"Come on, Rose, we've got to get to bed. As late as it is now, if traffic cone decides to make us have morning training, it'll be the death of us."

"But it's so boring without anyone to talk to. You know I won't be able to get to sleep 'til the pain meds kick in. The least you can do is wait that long."

"You said the same thing last time and we were still here at four in the morning."

Terra was stuck between the most annoying tug of war since…well pretty much ever. Jinx was in a hurry to finally get to bed after spending the day with Rose and Rose wasn't quite ready to let the two of them leave since "Somehow, with 2000 channels, there's still nothing on." Honestly, Terra didn't care what happened one way or another and at first it had been funny. Jinx wasn't the strongest person physically and the only reason she stood a chance in the contest was because Rose was both drugged up out of her mind and finally decided she was done getting reinjured. But after it had been going on for five minutes, being pulled apart by what felt like the worlds to oldest super powered children, it was getting…irksome.

"Come on Jinx. Have a heart."

The pulling from Jinx's in got a little lighter. "What's in it for me?"

Rose looked around before her eyes finally settled on the blonde in her hands. "What if I told you about the story of how I learned that Terra was in love with Beast Boy?"

Now, Terra had a dog in this fight. "You know Rose, Jinx is right. We may have to be up in the morning, so we really should get going," she stammered out, easily breaking the grip of the mercenary and trying to head to the door. She was suddenly yanked back. Jinx stood their frozen, a cement ball the refused to release her or move at the prospect of hearing the story.

"You've got yourself a deal!"

Terra pulled at her roommate, but the promise of embarrassing stories seemed to make her an unmovable force. "Please Jinx," Terra pleaded. "We really should get going."

Jinx turned around and gave her a shit eating grin. She spun herself and Terra in circles. When the room stopped spinning, Terra found herself sitting on Jinx's lap, the trickster's arm wrapped firmly around her waist. "Sorry, roomy. Now take your punishment."

Rose gave a small, fond smile at the interaction between the two before she shifted back into the hospital bed. "It all started when I showed up after a mission."

Flashback- Slade Hideout: New York

"Shit, I'm tired. Huh-didn't think you would be here Pops. Weren't you on some crazy mission to conquer Jump City."

Slade sighed at the interruption. He turned towards his only daughter, seeing that she was covered in soot. "I take your contract was successful?"

Rose had pulled off her shoe and shook even more soot out of it, noting that her father had deflected her question. "Of course, it was. Do you think there was a way that I would be this dirty without completing the job?"

Slade did not respond. He walked behind his daughter and pushed her into the pit before them. She rolled down the curved metal walls, landing on her butt at the edge, her shoe left on the lip of the pit. She looked back up from where she was pushed. "What the actual fuck?"

"Ravager, I do not care that you went independent, but as long as you're using my hideouts in your endeavors, you will pay me the proper respect. And today, to make up for your disrespect, you will help your fellow acolyte prepare for her mission."

For the first time, she noticed that she was not alone in the pit. Across the pit, stood Terra, her legs so far apart that her knuckles grazed the ground. She panted heavily while her hair stuck up, creating a mattered halo of gold framing her face. Her eyes glowed a fervent yellow, not wavering in the least. The look on her face made Rose scowl.

"Please. She's barely even conscious at this point. Even with me like this, it won't take long for me to take her down. This is a waste of time."

Slade fixed a cool eye on his daughter. "If it will be so easy, then take care of it quickly. That way it will waste even less of our time.

Rose sighed as she surveyed the area from her to the younger girl. The shattered remains of Slade bots were strewn across the ground. Some were in pieces; some clearly impaled by the very earth beneath their feet. There were random rectangular slabs jutting from the ground, remnants of crushed androids jutted haphazardly from them. She skeptically looked back up at her dad. He gave her a curt nod. She sighed. "Listen Blondie, I'm sure that you don't feel like doing and I sure as hell don't feel like doing this. So why don't you play nice and make this easy on the both of us." There was no response. "Blondie?" Nothing. 'Damnit, she's really deep under.' Rose took a tepid step forward. "Terra- "At that step, Terra reacted.

