CHAPTA SIX, change the i!

I bring back someone from the very first of the "It Wants" series.

A reminder of the names, in case you forgot:

Names With Categories:

"Sexually Active Kids (Sluts)"
Jinx- Jade Hexin

Kid Flash- Wally West

Beast Boy- Garfield Logan

Raven- Sparrow Roth

Blackfire- Flaim Anders

"Goths and/or Bad Kids"
Argent- Elicia Regent

Red x- Redge Alexander

The Harold- Henry Milton

"Popular Bitches"
Cyborg- Victor Stone

Bumblebee- Maria Lee

Starfire- Kori Anders

Robin- Richard Grayson

"Nerds and Geeks"
Kole- Kim Hexin

Jericho- Jared Cropper

Speedy- Sid Denison

"Guys Girls Will Never Like"
Gizmo- Eugene Nelson

Mammoth- Thommas Othrip

See-More- Sid Moris

Aqualad- Eric Sanders

"Teacher and Exchange Students"
Red Star- Reed Stevens/Mr. Stevens

Mas- Mitch Lopez

Menos- Mark Lopez

Chapter 6
"The Past Comes Undone"

Jinx:

Kim froze, as did I, before we both turned around, eyes shut. Redge seemed pissed, as did Raven and Beast Boy (though they looked only irritated and slightly worried). Flaim and Wally were clueless, but put on a stone-cold face. We were all eating around the same area and some of us who recognized them looked over, shocked.

I turned in my chair, scowling. "I thought you were dead."

"I see you dyed your hair a new color." She peered around our small group, sweetly. "I see new faces and fewer old faces. Whats the matter, your friends ditch you?"

"You want them, they're around here somewhere. We're here till five for school." I looked around. "You here for work?"

"Excuse me?"

I jerked my head. "There's plenty of street corners. You must have this whole territory to yourself, or do you share it?"

She ignored me. "Sparrow and Garfield. Are you two still together?"

Sparrow smiled, just as nicely. "Two words, Rosaline: Fuck. Off."

She scowled at us before seeing Wally and Flaim. "Who are these two?"

"Names Flaim, bitch," She said, smacking her gum that she must've gotten while I was gone.

"Wally."

We all stood when Flaim approached, circling her just like Sparrow had the first time she'd met her. "Do you take ever shower?"

"I smell fine, thank you very much."

"I was talking about that stubble on your legs. You're supposed to shave when you take a shower."

"Rosaline!"

She turned, and thank God, Victor was there. She eyed him up as we were all starting to gather at her presence, though some of us didn't know her, at least one person in every group knew exactly who Rosaline was.

"Victor Stone, you here too?" She eyed up Richard, "Ooh, whose he?"

"Her boyfriend," Richard replied icily, holding Kori by her waist. "Whose this, Victor?"

"This tramp we used to know when we lived here," Eric answered for him, coming up with his group.

"I was wondering where you all disappeared to," She said, a couple of other females and a matching set of kick-me males coming with them. There was one for Rosaline too.

They gave the boys envious looks, since we were easily hotter then the skanks they had. "Rose, whose this?"

"Old friends," She replied, his hands on her waist and her hand on his neck.

Elicia snorted. "We're hardly friends."

"I'm heart-broken."

"Literally? Because if not, we can fix that, sweetie." Kim said happily.

"Beat it, squirt."

Redge's hands curled into a fist. "Hey, no one says that to my little sister!"

"And what're you going to do about it?"

Kole's part was to be a nerd. It was mine, Flaim's and Sparrow's job to be the ass-beating girls.

I flipped out a switch-blade I'd grabbed, just in case. To my surprise, Sparrow materialized one from her boot, unnoticed unless you'd been paying attention and Flaim simply cracked her knuckles at the chance of a fight.

Mr. Stevens came over, and instantly our knives were gone. "Is there a problem here kids?"

Kim looked up with those eyes of hers, suddenly watering and pointed. "Mr. Stevens, that girl has come over to try to get us to fight her and won't leave us alone!"

Mr. Stevens crossed his arms and Rosaline and her friends looked rather nervous. "Shouldn't you kids be in school?"

"Uh-."

"What are your names?"

"Um-."

