I apologize for not posting in a while. Seeing as it is Halloween, I decided to write a sort of retelling of The Beast Within. My version shows some scenes not shown in the original episode such as the fight between The Beast and Adonis. I do want to point somethings out: The Enemy=Adonis, Red Hair=Starfire, Spikey Hair=Robin and Machine Man=Cyborg.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. So sit back, relax and enjoy. Happy Halloween :D
Beastboy stormed into his room slamming the door behind him. He was furious. Why was it every time he and Raven fought, the others always took her side?
"It's not fair!" Beastboy exclaimed as he began to throw random objects at the walls. "She's always making fun of me, and when I stand up for myself, everybody's on her side!" He could feel his anger burning into a rage and began trashing the room with more vigor. "She's the jerk! Nobody pushes me around! NOBODY!"
Suddenly, Beastboy was racked with agonizing pain. It felt like his brain was trying to force its way out of his skull and he began to cry out.
"What's… happening?!" He managed to say through clenched teeth before collapsing, writhing and wriggling on the floor. Then he felt his body begin to stretch and grow in size. If he was shape shifting, it wasn't voluntarily. His mind was beginning to blur and he couldn't think straight at all.
Teeth enlarged into fangs and hands and feet warped into massive clawed paws as Beastboy's body continued to grow to the point where he was tearing through his clothing. His cries of pain slowly warped into twisted snarls of rage and green fur began to cover his body. His face stretched and twisted until it was no longer the face of Beastboy, but the face of a monstrous beast. The Beast stood to his full height, around eight or nine feet, and let out a howl like roar. His body rippled with muscle particularly his biceps and his legs were small in comparison. It had a long mane that flowed from the back of its head.
Then, his supersensitive ears and nose picked up something. He sniffed the air loudly and uttered a low growl. The next thing he knew, something slammed into his side with the force of a tank and pinned him to the wall. The Beast snarled before kicking his feet into whatever was holding him. When his feet made contact with the object, he heard a snarl of pain before it let him go. After regaining his footing he saw another beast that looked identical to him in build, but appeared to be brown instead of green. Something about this beast seemed familiar to him but all that came was that he was a rival or some kind of hated enemy.
This Enemy roared before lunging for him with amazing agility. He moved just in time and he jumped onto The Enemy's back. He bit and clawed, slashed and tore until The Enemy threw him off crashing into the two bunk beds. He was somewhat dazed after the impact and this allowed the enemy to tackle and pin him down again. He struggled violently to free himself but to no avail and The Enemy bit down hard on his throat. He yelped in pain and kicked the enemy hard in the stomach. This caused him to fly into the wall with a loud bang and collapse to the floor.
Then The Beast heard a familiar female voice.
"Beastboy?" She asked.
This caused The Enemy to perk up and viciously attack the door until it was reduced to scrap. The Enemy growled and snarled before raising a clawed hand to strike. A scream of fright and pain soon echoed through the hallways and it caused a flicker of Beastboy's personality to reassert itself. He charged into the Enemy's side to knock him off balance then looked to the floor. There lay a grey skinned girl in a blue cloak and black leotard. She was barely conscious and had three bloody slash marks on her torso. His mind registered her as Raven, a friend.
She looked up at him, eyes barely open, "Beastboy?" She asked weakly.
The Beast responded by gently picking her up by her hood with his mouth just as The Enemy was getting back up. He knew he had to get Raven to safety before The Enemy could hurt her again, so he ran back into his room with The Enemy right on his tail. The Enemy kicked off the walls leaving deep claw marks as The Beast made his way to the window. Crashing through the glass, The Beast shielded Raven the best he could as he used his claws to slide down the side of the T-Tower. Once on the ground he ran in the direction of the city's mainland in hopes of getting Raven to safety. Then he heard a loud roar. Looking back he saw The Enemy leap out of the window toward them. He uttered a low growl and broke into a sprint. He ran as fast as he could but The Enemy was catching up fast.
