"Do it now Beastboy!" Slade bellowed. "Do it, if you really are in this war with me!"
Beastboy slowly got up from the ground and walked into Raven's cell. Raven was on the floor, twitching ever so slightly and whimpering quietly when she caught Beastboy's eyes and locked it with hers.
Beastboy leaned over Raven's body and placed his hand on her neck to stop her from moving; avoiding the sadness in her now coal black eyes.
Lowering the serum into her neck, Raven felt something wet and salty fall on her bruised face. Looking up, she saw tears cascade down Beastboy's wounded cheek.
"I love you Rae."
Chapter four – Part II: death or love?
Raven tightly shut her eyes as she tensed her whole body; with whatever strength she had left, waiting for the excruciating pain to rise within her for the second time.
A sudden thud made Raven promptly open her eyes.
"Raven!" Beastboy leapt atop Raven, covering every ounce of her from crashing rocks and sharp boulders.
Raven could barely hear the shrill shrieks of Terra as Beastboy swiftly picked up Raven and ran as fast as a leopard down the crumpling hallway.
Within the blink of an eye, Raven was outside, lying on a mush of green and surrounded by soaring oak trees, incapable to see anything from the faint light of the moon above.
Beastboy was standing above her, staring into the forest from the way they had came, as he abruptly turned to Raven; blood trickling from his cut face, and left forearm, when he extended his hand to her, waiting for her to accept his invitation.
"Don't touch me", Raven spat, as she glared at Beastboy.
Beastboy let out a malicious roar and slammed his fist into a nearby tree. With an ear-splitting crack, the tree snapped in two.
"Raven enough!" Beastboy yelled, his hands flying in the air.
Raven quickly stood up, though feeling extremely light-headed, and began to slumber back to the tall, secluded warehouse. Beastboy shook his head and grabbed Raven by her wrists and yanked her to him.
"Let go of me", Raven hissed, "if I had my powers-"
"You'll get them back", Beastboy cut in, as he relished the soft feel of Raven across him for a few measly seconds. Raven pressed Beastboy away from her, but was unable to make him release his firm grip on her wrist.
"Let me go!" Raven screamed at the top of her lungs.
A few night-owls rattled atop a tree a few feet away, while Beastboy gradually let go of Raven.
"Don't go back there", Beastboy said, never leaving Raven's callous gaze.
Raven ignored Beastboy's pleading emerald eyes and, with an insignificant limp, tried to walk to Slade's abandoned storehouse.
"Raven...Raven! Argh! Are you insane? Do you know what I did when I threw that serum to Slade? He'll be up now, you have to stay here!"
Raven let out an angry snicker.
"You don't understand do you? I don't care what Slade does to me, I need to rescue the rest of the team from him and you!"
Beastboy snarled.
"No Raven! I'm not letting you. I've screwed up everything by helping you escape; I'm not letting you-"
"Then you should have let me die!"
Beastboy began to feel faint from the anger that was building inside of him.
"Raven, you can't save them. Slade has...Slade has them un-"
Beastboy pressed his lips together and pressed his palm against his blood-gushing cheek.
Raven stopped in her tracks.
"What? What has Slade done to them? Beastboy tell me now!"
Beastboy drew in a short breath and looked at his blood-covered palm.
"I can't Rae-"
"Don't call me that", Raven snapped, as she stormed at Beastboy, "don't you ever, ever call me Rae".
Beastboy shook his head.
"You don't get do you? You can't leave me Rae. I won't ever let you leave me."
Raven hysterically began to laugh.
"oh, so it's ok for you to leave me, months after Terra was killed, which I don't know what the hell happened since she was trying to kill me a couple of days ago, and than announce your undying love to me and than poof just vanish into thin air! No letter, no good-bye!"
Raven was unaware that she was crying, she was unconscious of Beastboy's arms around her, holding her head on his bruised chest; Raven was only responsive of what was happening when Beastboy lifted her chin with a finger and placed the softest of kisses on her pale crimson lips.
