Just a heads up. This story is a sequel to Of Demons and Traitors. It can be read alone the only real detail that is important from my other fic is that Raven has met and forgiven Terra and made her promise to one day return to the Titans as a friend if not as a hero.

Jesse awoke in the nurse's office her headache now dulled but still pained. She was hooked up to a machine that seemed to be reading her stats. Jump City's high super villain crime rate had required all businesses and schools to have some pretty high tech medical equipment. Her friends Bell and Zita were sitting next to her; there were looks of concern on their faces. When they saw Jesse get up they both rushed up and hugged her.

Jesse: Hey guys come on. I'm fine.

Zita: Don't you ever scare me like that again! Do you know how worried we were?!

Jesse: Heh. You sound like a mom. It wasn't that serious.

Bell: Don't joke Jesse the nurse had no idea what was wrong with you. She thought it might be serious and was just about to call the hospital.

The nurse came in and saw that Jesse was awake and came over. She quickly placed her hand on Jesse's forehead and took Jesse's temperature.

Nurse: How do you feel? Do you feel dizzy or nauseous?

Jesse: My head still hurts a little but other than that I feel fine.

Nurse: Has this happened before?

Jesse: No. This was the first time.

Nurse: Hmmm. Okay well all you vitals seem fine but I want you to check in with me first thing tomorrow morning. If anything happens tell me or call a doctor. If this is something serious I want to make sure you get the help you need.

Jesse nodded. Of course she had no desire to go to the hospital. She didn't want anybody looking at her too closely.

Jesse: Thanks but can I go to class now?

The nurse gave a small smirk and nodded. Jesse's friends helped her up and they left to their next class. The nurse could not help but admire the trio. Bell and Zita were told to go to class and let the nurse handle it but they refused to move no matter how much trouble they might get in.

As Jesse and her friends were heading out to their separate classes there came an announcement over the intercom.

Intercom: Mellisa Davis, Kimberly Hessel, and Hydi Strom please report to the principal's office.

The girls stood there listening and soon after the announcement ended the three girls who were called came out of separate classrooms. Zita notified something about the girls. These girls were all blond and blue eyed and all were foster kids or orphans. She had dreaded this day because she knew what was happening. Bell had noticed the same thing. Both had prepared for something like this and they grabbed Jesse.

Jesse: Hey guys class is that way. Hey stop pulling me! What the heck are you doing!?

Bell: Just be quite Jesse and follow us.

Jesse didn't understand why her friends were acting so strange and why they looked so serious. She just followed them hoping they might explain. The trio entered the girl's bathroom and Zita took a hold of Jesse's shoulder and looked her in the eyes.

Zita: Do your powers still work?

Jesse froze her confusion replaced by fear. She looked at her friends, both staring so intently at her. How could they know? How did they find out? Are they going to turn me in? A thousand questions crossed her mind as Zita shook Jesse out of the trance.

Bell: Jesse we need you to tell us if your powers still work.

Jesse began to panic, or more accurately, Terra began to panic. Jesse was the name Terra had gone by in the Murakami High School when she tried to start a new life leaving her past behind. She thought she was so carful never using her powers, always trying to stay in the background, never standing out, all so this wouldn't happen but now her best friends knew and she couldn't lie to them now. Was Beastboy coming over to her months ago that tipped her off or had they always known? It had seemed no one at the school could believe she was Terra, Terra was a monster she was just a quite little girl there was no way they were the same is was most of the students thought when Beastboy insisted that's who she was. She thought that's what Zita and Bell believed to but it seems she was mistaken. She looked away and sadly nodded expecting the worse.

Bell and Zita both smiled and looked at each other.

Bell: Good. Then you can escape before they get you.

Terra: What? Who's trying to get me? Wha-

Zita cut her off and explained the situation.

