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Beast Boy went to his room and thought about Robin's accusations that Terra was a mole. It didn't seem possible to him that she could hate him. It seemed as though the two were getting a good start to a nice romance. So what was he supposed to do about this? Should he tell her what was going on? Should he believe Robin? Should he act normal and keep this in the back of his mind? He felt sure that he couldn't do the third option. How could he go about his usual business knowing that there was even a one in a trillion possibility that Terra could be a mole?
He wondered what the others would do. He figured that they would try to go about their daily routine without showing cause for suspicion. Raven could easily do it. Cy was questionable, but was likely to succeed. Star, on the other hand. Beast Boy didn't know if she could act normal. He and Star had gotten to like Terra the most out of all of the others. He thought about the good times he and Terra had had, but then he pushed them out of his mind because they were too painful. He didn't want everything they had gone through to be nothing but an elaborate lie.
"Why do I even think it could be a lie?" he asked himself. "Robin is dead wrong about Terra. There is no way that she's working for Slade." He then thought to himself, If I'm so sure of myself, why do I need to talk to myself to convince myself that she's not a mole? He knew that in the back of his mind, something was telling him that there was the possibility that she was bad. He tried to shut it out, but it wasn't working.
A sudden knock at the door almost made him jump. He called out, "Who is it?"
"It's me," came Terra's reply.
Oh, God, he thought. "Come in." The door whooshed open and Terra stood at the entrance. He began to panic internally. "What if I tip her off? What if she is the mole? What if I go nuts doing this?" were only a few of the many thoughts rushing through his mind.
A look of concern was on her face as she said, "Hey." An awkward silence followed which she quickly ended. "You seemed kind of down earlier. I wanted to know if there was something I could help with."
Somehow able to partially halt the torrent of emotions that was raging at warp drive through him, he replied, "I'm just kind of tired. It's been real quiet all day. Well, except for Slade's little freak show." He felt like pouring out his heart to her, telling her what was going on and that he thought that he was in love with her.
"So, is there anything I can do?"
"No, I don't think so," Beast Boy replied. His mind was going crazy and he felt like the torrent of emotions mentioned earlier had just gone into the overdrive of warp speed.
"Okay. Well, I'm headed off to my room and to bed." Before she was about to leave, she kissed his cheek. Beast Boy felt as though he was going to do one of three things: melt, throw up, or both. He managed to do none of them and just keep what his normal face would have been under normal circumstances. "Good night," she said as she walked out of the room. The door shut behind her.
After that, Beast Boy
tried to get to sleep and did – at two in the morning. And even
then, the sleep he achieved was a restless one filled with nightmares
of
Terra killing his friends, destroying the city, and shooting
him in the chest.
In the morning, it was 9:00 a.m. before anyone got out of bed, let alone fix breakfast. Starfire was the first up, and from the looks of things, this wasn't going to be a breakfast-for-all day. This was going to be a cereal and Pop-Tarts day. She grabbed some Frosted Flakes and Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts and sat down at the table.
As she was about to start eating, she heard rustling coming from the main living area. She got up and went out to the room. No one was there that she could see. Even though the sun was rising, an eeriness crept over her as though something evil was in the room with her. The feeling departed from her and she left, not giving any thought to the fact that she could have exposed Terra as the mole right then and there.
She heard something else, but this time, it was a voice. "Is anyone up yet?" Terra called out.
"Yes," Star replied. "I am in the kitchen eating breakfast. Would you like some?"
"Depends on what it is," Terra replied. Starfire thought to herself for a moment. What if she really is working for Slade, she thought to herself. It doesn't matter. I must do what Robin says and remain calm while with her. "Oooh, I love Frosted Flakes and Pop-Tarts," Terra said. As she was about to start eating, she asked Star politely, "Do you mind if I eat something?"
"Oh, no, not at all," was Star's reply. "That is why I called you in here." Starfire couldn't help but feel weird that she was eating and talking politely with someone who may have betrayed them. I still have to keep my cool, or Slade may attack us, Starfire thought.
As more people began to wake up, Starfire excused herself back to her room. She couldn't get her mind off of Slade's cryptic message and the possibility that Terra, a friend with which Star trusted her life could be a mole. She had come to know and, in a way, love Terra. She continued to think about Slade, her friend, and Robin's accusations.
A sudden wave of emotion poured out of her heart towards Beast Boy. She thought that if this was hard for her, it must be heartbreaking for him. Even though she wasn't totally on the in when it came to Earth customs, she could pick up a thread, like any teenage girl, when it came to romance. And when it came to Beast Boy and Terra, it wasn't a thread. It was a sewing machine with about thirty spools at the ready.
As she neared her room, she heard more rustling and saw a silhouette appear on the far wall and move past. "Hello?" she called out. "Is someone there?" She was met with a most ominous silence. She walked down to the end of the corridor, but saw no one there. She suddenly had the thought that someone was inside the Tower and spying on them. She tried to dismiss the thought as she lay on her bed, but the idea that there was a spy inside the Tower was not something that one dismisses easily.
Cyborg was in the garage working on the T-Car. She'd gotten a little banged up when he last took her for a spin, and he had a little dent and computer work to do on it. He had dents and scratches in the driver's side and the computer had short-circuited a bit when he had crashed. Nothing major, it was just that the metal needed to be pushed out and the scratches painted over and buffed out. The computer just needed a disc transfer with its personality.
He also had a lot to think about when it came to Terra. He really wasn't sure if she was working for Slade or not. Robin did bring up a valid point when it came to the image. He had inspected it for himself and noticed that the distortions in the pavement and bridge supports were unnatural and not the result of any bomb. It was true that Slade could have a secret seismic weapon that would do what had happened, but in the long run, it was unlikely.
He had also had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach for some time. He couldn't help but feel that all of the quiet was too good to be true. He had this ominous feeling that someone was going to die. And not just some innocent bystander. He had the feeling that one of the Titans may not come away from their next mission alive.
He heard a noise behind him and turned around. Robin was standing in the doorway of the garage.
"Need any help?" he asked.
"Sure, why not? You can help me re-calibrate the computer." Robin walked over and Cyborg handed him a ratchet. The two worked in silence for several minutes, save for Cyborg's directions as to what to do. The silence was so ominous that it needed to be preserved.
Finally, Cyborg could stay silent no longer. "Do you really she's with Slade?" he whispered to Robin.
Robin continued working for several seconds, then he put down the wrench. He replied, "I just don't know. I'd like to believe that she has nothing to do with Slade, but I have to consider the possibility."
Cyborg countered with his own question. "Do you think BB will be able to handle this? I mean, I know I'm not the only one who's noticed some chemistry between those two." At this comment, Robin was silent. "Man, you know I have a point."
Robin finally responded. "Yes. You do have a point." Cyborg opened his mouth to reply, but Robin cut him off. "But I've known BB longer than you. If there's even a possibility that she's dirty, he won't say a thing to her."
"Are you sure about this?"
"Positive." With that, Robin got up and left Cyborg to think about Robin's comments. Cyborg finally couldn't take sitting there by himself and went to find something to do.
Next on Revelations: an attack on the Titans reveals something interesting. Next chapter: "A Revealing Attack."
