I woke up in a hospital bed, not the titan med bay. That sent up red flags immediately. We only go to the hospital when someone is in real bad shape.
I picked myself up out of the bed and regretted it as soon as I did. My chest hurt, my body was sore, I was in a whole lotta pain. I laid back down and push the nurse call button on the bed.
After a few minutes, a plump older woman came in. She had a cheery look about her and made the whole room a little nicer. "Hello Mr. Logan, how's the healing coming?"
I rubbed my face and squeezed my eyes. "I'm alive, what was wrong with me?"
"Knife wound to the chest. You have quite the healing ability. You healed up by yourself, all we had to do was keep blood and a lot of nourishment in you. So, how do you feel?"
"Like I took a knife to the chest."
She laughed loudly, a nice laugh too. "You are quite the comedian."
I smiled despite myself. "Tell that to Raven." My smile disappeared and I shot up. I regretted it that time too, but this time I got a headache too. I look of at the nurse, desperate. I had remembered the gunshot. "How's Raven!?"
The nurse's smile dropped. "She's in intensive care at the moment, but she is doing much better. I can't say she's fine, but if no complications appear, she should be fine."
I laid back down and sighed. Both out of worry and relief. She was still alive and that was better than the alternative. "Thanks nurse, I'm good for now."
"Ok, buzz me if you need me. In a bit the new floor nurse will be in to check on you." And she was out the door.
I had decided to go back to sleep and woke up sometime later, completely in the dark. I could barley see a thing but I felt someone was there. "Who's here?"
I heard his silky cold voice and growled. "Ah, clever and astounding Beast Boy. I wish I had known more about you when I first went against you, we could have made a great team."
"I would have never joined you Slade."
"Maybe if I had got a hold on you earlier, never now."
"What do you want?"
"To check up on you. I must also apologize. I never ment to drag up old memories into the song and dance we all preform. Sometimes it messes with the order of things."
"You mean you're sorry that I might come after you again."
"Something like that."
I just growled at him, before words from a friend came to mind. I dropped my head and a sadness filled me. "Make you a deal Slade. I'll leave you alone, and none of the titans will come after you-"
I could hear the smirk on his face as he spoke. "For me, I'm touched you care."
"Wasn't done asshole. You've gotta do something for me, consider it also as penance for this incident as well."
"Fine, state you're terms."
"Quit the maniacal villain routine."
"I think I will decline."
"What about you're kids. They want their father."
It was Slade's turn to growl. "What would you know about my family."
"Rose and Jericho are good friends. I know about Grant and What made Jericho mute. I also know about your wife. You've gone through a lot, I get that, so have I. But that doesn't mean you should be a bad guy. Your family needs you, they went through the same things. Go home to them. That's my offer, home."
There was silence. I wanted to kill him were he stood and I knew he wanted to kill me, but we just stood there. I guess it was respect, or maybe he was actually considering my offer. I don't know.
"I'm leaving. I just wanted to make sure one of my little toys was not broken."
"I don't think so. I know you came by for something else. Why are you really here?"
Slade paused. He looked at me and I swear he looked saddened. "How do you do it? How do you lose everything and then somehow gain it all back?"
I laid my head back and stared at the ceiling. "You don't. What's lost is lost, but gain something new. Every time you look back at what you lost, it'll hurt, but when you look at what you have, you'll. smile. You need to be able to look yourself in the mirror first though. That's the toughest part. I'll admit that I still have trouble with that at times, but Raven, Cyborg, the Doom Patrol, and all the rest of my family help me stay strong." I looked over at him and said something that surprised even me. "I can help if you'd like."
He just left after heavy words. "Goodbye Beast Boy. Have a wonderful life, and never let that joy go."