Hey there, this is set after the episode of Betrayal of Season 2, so there will be a lot of things in the series that hasn't happened at this point, and quite frankly, I don't see myself covering much in terms of Titans East and Brother Blood, along with the Malchior and Trigon events, and the Brotherhood of Evil. The following story will play out as a continuation to Season 2, and thus any events to happen during the third season and beyond won't happen... except for one, but I'll let you figure that one out.
Anyway, enjoy!
Emotion.
Beast Boy couldn't exactly pinpoint what emotion was wrecking him, but oh boy was it. Maybe it was a bundle of them. No matter what it was, it caused tears to run down his cheeks and the mutant could barely contain his whines. He wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and realize this was all some horrible nightmare caused by eating too much pizza, but it wasn't. The pain he was feeling was all too real and no combination of transformation could stop it.
Terra… Was all Beast Boy could think of. Even with Slade telling him of the destruction of his home and his friends, all his mind could process was the loss of Terra. The hatred on her face as she went into the shadows with that damned Slade, it hurt worse than anything he had ever got hit with, and he got hit a ton.
But… Beast Boy couldn't stay moping forever, some bystanders were pointing and chattering among themselves about the green-skinned mutant, police were starting to come to the site of the fight between him and Slade, and the last thing the Titan needed right now was another confrontation. Quickly transforming into a hawk, he flew far away from the wrecked carnival, his beady eyes noticing every single attraction and ride he had been with…
"Knock it off!" He angrily told himself, "She's nothing to me now!" Beast Boy tried to tell himself, scratching for anyway to make himself feel at least a tiny bit better. His wings flew himself far far away from the carnival until he landed in a park, thankfully with no one around this late at night. Sirens rung behind Beast Boy, who was able to tell it was both police and ambulances driving to investigate the scene.
As he reverted back into his human form, his face was still wet with his grief, body rapidly shaking and hands balled up in fists. "Why?! Why her?!" Beast Boy screamed, his fists reaching up and slamming down onto a bench, shattering it into several pieces. His hands stung in pain, and some shrapnel has pierced his gloves and dug into his fingers and palms. The teen however hardly noticed, looking to destroy more to try and stop that raging feeling inside of him.
"Stupid Slade! He ruined everything!" Beast Boy yelled, swinging a high kick towards a lamp posts and knocking it down several yards away. "Everything was going great! And then he came in and ruined it all!" His human body still had its limits however, and a punch to a tree also sent a wave of pain throughout his hand and arm, enraging him even more.
Transforming into a rhino, the mutant huffed and charged forward, knocking down several trees and sending them flying across the paths, some even falling onto the streets. He looked for as much as he could to destroy, trees, bushes, statues, benches, just… anything. His transformations were rapid, shifting from gorillas to elephants to even dinosaurs.
Panting, the boy looked around once his body just could not continue. The park wasn't recognizable by the time Beast Boy was done. Most of the grass had been ripped from the ground thanks to his constant stomping, the paths had been wrecked for the same reason, it was pitch black due to the lights all being destroyed, and no tree remained standing. All that was left of the park was the fence that bordered it. He… hated it. What had he done…?
Of course, people started to notice the chaos, and the sirens started to ring in his ears once more. The park was located next to a drive-thru and a gas station, both of which open 24 hours. Beast Boy heard the sounds of children crying and his teary gaze looked to see a mother and father standing over a stroller, pure terror on their face.
"No…" Beast Boy uttered, his eyes wide and mouth gaped. This wasn't what he wanted! "Look, I'm-" His attempted apology was cut off by the sounds of several pistols being aimed at him. "Freeze, you animal!" Was the order he was given by one of the officers at the scene, and Beast Boy turned to see at least a dozen men in blue aiming their weapon at him.
Some part in the Titan wanted to surrender and hope some time in prison could sort out what he was going through, some part in him wanted to run and never be seen again and… some part in him wanted them to… fire at him and end the mental torture he was going through. Who would stop Slade then? Beast Boy thought to himself. If his friends were truly vanquished, then who would step up and stop Slade… and Terra… from conquering the city?
