(Lust: Hi guys!

Violence: We're the Odd One's muses, you know, her inspiration.

Romance: Ahem, guys, back on topic.

Lust: Oh yeah! Uh... what WAS the topic?

Reason: *facepalm * You idiot, the warnings!

Lust: Oh yeah! This story is possibly the darkest thing that we helped The Odd One write. There's hints of rape on a minor, uh, a little bit of violence because the muse wasn't being helpful-

Violence: HEY!

Lust: And there MIGHT be a lemon at the end, and am I missing anything?

Yaoi: Uh, hello?

Lust: Snap! There is a slash pairing in here, it isn't the main one though.

You guys are freaking DEAD when I unlock myself from this box!)

Billy Numerous was thirteen years old when that girl walked through the doors. The Headmistress mentioned a new student was coming, but Billy honestly didn't care.

He was flicking peas at Jinx and XL Terrestrial when a quiet voice said, "May I sit here?" A girl with the biggest eyes and cocoa colored skin looked at Billy. Billy blinked in surprise, and said, "Sure. If something gets thrown at you, it wasn't me though."

The girl looked amused and said, "Alright..." She sat down and poked at the peas with her fork. Billy leaned over and whispered, "Its a lot funner to flick 'em." The girl's eyes looked at Billy and said, "Its a waste of food."

Billy rolled his eyes. "Whatever, new girl. What's your code name, anyhow?" The girl bit her lip. "Bumblebee. And judging by the fact you have at least two other people that look exactly like you at every table... your Billy Numerous, right?"

Billy nodded, and flicked a pea at her. "Hey!"

The two grew up. When he hit sixteen, Billy became known as the school 'Cowboy Casanova' after he was caught with three different girls- at the same time. Of course, it was three different clones, and the main one was sitting at the table, with a really goofy grin on his face and poking Bumblebee's side.

Bumblebee was only a month younger than him, and she became the school overachiever. Acing every class, and never late or skipping. Normally, she sat alone, or strangely, next to Billy. The two were constantly fighting. Bumblebee was a lot more serious and willing to question the school's morals. Billy just wanted to have fun and this was the best way to do it in his opinion.

Then The Headmistress vanished... and Brother Blood walked into the school and claimed it.

None of the students had the nerve to question where the Headmistress went... and after a while, if you asked about a Headmistress and where she was, all you would get was a blank stare.

Billy, Bumblebee, XL Terrestrial, and Private HIVE were assigned to a team for a while. Bumblebee was always the one thrown to deliver the report.

Things began getting suspicious though.

XL Terrestrial picked at his meat loaf. "You know, isn't it only supposed to be a two minute thing to deliver reports?" He voiced aloud. Private nodded. "Yeah, duh." He said, then glared at Billy. "Billy, will you stop?" Billy was flicking corn at him.

XL threw out this question: "Then why doesn't Bumblebee ever appear for an hour or more?" The others raised their eyebrows. They hadn't really thought about that before.

Billy and Bumblebee were currently in a huge fight, and he decided to be a bit nasty. He smirked and said, "Ain't it obvious? They're doin' it." The Private choked on his corn. XL cocked his eyebrows and said, "I have a 'D' in Earth slang, Billy. Give me a better explanation." Billy sighed. "Sex, Xilo, sex."

XL shrugged. "I don't care. Just save it for another time, we need to be debriefed." Then he grimaced. "Uh... I believe you might be 'screwed', and not in the good way." Billy raised his eyebrows. "Why?" He asked.

Both he and Private HIVE pointed behind Billy. Billy turned around.

Bumblebee was standing behind him. She looked shocked, sickened, and... something else Billy didn't pick up. She didn't say anything, just dropped her tray and ran off.

Billy snorted. "See, that's guilt." Private glared. "Apologize to her later though. Something tells me we're seeing the surface." Then he murmured, "And we don't want to see under it."

It took three days for Billy to work up the courage to even look at Bumblebee. He stood in front of her door, clenching his fists. He knocked slowly. No one answered. Billy pressed his ear to the door and heard someone sniffling. "Bee?" He said.

He opened the door and gasped.

Bumblebee was sitting on her bed, dress only in underwear and a bra. She was sobbing so badly, she didn't even notice Billy standing there. Billy closed the door behind him and ran up to Bumblebee. "Bee! Are you okay?"

For the first time, her eyes registered him. Then she smiled sadly. "You were right, Billy. I'm sorry for not talking to you." Billy raised his eyebrows and said, still confused, "But Bee, I was just angry at you, I didn't mean anything I said-" Then he took a real close look at her.

Bumblebee's lips were swollen and bruised, and Billy could see bruises on her arms and hips. A couple scratches, like where fingernails dug in, were there as well. Billy wanted to vomit. "Oh. Oh no... Bee, I am so sorry, I didn't know he was..." Bumblebee let another tear fall and she said, "I didn't know either."

