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Terra rolled her eyes at his comment about paparazzi catching them. ” Yeah, since you’re sooooooo bad,” she retorted. ”I don’t care much about what people think of me anymore. And you won’t be fighting anyone. Behemoth is on our side, I believe. I remember reading his profile.”
”He is? Wait, isn’t he the one who’s almost always naked?” He shook his head. ”Yeah, Behemoth is a confusing name. It’s not exactly hero-ey.” He made a mental note to come up with a name for the Titan that sounded more fitting for a hero. The changeling made another mental note to keep him away Terra since he seemed to have a hard time keeping his clothes on.

The green Titan took a few steps to the door when a peculiar scent had entered his nostrils, thanks to his animal-like sense of smell. He stopped at the door and raised a hand, signaling Terra to stop. ”Something’s not right,” he said. ”I’ve smelled some pretty gnarly things in my life, but this is different. It smells…..manufactured. It smells like something you’d find in a lab or something.” He thought back to his early childhood, spending days with his parents at their work. He remembered the scents of chemicals to this day and although this new particular scent was never part of their work, his instincts were telling him this was not the smell of someone trying out a new cologne or perfume.

Suddenly there was a scream. Both Titans jumped and Terra bounded for the door. Gar caught her in an instant. ”No, Terra! You don’t understand! I think it’s a gas! There’s nothing we can do right now. Break a window. We’ll think of something later, but we have to be safe to do that!” Terra was shaking violently as he held her back. Being the leader she was, she hated the idea of staying in a room while a teammate was in trouble. Gar didn’t feel great about it either and appreciated her dedication, but they didn’t know what kind of gas it was. What if it was poison? He took the turtleneck part of his uniform and pulled it up so it covered his mouth and nose. Terra took a pillow case, ripped it, and wrapped it around the lower half of her face. She then went to the window and opened it wide. Gar took the bed sheets off the bed, rolled them up, deactivated the automatic door and stuffed the fabric at the bottom of the door to prevent the gas from getting into the room. Terra was fuming that she couldn’t help the others, but Beast Boy was right. They wouldn’t be of much help to the team if they were caught in the gas themselves.

Now with the room secure, Gar pulled the communicator off his belt to send a message to everyone, but Nightwing had beaten him to it. He was informing them of the gas and requesting backup on the East side of the city. The changeling had been right. It was gas, and fortunately it wasn’t poison. Scarecrow was up to his old tricks apparently. Just what they needed, more villains coming to Jump City. But there would be time to whine later. The two Titans looked at each other and after a quick brainstorm decided that they both should go to the city. There was nothing they could really do about the gas situation. Besides, BB remembered that there were two Titans—Toxin and Black Rose—who could absorb the gas. Surely they could handle it. The new Titans in the city needed help and since Gar and Terra’s powers weren’t relevant to gas, they may as well go help in the city. ”Nightwing, this is Terra,” she responded into Beast Boy’s communicator. ”Beast Boy and I are coming to help.

”And I saw Toxin and Black Rose here earlier,” the changeling added. ”They can take care of the gas. We’ll be there soon.” He clipped his communicator back onto his belt and turned to Terra to find her standing on a large boulder hovering outside the window. BB turned into a hawk and they both took off for the east streets.

((To Streets East))