So quickly, Beast Boy raised his hands, lowering his head to face the ground which seemed to please the officers, and he could hear a few footsteps heading his way. "Good… wait, aren't you apart of the Teen Titans?" One of their voices asked him, which only ripped into him even more. Soon enough, Beast Boy could see their feet, and that was when he transformed into a mole and dug into the ground, burrowing his way underground and to safety, leaving the officers shocked.
He dug and dug, until after several minutes, he poked his head up and looked around. No sign of the police, so Beast Boy climbed all the way up and quickly he knew exactly where he was. Pizza place, one of his favorite places in town. But even the huge sign of the delicious pizza couldn't cheer up Beast Boy. All it did was remind him of the times he, the gang and Terra came here, having a blast and making him actually believe that she cared for them…
Beast Boy was exhausted, his muscles were sore and his brain wanted nothing more than a rest. But he knew he couldn't stop. The police would be looking all over for him, and they'd catch him rather quickly if he fell asleep at one of the tables of the restaurant. There was one place he'd be safe though. Titan Tower. It may all be rubble now, but it was the only place where the police couldn't go. It was a safe haven for the Titans… or it use to be.
The rest of the night was spent slowly walking to where he could swim to the island where the tower was, while also dodging police. It was embarrassing, having to hide behind dumpsters and cars to avoid the police, but if there was any chance of trying to stop Slade, Beast Boy needed to not be in jail, plus maybe there were some things he could find in the rubble of the tower that would help. It was long, it was tiring and it was painful, but finally, Beast Boy made it.
Now all between him and the tower was water, and Beast Boy wasn't going to stop. Jumping into the water and transforming into a swordfish, he swam as fast as his aching body could, though the cool water helped some. In comparison to his long walk, the swim across the lake to the island felt like it was done in a second.
And somehow, Beast Boy didn't notice before, but the Tower was still standing! Windows were shattered and some walls were busted open… but it was standing! It brought some enthusiasm to Beast Boy, but he made sure not to get his hopes up, maybe Slade just wanted the Titans…
Walking to the entrance only to find the doors blasted open, there were several Robot Commandos laying next to the broken down doors, a few sparks still jumping around from their exposed wiring. "Uh… hello! Guys?!" Beast Boy shouted, hoping for any sort of response, be it Starfire's gleeful voice, Cyborg's loud voice, Robin's commanding voice, even Raven's mellow tone, but nothing…
"Hey! Guys, it's Beast Boy!... Ya know, the guy that turns into all the animals!" Beast Boy tried to add some of his usual giddiness to his voice, hoping maybe then they'd answer, but again, nothing.. Walking forward, he almost couldn't recognize the place. It was just a giant mess of robot bodies and a clear sign of a long-fought fight being held, given how many things were destroyed or at least in a poor state.
Soon, Beast Boy looked down to find a familiar piece of clothing. A green glove, no doubt belonging to Robin, but the question was… where was Robin? Hugging the glove to his chest, Beast Boy was about to break down again when he heard the sound of one of the doors opening next to the kitchen. "You think we got them all?" The familiar voice of Robin was heard, followed up by Cyborg saying "We've checked everywhere, we surely would've found if any of them were left.."
"Beast Boy!" The sound of Starfire's surprised gasp was the first to alert the gang just who had arrived as the sun was beginning to rise. And it took a few seconds for the rest to react as Starfire flew over and gave Beast Boy a near death squeezing hug. "Oh Beast Boy, you're returned! We were so worried that Slade had gotten his dirty, dirty hands on you!" Her overly cheerful voice, while usually annoying, was nothing but soothing to the mutant, who tried to return the hug the best he could, but it was a difficult task with the Tamaranean's immense strength smothering his torso and arms.
