I just thought I'd mention to remind you all that this whole story is what has happened before Beast Boy's little intro in chapter one. And that italics are thoughts, but also flashbacks-- within a flashback. How confusing. : P

Read on ya'll, and enjoy. : D

TTforlife- Yeah, sorry, I know I kept saying more RobStar, but that's really hard to do when BBRae comes so naturally to me, and while juggling a plot that isn't focused around them doesn't make it any easier either. So sorry. : \ I wish I could put more in. Well, there's still three more chapters, you be the judge. : D

BeastBoy4pres052- Thanks. I do like putting my own spin on things. : D

longhairedhorse- Lol. Little brothers can be annoying. But just so you know, Terra came back for real. I just put a dramatic twist on my writing where it appeared that Beast Boy had dreamed it. :o

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HOWEVER, I did write this story, and the subject matter included, myself and I would appreciate it if no one tries to plagerize it. And also, it would be much appreciated that if you want this as part of a FF community-- let me know. Thanks: D


Fall, Baby, Fall

Chapter Four

Raindrops pattered lightly on the blacktop. Bird songs seemed to fill the world up with sound. Sun beams spread across the morning sky. And he woke up with her in his arms.

She was nestled comfortably against his form as he leaned against a support beam of the park gazebo they'd housed in the night before. A wood house wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world, but it had shielded them from the rainstorm-- and at least they had each other.

Last night, while Starfire was searching for her missing friends, Raven and Beast Boy had come to an understanding...

Rain poured heavily on the city. Traces of thunder and lightning could be heard and seen on the horizon. It's been raining a lot lately... Beast Boy mused as he sloshed through the half-puddle-flooded streets. He was looking for the park. It was the only shelter, besides the Tower, that he could think of.

Breaking into a run as a crackle of lightning flashed nearby, he covered the distance of the park and ducked into the gazebo. He shuddered and held his knees to his chin. The rain was freezing cold; each drop stinging like a needle. It was times like these when he was most thankful that he had a home he could call his own, but also when he felt most sorry for the animals who called the park their home.

His fight with Raven cut him harder than any steel raindrops could and it left a scar so painful he could feel it if he placed a hand over his limping heart. Dramatic? Yes, but it was how he felt. A few heartbeats later, another figure sloshed into the wooden refuge. His green eyes met a purple gaze and the two of them knew exactly why they'd met there in the rain.

She sat on the opposite side of the gazebo. They stared at one another for awhile before diverting their gazes. While he'd studied her shaking form, looking for a sign that she was approachable, he'd noticed that she was clutching something close to her-- something that she didn't let come into view-- she held it close to her heart and he knew that whatever it was-- it was important.

Wind howled loudly as it whipped across the park. Rain fell so hard onto the gazebo roof that it sounded as though the sky was falling down. Glancing over, he saw her shivering more intensely. Even if they'd had a bad fight, it didn't mean that they should freeze to death-- because he too was beginning to feel the icy grip of the rain on his skin as his uniform stuck to him, "You can come over here if you want, Raven."

Her soft eyes glazed over and she looked like she hadn't heard him, but then, she rose to her feet, crossed the distance between them, and sat down next to him. He was going to speak, but she merely laid her head on his shoulder, and threw some of her cloak around his knees before shutting her eyes in sleep. He smiled, wrapped an arm around her, making sure she was comfortable.

The predicament made him want to laugh-- by trying to avoid one another-- they'd managed to be near each other anyway. Leaning his head against hers, he saw that one of her hands was still clutching something. Her grip had loosened though, so he opened her hand. She was holding the butterfly necklace he'd given her only two days ago. And it was broken.

Sunlight flitted into the gazebo rousing Raven from her sleep. Yawning, she noticed that he'd been propped up against a wood post all night. She gave him a concerned look, but he waved it off, "It's okay Rae, my back'll pop in a min here." he grinned, popping his back.

Smiling, she nodded, "Wait-- where is it!?" her voice suddenly urgent, as her hand searched the nearby sleeping area.

"This?" he asked holding her necklace in view.

"Yes, it broke."

"How?" he asked, narrowing his eyes, he thought that maybe she'd broken it in anger.

