Chapter 4: Parts of Gar's past
Cyborg now recovered ran over to Raven and bent down beside her he quickly checked her vitals, but all was normal, and she didn't have a scratch on her except the normal ones from the battle. This baffled Cyborg.
"She's ok" said Cyborg to the others.
"But if she's not hurt than why is she unconscious" he questioned out loud to himself?
"I have an idea why, but I think it be best to leave it unspoken" said Robin." But I will talk to her about it when she wakes up".
Cyborg nodded and let the subject go at that.
Starfire held Gar in her grasp until the police showed up. She held him for fear he might finish the task of killing Adonis if she let him go.
Gar struggled tooth and nail in her grasp for her to let him go but it proved useless her grip was unbreakable.
Finally, the police showed up and took Adonis away.
After they left Starfire let go of Gar.
With the euphoria of battle finally worn off, Gar took a few steps and collapsed to his knees. A second later he collapsed to the ground unconscious from exhaustion.
Starfire carried Gar and Cyborg carried Raven back to the T-car.
Once in the back seat of the car Robin positioned the two unconscious teens.
Raven had her head leaned up against Gars shoulder and Gar had his head leaned upon hers.
"Robin why have you positioned them to look like they are of the boyfriend and girlfriend" asked Starfire?
"Let's just say that one of them would enjoy the sentiment".
The whole team knew except Raven that before the incident Beast boy had a crush on Raven.
But what Cyborg and Starfire didn't know was that Robin was talking about Raven.
Raven was standing a little way away from a small hut at the edge of a jungle a little boy of about four was in front of her. His skin was well tanned, and his hair was a dirty blond color. He had his hand out stretched as if attempting to touch something.
"Where am I thought Raven"? She was about to talk to the little boy when suddenly a small green monkey bit his hand.
The little boy fell to the ground clutching his hand. "Mommy" he cried loudly threw pain and tears.
Suddenly a woman came running up to the boy then the scene changed.
Raven saw the little boy form the previous scene he was laying on a bed made of straw. Only this time his once tan skin was pale.
"MARK HE'S NOT BREATHING" yelled the woman from earlier.
A man in his early thirties walked up to the bed.
Raven knew this was the boy's father because of his complexion.
"WE MUST GET HIM TO THE LAB" the man yelled, and he scooped up the boy in his arms and ran out the door.
The woman followed him, and Raven followed both.
While following them Raven realized they could not see her. Must be a dream thought Raven.
Once inside the lab the boy was laid on a medical table hooked up too many different machines. Once he was stable the man pulled out a needle and drew blood from the boy, he took it and put it in a machine to test it.
A few minutes later the results were in. There was a look of horror on the man's face.
"Well" questioned the woman impatiently" is he going to be ok"?
"He has Sakutia" the man choked out with tears in his eyes.
The woman collapsed to the floor and sobbed loudly.
At hearing this Raven felt nauseated she knew of this disease she had read about it and she knew it was fatal to humans and it acted quickly.
The scene changed again Raven was still in the lab but this time the man and woman were shouting at each other.
"Mark this is untested we don't know what it will do" shouted the woman.
"I know that Marie but it's the best chance we've got to save him" shouted Mark. "This is what we came here for to find a cure for this damn disease" he shouted.
"Yes, but clinical trials aren't till next week" shouted Marie.
"We don't have till next week it's either now or never our son is dying" snapped mark.
"It could kill him" snapped Marie.
"it's either this or the damn disease it's a risk either way but at least with this there's a chance he could live" said Mark a little calmer.
"Ok do it" said Marie in almost a whisper choking back tears?
Mark pulled out a syringe with some sort of green liquid in it and injected it in the dying boy's veins. A second later the boy's whole body started to turn green and he grew fangs.
Raven watched in horror and shock for at that moment she realized she wasn't in a dream but a memory. One of his memories.
Raven woke up in a start in the med bay of the tower she felt dizzy as she sat up.
Cyborg was checking her vitals again when she immediately woke up and sat bolt upright. "Easy Rae" said Cyborg trying to get her to lay back down.
