A/N (06.19.15): This chapter has been edited and altered as of today.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Titans, Slade or Terra.

Chapter 20: Terra

A golden haired girl ran through the large rocky canyon, only looking back to see how far the impossibly large scorpion was from her. She gasped as its stinger came down right next to her, knocking her away from the pressure. She landed hard on her back and propped herself up on her elbows, reaching out to get her butterfly shaped hair clip witch had fallen on the ground next to her. But before she could, the scorpion whipped the ground next to it and she had no time to get it before she scrambled to her feet and continued running. Eventually the scorpion had her cornered and had ran her into a dead end.

She covered her head, bracing herself for impact. But just then, a shadow was cast over her and she looked up to see masked eyes and a flowing cape. There standing on top of a ledge above her, were five teenagers.

The Teen Titans.

"Titans, go!" Robin yelled the traditional battle cry. But before anyone could move, the girl raised her hands in the air and her eyes became consumed by a yellow glow. The Titans watched in amazement as the earth in front of them began to move.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!" The girl screamed as she thrust her hands down and the earth that the Titans had been standing on moved, making all of them move back and the girl thrust itself down onto he scorpion and its tail only twitched before dropping to the ground.

"Wow." Raven stated dryly as the other titans stared, wide eyed.

"She wasn't running." Starfire said.

"She was leading it into a trap." Cyborg continued.

Robin stroked his chin in though. "The question is…"

"Who is she?" Was all Beast Boy could say.

Then a figure slowly emerged from the shadows, unseen. "Don't get too attached Titans." Slade whispered. "I saw her first."

The girl let a yellow aura appear around her fists and the earth under her rose up to the level of the Titans and she jumped onto the ledge in front of them, enjoying the shocked look on all but the face of Raven. "What's the matter? Haven't you guys ever seen a super hero before?"

Since nobody else was speaking Robin stepped forward to introduce him or her. "I'm Robin, and we're the…"

"Teen Titans! Rock on! Its cool to meet you guys!" She said, punching Robin's fist with her own. "I'm Terra." She said. "And you must be Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and…" she hesitated when pointing to beast Boy.

"Boy beast! I mean bat boo. No, beah bon, wait…"

"Beast Boy?" Terra finished.

Beast Boy squealed and morphed into a turtle, spinning in the air.

Terra laughed. "Dude! He's hilarious!"

Beast Boy perked up in hearing this. "I'm hilarious? Really?" Beast Boy morphed back and you could literally see the hearts flowing from his head.

Starfire flew in front of her and began her questioning. "Curiosity compels me. Please. Wereareyoufromhowdidyougetherewhatisyou'refavoritecoloranddoyouwishtobemyfriend?"

"Um, Earth, walked, red, and…sure."

Starfire pulled her into a rib-cracking hug. "Oh hello new friend!"

"How's it going?" Terra struggled to say before Starfire dropped her.

"So… what brings a cool chick like you to the big city?" Beast Boy asked.

"I go were the wind takes me y'know? Go to new places, meet some new people, and stop a few bad guys here and there."

"Cool!" Beast Boy said.

"Fascinating!"

"Well alright!"

Robin and Raven exchanged nervous glances before robin spoke. "You mean you don't have a home?"

"The earth is my home." Terra explained. "I've been crashing in a cave just on the other side of the hill."

"Unacceptable! I will not allow my new friend to dwell in a place of such darkness!" Starfire squealed.

"I have a flashlight." Terra stated plainly.

"You must stay with us!" Starfire said, dragging her away.

"No really I…"

"C'mon we have plenty of room!" Cyborg interrupted.

"Yeah and I can make you laugh some more!" Beast Boy put in. "I'm hilarious remember?"

Terra laughed. "Well I guessed I COULD stay one night."

"Glorious!" Starfire said, continuing to drag her away.

The majority of the Titans left, leaving Robin and Raven alone. She turned to face her leader, a worried expression on her face when she saw his. "Everything alright?" Raven asked.

"I'm not sure." Robin responded, letting dirt slip through his fingers. "Something just...doesn't feel right." He finished. Then he got to his feet and the two birds followed the rest of the Titans back to the Tower.

