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E-san: I'm glad you like the way it's going. It wasn't a terribly long update time. There have been worse. I have no idea if the hairpiece had a backstory in the show. It was never mentioned specifically. But yes, it was freaking creepy that he just reached out and put it in her hair like that, and poor Terra flinched away like it freaked her out too. Fun times. Slade's a freako.

Rurouni Tyriel: I'm glad you are enjoying it. This chapter has a bit of each dialogue and action. Hope you like it.

Kayasuri-n: It does. Here's the next chapter.

CalliopeMused: Hope you enjoy your second reading of this chapter.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait between chapters, but you should be used to it by now. This chapter has a bit of a major change in the story, and things only accelerate from here. Anyway, enjoy the fic!
Rose reached out again, slowly. The hairpiece didn't explode or anything, and Rose felt a little silly for assuming that it might. She picked it up gently, looking at it carefully. Her father had given her one of these when she'd first awoken, but she'd lost it at school.

Not knowing what else to do with the thing, and not wanting to wear it in case the Titans would recognize it as something of Terra's, Rose simply put the piece of plastic into her pocket. Sighing, she looked around her room again. Nothing seemed to have been disturbed; it was as if the hairpiece had just appeared on the nightstand by itself.

Rose stepped out into the hallway, looking both ways with caution. No one was out in the hallway trying to kill her or anything, and she smiled to herself. Whatever Slade was doing, at least he didn't seem to be immediately threatening her. Rose walked down the hallway towards the operations room, where she assumed the other Titans would be. Rose felt like it was late morning, for some reason, and so she assumed that everyone else would be awake by now.

The corridor was long and dark, but Rose was feeling more confident in the Tower. Everyone seemed pretty friendly, with the possible exception of Raven. Even Raven seemed to be trying especially hard to be kind to Rose, but Rose wasn't sure why. Regardless, Rose felt she really couldn't be much safer than staying in a superhero team base.

Hearing voices beyond the metal door to the kitchen and living room, Rose slowed herself down. The tone of the voices made it sound like she shouldn't just barge through the door. Instead, she pressed her ear against it, without pressing the button to open it.

"--the same girl. I took DNA material from her clothes yesterday, and ran it off the blood samples we have from Terra. She's the same person."

Rose's eyes widened. That was Robin. He knew for certain that she'd been Terra!

"That's not cool, man. She said she didn't want you runnin' tests." Cyborg was keeping his voice low, but it carried pretty well anyway.

Raven's voice was next, and she sounded pretty angry. "Why did you even run the test? It's obvious who she was. I've already told that she's not the same girl anymore."

"Because I had to be sure, Raven. We're dealing with Terra here, and even if she's not the same girl, we have to be careful. The old Terra nearly killed all of us."

"But in the end she defeated Slade. Certainly that must count for something?" Starfire's voice sounded cheery, but it was obviously a front.

Beastboy's voice was quiet and sad. "Yeah, and then she died to save us. It doesn't matter if Rose has the same DNA. Terra is dead."

A silence fell over the other Titans, and Rose found that she now had absolutely no way of entering the room without it being obvious that she'd been listening. Robin had been snooping around in her clothes and running tests on her, even after she'd told him not to. Rose sighed. It's not like she could really blame him. Terra had really made a mess of the Titans when she was there, apparently.

Rose turned away from the door, and walked slowly back through the hallway, unsure of where she was going, but not wanting to enter the room with all the Titans during such a strange conversation. She thought about her situation as she walked, but found her thoughts simply running in circles, retracing all the same thoughts she'd had all the previous times. She stopped as she reached the end of the hallway, with her... with Terra's room nearby. The hallway terminated in a large window, looking out over the bay.

The window looked like it was designed to open easily, and Rose unhooked it, pushing the glass so that a gentle breeze came in from outside. The fresh air was nice, and the weather was good. Rose looked downwards, pulling a stone from the island up to the window, and stepping out onto it. As she began lowering herself to the ground, she realized how comfortable she'd gotten with things like this. Even though she was effectively walking out of a tenth-story window, she had no tense feelings or fear at all. Maybe her powers weren't all bad after all.

Rose climbed down off of the stone as she landed, trying to make as little noise as possible. She worked her way down the rocky coast of the island, sitting on a stone and looking out over the water, as the waves gently washed the stones in front of her. The island was peaceful, at least when the Titans weren't training, and it didn't seem like such a bad place to live. She wasn't sure how long she could stay here without actually joining the Titans, but it still wasn't bad.