"Where is Robin" she nearly shouted, "I need to talk to him now" she commanded!
"Ok I'll go get him" said Cyborg and he left the room.
A few minutes later Robin walked in. "Is everything ok" he asked?
"No", she replied. "Robin tell me about Beast boys past she" said anxiously.
"Raven calm down" said the boy wonder and we'll talk about this.
"What is wrong he" asked calmly?
Raven took a deep breath said her mantra. "Let's talk about Beast boy first and then I'll tell you everything she" replied calmly.
"Ok well I don't know everything about it, but he told me the main parts in little detail" commented Robin. "He said he was once normal, and he lived in Africa". "He also said he got his powers when he was young" explained Robin. "He told me he got a disease when he was young and that his parents cured him". "He didn't tell me how he got the disease or how his parents cured it or even what the disease was".
Robin's explanation of how Gar got his powers sounded to Raven like someone paraphrasing a story and in his own right he was. He hadn't seen it like she had or lived it like Gar had.
"The disease is called Sakutia" Raven responded to what Robin said.
"Robin let out a gasp he also had heard of it".
"How do you know that Raven" asked Robin?
"I saw it" replied Raven.
Raven then proceeded to tell Robin about the memory she witnessed.
Robin sat in silence trying to process all that she had told him.
"Hey, Raven" he spoke "can you answer a question for me" asked Robin?
"Sure, what's up" she responded?
"Why do you keep becoming unconscious with nothing wrong with you"?
Raven was silent for a moment deciding if she should tell Robin everything. She then said "because of...Gar".
"How so" asked Robin?
"Robin promise me you won't tell anybody about what I'm going to tell you" pleaded Raven.
"I promise Raven whatever it is it will stay confidential".
Raven felt relieved.
"Robin the other day during my altercation with Gar I made a horrible mistake" said Raven tears now forming in her eyes.
"What did you do asked" Robin with concern in his voice?
"For lack of a better way to put it I violated his mind".
Robin interrupted "you mean you mind ra-".
"yes Robin that's what I mean" she cut off his last statement before he could finish.
"How so" asked Robin?
"The black power I shot at his mind was only meant to show him how much he annoyed everyone, and I connected our mind to make sure he learned his lesson". "Like how mine and your mind are connected". "But with him its much stronger but I didn't mean for it to be".
Raven refused to let the tears fall that collected in her eyes. "It was only supposed to scare him". "And because I didn't know of his traumatic past, I broke down walls he spent a lifetime building around emotions connected to his memories" she was started to panic.
Robin put his arm on her shoulder and calmed her down enough for her to continue.
"Because I broke those walls and connected our minds his memories and the emotions connected to them come flooding into my mind and overwhelm me". "I can't make sense of any of it and I can't control them she choked out".
"What are the emotions connected to his memories" Robin asked?
"They are negative but to name a few the ones I picked up on are regret, guilt, and self-loathing" Raven Replied.
"So, what happen with Adonis why Did Gar almost kill him" asked Robin?
"He let his emotions go and take over him" replied Raven. "It's kind of like how some people black out when they get to angry".
"So, his emotions overpowered you again" asked Robin?
Raven nodded her head. "Robin when Gar lets his emotion go like that his memories flood into my mind I think it's because of the psychic link".
"A few minutes after you became unconscious Adonis was taken to jail and Star let go of him and Gar fell unconscious to". "We put the two of you together in the back of the T-car" explained Robin.
"so does that mean the reason you relived his memory is because so did he asked Robin? I don't know replied Raven.
"Hey Robin, how do you know about Beast boys past" asked Raven?
"After we met the Doom Patrol, I realized that I needed to know about his past so the team could be prepared if something like the Brotherhood of evil incident ever happens" again replied Robin. "At first, he was reluctant to tell me but eventually I convinced him it was necessary". "So, Raven what do we do to help him" asked Robin?
Raven sat there for a moment thinking before finally replying to his question... "I don't know she finally said but I will figure something out I promise".