Chapter 1: The End of Beast Boy
Well it was like any other day for the green changeling he was tossing a baseball at the wall with a bored expression on his face wondering what to do today.
'Let's see, I could pull a prank on one of the others… nah too easy. Video games? Nah too easy as well. Joy ride? Nah I don't have time to get my butt fried by my best friend Cy. Flirt with Raven? Nah I'm seventeen that's still too young to die'
Suddenly the crime alarm went off "Oh yeah, time to let the beast out!" he cried running to the main room of the tower with an excited grin on his face.
Once entering the room to see the rest of the Titans there Beast Boy heard Robin say something about the H.I.V.E. Five, he usually zoned out at these things now-a-days, all he cared about was a chance to stretch his legs and show off for Raven and possibly Starfire.
The briefing finished and Beast Boy just ran to the roof, jumped off it just for thrills and turned into an eagle and flew towards the destination not waiting for the usual 'Titans Go!' from Robin.
"Would it kill him to at least wait" said Raven
"The little green dude has been pretty hyper lately" said Cyborg
"That doesn't matter right now we have to stop the H.I.V.E. Five now" spoke Robin "Titans Go!"
At The Jump
Beast Boy turned back into his human form and looked up at the club.
"The Jump. I have always wanted to party here, didn't think it was the violent kind" said Beast Boy walking into the club like it was just a regular day.
"See I told you this place has enough power for the machine" said a geeky voice
"Whatever stink eye, just put the chemical in" replied a snotty obnoxious voice
"Don't call me stink eye"
'See-more and Gizmo' thought Beast Boy 'This'll be a piece of cake'
Suddenly Beast Boy was trapped in a bear hug by a huge smelly brute
"Gotcha runt" said Mammoth trapping Beast Boy in a bear hug. Mammoth took the green changeling to the dance floor.
"Well look at this, the green stink brain titan was spying on us" Gizmo pointed out "Nice try stink beast"
"Yeah go ahead and keep laughing midget" said Beast Boy with a calm attitude and a smug smirk on his face
"What Did You Call Me?!" yelled an annoyed Gizmo
"Dude it's been three years and you still haven't grown a single inch, seriously did you create a machine that stunts your growth" the green dude insulted the gadget freak causing everyone in the room to burst out laughing and the techno wiz trying to assault him only to be held back by multiple Billy Numerous.
After cooling down Gizmo smirk and started speaking "It doesn't matter what you say, you won't stop us"
'Where have I heard that before' thought Beast Boy sarcastically
"We're gonna…"
"Yeah, don't care" Beast Boy transform into a t-rex freeing himself swinging his tail at the four members in front of him then turning around glaring at Mammoth
"Uh… Peace" said Mammoth with a frightened grin and a peace sign
Beast Boy roared grabbing Mammoth with his teeth before he got away and tossing him into a giant spotlight shocking him leaving him unconscious. He then turned into a gorilla and slammed Kyd Wykkyd into the ground leaving him in a hole unconscious after that he transformed into a python and started strangling the air out of Billy Numerous and his two clones.
Gizmo was freaking out, he never saw Beast Boy act this way, he was acting like, well… a super hero. "Hurry and get the chemical in the machine" Gizmo screamed to See-more who already left to the next room to do so, but Gizmo felt heavy breathing behind him. Turning around he came face to face with Beast Boy transformed into a lion "Uh… yarn?" Gizmo offered with some yarn he grabbed out of thin air and a scared grin.
Beast Boy roar and started chasing down a screaming freaked out Gizmo.
See-more made it to the second level dance floor where the machine they were hiding and put a container filled with a strange purple liquid in it inside the machine and powering it on.
"Hold it eyeball" announced a voice
See-more turned around to see Beast Boy holding a dizzy Gizmo by the collar "You're too late green bean, the chemical has been put in the machine, now all the powerless losers in this world will gain super abilities, making everyone equal, turning the whole earth population into one brotherhood!" See-more gloated with glee
"Is that what this is all about? Man that's a lame plan especially with that giant can of soup" said an unimpressed Beast Boy transforming into a T-rex again and charged at the machine with his hard head first
"No! Stop You Fool!" but See-more's word fell on deaf ears as Beast Boy continued bashing the machine with his head "Forget this!" screamed See-more grabbing Gizmo and running out of the room.