Footsteps from behind her caught her attention, but she didn't turn. When the person spoke, it became obvious it was Raven. "You heard what Robin said."

Rose nodded, as Raven stepped forward, standing next to her and looking over the bay as well. "Yes, I did. I sort of thought it was true anyway. I mean, I am getting the memories back and everything."

Raven didn't respond, and the silence hung in the air, broken only by the quiet lapping of the waves and the calling of distant seagulls. Rose let her mind wander, but her thoughts didn't really follow any pattern, she was barely even aware that she was thinking. Instead, she was simply looking out over the water, in the morning light, watching the waves and the birds in the distance.

The quiet mood lasted a few more minutes, until motion from Raven broke the spell, as she sat on a stone nearby, and looked over towards Rose. "Beastboy is glad to have you around. He thinks of you as Terra, to an extent, but he knows that you aren't really her."

Rose jumped a bit from the sound, but then looked back, smiling slightly. "He seems like a nice guy, but the green skin and pointed ears... I don't know. He's not really attractive."

Raven smirked slightly, which Rose was beginning to suspect amounted to a snicker or a small laugh from anyone else. "He's strange, yes. Terra liked him. He was very devoted to her."

"I don't know why. She was crazy. What I remember of her, and what you guys have told me... I don't know. She seemed like a bad person." Rose looked back out over the water. She felt more and more strange talking about Terra as another person, as it was becoming more and more obvious that she had been Terra herself.

Raven shook her head slowly, as if uncertain that what she was about to say was true. "She wasn't. At least, I don't think she tried to be. She honestly regretted harming us. She did die to save the city."

"But I'm still here, and she's still here too, sort of. I mean, if I eventually remember everything from Terra, won't I basically be her? Memories sort of define a person, right?" Rose didn't know why she was opening up to Raven about her worries, but Raven seemed to at least be tolerating the discussion.

"Not exactly. As I've said: You are different. Your mind itself is different. Having her memories would change you, but it wouldn't make you into Terra." Raven seemed tense, as if talking this way was somewhat alien to her.

Rose decided to change the subject. "What about you? I mean, you had some stuff to work out with your dad, right? You said he was supposed to use you as a portal to come to this world. What happened to stop him?"

Raven tensed up even more, if that was possible, and took a deep breath before answering. Rose felt as if she'd hit a nerve that perhaps she shouldn't have. "The Titans stopped him. It was extremely difficult, and it caused a lot of pain for everyone involved. Slade is only alive because of what happened during that time. He made a deal with Trigon to force me into obedience, in exchange for being resurrected."

"He made a deal with the devil? That's what you said Trigon was, right? The devil?"

Raven nodded. "Effectively. It depends on how you are using the word, and he wouldn't call himself a devil, but it's basically correct."

Rose sighed. "So there's basically no way to say that Slade isn't evil. I mean, if he was willing to trade whatever Trigon was going to do to the world just to get his life back, he's just evil. I was hoping... I don't know. He's still my dad, you know?"

Raven didn't respond for a moment. When she did, her tone was unreadable. "I don't know what it's like to have a father I care for. I do know that Slade is a master manipulator and very dangerous. You can't be soft on him, Rose. Especially if you end up joining the Titans."

Rose nodded, her sadness evident on her face. The two girls sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments. Finally, Raven stood, apparently trying to escape the awkward silence. "I'm going back inside. I'll tell the others you are awake. Will you be here?"

"Yeah, for a while anyway. I might come inside after I get myself figured out." Rose stared over the water again, not wanting to look at Raven. She felt embarrassed about saying that Slade was still her father. She didn't think he was a good guy, but she didn't just want to kill him either.

Raven walked away without further discussion, and Rose sighed, sitting alone on the beach again. She used her powers to pick up a small stone nearby, and threw it across the water, watching it splash a dozen yards away. She smiled slightly, the childish amusement of throwing stones was enough to make her at least temporarily forget her troubles.

Rose sat there for some time, throwing rocks into the water, and thinking over her situation, before she was interrupted again. She could almost tell who it was before he even got there. He had a lighthearted gait and his footsteps made it obvious even before She turned to see the green teenager approaching. She returned his smile, and greeted him cordially. "Hi, Beastboy. What's up?"

