I Remember Chapter 7: Weirdness, a teen titans fanfic

Chapter Seven: Weirdness

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"Hello, Titans," Slade said, his hands locked smugly behind his back. But what surprised the Titans was that Slade allowed himself to be found so easily. Normally he would've given them a few tricks and traps before meeting the real deal.

Robin snarled, "Where's she!" His green gloved hands clutched into fists. He didn't have time to play riddle with Slade. Terra just looked at Slade, the boulders still circling protectively around her. Her sapphire eyes seemed to reflect the past, where she was Slade's apprentice, where she teamed up with him instead of the Titans. She chose him over them. Her pupils began to waver, as if a small sense of remembrance dropped by.

"Here," Slade said calmly. He snapped his fingers, and out stepped two Sladebots, supporting a wounded Starfire, chained with anti-Tamaranian powers chains. When she saw her friends, her eyes lit up.

"Friends!" She cried, but was muffled by a Sladebot's palm. She struggled but the robot gave a firm grip.

"Starfire!" Raven whispered, as if to herself and no other. She levitated a rock beside her and threatened to throw it at Slade. Slade simply looked at the boulder like it was a piece of garbage placed in front of him. In fact, he didn't look scared at all.

"I suppose you're here to pick up your little friend," Slade said. He signaled the robots to drop off Starfire, and Robin sprinted out just in time to catch her into his arms. He looked at Starfire, relieved, but still shot a look of hate and disgust to Slade. "What do you want?" Robin asked/barked. Slade ignored his question and sank back into the shadows.

"…Shouldn't we…beat him up?" Cyborg wondered out loud, confused at the lack of fighting and action. He'd expected to have a big duel between the Titans and Slade. Not…this. Not that he minded, but still.

"Starfire needs medical attention," Raven answered monotonously. She stretched out her palms and tried healing Starfire with her light-blue aura. Some wounds and scratches managed to close themselves up, but bruises and cuts still remain. "I can't heal all of them, or I'll get too much damage from her," Raven said, feeling a little less fine than she was.

"Let's go," Robin ordered, still carrying Starfire bridal style. Starfire had drifted off to sleep in his warm arms, which Robin didn't mind at all. He looked at her angelic face and brushed a strand of hair which had fallen onto her face behind her ear, and walked back to the direction where they parked their T-ship. The other Titans followed, but Terra stayed. After the others were out of sight and earshot, she pulled the lever again. Out stepped Slade again.

"Here, I have the gem," Terra whispered, placing the gem onto Slade's palm. The gem was what remained from a powerful villain, a sorceress, the Titans fought not long ago. Terra had managed to get it out of the evidence room, and here.

"But why attempt a useless abduction?" wondered Terra. In which Slade replied, "Because the trust the Titans have in you is still fragile. It'll simply be easier to meet you like this. Apprentice second, you did well."

"Thanks. It was fun," Terra's sapphire eyes gleamed, and ran off to join the others. She managed to catch up to them before anyone noticed she was gone.

"Uh……" Starfire moaned as the lights in the infirmary stung her eyes unmercifully and woke her up. She then saw the faces of her worried friends, Terra and Raven included. A smile appeared dramatically on her face.

"Friends!" She hugged them with all her might, thanking them for rescuing her. In which they replied, no, it was nothing and that she can let go now, for they wanted to breathe in the satisfying fresh air. Starfire did as said, and all the Titans took in a big gulp of air. Raven was even sure that she heard her ribs move when Starfire hugged her, and they cracked back in place when the hug ended.

"Star, you'll probably need some rest," Robin suggested, pointing to her bandages on her right leg and abdomen Cyborg had wrapped around her to stop the cuts from bleeding again. Starfire looked up, "Will I be able to assist you in combat?" In which Robin shook his head apologetically and Starfire nodded understandingly.

Raven looked at Starfire's wounds. "But she can, tomorrow," Raven predicted. Terra looked at her, surprised. "How is that possible?" Raven looked at her like she was nuts.

"Starfire," Raven said matter-of-factly. "Is an alien."

"Oh…" Terra shuffled her feet, feeling rather uncomfortable. Beast Boy, seeing this, changed the subject, "So, ah, shouldn't we order pizza by now? I'm starving, and, uh, we can order Star some banna…no! I mean banana, uh, mint frosting and olive pickles pizza? Y'know, just to cheer her up?" Beast Boy trudged on, scratching the back of his head and giving out a cheesy grin.

"That would be most joyful!" Starfire said, her eyes lighting up at the mention of her favorite pizza. Cyborg grinned and rushed out of the infirmary, so that he could get the phone and order an all-meat pizza without BB interrupting.

"Hey!" Beast Boy noticed the half-robot rush out and followed him. He needed his tofu pizza, and no one would be allowed to eat the poor pigs, not as long as he's here.

At nighttime, the Titans had finished their pizza dinner, with Beast Boy pouting at Robin and Cyborg gobbling up their pepperoni pizza. Starfire had managed to fly without hurting her injured limbs, and carefully plopped herself onto the couch next to Robin, happily munching on the mint pizza (A/N: It's Starfire, not Robin). Raven, as usual, just took a slice of pepperoni pizza, and picked out all the pepperoni. Then she silently ate her pepperoni-free pepperoni pizza in midair, levitating while reading her latest book — The Nightmare. Terra though, was nowhere to be seen. She had taken her share of pizza and went to her room, putting her rock music at full blast.

Little did the Titans know that Terra was busily typing away the securing systems code to Slade.

Terra laughed happily as both her friends — Samantha (black-haired one) and Emily (redhead) — joked about how their English teacher Mrs. Smith's hair looked like a bird's nest and there's probably eggs in there.

"Oh guys," Terra laughed, choking. "That's hilarious. You two should be comedians." Samantha, hyper as always, chuckled. Just then, the bell rang, telling them that it was time for History. Terra groaned, but still smiled nonetheless. The three friends had all their classes together, and since the school didn't believe in ordered class seating and the students can sit anywhere they want, so the three of them sat together and exchanged notes during each and every lesson. It was just as fun as recess.

"We aren't gonna wait for you all eternity Laura, you know!" Emily shouted. Terra's sky-blue eyes widened and she gasped. Her two friends were already walking down the hallway to Room 304 where the lesson takes place. "Wait upp!" Terra yelled, flailing her arms dramatically and running to catch up. Life was good.

I hope the chapter doesn't confuse you too much. You'll know the truth soon, and yes Terra is NOT EVIL in here. Not that she's evil out in the show (just temporary), but still. And yes, if some of you guessed it right, there's TWO TERRAS. Read & Review!