Chapter Twenty-One

"Garfield… Do you remember that question you asked me? About a month ago?" Terra asked, turning a faint pink. Beast Boy shook his head. He had had a lot of conversations with Terra, asked a lot of questions and answered quite a few as well.

"You asked me… If you had forgiven me, would I still have gone over to Slade. I… Don't know for sure. I was scared… Scared of the powers I had and that I couldn't control. You guys were great to me. You accepted me when nobody else would. But Slade had given me something that I feared I couldn't get from the Titans, control. I don't know for sure if I would have finalized my betrayal of you if you had forgiven me. But I don't think I would have.

"I think, in that moment, all I wanted was forgiveness from the best friend I ever had, and I probably would have turned on Slade in an instant if you had forgiven me. It was just…"

"You don't need to say any more. I love you, Terra, and I'm glad you told me the truth." Beast Boy said, kissing Terra tenderly. Slowly, they continued kissing, Beast Boy's lips moving from Terra's down to her neck, nipping occasionally, leaving small marks that healed almost instantly.

He looked into her eyes with a predatory look that she had never seen on his face before. It was simultaneously thrilling and frightening. Were they really going to go all the way that night? Could she stop him if she wanted to? Did she want to stop him? She had never felt so intimate with anyone. She had bared her soul to him, told him what she was terrified to even admit to herself, that his forgiveness was all she would have needed to turn on Slade, and he had not turned on her.

What was more, he still loved her. Terra sighed and gasped as he pulled off her shirt and put his weight on her, forcing her down on the bed, licking her nipple, and kissing it. Terra suddenly let out a squeal of ecstasy, which she immediately covered her mouth. It was too late, though. Beast Boy smirked, kissing her nipple again, causing a second, strangled mewl of pleasure to escape Terra's lips.

Beast Boy kissed her on the lips again, once more moving down her body, going from her shoulder down her arm, kissing her hand gently, his hands ghosting over her sides, his lips moving down to her stomach to kiss it.

"You have a bellybutton ring." Beast Boy said, slightly surprised. She hadn't the last time he had seen her… Well, the last time he had seen her as Terra.

Terra blushed slightly, smiling nervously.

"Y-yeah… Well… Yeah… My friends pressured me into getting one. D-do you like it?"

"No…" Beast Boy said, leaving Terra to look devastated for a moment.

"I love it. Gotcha there, didn't I?" Beast Boy joked. Terra laughed cheerfully. Even when he was about to have sex with someone, he still was ever the jokester.

Beast Boy tried to say something, but was cut off by a finger to his lips.

"Shut up and kiss me again." Terra said, pulling Beast Boy into a passionate kiss. Beast Boy's hand slowly worked its way down her body to between her legs, gently rubbing her clit. She had worn her schoolgirl uniform since she didn't have a lot of pairs of her own clothes. She was rectifying that and was going to go out and buy some. But for now, this outfit seemed appropriate.

Guys liked the schoolgirl look after all, right? Slowly, Beast Boy's kisses made their way down her chest and eventually her stomach. He was sure taking his time, but she couldn't say that she didn't want this moment to last as long as it could. It was a special moment. She was giving her first time to the person she was sure she would be happy to spend forever with, and they really did have forever, if Nightwing's predictions of their extended lifespans was true.

Slowly, Beast Boy kissed Terra's vagina, flicking his tongue, even over her panties occasionally, causing cries of pleasure to escape Terra's mouth. Her hands, already on Beast Boy's head, gripped it, tangling in the mop on his head, pulling him in as she exploded, crying out in release. Beast Boy pulled away, taking her panties off as he did so and her skirt, leaving her completely naked.

Next, he pulled off his own pants and the tee shirt he was wearing that night. He crawled over on top of her, kissing her tenderly as he pulled on a condom and positioned himself at her entrance, pushing slowly in as Terra gritted her teeth in discomfort. As Beast Boy buried himself, he noticed blood, or rather smelled it. His sense of smell had always been very strong, and had only become stronger after his modifications.

"Terra… This was… Your first time?" He asked, his eyes wide.

"Yes… I wanted to give it to you." Terra said, blushing slightly, nodding that Beast Boy could move. He nodded back, kissing her tenderly, his arms wrapping around her to gently rub her back as he moved inside her, slowly at first, making sure not to hurt her. As he did, though, Terra's nails dug into Beast Boy's back and he heard her, groaning, asking him to move faster.

As he moved faster little by little, eventually they became a heated, sweating tangle of emotion and passion, crying out to each other their love, kissing, Terra's nails digging into Beast Boy's back dragging down, leaving long gouges in him which healed very quickly indeed. Finally, Terra felt her climax coming. Her walls tightened around Beast Boy's penis as he struggled to keep from releasing so soon. However, only a few seconds later, he had cum as well and he fell down on the bed next to his beloved.

The two kissed each other gently, tenderly as they fell asleep in the other's arms.

Meanwhile, Nightwing was experimenting further with alchemical magic. He had never had much of an interest in magic, except so far as it pertained to fighting villains who used magic. But now, it seemed like a good thing to get into. After all, magic was nothing if not mind over matter. Raven was sitting with Nightwing, going over the images that he needed in his mind to create these serums that he was making. One to double a person's physical abilities, one to double a person's mental capabilities.

Both of those were easy enough. They only required that he be able to imagine both those things, which was quite straightforward. He made a serum that caused rapid healing of injuries. All these lasted no longer than an hour to prevent any injuries on the part of the individual drinking them. After all, if you gave a normal human a serum that doubled their physical abilities, they would be able to run as fast as a car, and punch through brick walls.

