Terra

Terra is the third episode of Rise of The Teen Titans season 3.

### Plot

On a bright sunny day in the heart of a mesa close to Jump City, a young blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl is running for her life from a megalodon-sized scorpion out for her blood. The girl evades the beast's tail strikes and the scorpion corners her at a dead end. The Teen Titans appear on one of the cliffs on the edge of the canyon and prepare to help the girl out. But before they can do so, the girl reveals herself to be powerful when she uses her powers to geo-kinetically lift a long stone bridge clean from the top of the canyon and then brings down the hammer on the scorpion, defeating it in an instant. The Titans realize that she was never in trouble, but rather luring the monster to its own death and then ponder about her identity. Meanwhile, Slade emerges from a cave on top of the mountain above and remains out of sight. He then silently tells the Titans to not get too attached to her, as "he saw her first".

### Meet Terra

The girl smiles and then a pillar emerges and raises her up to the hill where the Teen Titans are watching the scene. Robin approaches her and introduces himself, and the girl responds in turn, stating that her name is Terra Markov. Terra already knows of the Titans and is able to name all of the Titans correctly. When she is about to name Beast Boy, he gets all nervous and says his name incorrectly several times, but Terra corrects him, which causes him to transform into a turtle while spinning around. Terra laughs, commenting that Beast Boy is hilarious. Beast Boy sticks out his human head, saying, "Hilarious? Me? Really?" He reverts back to his human form and collapses just as his eyes turn into hearts after Terra winked at him. Starfire proceeds to ask Terra, "Where did you come from, how did you get here, what is your favorite color; do you wish to be my friend?" Terra replies, "Um, Earth, walked, red, and sure." Starfire gasps and proceeds to hug Terra, calling her 'new friend'. Beast Boy then asks what she is doing here, and Terra responds that she goes 'wherever the wind takes' her. Starfire, being kind, invites her to stay with them, and with encouragements from Cyborg and Beast Boy, she follows them back to the Tower. However, Raven and Robin stay behind for a while, with Raven asking Robin if everything is okay. As he picks up soil and rubs it between his fingers, he replies, "Not sure. Something just doesn't feel right", before he and Raven follow Cyborg, Beast Boy, Terra, and Starfire to the Tower, then the spot where he was standing just before walking away collapses. What they all fail to realize is that Slade was watching them from a cave nearby a few minutes ago, murmuring that he was the one who saw Terra first. Slade then disappears back into the cave again.

### Visitor At Titans Tower

When they arrive in the Titans Tower, Terra is amazed and cannot believe that the Titans actually live here. When the Titans present her with food she eats all of it, and then tries a special dish of Starfire's, which is the Glorrk. The other Titans tell her not to eat it, but she believes it tastes nice, also mentioning that it tastes like a mixture of sushi and ice cream. Terra proceeds to have a bath and wash her clothes before sleeping on the couch in the main Ops room. Robin suggests that Terra join the team, but she needs to train with the Titans first so that they know what she can do.

### Love At First Sight

Beast Boy visits her at night, asking if she needs a blanket, but finds that she is not on the couch. Beast Boy finds her outside, throwing skipping stones into the water with her powers. They play a game of skipping stones and joke around with each other. Terra says that she needs to leave, but Beast Boy convinces her to stay for one more day. Terra suddenly uses her powers and the rock Beast Boy was sitting on shoots into the water. Terra reveals to him that she cannot totally control her powers and asks him to swear never to tell anyone about her secret. Beast Boy swears he will not tell anybody. She shares a tender moment with Beast Boy and kisses him; they gradually form a relationship together.

### Training

The next day, Cyborg has just cleared the Titans' training obstacle course. Robin invites her to have a go at the course. With her earth-based powers, she rides on a rock and tries her best to avoid all the obstacles, destroying them in the process by hurling rocks at them. She clears the course faster than Cyborg, and is congratulated by all of the the Titans except Raven, who merely comments that they will be needing a new obstacle course. Full of happiness in completing the course, Terra hugs Beast Boy, who collapses.

### Terra Meets Slade

The Titans are alerted to the presence of Slade, who has returned. The Titans and Terra rush to a mine, where Slade's minions are attacking the mine workers. They plan to steal a diamond, but are interrupted when the Titans arrive. Together they manage to defeat all of Slade's minions, but Terra accidentally drops a boulder on Beast Boy, crushing him underneath it. Terra, realizing her crime, tries to run away but encounters Slade, who lures her into a trap.

### Love Will Conquer All

Meanwhile, Beast Boy had actually managed to escape by transforming into a gorilla and breaking the boulder he lay under. He realizes that Terra had run away and rushes to find her. Terra is now confronted by Slade, who collapses the nearby cave walls, leaving no path to escape to. Terra fights Slade, but her lack of control over her powers causes her to do minimal damage to Slade. Slade smashes Terra into a wall and reveals that he has been watching her for a long time. Slade says that the real reason why she keeps travelling from time to time is because she causes many natural disasters with her powers by accident. Earthquakes, avalanches and mudslides were all her doing, and, fearing the locals will turn against her, she runs away. Slade comments that everywhere she goes she wishes to do good with her powers, but everywhere she fails. Slade asks her to be his apprentice. He claims that he can teach her to control her powers better than anything the Titans can do to help her. Slade taunts her that Beast Boy can never help her, which enrages her enough. This causes her to start a small hurricane, which forces the Titans to evacuate. Slade leaves, reminding her that he will be waiting for her. Terra remains trapped inside, but Beast Boy eventually arrives and calms her down. He promises that he will never tell anyone that she loses control of her powers.

### Becoming A Titans

Back at the Tower, Terra declares that she is leaving, but Robin, who has figured out that Terra cannot always control her powers, offers her a place on the team and gives her a Titans Communicator. Robin also points out that she will need training in order for her to control her powers better. Terra smiled with tears running down her face and hugged Robin and thank him.

Slade, who is now watching Terra has become a Titan, announces that no matter where she is, she will eventually end up with him.

## Cast

* **James Marsden** as the voice of **Dick Grayson/ Robin.**
* **Kari Wahlgren** as the voice of **Koriand'r/ Kory/ Starfire.**
* **Tara Strong** as the voice of **Rachel Roth/ Raven.**
* **Greg Cipes** as the voice of **Garfield Mark Logan/Beast Boy.**
* **Khary Payton** as the voice of **Victor Stone/ Cyborg.**
* **Eric Lopez** as the voice of **Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle.**
* **Tara Strong** as the voice of **Terra Markov.**
* **Kevin Michael Richardson** as the voice of **Slade Wilson/ Deathstroke.**
* **Matthew Wood** as the voice of **Death Bots.**