Authors note: so I recently watched "Things Change" again. This will do one of two things: send me into a depression that requires a lot of eating or inspire me. I guess it did the latter, thankfully. I so do not own the Teen Titans, DC, Cartoon Network or whatever brand names I happen to mention in this story. Hiatus over, enjoy.
Sorry for the wait, I have summer classes. It never ends.
Chapter 8
(Terra's POV)
Over the past few weeks Beast Boy and I have been getting closer and closer. He's been there for me when I know I don't deserve it. He's also been helping me train. We have started to stay in the training facility for a couple hours after everyone else leaves so we can practice more. I felt like I had something to prove and I just wanted to continue to get stronger so if there was a problem in the city I can go with them and not be a danger to people.
During my stay in the tower I've had a huge smile on my face. I really feel like this is where I belong and these are the people I belong with.
Raven and I continue to work on my control and I know she's been giving progress reports to Robin. I had Beast Boy be a bug and listen in on their conversations once. Apparently she thinks I'm doing much better and I have the same amount of control as I did with Slade but this time it was all me. Even though I hated sitting still for long periods of time, I had started to appreciate meditating. Plus Raven and I were friends again.
At the end of one of the meditating sessions I asked her to put me in a trance to see if my memories would come back and I'd be able to remember for myself instead of just relying on others to tell me who I was. We were both shocked when it worked. Later that evening we had midnight waffles to celebrate me getting my memories back.
I was really excited to have finished my junior year. I finished with high honors and with everyone knowing my true identity. Sure after people found out there were lots of rumors, no surprise considering it's a small school. People had started to hate me too. They picked on me and cornered me in the halls demanding to know why I did what I did and blamed me for when their parents had to leave the city and relocate. I didn't blame them, it was my fault. Luckily for me I had Ashley and Laney with me at all times. The bullying didn't last long because we had a school assembly about me. That was the most awkward experience of my life. I had sat in the school gymnasium listening to the principal and the teachers talk about me as if I wasn't in the second row. After a while of them talking they had me speak. I stood up there and all I could think of to say was "I'm sorry for what I did. I've changed now. It'll never happen again." People still bullied me after that but not many. People were mostly curious about what Slade was like and if I was really dating Beast Boy.
It seemed like peace had hit the city. This had Robin on the edge of his seat at all times. He felt like something bad was being planned and that we should be training extra hard for when it did happen. We had shrugged it off and chalked it up to Robin paranoia but we went along with his extra training and I was able to actually participate in it since school ended a few days ago. We were all becoming exhausted and annoyed from training for a threat that we didn't believe was there. We were wrong though. Somehow Robin is always right. Spikey-haired, know-it-all asshole.
Last night we had the alarm go off at 10:31 pm. Beast boy and I had been in his room making out when it happened. We thought that it was Robin checking our reaction time but we ran down in full uniform anyways. My uniform changed from the yellow shorts and black shirt with combat boots, gloves, and goggles to black denim shorts, a green tank, and a black leather jacket with rocks sewn in so I had a flight suit of sorts. I still had the boots, gloves, and goggles though. We got down to the living area to see Robin and Raven typing into the computer to find a video feed of what was happening.
When we finally got one, we saw a room that Cyborg identified as somewhere in the police station. Then we noticed what was all over the floor. Blood. Blood and bodies. Then we saw movement on camera. Slade bots. Fuck.
Robin didn't need to say "Titans Go!" we had already left the room and were on our way through the dark city trying to get the police station before too much damage could be done. On our way there we were asking Robin what was there that was so important for him to get. He said that Cinderovermus was there (the combination of Cinderblock, overload, and plasmus from Aftershock part 2). It was kept in a highly guarded, secured area and always asleep. If it woke up then the city could be done for since Slade still controlled it.
When we got there we found a Sladebot going into the area. Robin was able to prevent it and was quickly trying to seal it so nothing else could go in there and wake the beast. I asked why someone didn't just throw it into the ocean and let it drown? Sure plasmus was human when he was asleep but since Slade morphed them into one it was no longer human just monster. Cyborg said that he had suggested it but Starfire said not to. I have a feeling Starfire will no longer have a say in the matter after what happened.
When Robin was preventing Sladebots from going in, he woke it up. It was an accident of course but soon enough the monster was ripping apart the police station and the jail. Criminals got out and ran so they weren't killed. We'd have to catch them soon. The monster went rampant and killed many people. Cyborg mentioned that the people he killed were the ones in the rapist and child molester section in the jail; I know longer felt bad after that.
The battle took a couple hours. We eventually got Cinderovermus back to sleep and we decided that the best place for him was either an active volcano or the bottom of the ocean. We choose ocean near the Tower. The four of us sat together and assessed our injuries and the damage. Then I noticed Beast Boy was not standing with us. He'd been quiet for a while. I felt awful that I hadn't noticed before. I mentioned it to the others and we split up looking for him.
It was Cyborg that found him. He was under a pile of rocks and hand been stepped on by the monster we just fought. We had Raven transport the monster to the bottom of the ocean and then we quickly got Beast Boy to the medical bay. Cyborg and Raven were the only ones allowed in though. Robin had to restrain me from going in there. Raven had tried to heal my broken arm before going in there but I pushed her into the room and told her to worry about him not my stupid arm.
I had sat outside his medical room for an hour cursing and in tears. I should've paid better attention to the others during the fight. I tried to remember the last time I had seen him there. It was towards the end of it when he saved me from being hit with acidic goo coming out of the monster's mouth. I kissed his cheek and we ran back into the fight.
Finally Cyborg and Raven came out to get me. Raven went to go tell Robin everything while Cyborg was left to deal with me. Cyborg told me that he had two crushed ribs, three broken lumbar vertebrae, a concussion, and a broken leg. He also had bruised kidneys and a collapsed lung. He'd need a lung transplant. The city had already been notified and they would be doing the procedure in the morning. The city only did it because he's a hero. They wouldn't have if he wasn't because it wasn't clear if he would even survive this.
He had been awake when Cyborg finally let me in. I was told I had five minutes because he needed to be transported to the city hospital for the procedure that would take place in a few hours since it was already three in the morning. I ran to his bed and kissed his forehead before plopping my ass into the chair next to him. We sat their quietly talking and crying. He sounded so weak and he knew all the medical problems he had. He told me he loved me and I shouldn't blame myself for what happened. He had an opening to hit Cinderovermus in the back of the head so he took it. The monster had unfortunately turned around at the last minute and grabbed his pterodactyl form, crushing him in his hand before throwing him to the ground.
Beast boy told me to start calling him Garfield or Gar. Or Logan if I wanted to call him by his last name. I laughed and called him Gar. He told me knew that he might not make it. I cried when he said this. He held my hands and kissed my knuckles saying that it would be okay and that we'd make it threw together. He said he'd fight to make sure he'd stay with me.
Then he was transported. After ten minutes of swearing and fighting with the EMT that came in the helicopter I was allowed to go with him to the hospital. He went back to sleep when we got there. I sat by the side of him bed, not sleeping, until it was time to prep him for surgery. I kissed him goodbye and went to the cafeteria to get coffee.
I've been sitting outside the surgery room ever since. He's been in for two hours. They said the procedure could take up to five so I shouldn't worry. That doesn't stop me from harassing every nurse that comes by though.
I love him. He has to be okay.
AN: The last little bit was present time and everything else was past. Vote in my poll of my profile!