Terra shifted her foot forward; the earth quickly rose in steps. It made a crescent shape until it got chest high, avoiding all the previously destroyed ground and headed straight towards Rose. She made a small roll to avoid the curve. 'Fuck me.' She threw a scowl up at Slade, who deflected it with an impassive gaze. Rose took a deep breath and slowly let it out. 'Well this isn't going to be fun,' she thought as she subtly shifted her remaining shoe of her foot and unsheathed her blade. She took a breath as she threw the shoe to the other side of the room. The air was still as it fell. And when it landed, the pit exploded into action.

Terra reacted to the shoe. Under where it landed, a nine-foot-tall pillar burst from the ground. Rose took off from her position, hoping the distraction would be enough to buy her the time she need to cross the pit, but the was no such luck. Half way across, Terra's unconscious became aware of her approach. She let out a snarl as she raised her arms. Rose felt the earth shift, so she rolled to the right. Right where she would have been, an earthen spike burst from the floor where she had been. Terra snarled as Rose continued to come towards her. Terra pulled up three previously dragged up rocks and flung them towards her. Rose's blade easily sliced through the first two, but jumped on the third, using it as a launching point. The young mercenary flew through the air, doing a twirl to increase her so she landed at her intended destination: right behind Terra. With Rose being in the air, the only Terra had no way to react until she landed. She roared and turned, intent to take out her opponent but it was too late. With a quick strike with the hilt of her sword, the girl was knocked completely unconscious. Rose scowled as the blonde fell into a slump. She sheathed her sword and gently pulled Terra onto her back. The white-haired girl steadily climbed up from the pit and went to her father, who, after the fight had ended, simply turned from the pit, and walked to a table covered in schematics.

"I thought the point of her training was to teach her control," Rose scorned.

Slade did not look up. "She was in perfect control while she was down there. Her attacks were focused and precise; the very definition of control."

"But she wasn't in control. Her movements were based off self-preservation and instinct. She doesn't need to be an emotionless killing machine, she needs to be able to rely on her powers if she needs to."

Slade finally looked up at his daughter. He drew to his full height, using his 6'4" frame to tower over Rose. "She is my student and I will train her how I wish. So long as the end goal is reached, how she gets there is none of your concern. Now do not question my methods again."

Rose stared into his eyes with defiance but felt Terra shift on her back. She took and deep breath and let it blow out of her nose. She hopped, making sure the younger female wouldn't fall from her back and stomped to their shared room. She sat on the bed on the left and let Terra flop off her back. Rose then turned her legs, so she was correctly orientated on the bed. She covered her with a blanket and slid into her own bed. And she watched her sleep, trying to calm herself down. After a while, she watched a Terra began to squirm in her bed, murmuring softly. Rose rose from her bed and climbed into the bed, gently cuddling with the girl that she had incapacitated. The blonde stopped squirming and instead leaned back into the warmth that had arrived. She nuzzled the top of her head against Roses chin, gently murmuring, "Mmmm, Beast Boy."

At this, Rose raised her eyebrow. 'Really, the green one is the one she wants. Didn't know she was into that.' And apparently, she was into that, based on the way that her butt was gently grinding on her pelvis. Rose gripped her hips, trying to keep them still. Terra didn't appreciate the attempts to stop her, because she started squirming even harder, until she finally broke from Rose's grasp, spun around, and pulled the mercenary into an aggressive kiss. Rose stared, perplexed at what was currently happening while quietly appreciating the work the younger girl was doing. Her tongue invaded Rose's, seemingly searching for something it wasn't finding. The fervor slowly fell as she opened her eyes. She gave Rose a confused look before she broke the kiss and gave a…

Current Day- Med Bay

"Gah!"

Rose smirked at Terra outburst. The blonde had been listening to the story intently, much of the start of that memory being a blur. She had obviously been hoping that Rose would omit the most embarrassing part of the story but at this point, she should have known there was no chance of that. Her face had a steady blush rise on her face as the story had gone on. As she had gone on, Terra had begun to squirm out of the grasp of Jinx, but there was no breaking the embrace. When Rose had reached the end of the tale, even Jinx had a blush on her face. Finally, at the end, her voice burst from her mouth and she went limp in Jinx's arms.

"Aw, looks like she got a little over excited," she said as she smiled over the younger girls.

Jinx poked at the limp girl. She got no response. She's no fun to tease if she's like this. I better get us to bed. Thanks for the story, I'll be sure to use it later." Jinx made to get up, lifting her roommate as she got up.

"You know, you can leave her with me for the night."

