Author's Note: Well, here it is! Part 2 of the 5 part series! Beast Boy's part! I hope you all enjoy what I do with him, and I hope you like what I do with Andy and the kids as well. Yep, they're going to be in here! So, enjoy, and fasten your seat belts, here we go.
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own them.
Chapter 1
Beginnings
The green boy sat in the empty room, his chin in his hand. He sighed, both contentedly and cautiously. He didn't want to get too comfortable too quickly. Who knew how things would work out in his new home.
Emerald eyes drifted out the window, scanning the view of the ocean. He needed to get out, to fly. But for the time being, he couldn't. His help…if you could even call it that…was needed, and he couldn't abandon his new friends. He wouldn't abandon them. He wouldn't fail them. Not this time.
The teen stood up from his cot, the one piece of furniture that rested in his room. The Tower had been completed a couple days ago, and the movers were still trying to find a way to get to the island without taking a ferry or using Starfire and Raven to carry them. At the moment, Cyborg was designing an underwater tunnel they could use. It sounded pretty cool to Beast Boy.
With a final glance at his future escape zone, he turned, and walked out the door. The tile in the hallway was a grey, almost steel blue color, just like every room in the Tower. Sure, everyone's rooms had different colored floors, but originally it had all been one color. Raven had changed hers to a dark navy, Starfire had chosen purple, Robin had selected black, and Cyborg had stayed with blue. Beast Boy had yet to decide the color of his floor. One would think he would automatically choose green, but truthfully, he wasn't fond of the color. He didn't hate it, but he liked other colors better. Like black and navy. Sadly, both colors had been taken, and he was big on originality. So he went with grey. Yep, grey. The dullest color he could think of. Flashy just wasn't him.
As he walked down the hall, his mind still in his new room, something brushed his shoulder. He jumped, hitting his other shoulder on the wall. Wincing a bit, he looked to his right, searching for what it was that he had hit. Or…who. The girl in the cloak…Raven was her name…was watching him, an eyebrow raised.
"Sorry, Raven." He apologized, giving a small smile.
Though he had only known her a couple weeks, he already had a crush on her. She was dark, mysterious, and sure of herself. The first two he found intriguing, the last he wished he was himself.
Trying to keep the few years of harsh Doom Patrol Style training in his system, he stood straight, watching as she apologized herself and continued walking, book in hand. It had taken all of his energy and will power to keep from saluting. But hey, that's what you get for living with a guy like Mento for about half of his life.
With a final glance over his shoulder, he continued to the Common Room, where he felt he would be most useful. He was clumsy, he knew, but he could wash windows at least, or maybe help out cleaning up the dust and plaster that remained, or something like that. He just needed something to do. As he entered, he was greeted to the sound of hammering. Robin was working on the stove in the kitchenette, and Cyborg was finishing putting in the windows. Beast Boy walked over to the taller Titan, his fingers intertwining behind his back.
"Can I help?" He asked tentatively.
Mouth full of nails, the half-robot muttered "Of course"…or…something along those lines.
Immediately encouraged, the changeling began to bounce a bit. He looked at the window being put in place, and took a step back. Him and glass didn't mix well.
"What can I do?"
Cyborg took the nails out of his mouth, thinking for a second. "Do you want to hook up the Game station?"
"You'll let me?" Beast Boy was shocked, needless to say. No one had ever really trusted him with electrical equipment. It wasn't that he was bad with it, he just had never really learned how to keep from electrocuting himself.
"Sure. Do you know how to do it?"
"Yah, put the visual, audio, and…the other socket where they go in the back of the TV, right?"
"Yep, you got it little buddy." The metal teen put the nails back into his mouth.
As Beast Boy got to work, a strange sensation settled over him. He felt, for the first time in years, like he was home. This was a new beginning for him, and this time, he was going to do things right. And maybe…just maybe…get the girl.