Beast Boy groaned, but did not open his eyes.

"Wake up, sleepy head."

The changeling stirred, but his his eyes remained shut.

"Beast Boy!"

He was laying in a bed, and rolled over, burying his face into the pillow. A hand shook his shoulder. "Come on, wake up."

With his face still buried in the pillow, he responded. "Five more minutes."

Terra shook him even harder. He finally rolled onto his back. He squinted as he looked at Terra. He was partially blinded by a light on the ceiling and raised his hand to shield his eyes from its glare.

"Raven?"

The blond frowned. "She's not here."

The changeling sat up quickly, rubbing his eyes, before staring incredulously.

"Terra?"

"Yeah, it's me." She smiled. "I'm back."

He turned and sat on the edge of the bed, with his feet on the floor. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes.

"What happened? I was in the cave … and I found your barrette."

She sat down next to him. She wrapped an arm around his shoulders and beamed happily.

"I'm sorry, I just needed to get you out of that cave."

"What?" He paused. "Terra, where have you been? It's been over three years since … you died … Terra, was that you at the school?"

She pursed her lips while she nodded. "Yeah, that was me."

He looked lost for words, and only one that came out of his mouth: "Why?"

"I'm sorry … there's no excuse for what I did."

"You pretended that you didn't know me. That you were someone else."

"I know … I'm sorry, I was in a really bad place at the time."

"And then after the semester ended, you disappeared. No one knew what happened to to you. Your classmates had no idea."

"I know … I'm sorry … I ..."

He frowned at her. "You keep saying that. How about you tell me why?"

She looked away from him. He saw her lower lip tremble. He got up and walked around the room. It was well appointed, and he saw a photograph in a frame of him and the geomancer on a desk.

"Is this your room?"

She nodded. He then spun around to face her, pointing an accusatory finger at her.

"This is Slade's lair … you're working for him, again."

She got up. "No. I'm not, though he thinks I am."

He crossed his arms. "Right … he's so easy to fool. He's probably waiting outside that door."

She shook her head. "No, he's not."

"Don't lie to me, Terra."

"No, really; he wants to capture that Spock guy. He thinks I captured you to make it easier to capture the alien."

Gar harrumphed. "That won't be easy. Raven's with him."

Terra sighed. "He's going to kill Raven."

"I'd like to see him try." He paused. "Did you capture me to protect me, like you did last time?"

"Yeah, I did."

An exasperated groan escaped his lips. "So, you're saying that after leaving me high and dry for years that you've come back and you want us to get back together, not that we ever were really together, and pickup as if nothing happened."

"Uh, I uh, I guess so … BB, we were together."

He stepped up to her, so they were eye to eye.

"Things change. Or have you forgotten about that?"

He saw a hint of panic on her face. "That was a mistake … I should have come back to you then."

"REALLY!? A mistake? You think so?"

"I was really messed up BB, and I know I hurt you, and I want to make it up to you."

The expression on his face sent a chill down her spine. He looked utterly indifferent to her. Anger, she could handle that, but indifference, that scared her.

"Things change." He replied in a deadpan.

"I don't understand. What do you mean? … BB, I'll do anything you want, and I mean anything. Please forgive me and take me back."

"I don't want to take you back, because I'm with someone else now."

"You are? Who?"

"It's none of your business."

Terra's eyes grew wide.

"No, not with her. That's impossible … horrible."

"What are you talking about?"

Terra slowly backed away from him. "You're … with Raven?"

"What's it to you?"

Terra raised her hands apologetically. "I get it, you were hurt and she felt sorry for you. Forget about her, it's time you had a real girlfriend."

"She is my real girlfriend … and she's more than that."

"More?" She said as her expression turned to shock. "No … it can't be … you're sleeping with her … you're having sex with that creepy witch hag."

"Like I already said, it's none of your business."

Terra pointed at him. "You're … you're going to marry her."

Gar walked to the door and turned the handle. It was locked.

"So, I'm you're prisoner? And Slade isn't behind everything?"