Raven sighed and looked at the space near the earth Terra had moved before, looking ahead once more. She couldn't help feel Robin and she had the same bad feeling.

But as soon as they were far enough away, the earth crumbled behind them.

"Wow." Terra stated, looking around. "Nice digs! And check out the view!" She finished, hoping over the sofa and in front of the giant window. She collapsed back on the sofa and Beast Boy hopped next to her. "I can't believe you guys actually live here!"

"Su casa est me casa." Breast Boy said, smiling at her flirtatiously. "So you want the grand tour or…"

"Got any food?" Terra asked quickly.

Soon, the Titans watched, stunned as Terra devoured something Starfire had made that they had no idea what to call.

When she finished she let out a loud burp and Starfire approached her.

"Might you now wish to partake of my homemade glorg?" She asked with a smile.

"NO!" the Titans screamed in unison, but Terra still took it and dumped it into her mouth.

She looked thoughtful for a second then said. "Hmmm…taste like sushi mixed with ice cream." She licked the plate. "Got any more?"

Starfire smiled brightly. "I shall go and cultivate the fungus!"

"So where's the tub?" Terra asked as Star flew off to do…whatever she said she was going to do.

"Down the hall and the guest bathroom is to the left." Raven instructed, still monotone. She glared slightly after Terra's figure as she walked out of the door and glanced at Robin out of the corner of her eye. She saw him staring at her as well and a slight blush appeared on her cheeks as she looked away, pulling her hood up and going to make some herbal tea.

Later, Beast Boy and Cyborg stared into the bathroom at the mud stained walls Terra had left. "Wow. Mud bath." Cyborg said.

Terra blushed and scratched the back of her head. "Sorry, guess I was due for a rinse." She said. "Mind if I use your sink?" She asked.

She was soon washing her clothes in the kitchen sink while listening to music, her dripping clothes hanging from a clothesline she had hung across the room as the Titans watched form the doorway.

"Well." Raven said flatly. "She looks…comfortable."

"Wonder how long it's been since she had a decent place to crash for the night." Beast Boy said, watching her journey from the kitchen to the living room and collapse on the sofa and yawn, closing her eyes.

"She needs more then a place to crash." Robin began.

"She needs a home." Starfire finished.

"What about our home?" Beast Boy blurted. "She could stay here with us!"

"Yes!" Starfire exclaimed excitedly.

Raven exchanged a nervous glance once more with her leader at the sound of this idea. "I don't know." She said.

"She would make a good addition to the team." Cyborg said quickly.

"Maybe." Robin began, and then he got an idea. "Lets ask her to train with us tomorrow; we need to see what she can do."

However, Terra over heard this and looked down at the floor. They were going to find out.

Raven jolted up in bed when she heard a knock on her door. She sighed before looking at her alarm clock. 4 a.m. Lovely.

She yawned and stretched before getting out of her comfortable bed. She fixed the strap on her black cami and pulled her matching short boy boxers down with white polka dots on them down a bit. She opened the door to be face to face with Robin.

"Uh… hey Rae…" he said slowly, taking in her attire. He quickly turned his gaze to her face, only to see she was staring at his bare chest and red boxers questioningly.

"Hi Robin… um what do you need?" she asked, seeming more alert now.

"I… I was just wondering your thoughts on Terra actually… I haven't been able to sleep thinking about this…"

"Oh." She said, turning a light shade of pink. What else could she have been expecting him to come by her room for at 4 in the morning? She shook her head. "I think she's… interesting. A bit… different at times but nevertheless nice."

"I was just wondering if you were getting any… bad feelings from her or whatever you know?" he asked, trying to make sense of what he was thinking to her. She nodded.

"I'm always iffy about trusting people, regardless Robin." she told him, smiling a bit. He grinned back.

"Am I your one exception then?" he asked cockily. Her eyes turned icy.

"I suppose so Boy Blunder…" she muttered, his grin getting wider. He quickly leaned his head down and planted a kiss on her cheek, bringing color to hers and his own. Her eyes were wide as she looked at him in wonder.

