Beast Boy eagerly waited at the long line leading to the entrance of the local amusement park. Even Raven put effort into at least showing some enthusiasm with a smile. But that part was easy. All she had to do was look at Beast Boy's childish excitement. It's like she was spending time with a friend, a lover AND a little child.
"That's the Aero Plunge! Oh, that one over there is the Eagle Rocket Wheel! And that's one of my favorites! It's called Splash Maze Turbo Flask!" Beast Boy yelled and pointed the respective rides for Raven to see.
"Relax, Beast Boy! We're not even in the park yet!" Raven told her excited boyfriend.
It took almost 20 minutes more queuing time for them to enter the Jump City Good Time Amusement Park. Upon setting foot into the recreatiomal grounds, Beast Boy led Raven towards his favorite ride.
"Beast Boy, I have no intentions of riding the Splash Maze Jumbo Craze or whatever that ride's called!" Raven protested as she was kept pulled by Beast Boy. He did not listen though. He kept going.
They were a few small steps away from the already long line when Raven used her powers to restrict the movements of Beast Boy's feet.
"Raven, what are you doing? We need to queue up."
Raven unintentionally shifted her eyes, released her boyfriend, and stated, "I don't think it's a good idea to have me go on that thing."
"Why?"
"I don't think whatever emotions I will feel riding these things will be anything but severe," Raven answered.
Beast Boy thought about what she said, then responded, "Listen to what you're saying! Of course you can control it!"
"But if I control it, that probably meant I have to seem bored riding that thing. There's no fun in that."
"Hm, I see," Beast Boy said. "That's a shame, but we'll not ride it if you're uncomfortable.
Raven smiled. "Thank you. But where to now?"
"There are plenty of other fun things we can do here, Raven! C'mon!"
Beast Boy pulled Raven to a game stall.
"Do you remember a couple of years ago, where I won you that prize?" Beast Boy asked Raven as he received a basket of fake coins for the game.
"When you got me a giant chicken?" Raven asked, recalling the event. Then she recalled her monotonous reply, and blushed in shame. "Sorry I was less than earnest back then. I didn't fully understand what it meant."
"What what meant?" Beast Boy asked as he tossed a coin at the board, to no win. He offered Raven a coin.
"Love," Raven said as she accepted the offer and gave a try. Without her powers, her tossing ability needed more work.
"Nah, it's fine. I didn't understand love back then either," Beast Boy said. "But I have to admit, there was a little attraction for you in me before."
Raven chuckled before tossing another coin. "Who'd knew amusement park games were good for training?"
"Maybe that's how I got better," Beast Boy joked.
All they managed in that round of coin tossing was a small plushie. Raven won it, denying using her powers before giving it to Beast Boy.
"Let's go to the Jungle Boat next," Raven suggested.
Beast Boy's eyes shone just at Raven's suggestion. He agreed in excitement and once again pulled Raven to their next destination.
"Slow down, Beast Boy!" Raven told Beast Boy while stifling laughter. She was having fun...
Then, she saw someone she thought she knew.
"STOP!" Raven said much louder. Beast Boy halted and asked what the holdup was.
"Is that Terra?" she asked, pointing towards a water gun game stall. There that girl was; long, straight blonde hair, big blue eyes, skimmed beauty like a princess from a foreign country, but in a school uniform. If that wasn't Terra, the appearance is impeccably indistinguishable.
"Huh, I guess it is," Beast Boy said in an unenthusiastic tone. "Or, at least, who we think is Terra."
"So you were telling the truth," Raven said. "Even I can't tell any difference. Should we talk to her?"
Beast Boy shook his head. "Nah uh. Tried that; didn't work. Besides, look, she's leaving!"
Beast Boy and Raven eyed Terra with her two other friends that Beast Boy had met earlier.
"Come on," Raven whispered to Beast Boy. But it was redundant because the place was already so noisy there was no way Terra, or the blue eyed blonde, could have heard them. Raven hovered quietly and swiftly to where said girl was going to, hiding from time to time. Beast Boy hesitantly followed suit, as a minuscule fly. He really didn't like the idea.
I've already tried making her remember, Beast Boy thought as he flew to Raven. He would've expressed his uncertainty then and there, but he was a mute whizzing fly.
Now that Raven saw her, she believes me. But I've already lost belief that Terra - whoever she is - will ever remember. Or want to remember. Now she's just body I know, but somebody I used to know.
Raven and Beast Boy halted at the entrance to a boat ride, where the three schoolgirls had gone into.
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
"Let's get in," Raven told Beast Boy, who had resumed human form.