Beast Boy could feel the machine on its last lengths. Finally he destroyed it, but the result was a huge explosion.
The rest of the Titans made it in time to see the H.I.V.E. Five running out of The Jump
"That Green Freak Is Crazy!" cried See-more running away from The Jump as fast as he could with his team members behind him
And that's when it happened
The Jump exploded with our green hero still inside.
"BEAST BOY!"
It was dark. Cement and other building material was everywhere. No sign of life.
Until a hand broke through some of the debris and a whole person emerged.
"Man that sucked, at least the machine is destroyed, time to head home and order a pizza" said Beast Boy trying to concentrate on something "Wait a minute, What The Heck?!" he screamed "Why Can't I Transform?!" The man looked at his hands covered with his roughed up gloves and noticed something through a tear in one of them. He slowly took off his right glove revealing his bare hand, but it wasn't green… it was a fair skin color.
Beast Boy was freaking out. He ran to the nearest destroyed bathroom to find a mirror and when doing so, he found that his entire skin was of a fair skin color and his hair was jet black. It was as clear as the morning sun… Beast Boy was human again.
No more green skin, pointy ears, or sharp fangs. He was human again.
At first he was excited that he can be a regular human again, but then he realized that he was just human again, which meant he wasn't a Titan anymore. The whole reason he became a Titan was because of his shape shifting abilities, but now what could he do, all he can be now was a target dummy, and what's the point in being human anyway, was he supposed to go back to his family, no because his parents have been dead for years and he couldn't go back to the Doom Patrol because he didn't have any powers anymore.
He was alone. he had no place to belong anymore which meant he had no friends anymore either.
He wasn't Beast Boy, green shape shifter and fifth member of the Teen Titans anymore… He was Garfield Logan, a powerless nobody who didn't belong anywhere.
"Beast Boy are you there?!" he perked up at the sound "Beast Boy come in, over" it was Robin calling him on his communicator. The ex-shape shifter grabbed his communicator and was about to respond until he remembered that he wasn't Beast Boy anymore. "Beast Boy, I repeat, come in"
"I'm sorry, there's no Beast Boy anymore… only Garfield Logan" replied Garfield in a melancholic manner
"Beast Boy stop joking"
"I wish I was joking… good bye friends… I'll miss you" replied Beast Boy with a tear going down his cheek. He dropped his communicator and left the building through what was left of the back.
"Beast Boy come in… Beast Boy? Beast Boy!"
Garfield got out of the building and started wandering around Jump city not caring where he was going and at this time it started to rain. How cliché.
Garfield traveled down an alley where a man followed him with a pistol in his hand
"Give me your money" the mugger simply said pointing his gun at Garfield
Garfield didn't even turn his head towards the mugger "I don't have any money, so if you're going to shoot me then go ahead" Garfield said in a monotone voice.
The mugger was about to pull the trigger, but his gun was kicked out of his hand and he suddenly felt pressure on his back and fell onto the ground unable to move.
An old man was behind the mugger in a battle stance with his index and middle finger pointed out. The old man exited his battle stance and headed towards Garfield "Child you shouldn't be out here at this time of night, shouldn't you be home?"
"I don't have a home" Garfield simply replied not turning towards the man
"Well then come with me, I'll make you some tea" said the old man with a smile. He grabbed Garfield's hand, but Garfield pulled his hand away, as rude as it may be the old man had an understanding look on his face "Well if you change your mind I live on the other end of the street" the old man said before walking away.
Garfield turned his head slightly to look at the old who walked into a dojo. Tea did sound nice and the rain was getting annoying. Garfield walked across the street towards the dojo and knocked on the front door.
The old man opened the door and gained a cheerful grin seeing Garfield "Ah good to see you changed your mind, come in child" the old man welcomed Garfield who accepted the invitation. The old man had a gray goatee and gray spikey hair wearing old Japanese style glasses and a crimson red kimono with gold lining on the edge of his sleeves and a small gold dragon design on the left side of his kimono and another gold dragon design on the back, but a bit more larger in size.