"Mugger." she answered simply, unphased by the real danger she could of been in, "He jumped from an alleyway I walked by. He wanted to grab me by the neck but I moved and he pulled my necklace instead. When he saw who I was though, he threw it back at me and ran."

His expression soften again, he felt bad for thinking such thing, "Oh-- are you hurt?"

"I'm fine." she replied, standing up, and walking away.

So he decided to drop his other questions, "So--"

His voice was abruptly interrupted by a loud beeping. The two of them met eyes for an instant before Beast Boy flipped out his communicator and Raven hovered nearby, "B! Thank goodness-- is Raven with you by chance?" Cyborg's worried voice asked as his image appeared on the screen.

"Suprizingly, yes." Raven answered looking over Beast Boy's shoulder, giving her boy a coy look.

"Robin and Starfire are gone!"

His urgent voice, and words cut through their smiles, "Do you have any idea where they went?" she asked.

"All I know is that their signals are gone."

Beast Boy and Raven exchanged worried glances before Raven replied, "We're coming home." Beast Boy shut the communicator. A breeze caught in her hair and made him stare at her a moment longer-- she looked so confident with the wind in her hair, "Raven? Are we--"

Her tentive gaze caught his, "Our friends need us." was her only reply before they vanished in a flash of black.


A few hours after nightfall, Robin, Cyborg and Starfire had returned home. Robin felt bad that a couple of his teammates had not yet returned, a concern Starfire continued to re-express, but in his heart he believed they would return.

A couple hours after he'd went to bed, he decided that since sleep had been a failed attempt, he would talk to Starfire about their missing comrades and they could all search for them together. But after knocking on her door, searching the Tower, and finding her unreachable via communicator, his heart was thrown into a panic-- I'm losing them all! his mind exclaimed.

Without another thought, he went out into the city in search of his teammates.

The rain that night was ridiculously cold and visious wind gusts nearly knocked him over. He had searched everywhere for all of them-- of course-- his heart kept favoring a meeting with his orange-haired friend-- this chance never came.

He'd searched everywhere but the docks-- and this was his last hope. As he drew closer to the docks, the rain and wind became stronger. Robin wouldn't give up though-- not until he'd searched the docks. Icy gusts of wind shot his form. His uniform stuck more tightly to his body as the rain pelted down on him.

It felt so cold that he folded his arms around himself and fought the wind to the dock's edge. Shivering, he felt his form seem to freeze him in place, "Star--"was all he coughed out before he fell to his knees, We've never had a winter like this... his thoughts breathed.

"So you're the persistant one." a dark voice spoke.

The dark-haired hero turned his head to see who'd addressed him. He was met with an icy blue gaze and a tall imposing figure, "Out looking for my sister no doubt." he raised an icy hand glowing in blue energy.

Robin wanted to lash out and fight, but all he could do was grit his teeth and wait for the blow-- he felt so numb. Rangi delievered a blow to Robin's head and he fell unconcious, "Too persistant." he continued icily with an edge of respect for the dark-haired boy's strong will.

The icy wind died down. The rain calming to a light drizzle, "Another storm that strong and there won't be any humans to conquer." Zayn shivered as he approached his leader.

Rangi diverted his gaze from the sea, "It was only frozen rain here-- the rest of this city only witnessed a tenth of what occured at the docks-- I knew once she went missing-- someone come after her."

Zayn nodded, "I finished those errands and we have the support of the Arcacians."

There was a glimmer of pure malice in Rangi's blue eyes, but he said nothing and flew upward. Day was breaking and Robin awoke to the pain of shackles and a headache. Forlornly staring across the room in which he was imprisoned with blurred vision he realized that he was not alone...


"Gain two, lose two-- we keep playing like this and we'll never win." Cyborg commented grimly turning from the mainframe computer.

The other two glanced at him, "You don't think the Island is involved do you?" Beast Boy asked referring to the island that he and Raven had been caught on a year ago.

"I don't think so-- they'd know better than traipsing around there." Cyborg replied approaching his friends.

Raven was about to speak before a flash of images crossed her mind. She tottered on her balance a moment, leaning against Cyborg before standing on her own again, "Beast Boy, just by chance, did yesterday's fight involve Terra?"