Beastboy walked forward, sitting fairly awkwardly on the same stone Raven had been sitting on, and grinning over at Rose. "Not much. We're just kind of hanging out today, I think. We've had a lot of trouble this week, so I think Robin is letting us take it easy."

Rose nodded, looking back out over the water, but smiling anyway. Her pensive mood had faded since Raven had gone, and she was just relaxing on the shore, instead of brooding over her wrecked life. "It's pretty out here. I don't remember spending much time at the shore, really. My dad sort of didn't like me parading around in a bathing suit."

She could hear his voice betray that he was picturing her in a bathing suit when he spoke, but she ignored it. "Oh, uh... what's your dad like anyway? I mean, I know you're having problems with him."

Rose shrugged, not sure how to describe him. "He's a weird guy. He's quiet, usually, and sort of strict, but mostly nice enough to me. He made decent money, doing whatever he does, and it wasn't like I was in need of anything. He just always seemed kind of distant, I guess."

Beastboy smiled, watching her talk. It was a little unnerving how much attention he paid to her. "Yeah, my dad was like that. Well, he was a scientist. We spent a lot of time traveling. But still, he was a nice person, and I think he was a good father."

Rose turned slightly, smiling at Beastboy. "So where is he now? I mean, you guys all live here with no adults."

Shrugging, Beastboy tried to appear nonchalant. "He's dead. Both of my parents died when I was younger. It's sort of a running theme with all the Titans actually. Raven is the only one with living parents."

Unsure of how to react, Rose decided to focus on Raven instead of Beastboy's dead parents. "You mean Trigon, right? She told me about him."

Beastboy nodded. "Yeah, seriously bad dude. We beat him, but only barely. Her mom is also still around, I think, but trying to get Raven to talk about herself is so impossible. I might as well be trying to get her to play video games."

Rose giggled, but then her smile faded. "He's not my dad anyway." Rose returned the topic back to her father again. "He's just some weirdo who adopted me after my memory was gone, or whatever."

"Yeah, but at least he took care of you, right? I mean, it would have stunk to wake up with no memories and have to find your way around the city alone."

Rose nodded. "Yeah, he mentioned that to me when we had a fight about it. I still don't think it makes up for--"

Suddenly, the stillness of the morning was broken by a loud alarm from inside the Tower. Beastboy grinned, before changing into a bird, and flying towards the roof. Rose pulled a stone from the ground and followed. A quick run through the corridors later, they entered the Operations room. The huge screen in the window showed a map of the city. The rest of the Titans were already in the room.

As quickly as it had started, the alarm ceased, and the map of the city was replaced with the now-familiar mask of Slade.

"Slade." Robin seemed to spit the name, as if the very mention of Slade was distasteful.

Slade's voice was calm and collected this time, no surprise remaining at Rose's presence. "As astute as ever, Robin. It's almost nostalgic to be communicating like this, isn't it?"

Ignoring the villain's taunting, Robin was nonetheless obviously livid to be contacted by Slade at all. "It doesn't matter where you are hiding this time, we will find you. Just like every other time you've attacked us, we will win."

"Once again you make assumptions with no validity. I am not hiding, Robin. In fact," Slade held up a slightly damaged looking Titan's communicator. "I'm right here."

Robin looked back at the other Titans, and they all obediently held up their communicators. It wasn't theirs. "Who's is that? Who did you attack?"

Rose spoke quietly from behind the Titans. "It's Terra's."

If the mask had shown it, Rose almost felt like Slade was smiling. "Ah, Rose, you always were such a clever girl. Robin, you know how to track this. I will be waiting."

The image on the screen vanished, as Slade apparently cut off communication. The map of the city came up again. Robin turned towards Rose. "How did you recognize that communicator so fast?"

Rose felt her eyebrows furrow. Her voice came out angrier than she'd intended. "How do you think? Your tests told you who I was."

Robin turned back to the computer console in front of him, apparently unwilling to argue with Rose at the moment. A few keystrokes, and the image on the screen changed, showing a different part of the city, with a flashing "T" on it. Robin's eyes narrowed.

Beastboy's voice was quiet, with anger running underneath. "Why there?"

Rose looked at the map. "Uh, so he's in Markov park. So what?"

Raven's voice was icy, apparently she wasn't happy with Slade either. "He's not in Markov Park, he's under it. He's baiting us to meet him where Terra died."

Starfire shuddered. "It is most unpleasant to think of returning there."

"You know it's a trap. But we're going anyway, aren't we?" Cyborg looked at Robin.