All of his troubles seemed to fade away as the rest of the gang walked up, Cyborg giving him a hard slap to his back and Robin looking rather relieved, all while Raven showed little emotion as usual, but there was a hint of a smile there. "Yeah, we couldn't find you in your room and your window was open, we thought.." Robin spoke, soon cutting himself off and looking towards the glove in Beast Boy's hand. "Hey, was looking for that.." He chuckled, snatching it and quickly putting it back on.
"Where's Terra?" However, those words from Raven just brought Beast Boy down once more, and he almost even fell over, having forgotten about what had happened last night until those words hit him like a truck. "Yeah, we couldn't find her either, were you two together?" Cyborg probed, looking down at the green mutant who was trying to fight back emotion.
A few moments of silence filled the room with Beast Boy trying to find the words to explain what had happened, if he even SHOULD tell them, all while trying to keep his emotions in check. "Terra…" Beast Boy uttered, that night flashing throughout his head, how good it was, the things they did, and then it all went downhill. "Is our friend okay?" Starfire's words didn't help, Beast Boy singling out the word 'Friend', flashing him back to what was the last thing he told her. "Slade is right, you don't have any friends."
He was angry when he said that, he felt betrayed, he didn't mean it. All he wanted was to be Terra's friend… to be more than just that.. It was tearing him apart, and soon enough Beast Boy collapsed to his knees, his head in his palms. "Beast Boy…" Robin somberly said, looking down at him with a frown on his face.
The one to actually step up to him however was the quiet Raven, who was watching it all with her usual resting face. He could feel the soft touch of her hand on his shoulder, and looking up, Beast Boy could see her, looking actually concerned. "Beast Boy, it may be tough, but if we're going to help her, we have to know everything you know.." Her voice helped the green-skinned teen a bit. There was always a bit of affection that Beast Boy had for Raven, knowing that beyond her stone-cold outerior, there was something special inside of her. But then Terra came along and…
"Start from the beginning, why were you two not here when Slade's lackeys attacked?" She asked, and Beast Boy nodded his head.
"I had asked Terra out… on a date, and.. We went out of town, had some good meals, saw good sights…" His initial statement seemed to shock the group, Cyborg wide-eyed and a blush crossing Starfire's face, while Raven only raised a brow. "Then we went to a carnival, and… it was so fun.. She opened up to me and I opened up to her, we told each other things we haven't told anyone else… it all seemed to be doing great.."
Beast Boy soon trailed off, as if trying to remember what happened next, but he knew what happened next all too well. "That all sounds nice and dandy, Beast Boy, but what happened next?" Cyborg asked him, and he could only sigh in response. "Slade showed up."
"We were on the ferris wheel, it was going to be a magical moment, but then he showed up and ruined everything.." Beast Boy angrily gripped Raven's cloak, his teeth bared for a moment as he remembered that cold, sadistic voice of the masked villain. The way he talked down to both him and Terra. He never felt the desire to kill a human before, but in Slade's case… he wouldn't hesitate. "A magical moment? How was it magical? Did Terra have any new powers?" Starfire's oblivious tone only made Beast Boy angrier. "Star…" Raven only growled, shooting her a quick glare before looking back at Beast Boy.
"What happened after that?" Robin asked, joining Raven in kneeling in front of the stressed mutant, who was slightly comforted by the presence of the two. "I fought, I tried all I could to protect Terra, but.. He was too strong, so once there was a gap between us, Terra and I ran.." His somber voice explained, ashamed of himself, "Maybe if I had stayed and fought, I could've beaten him, but I was afraid he would hurt Terra. I didn't want to risk it.."
"There's no shame of retreating, Beast Boy…" Raven tried to explain to him, but Beast Boy cut her off. "Yes there is! I could've stopped him, put an end to everything, but I was scared… Terra would've probably still been with us if I hadn't been such a coward." He angrily told himself, a fist bunching up and hitting himself in the face.
