He couldn't believe it.
Beast Boy stood in the middle of a street, watching as a battle between his team and Cinderblock went down. Starfire did a back flip in the air and threw Cyborg at the villain, his cannon firing at the exact moment to mix with a few of the exploding discs Robin had thrown in the air. The blast sent the giant flying backwards, landing on the street and breaking it into pieces.
But the monster seemed unfazed by the attack. He sprang back up and reached out, clasping Star in his fist and launching her into a nearby building. The alien disappeared and glass shattered, littering the ground as it fell from twelve stories up. Robin called out her name, then abruptly faced Cinderblock and surged forward, letting a battle cry escape his throat.
Withdrawing his bo staff, he extended it to its full length and spun, swinging the staff at his target. However, Cinderblock was expecting this. He pinched the staff between his thumb and index finger, whipping the Boy Wonder into a building parallel to the one Star had disappeared into.
Beast Boy shifted into a cheetah and ran for the giant, hoping to get the upper hand by shifting into a tyrannosaur at the last second and shoving the monster away. But Cyborg had another plan. He aimed his cannon at the villain, the blue-white light hitting the monster square in the chest. Its feet dug into the road, desperately trying to stop itself from being taken down by a team of tiny heroes.
It did stop, eventually, but not because of the villain itself. Black magic curled around its chest, pinning its arms to its side. From above, Raven held out her arms, palms facing Cinderblock. It tried to break free but its attempt was futile; with Rae's strong magic, he wouldn't be going anywhere unless she allowed it. Cyborg had been closing in on said villain trapped in the blackness, but he made the mistake of coming too close.
An extended foot was all it took to send the robotic teen flying through the air and disappearing somewhere out of Beast Boy's line of sight. This also distracted Raven, whose magic slipped and the giant broke free and took hold of the sorceress, bringing her close to his face, a smile plastered across it.
By that time, a green tyrannosaur had reached the villain and with a swing of its tail, Cinderblock flew through the air, colliding with a cement truck. The compartment that held tons of wet cement caved under the weight of the villain added with its own weight, and slowly the cement glued the monster in place.
But, even through that, the small, purple haired empath was still caught in his hand, struggling to get out from his grip before the cement got her, too. Shifting back to his human self, he ran to her and began prying fingers from around her body. After getting two of them from around her, she pushed down on a large finger and Beast Boy wrapped his arms around her chest and dragged her the rest of the way from the villain's grasp.
Raven tried to stand on her own, but she wobbled, and Beast Boy quickly wrapped an arm around her waist, drawing her close to him, to keep her standing. Moments after, her slender arm was placed across his shoulders. He looked at her, and she have him her famous, not teeth showing smile. Something inside of him seemed to inflate.
"Beast Boy!" The voice belonged to his leader. He turned, seeing the Boy Wonder walking with a slight limp, but a smile spread wide across his face. "That was amazing! How'd you think of that one?"
"Yeah, B." The robotic teen looked untouched, slapping a hand on the smaller boy's shoulder. "Good job today."
"Friend Beast Boy!" Starfire's warm voice floated through the air. "That was a most glorious victory! Friend Robin, might we partake in the going out for the pizza?"
They all looked to Robin, who appeared to be deep in thought. Finally, he said, "Yeah, Star. I think pizza is in order for this one. Great job today, team. Let's go."
They all cheered and began walking towards their favorite pizza joint.
"Beast Boy." A familiar yet unrecognizable voice said. He stopped mid step, looking around him and the empath at his side. "Hey, BB, are you okay?"
Before he could react, the scene before him changed, and he felt cold where the empath's body had been depending on his own. It was dark, he first realized. Then, there was a hand gripping his upper arm.
It was in that moment he realized that he had been dreaming, dreaming something he'd never get to experience again. That meant he was asleep in his chair beside Raven's bed. The hand on his arm alerted him that they weren't alone.
It also warned him that someone could be trying to hurt Raven.
Without thinking, he launched from his current position and flung his shoulder into the body that the hand clamped on his arm was attached to. He heard a grunt and something hitting the wall before he even opened his eyes.
There, sitting on the floor, back to the wall, knees bent up in the air, rubbing the back of his head, was Kid Flash. Jinx, her pink hair still in the same ridiculous look, knelt beside him, her hand on his shoulder as she stared lasers into Beast Boy.
"Damn." He started, walking quickly to Kid Flash, extending his hand. "I'm sorry, dude. I thought someone had found us, and I was gonna have to protect ourselves."
"Nope, just us." He took Beast Boy's hand and pulled himself to his feet, reaching a hand to his side and pulling Jinx up to hers.
"Thank you for coming." He said, casting a sad smile at both of the teens in front of him.
"Bee's in the commons with a few more of us. We already surveyed the damage, got some injured to the hospital. You were right, Beast Boy. It's a mad house up there. I haven't seen a place looking half as bad as that before."
"Thank you all so much. I would've done it myself, but I wanted to stay with Rae." He turned to look at the empath. She still hadn't moved or showed any sign of life other than her levitation and steady heart beat beeping on the monitor.
