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Poison Gas (part 2 of 3)

Beast Boy wasn't sure where he was going to go, he just knew he had to go somewhere. He was truly disgusted. He flew into part of a forest and changed back into human from on the ground. He got onto his hands and knees, and punched the ground repeatedly. He wished that he could punch his teammates like that, but then he would only be proving them right about what they said about him.

That he was a wild beast. That he couldn't be trusted. At least that was what Starfire had insinuated. He thought she was supposed to be good natured and kind hearted. But she was on the demon's side! And for what? Because he was dangerous? Every day he had to make sure he did nothing to upset Raven because he was scared of her and she abused him. They all were scared of her, but somehow after one incident, he was the big bad wolf (no pun intended). That was so messed up!

Sure, he couldn't deny that it had felt good to punch Raven. That it made him feel strong and powerful. But look how far she had pushed him! She had physically attacked him twice for no reason other than him making an innocent mistake. Like she never made mistakes, breaking things around the tower with her powers. Unbelievable. Not only that, but she was abusive to him all the time when all he wanted to do was be nice to her. He was sick of it and right now, he wasn't going to be giving any more of his time to her, unless it was to punch her again.

And Cyborg wanted him to believe that he was just acting the way he was out of concern and that he wasn't taking sides. But he knew Cyborg had taken a side. Cyborg always saw Raven as a little sister. Beast Boy knew that he and his robotc teammate were supposed to be best friends, but apparently figurative blood was thicker than water. Some 'best friend' he was.

And then there was Robin. He vocally objected every time it looked like Beast Boy wanted to attack, but not while Raven and Starfire were shooting energy blasts at him. He hadn't forgotten how during the first Beast incident, Robin threatened to throw him in jail. The threat had made him angry enough to transform into the Beast again. And today he had thrown a flashbomb disc at him. Even the leader picked on him. Robin was the only one who tried to stop him from leaving just now. Beast Boy wanted to believe that it was because Robin cared about him, but it was more likely because he was afraid that Beast Boy might hurt someone, a civilian, in his rage. Beast Boy would never do that, and it pained him to think that Robin didn't already know that.

As he was thinking all of those angry, hate-filled thoughts, he had flown into the city, and right now, he was sitting on one of the rooftops. He had very good hearing, and just below him, a car was stopped at a red light. The car's radio was on, and he could hear Three Days Grace's song 'Gone Forever' playing, and it fit the mood perfectly. He heard the entire song before the car sped away. (It was a really long light.) As he heard the song, he thought about his leader. He felt the same way about Robin as the person in the song felt about the one they were singing about. He tried to believe that he was glad that he would be leaving and never see Robin again. But the truth was he would miss him. He didn't care too much for those other traitors at the moment, but he truly would miss Robin.

But he couldn't stay. He might go back and get his things, but he was leaving tonight, he decided. He wished he could have good friends, he knew he deserved it, but the Teen Titans weren't it. They all looked down on him and saw him as weak. That's why they all agreed with Raven and attacked him.

"Everybody hates Beast Boy" he bitterly thought out loud.

"I don't."

Beast Boy jumped, startled. It was Robin's voice. He turned to see him standing there.

"What are you doing here, Robin?"

"Beast Boy, we need you to come back to the tower."

"Why should I? You threw a flashbomb disc at me!"

"I wasn't trying to throw it specifically at you. I was trying to break up the fight."

"Were you trying to break up the fight when you told me that you were going to throw me in jail?"

"I had to say that to get you to remember, Beast Boy. I would never throw you in jail!"

Beast Boy knew that there was no reason for Robin to lie. If he wanted him gone, he wouldn't have come after him. And he was bringing up good points. It was completely different from how Cyborg was. Robin took action to come and find him, Cyborg had only claimed to care about him while aiming his Sonic Cannon at his face. Beast Boy would have to give Robin the benefit of the doubt.

"I trust you. But how can I go back to the Tower? What about the others?"

"I won't let them do anything to you. Besides, I really don't think Cyborg is out to get you." But Robin couldn't quite speak for the girls. He didn't know why, but something was up with them.

"Okay, I'll go back." Beast Boy reconsidered leaving. His leader really cared about him. He'd have to try to get along with the others for now.

Back at the Tower, Cyborg paced back and forth. Robin had been gone for about two hours now. Did he find him? What if the Grass Stain actually attacked Robin? Normally he couldn't imagine Beast Boy doing such a thing, but after what he'd seen today, he couldn't be sure of anything.

He started up the Gamestation and played a one player game to pass the time and get his mind off things. He put in some racing game and got started. He was sure it would be a while before he got to play this with BB again.

What had happened? Just yesterday, everything was fine. Now Beast Boy was in the worst mood Cyborg had ever seen, with the possible exception of when he had turned into the Beast. And it wasn't even just him. Starfire was usually the cheerful one of the group. Now she seemed to be on a mood swing too. As for Rae, it was no surprise that she was not herself. He knew that even though she acted the way she did, she cared about all of her teammates, even Beast Boy. And normally Beast Boy knew it too.