"Still with us? As in… she isn't anymore?" Starfire once again spoke, Beast Boy shaking in grief with his eyes watering once more. "Slade… what did he do to her?!" Robin now spoke up, anger in his tone, Beast Boy feeling a tight grip on his other shoulder. Moments of silence once more filled the room, as he couldn't find the energy to continue.
"Beast Boy, talk to us! We need answers here!" Robin once again talked, this time much more assertive in his tone, feeling those gloved fingers tighten on his arm. Beast Boy knew the rivalry between Robin and Slade, and he really wanted to help, but it was just tearing him up inside, his mouth opened but nothing came out.
"Beast-" Robin wanted to pry some more, but thankfully Cyborg grabbed him by the cape and dragged him a few feet away. "He doesn't need to be interrogated right now, look at him!" The largest of the Titans growled down at his leader, pointing at the near sobbing wreck that was Beast Boy.
"But-" "He's never going to talk if you just yell at him, so shut up and let me handle it!" It was Raven's turn to interrupt Robin, a certain ferocity in her voice that caught the former sidekick off-guard. "Yes, Beast Boy, we're here for you, take your time." Starfire comforted him, and Beast Boy just signed and rested his head on Raven's shoulder.
"We… ended up at a dead end, and that's when he trapped us inside a mirror room.." Beast Boy slowly continued, his breaths accelerating. "Slade talked down to me… to Terra… I wanted nothing more than to just shut him up. And.. that's when Terra revealed to me that.."
She betrayed us… Was what Beast Boy wanted to say, but he just couldn't force it out, still being unable to comprehend why she would do it to them, to him… But looking at his friends, the concerned looks on all their faces, they had to know, no matter how much it pained him to say.
"She betrayed us.." He finally let out, a weep escaping Beast Boy's mouth, falling to the ground with his hands covering his face. "What? Are you sure?" Robin asked, with Cyborg himself in enough shock to let the prying questions of Robin pass. "Maybe you had misheard her?" Starfire asked, though the look on her face showed that she herself didn't believe that.
"Slade said she had disabled the Tower's security, to let Slade's lackeys destroy us, I.. couldn't believe it either. I didn't want to." Beast Boy continued, looking up to see the shocked look in Raven's face, matching the surprise in Cyborg, Robin and Starfire's faces. "That explains how they got in without us knowing, but… why did she try to spare you?" Cyborg asked, his robotic hand releasing Robin's cape, letting him crawl forward to Beast Boy.
"Maybe she didn't mean to disable the security, she could've disabled it on accident when going out with Beast Boy." Starfire frantically searched for an answer that would make Terra innocent, but no one was buying it. "She would have to have tried to disable it, it's not a button you accidentally press." Robin explained, a hand rubbing the back of Beast Boy in an attempt to comfort him.
"Did she say why she did it?" Robin pried, only leading Beast Boy to shake his head. "Sl-Slade said he was her mentor, the one to teach her how to control her powers… the only place where she truly had a home.. The only one she cared for.." The mutant sobbed, a fist repeatedly slamming onto the ground where he laid, his tears beginning to wet the floor where his hand hit the ground.
"Beast Boy, I'm… sorry, really, but is there anything else you can tell us?" Cyborg was the one to try and comfort Beast Boy this time, having never seen his friend so… sad before. Even in the darkest of times, Beast Boy usually had a joke up his sleeve, but nothing.
"...She tried to apologize to me, but I was just so angry. I thought Slade had… killed all of you. I was mad, I told her that I wasn't her friend anymore, and she disappeared into the shadows with Slade." Beast Boy somberly explained, not daring to look up and show his friends the extent of his grief. "I'll never forget the last look she gave me. It was… hatred. Towards me. She hates me."
"I see… Cyborg, reactivate the security system, I wouldn't put it past Slade to send even more lackeys towards us. Starfire and I will try our best to clean up, Raven, take Beast Boy to the SIck Bay. He looks worse off than any of us." Robin handed out orders, and that was when Beast Boy started to notice how messed up he was. Shards of wood and glass had pierced his gloves, lodged in his hands, several bruises were on his torso and there was even a cut on his arm, blood staining his sleeve.
