Yes the sound of the police officer's fired gun was all that was heard…

Fortunately for Beast Boy, Raven nudged the officer's gun to the left; the bullet and the sound ricocheted off the frigid ground. Unfortunately, she consumed Beast Boy in her magic and slammed him into an adjacent brick wall. Beast Boy released an exasperated mewl and fell head first into a series of garbage bags.

Murderer

He could feel the cool metal against his skin, he could feel the bareness of his location, so he knew he was in darkness and his wrists were attached to the arms of a metal chair. He didn't want to open his eyes because this would only confirm his nightmares. So for moments he simply sat there in the blankness with his head held low soaking up the "error of his ways."

And after moments of living in despair of his hellish past and the constant flashes of the man he choked, the man he wanted to kill, and the man he wanted answer from he threw his head back and… no a scream would not describe it… he wailed through sharp teeth letting pressure go through his voice.

A sensory light noted the sudden motion of the troubled changeling; a white light showered over Beast Boy, Beast Boy did not have to open his eyes to sense its glare.

Without warning a cool object was pressed to Beast Boy's lips and without warning quenching liquid, water, filled his mouth.

A damp cloth was brought to Beast Boy head then the corner of his lips, "I know you're awake." Robin voice circled Beast Boy, but his emotions were not definable.

Beast Boy opened his eyes causing Robin to remove the glass from Beast Boy's lips. Beast Boy saw Robin's facial expression, it helped define his meshed emotions; for his furrowed eyes brows and the twist in his mouth said he was angry and confused.

Beast Boy pulled his face to the left, "…show me some tough love Robin."

Robin left his hand in mid air, "I'm trying to be yo—"

"My friend" Beast Boy scoffed, "friends don't tie friends to chair!" He tried to remove his hands from the constraints, but settled for baring his teeth as a warning for Robin to remove himself from his space.

Robin heaved the glass and rag onto the floor and grasped Beast Boy by the rim of his t-shirt, "This has to deal with more than our friendship. Our friendship is not on the line! Your position on the team is! You almost murdered!"

"Get away from me!"

Robin shook Beast Boy, "If… Raven… You were almost arrested" Robin stated slowly

"Get the hell off of me! I don't have to deal with this shit!" Beast Boy tried to morph into a fly, but before he could gain antennas a terrible pain rocketed through him.

"It's geared to detect the changes in your DNA…" Robin folded his arms across his chest, "There is more to this man then you're letting up"

After the tremors of electricity ended Beast Boy was left panting, his nails were scraping the metal surface for some form of comfort, and his head rolled then drifted downward, but despite his apparent pain he smiled awkwardly, "…yes this… is the… friend… I know"

The words formed too quickly for Robin to hesitate, "The only friend you have"

Beast Boy's smiled vanished and was replaced with tension and defense, but his muscles eased and that awkward, uncharacteristic smile appeared, "the only friend I'll ever know"

Robin comprehended that it was too late for an apology he let the silence settle between them, so he began with no remorse his interrogation, "Was that man your friend?"

Beast Boy chuckled, "I don't know who that man is"

"Someone in your past?" Robin remained still, his voice low

"…don't even know his name…" Beast Boy flinched from the memory of his past

"He knows your name… Garfield," Robin elongated the word 'Garfield,' "he knows your identity"

"But I don't," Beast Boy paused, "I don't know who he is. My name can be common knowledge over the internet… and my parents—my parents were scientist" The last words stung in Beast Boy's ears and he regretted letting them out

"…Did he work with your parents?"

Beast Boy did not respond. The subject had a low growl vibrating in his throat.

"Did he murder your parents? He murdered your parents and you sought revenge… Once it clicked that he killed your mother and father you couldn't control yourself." Robins words were become venom, "You wrapped you fingers around his throat—"

"No!" Beast Boy hissed then clamped his mouth shut

"Then explain to me how your mother and father died?" Robin knew the answer to this question, he read Beast Boy's report, but there was such a gap between the death of his parents and his arrival at Doom Patrol that Robin wasn't sure what the truth was.

"I don't know who he is." He averted his eyes then focused on the floor

"What happened after your mother and father died?"

Beast Boy tensed finding his vision suddenly clouded and his breathing slightly askew.

"Was he your caretaker?"

"…he is no one to me" Beast Boy said so hitched and smally that Robin nearly missed the statement

Robin sighed at the pain in Beast Boy's voice, but continued "No he wouldn't be your caretaker you're right… He mentioned someone else… Another man who 'was very—very nasty to you'"

Beast Boy's face was wild, riddled with visions of the past. Beast Boy eyed Robin, this intruder, his eyes were so dark and so full of a multitude of emotions.

"Who was he Beast Boy?" Robin's voice became soft

"…no…" Beast Boy's lips were trembling

"Who was he?"

The mare's squeal erupted in Beast Boy's ears

"Who was h…"

The bitter sweet cooper taste was brought to his taste bud

"Beast Boy who…"

"You will change, murder, and feed my child"

Robin slid an hand on Beast Boy's quivering shoulder, Beast Boy didn't even the last question all he could hear was the screams of his victims, the searing of his skin, and the man's, his tormentor's, voice.

"He was our tormentor… Torched us… Forced us to murder"

Robin noted the difference in Beast Boy's voice, the difference in the length of Beast Boy's teeth and claws, the difference in Beast Boy's face, "Us? You and that man?"

"…He was our tormentor…"Red swirled in Beast Boy's eyes, "Chained us and whipped until we ran his errands and murdered"

"That man would have taken you to your tormentor; you were afraid and you wanted revenge"

"He was our tormentor," The red in Beast Boy solidified and outline Beast Boy's eyes, "What you do to us is similar to his treatment"Beast Boy snarled

Robin's voice was gentle, "That man was a monster" He stroked Beast Boy's face

"Oblivious to what you are doing to us!" Beast Boy snapped his teeth at Robin's wrist, "Chain us beat us until we hurt! You are the monster our tormentor!"

Robin's nonchalant, calm exterior deteriorated and he allowed his hand to strike Beast Boy until he couldn't hear the words 'monster' and 'tormentor.'

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