Beast Boy shifted his gaze nervously, "Uh, what makes you say something like that? Terra didn't want anything to do with me the last time I saw her." he lied, but somehow he knew that she knew what was really going on...

"Whether she was involved yesterday or not-- she's important," she replied, disregarding his evasive words, her gaze piercing his, "We need to seek her out."

"What about the others?" Cyborg asked.

"Believe me-- she knows more than she should." she continued, giving Beast Boy a pointed glare.

He gulped, and pulled at his collar nervously. His friends stared at him expectantly, "She kissed you yesterday?!" Cyborg sputtered suddenly catching Raven and Beast Boy actions towards one another.

The light-haired boy sighed and decided to confess what he knew and come clean about everything that had happened-- everything, "She came to me a few nights ago. I'd went to the store one night to pick up a few things. She tapped me on the shoulder, and as soon as she knew that I knew who she was, she took off. I didn't think of anything but following her." he continued re-telling his story of his trek through the city on that rainy night.

His eyes suddenly seemed water as he finished, "She didn't want me to tell ya'll 'cause she thinks you guys don't trust her. That's why I never said anything before."

"So that's why you tried to convience us to go the docks the other day, huh?" Cyborg pointed out.

Beast Boy went on to explain the kiss he'd recieved the first time, and how she was the 'fan' from the other day. Raven stared at him coldly, she suspected that he may have had some bias in his story towards his former lover, but finding their friends was much more important at the moment.

Beast Boy noticed her stare, She doesn't trust me-- I don't blame her...

"Well, let's go to the docks then. They're probably there somewhere." Cyborg put in, glancing between his teammates.

The others nodded, forgetting about seeking out Terra, and in a flash of black Raven whisked them to the docks.


Zayn was flying from building to building with no particular though in his head. All he could think about was how close Rangi was to completing his conquest of the Milky Way Galaxy. It was almost unfathomable that the two of them had only started this mission a little less than a decade ago.

But his heart longed for more, he felt empty inside. He knew Rangi didn't feel much of anything, about anyone or anything. He just wanted power. Zayn wasn't so empty-paged-- his book held a much more difficult prose to read-- prose he sometimes didn't understand himself. He paused his trek through the city on one of the higher buildings of the city and stared downward at the busy streets full of bustling people.

He'd seen the animals in the park, the buildings weren't anything new, and humans all looked different-- he was used to that now. But it was the metal creatures that perplexed him most. Earth was a very curious planet indeed. At that moment, his attentive eyes noticed wires that were dangling black boxes with lights in them.

The box-lights changed color, but only to green, red, and yellow-- slightly disappointing to him, but they still intrigued him. He flew onward, now choosing to admire the sky instead-- at least it was something he understood.


Shackles cut his skin and his head hung in shame-- he'd been beaten without raising a fist. His eyes were drooping heavily, cold still gripped him roughly-- he felt near death-- but then he felt a warm liquid pass by his lips.

He spat it out and opened his eyes widely. His eyes met a soft, baby blue gaze, "It's just warm water. You need it after what Rangi did last night." her voice soothed as she offered him the cup again.

He took a drink, but then he noticed that something was missing-- there was no mesh in his line of sight-- My mask! his mind reeled.

"I never thought you'd have dark blue eyes." Terra commented, pressing a warm rag to his forehead, "I thought grey actually."

"Where's my mask?" he whispered hoarsely, his voice still shot after last night's search, "And why are you a part of this?"

As he waited for his answer, which she seemed reluctant to give, he gazed across the warehouse, and an orange-haired alien met his sore gaze. She was unconcious is the confines of a glass cage, but he longed for her sweet green gaze, "You have to trust me. I'm here for you-- but they--" she was referring to Rangi and Zayn, "think I'm their link to the human world-- their spy."

Robing wanted to glare and be angry with girl before him, he thought her to be lieing, but her words cut him short, "I warned Beast Boy about the docks-- I guess he didn't listen or else you two wouldn't be here. I'm sorry about the shackles, but you won't be here much longer anyway."

Won't be here much longer? What's that mean? he mind questioned as he watched her walk away, all the while hoping that he could trust her, and as he stood in the dimmly lit warehouse all he could do was long for the touch and comfort of his soft-haired maiden.


Dun dun dun... Rangi is so evil. :o Reviews?