"I might be able to help her." Jinx spoke for the first time. "I mean, I'm not near as powerful as she is, but I may be able to speed up the healing process."
"You can do anything if you think it means her waking up." He replied instantly.
Jinx kissed Wally on the cheek and walked over to the empath.
Beast Boy turned his attention to Wally. "Did you uh, find, my team, out there?"
Kid Flash hesitated, but shook his head. "We didn't look for them, honestly. I mean, we were busy with looking at the damage, and helping people. We'll go do that here in a few-"
"No." The changeling interrupted. "Will you and Jinx stay with her until I get back? I have to go get my friends."
"Yeah, sure." Beast Boy moved towards the door. "Hey, Beast Boy?" He turned to look at the teen who hadn't moved from his spot. "I'm so sorry that happened."
"Yeah, me too." He said and disappeared.
Beast Boy tried to shake off that dream. It was just that, a dream, and right now, it was his second biggest dream, to have his team back, to fight with them and go get pizza afterwards. His first, was Raven waking up.
"Beast Boy?" He was taken from his dream as he walked through the doors to the commons room. Bee was on her feet, walking towards him. As soon as she was close enough, she pulled him into an embrace. "I'm so sorry." She whispered, her arms tightening around him.
Beast Boy lost his best friend, but Bee lost her best friend and boyfriend of two or more years. Slowly, his hands came up to rest on the middle of her back. He didn't squeeze, or do anything other than touch her. Her slender body began shaking in his arms, and soon after he heard her sniffle.
He instantly untangled her from him and gave her a small smile. "It's gonna be okay eventually, Bee."
With that, he moved passed her. Standing a few yards behind them, was more familiar faces. The Atlantian prince, arms hanging limply at his sides, Robin's near doppelganger, his trademark bow still attached to his back, the quiet, curly blond headed boy, hands fidgeting in front of him, a short girl with long pink hair, looking as if she was about to burst into tears, and a girl who'd recently clicked with Raven and became good friends with her, black hair with that one streak of red. Also, with the unusual sad look on their faces, was Thunder and Lightning.
"It's good to see you alive and well, Beast Boy." Aqualad stepped up and held a hand out to the changeling.
"Same to you, Aqualad." He took his hand, moving on to Speedy. Wordlessly, they shook hands, Speedy giving him a nod. Jericho looked the same as he had to last time they'd been together, the curly blond hair, his eyes gleaming, this time, he seemed sadder than usual. Though, who could blame him?
Kole gave him a small, sad smile and hugged him. She pulled away as quick as she'd embraced him, using her sleeve to wipe tears from her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
Thunder and Lightning shook his hand and said nothing. Beast Boy was grateful they didn't.
Argent looked like she was seconds away from breaking down. "I-is she…" He knew what she was asking.
"No, she's alive. Healing, but alive."
Argent flung her body into Beast Boy's and began crying. Argent's arms locked around his neck and she cried for seconds before Beast Boy felt tears of his own sting his eyes. He wanted to push her away, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it.
Instead, he wrapped his arms around her and held her tighter against him, leaning his head against her own and letting himself cry. He'd yet to cry since he lost over half his team, and there was a chance that the remaining member might not survive.
That only made him cry harder.
After a few minutes, Argent slowly pulled away. She wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands and looked at Beast Boy, using her fingers to wipe away his own tears. "Can-can I see her, just for a minute?"
He nodded and led her to the room. Kid Flash held Jinx in his lap, but Jinx, however, looked paler than normal, and seemed to be unconscious.
"Is she okay?" Wally looked up from his girlfriend.
"Yeah, she just wore herself out. She said that Raven's in there still, fighting. She somehow pulled Jinx into her mind and told her to pass along the message to you."
Argent went to Raven's side, taking the empath's hand and squeezing it tightly, a few more sobs escaping her. "Is she going to wake up soon?" Beast boy asked as he perched on the edge of the bed, facing Wally.
"Raven? Jinx didn't say."
"Thank you for coming, and I'm sorry about throwing you into the wall."
Kid Flash laughed. "It's fine, Beast Boy. You only thought you were protecting Raven." He looked down at his girlfriend laying limp in his arms. "Can I take her somewhere to rest up a bit?"
"Yeah. Cy made our rooms down here, too. There might be a few spare ones, I don't know. You all are welcome to any of them."
"Thank you, Beast Boy." He scooped up Jinx and walked out of the room.
Argent cleared her throat and Beast Boy turned to face her. "She's going to wake up soon, Beast Boy. I can feel it." She walked up to him. "I'm sorry about breaking down on you like that. But, thank you, for being there."
"Same here." He said and forced a smile her way. She offered up one of her own. "Hey, can I ask a favor?"
"Sure."
"Would you come with me up to the city? I-I need to get my friends and bring them back home."
She hesitated for a moment. "Yeah, yeah I'll go." She reached for his hand and squeezed.
"Thank you."