Robin nodded. "We have to. Slade is too dangerous to be allowed to walk freely through the city."

Turning towards Rose, Robin changed his tone from anger to caution. "Rose, this will be extremely dangerous. Wait here at the tower, we'll take care of this one."

"No."

The other Titans turned towards Rose with surprise on their faces, or slightly less indifference, in Raven's case. It was rare that anyone just flat out defied Robin.

"I'm going. Slade is obviously just waiting there for me anyway, and so I'm going with you." Rose tried to stand her ground, despite how intimidating Robin was.

Robin seemed to think it over a moment. "Fine, I can't stop you, and we don't need to waste time and energy fighting you right now. When we get there, stay sharp. Don't fight him. If you feel your control slipping, tell us and Raven will get you somewhere safe. Got it?"

Rose nodded. "I'll tell you."

Flying across the bay on a stone from the island, and surrounded by flying or carried Titans, Rose felt really powerful. She felt like she'd become one of them, a superhero. However, she still couldn't shake the expressions that the other Titans had shown when Slade had first appeared. They were all scared of him, even if they tried to act as if they weren't.

Rose wasn't sure how she felt towards Slade. Even with the mask on, he was still her father, and she couldn't feel too afraid of him. The mask itself, however, made her extremely uneasy. She wasn't sure why, but she assumed it was some left over memory from Terra. She felt weird, having memories from what felt like someone else entirely.

Lowering her stone as the Titans landed in Markov Park, Rose jumped to the ground, as the stone settled to the grass. She saw the civilians in the area quickly clear out; the Titans presence in force probably meant combat, and they knew it. Rose followed the Titans, as they came to a dark hole, with a boulder laying nearby.

The Titans continued, Cyborg turning on a flashlight built into his shoulder. Rose walked in the back of the group, not wanting to be the first one to be attacked if they walked into a trap. The dark tunnel they were in felt like a tomb. There was just a sense of silent reverence in the air, despite that Rose knew no one was interred here any longer.

The group halted as they came to a pair of smashed steel doors. The room beyond was dark, but Rose knew almost instinctively what was there. It was the room where Terra had died. Rose felt sick, mostly due to nervousness about entering this room. Anything directly connected with Terra seemed to spur memories, and recent events made her wonder if she really wanted the memories back after all.

The Titans seemed to look at each other and speak without words, Robin confirming that everyone was ready just by the look in their eyes. Rose hesitated a moment after the Titans continued into the dark room, then followed, not wanting to stay behind in the pitch black darkness.

Cyborg's light seemed to shine everywhere but the center of the room, as if he was avoiding something. The room was a mess; twisted metal beams and shattered glass standing in strange formations, caught in a swirling mess of cooled lava flow. Rose also noticed new-looking wires running here and there, and suddenly the cause became apparent, and three huge video screens turned on, showing nothing but bright white, and lighting the room completely.

Slade was standing on a small pillar in the center of the room, holding his arms out to his sides, in an almost Christological pose. The pillar had a small plaque at the bottom, the name "Terra" visible at this distance, but the other writing too small to be read. The video screens that were now lighting the room were large, easily the size of the Titans' main view screen in operations, one on each wall, excluding the entryway.

As if he'd just noticed the Titans, Slade tilted his head, looking down at them, and lowering his arms. "You found me. How clever."

The Titans were instantly on edge, Robin and Cyborg jumping into combative stances, with Raven and Starfire flying upwards and slightly away, scattering the targets for Slade. Beastboy was looking at the pedestal, seemingly torn between anger and grief. Rose had no idea how to react, simply standing behind the Titans and watching Slade. Something was wrong about his movements, she felt like he wasn't really there.

Robin's voice was icy and full of anger. "Don't dance around it. Why did you bring us here?"

"As ever, you lack patience, boy. Do you honestly think that I went through the trouble of installing this equipment here, just to irritate you and your little friends?" Slade leapt softly down from the pedestal, walking slowly towards the Titans, with a casual air that for some reason completely terrified Rose.

Slade stopped some distance away from the Titans, looking towards Rose. "You know this place, child. You can feel it, can't you?"

Rose felt her hands ball into fists, but didn't respond, not sure what he was doing. Beastboy, however, showed less restraint, running angrily towards Slade, and swinging with his fist, though easily dodged. "Leave her alone! Haven't you done enough to her?"