"If you don't go back to school this instant, I'm calling the police and having them escort you back."

Rosaline nudged her boy-toy. "Come on guys, let's go."

Then ran away, getting into a car parked on the street before driving off.

We cheered before laughing and dispersing back into our groups.

Blackfire:

We got back, all of us with plenty of clothes, and all of them that would fit the coming spring. Weather channel people expected it to be nice the area we were staying in and Gizmo (since we were now out of character) had told us that they'd tried to bug a little bit of the area, but some type of animal wrecked the bugs, to our luck. He'd search for more that the creature had missed again but as far as he knew, their plan failed. Epically.

I threw my clothes in my new room that I was sharing with Starfire, just to make things a little easier. In our house there were my sister and I, Jinx, Kid Flash, Beast Boy, Raven, Argent, Red X, the Harold, Cyborg, and Bumblebee. In the other there was Robin, Kole, Jericho, Speedy, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, Aqualad, Red Star, and Mas y Minos.

Best news, besides Starfire and I, everyone had their own rooms. Soundproof rooms. Tonight would be the night I finally confronted Jinx's annoying but enticing big brother who'd been avoiding me ever since I'd arrived.

Jinx, Starfire, Raven, Bumblebee, Argent, and Kole were all in the room, going through my clothes. After 2:00p.m., the girls and boys had split up, going off to buy undergarments. It would be beyond uncomfortable for everyone if we continued to shop together. I'd bought a few hand-picked ones, special for the occasion, as a joke, but now they were all examining them carefully, except for Kole.

She sat on the bed, making a face. "This is so disturbing."

I sat next to her, also unhappy. "Why?"

She gave me a look, "They're picking out clothes for you so you can sleep with my brother. How creepy is that?"

I nodded, "I know. I'm sorry."

"Its alright," she leaned back, jerking her chin towards them. "I think they're done."

"We are, we are," Argent said.

"Honey, you're going to look fine in this." Bumblebee emphasized as they all started ushering me into the bathroom with the clothes (not just underwear).

When I came out I was in the dress similar to the one Raven had grabbed me earlier at our shopping spree (except this one was red), and a black corset with matching lace panties underneath. I normally didn't wear things like this, but I thrived in uncomfortable situations. The dress had black tights and went to my thighs. It hugged my body perfectly, showing off every curve I had in a good way and with one-inch straps. The zipper in the back was supposedly for 'easy-removal' (both Kole and I had shuddered at this) purposes. I didn't have any shoes on but that was fine, and my hair was down.

Starfire frowned at this. "Sister, may I put your hair up?"

"Into what?" I questioned back. "I always wear it like this."

"Just into a tail of the pony, I believe it would look nice on you."

Reluctantly I allowed it, and I looked better. It showed my neck better. I could also distract myself by retying the pony tail. Eventually Jinx and Argent slipped me into some ankle-height black boots and Kole had finally looked me over.

She smiled. "As creepy as it is that you're now prepared to seduce and sleep with my brother, you look hot."

I kissed her on the cheek. "I don't mean to make you jealous, Kole. I'm sorry."

She gave me a dirty look. Then she grinned, mocking my words from earlier today. "'Sorry sweetie, you're not my type.'"

We started giggling, unable to control our laughter and excitement and nervous feelings. It had taken all day to do this and now it was nine thirty.

"How are we going to get him into the room?" I asked.

Jinx rolled her neck. "Red X is in the kitchen every night at ten to make himself something to drink. It got really annoying when Kole and I first started living with him but he started being quiet when he got up to get it, so we were fine with it after a while. Just be in their by 9:57 and start making tea or whatever it is you like."

"And put this on!" Kole shouted, throwing something from my back at me after ripping the tags off. "Although I'm still disturbed, it'll hide what your wearing and make him wonder."

It was a black trench coat that went two inches past the dress and tied around my waist. I slipped it on, tying it tight.

Everyone quickly filed into their rooms (the houses connected in a hallway and a small main room in between, so no one would have to go outside), giving me good luck pats and hopeful wishes at they left. At 9:57 Starfire gave me a tight hug before I left the room, my shoes pretty much silent on the floor. I began making the tea for real, to calm myself, though I couldn't help but steal impatient glances at the clock. Finally it turned to ten and I grinned to myself, turning my back to the door Red X was to come from. I heard the door open and began humming to myself, as if I couldn't hear it at all.

