I don't own any of the characters or anything.

Author's Notes: This is what I like to call a longshot. It's technically not a oneshot, but there's onlyy three chapters and it's not like an ongoing story. The fic focuses on the whole team, hope you guys like it.

Poison Gas

The Titans were a team. They were more than that, actually. They were friends. They cared for each other, they went out of their way to help each other. Their leader had personally showed each of his team members how much they meant to him by helping them with any problems, be they supervillains, betrayal, personal issues, etc. And they did the same for him.

They had faced threats beyond their wildest dreams. But what was more of a danger to the team than the strongest supervillain that they faced? A strain of the bond that they had formed. No team member was perfect, but they all were decent people as well as heroes.

It was a typical day. The gang was out for pizza after their latest defeat of Control Freak. Some team members were seriously starting to feel bad for that guy. They had gotten two: one meat lovers one for Cyborg, and one vegetarian one for Beast Boy. The two didn't even have to argue about anything.

When they got home, the two engaged in a lighthearted session of Mega Monkeys 5. Beast Boy was losing a majority of the times, but he was just glad to be playing with his best friend. Cyborg normally would have been off working on the T-Car or installing some high tech upgrades somewhere by now, but seeing the Grass Stain losing this badly and not complaining was more than the robotic teen could have asked for. Raven sat on the couch reading. She normally would have wanted the boys to turn the game down a bit, but today she actually enjoyed hearing her teammates' friendly competition. Robin helped Starfire bake some cupcakes. She had been feeling bad about her teammates not wanting to eat anything she made, so Robin was teaching her how to cook. He was starting to consider her more than a friend.

The radio was on, and Jack Johnson's song Upside Down was playing, and it fit the mood perfectly. Much like the setting in the tower, the song was peaceful and lighthearted.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing, and the team just doing what they usually did when there was no crime. At around one in the morning, all the Titans were retired to their rooms for bed. They all had a peaceful slumber and were looking forward to another day of fighting the good fight.

The next day started out as another typical day. They all ate breakfast together in peace. But shortly afterwards, there was a crime alert. The heroes quickly headed back to the common room to see what the trouble was. Turns out it was Johnny Rancid, he had robbed a bank and made no effort to be discreet about it. He'd just snatched up some money and was planning on driving his motorcycle away before any police, or Titans, could catch him. That wasn't happening.

Robin took his R-Cycle, while Cyborg and Raven rode in the T-Car and Beast Boy and Starfire took to the skies. This way they could cover the most ground and cut Rancid off. Robin caught up to him first, and the two began a high speed chase on their motorcycles. They went through a few twists and turns, but the villain messed up. He tried to take a turn that was too sharp. He had to hop off his bike before it collided with the concrete side of a building and exploded. They were getting to a less busy area, and Rancid took off on foot into an abandoned warehouse, seeking refuge.

Robin notified the team via his communicator, and soon enough all five heroes were converging on Johnny Rancid's position inside the warehouse. He had managed to get himself on top of a high stack of crates, but he couldn't find a clear escape route. He looked to his left and saw a container of something. Apparently this warehouse was storing some kind of chemicals. He had heard about it. The chemicals here weren't strong and didn't cause freakish transformations or anything, only producing minor side effects to those who had been exposed to it. But he also knew it would most likely obstruct the heroes' veiws and allow him to escape.

He quickly picked up a container with both hands and threw it towards the heroes. Beast Boy was the closest to him, so he turned into a bear and attempted to swat away the container with the chemicals. However, his claws simply sliced through the container, causing it to explode on impact. A cloud of the unknown chemicals swept over the Titans and they began to cough.

While they were struggling, Johnny Rancid made haste through the back door. He shielded his own face from the chemicals and made his escape. 'Guess I should be more discreet next time so I can get a head start' he thought as he scrambled away from the warehouse. He had gotten away.

When they got back to the tower, Cyborg checked himself out for what the gaseous substance may have done. No serious harm had been done. The others didn't report anything either. Aside from mild discomfort at first exposure, the chemical seemed to be harmless. He headed towards the common room.

Beast Boy was somewhat disappointed. He knew that the others thought he was the weakest on the team, and he was hoping to make a good impression by doing good in the battle today. If only he had turned into a gorilla instead of a bear.

He looked up for a second and was startled to find Raven glaring daggers at him from the couch across from him. He had the distinct feeling she had been for a while, and she was more annoyed that it took so long for him to notice her glaring at him. As soon as their eyes met, she stood up and shouted.

"You idiot! Why would you slice open the container with the chemicals in it? Now that lowlife got away. You have got to be the stupidest person I've ever met!" she screamed at him in a rage.

He was shocked, and hurt. She insulted him all the time, but this time it felt different. It felt like he had been slapped.

"Well at least I tried something. I didn't see you doing anything to stop it!" he said indignantly.

"A criminal got away because of you, because of your stupidity!" she yelled at him. And with that, she waved her hand, and black energy encased him and threw him out the window through the glass.