Slade caught one of Beastboy's wild, untrained punches, and threw him hard towards the Titans. He was caught by Cyborg, and set to the ground, with Cyborg holding his shoulder to restrain him. "Careful, boy. We both know you are just as guilty in torturing this girl as I am. Hounding her at school, coercing her into following you to your tower, and even now, acting as if she is someone she clearly is not."

The screens suddenly went dark, lighting up a moment later with a view of the same room, in a greenish hue, obviously a night vision camera. The audio was muffled, as if it was being recorded through a heavy cloth. Rose could see herself... well, Terra, she supposed, crying on the floor, near the entryway behind them. There was a sound of grinding and twisting metal, and Beastboy came into the shot, looking angry at first, then concerned for Terra. He ran lightly towards her, his voice quiet and uncertain. "Terra?"

Her voice was weak when she spoke, but carried a certain commanding tone, born of desperation. "Destroy me... quick."

"What?"

Terra's voice grew stronger, almost angry, but still desperate. "Come on! Isn't that what you came for? Do it! Now!"

Arcs of electricity flowed over the girl's body, and she grunted, as if straining her entire body. She stood, a spark of her power throwing Beastboy powerfully backwards, and off-screen.

The monitors went dark a moment, and came back, fully white again.

"Terra is dead. The girl blindly following you is nothing more than an illusion, a remnant of another person. Terra's body lives on, but she is gone." Slade was looking directly at Rose as he spoke, and Rose tried to ignore the pounding headache that always seemed to come before the memories. Her powers were swimming under the surface, and she felt them reach out, sensing the room despite her attempts to keep them completely unactivated.

Robin, along with the rest of the Titans, seemed furious at having this video shown. "It doesn't matter who she is. We're helping a girl who needs it. You still haven't told us why you are even here."

"You haven't figured it out yet? As always, you disappoint me greatly, Robin." Slade walked through the group of Titans, who simply watched him cautiously, and approached Rose. Rose gritted her teeth, as Slade reached out, putting his fingers under her chin, and tilting her head upwards, looking her in the eye. "I'm simply here to collect what is mine."

Slade was knocked powerfully sideways, as a large chunk of the wall smashed into him. Recovering in mid air, he landed feet-first on the wall, propelling himself back towards the Titans. They were ready to block his attacks, but he stopped suddenly, suspended in the air, traces of yellow powers running over his body. Rose's eyes glowed brightly, her face in an angry scowl. "Don't touch me again. Don't lie to us. Where are you?"

Beastboy looked at her with worry. "Uh, Rose? He's right there. What are you-"

Rose moved her arms, forcing Slade to smash into the floor. Slade emitted an electronic noise, before Rose's powers tore the robot apart, scattering advanced metallic parts across the floor. "No, it wasn't him. It's a robot. I don't like to be lied t..."

Rose put her hand to her head, the headache getting worse. "I... I..."

The screens flashed again, and showed Slade's face. "Very good, Rose. You are improving."

Through the monitors, sounds of battle were playing. The picture still simply showed Slade's face. Rose heard Terra shouting, by the sound of things, fighting Slade. The Titans grimaced, the audio apparently familiar to them.

"You know what this is, Rose. It's still in your mind. The remaining implants in your body give me complete access to your vital signs. I know you are in pain, and you know what will clear it."

The sounds of battle got louder, and suddenly grew quiet. Terra's voice rang out from the screens. "You can't control me any more!"

Rose screamed, holding her head as the headache increased. She could feel her powers slip her control, activating wildly. "Robin... run... all of you..."

Slade's voice came over the monitors. "Yes, Rose. Let it come."

Raven landed in the center of the Titans, but looked over towards Rose. "Will you be ok?"

Rose fought her powers desperately, feeling them escaping her control too quickly. "Yes... but go! Get away!"

The Titans disappeared in a flash of black power, being teleported away, despite Beastboy straining against Cyborg's grip. Rose fell to her knees, holding her head, the pain thumping heavily with her pulse, almost unable to see because of it. Several audio tracks were playing through the monitors and speakers. She heard herself consoling Beastboy, antagonizing Raven, attacking Robin, and being beaten by Slade. The monitors still only showed Slade's staring mask, as heavy stones began crumbling from the ceiling.

