I original wasn't going to have the Raven/BB/ chapter be like this, but personally, after Teen Titan lover suggested for Terra to get killed too, two things happened:
1.I partied because there is another Terra hater (sorry guys)
2.I was hit with a plan. So thanks Teen Titan lover, this one's for you!(always wanted to say that!)
Ready?
Raven walked down the dirt path and pushed the long grasping branches to the side. She had been searching this forest for the last hour, scanning for any sign of him. The Titans had started their search for Beast Boy when he disappeared a couple of hours and wouldn't answer his communicator. They weren't usually so paranoid, but today was a special day.
It was Terra's death anniversary.
Of course, since she was alive again, the remaining of the Titans didn't mourn as much on that fateful day. The Titans were dead to Terra now, so it really felt like they were mourning themselves. Beast Boy still mourned her though. Every anniversary he'd still lay flowers and pop rocks at her grave and then go and try to convince her that at one point she was one of the Titans.
He never succeeded, so when he came home, the Titans would try to give him some space. But today he just hadn't come home. There were reports of Terra missing too, so the remains of the Titans split up. They decided to search the whole city after trying futile attempts to track his communicator only to find it in a trash can.
So that was why Raven cautiously treaded through the now shadowed forest. Every once in a while she'd pause and try to sense Terra or Beast Boy. As this became a pattern, Raven felt a little more concerned than she was in the beginning. She was certain he was fine—he most likely went out on a walk to think and wallow in his pain, and then went and ate at his favorite diner.
And he just happened not to tell anyone and 'accidently' tossed his communicator in the trash.
She started to feel nauseous from the thought that because the combined stress of Roy, Kid Flash, Jericho, and Nightwings' death and Terra, he had… had… taken certain dangerous measures. The shocking, heinous, and increasing amount of murdered and slaughtering friends was rising for uncertain reasons. Raven was supposed to check the murdering super ladies to see if any magic was a part of the murder, but she had to wait for Dr, Midnight to finish his tests first.
Raven made herself stop and calm herself before her powers lashed out. She didn't realize she had been breathing so heavily. She stood in forest and let the soothing natural sounds calm her. She didn't want her powers to spiral out of control.
The wind combed her hair and whispered in her ear.
The leaves rustled and danced.
There was the faint sound of waves crashing in the distance.
An owl called as it chased its prey while crickets chirped their melody.
A harsh, blood curdling scream was released into the calm and was followed by the sound of something ripping.
Raven's eyes widened and then closed as she quickly scanned for anyone nearby. She was met with one familiar aura, one that was clouded with fury, confusion, and regret instead of whimsical humor, excitement, and over all joy. But then again, he had been in a dark mood lately. Raven darted through the forest, towards the spot she sensed her friend.
She went off road and through the grabbing trees until she came upon a small clearing. In the center of it was a large, dark green, hairy animal had it's back to Raven and was crouching over something Raven couldn't make out. But she recognized the beast.
"Beast Boy?" The beast did not respond. He just stood there, hunched over. Raven carefully took a step forwards with a hand outstretched. A putrid scent filled her nostrils that smelled like urine, vomit, and blood.
"Gar?" she repeated. Still, there was no response. Slowly she walked over to the beast, her eyes locked onto it. We she was a couple feet away, she managed to make out just what exactly what the beast was hunched over.
It was the lanky corpse of a girl about Beast Boy's age. Her stomach was ripped open, revealing her insides as leaked blood that the remains of her school girl uniform soak up. Her legs were positioned in unnatural ways. Her body was heavily sprinkled in gruesome and deep gouges that reveal bone. She was missing a sky blue eye, and her long blonde was laced with leaves, grass, and dirt.
Terra.
Raven swallowed the bile rising in her throat as she took another step forwards and called Beast Boy's name again. This time the beast did turn around and faced Raven. He too was covered in blood and grime, and he had a wild look in his eyes. He let out a warning growl. It didn't take much for Raven to connect the dots.
"What happened?" The beast shook his head and then let out a howl. Raven took a step forwards .and laid her hand pale hand on the beast's chest. "No, not the beast. I want to hear it from you, Gar." The beast stared at her for a moment before nodding. He inhaled and squeezed his eyes shut. Slowly the beast shrank down, and lost it's fur.
Soon, there was a tired and red handed beast boy in front of Raven. He let out a moan and collapsed. Raven caught him carefully sat them on the ground, a few feet away from Terra's corpse. Tears welled in Beast Boy's eyes as he caught his breath.
" I—She—" he croaked. " She remembered. She had remembered all along, Rae. She just didn't want to come back to the Titans—that she hoped we'd all die. She told me things… horrible things Rae. Then she threatened to use her powers again, and let go. She would have destroyed the city." Only then did Raven notice the rubble around them .
"It was too much, too fast." Beast Boy let out a chuckle and muttered something about how that sounded so wrong before he turned somber once again. "The beast… he escaped. I lost control. I—I 'm a monster." Raven felt a lump from in her throat and she hugged Beast Boy to her, which was a rare thing.
"No, Gar, you're not. You may be a beast, but not a monster." Beast Boy wrapped his arms around Raven and returned the hug. They just sat like that for a moment, trying to block out the problems and challenges the world kept sending their way. Raven let go finally and then looked at Terra's demolished corpse.
"This is a problem Beast Boy. We are going to have to tell—"
"No! Rae, I don't want to, I don't want them to know what I've done! I don't want be some our friends! I—I know I have to but I just can't!" Raven let out a long breath and closed her eyes.
"There is something going on here, something wrong. Why is a good portion of our friends murdering their lover? This is not a coincidence—it can't be." Raven examined beast Boy and Terra, the blood stains now on her cloak, and the recent flux in murders.
Perhaps it wasn't Gar's fault that he did anything to be caught red handed in the first place.
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I realized it's been about a year since I started on here! Yay!
KKA