Eventually though, a hand touched my shoulder, covered by trench coat and I jumped, turning.

Red X stood behind me, eyes narrowed. "Hello," he said slowly, carefully.

"Hey," I said in turn, sitting on the table and starting to take off my boots. He watched me carefully the whole time and I dropped the boots on the floor. When I got back up I was barefoot and started trying to make tea again.

I got an idea.

I spilled the tea, getting it on my trench coat. Thankfully it was thick and wouldn't get on my dress. "Shit!" I swore, hissing and Red X turned from the fridge he'd moved to to grab the ingredients for food (aka trying to avoid looking at me). I hurriedly removed the coat, throwing it on the table and making sure it wasn't on my dress. From the corner of my eyes I saw Red X's eyes bulge.

"God damnit," I muttered, frowning at the dark brown stain on the black coat. I hissed, "Stupid piece of shit!"

Red X seemed amused then and I looked up to see him laughing at me, leaning against the fridge. "Irritated?"

I showed him the stain. "Can I help it? Its new."

He stilled a moment before saying. "That's fine. I like your outfit better without it."

I froze from turning back around, looking at him with a brow up. "You do?"

Red X nodded, moving closer to me. Playing hard-to-get, like Jinx had advised (since throwing myself at him hadn't worked), I began to step back and he continued to advance on me until I hit the back of the couch, unable to go any farther. Then I smiled.

"Do you really like this outfit?" I questioned, shyly.

He nodded, touching my face with his unfortunately gloved hand. "Mhm."

"Does this mean you want me?" I asked, curious.

There was a pause.

And then he grabbed me around my waist, pulling me against him as he transported us into his room. It was dark and he took his mask off, but I couldn't see his face in the shadows. It became the least important thing in my mind as his lips grazed my neck. I stepped back and he froze, staring at me with blue eyes and I began walking towards the door. His eyes got wider, thinking I was about to leave.

I flicked the light on and turned to look at him, without his mask. I stared and he stared back before eventually bowing, his hands out.

"What do you think?" Red X asked me, as if for permission.

I walked over, touching his white face and black, shaggy hair. He was more handsome then I'd originally thought anyone could be.

I smiled. "I like it."

And his hand shot out to the side, his signature red X hitting the light, shutting them back off. I giggled. I liked the dark better then the light anyways. It left more to the imagination and the moonlight in the room illuminated most of it anyways, just in a better tint then the harsh yellow light.

His gloves were suddenly gone, replaced by his bare hands that stroked my arm and pushed my head to his, our lips meeting in our first kiss. I was a lip virgin (because I didn't count the boy I'd used to get the Earth language) until that moment and I had a feeling that went for him as well. It was an intimate moment that suspended time for both of us.

Then I felt his mouth smirk against mine and he breathed, "I think you're the only person in the world I've ever wanted. I've never wanted anything as bad as I want you."

"Promise?" I whispered back, suddenly self-conscious. What if I was just a one night stand for him? What if he wasn't as innocent as I thought?

He laughed quietly. "You're my everything now. I swear on my life."

And then we embraced again, more heated then before. His hands moved to my shoulders, pushing the straps off of my dress. I pressed myself against him more, my hands stroking his spine, making him tense. I grinned and finally found the top of the zipper, now visible because his mask was gone. I slowly pulled it down, making him halt any further actions. I was surprised to find it was just a shirt, not a suit. After a pause from him he took a step back, ripping his shirt off over his head, tossing it to the floor. During that time I removed my tights, quickly, which went unnoticed by him. Now that I thought about it, tights were sort of a dumb idea. I could see his pale chest and approached him once more, sliding my hands along the muscles on his arm and chest. I grinned at what I felt; a body toned to perfection.

"Like what you see?" he murmured, stroking my face.

In response I took his hand, letting it slide down to my now naked thigh. "I could ask you the same question," I purred in return.

This was a major turn on, apparently.

I felt his hand move up to cup my backside, which made me give a small squeak of surprise. He chuckled in a low tone, happy about my sound. I pressed my mouth to his, my hands sliding along his chest. I paused.

