Ok, sorry I've been so long, but my internet connection sucks, and school isn't really helping. Anywho, much thanks to Harleen Quinzell, Bert the Nomad and Heathen Requiem! Still love ya and I hope someone enjoys this! Now it's serious.

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Here he was again, on another pulled-up piece of pavement, just riding around town like an everyday stroll. He floated past a few payphones, the phones dangling off the hook, the beeping tone ringing for no one. He floated past a street where cars sat abandoned, their owners having run away without them. He floated over top a large walking army of robots and turned up his music to block out the thumping of mechanical feet. The air was littered with a damp and dark fog, making it completely impossible to know what time it was, even though he knew it was just past noon. His arms were folded behind his back and he was standing in a relaxed matter, the loud music from the one headphone blaring out all sounds in his left ear until he heard Slade's voice drown it all out from the right.

'It still surprises me that the Titans North are gone. And here I was thinking that it couldn't be done, 7 to 1. But after the long wait, this city is now ours, and victory is finally mine.' Terrance grinned smally as he floated out of a large patch of fog and into a clearer space as Slade spoke his praises again. 'You have done well Apprentice. You have made me proud, unlike Terra.' Terrance smirked and moved on, the tower almost in view from this distance.

'You don't have to congratulate me. I already told you that I wanted to defeat them, not to mention see the looks of their faces,' he told Slade in an almost bored manner, and he head his master laugh very slightly for the first time. He floated farther away from the center if the city and closer to the edge of the bay. His music becoming fainter as he came closer, the music died away so that he could hear what was really ringing in his mind: the laughter of teenage girls.

Terrance turned towards the old pizza parlour where he would always hang with the team to see that they were still there, laughing away. Gypsie had her arm raised high in victory as Moonfire held it up while laughing her sexy little laugh. Sparky had her head down on the table, a little white flag waving in her hand. Crow was reading without interest, and Beast Babe was facing him, her stomach unusually large. She reached forward and placed her hand on his shoulder weakly as the wind blew his hair behind his ears and he laughed along with them. There had been a pizza-eating contest, and Gypsie had been the winner as always. He laughed for a moment as he felt the sun warm him up, and as quickly as it had come, the memory faded away to leave him floating and looking down on the spot, feeling so cold.

'I've just checked Sector Five. It's secured,' he told Slade as he stared, but diverted the sight by looking around. 'It's been pretty quiet lately, ever since everyone cleared for safety.' He stopped searching and glanced back to the table, almost hoping to see the girls back there.

'You should be used to it by now Terrance. Next we take on the Titans East, Titans South, and the Teen Titans themselves. There'll be plenty of silence for you to get used to,' Slade told him, and he got ready to leave, but not before taking one last look.

'I know,' he answered, and floated away. He was now down to the streets, his reflection showing clearly in the shop windows around him. As he passed the bank the clouds and fog lifted away, and the sound of an alarm rang through the air. The door of the bank flew open as one of the villains the team had defeated kicked it open and ran away, laughing maniacally, sacks of money in each hand. Terrance watched the crazy guy run by and lifted up a giant stone fist that clamped around Mr. Crazy and hauled him away. The team stopped after running partway on the road, took one look at Terrance and his victory and Sparky cheered, her fists in the air as she did a small dance.

'Alright!' she shouted, and Beast Babe and Moonfire looked over dreamily.

'Yeah Terrance kicks ass!' she exclaimed to the world, and he laughed as money floated down all around them, blocking out everything until the fog returned. He floated by the end of the street, his thoughts now swimming with images from his former life, the girls and the guys shimmering brightly. But only Beast Babe was clear as crystal. He floated past a tree and found himself walking in the park with her while laughing at a funny story she was telling him.

'And then Gypsie walked up to us and said –' she began, but was cut off as reality sank in once again. He now felt so cold without the sun, but then again, when did the sun ever provide warmth for him? It was always Beast Babe… He threw these thoughts out of his mind as he stopped the rock in the middle of a circle of secondary robots and stared at the tower, the lights off, the island empty, the area lifeless.

