My Friend
Next morning, Beastboy was racing around the Tower doing various chores. He was moving so fast that Cyborg could have swore he saw two of him at the same time. Finally the gang stood in the hall where Beastboy ran into them. "In a rush much," Raven said. Beastboy stopped.
"Beastboy, is there something happening that you aren't telling us?" Robin asked. Beastboy thought for a moment and shrugged. He could let them know now because he made sure that his past was covered up.
"Well, a good old friend of mine is coming to Jump City, and he'll be staying here for a few days," Beastboy said. This made Robin narrow his eyes.
"Beastboy, why didn't you make sure that it was okay with us?" Robin asked sternly. This didn't deter Beastboy. He knew that they were afraid that this guy would be a replica of Beastboy.
"Don't worry. He's a good friend of mine, and he wouldn't do anything I would do. He is totally trustworthy," he said.
"How do you know?" Raven asked.
"Bonds don't break easily," Beastboy said. Just then the alarm went off.
"Trouble," Robin said. Cinderblock was tearing up the town. He was about to throw a car when Raven stopped it with her powers. "Something tells me that you need to stop playing baseball. Teen Titans," Robin started.
"Wait!" shouted a man in a brown hooded cloak. He stepped to the Teen Titans side and asked, "If it is okay with you, I have a power that will deal with this criminal." The rest were confused but Beastboy smiled and said.
"Go ahead." With that the stranger removed the cloak and faced the stone giant. He had fair dark skin and was about 6 feet tall, as tall as Cyborg, He wore a plain white shirt with black pants. The only odd thing about him was that he had…a lion's tail.
"Let's see if I still got it," he said as he unsheathed his metal claws. He charged towards Cinderblock, and Cinderblock threw a steel beam his way. The stranger jumped over it and ran up to the giant. He jumped and kicked Cinderblock in the face sending him flying down the street. The Titans were amazed at the stranger's power. "You are 10x my size, but I am 10x your strength," The stranger said. Cinderblock was now conscious. He threw a bus full of people at the stranger. The stranger made a wind gust strong enough to bring the bus safely down. The stranger could see that Cinderblock was coming on the other side of the bus. The stranger then stomped on the ground sending Cinderblock away into the nearby ocean. He was sinking fast because he was made of stone. Then the stranger command the waters to gently put him on the land. Finally, the stranger took a steel beam and wrapped it around Cinderblock. He welded it together by shooting out enough fire to weld it.
"He's good," Cyborg acknowledged. The town cheered for the stranger. Beastboy went up to the stranger and smiled.
"You seem better than ever," Beastboy said. The stranger squinted his eyes and realized who he was looking at.
"Beastboy? Is that you? Man, you have grown," the stranger said as he hugged the green one.
"It's good to see you, Leon," Beastboy said. The others were coming up.
"So this is your friend?" asked Raven.
"Everyone, this is Leon, my old friend and teacher," Beastboy introduced as Leon bowed.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you," Leon said, "Sorry to interrupt your mission of stopping this guy."
"It's alright you seemed to take care of him real good," Robin said impressed, "Say if you don't have anywhere to go, we could give you a place to sleep." Beastboy looked at Robin like he had just stolen his idea. Leon patted Beastboy on the shoulder. It's alright. I know you did it. Leon told Beastboy telepathically.
"I would love to," Leon said. With that they took him to the Tower. They showed him around and treated him like a guest.
"Well, why don't you tell us about yourself," Cyborg suggested. Leon looked at Beastboy who shook his hand. It meant don't tell them the whole thing.
"Well, I'm just a guy walking around helping people, trying to keep low key," Leon said. Everyone was amazed but Beastboy looked annoyed. Leon decided to bunk in with Beastboy. As he exited the Common room, the others were talking about him.
"He's amazing! He is just what we need on our team," Cyborg said excitedly.
"Not yet. He needs to settle in. Give him time," Robin said. Beastboy was unusually quiet.
"How come you never told us about this guy in the first place?" Raven asked.
"Because you guys wouldn't have believe it in the first place. He is good isn't he?" he asked knowingly with a smile. Everyone nodded.
"Well, I got to see if 'our untrustworthy person' is not stealing anything," Beastboy said bringing up what they asked earlier. Beastboy went to his room and saw that Leon was petting Blackbird.
"A little to the left…..right there. That's nice," She said in relaxation. Beastboy stood in front of Leon.
"Why did you say that to them?" He asked.
"You told me not to tell them the whole truth," Leon replied.
"Yes, but I didn't mean that little. You are lucky they aren't suspicious of you….yet," Beastboy added.
"Beastboy, Why don't you just tell them the truth," Leon said.
"Because if I do that, then they will be in more trouble then what they know what to do with," Beastboy replied, "Especially Raven. Considering the history with her, if I told her that, she would never even look at me."
"I don't think so," Blackbird chimed in, "She's your friend and she's more composed than that. She'll still be your friend."
"Yeah, but as her friend, I have to keep her away from dangers, unknown to her," Beastboy said ominously. Leon and Blackbird looked at each other. Beastboy decided to see what the others were doing.
