I DON'T OWN THE TEEN TITANS.
I DO OWN THE PLOT OF THIS STORY.
(NOTE: THIS IS DEDICATED TO NIAMH. THIS IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE HARD DECISIONS IN LIFE.)
THE THREE SIDED COIN
"Tick tock, tick tock. You better hurry up Beast Boy. Time slipping away."
Slade eyed Beast Boy as he stood before two glass containers. In both containers, the was a someone trapped inside.
Beast Boy gazed into both. To his left was the always happy Terra, and to his right was the mysterious and lonely Raven. Beast Boy cared for both of them. He had a period of love with both girls. In a way, Beast Boy felt like he loved the two of them at the same time.
But here he was. Slade had trapped both girls in two unbreakable glass containers. Both containers were running out of oxygen…fast. Within less than three minutes, they would be dead. Slade, feeling 'generous', had told him that he would let only one of them go.
This was like watching a coin as it flips through the air, slowly falling to the ground. Which side will it land on?
"Terra…your love for her was natural. When you're with her, you feel so happy, so peaceful, and so safe. But she did betray you and the others. She's psychologically unstable…but you still love her…don't you?" Beast Boy spoke in his mind, as he stared at Terra, who was struggling to breath.
He eyed the timer above the container.
"Less than two minutes left. Who is it going to be?" Slade said mockingly.
Beast Boy quickly controlled himself, as he hand twitch with anger.
He soon turned to Raven, who was trying to remain calm and do some meditations, but the lack of oxygen kept her from reaching this goal
"Raven…you love her because she herself. She's unique. Something you've never had before. Strong, Clever, and Independent. But…she's weird. She doesn't like hanging out with people too much, and she's always sarcastic…but you still love her…don't you?"
A two sided coin. It lands one-way…Terra. It lands the other way…Raven. Beast Boy wishes that somehow he could save both. Somehow. He wishes that it could land both or at least on it's edge.
…It's…edge.
Beast Boy felt realization fall on him like a ton of bricks. How could he be so blind and not see it.
He turns to Slade, who was keen on hearing the chosen girl.
"Well…which side of the coin will it be?"
"The edge."
Slade took his head back in shock.
"What?"
"I'll make you a deal. You let Terra and Raven go, and I'll become you're new apprentice."
Slade's attention was caught.
"Why would I want you as an apprentice for?"
"Think about it. One apprentice, all the animals of the world. Dinosaurs, bears, sharks, whales, lions, tigers, birds, wolves, beasts, monsters. Any animal imaginable, in one young boy."
Slade knew he was right. Such power should not be wasted on saving the world.
Beast Boy watched as the timer counted down. He had totally forgotten about Slade.
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…
…1…
At first, Beast Boy assumed that the timer had broken down. But when he saw Terra and Raven breathing normally, he knew what had just happened.
"Well…it looks like the coin landed on its third side…the edge."
Slade pushed a button that was on the control panel in front of him. Within seconds the two contained were sucked up into tubes.
Beast Boy twirled around with an angry stare that demanded an answer.
"Calm down. I've just sent them to Jump City shipping port. Your 'former' friends will soon find them. But that's not a matter that concerns us."
Slade began to walk away.
"Come Beast Boy. There's much I have to teach you."
As Beast Boy walked by his side into the shadows, he looked up at his new master.
"Don't call me Beast Boy. My name is Garfield."
REALLY SHORT, I KNOW…DID YOU THINK THIS WAS GOOD OR BAD…IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY FAN FIC I'VE DONE WITHOUT SWEARING, FUNNY BITS, OR VIOLENCE…I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD KEEP THIS AS A ONESHOT…PLEASE REVIEW...ALL TYPES OF REVIEWS ARE WELCOME.