Jinx raised her eyebrow. "You sure? She gonna be safe- "Jinx didn't finish that sentence as the room lowered 20 degrees from the glare Rose's face now had. She set Terra into Rose's bed and raised her arms in mock defense. "Just a joke. I know I have nothing to worry about from you."

Rose gave a shallow growl, but Jinx just smirked as she twirled out of the room, giggling on her way out. Rose sighed, knowing that any chance she ever had of intimidating the girl had flown out the window. Still, that was fine. Rose leaned over and adjusted the machine next to the bed, negating the next administration of her pain medication. She couldn't afford to fall asleep. She then readjusted herself and Terra, pulling her flush against her body. She nuzzled against her fellow apprentice's hair, wrapping her arms around her midriff. She sighed, listening to Terra's heartbeat. "I'm sorry, Tara."

Raven slowly floated down, the dark void she had entered when coming into Beast Boy's mind dissipating as she descended. She landed daintily on the ground and observed the shape that his mind took. 'It's odd, yet somehow fits him perfectly.' Before her, stood a true urban jungle stood. The buildings were covered vines and mosses of all shapes and colors all descending while perfectly avoiding the windows of the edifices. The vines wrapped around the street lights, creating a long series paths hanging over crosswalks of the roads. Animals such as monkeys and birds hung from the vines, carefully observing the new arrival to there home. And they weren't the only ones to take notice. One significantly sized cat seemed to take an interest in her as well, steadily approaching the half-demoness. Raven recognized it as a Siberian Tiger, though this one was substantially larger than the one that Beast Boy turned into. She flashed her eyes a violent red, hoping to convince it that this meal wasn't worth the trouble. The animal did not slow its approach in the least. Raven called her magic to the surface but did not stop it. The way it advanced her went against any predatory instincts that it would have had. When it finally reached her, it rubbed its head against her legs, as if it was a normal house cat. As it looped back in front of her, its tail wrapped around her wrist, pulling her forward as it went. She stumbled a few feet before she stuck her feet in the ground. The tiger turned to look back at her, an annoyed look crossing its face. Raven stared at it, perplexed.

"You…want me to follow you?"

The tiger yawned and licked its chops. It then shifted back to standing and walked a few feet before stopping again and looking back at her.

Raven sighed and started to follow it. 'I'm currently following a tiger to…wherever it wants to lead me. This is somehow simultaneously the most insane thing I've done yet makes total sense. Damnit Beast Boy's brain.'

As they continued deeper, the atmosphere started to change. The buildings, once four or five stories tall, gradually began to shrink down. The road they walked shifted from cement to a cobblestone road before finally ending at being firmly packed earth. More tree littered the sidewalk than light posts, and the vines between them became much thicker. The background noise permeating from the building were much louder here as well, yet simultaneously seemed to dull into a natural blandness. The animals here were larger as well, less to scale with the size of the tiger, but still larger than they ought to be. The odd thing she noticed was as the animals got larger, the more she was able to recognize them.

At the end, the road lead to an earthen hut. Surrounding the hut were Beast Boys most common forms: The Gorilla; The Yeti; The Cheetah; and the Tyrannosaurus. They all cast their eyes on the two approaching the hut. The tiger paid their attentions no mind, steadily leading the blue haired half demon until they reached the door of the hut. The tiger released his tail from around her wrist and looked at her expectantly. Raven watched it carefully. The tiger looked her in the eye and turned its head toward the entrance.

"You want me to go in there?"

The tiger responded with a curt nod. Raven took a deep breath and headed toward the doorway. As she passed him, the tiger rubbed its head against her hand and its body against her leg, much like a cat would. The cacophony of noises seemed to cease, and the only thing that could be heard were four distinct growls. Raven turned around. If possible, the four guardians of the hut seemed to have gotten even bigger, their teeth bared, and their eyes darkened as they watched the display between the girl and the tiger. Raven knelt to face him and rubbed its ears.

"Thank you for being my guide, but I think its time for us to part ways." The creature nodded, a low rumble of displeasure emanating from it as it pulled away from her grasp and started bounding back down the path. The four guards watched it go, their teeth remaining bared as it disappeared into one of the nearby alleys. Raven watched their eyes, noticing that the darkness that had taken over them during the interaction had not faded in the least. In fact, they only seemed to get darker as they watched it dart away. They were on their haunches, seeming ready to give chase.

