floor."

"Cyborg," said Robin, "Check the security cameras."

Cy located the footage and the Titans all gathered around to watch. What they saw shocked them. It was Terra. She was attacking the other Titans and ordering the Slade-bots to drag the unconscious ones outside. She disappeared from the camera awhile, but then came back barking more orders. The Slade-bots went off screen and came back with the three younger Titans and Bobby in their metallic clutches. Just as she finished, Slade came in to congratulate her.

"You've done well, Terra. Now go and bring the empire peace, my apprentice."

"Turn it off," pleaded Beast Boy who looked ready to cry, "I can't watch any more."

"I knew we couldn't trust her," said Raven.

"But we did anyway," replied BB.

"Well, we never should have."

"Raven, she's our friend."

"She was our friend, Beast Boy, but now she's just another criminal. And what's worst is that she's taking orders directly from Slade."

"She wouldn't do something like this!"

"Beast Boy," said Cyborg, "You've gotta understand. From what this tape shows, the Terra that was our friend is gone. In her place is someone consumed with evil."

"That's a lie!" BB shouted.

"Beast Boy," said Robin, "We'll have to arrest her and Slade to put a stop to this."

"Perhaps she can explain herself? She must have a reason for doing this," said Starfire.

"What excuse could there be for capturing our teammates?" questioned Raven.

"Maybe she didn't have a choice," suggested Beast Boy.

Raven sighed and the others looked at each other. Kid Flash and Jinx said nothing as this seemed like something the five main Titans had to discuss. Still they were quite shocked that Terra would do such a thing.

"Fine," said Robin, "We'll give her one chance, but that's all."

"Guys," Jinx finally said, "I hate to interrupt, but how are we gonna find her?"

It suddenly dawned on them. There was one person who had to know where Terra was located. And that person was…

Titans East

"Aqualad, have you seen Terra?" asked Raven.

"I think it was yesterday morning, but in all the confusion and madness that's been going on I have no idea what time it was."

"We need your help," said Beast Boy, "Terra's in trouble."

"From a villain?" asked Aqualad.

"From herself," answered Robin, "She's a criminal now."

"Your wrong," Aqualad shot back, "How could you say that?"

"We saw her in the tower's security footage," replied Raven, "She attacked and defeated every Titan in the tower, even youngest members."

"Terra wouldn't do that. No, she couldn't do that," replied Aqualad.

"It appears she and everyone else, including us, was deceived by a lie," said Star.

"Slade's the one behind this," said Raven, "He's the one in control. He's been in charge of the war and everything. When Malchior was killed, Terra became his new apprentice."

"Slade in control I'll believe, but I can't believe that about Terra,"said Aqualad.

"Aqualad," Cyborg spoke up, "You need to tell us where Terra is."

"Are you going to kill her?"

"No," exclaimed Beast Boy, "We want to help her."

She's become a threat," replied Robin

"I don't care what happens; I won't betray the woman I love."

The Titans didn't demand anything from him. They turned and walked away. When the others were gone, Aqualad went to board the Titans East T-Ship. He jumped into the cock pit and got ready to take off. He never saw the green rat sneak into one of the other pods of the ship. Determined to get the story straight, he set off for Hawaii to see Terra.

Hawaii

The bodies of the villains lay strewn about the entire room. Any robots were crushed. Terra stood observing the room for awhile at the carnage she had done. At last, she called Slade to inform him of everything.

"The other villains have been taken care off, Slade."

"Then it is finished. You've brought peace, Terra."

"I know these guys caused a lot of trouble during the war, but why did I have to kill them? They're not that much of a threat are they?"

"If we didn't eliminate them now they very well could have caused trouble later," replied Slade, "Besides it tested your strength, my apprentice. Now then, contact the H.I.V.E. ships and shut down those other pathetic robots."

"No problem, boss," replied Terra as the communication ended.

Just then, she saw a ship coming towards the island. She looked out the window and recognized it as the Titans East T-Ship. She went outside to see who it was; though she had a feeling it was Aqualad. She saw him get out of the ship and ran to meet him.

"Aqualad, what are you doing here?"

"I had to see you, Terra. The others were saying things about you and they weren't good. They said you'd gone evil and helped capture the other Titans."

"Don't listen to them. They're trying to turn you against me."

"But why would they do that? They're our teammates. They care about us. All I want is your love, Terra."

"Love won't save you, Aqualad. Only my power and allegiance to Slade can."

"By making a deal with the devil? You're a good person, Terra, don't do this."

"I've been alone most of my life, Aqualad. I won't lose the one person who ever really loved me. If I have to betray my friends and serve a dark lord then so be it."

"Let's run away together, Terra. Leave all this feuding behind us and be together."

"We don't have to run, that's the point. I'm powerful enough to defeat Slade himself. We could be in charge and do whatever we want. The Titans can't stop us, my love. I'm doing this all for you!"

"Terra, you're being delusional. I can't believe what I'm hearing. You've changed completely. What happened to that innocent girl I once knew that was eager to become a Titan?"

"I don't want to hear about the Titans," she growled.

"It's all true then. You've gone down a path I can't follow."

"Because of the Titans?"

"Because of what you've done. Stop all this nonsense and come back now. I love you!"

Terra looked behind Aqualad and saw the other T-Ship land. The other Titans except Robin leapt out and Beast Boy came out of the first ship. Terra looked wide eyed at Aqualad. He was looking at her intently and was oblivious to the ship.

"Liar!" screamed Terra.

Aqualad looked behind him to see the other Titans had arrived.

"No, Terra, this isn't what it looks like."

"You brought them here to stop me. Maybe even kill me!"

"Terra," Beast Boy spoke up, "Please don't do this. We're your friends. We want to help. I know you have your reasons, but this isn't the answer."

"So turn yourself in and we might let you off easy," said Raven.

Terra snarled at this and unleashed a barrage of rocks flying at the Titans.

"Terra, stop!" cried Aqualad.

He stepped in front of her and was hit head on by a large rock. He fell unconscious to the ground. At this, the rocks stopped coming. Terra looked at her boyfriend's body laying there. She turned to the Titans and glared at them.

"You turned him against me!"

"You did it yourself, traitor," replied Raven.

"You won't take him from me, witch!"

"Your anger and power lust already have."

"Raven, stop," said BB, "Terra, let's talk about this. You're not yourself. You're confused and angry and under bad influence. We can go back to the tower and straighten this whole thing out."

"And then what? Let Robin and Raven lock me away for good?"

"Why not?" said Raven, "You've allowed Slade to twist your mind until you've become the very thing you swore to destroy."

"Don't lecture me, Raven. I should have known that when you said you trusted me it was a lie."

"No, it was a mistake."

"Whatever, I've brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire."

"You are delusional. Your new empire? Slade's manipulating you and you can't even see that? We should be devoted to Jump City and democracy."

"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy," was all Terra said.

"I'll do what I have to," Raven replied.

"You'll try."

She then launched a mass of rocks at Raven who quickly shielded them. She then shot out a blast of black energy at Terra who swiftly dodged it. The two floated in mid-air staring each other down. Then they attacked.