Overuse of the physical serum, even within that hour, though could also have consequences, namely that they would be exhausted and terribly hungry after the hour ended and their abilities returned to normal. They would be exceptionally hungry and thirsty and would be well-advised to drink something like juice that would replenish their electrolytes. However, for now he would only use these on his own team and save them for emergencies.

He also created explosive serums that would create heat blooms and explosions in excess of 2,000oC. These could not be used in confined spaces, as they would almost immediately devour all the oxygen and cause suffocation, assuming that was that they didn't engulf everyone in the room killing them. He also created cryo bombs that would create temperature bursts of approximately -100oC and would instantly turn everything that wasn't protected in an area into ice.

He packed these away in his kit and labelled them with a color coding that would allow him to access them quickly in a pinch. Raven smiled at him.

"You're learning very quickly how to use your new abilities." She said.

"Yeah… I'm planning on testing a new biometal that I've been working on. If it's half as strong as I think it is, I may bond it to my bones. It will make them far stronger.

"Of course, I'll weigh about half again as much as I did before, but my bones will become all but unbreakable."

"I'm sure Beast Boy would have a comment about that comic book character… Coyote… Peregrine…"

"Wolverine?" Nightwing suggested, laughing. "I'm sure he would.

"This is a similar situation. Except the biometal has been created by creating a nearly unbreakable metal that grows as I do. As a result, my growth won't be stunted. That was why they didn't bond Laura Kinney's entire skeleton with Adamantium, and only bonded it to her claws."

"Alright, comic book nerd. Reel it in." Raven said with a light laugh. Nightwing blushed slightly. He hardly ever heard Raven laugh.

As gravelly as her voice was, her laugh was pretty. Shortly after, Beast Boy and Terra walked into the lab, having gotten up, taken a shower and gotten dressed again. As they were walking in, Terra was chiding Beast Boy about his hair.
"You need to do something about that mop you call a haircut." She teased. Beast Boy laughed.

"Aw, c'mon! It's not that long!"

"No, but it's really messy… I doubt your hair would behave if you put gel in it before you combed it."

"Comb it? Have I ever done that? I put gel in my hair to keep it messy, not neat." Beast Boy said as they sat down on the bench next to Raven, who looked over at them with an eyebrow raised.

"What can I do for you two?" Nightwing asked. Terra laughed, shoving Beast Boy playfully.

"How's your alchemy project going?" Terra asked. Nightwing smiled.

"It's going pretty well. I've got heat bombs…" He said, showing them some bright red liquid. "Cryo bombs…" Showing them some icy blue liquid. Neither of them activate until the vials break and they're introduced to air so the insides of the vials are airtight. Don't play with the seals… Ever…" Nightwing warned.

"Let's see… Regeneration… Enhanced physical abilities… Enhanced mental abilities… Biometal bonded bones… I know, the last one's even alliterative."

"Like Wolverine!" Beast Boy said, causing Raven to roll her eyes. She had predicted that he would say that.

"Yes. Like Wolverine. Except this metal doesn't stop bone growth. The metal increases and grows as your bones grow. It's biological in nature, and when drunk, it aligns itself to your genetic signature, so there's no risk of your body rejecting it. However… I suspect that it will increase the user's bodyweight about 1.5 times its initial weight. You won't get any fatter or larger, but your bones will cause your body to become much heavier, so until you're used to it, I don't advise swimming with the bond."

Nightwing said this lightly, but Terra could tell he was being very serious.

"Hey, lemme try the biometal bone stuff?" Beast Boy asked. Nightwing shook his head.

"No. It hasn't been fully tested yet. I don't know the full properties of the biometal. I only know my projections for it."

"What are your projections for it?" Terra asked. Nightwing pulled up a screen.

"It should weigh about 75% as much as steel but be about ten times stronger than Titanium. I suspect that it will melt at around 2,500oC and I haven't determined any projections for the point at which it vaporizes. But in short, your body will vaporize long before the metal does and barring a nuclear explosion, the metal will remain intact." Nightwing said. Terra nodded, seeming to understand this all.

It obviously flew right over Beast Boy's head, though.

"I'd like to test the metal without bones first. Then perhaps I'll give all of you the option of lacing your bones with it. There's a chance that it will, even if your body doesn't reject it cause your regeneration to be enhanced, simply because it's a foreign agent. After all, normal humans get metal rods in their bodies all the time and their bodies don't reject them.

"I guess it's hard to know exactly what would come out of such a procedure. Still, I'll thank you not to go through my serums before I have a chance to test them myself. Am I clear on that? Beast Boy…"

"Why are you looking at me! I would never… I see your point…" Garfield relented upon seeing the skeptical looks on Raven, Nightwing and Terra. He then extracted Terra's and Garfield's promises that they wouldn't tamper with his alchemy.

He already knew he didn't have to worry about Raven. She of all people knew the dangers of messing with magic, especially magic whose full effects weren't known. Nightwing then went upstairs and dug through the refrigerator for some leftover pizza and ate it, relaxing on the couch. Again, he didn't really need food, but there was a certain pleasure in eating, even when he didn't need to. Something about it relaxed him.

Perhaps it was because when he was training under Batman, he sometimes didn't end up eating, or he had to work for his food. Having food readily given to him was something that was kind of nice. Raven sat down next to him, kissing him gently on the cheek, taking out a book and reading it while Dick watched television. She could tell he just wanted to be alone with his thoughts. For him right now, TV was just background, like ambient music.

A/N: Yeesh! Finally I got this chapter done, after almost a month of procrastination. In a single night, I completed what I couldn't find the attention span to do for about 20 full days. Still, got the sex scene between Beast Boy and Terra in there. Tell me what you think of it. I really do want honest opinions (hopefully we can be mature about it and make them constructive, yeah?)