'Well, even I have to admit it. We pulled it off. They're all really dead,' he said to himself, and then the unexpected happened. A ribbon of white powers reached for the nearest robot and took it down, another robot walking into its place as Terrance looked for the source. As he gazed to his right a steady beam of black aura mixed with a light purple one blasted the robot to his left while a bunch of electric exploding discs blew up the one to his right. The force of the explosions sent him crashing to the ground, his iPod falling from his grasp and smashed on the pavement a few feet away. He skidded back a few feet, his body aching, his eyes shut tight. He had just finished training and he knew he was not able to fight any more that day.

Weakly he raised himself up on one arm as he groaned in dull pain, and he heard Slade check in on his earpeice.

'Apprentice report immediately. What's happening down there?' he asked, and Terrance opened his eyes a little as he looked back into the fog.

'How should I –' he started angrily, and it was then he saw the figures just standing there menacingly, looking at him, not moving, not speaking. It was his friends. 'No! This is impossible! I killed you all! You're all…' He backed away in a frightened manner, his left arm in front of him in a sort of protective manner.

'Terrance don't hesitate and attack! Now!' Slade commanded, and he aimed his hand in the direction of them and a stream of mud shot forward, crashing into its target, but the fog cleared to show that he had hit a car and flipped it over; the team was nowhere to be seen. Shakily he rose to his feet and backed away, hearing noises all around him. He looked around, his hair swishing back and forth over his eyes as he searched for an explanation but found nothing. He heard the panting of a wolf run behind him and he looked to find nothing. In front of him he heard the sound of steel-toed high heels and he looked back, not wanting to see anything. He was so distracted that he didn't see a very angry girl with a glowing eye pendant run up behind him until she punched him hard in the back.

He flew forward and crashed hard into the ground, but not hard enough to keep him from getting to his feet. As soon as he stood a double attack of starbolts and fire hit him square the side, knocking him back down. He sat up woozily, rubbing his sore head and saw the silhouettes of Crow, Dean and Beast Babe walk up to him and he raised the ground underneath him in a sturdy column to get away. He was up pretty high when a large starbolt shot out of nowhere and hit the column, shattering it beneath his feet. He fell down, using his hand to steady the fall. He looked to up find Sparky rise into the air and whip a couple of electricity-covered grenades right in his face. He lifted up a large wave of rock to block the attack, his face covered in concentration only to have Dean and Gypsie's attack hit him hard in the side. Down he went onto his stomach, his entire body aching from all the beatings he had taken from this fight and the ones before it. How he just wanted to lie there until it all went away, but of course, Slade wouldn't except that, or anything like it for that matter.

'Get to your feet at once Terrance. Don't you dare give up like your sister did. The neural interface in your suit will allow me to help you while you fight,' Slade told him, and he pushed the pain back and rose to his feet with a new determination. 'But the only way I can help you is if you actually get up and fight them!' With a furious glare as Gypsie and Dean raced forward to attack, Terrance brought up many pieces of the pavement in a large shaft of yellow light that reached for the sky in a strong attack that he thought would finally finish them when a large white claw reached up from the ground and wrapped around him. He cried out as the enormous glowing white crow glared down on him with its four red eyes as black aura raced around it like lightning.

Terrance stared up at it with wide and partially hidden eyes as the black got ready to stab him and he regained his anger and brought up a large pillar to break him free. He felt the pavement touch his feet and he relied on it to send him away as he got further from the open claw. He looked to the sky as Beast Babe's shoulder collided roughly with his arm, her wings scratching his face as she passed, and he felt himself falling down and down until he landed in another difficult but steady position. He looked up as a faint trickle of blood ran down his face and he saw her, now as a snarling wolf, advancing slowly before stopping just to take in his fear.

'Beast Babe, please! Just stop! You're not even going to speak to me this time?' he asked worriedly as she replied with more growls, and Gypsie stepped into a silhouetted view.

