Chapter 7: Traitor
AN: Hey everyone! So I wanted to say real quick that this chapter does mention some of Beast Boy's past, but I wanted to just let you all know to avoid any confusion that its not really canon stuff, just things I thought up on my own. But I mean, hey, its not like they kept his past the same as the comics in Young Justice, so I figured why not, I guess. So yeah, that's all. Enjoy! :)
Guest-Thanks for the review! But no, I won't be shipping Beast Boy and Raven in this fanfiction. I mean, this will probably just be a friendship based story, really. But I hope you enjoy the story anyways! ^^
Guest-Thanks so much for review! Glad your enjoying the story, even though the chapters may be too short at times, haha. :D
It had been a three days since the last battle, and Beast Boy wondered what his friends were doing right now. Well, knowing them, they were probably looking for him. Why did he decide to do this?
Well, he had to continue now, didn't he? He couldn't leave the building or the alarms would go off. He was stuck, so all he could do to prevent being captured is doing what he knows best. Acting.
In a way, he was a traitor. He betrayed his friends. He's working with Slade, he's fighting them, and he's training to kill them. Sure, it was an act...but he was doing all of it. Even if it was for a good cause. It reminded him of what Robin did. Which is why he couldn't go back, even after this was all over. They would hate him for sure. He already hated himself.
His friends pleading voices rang in his head and he covered up his ears, squeezing his eyes shut. "Stop..." He whispered.
Then he saw Raven, glaring at him, the others a little behind her, glaring as well. "Your nothing but a traitor." Then Robin spoke up, "I thought you were our friend." Cyborg shook his head. "You messed up good this time, grass stain." "Beast Boy...you were like a brother...now I see that your nothing but a liar!" Stafire yelled. "I'm sorry!" Beast Boy tried. But they all turned their backs on him...
"Garfield!"
Beast Boy jolted up, panting and looking around before meeting Slade's eyes. Wait, why was Slade here? Oh yeah...
"Don't call me that." Beast Boy snapped easily getting back into act.
"Right. It's just a bit easier to say your real name then calling you 'Beast Boy'. Were you having a nightmare?" Slade asked, not sounding like he cared the slightest bit.
"It doesn't matter." Beast Boy said, standing up, unsteady at first.
"Was it about your friends?" Slade continued to ask. Beast Boy tensed, his mind racing for a good response.
"I don't have friends anymore. But if your talking about the Titans, it wasn't about them." He snapped after a moment.
"You said 'I'm sorry' in your sleep. Who else would you be apologizing to?" Slade questioned.
Beast Boy gritted his teeth. Why did this have to be so hard? "Look, we're only working together to defeat them. But you can't expect me to tell you personal things." Beast Boy told him angrily.
"I understand. But if your sorry for what your doing to them, then doesn't that mean you wish no harm on them at all? You wouldn't be trying to trick me, would you? Because, I can assure you, any ideas your having will surely not work on me." Slade said, getting closer to Beast Boy, which only made him even more tense.
"Are you serous? I would never be sorry for them! Gosh, talk about paranoid. Look...it...it was about my mom. Lets just say I've made a lot of mistakes when I was a kid..." Beast Boy whispered. The worst part was, he was actually being truthful at the moment. Never, not once, has he talked about his past. No, he only did this so the mission wouldn't get ruined!
"I...see. I had assumed you had a fairly nice past, with how happy you seem to be." Slade muttered, staring at him, and for a second, Beast Boy almost straight up told him that it was just an act. "That's because I know how to leave the past in the past." Beast Boy snapped instead.
"Hmp. Wish it was that easy for all of us." Slade snapped back, leaving Beast Boy confused and a little shocked. He supposed even villains had sad past too though.
"Get some rest Beast Boy. Your going to need it, after what Boy Wonder did to you." Slade told him before leaving the room, shutting and locking the door behind him.
Beast Boy laid down then, planning to get some much needed sleep. But he couldn't help the sobs that came next...he felt so empty and cold, mixed with guilt that was slowly eating away at him.
In the end of it all, both, Slade and the Titans will think of him as a traitor. But...he's just trying to do good.
It really doesn't matter though. Sometimes you have to be a little bad to end evil. Even if in the end you'll be known as the lonely superhero who betrayed his friends.