Rose's mind reeled under the sudden assault of memories, images, and sounds. Everything simply raced past her, too fast to see, let alone comprehend. Her powers wildly tore at the walls and floor. Stone, glass, and metal all flew through the air, smashing apart the monitors and tearing large holes in the room. The earth was shaking, and Rose could do nothing at all to stop it. All she could do was grit her teeth as the pain overwhelmed her, pushing her past any semblance of consciousness.

When Rose awoke, it was dark. It was more than dark. She'd thought that dark was how her room was in the middle of the night, with the lights off. This was... she couldn't even tell she'd opened her eyes. Her head still hurt, and she could... she could remember everything.

She remembered. It was muddy, and unclear, but she remembered everything. She could picture her parents, she could remember Terra killing them, she could see the towns that Terra had traveled to, she could remember fighting Conner in Smallville, she remembered everything. Well... almost everything. Her time as Slade's apprentice was still fuzzy. She remembered... had he hit her? They hadn't been fighting, but she remembered...

Rose sighed, trying to push the memories away for the moment, focusing on her present rather than her past. She tried to sit up, but only got about halfway to sitting before knocking her head against rough stone. She rubbed her head, looking up at where the stone was, but still seeing nothing. Rose closed her eyes, reaching out with her powers. She sighed as she felt stone all around her. Some of it felt like the volcanic floor of the room she'd been in, but some was the more solid sedimentary stone that made up the local area's bedrock. Rose frowned. Even her mind felt different, with Terra's memories in there. She didn't know about different types of stone before.

Uncertain about the stability of the stone, or the reason that her little pocket of air here even existed, Rose didn't try to dig her way out just yet, instead simply staring up into the darkness, thinking. She had been Terra. Of that, there was no more doubt. She was Terra, her parents were dead, and Slade was not her father.

Slade was... well... he wasn't her father. He was a villain. However, he... he wasn't evil to her. At least, not to Rose. Her memory slowly became a bit more clear. He'd been brutal to Terra. He'd beaten her terribly, simply for running from a fight that she couldn't possibly have won. Rose felt tears form in her eyes as she thought of it. Even though it had happened when she was Terra, it still felt as real as if her... "father"... had done it to her as Rose.

Rose wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and sighed into the darkness again. She could sense the Titans removing stone, digging to the center of the mess she must have created. She had no idea what had happened after she'd lost control. For all she knew, she may have destroyed the entire city.

Focusing her powers, Rose began to split the mess of stone and rubble over her. A moment of concentration, and she began moving stones from above the pile, tossing them sideways, and digging herself out. She noticed that no more stones were being moved above, as the Titans obviously noticed her actions. A few moments, and she'd cleared enough loose stone that she was able to force a crack open and move herself upwards through it, kneeling on a stone that she raised from the floor.

She must have looked strange, rising from the fissure in the earth, her bright costume covered in volcanic ash and mud, her skin ruddy with soil, and her face half smiling and half nervous. She landed her stone near the crack, stepping off of it, and looking around. The sun was bright, blinding her at first, but as her eyes adjusted, she saw the city, and knew that she was in trouble.

Markov park was surrounded by fairly small buildings, thankfully, as none of them were still standing. The city was a disaster zone for at least five blocks in any direction, nothing but twisted and broken rubble. Rose looked at the Titans, who were staring at her, apparently uncertain as to what to say. Rose stammered a bit. "Uh... h...hi. I'm... I'm still alive."

Rose felt what could only be Raven's powers brushing up against her mind. Raven didn't say anything, simply pulling up her hood and crossing her arms. Robin, however, walked up to Rose, with his normal confidence. "Glad you made it. We were worried about you."

"Rose!" Beastboy seemed to suddenly recover from the shock of seeing her, and ran up to her, hugging her in excitement. Feelings from before, Terra's feelings, kept her from immediately pushing him away. Still, she didn't want his attention, and pulled away from him after just a few moments.

"Yeah, hi Beastboy. I made it. I think... I think my powers kept me alive."

Rose looked around again. "How many people? How many died?"

Cyborg shook his head. "Nobody. The quake started off slow and we got everyone out. It's ok, Rose."

"Yes, please, do not blame yourself. It is Slade whom you should blame." Starfire looked worried, as if she was afraid that Rose would go crazy with regret, like Robin tended to. Rose frowned, realizing that it was Terra who had seen Robin like that, not her.

Raven spoke next, but her voice was full of irritation and distrust. "We need to get her out of here. The police aren't going to stay away forever."