Usually Robin would be the one most worried about a villain slip-up. He seemed to be the most forgiving though. He needed to be. The guy probably would have been more upset about it, but when there's a team crisis, count on Robin to put aside his disappointment and do what's best for the team. Cyborg liked that about him.

He heard the doors slide open, and looked up to see said leader walking into the room, a stoic expression on his face.

"So, what happened? Any luck?" Cyborg questioned.

"I found him. He came back with me, but he's in his room. I told him he could stay there if he wants to."

"Don't we usually have team training around this time?"

"Yes, but with our situation, we can't do it. Training is being put on hold until we can resolve these issues."

"Robin, do you think... he's going to turn into the Beast again?"

"I don't know Cyborg, he seemed to be angry at every one of us when I found him, and we didn't all intentionally mistreat him like he was saying we did. But he had some good points about it."

Cyborg was about to ask what he meant when he heard the doors hiss again, and this time it was Starfire who strode into the room. She looked angry as she walked up to Robin.

"Robin, we must have a talk. Right now." she stated firmly.

"Cyborg, I need you to reach out to Raven while I talk to her."

"You got it." he said as he switched off the Gamestation and headed for the empath's room. He cast one more worried look back at Robin.

Raven was currently in her room looking through her books. She couldn't believe how stupid Beast Boy was acting. It was bad enough when he kept screwing up and not taking anything seriously, but now he was being incredibly stubborn.

She had used her powers to look into his mind as soon as he came into the Tower with Robin. He couldn't tell, of course. She usually didn't do that but it seemed necessary. She saw in his mind how he was wanting to leave the Titans, and how he saw her as abusive. He was just too lazy to actually think about why the bad stuff happened to him. And he refused to take responsibility. She hadn't just been hard on him to be mean, but he had made a mistake that cost the team their shot at apprehending the villain. And it wasn't the first time either. He had to learn to take things more seriously and do better.

Right now, she was looking through her books researching effective means of torture. Beast Boy was stubborn and wouldn't listen to reason, unless he was made to. She had already found a spell to soundproof her room, and an invisibility one to place on him in case one of the other Titans came to her room. Now she just had to find out what kind of pain she could inflict on him that would make him listen.

But then she heard a knock on her door. She opened it halfway and saw Cyborg standing there. "Yes?"

"Can I come in?"

"Umm... there's something going on in there. Why don't we... have our talk in the hall?" she said, not wanting him to see what she had been looking at in her books.

"Sure..." he said, a little suspicious. She stepped out of the room and left the door half open. He placed his hands behind his back. One of them detached from his arm, unbeknownst to Raven, and crawled into her room, panning the camera on it around. Cyborg knew something was up.

"How you holdin' up? I know the last couple of hours had to be rough on you." said Cyborg in a concerned voice.

"I'm fine." she lied.

"It's okay, you don't have to..." It was then that Cyborg got the feed from his hand camera that showed what Raven had been looking at.

"What's wrong, Cyborg?" His hand came back and reattached itself to his arm.

"I think we should have our talk in the garage. Grass Stain might hear us and ever since the fight he takes everything I say out of context." Wow, even Cyborg saw what a maniac he was acting like. She was worried only she and Star saw it.

"What an idiot."

Once they got in the garage, Cyborg put on a more serious expression. "So, I wanted to talk to you about this whole 'torture' thing you were planning on the little guy."

She started to panic, and some of his equipment in the garage exploded. She knew he wouldn't understand, but how had he seen it? Even his mechanical eye wasn't that sharp. The only thing she could do now was be honest and explain her reasoning.

"Cyborg, he wasn't listening to reason. Someone has to make him listen, and it doesn't look like anyone else is willing to do what it takes. Robin certainly wasn't."

"And you thought torture was the way to go?"

"Do you have a better idea? Because talking to him wasn't working."

"But he came back with Robin. If he was able to talk him down, any of us should be able to."

"We can't take any chances with that lunatic!" She was getting upset. Cyborg was letting his naive side ruin everything, and she couldn't have that.

"This is our teammate, he's not some wild animal."

"Didn't you see what he did just before he turned into the Beast the first time? He transformed into a gorrila and tried to fight me because I bumped into him! You think he can be trusted?"

"Maybe you guys treating him like an animal is the reason he's acting like one!" He turned to walk away but she teleported in front of him.

"Don't tell Robin about this." she said menacingly. She hated having to scare him like that but it was the only way.

"Relax, I won't tell Robin." he said. She hoped he wasn't just saying that so she could let him go. But it wasn't as if she could keep him here all day. He walked around her and kept going.

She went back to her room and continued looking for the torture methods. She also kept an eye out for short curcuiting spells in case Cyborg intervened.

Robin and Starfire were heading to the roof for their talk when they passed by the radio. Robin had dreaded this talk and already knew what it was about. The radio was playing "Whatcha Say?" by Jason Derulo. It fit the mood perfectly. Robin was in deep trouble just like the guy in the song. But he tried to lighten the mood.

"You know, I only meant well..." he said, mimicking the lyrics of the song. Starfire's response was to use her laser vision to shoot and blow up the radio. Then she started flying, grabbing Robin and taking him with her the rest of the way to the roof.

