"I Love You" (Book Three In The "I Promise" Series)

Rose

Sorry that last one was such a cliffy! Enjoy, my dearest minions who have read my first book and continue to stay with me to the end!!!!

Slade stepped forward, "Hello Titans, long time no see," he must have been talking to our parents, because I have no memory of ever fighting this "Slade" guy, as dad calls him, and judging by the way all our parents were reacting he had quite a history with the old Teen Titans.

"It looks like you all have been busy," he remarked in a voice that was completely calm and annoying. I instantly hated him. His gaze passed over each member of my team, and then stopped on me.

I didn't like the look he was giving me. I made a wall of rock and shoved it out in front of me, towards him.

"KYYYYYYYYYAAAAH!!!!" A girl's voice let out a battle cry, and my rock wall was split cleanly in half by a sword blade.

I looked up and saw a girl in black and orange armor standing in front of Slade. She wore black gloves, orange boots, but unlike Slade, her mask did not cover her face. Rather, it covered the top half of her head, with holes for her eyes and secured in the back with a knot. Her hair was long and white, rippling in the wind behind her, and in her hand she held a sword about as long as my arm. She slowly stood up from the crouching position she had landed in.

"Ah, you must be Terra's daughter. And how is my old apprentice?"

Old Apprentice???? Wait a minute, Mom worked for this guy!????? No wonder dad is angry!

"But enough with the past, Titans, children," I felt my blood run cold at the tone he used with that word, "I would like you to meet my daughter, Ravager. Ravager, say hello."

Without a word, Ravager charged towards my brothers, and probably would have skewered the idiots had Andre not been a quick thinker and used his dark matter to pull them out of the way.

"Titans! Together!" Nightwing cried. The adults charged at Slade, while Nightstar and the others circled around Ravager.

Nightstar threw starbolts at Ravager while Cardinal threw his birdarangs. But it was no good, Ravager had quick reflexes and dodged most of the projectiles, blocking the others with her sword. It was strong enough to withstand Tamaranean starbolts, and it could disrupt my powers. Great. Now all we need it to be able to do is-

I just had to say it, didn't I?

Crow created his "soul-self", a bird made of dark matter, and sent it flying at Ravager. Normally it would traumatize the victim, show them their worst memories and stuff like that, but Ravager sliced through the dark matter with her sword like it was nothing, and it disappeared. Crow gasped and collapsed on the ground. Or would have if I hadn't caught him.

"That's....that's not...a...normal sword," He gasped, turning even paler that usual.

"Metallic Chromium!" Swift shouted, running over to my side.

"Metal what-now?" I asked. I never was the best in school.

Swift's answer was lost in the sounds of two trumpeting elephants. Leo and Michael had both turned into elephants and started charging at Ravager from either end of the street. They had probably gotten the idea from Dad, who had also turned into a green elephant and was trying to stomp Slade.

At the last moment, Ravager jumped up into the sky and my brothers collided heads, turning back into their human forms.

"The sword is made of metallic chromium! That's how Ravager can deflect Nightstar's starbolts! Tamaraneans are allergic to it!"

As if to prove my friend's point, Nightstar and Cardinal, who were both half-Tamaranean, started to sneeze.

Cardinal's eyes were glowing, it was the only Tamaranean ability he had inherited. Nightstar, however, started sending out bursts of Starbolts energy whenever she sneezed. She got the more powerful side of her family.

"Devil!" I barked.

"What?" Jai yelled in reply, dodging a starbolt and a swing from Ravager's sword.

"Get the sword!" I commanded, as Nightstar was incapable of leading, "Get Crow out of here!" I told Swift. She nodded, although she was small, she was strong. In the blink of an eye,she and Crow were out of sight.

Jai danced around Ravager, throwing a hex or two here and there that she blocked with her sword.

While Ravager was preoccupied with Devil, I formed a fist out of earth and used it to hit her from behind. It sent her flying through the air, Jai barely had time to dodge, and her mask fell off her face from the force.

Dad and the other adults came running up to me, and Swift came back with Crow, who was immediately seen to by his mother.

Dad gave me a quick hug, then we helped my idiot brothers up.

"Slade got away. Where's Ravager?" Nightwing asked as Aunt Starfire gave Cardinal and Nightstar some Tamaranean allergy medicine.

"She's over here!" Cyborg cried from the crater my powers had created.

Devil, Swift and I hurried over to where Cyborg stood with Flash and Jinx.

Swift gasped at the familiar face that was coming to at the bottom of the pit.

It was Rose.

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"What's going to happen to her, officer?" Dad asked. Once he had seen her for himself, there was no denying it. Rose was my long-lost twin, no argument whatsoever. Uncle Vic needed some of her DNA to see if it was a match. He, Victor, Swift, and Uncle Wally were testing a strand of her hair compared to one of mine, one of Mom's, and one of Dad's at the tower right now.

And where were Dad and I, you ask? At the Jump City police station. Seconds after the battle finished, a squad of police cars pulled up, claiming they needed to arrest Rose, aka Ravager, as an accomplice. Not wanting to get in the way of the law, Nightwing agreed as long as Dad and I could accompany her. And trust me, I did not want to "accompany" my doppelganger anywhere. Dad was arguing with Jump's Chief of Police while I stared through the window at Rose, sitting in a room all alone, without her mask. I almost felt sorry for her.

"I'm afraid she'll have to stay here for a while."

"Could I at least go in and talk to her?"

"We've tried sending in a few of our psychiatrists, but she won't talk to anyone."

I could feel their stares at my back, so I looked to see what they wanted.

"Oh no. No. You are not sending me in there with that deranged girl!" I spread out my arms for emphasis.

There was a beep from Dad's comm, and he took a quick look.

"You might want to rephrase that, Galatia, because according to Cyborg's test results, Ravager is your twin sister.

WHOOO!!! BEAST BOY FOUND HIS OTHER BABY GIRL!!!! Rachel doesn't seem so sure about how to react to all this, hmm? How will Terra react to finding her daughter after 15 years? What about Michael and Leo? How will they cope with another big sister? Comment what you think of this chapter, and what you think Rachel will do next!

PEACE!!!

~Lizardgurl