A/N: So first I want to say that yay! We're almost to 100 reviews already! Second, this happens after Trouble in Tokyo so Starfire and Robin ARE dating. I'll try to get some RobStar in next chapter. Not this one. Anyways, on with the story!
Oh and if you haven't watched Image, there are major spoilers in here so I suggest you watch it.
READ THIS FIRST! One more thing, in Image, Garfield was 8. Beast Boy obviously isn't 11 so I might bump YJGarfield up a few years to a more reasonable age.
"So what stories do you guys have?" Jinx asked.
"I have one." Beast Boy said. Everyone turned towards him, surprised, "I think you guys will enjoy it."
"Ok, Beast Boy. Go ahead." Robin said.
"Let me start from the beginning. You guys will understand better." Beast Boy said, "I was born in Africa. My parents were scientists. They studied animals. After a few years, my father was studying in Africa and my mom moved to Qurac to study animals there.(1)"
"Qurac?" M'gann whispered. She flinched, memories of what happened there passing through her mind. Robin's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"When I was ten, the Bialyians were invading Qurac. They caused a stampede that started heading straight toward my mom and me." Both Robins, both Kid Flashes, Superboy, and M'gann's eyes widened, "I was saved though."
"Oh my god…" Kid Flash breathed.
"What?" Jinx asked.
"You're Garfield Logan." Robin said, eyes widening even more.
"What did my blood do to you?" M'gann asked, horrified.
"Is anyone else confused here?" Bumblebee asked. About half the group nodded.
"Let me finish." Beast Boy said, "I was saved by Robin, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, and Superboy. We were fine for awhile." His face darkened and his voice turned bitter, "Until the Bialyans came back."
Everyone was leaning in now, curious and enthralled by the story. Robin bowed his head in shame though, and a few glanced curiously at him.
"Robin had ordered me to stay inside. I didn't listen to him, and for a while, I regretted it. I don't anymore. If I hadn't listened, I'd be dead." He turned to Robin, "So don't be guilty, dude."
More curious and confused looks stared at him as he turned back to the others.
"I went to save the animals inside the clinic instead. I got all of them out, but then one of the fighter jets shot the gas tank that powered the clinic. It blew up the entire building, and I was caught in the explosion." A few people gasped.
"I was unconscious for the next part so…" Robin nodded and turned towards the Titans and Young Justice.
"He went into shock and need a blood transfusion immediately. None of us were his blood type, but M'gann said she could morph her blood. So she did."
"What did it do to you?" M'gann asked again.
"Your blood only turned my eyes green. Nothing else." M'gann looked confused.
"But how-"
"About a year later (2)," Beast Boy said, interrupting M'gann, "my mom and I moved back to Africa with my dad. One day, I got bored so I went venturing into the forest. I saw a green monkey there."
"I hate monkeys." Superboy grumbled.
"I didn't get too close to it, but I was curious as to why it was green. I don't really know what happened, but it freaked out and bit me. It turns out that it had Sakutia." Both Robins and Cyborg gasped.
"What? What's Sakutia?" Both Kid Flashes asked.
"Sakutia is a very deadly disease that permanently turns your hair and skin green. You die after forty-eight hours of contracting it." Robin said, eyes wide, "How did you survive?"
Beast Boy looked sadly at Robin, "I crawled back towards my parents. I had already turned green by then. My parents panicked, and they did the only thing they could think of to save me." He looked at everyone, "They injected me with animal DNA."
"Why would that save you?" Bumblebee asked.
"It's deadly to humans." Rob said, "Not so much to animals."
"It worked, but something happened. The combination of Martian DNA and animal DNA did something weird and gave me the power to shape-shift into any animal."
"Oh... my... God..." M'gann whispered, "I'm so sorry!"
"It's ok. If it hadn't been for my powers, I'd be dead." Beast Boy said.
"¿Por qué?" Mas y Menos asked.
"My parents tried everything to find a cure. They traveled around all of Africa to find it. It was hard, traveling everywhere, so my mom arranged to have her old friend, Rita, watch me while they looked for a cure."
"You mean Elastigirl?" Cyborg asked. Beast Boy nodded.
"To get to Rita, we had to sail across a river. The rapids were pretty bad that day, and… and the boat crashed into some rocks." Everyone's eyes widened in horror as they realized what probably happened.
"I was able to turn into a bird and fly up. But my parents were still stuck on the sinking boat. I tried to turn into something that could save them, but I couldn't. I watched them drown." There were tears swimming in Beast Boy's eyes, but he refused to let them fall.
"Garfield…" M'gann was crying as she flew over to Beast Boy and hugged him. She held onto him tight as he hugged her back. Beast Boy felt a hand on both of his shoulders and looked up to see both Boy Wonders' concerned yet understanding looks.
"I flew in the direction we were heading in until I found Rita. She and Mento took me in and helped train me. One day, I got into a fight with Mento because he was angry that I saved their lives and let the Brotherhood of Evil get away. So I left. Then, I met the Titans." He smiled slightly.
"You're brave, dude." Rob said. Beast Boy looked up at him in surprise. Rob smiled, "You had the strength to keep going after what you had just seen. I know I didn't have that."
Young Justice, besides YJKid Flash and Red Arrow, stared at him in shock.
"You watched your parents die?" Artemis asked. Rob eyes widened.
"Oops."
A/N: So Beast Boy has told his story! When will Robin tell his? Will he at all? Probably. Anyways, the more reviews I get, the faster I update. I'm serious. When I don't get a lot, I wait until I get enough to my liking…or if it takes too long. So… yeah… Review!
(1) I looked online and Qurac is located by the Persian Gulf. Beast Boy is from Africa though. So I made this up, kind of. Just please go with it.
(2) I wanted to fit Beast Boy's original history along with this so it would all fit. This was the best I could come up with.
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