AN: Things get a little angsty here after the last incident in the training room.
Chapter 3
Emotions
Laying back in his office chair with his legs up on his desk, Kid Flash looked into the videoscreen at his Jump City counterpart. "So, have you found Terra yet?"
Robin exhaled in exasperation and rubbed the bridge of his nose. It had been three days now since the incident between Terra and Beast Boy, and the attempt to find out from her side what happened had just managed to send her over the edge. "No, she's still missing, we found her communicator pretty quick, but it was smashed to pieces. How are things on your end?"
"Not much better. Finally got him out of his room today, only to have him freak out when Jinx and me were making out. Next thing we knew, there was a green panther crouched on our fridge for some reason. Right now he's in the infirmary, sleeping off his horse tranqs."
Robin blinked, a look of confusion across his masked face. "Why do you have horse tranquilizers?"
Kid Flash grinned sheepishly. "For me, it's one of the few things that won't run through my system like water if I ever need surgery. Plus, he was a panther so, it seemed like a good idea. Anyway, why did you let Terra back on the team? I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her..."
"That's kind of funny actually, from the man who made a team out of a convicted criminal, the daughter of a madman, and a kid who sold his soul for power."
The speedster's foot started to twitch rather quickly. "I've got to go check in on Beast Boy, just glad crimes been slow lately. Hope you and Star have a good weekend." Standing up, Kid Flash reached to sign off, then pulled his hand back. "Oh, and Robin..."
"Yeah?"
"Talk bad about my team again, and I'm wearing your colon for a boot." With a quick keystroke, the leader of Titans Central logged off and walked out, strolling slowly towards the infirmary.
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Beast Boy opened his eyes and looked out into the hypnotically psychedelic world around him. His body floated in a vortex of color and fog, light and shadow and muffled noise. Somehow he managed to focus his eyes ahead, to be met with a pair of glowing red eyes enveloped in a feral shadow. "Great, what do you want..."
The shadow just laughed darkly, a deep husky laugh that sounded as if it was part growl. "She is gone, good riddance...she was not strong enough for us..."
"Dude, shut up..." Beast Boy didn't have the strength to fight with his Primal self, nor did he have the patience at the moment.
"We need someone who is strong for our offspring...a strong breeder...Raven...she has strong wide hips...many offspring..."
In an instant of motivation, Beast Boy grabbed the shadowy image in his mind by its neck region and pulled it close. He wasn't even sure why he did, but that didn't stop him. "You stay away from Raven, got it?"
The Primal just laughed that strange dark laugh and faded away like a morning fog. Beast Boy just sat there, staring at his hands before he drifted off himself, back into the drug induced unconsciousness.
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The heavy bag swayed on the chain as Raven delivered another jab-jab-hook combo to the poor sack of sand. Her meditation had been completely off-kilter the past couple days, and she needed to express her aggression in some way. In a way, it had been her own fault for pressing Rose on what she had seen...
"Ever see a huge block of Swiss cheese?"
Jab-jab-jab
"There was no blood at least..."
Jab-cross-jab-jab
"Just instantly cauterized, every single shot...that has to be painful.."
Jab-hook-jab-jab-JAB
Raven let out a shout with the last hit, her fist encircled in energy as it plowed straight into the bag. Panting, she heard someone off in the distance call her voice. It took her a moment to realize that it was in fact Kid Devil, her spotter who had been holding the bag the whole time. "Raven, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine..." Raven panted softly, adjusting the black sports bra she was wearing for a top. "It's just...ever since Beast Boy did that...I mean, he does stupid stuff all the time, but this...this crossed a line..." The anger once again started to well up inside her, but she was able to squash it back down this time.
Eddie chuckled softly, letting the sand pour out of the hole Raven's fist made. "Uh huh...so why do you care so much? I mean, I know he's your teammate but your acting like he was your boyfriend, and I was under the impression he was dating Terra...well...was is probably the right word, right?"
Raven sat for a moment in thought. Why was she so pissed? Beast Boy had done stupid things before, and it barely fazed her. A dark thought slowly percolated through her mind: "Did my feelings on him ever actually go away?" Instantly her mind flew backwards in time, back to when Malchior crushed her heart. It was Beast Boy that dragged her out of her depression (somewhat by force), and in response Raven had actually started to feel something for him. She convinced herself that it was just the rebound feelings, and squashed them. Then Terra came along, and she was able to write herself out of his life, romantically speaking. Was her anger just a result of these old feelings coming back to light? Was this the reason that Beast Boys attempt at his own life pissed her off to no end?
"Helllloooo...Earth to Raven..." The half-demon snapped back to reality to find Kid Devil waving in her face. "Kinda spaced out there...you seem like you have something on your mind. Trust me, if you don't talk about it, it's just gonna eat you alive."
Raven sighed softly. She knew more than anyone he was right. These past three days had sent her back to when she just swallowed and hid everything, and she had worked so hard to move past that, to actually show and express her emotions in a healthy way. "Thank you Eddie.." She flatly replied before walking into the girls' locker room.
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Groggily, Beast Boy climbed out of the hospital bed, the tranquilizers finally wearing off enough for him to get up. The first thing he noticed was the full moon rising through the window. He had been in bed an entire day.
The second thing he noticed was the dark cloaked figure floating towards him. "Oh hey Rae, how has...SMACK!"
Beast Boy's first words conscious were cut short by a slap across the face that nearly knocked him back out. Holding his cheek in pain, the changeling looked back, expecting to see the four red eyes of anger he had come to know. Instead, he found two onyx pools, filled with tears.
"How could you be so selfish, Gar?" Raven finally sobbed, the words cutting him deeply. She almost never used his name, unless she was trying to get to an important point. Before he had a chance to respond, the empath had already grabbed him by the shirt. "How could you just want to throw everything away, your friends, your family...over some bimbo? Aren't we worth more than that? Aren't I worth more than that Gar? Do you honestly think I wanted to be the one to tell Cyborg that the man slated to be best man at his wedding got himself blown up because he broke up with a skank? Do you?" Her words became angrier, more intense as the spiel went on. In the end, only one phrase could make its way out of Beast Boy's mouth.
"Rae. I'm...I'm sorry..."
With that, she collapsed, sobbing on his chest. The changeling just wrapped his arms around his good friend and held her close, letting her get everything out.