"Do not chase him."

The four whipped their heads back towards her, yet she did not flinch at their movement.

"Do not chase him," she repeated. The guards continued to stare at her. Slowly the shadows that enveloped their eyes seemed to fade, and their dark looks returned to more stoic demeanors. As the last of the dimness flowed out of their eyes, their growls stopped, and the noise from the streets seemed to return. Satisfied with this, Raven returned to the door of the hut and entered.

The hut was very plain. The floor was earthen as it was outside but bore no loose dirt. It was lit by an open fire in the middle of the room, yet no smoke came from it. In front of the fire, stood a massive mountain of a Beast. The Beast. Its ears raised as she entered, but it remained facing the fire. Raven slowly advanced towards him, watching for any sudden movements, until she was a few feet away. "So, you sent for me," she stated, barely hiding her hostility.

He shifted to look towards her, remaining on his knuckles. He slowly strolled towards her, knuckles make dull thuds as they landed o the earth, until he arrived at her. Raven looked at him, noticing while he was larger than normal, his size was nothing compared to the animals outside. In all actuality, the hut seemed much too large for him to be this size. "I apologize if you felt disrespected by my summons, but getting you here was …required."

Raven eyebrow rose at the way the Beast was acting. Though they hadn't had any vocal interaction before, she imagined he would be a little less…eloquent. "Fine. What is it that you require me for?"

The Beast motioned his head back toward the center of the room. He returned to the fire and Raven followed him. Raven looked back and forth between the Beast and the dancing flames. "What is this?"

The Beast looked up from the fire. "Look at the flames." She looked at him incredulously. "Please."

Raven rolled her eyes but began looking at the flames. She had expected to look at it for only a moment before turning away, but she found herself taken in. The way the flames flowed and waved, bringing her deeper into a trance. The faint sound of drums flooded the background. Raven blinked and looked around, looking for where it was coming from, but found she was no longer in the hut. She was now in a plain room. The room was sparse, but she could tell whomever owned the room was fairly well off, from the tasteful white couch and loveseat set, the glass table set with black metal frames, and a moderate entertainment center. She looked around for any sign of whoever owned the place, until she her a female cry coming from a room further in. Raven turned towards the sounds and quickly floated towards it. She got to a door that the sound came from and tried to open the door, but found her hand go right through it. Raven brought her hand back and observed it, noticing it was slightly translucent. She was brought out of her observations by the sounds of footsteps approaching her, yet she saw no one coming. Suddenly, the door handle shook, and the door opened, it phases right through her. 'What's going on in here?!" yelled a masculine voice as a younger version of Steve Dayton appeared in front of her. Raven grimaced at the man and tried to brush past him to see into the room. Instead, she went right through him without response from him or the occupants in the room.

It was a child's room, that would be no greater than eight or nine. The walls were painted a deep green and there was a firm oak desk with a medium sized television set on top of it. Comic books were also stacked on top of it. The floor was cover in action figures. However, what truly drew Raven's eyes were the occupants of the room.

On the top bunk of the bed, a small form resided, one she had seen it before. At no point could she mistake that deep forest hair and reflective emerald eyes. However, that is where the similarities to the boy she knew ended. Beast Boy's eyes, typically alight with joy, were now twisted with a dark curiosity. His face, usually smiling, was now grimacing. And his hand, typically out as an offer of friendship, was now curled in, blood dripping from his claws.

Raven looked to the woman, clutching her shoulder. The woman looked more concerned than in genuine fear at what the green boy had just done. The woman, who had long brown hair and light tawdry eyes, look up in apprehension as the entrance of her husband.

"Steve, calm down. It was just an accident. You know how he can get after steak night."

Steve threw a scowl towards the upper level of the bed before going to his wife. "He shouldn't get like this Rita. Particularly from just eating meat." Steve wrapped his arms around her torso and gave Rita's neck a little kiss. "You need to go get that taken care of. I'll handle him in here."

Rita looked at her husband with worry. "Steve, just…just don't whoop him. He's spent so much time with people abusing him, being unable to trust people. He can't help but to lash out. He's just a scared little boy and he needs to feel he can trust us."

Steve sighed. He pulled her uninjured hand to his lips and gave it a kiss. "Very well, my love. I will not lay hands on the child. However, he will understand what is and is not acceptable in this house."