"You're my exception too, Rae." He whispered before giving her one last grin and stalking off back into his room. Raven stood in the doorway for a second, shocked beyond belief. She couldn't remember what he had wanted now. Did that even matter? She shook her head and turned back into her room, deciding to take a shower now. She needed it.

Terra sat outside the tower under the light of the full moon, skipping rocks across the water.

"So I'm guessing the couch was too lumpy?" Beast Boy said as he sat down next to her. He had gone to check if she needed another blanket, but when she wasn't there he decided she must be outside. He watched her skip another stone and picked one up himself, throwing it across the water, but it sank immediately. Terra laughed and gave him a flatter one. He threw it and it skipped across the water. He smiled and Terra sighed. Then they began to make strange faces at each other until they laughed loudly, then they paused, realizing how close there faces were. They turned away from each other, blushing.

"I can't stay." Terra admitted, sadly.

"What? Why not?"

"Places to go, people to see." She lied, leaning back.

"C'mon! You know you wanna stay!" Beast Boy pushed. "We have cable, indoor plumbing, and all the tofu you can eat!" he said, counting the reasons on his fingers.

"Tofu?" Terra laughed. "You sure know how to charm a girl." She joked. She sighed and looked at the sky. "I guess I could stay for one more night."

"Awesome!" Beast Boy said. "Were gonna have so much fun! And I can't wait to see what you're powers can do when you really cut em' loose!"

Terra Gasped and her eyes glowed yellow, then the earth under beast boy flipped itself into the air and he was thrown back.

"Sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so stupid!" Terra said quickly. "Don't tell! Please don't tell!"

"Terra its ok." Beast boy exclaimed. "So you don't have complete control over your powers, so what?"

"Promise you won't tell anybody, ever!" Terra yelled.

"Sure." Beast boy replied.

"Swear it!"

"Ok I promise! But really it's no big deal! If my friends knew they would still like you."

Terra turned away and sighed. "You just don't understand."

The next morning, Cyborg jumped and ran, dodging obstacles as Robin controlled the course. He blasted some more disks then reached the finish line, looking at the timer on his arm. It read 2:17.

"Booya! New coarse record guys!" Cyborg boasted.

"Well yeah," Raven stated plainly. "You're the first one to do the course."

Robin smiled at her sideways, hiding the blush from what he had done last night, and looked over the control panel at Terra as Raven took a seat next to him.

"Ok Terra, ready to show us what you can do?" He asked.

Terra nodded and nervously approached the starting point. "I just hope you're ready to see it." She muttered.

"You can do this." Beast Boy reassured. "Besides its just practice so even if you mess up...not that you're gonna mess up but I'm just saying if you really blow it..."

Terra looked at him blankly through the goggles she had slipped over her eyes.

"Shutting up now." Beast boy said.

"Countdown initiated." Robin said. "Good luck, Terra." He then took a seat next to Raven.

"You sure this was a good idea?" Raven asked him.

"Positive." Robin said cockily.

"Don't lose control, don't loose control." Terra said to herself as the countdown beeped. As the final number vanished, a yellow aura appeared around her fists and she shot into the air with a stone carrying her. Clouds of dust formed as she dodged fists that came from the ground and crashed through walls.

"Were going to need a new obstacle coarse." Raven stated as she watched Terra demolish what was left of the wall. Just then, a giant pit appeared in front of Terra and she flew over it, dodging rubble coming at her, her rock was destroyed several times but she always got a new one until she reached the end and landed hard on her feet. She looked around her at the titans then posed like a ballerina and the titans clapped enthusiastically.

"You rock!" Beast Boy yelled.

Cyborg looked at him timer, flashing 1:57.

"Looks like we have a new coarse record." Raven teased.

"I must have softened it up for her." Cyborg said.

"You were incredible!" Beast boy said.

Terra smiled and threw her arms around him. "I did it." Terra said. "You said I could do it and you were right."

Beast Boy smiled and you could see hearts flying from his head.

"A little rough around the edges, but you got some real talent there." Robin said with a smile.

"You think?" Terra said excitedly.

"With a little more training you could…" Robin began, but his Titan communicator going off interrupted him.

Terra looked around to find the Titans belts or anything really flashing red. "Ok, why is everybody blinking?"