Zita: We've known who you are for a while now Terra, truthfully I don't know how you fooled the Titans you're not that good of a liar. Anyway once we found out we thought about confronting you but decided it would be best to wait till you were ready to tell us. Unfortunately that's not an option anymore. The police are here and they are trying to get you. I knew there was a chance they would look for you here and if they found you they would be quiet about it so the Titans wouldn't interfere. I figured they would try to call in all the girls that match your description during class find you and quietly lock you away. There are about 15 blue eyed blonds who are foster kids or orphans at this school, I made sure to know all their names so I would know when they began to call them.

Wow. Terra knew Zita was the smart one of the group but she didn't know how smart till now. She had really planed this out and really did her research. She wondered how Zita was able to figure this all out and get all the information on these girls. Her thoughts were interrupted by Bell.

Bell: So now you got to bail before you get locked up. Use your powers to burrow under the school and watch out for pipes. Here take this compass and head west that should lead you to the desert and then you can get out of here.

Terra took the compass and looked at her friends. Bell's freckled face looked sad as tears started to well. Bell quickly gave Terra a big hug squeezing tightly.

Bell: Be careful okay.

They were protecting her. Even though they knew who she was they were protecting her. Terra began to cry and hugged Bell back.

Zita: Yeah real touching guys but time is of the essence here. Jesse, go now before they call you. The longer you stay the bigger the risk. Now go!

Zita was always the responsible one of their group and had somehow ended up being like a big sister to the girls despite being the same age as them. In truth she felt like crying too but they needed a level head to help reassure them that things would work out.

Terra nodded to her friends and used her powers. She lifted some tiles and slowly moved the earth underneath and stepped in. She moved the tiles back into place so it looked completely undisturbed and moved down as far as she could. The compass glowed in the dark and she saw which way was west and started heading in that direction.

Zita…Bell… please be careful.

Captain Riddle paced back and forth within his office. The anonymous call said that Terra was at Murakami High School. Terra, Slade's apprentice, the girl who defeated the Titans, the girl who took the city, she was back. The Titans had refused to comment on what happened to her when they retook the city, whether she was alive or dead. Even Robin who usually gave very detailed reports left out what happened to the former Titan. It's because of this that the police took a more discrete rout to see if Terra was at the school. They didn't need the Titans to interfere and they wanted Terra. Terra made a fool of the Jump City Police Department causing several injuries and incapacitated over half the police force before they called the evacuation. Riddle walked with a limp, his knee busted during Terra's attack and he had never fully recovered.

Riddle was dressed in a white shirt with a striped tie, black pants, and black shoes. At age forty-three he had over twenty years of experience in the police force. He had kept his body in shape despite doing little field work and kept a professional almost military appearance. His hair in a flattop military cut with dark brown hair and his face cleanly shaven. His face showed the wrinkles of the stress of his job marking his face with lines of intense thought. He had quickly risen through the ranks and is now the connection to the Federal Villains Watch for Jump City. He is the one that requests specialized cells for the more dangerous villains, though it seems to have not done much good, and gives the reports on the villains to the government so if these criminals move the police force of other areas could be prepared. He is also responsible for the specialized armor that the police force of Jump City wears. He is the head agent designated to supervise all super villain and alien activity within Jump City.

Riddle: Is she really there after all this time hiding among us like a normal little girl? Well little girl if you're there we're going to get you.

Of course this was more than vengeance or justice when it came to Terra. Terra was a unique villain, a villain who was thought by many to be dead and was also incredibly powerful, so powerful in fact that she was one of the few villains capable of doing major damage to the world or perhaps even take over the world. Terra was too dangerous to be left alone and fortunately was one who could just disappear without the public's knowledge and not be missed. No public outrage or superhero interference and eliminating a threat to the world, win win.

The phone rings and Riddle answers it.

Officer on phone: Sir. I am afraid all the students we interviewed do not match the suspect. But it appears that one student has gone missing. Your orders?

Riddle: Excelled work officer. Ask if she has any friends and bring them in for questioning. Remember secrecy is of the upmost importance so if anybody within the school asks say she is a witness to a crime.

Officer on phone: Yes sir.

Riddle hangs up the phone and smiles. He doubts her friends know anything as Terra has been shown to be an excellent liar but still every little bit helps. After all what's important is that they found her and this time she won't get away he has taken measures to ensure this.