Garfield was led into the back where a low flat Japanese style table was. He sat on his knees "I'll go make the tea" he heard the old man say heading into the kitchen leaving Garfield to his thoughts.
'How did it come to this?' he asked himself 'I was so hyped about going solo that it lead to me losing my powers, the last gift my parents gave me before…' Garfield then started crying silently at the memory of his parent's demise
"What is troubling you child?" asked the old man coming into the dining room with a pot of tea, two cups for the both of them and a bowl of some kind of cube shaped food with toothpick in them.
"Oh it's nothing" Garfield lied
"Like a rough stone keeping painful emotion to one's self will always leave jagged edges that will not just harm the stone but also precious others leaving the cared to bleed, but when one speaks the emotions to the earth the edges will disappear leaving the stone with a new smooth surface"
"Wow… that makes sense… sort of" Garfield said impressed with the old man's wisdom. Garfield then began telling the old man his problem that happened less than an hour ago.
"I see… I apologize for your troubles Logan-san" the old man gave his condolences
"You can call me Garfield, and thank you, it means a lot mister…"
"Kenichi, Raiden Kenichi" the old man introduced himself with a smile
"Mister Kenichi… wait… Raiden Kenichi? As in the top class martial artist Raiden Kenichi?!" Garfield exclaimed with awe and enthusiasm
"You have heard of me?"
"Have I, I got all your matches on dvd back at… my old home"
"Well it is always nice to meet a fan" he said with a smile which made Garfield smile "Tofu?" Kenichi offered to food substitute from the bowl to Garfield
"Yes please" Garfield accepted with a happy grin
"Garfield-san, may I ask you something?"
"Uh, sure" answered Garfield eating his tofu cube
"Do you know any form of combat?" Kenichi asked
"Now that you mention it, no… since I could transform into any animal I wanted to I only depended on my animal instincts and since I can't do that anymore all I got is the fighting skills of a sloppy brawler with little experience" Garfield concluded feeling disappointed in himself
"Then let me help you"
"Excuse me?" asked Garfield thinking he had heard wrong
"If you'd like I could teach you my techniques, that way you'd be able to protect yourself" said Kenichi with a grin
"I don't want to waste your time"
"Garfield-san I insist"
Garfield didn't want to impose, but when the top class martial artist insists on teaching you how to fight, how the hell can you not take his offer. "Alright I'm in" Garfield answered with a confident look on his face.
"Excellent" said a happy Kenichi standing up "I'll set you up a room"
"You don't have to do that"
"It is quite alright, I just can't let you sleep on the streets"
Garfield had the feeling that his new sensei wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer "Alright, thank you, but don't think I'll be mooching off of you, I'll earn some cash and get my own place someday"
"I understand" Kenichi had a feeling that he and Garfield were going to get along just fine
At Titans Tower
The Titans had been out all night trying to find their green shape shifting friend, but they didn't find any trail leading to him, not even Raven could find him and she could sense peoples thoughts, especially Beast Boy's.
"We better get some shut eye" voiced Robin
"But Robin we haven't found friend Beast Boy yet, we must keep searching" said Starfire
"Star I wanna keep looking for the little green dude too, but we have to get some rest, it wouldn't help at all if we just collapsed for exhaustion right on the streets" said Cyborg
"Cyborg's right Starfire" agreed Robin "We need to rest up if we want to get more energy to look for Beast Boy"
Starfire nodded understandingly
Robin, Raven and Cyborg left to retreat back into their rooms for a nights rest.
Starfire looked out of the window and said "Be careful out there friend, wherever you are"
At the Golden Dragon Dojo
Garfield was lying down on his temporary bed looking at the ceiling thinking about what the future entails. 'Chin up Garfield tomorrow you start your new life' Garfield then takes out a photo from his discarded pants on the floor. It was a picture of the Titans all together back in Tokyo celebrating the defeat of Commander Uehara Daizo. They all looked so happy, well except for Raven but that was to be expected. A lone tear went down Garfield's cheek at the memories of the Titan family, his family.
"I'll miss you guys" he said putting the picture away and finally going to sleep.