"Slade." Robin said, his masked eyes narrowing. "He's back."

"Slade?" Terra asked.

"Bad guy." Best Boy explained. "Way bad."

"We have a fix on his location. Titans go!" Robin yelled and everyone rushed to the door.

Beast Boy paused and looked at terra. "You coming or what?"

Terra smiled and ran to him and they linked arms as they ran.

"Tell your boss we'd like a word with him." Robin said as he threw disks at the robotic soldiers. "Titans, go!"

The team sprang into action and Terra slipped her goggles over her eyes, lifting earth to carry her into the air. "Are you boys ready to rock?" But the robots pounced on her before she could do anything.

Robin jumped up and kicked the two soldiers away from her and landed in a circle of them. They pounced on him and he repelled each one.

Beast Boy turned into a dinosaur and whacked them all with his tail, Terra next to him throwing stone at any soldier she saw. Soon she was struggling with a large bolder and she closed her eyes, her goggles cracking. "Can't control it!" She said to nobody in particular. Soon the ceiling of the cave barricaded on them and a large rock piled on top of beast boy.

"Beast Boy!" Terra screamed. She stared at the rubble in front of her and turned the other direction and ran.

The titans jumped to the pile of rubble and began to dig for Beast Boy; Raven got down on her knees and began to dig quickly, using some of her power to move the rubble. Soon she unearthed the head shoulder and arms of Beast Boy. He was limp and his eyes were closed. Raven gasped and stood up, backing away from the seemingly dead form of her friend. Tears formed in her eyes and she turned around to find herself sobbing onto Robin's chest. He wrapped his arms around her and stroked her hair in comfort.

Just then, Beast Boys eyes fluttered open and he moaned in pain, turning into a gorilla to throw the rest of the rubble off of him.

Raven turned her head to Beast Boy, and her face lit up in happiness that her companion was in fact still alive.

Without releasing Raven from his side, Robin spoke. "Are you ok?"

The green gorilla nodded and morphed back to his human form. "Where's Terra?" he asked quickly. The Titans exchanged nervous glances.

Terra rested by the wall, panting. She slid to the ground and grabbed locks of her hair in frustration. "Why can't I do this?" She questioned herself. She closed her eyes and hugged her legs, but before long had passed she heard footsteps and opened her eyes to a shadowy figure running passed. "Slade." She whispered.

She got up and chased him through the caves until she skidded to a stop and reached out her hands, focusing her power until stoned and earth fell in front of Slade, blocking his path.

"Looks like I've got you." She exclaimed with a triumphant smirk.

But just then, Slade tripped her and threw a device into the air; it attached itself to the ceiling and exploded. "Actually terra. I've got you." They were now completely surrounded by earth and Terra was completely helpless before this dangerous villain.

She backed up as he walked toward her. "Now Terra, you walked into a trap." Slade said calmly. "Another mistake, you of all people should know better…but at least you and I are finally getting a chance to talk."

Terra launched rocks at him witch he dodged easily. "And I see we have much to talk about." He said.

"Mind if I talk with my hands?" Terra said as she sent more stones hurtling at him.

He flipped to the side, dodging her attack, "Good terra, but not good enough."

Terra ran to the side as he thrust his bo-staff at her. She tripped backwards and looked up at him, but before he could get to her, she pulled a piece of earth up between them. Slade stumbled backwards but quickly regained himself. Terra launched the stone at him and he dodged with the use of her bo-staff.

"Impressive." He said. "Unless of course you were aiming for me." He kicked her back and she hit the wall behind her hard.

"Back off!" She yelled. "I'm with the Titans; they'll be coming to…"

"You don't belong with the Titans."

"You don't know anything about me!" Terra shot back.

"On the contrary Terra, I know everything about you." Slade said, revealing a familiar butterfly shaped hair accessory. Terra gasped. "I have been watching you for some time; I know why you're always running away. I know your secret, little girl."

Terra paused before yelling "No!" And running at him. But he grabbed her wrist and threw her against the wall.

"Earthquakes, avalanches, landslides. Everywhere you go you try to do good. And everywhere, you fail. So people turn against you. You lack control Terra, and when you loose control, you are more powerful then anything I have ever seen." Slade said as he used the butterfly comb to brush the hair out of her eyes. "But it doesn't have to be this way. I can help you."