He took a Pterdactyl form and returned through the now broken window to the common room. He looked furious.

"Why would you do that?! I didn't even do anything to you!"

"You do something to all of us, every day, Beast Boy. You make us all sick!"

Robin had been watching this and at this point he probably should have intervened. But he was slightly afraid, not only of Raven, but right now Beast Boy too looked like he was about ready to kill someone. He would have to talk to them about this later.

"Me? You're the one who acts like a total jerk! All I've ever done was be nice to you, try to make you feel welcome, and what do you do? Insult my intelligence, abuse me, and toss me out of windows. You act like you're so much better than me, but you're not!"

At this point, Raven was yelling at him, but he wasn't listening to what she was saying, because he was letting loose on her. He had thought these things he was saying for a while but had been afraid to actually say them to her.

"YOU'RE A FREAKING DEMON! YOU'RE FREAKING EVIL! YOU'RE AN EVIL, PSYCHOTIC-" Beast Boy was cut off and fell to his knees as a sharp pain emerged in his back. His nails started growing longer and sharp and he could feel fangs forming from his teeth. He knew what was happening. He was becoming the Beast.

Except that he didn't. He stopped transforming. He just sat there for a few seconds on his hands and knees, half transformed. He felt a green starbolt knock him into a sitting position. His first thought was 'Why did Stafire shoot him?'

When he got back up, he saw Starfire with a starbolt on each hand, clearly in a battle stance. Cyborg was beside her with his Sonic Cannon raised.

"You will not take that awful beastly form and hurt our friend!" Starfire declared to him.

"Oh ok, so you don't say anything while she throws me out the window, but the minute I want to fight back, you jump in to stop me?!" he screamed at Starfire.

Raven shot a dark energy blast at Beast Boy. By now he was back to normal, but still furious. "You deserved it because you are such an idiot!" Raven hissed at him.

"That's it!" he shouted. He turned into a gorilla and lunged at her.

"Beast Boy, no!" he heard Robin shout to him, but he really didn't think that Raven should get away with the way she was treating him. Once he landed, he punched her in the face. She fell to the floor. He wanted to hit her some more, but a Sonic Cannon blast knocked him away from her.

"Yo BB! Pull yourself together!" Cyborg yelled. Beast Boy had reverted to his human form and stood up.

"Did you not see her blast me?! Why would you do that?"

He was hit with Starfire's eye laser. "Because you are the dangerous." she stated.

Beast Boy started to run towards Starfire, but a flashbomb disc from Robin exploded between them, seperating the two raging Titans.

"I see how it is. You must all agree with her and think I deserve to be treated like scum. Is that it?!" he shouted in frustration.

Cyborg answered. "You know it's not, B. But I've never seen you like this. What's gotten into you?" The metallic teen spoke the truth. He and Rae never got along that well, but he never saw the Grass Stain get mad and punch her out before. It honestly worried him.

"He is the chlorbag!" Starfire answered for him.

"And he's extra stupid today." Raven said. Beast Boy looked angry again.

"You know what? I don't need this. It's clear what you all think of me, and so I'm out of here. I need to go before I seriously hurt her." He turned into a Pterodactyl again but this time, he flew out of another window and smashed it.

"Beast Boy, wait! It isn't like that!" Robin shouted after him, but the changeling was already flying away, and most likely didn't believe him.

'I really should have stood up for him' Robin thought. He gathered a few of his weapons and headed downstairs for his R-Cycle.

"I'm going after him." he said. But Starfire immediately objected.

"No! You shall not bring that beast back here!" she demanded.

"He's one of us, Star! You're talking about him as if he's some kind of monster."

"But he attacked Friend Raven and tried to attack me. Why did you not reprimand him?"

"Yeah, man. You just sat there and watched all that?" Cyborg chimed in.

"Because you guys shouting at him was just escalating the situation. Besides, he had a point. How many times have you used him as a punching bag, Raven?"

"You're seriously defending him after he let a villain escape?"

"Everyone makes mistakes. But your shouting at him wasn't doing anyone any good. You need to stop being so impatient with him."

"Uh Robin, she's been like that since we met her. What makes you think she'll change now?"

"Cyborg, I know how she usually is, but today something seemed different. She usually doesn't lose her temper that quickly." By now the girls had gone to their rooms.

"Look man, I think you need to let the green bean cool off a bit before going after him."

"I can't do that. He thinks we're not his friends anymore. I need to make sure he doesn't get so far that we can't find him."

"It's not as bad as it looks. He'll come around in a day or two I'm sure. But you heard what he said about wanting to hurt her. We really should leave him for now."

"I'm going, Cyborg, and that's final." With that, Robin went to his R-Cycle and sped off. Cyborg was starting to worry that maybe he was wrong about this whole thing blowing over.

Author's Notes: Okay so that's the first chapter. Will Robin bring Beast Boy back, or is the green titan leaving for good? Find out!