Rose followed the other Titans as they gathered around Raven, and after a few moments in the void, found herself in the tower again, near the kitchen, with the late afternoon light shining from outside. Rose turned towards the other Titans. "What are we going to do about this mess? There's no way you guys have enough influence on the police to cover this one up."

Robin nodded, his face serious. "You're right; we don't. I'm sure I can get the money to help rebuild the area, but we are going to have to talk to the local police about it. In the meantime, I've told them that it was Slade's doing. It wasn't exactly lying."

"Dude, it so doesn't matter. The police need the Titans here anyway; it's not like they can fight supervillains on their own." Beastboy seemed unworried by the police situation.

Rose felt nervous, but knew that it had to be said. She walked over to the kitchen counter, then turned towards the Titans again, leaning back against it. "So... um... I know Raven already knows... but I... remember."

Raven's eyebrows furrowed, as if she was angry, but she didn't make any motion to attack. The other Titans exchanged glances a moment, except Beastboy, who grinned widely. "You're Terra? You remember everything?"

Rose shook her head. "You're half right. I remember it, but I'm not Terra. Not anymore. I know how you two felt about each other, but I'm not the same girl, Beastboy."

Beastboy looked a bit defeated, his grin gone. Cyborg tried to break the slightly depressing mood. "So what now? We gotta go get Slade, right?"

"Of course, but we have no idea where he is." Robin looked angry, but seemingly was choosing to ignore the fact that Rose remembered who she had been. Rose wasn't sure if this was because he already knew due to DNA testing, or if he was just more focused on Slade than anything else.

Raven's tone was curt, and her voice was cold and suspicious. "Can you control your powers?"

Rose looked at her hands, as if they held the answer. Her memories were back, but they felt disconnected, and it took a moment to remember what she was aiming for. She shook her head slightly. "I remember how it was done, but I can't do it. Slade used implants and nanotechnology to help me with that. He masked it with meditation at first, but I knew everything later. I can't do it the same way without Slade's help."

"Hmm." Raven made a noncommittal noise, scowling.

"We will find him, friend. Do not worry yourself." Starfire smiled at Rose as she spoke, though Rose almost felt as if Starfire was trying more to console herself than to ease Rose's worries.

"Of course you will find me." Slade's mask appeared again on the monitor, larger than life. His voice was, as always, calm and dangerous. "You are clever children when you need to be."

The Titans were all visibly shaken by the interruption. Rose felt different, seeing Slade, after her memories had resurfaced. The mask carried even more discomfort now, and there was a sense of abject fear associated with his voice and presence. Terra had been terrified of him.

However, there was also... gratitude. Some sense of owing something to him. The control of her powers had changed Terra's life on the most basic level, and she had known that it was a debt that must be repaid. Rose wasn't certain if she could identify her own feelings as separate from Terra's anymore.

"Where are you? Tell me where!" Robin was shouting at the screen, as if he could intimidate Slade with volume and ferocity.

"Certainly there are more pressing matters than that, Robin." Slade's voice was condescending, seemingly with no purpose other than to further infuriate Robin.

Raven took Slade's bait, knowing that the question had to be asked. "You responded to something Starfire said. How were you listening to us?"

It almost seemed that Slade smiled, though his mask covered his face. If he was smiling, his voice did not show it. "You will have to ask your new member about that. She is carrying something of an old gift from me."

Rose reached down and pulled out the hairpiece, almost instinctively. How could she have been so naive? She reached out with her powers, and immediately realized that the object was not solid, but instead filled with transmission and recording devices. Her hands glowed yellow slightly, and the small butterfly twisted and crushed in on itself, destroying the electronics. "Where are you? Tell me."

Slade paused a moment, as if thinking. Finally, he stepped back from the camera, revealing himself in a small cave. One that was immediately recognizable by both Rose and Raven. It was Terra's old cave. Slade stood, with his hands clasped behind him. "I will be here, Rose. I know what you want to do, and we have much... old business to discuss."

The video feed cut off, and the screen went black. Rose felt her powers simmering beneath the surface. She knew that it was Terra's anger she was feeling, but she felt that some of it was hers as well. Slade had betrayed Rose, by lying to her for so long. Now, he was off in a remote location, where she wouldn't have to worry about killing anyone. It was as if he was just asking to be killed again.

Raven's voice was sharp, but carried a note of pity with it. "We don't do that, Rose."

Rose looked at her quickly, with surprise. "You don't do what?"

