Hey everyone! Here's Chapter 8! I'm finally starting to get settled in school, but wi-fi is extremely limited, so please bear with me!

Allen Blaster: I'm sorry that it is bringing back unpleasant memories for you! That was not my intention in the slightest. I thought about having him talk back or fight back, but ultimately decided against it. He wants to try to keep a good image, and not confirm their beliefs that he's a bad person. I figured biting his tongue rather than talking back would help to keep that good image, or at least not worsen it, if that makes sense. I hope you're enjoying the story nonetheless! :)

RPGPersona: One night is definitely not much time, but I felt it fit somewhat well within the timeline of the story. I enjoyed putting in another BBRae moment, even though it's somewhat subtle. I'm glad that you found it to be cute! And definitely, yeah. The trip is certainly not the best for Beast Boy. They definitely need to exercise caution in order to not get infected; especially since the disease is, for the most part, incurable. I hope you're enjoying the story! :)

Please keep reading and reviewing! I really, really appreciate all of your reads and reviews! :)


Beast Boy led the team through the jungle towards the waterfall. Although the team always passed by a small stream on their way to the village, they had never actually passed the waterfall or the body of water that it was primarily connected to. They walked from the village to the stream that bordered it, and instead of simply crossing it to head back to the clearing where they had set up camp, they turned left and walked upstream. For a while, there was nothing to indicate that they were anywhere near the waterfall; the stream seemed to go on forever. The further away they got from the village, the thicker the jungle got, and soon they were tripping over the roots of trees. The canopy of tree leaves above them was dense enough to allow very little sunlight through, so it felt as if they were walking in the late evening rather than the midday high sun that they were actually walking in.

Soon, the thin stream widened ever so slightly before quickly growing steadily over the next half mile or so. Not long after the initial widening, they found themselves at the mouth of a great lake. And at the head of that large lake stood a monstrous waterfall that loudly poured into the body of water below.

"Here it is," Beast Boy said quietly, acknowledging the large waterfall before him.

The teens stood in awe facing the waterfall, stunned by just how grand and powerful it was; they had never seen one so big. The trees had cleared and the sun shined down brightly on the water, and it appeared as if it was almost glistening with sparkles.

"C'mon Titans, we have to start searching while we still have adequate sunlight," Robin announced, bring the teens' attention back to him and the mission. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg split from the group to start investigating their surroundings. Raven was about to depart as well, but stopped when she noticed that Beast Boy hadn't moved. He was still staring at the waterfall, almost breathlessly. She walked over to him and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Is everything alright?" she asked, and Beast Boy shook his head.

"It's just…weird…being back here. This place is really important to me, and being here, now, just…I don't know…," he said, at a loss for words to explain properly how he felt.

Raven rubbed his shoulder before embracing him in a hug, to which he hugged back.

"I know this is hard for you. I can't imagine what it must be like for you to be back here. But you're strong and can do this, okay? Will you be alright doing this?" Raven asked.

Beast Boy nodded.

"Yeah, I have to be. It's the mission. Don't worry about me," he responded looking down at Raven and meeting her eyes. He gave a small, sad smile before leaving the embrace and going to explore his surroundings. Raven went to go search as well, each of the five Titans exploring a different section of the area surrounding the waterfall.

The search took quite a while. Starfire elected to search from above, looking specifically for anything that seemed out of place or could have potentially acted as a shelter. Raven elected to search the waterfall and the rocky formations that surrounded it rather than the land around it. Cyborg searched the area to the right of the waterfall, whereas Robin searched the area to the left of it. Beast Boy searched in the water as a fish to see if there was maybe some sort of hideout below the water surface.

The search area was so vast and so heavily inhabited by trees and bushes that searching was a very difficult and tedious task, and one that spanned for hours. The sun, which had sat above their heads at the beginning of their search, was now flirting with the horizon in the distance. Robin was about to call off their search for the evening when Raven's voice rang through their communicators.