Reaching the city, The Beast tried to throw The Enemy off by leaping over a wooden fence and into an alleyway. The Enemy tore through the fence leaving vicious claw marks and continued to pursue him. Trying again, he leapt over a metal fence and began to scale a nearby building. Though neither she, nor The Beast noticed, a small part of Raven's cloak had snagged on one of the fence posts. The Enemy tried to follow him, but The Beast kicked him in the face a few times until he fell crashing into a dumpster. Reaching the top of the building, he leapt from building top to building top
Still needing to find a safe place, he jumped down a man hole and into the sewer. The place smelled putrid but it would do for now. After walking for a few minutes, The Beast stopped and set Raven down. She had lost consciousness during the pursuit but she was still alive. He let out a sigh of both exhaustion and relief.
Just then, The Beast heard another familiar voice. "Raven's stopped, and she's close by c'mon!"
Though he recognized the voice, The Beast wasn't taking any chances and he picked Raven up again and continued into the twisted labyrinth of the sewers. As he did, he heard a loud howl that made him stop cold. The Enemy had followed him here. Because of the way the sewer was designed, the howl sounded like it was coming from all directions and he could not tell where The Enemy was. So he just turned down a random corridor and ran as fast as he could. But he soon met up with a dead end. Before he could even utter a growl of annoyance, a light shown on him. He turned around to face it and saw three people standing a few feet away from him. One was a spikey haired boy with a cape, another was a floating girl with red hair, and the third was a big person who looked more machine than flesh. All three of them looked familiar but they registered as neither friend nor foe, rather just inconveniences.
"Raven!" Machine Man shouted with concern. Red Hair gasped in response.
Realizing that these people wanted Raven safe just as much as he did, The Beast set Raven down as gently as he could to show them that he meant her no harm.
Instead of figuring that out, Spikey Hair shouted "Attack!"
The Beast snarled and leapt into battle. He would show them he meant no harm to Raven, even if he had to harm them in the process. Both Spikey Hair and Machine Man got blows on him catching him a bit off guard but he quickly recovered and with another leap he punched Spikey Hair and tackled Machine Man. Spikey Hair was soon back on his feet and ran toward The Beast which drew his attention away from Machine Man who was then able to latch onto his back. Throwing him off and down a corridor, he saw that Red Hair was at Raven's side and he lunged for her. Spikey Hair kicked him in the side before he could touch her but he used a wall as a launch pad and punched him hard enough to knock him out. When The Beast landed, Machine Man tackled him to the ground but he quickly picked him up and slammed him into the ground. He then turned his attention back to Red Hair who was still at Raven's side. Upon seeing him, she began to throw glowing green bolts at him. He dodged them easily and when he was close enough, grabbed Red Hair and brought her to his mouth. However, she was smart enough to kick him in the face before he could harm her which sent him a few feet back. Snarling angrily, The Beast charged in for another attack, but this time all three of his foes performed one combined attack and when it hit him, it hit hard. He roared in pain as everything went grey.
P.O.V. Change: Robin
As the smoke cleared, Robin and the others proceeded forward to examine the body of the beast that had attacked them. When it had fully cleared his eyes widened behind his mask.
"No." was all he could say. Lying where the beast had been, in tattered clothing, was Beastboy.
"Ugh… Where am I?" He asked as he slowly came too. Robin was speechless just like the others. Beastboy seemed to notice their serious expressions and was obviously confused. "Why's everybody looking at me like that?" He asked. When no one responded he seemed to get a little nervous. "C'mon guys, seriously, what's going on?"
"That's what we want to know." Robin told him.
"What do you mean?" Beastboy asked him.
"We'll explain that on the way back." Cyborg told him as he helped him to his feet. "But we need to get both you and Raven the sick bay to figure out what exactly happened here."
"Raven?" Beastboy asked suddenly sounding very concerned. "Tell me she's not hurt."
"Unfortunately she is." Robin said seriously. "And it's possible that you may have had something to do with it."
"What?!" Beastboy exclaimed. "I would never hurt her."
"Well your attitude today has me questioning that." Robin replied.
"Robin, take it easy." Cyborg interjected. "Give him some time to sort things out in his head. I'm sure he has no idea what's happened in the past hour."
"I don't." Beastboy replied. "I don't even know how I got here."
"Well, were going to try and find out." Cyborg reassured him. "But first let's get back home."
As Cyborg lead Beastboy away, Starfire went and picked up Raven. Robin followed them, all the while thinking about what was going on. He didn't want to blame his friend for hurting her but Beastboy was the beast they had just fought and Raven had claw marks on her torso. He wasn't sure what to think. The evidence all pointed to Beastboy but he had to find out for sure.