-10 Sorry so short! Again, I didn't wanna drown out my original feelings for this chapter. I'm kinda unsure about this installment. Please lemme know what you think. Personally, it sounds a bit rushed and dry. I'll mostly send this one back to the drawing board. Oh, and kudos to whoever finds the GO! reference. :) Read and review! I have replies coming up at the end!


"Rachel." The sound sifted through the air before dissipating to the ground. "Rachel."

No other words were spoken. The only breaks in silence transpired from the whirring machines of the medical bay. The slow, languid breathing. The course thumping of chests. Minutes passed in this vehement quiet.

The girl brought her gaze to the shape shifter, forcing his cast to meet hers. "What happened to me?" Her voice had wavered in confusion.

"Do you remember anything?"

She turned to look at the speaker. A large seemingly robotic man. A red, glowing orb found home to an absent eye. Two mechanical arms jutted from a metal torso. With all this inhuman circuitry, the girl still found something right about him. Trust.

"No," she admitted deftly. Her head hung, locks of hair descending in a sweep around her face. "Nothing."

Beast Boy's heart sank. Raven had lost everything. No. She might have lost her memories, but she is far from losing everything. She has us, her friends. We can help her. We will help her.

"Well, if intros are in order, I'm Beast Boy," he forced a grin onto his suddenly paled face, one corner rising just a nudge higher than the other. "This is Cyborg, my best friend. And you're Rachel. We make a team, a family. We're the Teen Titans."

"Teen Titans," she echoed as if to preserve the new memory.

"It's not just us," the changeling continued, "There's Robin; he's kinda the leader. His parents died, but he doesn't talk about them much. His new old man's kinda famous. Kinda a grouch. But I think it comes with the title." Beast Boy hadn't noticed his rambling. Raven hadn't bothered to stop him. "Anyway, Robin's cool. He doesn't have powers like the rest of us, though."

"Powers?" Bewilderment had made home to the girl's face, eyes screaming for an explanation.

"Man, I might just write you a manual." Raven tinged red though, upon noting the boy's joking nature, started to calm.

"You see, I'm Beast Boy. I can change into any animal. Watch," he prompted as he morphed from Beast Boy to mouse to lion to Beast Boy once more. He noted his audience's amazed expression, pleased with his own little charade. Why can't Rae be this excited about me all the time?

"And Cy over there?"

"I think I can handle this myself, BB," the android assured. He knelt down to face the girl, stil bed-ridden, eye to eye. "Rae," he gushed as a familiar hand contacted her frail shoulder. "I'm Cyborg. Your buddy, remember? When my car was stolen by those two-bit no-goods, you comforted me. Me and BB here helped defeat your dad for you. When I made ribs that one day in the park, you were the one who ate two helpings so I wouldn't notice that Beast Boy didn't eat any. Well, I noticed. And you'll remember."

"Dude, how do you plan to-?"

"Back-up disks. My whole memory is stored on my back-up disks. This is everything I've ever seen, reported, scanned, fixed. Just in case I ever crashed."

"Just one little problem with that, Tin Head. Rae doesn't have a drive!" Beast Boy squealed, nearly forgetting the subject of the quarrel was still listening.

"She doesn't need one, furball. I'll just upload them to the super computer and she can just watch them."

"Watch them? WATCH THEM?! That's years! A DECADE! More! Of everything you've ever seen!" Beast Boy found this proposition preposterous.

"Then we'll just pick out what she needs to see," the Cyborg claimed matter-of-factly. "Just wait here, I'll go sort through my files." The mechanical Titan departed, leaving Beast Boy alone with the newly recovered Raven.

"Thanks," she started meekly.

"For what?" Beast Boy's voice remained hesitant.

"For everything. Trying to help me remember. I just… can't." Dejected.

"Listen," Beast Boy leaned closer, attempting to console the quivering girl. "We'll get you back. You'll be okay. You are okay." He smiled as he brushed a violet tendril from her face. "You're perfect."

The moment lingered for a while longer before Cyborg returned with an armful of cassette tapes and a bowl of popcorn. "Movie time!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. VHS, dude? Shouldn't you be up with the times?"

"Hey, man. Just because I'm the techno Titan doesn't mean I can't rock it old school. Besides, I started this collection way before dvds came out." A few tapes were labeled just boldly enough for Raven to make out. Starfire's Initiation. Raven Gets a Zit. Robin's Sweet Sixteen. Cyborg and His Baby v. 6.0. Tokyo Vacation Pictures. Titans East. "Now, c'mon! We've got some memories to save!"

Cyborg reached his free arm to Raven, pulling her off the cot, and dragging her through the Tower to the main frame computer. He somehow managed the commons sofa into the room, and the three Titans were situated in front of the very large, very bright screen. A second or two of snow buzzed from the monitor as Cyborg inserted the bulky tape inside.

"And the remembering begins!"

Cyborg plopped satisfyingly onto the couch between the two, a metal arm reaching around both sets of shoulders. Six pairs of eyes fixated onto the passing images. The girl named Rachel watched, intrigued, absorbing every word, gesture, seemingly minute detail. Around the third tape in, somewhere between the would-be marriage of Starfire and Beast Boy working at Mighty Meaty Meat, Cyborg was out. He dozed soundly as a bit of night's drool dangled from his unsavory mouth.

With a slight chuckle and all of his human strength, Beast Boy heaved the fallen Titan to the other side of him, finding a much more enjoyable seat by Raven.

"Anything coming back?"

"No," she said honestly. "I'm afraid nothing seems familiar."

"Don't worry. Something's bound to come to you sooner or later. Just enjoy the triple feature," he replied warmly. His throat grew coarse as he spoke. "Man, I'm thirsty. Want anything while I'm up?"

"I think… I think I'd like some herbal tea," Raven said absently.

Beast Boy smiled to himself, Sooner or later.

Making his way over to the doorway, Beast Boy spied a tape seemingly of the norm. It had been the words that caught his attention. 'Beast Boy and Terra.' Something within him erupted inside. "Raven likes you." No, she shouldn't see this. Swiftly, he scooped the video before retreating into the kitchen. She can't see this.


For everyone wondering about the last chapter, it was Cyborg who was about to call her Raven. Beast Boy decided to say Rachel Roth, which is (by the way) Raven's real name.

Also! Thanks to all my loyal readers and reviewers! -Anime-Adorer2006, Rabula Tasa, AnnRene, Gothic Raven, ahilty, xnvrmorex, the hitchhiker, talim9, Burnt Out Souls, Achangel N. Bloodraven, and everyone else! Thanks for making me wanna press on!