Hello fan-fic readers! This is Nekotenshi-hime and here is chapter four. Please read and review it helps keep me encouraged to update more. I do have more chapters at home so if you like The Truth... I can add more.

Chapter 4: Recovery

"Home sweet home, it feels good to be home," Cyborg said as the Titans walk into their spacious living room. No one is surprised to see Beast Boy giving Terra a tour. Terra seems to be a good sport about everything. Raven expects her to argue or demand to leave. Terra keeps glancing at the door and she jumps up from looking at the fridge when the rest of the Titans came in.

"Is everybody okay?"

"Yes Terra we're all fine. Star do you mind if we put Blackfire on the couch? It's real comfy and something tells me she wouldn't like to be alone right now?" Robin asks.

Starfire carries her sister to the couch. Beast Boy runs into a side doorway looking for an extra closet with blankets or towels and other essentials. Raven runs her hands over Blackfire hoping to not discover any breaks or fractures, or anything wrong with her mind except for a slight numb feeling and mumbling for the most part. Cyborg goes down the hall to his room to get his tool box hoping maybe he could figure out how those shackles were made and how to break it. Terra paces back and forth behind the couch and she relaxes only after all the Titans are in the living room.

"Starfire do you know anything about this metal?" Cyborg asks while rummaging through his tools. Robin goes to the computer sitting next to the wide-screen TV. Robin thinks he can find how to dismantle it by searching on the computer's database. Beast Boy is about to walk into the kitchen when he realizes that not everyone likes veggies or tofu and Blackfire and Terra may have different tastes.

"Beast Boy you look nervous. Are you alright? I can at least make some herbal tea for everyone. Beast Boy please try not to worry Blackfire is gonna be fine and so will Terra. They aren't going anywhere any time soon." Raven is trying to reassure him that all will be well. He doesn't look convinced and goes back to searching the pantry and fridge for something everyone would like or at least it won't make them sick.

"No mom I don't want to go to school today. I want to stay home and make gmorsh with you." Blackfire mumbles. Terra gets a brief flashback that she was the one person who could tolerate Starfire's cooking. Robin groans at the computer and smacks the screen. His search came up with nothing. Starfire knows what the cuffs are supposed to do but she doesn't know how to dismantle them. Robin hugs Starfire in attempt to calm her down as Blackfire continues to mumble about, the Titans are guessing on this, childhood memories and not all of them seem pleasant.

"If we can't get this off what do we do?" Beast Boy asks his voice choked with concern.

"Don't worry B.B. We'll think of something. We won't give up" Robin says. He sounds like he's trying to convince himself as much as Beast Boy. Cyborg tries a number of tools including a blowtorch which made Terra and Starfire very concerned. Raven uses her powers to try to slip Blackfire's hands out of the cuffs but nothing happens. The Titans try various solutions for at least an hour and the sun is beginning to dip below the water. They did fix a little something to eat but no one had much of an appetite.

"This is my fault" Terra whispers.

"What are you saying Terra? None of this is your fault!" Beast Boy whispers back thanks to his great hearing.

"I am in agreement that it is not her fault. Terra you did nothing wrong. No more of Terra yelling at Terra" Starfire exclaims.

Terra feels there is something that must be said so she interrupts the other Titan's protests.

"Listen to me. If it wasn't for me… trying to kill myself I never would have met her. If it wasn't for me betraying you all in the first place everything would be normal. I never would have had to break your hearts or turn the whole city against me. It is my fault and I don't want anyone trying to tell me otherwise! I should go. I'm not doing any good here. I mean look at what I did to you my "best friends?!" Robin did I not tell you that I wasn't some 'scared little girl who needed saving'?"

"Well yes but…" Robin says.

"Cyborg did I not smash your car with a boulder and have Plasmas come close to destroying you?"

"I know that but I…" Cyborg stares at the ground.

"Starfire did I not attack your friends and almost kill you by sending Cinderblock to push you off a cliff?"

"That did occur however I believe…" Starfire said.

"Raven did I not ignore your rule of 'if you ever hurt my friends you will never be on this team?' Did I not call you a witch and exploit your anger against you?"

"Terra that doesn't matter…" Raven starts to say but bites her tongue.

"Beast Boy did I not betray your trust? Did I not break your heart?"

"… …"

The other Titans decide to wait until Terra has finished venting and maybe then they could discuss how they felt about all those incidents. Terra continues her eyes burning with guilt, anger, and self-hatred.

"Now I get myself thrown in jail and I still have the audacity to think that it was over. That you would forget me and move on no… you insist on visiting every month or having the nerve to be sad when the doctor told you I would never use those wretched powers again. I ask you to give me a reason to stay!"

Terra finishes in a huff and is almost at the door ready to walk out when she turns around and goes into a rant of how she hurt Starfire again by getting her sister and Raven hurt with the mystery girl. Terra did not believe that what small good deeds she may have done in the past few hours would forgive her of past.

Beast Boy couldn't take it anymore. He leaps at the door in the form of a green-black wolf. The Titans know Beast Boy won't attack but Terra seems determined to leave. Beast Boy whimpers, lowering his head to the side, leaning on his front paws staring at his love.

Her voice breaking she whispers, "Beast Boy a green wolf doesn't scare me."

Beast Boy refuses to let her pass. No one dares to move and the pair continues this dodging game when Blackfire's mumbles break the silence, "No don't go Rocky Girl. You stay with pack. You stay with flock. … Rocky Girl no goes."

Terra stops in her tracks. In this moment there are two people in the entire world, her and him. She stares into the depths of his dark brown eyes a liquid pool of love, devotion, and most of all trust. Weak kneed she falls to the ground whispering his name over and over until she starts screaming his name.

Terra cries bitter tears as she squeezes her boyfriend. Terra doesn't stop crying all night. Robin and Cyborg had no objections getting extra blankets and sleeping bags for everyone. No one wanted to sleep alone. Blackfire's mumbles went into silence as sleep overcame her. Somewhere in the back of her mind she couldn't remember the last time she had such a peaceful sleep.