Cactus flowers- By: Cluelessbutdark

Summary- What if the beast within had nothing to do with Adonis or chemicals? What if the cause was pure revenge for something another person did? (BB/Rae)


She remembered that night. It was surreal, almost non-existent. Raven could remember almost every detail. She could still smell the horrid breath.

That was the night Beast boy had her 'in his teeth' as Starfire had said. Cyborg had said it was chemicals, the cause I mean.

Cyborg had been wrong.

Later on, it had been discovered that the cause of the whole event was not from the green goop. It was told from the half machine that the computer wasn't working correctly that night.

So, if the whole thing had been incorrect, what caused the event? Each titan had their own input on what had happened.

Some suggestions were: they had been dreaming, Beast boy had ate too much tofu, his powers had gone haywire… the list could go on forever.

Somehow, Raven had a feeling that none of this had been true. Yet, she mentioned nothing of it to her fellow superheroes. She chose to have a chat with the green titan.

She knocked gently on his door. "Who is it?" It was the one month anniversary of the 'event', so Beast boy was upset. "Raven." "Come in."

Cautiously, the dark girl entered. Beast boy didn't face her, he couldn't. "When you did it last month, how and why did it happen?"

Angrily, the changeling turned to face her. Raven was fearful and sad. Seeing this, his expression softened almost instantly.

"I- I don't know. After we fought, I was so angry they took your side that I, I…" She cut him off. "Was consumed by rage? Couldn't control your emotions? Felt…"

She was stopped; the teen had slapped her arm. Hard. "YES! YES, OK? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!" The half demon looked hurt.

The rage consumed him. Beast boy began to groan, grumble and twitch. "R- Raven… it- its happeni-…"

Beast boy's clothes shred. He screamed. The scream pierced not only Raven's ears, but her jaded heart.

Her heart was cold and jaded because love meant nothing but pain, and her heart slowly hardened and began to shred apart… That's why she's dying inside.

Beast boy was suddenly not a few inches shorter than Raven, but now a few feet taller! The beast within him had escaped and it wasn't going back in anytime soon. He leaned in for attack.


Starfire, Robin and Cyborg were watching a movie when a cry for help rang through out the tower. Robin jumped up. "Titans, go!"

The three teens ran to Beast boy's room, where the scream had been traced. Arriving at the scene, Starfire covered her eyes, Cyborg clasped his hand over his mouth and Robin just stood there in utter shock.

Raven's frail body was shaking from fear. She was scared and bleeding all over. Some parts of the girl's clothes were frayed and shredded. Robin slowly walked over to the dark girl lying on the floor.

Before he could say or ask anything Raven said, "He- he… The beast it- it's out, again. Robin, it happened again." She broke down into sobs.

The boy wonder gently patted her arm and murmured something. But all you could hear were Raven's shaky sobs.

Outside on the streets, there were screams and yelps. Civilians were having pain inflicted upon them and if you listened very closely, you could hear something between a roar and a howl.

The beast within…