"Alright, come on Beast Boy.." Raven sighed, helping Beast Boy back up on his feet, assisting him in walking by putting his arm over her shoulders. "Just letting you all know, the alarms are going to go off once I turn back on the security system since the walls, windows and doors have been busted open." Cyborg yelled out to the 4, shortly followed by the sound of the alarm ringing out throughout the rooms and hallways for a few seconds, red flashing lights above them before it was turned off.
The walk to the sick bay was long and embarrassing, as Beast Boy could walk on his own, and yet his grief made his legs go limp, forcing Raven to help him along. "I hadn't met anyone like her.. She was so funny, so nice, so...beautiful. She actually seemed interested in me.." Beast Boy reminisced out loud, Raven only letting out a sigh as they soon made it to the medical room, lifting and placing Beast Boy down on one of the beds.
"What do you mean 'interested in you'?" Raven asked, beginning to remove Beast Boy's gloves to reveal the extent of his injury there. Dozens of shards of glass and word were stabbed into his fingers and palms, small drops of blood leaking down them. She then began to slowly remove each one of the shards, with each time Beast Boy letting out a small whine.
"Well.. I'm just..a joke guy really. And seeing as how no one laughs when I use my jokes, not a good one either.. Terra actually seemed to want to know more about me." He answered, leaning his head back into the fluffed up pillow and sighing. "You don't really open up to us, you're too busy joking around or stuffing your face in pizza for anyone to know you outside of that." Raven replied in her monotone voice, her hands beginning to glow a silver-white once all the shrapnel had been removed from his hands.
Slowly, his wounds began to fade, same with the pain in his palms and fingers. "Because everyone just seems fine with that part of me and that's it. I don't have a problem with that, since that's a good part of who I am, but Terra…"
"Let's not think about Terra right now, you're going to need rest once I'm done here and thinking of that traitor will only keep you up." Raven quickly retorted, soon finishing up healing his hands. Beast Boy wanted to dispute calling Terra a 'traitor', but… how could he? She sold out their location, their weaknesses, disabled their security and left the Titans for dead.
"How can I not? She was special to me, I hadn't felt any more free and happy than when I was with her at that carnival." Beast Boy protested, wiping a tear from his eye as his emotions started to get the better of him again. "We just weren't friends when we were together that night, I felt like I had found someone that could complete me.."
"She used you, Beast Boy. She used all of us. If she's under Slade's wing, then I don't think she cared for any of us from the start." Raven asserted, which turned Beast Boy's grief to anger. "That's not true! When we first met, before she met Slade, she was our friend! Even after that.." He retorted, sitting up to stare at Raven.
"I understand it's difficult for you, Beast Boy, considering the connection you thought you had with her.." Raven said, meeting the mutant's stare. "Thought? We did have a connection! It was Slade that messed it up!" Beast Boy angrily responded, a snarl crossing his face, his sharp teeth bared.
"Beast Boy, Slade isn't the only one at fault here. Terra was the one who made the choice to betray us, Slade may have influenced her, but she didn't have to go through with it. Maybe there was something between you two before, but that's gone now, and you can't keep living in the past if we're going to stop her and Slade." Raven's monotone voice tried to calm down the emotional Beast Boy.
"I won't deny that the two of you were… close. All of us saw it, but she's joined Slade. You know the things he's tried to do to destroy us. Terra was around us for long enough to know the things he's done." Raven continued to explain, placing a hand on Beast Boy's shoulder. "After knowing all of that, she still chose Slade over us, and you have to accept that. She's a criminal, one we will have to bring down like anyone else."
"I.." Beast Boy was at a lost of words, he wanted to argue more, to try and prove that Terra wasn't at fault here, but… he couldn't. She was clearly in control of herself that night, given how reluctant she was during the whole Slade incident, and he didn't think there was another Robin incident on their hands with Terra doing what she did to 'save' her friends.
