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When the Titans got back to the Tower, Cyborg grabbed Beast Boy and took him into the improvisational sickbay. Terra and Starfire waited outside for news on BB as Cyborg examined him. Both of them were a mess emotionally, freaked out, scared, and an assortment of other fears that came naturally with the serious injury of someone close. Terra felt guilty. She didn't know what had happened, why she hadn't been able to catch the rock, why it had seemed to speed up when she had concentrated on it. Starfire felt something almost close to anger. Anger at Terra, because Star thought that Terra intentionally hurt all of them, anger at herself for not recognizing the threat that Terra brought, almost angry at BB for getting hurt in the first place.

Robin grabbed Raven and asked her, "Come over here. I need to talk to you." Raven walked over with Robin into the darkened corridor. As soon as Star, Terra, and Cyborg were out of earshot, Robin asked her, "Okay. What really happened out there? I've heard some conflicting stuff, from Terra and Beast Boy. What happened?"

Raven took a deep breath, and then began to talk. "Okay. Here's what happened. Cyborg went in to attack Slade full-force. Slade sidestepped, grabbed Cy, and threw him at the rest of us. Cyborg missed us and slammed into the wall. Slade then picked up this huge rock and hurled it at the four of us. Terra tried to block it. The rock didn't stop. It kept going and slammed into the three of us."

"Three? Which three?" Robin asked in confusion.

"Me, Starfire, and Beast Boy."

"Where was Terra?"

"She was overhead, riding a rock," Raven responded with her usual coolness.

"Were her hands glowing?" Robin began to press his questioning of Raven a little harder. He knew that she could handle it.

"Well, of course. She was flying on a rock."

Secretly, Robin let out a sigh of disappointment. It completely nixed his idea that Terra didn't slow down the rock, but sped it up. He then asked Raven, "Raven, I need to know the truth. Do you think that Terra's dirty? Do you think that she's working for Slade?"

Before responding, Raven's brow furrowed. She then replied, saying, "I'm not sure, but it's now more likely that she is working for Slade." Raven, saying nothing more, went over to console Starfire and Terra. She was a lot more cautious around Terra, Robin noticed. Robin thought to himself, We all need to be more cautious around Terra. We have to make sure that she's not playing us.

After about a week, the Titans were returning to normal. Well, as much as normal could be expected when a traitor was in their midst. Due to his unusual genetics, Beast Boy's injuries healed rapidly and he was okay. The Titans continued to be ever so cautious around Terra, not wanting to give her any new information, but not wanting to alert her of their awareness that she was dirty. The Titans also stayed on the lookout for any evidence that Terra may have given that she was a mole.

Soon, tensions started to grow until they were nearly unrestrainable. All of the Titans were constantly irritated, snapping at each other. For example, Beast Boy and Cyborg got into a fight over Beast Boy fixing tofu stuff for meals. Even though it was normal for Cyborg to get annoyed, it wasn't normal for him to start yelling at the top of his lungs and blasting a hole through the wall.

Obviously, it wasn't long before Terra became aware of the Titans' unusual behavior. One day, she went up to Beast Boy. She asked him, "Hey. Are you guys okay? You've been acting funny ever since we fought with Slade."

Beast Boy responded with malice, "What do you mean 'you guys'?"

Terra, visibly taken aback and flustered by him, replied, "The rest of you. Robin, Star, Cy, Raven. Are you okay? I mean, Cy blasted a hole in the wall because you fixed tofu."

Beast Boy sighed and calmed down. "I think we're all just on edge about this whole thing with Slade. The message shook us up, and then this sudden attack has pretty much caught us off guard. We're not used to that."

"I guess I understand. But, honestly, you're sure you okay?"

BB smiled and said, "I'm fine. We're all fine. Just tired. There's nothing to worry about."

Terra smiled back and said, "Okay." She turned and headed for the stairs, saying over her shoulder, "I'm heading into town. Want to come with?"

"No thanks, I think I'm going to lay down," Beast Boy lied.

Terra shrugged. "Well, okay. See you later." Her voice faded as she headed down the stairwell. As soon as BB heard the door shut, he ran up the other stairs to find Robin. He ran through empty corridors, headed for the workout room. When he opened the door, he saw Robin working out, lifting weights, as usual.

Robin saw him run in and asked, "Everything okay?"

Out of breath, BB panted, "She…..she left. Now's our chance…..to look in her…..room."

Robin's eyes widened. "Come on." He and Beast Boy headed down the hallway headed toward Terra's room. On the way, they bumped into Starfire. Before giving her a chance to speak, Robin said, "Come with us," and continued on down the hall.