'We've got nothing left to say to you,' she said gravely, and Moonfire stepped beside her.

'You tried to destroy us Terrance!' she said angrily, and Craig walked up.

'You still think that we care how much you hurt?' he sneered, and now Dean had approached, the darkness not showing how black his clothes were.

'Do you think that we still give a shit on how badly you feel?' he growled, and Crow stomped into view.

'Did you think that we wouldn't take your mission personally so that we could invite you back again?' she hissed, and Sparky stepped up.

'It's all over Terrance. We finish this now,' she told him, and Beast Babe changed back so that she could finally speak her mind.

'I don't see how I could've ever loved you,' she announced, and he felt the fear and regrets pile on. A strand of hair falling loosely beside his nose as both his eyes gazed upon their hatred for him, he lifted up a platform and flew away, not wanting to be around them any longer. Down below, the Titans North stepped out of the fog and looked up after their enemy, not one of them concerned about how he was now. It was silent for what seemed to be the longest time before Moonfire broke the ice.

'Terrance appears to be quite frightened,' she observed, and Craig smirked.

'Being frightened doesn't mean that he's sorry,' Crow relied angrily.

'I don't give a damn how he feels anymore. Terrance is now a dangerous villain and we have to stop him,' Sparky told everyone, and Beast Babe tensed up.

'We will stop him. I'm not resting until he is,' she said solemnly, and Gypsie sent her powers out to find him.

'I found him guys. He's heading for the east part of town,' she informed them, and they flew off.

On the other side of town Terrance ran as fast as he could, not wanting to let the guys catch up in any way. His breath catching in his stinging throat, he turned a corner into an alley and stopped, resting against the brick wall with his hands on his knees. He desperately tried to breathe as he heard Slade come in, and he closed his eyes, getting ready for the bomb drop.

'Where do you think you're going young man?' he asked, and Terrance looked up and around.

'Slade, I've got to get out of here! There were kicking my ass! I have to –' he explained worriedly, and he heard Slade's fist slam into his control board.

'No! I will not permit you to give up Apprentice! I will not let you run away like Terra! You will stay and fight, and you will win!' Terrance edged around the edge of the opening and looked behind him, only to hear a fierce yell from in front of him. He turned to find Gypsie running at him at full speed, her eye pendant blazing with power. She punched him hard in the face and sent him back a few steps, and he lifted up a few large pieces of ground and threw it with all his might as Crow and Dean joined in. Gypsie smashed through one rock with a power-covered fist, while Crow and Dean levitated the others and threw them back at him. They both shattered in front of him, with one piece left just big enough for him to ride away on. He backed away on it as Gypsie sent a stream of power at him, and he swerved away, looking for the next attack.

Above him he heard the sound of someone rushing towards him and he saw Moonfire, fist ready to punch right through him. He quickly jumped off as she smashed the rock with a strong right hook, and as soon as he touched the ground he lifted up another platform, still wanting nothing more than to get away. They were much stronger now, and he was sore as it was, so right now was not a good time to fight. So up he went, hoping that this time he would be successful when a crackling grabbling hook shot into view and wrapped around him, the electricity around it causing him to cry out in pain. Sparky pulled on the device with all her might as Terrance came off the rock, and he crashed into the ground, his body feeling like it was on fire.

Speaking of fire, he looked back up as Craig jumped down and began swinging away as his head, fire surrounding his fists. In the wavering light Terrance saw the hatred in Craig's eyes, and he backed away, blocking the hits with raised rocks so that he wouldn't get burned. But as soon as Craig's hand grazed his arm and burnt him, Terrance had enough. With an angry cry he lifted up a wave of pointed rocks and brought it down hard on him, not expecting to see Dean waiting to pounce. Moonfire flew over to free her injured boyfriend as Dean vanished all around Terrance, trying to shake him up, and as soon as he was sure Terrance was weak, he appeared behind him and aimed a shot at his head.

