Teen Titans: "Promise" (Part 2)
Terra- As Niveus closed his communicator and leaned back in his chair I decided that I could finally talk. "So," I begin.
He looks toward me, his face droopy and tired. "Aura is already at Slade's base."
"Cool," I fidget with my thumbs until I finally get the courage to ask. "Um, why does she go after Slade? It can't be just for me, right?"
He looks me over, almost seeing if he should tell me or not. He shrugs his shoulders and starts to answer my question. "It's a promise that she made."
"To who," I ask.
Niveus shakes his head. "Her mom, it probably sounds funny, doesn't it?"
I give a laugh. "Yeah, why would she promise her mom that she would kill Slade, That's just stupid!"
He didn't laugh with me; instead he seemed to become more distant than usual. "She made the promise when her mom was dying." Then he gets up and leaves the room.
I can't believe that I had just been a total jerk without even knowing it! It's not like I would know that her mom was dead, but then again, why would they make a promise about killing Slade? It makes no sense. I give a long sigh and lean back in the couch. Now everything is just more mysterious…
Aura- The first one came head on at me. I dodged it and quickly kicked on its back, sending it into the ocean floor. Another laser beam comes zooming by me. It nearly misses my arm. I quickly swim over to the goon that had shot at me and punched a hole through its head. Naturally, it sunk to the bottom just like all the others. I look to the last pack of eight. They were all guarding the base. Dammit. I'm running out of time! I charge towards them and knock out three of them. Now only five were left. They circled around me and pulled out their laser guns. When did they even get laser guns? I wait for them to pull the trigger. When they do, I swim away from the oncoming lasers. Then as four of them are hit by their comrades own lasers; I dive down and smash kick the last remaining one. Now all the guards were gone. I swim over to the hatch that was the door to Slade's base. I twist it open and swim inside. The water slowly drained and I enjoyed taking some breaths of fresh air. Like I was being invited inside, the door opened to reveal a long hallway. I groan, and start running through it. There's no time to waste, I need to get this over with and fast!
Terra- I decided to give Niveus some time alone and took a trip to Jump City. I put on a red sweatshirt and gray hat to keep my face hidden. Niveus and Aura both said that it is important that no one recognizes me when I'm in a familiar place. I walk past the park that the Titans and I would always go and hang out at. Nothing seemed to have changed. Not even the pizza place that they would always go to for food. I had been gone for only about three and half months but man did everything feel so nostalgic! As I was about to go through my old high school I spy a few goons right behind me. Instinctively I dash ahead. I was nearing a corner and about to pass it when beast boy appears in my way. I jump over him doing a flip to catch some air, than I land past him and keep on running. Hopefully he didn't see my face, but one thing's for sure, he saw the goons chasing after me and quickly got rid of them. I could have gotten rid of them myself but I was told to lay low, and that meant to not use my powers. I stop and catch my breath. What a stupid mistake. Beast boy was running to me and soon caught up. "Hey, are you ok?" he asked. "Those things were chasing you right? Well its ok, they're gone now."
I give him a not so happy smile. "Uh, thanks."
He tilts his head. "You don't look very happy, is something wrong?"
I laugh. "Yeah, a lot of things!"
He smiles. "What's your name?"
I pause. What should I tell him? I can't think of anything. "Uh, I can't remember…" What a stupid thing to say! He will definitely suspect me. UGH!
"Oh, that's to bad, amnesia." He asks with a curious looking face.
"Yeah, something like that." I see a goon coming up behind beast boy, its eyes glued on me. "Uh, bye, I need to go!"
"Why?" he asks. But I was already dashing down the street, heading back towards the base.
Aura- I finally reached the end of the long hallway. I kick open the door and rush in, ready to fight anything that comes at me. The place was empty, no chairs, no computer, no torture chamber, not even a bathroom, everything was gone! I knew it. Those goons were meant to delay me. They gave Slade enough time to leave; the damn coward. I curse while opening up my communicator. Niveus appears on the screen. "Done already?"
"No, he ditched." I say, obviously showing that I was frustrated.
He laughed. "Well, Terra just got back from a walk to someplace, and we're all waiting here for you. So hurry back and come have a descent meal for once."
"In crappy kitchen, in your crappy base?" I ask.
"Yeah, home sweet home." He says.
"I'll come, see you soon."
"Ok, hurry back." He adds as he closes his communicator.
I put my communicator away and fall onto the floor. I look up to the white ceiling and slowly let it trance me into a deep sleep. Rest is the only thing I need, not food, not friendship, nothing but rest.