"He isn't."

He jiggled the still locked door handle. "I have to go. Open it."

The lock clicked and the door opened. Gar stepped back when he saw who it was.

"You aren't going anywhere, Logan."

Gar balled his fists. "Slade, if you hurt Raven ..." He then glared at Terra "You don't work for him, huh?"

Terra stretched her arms out. Her eyes glowed a bright yellow and she screamed. A wall popped out of the floor, separating them from Slade. At the same time a tunnel opened in a wall, she grabbed his hand.

"We need to go, now!" She shouted.

"What about Raven? You said Slade's gonna kill her."

"We'll find her before he does. Now let's get out of here while we can!"

Gar heard the sound of an explosive timer counting down on the other side of the barrier she created.

"Fine, let's get out of here."

He followed her into the tunnel, which closed behind them. A moment later the bomb exploded and the wall keeping Slade out of her room crumbled. Slade charged in with his robots. Seeing that they were gone, he shouted in anger. He saw the portrait with Beast Boy on her desk and smashed it. He then tapped on a wrist communicator and shouted "All robots, head to the cave. Fire at and kill anyone you find there, except for the Vulcan! I want him alive!"

-(-)-

"Terra? Are you certain of this?" Spock asked.

"Absolutely. Terra opened a passageway where the drag marks end."

"I do not see any passage, nor any vestige of one that was closed off."

"She can do it. Plus I can feel her aura."

"You mean a mental imprint left behind?"

Raven also traced her fingers across the rock wall. "She was here, trust me. I'd recognize that traitorous spirit stench anywhere … I found it."

"What precisely did you find?"

Raven stepped back, pointing both her hands at the cavern wall. A blast of dark energy shot out from her hands and a tunnel appeared.

"I found her tunnel. Follow me." She said as she stepped into the tunnel she was boring into solid rock.

"Very impressive. I must presume that this Terra is familiar with your powers, correct?"

Raven froze in her tracks. "You're right … we could be walking into a trap."

Spock turned and looked back into the cave. Raven was about to ask him what it was when she heard it: the sound of metallic feet clattering in the cavern floor: Sladebots were coming.

"Can you burrow in any direction?" He asked.

"I'm on it, I won't follow Terra's tunnel, but unlike her I can't close it behind us."

"That won't be a problem, you may proceed."

Raven resumed digging and Spock followed her in. The Sladebot's clatter grew louder and they reached the entrance to Raven's tunnel and began to file in.

"I can't dig any faster … they're going to catch us." She shouted.

Spock pulled his phaser out as set it to the highest power setting. He then fired over the approaching Sladebots heads, aiming for the ceiling. The phaser made its signature high frequency sound as the beam hit the ceiling, which collapsed, crushing the robots as it fell.

Slade was outside of the tunnel, staring stoically at the cave in. More robots arrived and they began to unbury the collapsed tunnel, but Slade quickly desisted and called them off, knowing they would never catch up with the pair. He then led them back to his lair.

Meanwhile, in the tunnel, Raven stopped to catch her breath.

"So, where are we going?" She asked as she panted.

"A good question. Garfield said that you can open portals. Just where would such a portal take us? If we were to materialized inside solid rock we would perish instantly."

"Portals always lead into open space. If I conjure one without a target, it will find the nearest open space."

"So, either the cavern, or Slade's secret base."

She nodded. "Correct."

"You seemed fatigued. Are you able to do it?"

"I can … just give me a moment." She panted as she leaned over, her hands on her knees.

"Of course, we can wait while you recover your strength."

"It won't be long. Just a minute or two." She replied,

Spock nodded, the looked at the wall quizzically. He leaned against it and pressed his ear against its surface.

"What is it?"

"I hear the sound of burrowing, but it does not sound like a machine."

Her eyes widened and she raised her arms, conjuring a portal.

"Come on, before they get away."

Spock was about to ask who was going to get away when Raven stepped into the portal. He set his phaser to stun, and followed her in.