Terrance sensed the attack with the help of his handy neural interface suit and moved to the side, grabbing Dean's arm as he did. With a strain he flipped him over his head and into Crow, who had come to help. His breathing now incredibly increased, Terrance looked to see Sparky charge at him and he raised several rocks to stop her. She stopped short of hitting the broken up wall and Terrance pushed the rocks forwards, burying her. Relaxing a little, a starbolt came out of nowhere nearly shot off his foot.

He glared as Moonfire shot several more and he took several large steps back until he lifted up another wall of parted rocks and threw them at her, but one large starbolt destroyed them all and hit the area right in front of him, sending him to his knees. Feeling a little less powerful as he did a few minutes ago, he weakly raised his head just as Gypsie's fist swung just in front of his face and he jumped away, his heart feeling like it was about to burst from all the pressure.

He sat back, his body aching entirely and Gypsie shot a beam of power at his chest, forcing him back another 10 ft. He lay on his back, his eyes closed tightly, but opened them when a dark shadow covered the area around him. He let out a loud gasp just as a bus dropped down on top of him, and he let his body sink into the ground for escape. Overtop of the closed hole he used, the bus exploded, the effect lighting up the entire street.

He traveled underneath the ground, moving away rocks, gravel and dirt until he reached the pavement, and he formed a platform beneath his feet as the road opened above his head. He looked over at Crow and Dean as they inspected the smoking site, and moved away as fast as he could when they turned towards him. He flew away, his mind now crawling with thoughts about what was going on. He looked back once more as Beast Babe finally emerged into the fight and he ducked as he tried to push him off the rock. He ducked as she whipped past, her body tangled within her large dragon wings as he duped her. Angrily as started after him again, the fury in her eyes being the worst out of any of the others.

She began to catch up, her powers starting to warm up so that she could take him down, and he raised column after column of stone at insane angles until she crashed into one, and he went on, staring back at the chaos he caused. He finally figured it was safe to look forward when a starbolt hit the back of his rock and make him stagger on the spot, almost losing his balance. Again he looked back to see Moonfire chasing after him, her fists hidden by the bright blue spheres. She shot several more before Terrance finally decided that he needed help.

'Slade you gotta help me! I can't do this on my own any more!' he pleaded, and got a respond that lifted his hopes.

'Dear child, you are never on your own,' was his response, and he flew on without trouble as Overload, Cinderblock, and Plasmus rose up from the ground in a glowing sphere of power. He flew on as the three large villains merged to become one: Ternion. He flew on as the team fought Ternion, and as Gypsie was flung about half a mile away. He even flew on as robots joined the fight. He didn't stop until he reached the entrance to Slade's lair and he quickly entered in the code for fear that someone might've followed him.

He ran inside and down the stone hallways, small stones shaking and falling from place as he passed. He reached the stepladder that led to the lair itself but as soon as he placed one shaking foot one the first rung the ladder disappeared beneath a cave-in of tumbling rocks in result that Terrance's powers were on the verge of breaking free. His body aching so much he was surprised he could still get to his feet and that nothing was broken. Cuts being the smallest pain on him, Terrance ran weakly into the lair, his legs feeling like they were made of stone.

'Slade, I finally made it. I'm still alive.' Those words tasted so sour in his mouth. 'I just can't believe that they almost killed me,' he said to his master, who was dangerously silent and still, and after a moment of tense silence Slade spun around and hit Terrance square in the face. He skidded back until his back hit the wall painfully and his head fell to his chest, his eyes closed tightly. He heard Slade step towards him and he looked up, his hair almost out of his eyes, which were wide in fear as he heard what his master said to him next.

'That was nothing, compared to what I'm going to do to you,' he said solemnly, and Terrance knew that very moment that he had made a very serious mistake.

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Ohhh! Terrance is in trouble! Again! lol, it took so long to write this scene, but now its posted so I don't have to worry anymore. Remember, reviews are welcomed with really warm arms, and until next time, which should be sooner this time, farewell!

Tiff