"Oh god, Terra.." Beast Boy finally conceded, falling forward and wrapping his arms around Raven in a hug, his fingers digging into the back of her cloak while his face was buried in her shoulder. Raven didn't exactly know how to react, her arms just hovering over his back.
"Uh.. I.. I got you.." Raven sighed, finally reaching a hand up to awkwardly pet the back of Beast Boy's head while her other hand was placed against his spine.
Raven wasn't use to this sort of attention, she had grown use to Beast Boy's 'silly' antics and annoying prying, but he had never sought comfort in her like this. Which just made her even more angry. The once energetic and happy Titan was reduced to a puddle of tears and sorrow, all because of Terra. Her fingers began to scratch and dig into Beast Boy's back, nails dragging along his skin as she tried to contain her anger.
"We'll get them, Beast Boy. We won't let them get away with this.." She swore, feeling Beast Boy slowly relax in her arms, his sobs easing down and soon it was just a quiet embrace for several moments.
Beast Boy felt relaxed in the grasp of Raven, he hadn't been thinking when he just kinda threw himself at the usual outcast of the group, but now that his mind was returning to normal, he realized the oddity of the situation. Her fingers ran through his green, messy hair and… were those her nails scratching into her back? If so, she was due for a trimming!
"Alright, that's… enough of that." Raven sighed, tugging Beast Boy off of her and forcefully made him lay down again. And it seemed she also realized the weirdness of their moment, with a pink blush crossing her cheeks. "Now, let's work on those bruises.." She said, her eyes then turning pitch black, and his shirt followed suit, floating up and off of Beast Boy's torso.
To be honest, Beast Boy wasn't in amazing shape. Rather than being toned like Robin or ripped like Cyborg, Beast Boy was just… skinny. And around his torso were several large, dark bruises, no doubt from Slade. "Heh, Rae, you're one lucky girl. Front row seats to the gun show.." Beast Boy finally cracked a joke, though half-heartedly, flexing those small muscles of his, giving him the slightest bit of muscle definition.
Raven just let out a groan, though Beast Boy could find a hint of a smile of her face. Did one of his jokes just amuse her? "I guess it isn't the worst show I've ever seen." She said in her monotone voice in response, amusing Beast Boy in return.
"Didn't know you had jokes." Beast Boy chuckled, feeling his bruises slowly begin to heal as Raven used her magic on them. Raven just shrugged as he continued to heal the Titan. "I don't do jokes." Was all she said in response, then grabbing some medical tape and wrapping it around his upper back, covering up the scratches she applied to him during their hug.
And her response was what confused Beast Boy. Not out of character at all by itself, but it was what she said before that was confusing. What exactly did she mean by it?
The rest of the healing session was spent in mostly silence, with his cut arm bandaged and most of his bruises disappearing or becoming barely noticeable. "Alright, that's everything. Let's get back to the living room and see if there's anything we can do to help." Raven instructed, hovering her way out of the sick bay, followed by Beast Boy who had just finished putting back on his shirt.
"Hang on, let me get out of this." She quickly then sighed, and it was when she brought it up that Beast Boy noted that one of the shoulders of her cloak was soaked in tears and snot. "Oh.. hehe, my bad.. I'll see you at the living room?" He chuckled some, rubbing the back of his head as Raven went off into her room, closing the door behind her.
Rushing his way into the Main Ops room, he could see Cyborg lifting and putting the spilled food and drinks back into the fridge, Starfire doing a lot of vacuuming, using her exceptional strength to lift up the couches with one hand, while Robin was gathering up Slade's robots into one big pile. "So.. what can I do to help?" Beast Boy called out, to which Robin was the one to respond to him. "Uh, sorry to disappoint, but we've got pretty much everything in here. You can bring us all the robots you can from the hallways though." He answered, pointing to the left corridor.