Terra had been traveling for hours underground. She had to start slow as to not break any pipes or underground wiring but once outside the city limits she used her powers to speed up her travel. She figured she must be far enough away from the city by now. She rose slowly and poked a little hole out of the ground and looked around and sighed a sign of relief, she was in the desert. She got out of the ground and looking around her. She was next to the canyon where the Titans first met her. It seemed Terra had been in there for longer than she thought for it was night time and the moon hung high in the sky. It was at that moment the girl suddenly realized how tired and hungry she was.

Terra: Great now what? I have no food, no home, and running from the law. It's like I'm back where I started but with cops.

For a second she thought about getting help from the Titans but she pushed those thoughts away. She would rather face jail than to face them. Raven told her it would be okay but she felt she didn't deserve their help yet, she hadn't earned that right yet. Floating on a rock she moved to the cave she used to stay in before the Titans took her in. She made a bed of dirt and set herself down to sleep. Tonight she sleeps hungry.

Terra: I'll find out what to do tomorrow.

Terra: Where am I?

Terra looked around all was dark. She could hear moaning and tried to find out where it was coming from. She recognized the voices and she began to run. She ran as fast as she could and suddenly she was surrounded by a dark red light. There she saw the source of the moans; the Titans (all except Raven) were chained to a steel wall. Their bodies were drawn and they seemed to be on the brink of death.

Terra: Just hold on guys!

Terra tried her powers but they wouldn't work. So grabbed the chains and yanked as hard as she could, and then beat them against the wall but nothing worked. She went over to Beastboy and tried to get some answers.

Terra: Who did this to you guys? Where are we? Where's Raven?

Beastboy: She's dead…

Terra fell back at those words.

Terra: How? Who?

Beastboy: It was Slade.

Terra: No it can't be. No one can kill Raven not even Slade. She's Raven.

Terra heard footsteps behind her and she turned to see the lifeless body of Raven her eyes closed and a hole in her stomach being held by her hair in Slade's right hand.

Slade: Oh it's true. And you weren't there to stop it.

Terra: No it's a lie! This isn't real!

Suddenly Raven's eyes opened and she spoke.

Raven: Terra do-

Terra awoke with a start breathing sharply.

Terra: It was just a dream. But…

After that dream incident with Raven a few months back she wasn't so sure it was just a dream. She truly felt that the Titans were in danger. Whatever the case she wasn't about to take the risk that it was only a dream. She would just drop by the tower and make sure they were alright. If they were then she would skip town and hideout somewhere but if they do need help she will be there for them.

Terra stepped out of the cave and summoned her power and brought a rock from the ground that she could easily ride. She would have to fly high to avoid detection but she should be alright.

She felt a strange stinging sensation on her neck and the rock fell back to the ground. Her limbs were getting heavy and she found she couldn't keep her eyes open. Terra fell to the ground unconscious a tranquilizer dart sticking out of her neck.

Riddle: Good shot officer.

Riddle stood next to a Jump City cop who held a tranquilizer gun in his hands. His storm trooper like uniform's helmet had an aiming visor to aid his shot. The officer had an eight embroidered on his uniform.

Cop: Here to serve sir.

The backup officers around the cave now moved in making sure Terra was unconscious. Afterwards they took her and moved her into a heavily armored steel prison van.

Riddle smiled. It was his idea to put in incredibly sensitive sonic devices throughout the city. He even had Cyborg help him design and implement them and justified the reason for them was to be able to send a precise area in which super villain activity was occurring. In truth it had worked well in notifying the Titans of attacks against the likes of Jonny Rancid and Adonis with pinpoint precision so the Titans bought his story. The real reason of course was laying unconscious in the police van. He took out his satellite phone and called the higher ups that kept an eye on villains like Terra.

Riddle through the satellite phone: We have the suspect in custody, awaiting further orders.

A voice from the other side of the phone replied.

Voice: Understood necessary precautions are being taken. I suggest fully inspecting everything on the suspect's person to ensure it did not have any accomplices.

Riddle: Understood.