"Are you sure?" Beast Boy asked, grabbing Raven by the arm to stop her from entering the attraction. "What if she doesn't want to remember? Or does not remember at all? I did tell you that I have tried."
"I can get into her memory and see if she's lying," Raven suggested somewhat impatiently.
"Is that ethical?" Beast Boy wondered. Raven shrugged. She didn't really think about it. She had done it only twice; once on Robin, only because he was in dire state. The other was on Plasmus; she had to see his memories in order to wear out his mind to put him to sleep.
Raven sighed and replied, "You're right. It looks like we'll have to find another way. But it doesn't make sense; how did she get here? You said her statue was gone. It doesn't add up!"
Beast Boy suddenly placed a hand on her mouth, making the rest of her sentence inaudible. He thought he saw someone in the attraction.
Beast Boy said with unexpected urgency and determination, "We may not know whether she's lying or not, but we now have a reason to get in there to get to her. Let's go!"
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
"Why a change of mind?"
"Slade's after her too!" Beast Boy shouted. "Terra!"
Beast Boy and Raven flew past a few boats among a jungle scenery before reaching the three girls. Beast Boy resumed human form and was hovering on Raven's conjured hovering disk. Beast Boy called out Terra again, and then the blonde looked up.
"It's that Titan again!" said the brunette in an annoyed tone. "Won't he ever leave us alone?"
"What do you want now?" the desired girl asked in a commanding tone.
"We want you to come with us," Raven said.
"Oh, look, he brought the witch," the brown-skinned girl muttered.
"They better not taste my patience," Raven quietly said through gritted teeth.
"Terra, I know you barely believed me but please, listen; you're in trouble!" Beast Boy yelled.
"As if saying my life's at risk will make me want to do as you say."
Beast Boy and Raven were getting frustrated by the minute. Beast Boy had spotted Slade, and he was definitely waiting for prey, and he was either after Beast Boy and Raven or Terra or both.
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
"Give us one more chance," Beast Boy pleaded. "I still don't know how or why this is happening, but you have to bet on it we will try to solve it!"
Beast Boy could see the vulnerability and confusion on the blonde's face.
He added, "Do you even know how your school, civilian life started?"
The blonde's eyes widened. Her two friends shook her, trying to get her out of her thinking or shocked state, whatever it was, they weren't sure themselves.
"No," she replied.
Beast Boy smiled. "Then, come with us - oomph!"
"That won't be the case, unfortunately for you," said a distinct male voice.
Beast Boy had been kicked off the hovering disk by Slade and they had begun fighting on a large stage-sized prop.
Raven flew to their direction to help but Beast Boy shooed her off.
"Go save Terra!" he ordered, and Raven nodded.
"Terra, let's go!" Raven said as she flew in the opposite direction. The girls on the boat had been screaming ever since Beast Boy had been tackled down.
Terra was the first to recover and she saw Raven.
"No, whoever you are! Until you give me solid proof!" the girl they called Terra shouted.
"There's no time! We'll find an explanation later!" Raven responded. She reached out to 'Terra' and at contact, she saw her memories.
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
It was all in spurs of moments, but the first thing Raven saw, in Terra's eyes, was a cave. Then, the rest of the memories were jumbled images. She saw Terra moving earth, climbing up to above ground, in the canyons where the Teen Titans first encountered her a few years ago, going to school, talking with her friends, studying, reading articles about the Teen Titans and how they saved the Earth from the Brotherhood of Evil, fighting with the White Monster and escaping from it, more school life, meeting Beast Boy, talking to herself regarding Beast Boy and not letting him know she remembers, and the moment they were in now.
Raven could only stare in awe at Terra as she still held onto her.
Terra sighed. She had no reason to lie now.
"Raven, go!" Beast Boy shouted before turning into a gorilla to fend off Slade from getting near the girls. The rest of the people in the attraction had escaped, some had to swim.
"Let's just get on with it!" Terra said in defeat, taking Raven's offered hand.
Raven found back her bearings and nodded in understanding.
"Ladies, this may be eerie, but we're getting out of here," Raven told the three girls before teleporting them four out of the boat and out of the park.
In Raven's mind, she was beginning to feel anger over why Terra had not told the team about her return, or at least admitted to Beast Boy that she had known that she had been well associated with the Teen Titans. Raven did not see Terra's memories prior to her turning to stone, but from what she did see, it seemed like she knew all along. Raven could not help but wonder what Terra's intentions were; whether to screw up the Titans again, or if she really was confused in some way.
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
Terra and her two friends fell to the ground once Raven released them from her concealment. A quick look around showed them that they were just outside the amusement park.
"Quick! Let's make a run for it!" said one of the very scared schoolgirls. Terra's two friends immediately ran away. Terra just stood there and stayed, face down as if in shame.