"You… can?" Terra breathed.

"Right now you are rough around the edges. You need more then obstacle courses to overcome your problem; you need a teacher, a mentor. Join me, and I will teach you to shine."

"My friends told me your…"

"You don't really believe there your friends do you Terra?"

"They took me in. Gave me a home."

"And as soon as they find out what's wrong with you they will reject you just like everyone else."

"Beast Boy..."

"Can't keep his mouth shut forever. He will tell them."

Terra clenched her fists. "He promised."

"He lied."

"SHUT UP!" Terra screamed, rubble rose around her and flew wildly through the air. "Just shut up and LEAVE ME ALONE!" Terra gasped in realizing how out of control she was and she sank to her knees. "Don't loose control! Don't loose control!"

"Now Terra, how can you loose something you never had." Slade stated coolly.

Terra screamed and she began to rise into the air with the rocks and earth swirling around her like a tornado.

"Nobody else understands you Terra, nobody else can help you." Slade said. "I'll be waiting. Slade then made his escape just as Beast Boy found her.

Beast boy tunneled under the tornado and morphed into human form.

"Terra!" he yelled to her. He jumped into the air and caught her by the arm. Terra looked at him and blinked, the glow in her eyes fading. She took his other hand and he pulled her close. "Its ok Terra, I'm here." He said. Terra leaned on his chest as tears cascaded down her face. "I'm here."

The tornado soon calmed and they landed softly on the ground. "You wont…" Terra began.

"I wont tell anybody, I promise." Beast Boy reassured her.

"Well guys, it's been real." Terra said, slipping on a hiking backpack. "Seriously, thanks for everything but I should…"

"Don't even think about it. "Cyborg cut in as she tried to walk out the door.

"Ok." Terra sighed. "What's going on?" She asked, turning to Robin.

"Well we talked it over and…"

"We wish for you to stay here! With us!"

"We think you would make a great addition to the team." Robin added.

"So… you wanna be a Titan?" Beast Boy asked.

Robin handed Terra a communicator and she took it. "R-Really?" she said.

"Of course, you'll need more training." Robin said. "We know you have trouble controlling your powers and we can help…"

Terra dropped the communicator and turned to Beast Boy. "You told him?" she said.

"I didn't!" Beast Boy squealed.

"You promised! Terra yelled at him. "You lied to me! You lied!" she cried before turning and darting out the door.

"Terra no!" Beast Boy cried, running after her. "Wait!" he looked franticly around outside, but all he found was a butterfly shaped comb on the ground. "Terra." He whispered. He sank to his knees and Robin approached him.

"I just…figured it out. I didn't know it was a secret." He said.

"She didn't even say goodbye." Beast Boy said sadly. He picked up a rock and skipped it across the water, but then it sank, along with his heart.

Slade watched Terra run away on a screen in his base. "Run all you like… because wherever you go, every step brings you closer to me."

Raven stepped outside to see Beast Boy coming in and Robin still at the beach, looking out into the night sky. She put her arms across her chest and walked down beside him, her cloak swaying in the wind like his own. He looked down to see her looking out now too.

"I… I really didn't mean for her to go." He whispered. "I just noticed it… her lack of control… now poor Beast Boy…"

"He'll get over it." Raven told him surely, looking up at him now to meet his eyes. She softly touched his arm. "You're an observant person; it's not your fault."

Robin was taken aback at her forwardness and smiled slightly down at her.

"Yeah… I hope you're right."

End Chapter.

Again, BIG thanks to Blackjay for helping me with this chapter!

Next time…

The episode is SUPPOSED to be "Only Human", but this is basically a Cyborg centered episode… can I please skip this one? Haha well if I do, then here is the chapter I will most likely be doing…

Next, next time…

Raven doesn't do fear. Or at least, that's what she wants you to think. But when a ghostly, unknown force starts hunting down the Titans one by one, Titans Tower turns into a house of horrors...and even Raven gets rattled. Will she be able to control her fear long enough to find out what's really going on? Can Robin help her at all?

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