"I think I found something," she said, her monotone voice somehow filled with anticipation.

The four teens made their way to her location. She was next to the base of the waterfall, so close to the water's edge that it sprayed and splashed onto the teens. The base was really rocky, with large boulder-like formations cumbersomely stacked all the way to the top where the water toppled over. Some of them were sheet-like, and were arranged in a way that was mildly climbable.

"Over there," Raven said, motioning to a small, cavern like opening in the wall behind the waterfall itself, "I found this and it looks like it may lead into something. It's pretty well concealed and I can't get a good enough look into it to know much, but it seems like it could function as a hideout."

"I agree. Great job, Raven. Titans, let's go investigate it," Robin responded, and the teens carefully made their way to the opening.

Since it was located behind the raging waterfall, the water was dangerous. One wrong slip could easily bring upon grave injury, or worse. And on top of that, the pathway to get to the opening was very narrow, and they either had to fly or walk with their back to the rocks and scuffle their way.

They soon reached the opening without incident and climbed inside. Raven was right – it did lead into something. As soon as they entered, they no longer had to fear walking on a narrow path; they were standing in a wide hallway-like entrance that led straight ahead. It was dark though with no natural or artificial light, so Starfire and Cyborg both lit up the passage way.

"Keep your guard up; we don't know what we're going to encounter in here. Let's continue," Robin addressed his team in a hushed tone before they began to walk single file down the corridor.

The pathway wasn't very long and soon veered off to the right, quickly leading them to a flight of stairs that went further into the ground. When they reached the end of the steps, they entered into the room that stood there. It was large, but had artificial light sources to brighten the room. It was very cluttered, with papers and documents strewn all over the many rows of long tables. There were filing cabinets lining one of the walls, with a variety of machinery lining another, and medical equipment and vials lining the other.

"Woah," Cyborg murmured, taking in all the room had to offer.

"Titans, investigate. It seems we have found his hideout, but we need to be sure. Find anything and everything you can about the outbreak," Robin ordered, and the team separated and started searching the room.

The papers that littered the tables were full of medical findings and notes. Some of them had codes and numbers messily scribbled down then angrily crossed out, followed by more and more of the same pattern. Other papers had documentations written down on them, detailing how certain experiments played out, and whether or not they were successful. The filing cabinets were filled with sheets of the same nature, but seemed to be older. The machinery on the side turned out to be medical in nature, and included items like Centrifuges for blood and machines specific to DNA testing. The medical side of the room had rows and rows of vials, some of which were full and some of which were empty. There were also syringes lying about, some of them bloody from struggle. There were also silver collars lined up, the same ones that were documented being seen on the monkeys.

"Yo, BB," Cyborg said as he was going through one of the filing cabinets, "Check this out."

Beast Boy made his way over to where Cyborg was, and the rest of the Titans soon followed too. Cyborg was looking through a journal that looked old and torn. It was filled with countless documentations and codes, and little squiggles that resembled some sort of medical rendering.

"What is it?" Beast Boy asked. The journal seemed familiar, but he didn't know what it was. Cyborg closed the journal and showed Beast Boy the cover. On the front of the journal read 'Research Journalings, Dr. Mark Logan'. "Woah…," Beast Boy breathed out quietly, taking the book in his hands and starting to flip through the pages.

"It's filled with documentations of his research and personal journalings," Cyborg said quietly, allowing Beast Boy to have his moment looking through the pages. "Technically, since Register stole it from your family, it's yours. You have the rights to anything in here that originally belonged to your family."

Beast Boy remained silent as he continued to flip through the pages of the book, admiring his father's scratchy handwriting. He knew he would need more time to read through the entries more thoroughly, but now was not the time. The silence in the room was soon interrupted by a clanking sound at the doorway.

All the Titans turned around swiftly at the sound, and saw what, or rather who, stood at the doorway. It was a tall man with short brown hair and a stubbly wrinkled face. It was no other than Dr. Samuel Register.