He knew that she wouldn't understand why he would want to bring Beast Boy back. But didn't she know he was a teammate? And when they got to the roof, she wasted no time and got straight to the point.

"Robin, why did you bring Beast Boy back here? You know how dangerous he is!"

"Star, he's one of us. He's family. What kind of leader would I be if I let him go thinking we weren't his friends anymore?"

"What kind of leader would you be if he hurts one of us now that you brought him back here?"

"He wouldn't hurt anyone. I know it. He would leave on his own before he would do that.

"But he already has! He made the moves to attack everyone on the team earlier except you!"

"He was pushed Star. You saw Raven blast him two or three times before he lashed out."

"He should not have upset Friend Raven."

"Starfire, she was doing that because he made a mistake on a mission. We all make mistakes. I should have stopped her before it got to that point."

"It is too late Robin. Beast Boy should be removed from the tower until he can be cured."

"Removed from the tower? This is his home! Where else would he go? Aren't you still his friend?"

This was actually heartbreaking for Robin. He liked Starfire, he really liked her. And having this kind of argument with her was not only a shame, but something that he'd never thought would happen. She was usually so kind hearted, but today, the things she was suggesting were horrible. He fought back tears as he heard her continue to argue her case.

"Yes, Robin. But friends do not let friends hurt each other."

"I can't throw him out Star, not even temporarily. He was on the verge of quitting the team when I found him. So if you are really still his friend, you shouldn't want him out."

"Fine, but in that case he shall be imprisoned in the room of the interrogations."

"No!" Robin shouted, but Starfire was already on her way back into the tower. He had to find Beast Boy, and tell him to hide from Starfire. He felt horrible, but it had to be done. If she had her way, what else would she do besides just imprison him? She wasn't quite acting like herself today. He raced to Beast Boy's room.

Cyborg went to Beast Boy's room to talk to him. He needed to end this whole thing as soon as possible. He decided he wouldn't tell him about what he saw Raven trying to do, as that would just create more animosity in his teammate.

He knocked on the door. "Who is it?" he heard from inside, and he sounded kind of annoyed.

"It's me, BB. We gotta talk."

"Go away, Cy! I don't want to hear it right now."

"Look, it's important that you stop acting like this! Open up!"

"Why? So you can tell me what a screw up I am? Or how I can't control my temper?"

"Yea, well, you're not exactly winning the 'best anger management' award right now!"

"You all treat me like crap! The only one in this place that cares about me is Robin! He's the only one I want to talk to."

"Yo man, why are you doing this? What happened today to get you to go from jokester to this?"

"I got tired of being pushed around. And when I tried to stand up for myself, you all went against me."

Cyborg walked away, completely baffled. It was like he was talking to a brick wall! Why wouldn't he just listen?!

He walked for a minute before Robin rounded the corner and almost ran into him.

"Yo Robin, where's the fire?"

"I need to get to Beast Boy."

"Yea, he said he'd talk to you, but why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because Starfire said she wants to lock him in the interrogation room, and judging by her demeanor, I'm not sure she won't try to attack him in the process."

"She might need to attack him if she plans on doing that. He's pissed, at everyone except you. Anyway, I guess that means the talk you guys had didn't go so well."

"I've never seen her like that Cyborg. It was disturbing. Were you able to talk to Raven?"

"About that, I caught her looking in her books for ways to torture BB. What's goin on, Robin?"

"What? Oh my god. Why would she do that?"

Cyborg was really worried now. Not only was Beast Boy out of control, but so were the girls.

"Man, what happened? Just yesterday we were all good and doing team bonding, now all of a sudden BB, Rave, and Star are all gone crazy? How did this happen, man?"

"I wish I knew. All I know is if either Raven or Starfire get to Beast Boy, it'll be a disaster, one way or another."

"All this over a container of harmless gas! All this started because we got hit with some gas that didn't even do anything!"

"What if it did do something?"

Cyborg thought. This all started shortly after being hit with the gas. It could be, but there were some holes in that theory.

"But I looked at myself already, it didn't have any servere effects."

"Yes, but your DNA is human, and poison doesn't affect machines. What if whatever it was didn't affect humans, but affects changelings, demons, and Tameraneans more serverely?"

It had been kind of a coincidence that he and Robin were the only titans that weren't losing their marbles ever since the gas incident. Seeing the pensive look on Cyborg's face, Robin continued.

"Cyborg, I need you to go check that out, and see if you can make a cure if the gas is what's doing this. I need to stay here and make sure Beast Boy doesn't get any visitors."

A few minutes later, Cyborg contacted Robin from the lab via his comminicator and confirmed their theory.

"I can make a cure, but you're gonna have to buy me a few minutes."

"Hopefully I can do that Cyborg, good luck."

Robin moved to knock on Beast Boy's door and talk to him when he heard Starfire's voice suddenly.

"Is Beast Boy in his room, Robin?"

Robin panicked.

Author's note: So that's the end of chapter 2, next one is the final chapter. Now Robin and Cyborg just have to save their teammates before a confrontation happens, but can they do it? Find out! Reviews are appreciated.