Chapter Seven: The Plan in Action

The four Titans went and got a little bit of rest, yet they were all restless. Once they felt they had enough they all met in the common room.

"Is everyone ready for this? Remember we have to stay in our stations till Raven is back from her soul trip." Robin ordered.

"Man, if BB was here he would have made a crack about that soul trip comment. But yeah we understand me and Star will stay at the door, you at the window and Raven in the center of the room doing her thing." They all nodded in agreement and went to their posts.

Raven got into her lotus position and started to meditate it seemed a little harder this time to get to the soul version.

'Wonder why it's harder I'm more powerful, though this is not exactly the same form as when I turn into my soul self to take out Plasmas.' Raven started to concentrate harder on what she needed to do but something was missing the last bit of a push she needed to get there.

'Raven, love, love him and look for him. Reach out to his soul!' Raven gasped slightly then her eyes blazed white and a large White Raven outlined in black soared up and away from the Titans. The others look in shock as this happened, they all were starting to wonder if this was actually going to work.

"Well, BOOYA! I don't know about you guys but that was awesome."

"I agree with you friend Cyborg. Robin was that a new soul form. I do not recall her soul self being white instead of black?"

"Yeah I think it was Star, must have come with the change as well."

Raven had never experienced this sort of thing before. It felt totally different then when she reached out to a soul that was close by. Raven soul self was way above the tower looking for the right soul signature.

'Okay below me is a red, pink, and blue soul signature all brilliant in color that's the guys. I want a brilliant green color, but none of the ones I see look right they are all too dull or the wrong shade.' Raven looked all around her trying desperately to find that right soul signature.

'Raven there, the small bright green light in the north! Raven turned a little more to the north and just over the city looked to be the right soul signature. Raven flew over the city awestruck on how many people lived in this part of town. It was a bad part of town, tons of gang symbols over the buildings and streets. Next after she crossed over the last tall building a small rundown neighborhood stood. Just beyond the small neighborhood was a farm. It was brown due to it being fall. The farmer had harvested all the crops for that year. Raven looked for the green light again and saw two lights in a barn against the mountain. One brilliant green and the other a sickly dark red, raven rushed to the barn knowing that Beast Boy was not alone.

Raven entered the barn as her soul self and begin looking for where the light source was coming from. She saw that it came from the back wall, but that didn't make sense. She came up to the wall and like a ghost, she went right through it. However, instead of coming out to a corn field or a mountain wall she came into a cave.

'A cave that's odd, but the lights are brighter now so he must be at the end of the cave.' Raven glided through the cave. She soon came upon an area full of rooms. The rooms had names on them that indicated whose room it was, kind of like the tower. She came to one that had Beast Boys new name Mnyama on it.

'So he stays in this room.' Raven entered the room and saw a very small space with only a bed in it. It was very plain compared to his room back at the tower. She exited and continued down the path. She reached a lab area where she saw many devices that looked like they were used for torture. Raven shuddered hoping none of what she saw was ever used on Beast Boy. However, her hopes were dashed as she saw the calendar where Mnyama was written all over it. Raven went through another door and saw a training area and there in the middle was Beast Boy, staring straight ahead.

Beast Boy stood ahead giving no sign of actually seeing anything.

"Would you just do it already, I hate trying to figure out when it's going to happen!" He yelled out to no one at first. Just as he finished yelling he kneeled over in pain. He looked like he wanted to scream but wouldn't give whoever was hurting him the satisfaction. Raven felt the pain coursing through his body. It was like an electric shock that should have killed any normal human was coursing through him. Raven figured if she was in her true form right now she would shiver with the raw power coursing through the air.

"Mnyama, you fail once again to do as I said. You are either not trying or you are not practicing! I gave you a direct order and you disobeyed! Do it again and she will die! Next time you come across the Titans I want you to kill them. Hold no mercy for them! As for the witch, leave her, I promised I wouldn't harm her if you helped me."

'Witch, is he talking about me?'

"We will then take over Jump city. As this city with our headquarters we will then take out each member of the Justice League one by one." The voice continued to give out his plans when he noticed Beast Boy was no longer listening. He shocked him and Beast Boy doubled over in pain again. Yet, Beast Boy was still able to get out a sarcastic remark.

"How you going to take out the Justice League when you can't even take out a bunch of kids without help?" Raven couldn't help but smile at Beast Boy's courage but knew it was going to get him hurt. Then out of nowhere as Beast Boy still kneeled over in pain he kicked Beast Boy in the chest and sent him flying. The man turned away from Beast Boy and Raven saw him, Slade.

