A future untold
TNF
chapter 1: it begins
it had been gradual, he thought, he stood on the tallest building within the city...it was a hotel he believed...not that that really mattered he thought, as he looked over jump city, he was on his own...now the city had fallen...now...he only had one choice left.
they hadn't seen it coming, the titans, had been so consumed in there own little problems, not problems, problem...they all had seen this 'problem' coming...but they had done nothing to stop it...and he had the feeling, three of the other titans hadn't wanted to...he just wished they had paid more attention to the city, instead of there own issues...he wish he'd paid more attention...
he would like to say it all started on a warm summers morning in the titans tower...or in a huge storm on some back street battlefield... but no, he didn't even know how it had started...but he remembered the first time it had made itself known...even if he didn't notice it himself...
flashback...
beastboy was sitting at the kitchen table playing the new hand held 'game boy 5.0' when he herd the door suddenly open...he quickly paused the game to look up...
robin entered quietly with a bunch of folders and the 'work' laptop... they had dubbed it that since it didn't really belong to any of them, it had been a gift from the store manager at 'electrodes' after one of there first fights as the teen titans.
'almost 3 years ago now' thought beastboy with a start... wow, I never really thought about that, time fly's...he smiled as he went back to his game...that laptop got shared around a lot when files needed backing, or reports needed filling in...which, by looking at those folders in robins hands, were about to get done... he smiled again...well, better him then me, he thought for at least the hundredth time since the titans were formed...
robin came over to the table and placed the folders and the laptop in front of him...
"where are the others?" he asked, looking at beastboys overly dramatic concentration on his game boy...
"hmmm... oh, star and cy went shopping and rae went with them to stop them from just buying cookie dough and stake again" beastboy shivered as he said this.
"...well, I was planning on asking cyborg to do this, but since you're here..."
beastboy paused his game again to look at robin...it was the first time he had really noticed how tired the older teen looked...
"ok...what you need doing?" he asked, with genuine concern
"well, iv got a ton of research to do since batman needs help on a couple of cases..." beast boy nodded, the crime rate in Gothem had gone up substantially in the past month... and it seemed bat's was calling in some old favours...
"but unfortunately I still have all the report forms to fill out for the past month!... and, since cyborg understands the system best I was wondering if he could do them for me...but since he's not here...well...could you?
beast boy really wished he hadn't asked now... sure all the titans knew basically how to fill the forms out... robin was worried just in case something happened to him...but beastboy had had no intention of actually doing them!... he was about to decline, telling robin he would pass them to cyborg when he got home...but the look on robins face, one of quiet determination, tiredness, and mainly hope, beastboy couldn't help but give in...
"ok..." he sighed, but before he could say another word robin had already left the room...
"you're welcome..." muttered beastboy, as he looked at his game longingly, before turning it of and opening the laptop...it's gonna be a long day, he thought...
end flashback...