Pulling back, Beastboy slowly began a trail of kisses on the tears that streamed down Raven's cheeks, oblivious to the words that poured out of his mouth.
"I had to. I had to leave. It wasn't for me, it wasn't for Slade. It was for..." Beastboy bit his bottom lip, "I just had to Rae, and I have to do this."
Beastboy's arms fell to his sides and slowly pushed a confused Raven back.
"I have to go back and get Terra."
It was a hard, cold slap: sharp and painful.
Raven held her breath and thought of nothing but resentment.
Beastboy kept his eyes on the mud-spattered dirt and let out a frustrated sigh.
"Raven, please, don't. Don't think this is-"
"You'd rather save her than the team? How do you even know that the Titans are even alive now?" Raven shouted, cursing herself for falling for the beast's sweet words again.
"How do I know that Terra is still alive?" Beastboy screamed back.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing. Beast, do you know what you're saying? Do you comprehend the words that are stupidly flying out of your idiotic mouth?" Raven placed her fingers to her temples and began to rapidly rub. "You're risking the Titan's lives for Terra." Raven ruthlessly whispered.
Beastboy wasn't ignorant to the hurt he saw in her eyes; he wasn't oblivious to the anger that was trying to fight its way out too. But he couldn't, Beastboy couldn't risk it.
"I can't lose her again Rae."
***
Beastboy thrashed the burning soil beneath his feet, as he ran, as fast as he was able to, back to Slade's warehouse, his mind racing just as quick.
Was he too late? Would Raven be ok? He had, he hoped with all his life, begged Raven to not follow him back to the depot, he knew it was a lost cause but he tried, he tried in every way.
Beastboy was too caught up in his swift thoughts and was going too hasty to notice a considerable amount of neon green blur racing beside him.
With a quick screech, a green energy blast was thrown at Beastboy, who came stumbling to the earth, his shoulder blade clearly dislocated.
A second wave of blue energy blasts came beaming towards Beastboy, as he, in a flash, transformed into an eagle.
It was too late.
A row of R marked nets was thrown in the air and swathed itself across Beastboy.
There was no escape.
Beastboy tried every animal and beast he had ever succumbed to but it was no use. No matter how small or big the animal, Beastboy was trapped.
"Slade!" Beastboy roared.
Starfire, Cyborg and Robin circled the struggling Beast.
"Guys! Guys! It's me, Beast! Beastboy!"
From the corner of his eye, Beastboy say a black shadow appear atop the towering warehouse.
A hair-raising chuckle drew Beastboy's full attention to the warehouse's roof.
Slade was on the edge of the roof, grasping Terra by the neck with his right hand, and Raven with his other.
Beastboy let all self-control go.
Transforming in a rapid succession, Beastboy used all his strength to break free of the numerous nets.
"I'm going to kill you!" Beastboy viciously bellowed.
Slade stopped laughing and let out a long growl.
"You were so...so attuned with my training young changeling. So loyal. So strong. So willing to kill", Slade spitefully howled to Beastboy, "but I've got them now, their all mine now Beastboy. I don't mind losing one Titan; you'll eventually understand young Beast. Though", Slade venomously spat in between snickers, "I doubt you'll ever able to understand the choice you make now."
The nets holding Beastboy resolutely to the ground unexpectedly coiled into a small rope and flung back to a cheery Robin.
Looking up at Slade, Beastboy saw a slight smile play across the villain's cracked mask as he released his hold on both Terra and Raven.
Beastboy instinctively reacted and flew into the air.
He knew he could only rescue one of them.
He knew it could only be one of them.
A/N:
I'm sorry guys I just had to do it, I myself still haven't 100% decided who Beastboy is going to save and who his going to let die...any suggestions just let me know : )
Next chapter is on the way!!
Review will be appreciated : D