"Shut up Boy, I will defeat the Justice League and then I will take over the world!" He then turned a switch and Beast Boy got off the ground breathing heavily. Beast Boy narrowed his eyes at Slade. "The world will be mine Mnyama. Ready yourself boy, today will be a harsh punishment." Beast Boy took a deep breath and stood up straighter making him taller then what she remembered. Just as Raven was being brought back to her body she saw Slade rush at Beast Boy and start to fight him. As Raven came out of her trance she began to panic.

"Slade! He, I, ROBIN! Slade has Beast Boy. He's forcing him to fight us. Slade wants Beast Boy to kill you three. Then he wants Beast Boy to help take out the Justice League." Raven was breathing heavily and looking around in a panic. Cyborg was holding her down to keep her from hurting herself. Starfire was hugging her trying to calm her down enough to make more sense.

"Raven, its Slade it really is Slade then?" Raven nodded still with a look of panic in her eyes. "Then he is using Beast Boy like he used me. But what does he have over Beast Boy? I mean if he is using Beast Boy to kill us he has to have something way more important over him then us." Robin looked out the window in deep thought; however, Starfire seemed to have the answer.

"I do not recall Raven saying all of us Robin. Raven said that he was to kill us three, indicating that it would be you, Cyborg, and me that he is to kill. I believe what he has over Beast Boy is Raven. Beast Boy, I have noticed for quite some time now has feelings for Raven. However, he hides if for fear of rejection. However, he loves Raven enough to put himself in danger to protect her." She looked round the room for an argument but none came and she continued.

"Raven is this new change in wardrobe in relation to the change in wardrobe from the Dragon?" Raven merely nodded in response trying desperately to stay calm. "So, am I to assume that you too are in LOVE with Beast Boy?" Raven only nodded in response she wanted to tell Beast Boy first but that seemed like a long way off and besides it wouldn't have been much longer that the Boy Wonder figured it out. "Glorious, we will celebrate when we have Beast Boy safe and home; Raven where can we find Beast Boy and Slade?" Raven had finally calmed down enough to talk to the others and started to explain where and how they were to get to Beast Boy.

Meanwhile, back in the cave Beast Boy felt like he was fighting for his life. He dodged and ducked most if not all hits Slade threw at him.

'It seems to be getting easier to dodge him. Am I getting better or is he going easy on me. No I'm getting better his punches and kicks seem to be getting more desperate.' Beast Boy and Slade continued to fight for what seemed like hours.

"STOP, I grow tired of this child's play. Let us retire to our champers and in six hours we will continue with your training. Or maybe we'll go to the Lab, how does that sound Mnyama?" Beast Boy just started to walk to his room not bothering to answer Slade. He knew he earn a shock for that but it was nothing compared to the torture he will receive later. As if on cue he kneeled over in pain and just as quickly as it started it disappeared. "You will answer me when I ask you a question. Do you understand?"

"Yes Sir, I understand." Beast Boy turned to leave, hopping to get some rest before the torture began. As he entered his room his thoughts were filled with the other Titans.

'I wonder what they are doing right now. Robin is most likely pacing around trying to come up with a plan to stop Mnyama. Star is trying to calm Robin down but also wondering on how to stop him. Cyborg either cooking or playing video games on the game station, maybe he misses me. Raven… Raven is most likely sitting on the couch reading, or meditating because it's finally quite with me gone. Heck she may even be in her room doing who knows what. I wonder if anyone besides Cy or Star would miss me.' Beast Boy continued to think about the others when another thought hit him.

"Raven had a White Clock and Leotard on. What is that all about? Last time she had that she was with that stupid Dragon." Beast Boy's eyes got sad and his ears dropped. "She found someone. Whoever he is, he's made her happy that she is in love with him." Beast Boy stood up and walked to his closet and pulled out his new mask and put it on.

'It's time to be tortured and then to find a way out of this mess.' He turned from his mirror with one last look and walked out the door. He was almost to the Lab when an alarm went off, Beast Boy smiled under his mask as a Voice in his head shouted Titans Go, the voice sounded just like Robin's.

"Wait. That was Robin's voice. Oh no, no please don't be here please." Beast Boy now in uniform as Mnyama ran to the Ops room ready to face any intruder to the Headquarters.