"Do you have a name besides Red X?" I asked him, curious.

He paused, "I . . . remember it."

"Could you tell me? I want to know the real you." I whispered, breathing against his ear.

After a hesitant pause I heard him mutter, "Collin. My name was Collin Evans."

I felt honored to know his first name. I wasn't sure if Jinx or Kole or anyone else even knew his name besides him.

It was the fact that he trusted me with that sort of information that turned me on so much.

I gripped his hair in between my fists, pulling myself tighter against him. His own hands pressed firmly into my back, holding me as close as possible. There was a brief amount of kissing before his hands trailed to my zipper and I waited, our breath mingling as he unzipped it. It fell to the floor around my feet and that's when I giggled.

"What?" He asked, kissing my neck.

I just giggled quietly until his belt was firmly in my hand, without his notice. "Nothing."

And then I undid his belt with a simple click, and his pants fell to the floor. Not expecting this his hands weren't so tight around me, and I stepped back, examining his now only underwear clad body. "I always knew you were a boxers guy."

He seemed embarrassed. I was about to make another comment when I felt my back hit the bed. I had no idea how Collin had moved so fast but I guess his training technique's could be used both inside and out of bed. He frowned down at me.

"You're wearing a corset."

"So?"

"Unfair."

I laughed, arching myself so I was tight against him and my back was off the bed. I breathed hotly in his ear. "You could always," I kissed his neck. "Take it off for me."

I didn't have to ask him twice. The words had barely got out of his mouth before it was off, his hand sliding along my stomach and kissing my mouth. I bit his neck and felt him moan. There was a hidden satisfaction at being able to do that and I did it again. I found he had a thing for biting.

Soon enough we were both completely naked and pressed against each other.

Listening to Raven, Beast Boy, and Arella fight was so not worth missing this the first time.

Raven:

I woke with a start, unsure of why though after a few minutes. There wasn't anything there-.

But fire.

I screamed-.

Before sitting up in bed, alone. I began panting, pressing my hand to my hammering heart. I did a double take around the room to make sure it wasn't really on fire before I remembered Terra's screeches.

"The house is on fire!"

I shook the memory away, rolling onto my back and closing my eyes, the blankets thrown to the edge of my bed. After deciding this wasn't going to work I sat in a meditative position, my eyes closing peacefully as I began chanting my mantra. I ignored the uncomfortably . . . intense sensations from Red X's room, smirking to myself. So Red X had finally cracked to her perseverance. Taking my thoughts away from that part of the house I moved into my core, where peace lay.

A heat overcame me and I gasped, opening my eyes once more. The room was the same but I panted once again, in my panic.

It appeared I wasn't going to get any peace tonight.

Terra:

"So you see, child? That is why you must hunt her down! That is why you must defeat those who have left you behind!"

I looked down, sitting on my legs. I felt stupid. How could I have let myself think they were my friends?

Yet, for some reason, I continued to try to justify them. "I'm not awake. I couldn't have been of any use to them."

"And so that's all you are? A tool?"

"I'm a liability!" I snapped back, angry. "How could they have taken me when I'm like this?"

"If it had been Starfire, do you think they would have left her?"

I paused, biting my lip. "This . . . This isn't about her-!"

"Then what is it about, child? Tell me!"

"I don't know!" I screamed back, jumping to my feet angrily. "What do you need me for anyways? If I'm so useless to the Titans then what use am I to you? Why don't you just take someone stronger?"

"Because you know better," he insisted, calmer now. His red eyes had stopped glaring hatefully at me.

I pushed my hair out of my eyes. "I don't know."

"All I ask is that you find her." He begged. A clawed black shadowed hand reached out, upturned. His finger swirled, creating a smoke mirror that showed an image, to my surprise, of someone I knew well. "And you can have what you crave most."

"Aqualad . . . is he alright?" I demanded. "Nothings happened to him, right?"

"He is fine," Trigon assured me. "And you can have him all to yourself if you get them out of the way."

"I . . . I-."

"Terra," he interrupted. "Do as I can command, and you will never have another care in the world."

That was it. After looking into the eyes that had seemed frightening to me for days of our talking (strangely enough, during this time, I had no desire to do human things beside sleep) I wasn't me anymore. I was Aqualad's.