Bumblebee forced Billy to look at her. Billy was looking everywhere, her bed, the walls... not her. Not this."Billy. Brother Blood is controlling us with his mind. That's why I would always have a feeling of dread before entering his office, and time would pass by and I'd only remember a couple minutes. I would find bruises on my hips, and not remember what I did to get them. Then when I heard you in the cafeteria... I didn't want to believe it, but it was the only thing that made sense. I broke his control over me... and when I realized... what he was doing..."

Bumblebee's sobs began afresh. Not sure what to do, Billy put his arm around her, and Bumblebee threw her arms around him, clinging to him like a life preserver. Her body was shaking, and she was still slightly bleeding, and Billy only cared that a girl that was his best friend was being molested by someone that claimed to be their 'headmaster'.

Bumblebee regained control and said, "Oh gosh... I didn't realize I didn't dress yet... Sorry, Billy." Billy chuckled and said, "It ain't like I hadn't seen girls naked before. I'll help you."

He helped Bumblebee put on a old pajama shirt and pants. Luckily, Bumblebee had earned the right for a private bathroom, so he went into there and wet a washcloth.

Bumblebee accepted it gratefully. "Thanks." She tried scrubbing her arms, but Billy shook his head and said, "No, Bee. You'll hurt yourself worse." Gently, he separated Bumblebee from the washcloth and began washing off the injuries himself.

Billy did this in silence for a while, then said, "Hey... Bee..." "Karen." Billy glanced over at Bumblebee in surprise. "Huh?" He managed to squeak. Bumblebee looked back over at Billy. "Karen Beecher. That's my real name."

Billy let it sink in that she shared with him her real name- something that Brother Blood forbid, and usually, only close people shared. "William Strayer." He said, grinning.

Their next mission went off without a hitch, but Bumblebee looked nervous when it came to give the report. XL just about passed it off to her when Billy intervened. "Bee always does it, I'll handle it this time." He said quickly, grabbing the paper.

XL's eyes were huge, and for once, he didn't have a witty comeback. Private looked amused, and Bumblebee looked flat out relieved. "I'll be back in a few."

Billy walked up to the door and knocked. "Come in."

Billy looked inside the door. The surprise that it was Billy was very evident on Brother Blood's face.

Billy handed him the report and said, "Went off without a hitch, Brother Blood." Brother Blood nodded, then he said, "Usually, I figured the group let Bumblebee do the job. She get captured?"

Billy shook his head no. "Naw, she just seemed rather unnerved today, so I decided to stand up for her." Brother Blood's eyes landed on Billy, and this time Billy could tell that he was trying to mess with his mind. "I'd prefer it if there was a constant reporter." He said icily.

Billy shrugged. "Alright, I'll do it then." He said, the edge in his voice very clear. Brother Blood glared, nodded coldly, and said, "Alright. You may be dismissed."

Billy wiped the sweat off his forehead when he left. "Thanks." He turned to see Bumblebee. She was waiting for him. "No problem. That guy is freaky. Luckily, its hard to get a grip on a mind when there's a couple more running around." Billy said, tapping his forehead.

Bumblebee giggled and nodded.

It was another three weeks and Stone arrived. Billy loved messing with him, and See-More would constantly team up with him to trip the newbie up. Stone endured it with very little complaint.

Then the dance arrived.

Bumblebee stood in the corner, dressed in a dark blue dress that reached her knees. Jinx was dancing with Stone, and she gave a thumbs up to Bumblebee. Bumblebee shrugged and smiled. Then someone tapped her shoulder. "Can I have this dance, Karen?"

Bumblebee turned around and saw Billy. His tux was missing a tie, and his shirt was slightly unbuttoned, and he was smiling bashfully. "Sure."

The next song came on. 'DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again.' Bumblebee's favorite song.

Bumblebee was a spectacular dancer in Billy's eyes, and in the middle of the song, she spun around and Billy felt his chest flutter. What the heck, this was Bumblebee he was thinking about. He didn't have feelings for her like that... right?

The song ended, and every instinct in him told her to kiss her. But he couldn't do it... not with all the hell she has gone through. She walked off, and another song was in his head.

'As She's Walking Away.'

Of course, then Stone turned out be be Cyborg, and blew up the school.

Billy hid out elsewhere, then he found something out. He had bumped into Private HIVE and was told that Brother Blood had taken a couple students with him.

One of them was Bumblebee.

Billy spent the whole night crying, knowing that he failed in protecting her.

When Titan's East started up, and he heard Bumblebee was leading it, it was very tempting to go rob a bank there, just to see her face. Even though the rest of the HIVE Five was very pissed, Billy was proud of her, and happy that she was finally safe from Brother Blood.

He didn't see her at the Brotherhood of Evil incident, he was frozen before he could even get a glance of her.

Then he got unfrozen, ran off, and then the meet up point for the HIVE students was designated, just in case the BOE thing didn't work out.

Steel City.

(Violence: We are AWESOME!

Lust: It was only the prologue, dumb ass.

Violence: Oh.

Reason: Please ignore the other muses and review.)