Beast Boy wasn't a fan of chores and would usually unenthusiastically do the chores, if not dodging them entirely, but this was much bigger than just simple chores, and he nodded his head, jogging his way over to the corridor. And there he could see the many bodies scattered throughout the narrow hallway, small holes in the walls and several burn marks littering the floor and walls. Alright, plan is, roll them all up into a ball and then roll the ball out for Robin. Beast Boy thought out his strategy, and he quickly got to work.
Transforming into an orangutan, he made use of the ape's long, long arms to sweep the hallway, gathering all chunks and bodies and soon piling them up in one heep of broken machinery. But Beast Boy quickly noticed just how many hallways there were, filled with plentiful bodies. Geez, how did they survive all these? He couldn't help but think about his friends' battle with an army of lackeys, starting to repeat the process once more of sweeping up all the robots until he stumbled upon a familiar place.
Terra's room. Reverting back to his normal form, Beast Boy noted of the doors being perfectly intact. Probably because they weren't after her.. He sadly thought to himself, his curiosity getting the best of him and making him slowly approach and enter the room. A bit messy, but otherwise just how Beast Boy remembered it, save a few new additions.
On her bedside counter, there was a picture. It was Terra, Cyborg and himself, out at the pizza place, having a blast, and given the orange finger poked into the bottom of the frame, Beast Boy would have to guess it was Starfire who took the picture. Good times.. The mutant thought to himself, placing the photo back on the table before turning towards the bed.
Sat on it was the gift Beast Boy had made for her, a heart shaped boxed that also doubled as a mirror. He had spent days making it to the best of his ability, and made sure no one else knew about it, in case they'd tell Terra and ruin the surprise. Sighing, Beast Boy slowly opened the box, to reveal a few things.
The first of her comb that she usually wore around the Tower to keep her hair out of her eyes. The next was her communicator, and opening it up, there were around a dozen missed calls from Robin, Starfire and Cyborg, probably trying to let her know of the 'ordeal' they were in. Finally, there was a letter, writen for… him? So Beast Boy decided to give it a read.
Dear Beast Boy,
I'd like to thank you for being so welcoming to me when I first came here. It was awkward being around everyone else since they were either suspicious of me or squeezed all the air of my lungs each time they saw me, but you truly made me feel welcome and apart of the team. I know I can't make it up to you in the short amount of time we have, especially with what I'm about to do, but there is one way I can try. By Midnight tonight, leave the tower. Something is going to happen and I don't want you there to be apart of it. Please don't ask questions or let the others know about this, it'll just complicate things further. I'm only telling you this because of how much I care for you.
Thank you for being such a good friend to me during our brief time together. I only wish that I could've returned the favor and we could've spent more time together.
Terra.
By the time Beast Boy had finished reading the letter, he looked up to see Raven enter the room, irritation in her eyes. "What are you doing in here? Aren't you suppose to be cleaning?" She asked coldly, before seeing the paper in his hands.
"I.." He was quickly cut off as Raven snatched the paper from his grasp, skimming throughout it, a certain fire in her eyes as she read further and further before finally getting to the end of it. A few moments passed before the letter in her hands turned pitch black and within a few seconds, was torn up and reduced to a pile of paper shreds. "Back to work." She growled, already beginning to walk away.
Beast Boy wanted to dispute what Raven just did, but he'd know it would just get into an argument about Terra, and he… just needed to get over her. "Sorry.." Beast Boy just sighed, sitting back up and walking out of the room, a hand trailing along the door frame before exiting. "Nothing to be sorry for. I'm just trying to…" Raven responded, before going quiet and levitating off.
He blinked, looking at Raven hovering off, a pile of robot bodies soon surrounded by her usual black power and was dragged out of sight.
Beast Boy had never felt the way he had around Terra, he felt like he was always safe, even when she had no control over her powers. It was the most pleasant feeling ever, to be around someone who you care for and trust with all your being, and now he longed for it. He had a similar feelings towards the rest of the Titans, but it just wasn't the same.
And it almost made him break down again, but Beast Boy sucked it up, walking down the corridor to help in cleaning up. Time.. to move on.