And I was Trigon's slave.

His clawed finger touched my forehead with one nail, but strangely enough it didn't hurt. I closed my eyes, letting the tingling sensation wash over my standing form. A comfortable flame ripped through me, ensnaring every inch of me. I almost missed the sensation when it was over and I reopened my eyes.

"You now bare my mark, invisible until you wish it to be shown. Your powers to move earth are now double with my power of fire and electric lightning-flame. It sounds strange, but that is the only translation for your limited terms in Earth-words. Use these wisely, little one. I'll be watching you."

"But what about Raven? She'll sense that I'm lying to them!"

"I'll protect you from my daughter's empathy. I gave them to her, I can easily manipulate them without her knowledge. You'll be safe."

"Alright," I said, suddenly all business. "Wake me up."

"Close your eyes."

But I opened them. And I mean really opened them, and I was in Arella's bedroom, in the same nightgown I was in a week ago.

Arella was sitting in a corner, looking skittish and disheveled. I sat up and her bloodshot eyes snapped to me. I leaned back, confused.

"Arella, what happened? Why am I in your room?"

Her eyes narrowed at me. Something about her had definitely changed. "Your so-called team left. If you want to contact them, you can leave a message." She growled out all the information at me. She turned away silently rocking in her chair before looking back at me a second later. "Well? Are you just going to sit there? You're fine now, get out!"

Shocked by her hostility I scrambled out, running into my room to pack. I shoved clothes away into a suitcase, flipping open my communicator.

"Guys, I just woke up and Arella's brain is like, scrambled. I can't remember anything, but I guess whatever she did cured me. I'm in my room, I'm already packing, but I need someone to come get-."

I'd barely finished speaking when a black aura encased my suitcase and me, my communicator snapping shut on the bed with a flip of black energy. I fell to the floor, on comfortable carpet, suit case gripped in my hand. I looked up to see Raven, Aqualad, and others around me, but those two were in my immediate attention.

"Terra?" Aqualad asked, concerned. "Are you really okay now?"

I looked around, surprised at how wary everyone's face were. Eventually I gave a smile. "Did you guys miss me?"

"Terra!" Aqualad picked me up in his arms, twirling me around. I laughed, shocked but happy to be in his arms. Everything I was doing was for him, anyhow. "Terra, you're back!"

"I can't really remember where I was, but I guess I am back." I said, pushing my hair behind my ear. He set me down as I laughed, happily, watching him.

"Well Terra," Robin took my attention, handing me a case. "We made this for you, when we eventually did get you back."

I opened it to find two rings. I was confused, looking up at him, "What are these for?"

"Put them on and find out. Mammoth, can you get a mirror?"

Mammoth brought in a large reflecting glass, placing it in front of me just as I slipped the rings on from the brown case. I looked up and gasped.

"The public hasn't seen you yet, but as soon as Arella realizes you're missing too, she'll have your face plastered along with ours." Robin said, regretfully. "So this is your new identity."

I was a brunette with hazel eyes and beautiful. I was prettier then normal, beautiful. I touched my face inn disbelief. "Why are we running from Arella?"

"She's cracked," Kid Flash said sadly. "She wanted to do experiments on Raven, her own daughter, just because she could. How psycho is that?"

"We've all got to wear these when we go out in public, and call each other different names, but here we're safe. And we can take you shopping for more clothes later, because we're not sure just how long we're going to be here."

"What's my fake name?"

Cyborg suddenly snapped a picture of me, which made me jump. With a few quick keys on his computer, a card slipped out and he handed it to me. "There you are."

I turned it over, looking at the ID worthy picture and read out loud, "Tetra Markov."

End of this chapter! I hope you guys are enjoying this, and now that I've brought Terra back in, "Birthmark" can only be so far from happening again with some . . . alterations to it since Slade has been replaced by Terra, and she's not quite as strong.

AND I FEEL SO DIRTY! I wrote a sex-scene (with as little detail as possible, but it still counts)! I was seriously blushing and feeling totally awkward the whole time, which is why Blackfire and Red X kept talking in the middle of intimacy. Sorry guys, I'm just not good at those kinds of things . . . thank God.

Things are getting strange.