Rita gave her husband a smile and leaned up to kiss him right below his ear. "Thank you, dear." She walks out of the room and straight through Raven. Raven think about following her but she disappears as soon as she turns from the door, however Raven can still hear her footsteps. She then perceives a deep, shuddering breathes from Mento's direction.

Raven turns around to see him barely constrain himself, his eyes bulging. He marched up to the base of the bed and pulled Beast Boy down by the back of his shirt. The green child struggles to escape, kicking at Steve and clawing for the safety of his bed, but it's no use. Steve holds the struggling boy by the back of his shirt and starts to march out of the room. Raven, just being an astral projection, can only follow as she hears him start to berate the boy.

"How dare you, you little pissant? I take you in, give you clothing, food, and shelter and this is how you repay the favor. By hurting my wife. You should be grateful she said something, because most people would be bleeding on the floor for delivering such a wound on her." The two arrived at a door, where he took out a key with his free hand and unlocked the door. "Fortunately for you, I still have some use for you. And I have a much more efficient means get you to behave properly." The two swiftly slid into the room, the door closing with a heavy thud. Raven made to follow them, but all around her went black.

Raven couldn't tell how long the darkness had stayed around her. She tried turning around and using her power, but the darkness refused to fade, until suddenly, she found herself someplace new altogether. She was standing behind a sitting Beast Boy at a kitchen table. Steve and Rita were also sitting at the table, all seemed to be enjoying a nice dinner. "May I be excused," asked the boy. Rita looked over to him in consternation.

"Beast Boy, why haven't you eaten touched your liver. You love liver."

He squirmed uncomfortably. "Ms. Rita, I don't think I should eat meat anymore."

Rita raised her brow. "Really? Why's that? Because if it's about the ouchie you gave me the other day then it's okay- "

"No!" Beast Boy yelled. Rita looked shocked and Steve gave a glare at the boy. "No, it not okay. I hurt you and…and I don't want to do that again…mom." Raven could tell the word felt foreign on his tongue.

Rita, on the other hand, eyes lit up at his using on it. She jumped up and ran to him, glassy eyed, and pulled him into an embrace. "Okay, dear. If that's your decision, then I won't make you eat the liver. I'll e sure to make sure to make a vegetarian meal, special for you. Can't have my…my son getting sick from not having the right nutrients." Rita sniffled. She set the boy back into his chair and rushed out of the room, tears flowing freely from her face.

Raven opened her eyes. She was back in the earthen hut, the fire now lower than before. She looked over towards the Beast, who was watching her intently. "Why did you show me that? What does it have to do with anything?"

"All will be made clear soon. Please return to looking at the fire"

Raven watched him quizzically, but he seemed earnest about it. Her eyes returned to the fire, and she was pulled in once more. These visions went much quicker than her earlier one. The second one was of Beast Boy discovering himself for the first time. Rita walked in on him. It was awkward. Then, even though she couldn't see it, she heard Rita speaking with Steve about it. The same thing a before happened again. Steve took Beast Boy into the room once again. Then black. This time, no break. The next scene was Beast Boy, a couple of years older now. He was fighting with Robot-Man. Or sparring as it was. Either way, it seemed that Beast Boy was pushing it too far. He was clearly looking to damage the android man. Steve had negative man put the boy to sleep, but not without much resistance. It went black again.

Every scene seemed to hold the same pattern of Beast Boy displaying an undesirable act or reaction, before being taken into that mysterious room, before everything going black. All except the last one. The last one showed that fateful night at the chemicals plant when they met Adonis for the first time. Strangely enough, when the chemicals fell from the darkness descended again. However, instead of staying dark, almost immediately, a corona of red, orange, and yellow burst forth. The light was so bright Raven covered her to keep from being blinded.

When her hands fell, Raven found that she had returned to the hut. The fire, this time had not dimmed at all. Raven looked back at he Beast. She then looked around the hut, it still feeling much too small for just the too of them. The she turned back to the fire. "Cruelty. Aggression. Dominance. Lust. Things that Beast Boy has had control of ever since he came. Since before he came her. Until you happened. Until the funeral happened. What I just watched weren't just his memories were they? They're yours as well."

Raven turned back to the Beast. Somehow, despite her knowing she had been here for little time, he seemed even smaller compared to the room. She slowly reached up and touched his face. "You're eroding into him, aren't you?"