"We don't kill. We will not let you kill Slade." Raven seemingly did not want to take chances with this, letting everyone else know what she'd heard from Rose's mind before Rose could talk her way out of it.

Rose shook her head, smiling slightly. "No, I'm not going to. I was just thinking that since Terra did it last time, it was almost as if he was asking for it."

Cyborg rubbed his bald head with his hand. "But where is he? All I saw was a cave."

"It's Terra's old cave. Raven and I both know where it is. It's probably a trap though, and he might not even be there." Rose felt odd. The Titans were ignoring that she'd been inadvertently giving information to Slade. Not only that, but Terra's memories made her want revenge on Slade, while her own mind was trying to cast him in a more positive light, since she still felt as if he was her father.

"Dude! I know where it is too! Terra and I went there one day to get some stuff she'd left! Come on, we can fly, it's not even that far!" Beastboy seemed excited, almost thinking that if they defeated Slade, the troubles would be over and everyone could be happy again.

Rose shook her head. "It's a trap. I mean, everything Slade ever does seems to be a trap. Why do you guys keep walking into them?"

"We do not have any other choice." Starfire's voice was sad, but she seemed to be simply stating a fact. "Slade is... difficult. We have much trouble finding him unless he wishes to be found."

Robin nodded. "Also we need to stop him in whatever his plan is. He's a psychopath, and he can't be planning anything good."

The Titans all seemed to agree without further words that the best option was to pursue him immediately. Rose followed them as they ran through the tower, and pulled a stone from below, following them as they flew in a northward direction, towards her old cave. Terra's. Terra's old cave.

Rose moved her stone a bit, feeling different using her powers now. Terra's memories had brought with them a certain bit of expertise. Rose felt her powers out, banking the stone and turning a few quick turns, testing her abilities. She noticed the Titans looking back at her, and she blushed a bit. "Uh, sorry guys. Just testing it out. Terra knew how to use her powers better than I do."

The group continued on, arriving at the cave in only a few minutes. Rose dropped the stone on the ground, landing next to the rest of the Titans. The canyon was quiet, with no sign of any life anywhere. The other Titans seemed to be looking to Robin for instructions, so Rose kept quiet.

"Ok Titans. We know this is a trap, so stay on your feet. Slade is probably going after Rose, so protect her and don't leave her alone. Slade can't possibly beat all of us at once, so if we stick together we'll all be fine. Let's go."

They had landed fairly close to the cave, and they started up the stone steps immediately, Rose preferring to walk than fly. Raven and Starfire flew quickly up to the top, and met the others there. Robin took the lead, stepping cautiously into the cave, constantly looking for physical traps or deadfalls. The cave looked almost the exact same as when Rose had left it, with a sandy floor that obscured footprints, and no electronic equipment like Slade seemed fond of using.

It was a short path into the cave, before the Titans stepped into the only room, which was completely empty, lacking even footprints that might have denoted Slade's previous presence. Robin angrily pounded his fist into the wall, making Rose flinch. "He's not here! He's just taunting us!"

"Am I, Robin?" The voice seemed to echo in the small room, impossible to tell where it came from. The Titans all put their backs towards each other, looking around for the source. The room was still empty. Rose heard sounds from outside, like dozens of feet marching. The robotics schematics her father seemed so fond of came back to her mind. She reached out with her powers, sensing the stone around her, the three speakers discreetly hidden in the room, as well as the fifty or so human-sized robots outside.

"Uh, guys? There are a lot of robots outside the caves." Rose pulled the speakers from the walls, using her powers, holding them hovering in near the Titans. "This is how he was talking to us."

Robin raised an eyebrow at Rose. "How do you know all this?"

Rose blushed slightly, realizing she hadn't revealed the extent of her abilities. "Uh, I can sorta... sense metal and stone. The stuff I can move. Terra couldn't do it, but I can."

"Interesting, child, but it won't save you." Slade's calm, taunting voice came from the speakers. "The Titans, though formidable, have their limit, and when my army is through with them, I'll come for you... myself."

The speakers sparked brightly, and burned themselves out. Rose dropped them to the floor. Robin turned towards the rest of his team. "Ok, there's an army of robots outside, but we've beaten an army of them before. You guys know what to do. Rose, stay safe. If you need help, tell us."

Robin grinned, apparently glad to see action again. "Titans, Go!"

A/N: I know it's cheese to end a chapter on that, but I enjoy it. Anyway, next chapter out as soon as I'm able. Hope you enjoyed this one, and please review!