Starfire looked at BB and asked, "What is happening?"

Before taking off, BB said, "Terra went into town. We're checking out her room to see if there's anything in there." He then took off running. Starfire flew after them. When the three of them reached the door to the room, Robin used the all-access passcode to get them in. When the door opened, they saw a fairly clean room. The bed was made, the floor was clear, and the desk was organized. With no verbal exchange, the three of them went to work looking through things. Starfire looked in all of the desk drawers and looked at the papers on the desk. Robin searched through the large dresser. BB opened Terra's backpack and pulled out a pocket PC. He turned it on and went to e-mail. All of the files were encrypted. He called out to the other two, "I think I've found our ticket."

Robin went over to see what he found. "What is it?"

Beast Boy smiled. "It's her computer. She encrypted her e-mail. Now why would she do that under normal circumstances?"

Robin nodded. "Good point. Let's take it to Cyborg. He'll be able to break this encryption."

The three of them met with Cyborg in his room. After the three of them explained what they found, he took the computer and hooked it into his arm. His red eye flashed, and then he abruptly said, "I've broken the encryption."

Robin looked surprised. "So soon?"

"It didn't look like that good of one to begin with." He tapped several keys on the keyboard. "I'm uploading the e-mail files to the main computer now." As the e-mails streamed past, BB began to notice some of the subjects. One said "progressing smoothly" while another said "message did its job". All of them gasped collectively when they saw the last e-mail. It said: I gained their full and complete trust. We should strike soon. Beast Boy's shoulders fell. He turned and walked out of the room.

Robin looked at the other two there. He said to them, "When she comes back, we grab her." He then left to think.

Starfire went out the door, hardly able to fly as sad as she was. She flew near BB's room and knocked on the door. A cold reply came. "What?" She opened the door. BB was sitting on the bed, elbows on his knees, head down.

Starfire flew in. "Are you alright?"

Beast Boy brought his head up fast, his eyes conveying pain and anger at the same time, tears in them. "What do you think?" He let his head drop back down to where it had been. His shoulders heaved silently. Starfire went to him, pulled him up off the bed and hugged him. He put his head on her shoulder and cried like he never had before.

About two hours later, Terra came back. All five of the Titans were waiting for her in the main entry way. As soon as the door opened they all stood up. She looked up, a smile on her face. She said joyfully, "Hey guys. What's…." She never finished her sentence as she saw the look on the other Titans' faces. "What's going on here?" The faces remained like stone. "Are you guys okay?"

Beast Boy was the first to speak. "How long have you been working with Slade?"

The look on Terra's face was one of sheer horror. "WHAT! I don't work for Slade. I never have and I never will!" Her face shifted from horror to betrayal. "How could you even think that?"

Cyborg tossed her computer to the ground in front of her. "Then explain this." Terra's face now shifted to confusion. Cyborg explained, "We found encrypted e-mails on your computer. They were sent from you to Slade, detailing your progress on gaining our trust, on learning our secrets, on learning more efficient ways to kill us."

Terra responded, "I've never been in contact with Slade. Ever."

Raven was next. "Do you expect us to believe you? Especially after what happened at out fight with him."

"What do you mean 'what happened'?"

"I mean when you sped up the rock to try to kill us. Remember? You tried to stop it. Instead you sent it faster at us. You tried to KILL us!"

"No, I-"

"And not only that," Starfire joined in, "but we saw evidence off of that image we received from Slade indicating that you caused some of the damage in that picture."

Terra's face was shifting around to about every emotion that was ever felt by a human being. "I don't work for Slade!" She turned to Beast Boy in despair and grabbed his arms. "You have to believe me!" Beast Boy looked at her with a coldness in his eyes that was unknown to her.

She stepped away from him, shocked. She turned to Robin, the person who she thought was her last hope. "Robin, please." Tears began to form under her eyes. You have to believe me. I don't work for Slade."

He looked at her with the same coldness that she saw in Beast Boy's eyes. He said, "Actually, Terra, I do believe you." Before the words could even register with anyone else, Terra screamed and collapsed. All of the Titans looked down at her in shock and horror. They then slowly looked upward to see a black glove holding a menacing laser pistol. All of them in denial, their eyes moved further upwards until they saw the face of Terra's attacker.

As he made eye contact with each one of them, Robin said, coolly and calmly, "If you don't do what I tell you, I will kill you."

Next on Revelations: questions and answers abound as the enemy reveals part of his plan. Next: Chapter Five - Blackmail