"Terra, you remember," Raven muttered, looking at Terra.
"I'm sorry..."
Raven was about to interrogate Terra further, but thought it would be too rough on her. She was not about to stoop to Terra's level. The worry for Beast Boy and the innocent in that attraction also refrained her from asking Terra more questions.
"I am going back to make sure no one - except Slade - gets hurt," Raven told Terra, who was quite unresponsive. "Don't go anywhere."
With that, Raven returned to the fray.
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
"You're after Terra, Slade! What do you want from her this time?"
Beast Boy growled at the man standing poised before him. The first minutes of their feud had caused damage to parts of the ride, and people were in the middle of evacuation.
"Foolish changeling, you have no idea what's going on with her, do you?"
Slade cracked his knuckles and assumed fighting stance, taunting Beast Boy to make the first move.
"It seems like you've been gone for longer than you hoped for," he added.
Beast Boy growled some more. He was about to thrust himself towards Slade when something dark caught his eye. Raven had just teleported back into the attraction, and he noted that Terra wasn't with her.
"Raven! Where's Terra?" Beast Boy called out.
"I left her outside the amusement park! I couldn't just let you and other innocent people get hurt!"
There was then a shout and a sound of impact as Slade's right fist violently met Beast Boy's left cheek.
"Beast Boy!"
Raven flew up quickly to her boyfriend's aid, only to have been stopped by Beast Boy's command upon recovery.
"No, Raven! Save the people!"
Raven nodded in understanding and got back to work. She quickly spotted a struggling swimmer and saved her from drowning. Meanwhile, Beast Boy and Slade continued doing battle.
"Tell me what you want from her now!" Beast Boy shouted in fury.
"That's why they say patience is a virtue, young naive one," Slade said calmly while dodging Beast Boy's continuous attacks. "You will find out in due time. And since Terra has probably escaped - mind you I doubt she's still waiting outside - I don't have any business here. So, until we meet again."
With that, Slade dodged Beast Boy's attack for the last time in bull form before he jumped out from an opening and was out of sight.
Beast Boy growled and threw something at a random but safe place.
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
"Raven, go see if Terra really has left. I'll take care of the people in here," Beast Boy told Raven once he got to her.
"Okay," Raven said, and she, too, was temporarily out of Beast Boy's sight.
Raven returned to where Terra should have been waiting.
"Terra?" It did not take the empath long to realize that Slade was right; Terra ran away. Raven sighed, less than eager to break the news to the angered Beast Boy. This was supposed to be a fun date for them.
"It looks like fun has to wait yet again," Raven told herself in monotone but with hints of frustration and disappointment.
Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody (Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody (Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
Once Beast Boy had rescued the people in the boat ride, the couple warned the Titans of Terra and Slade via communicator and returned home as soon as they could.
"Friends, are you okay? Have you been injured?" Starfire quickly asked in worry at the sight of Raven and Beast Boy. She was babying Beast Boy, making sure he received no bruises and did not require immediate medical attention.
"We're fine, Star," Beast Boy said. "What's not fine is that Slade's after Terra. And this time, we're sure it's her."
"Don't worry, Beast Boy, we'll get him," Robin assured his teammate with serious determination, only to see Beast Boy sulk a bit.
"We've been told that before, Robin! And yet, he's still here! He's like a roach that just won't be gone from the face of this world!"
"Chill, man! Remember, this is Slade we're talking about. He's a tough cookie to crack, but that does not mean we should stop strengthening ourselves for our battles against him," Cyborg told his angered friend, giving him a gentle and reassuring pat on the back.
"They're right, Beast Boy," Raven said quietly, who was now being inspected for injuries by Starfire.
"And what about Terra?" the alien princess asked.
Raven sighed, "I saw her memories. She remembers us alright. There's just something either keeping her from admitting it, or something making her not want to admit it. From how she apologized to me after I saved her and her school friends, I'm leaning towards the latter."
"I'm thinking she's not telling us the truth because there are more things beneath the fact that she remembers us. Something deeper, something from before us..."
Robin thought out loud as the rest of the team tried to come up with ideas of their own.
"But for now, I'm just glad you guys didn't get hurt, and we need to rest I guess. It's night."
(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody
"Terra, Terra, Terra..."
Slade repeated the name as he watched past tapes of Terra when she was being apprenticed by him.
"I was stupid to not have used my knowledge of you the last time because I thought it would do more damage to me than development. But now I'm back from the dead, you are too, and we're back basically in square one, I guess I have no choice but to use your past to advance myself in beating the Titans.
I also guess that means I willl be meeting the original you soon, Tara Markov."