Raven looked over to Fueryon to go heal his wounds when she realized something. He was getting smaller with every passing moment. The hair was retracting and the claws were shrinking. The muzzle was shortening; after about a minute Beast Boy lay on the floor. Blood oozed from his wounds and matted his hair. He didn't move and Raven feared for the worst. The three inhabitants of the White room, rushed to his side. Raven placed her middle and forefingers on Beast Boy's neck. She was rewarded with a slow but steady repetitive thump.

Darkness surrounded Beast Boy. He opened his eyes and found himself in a room with mirrors. Every one of them was broken. He saw Terra kneeling on the floor with her head held in her hands. Beast Boy walked into the room. The world flickered.

He heard some one thumping at the door next to him in the alley. He tried to open but his hand slipped through the door. He heard screams from inside and knew what was happening. He wanted nothing more than to run, but his feet took him mechanically through the door. A scene from a horror movie greeted him. Blood was splattered over the walls and the small door on the other side of the room had been ripped of its hinges in the same way that the head had been ripped from the body of one of the three inhabitants of the room. The corpse lay in the middle of the room under the fitful flickering light of the single light. A huge shape blotted out the light coming from the other room and a huge green shape pushed itself through the door. The one living person in the room screamed. Beast Boy realized it wasn't the light that flickered, but the world.

The mugger dragged the unconscious body into the alley. A dark bruise, already turning blue, covered much of the left side of the body's head where the large rock had struck. He grinned as he took the man's wallet. Beast Boy turned around, already knowing what he would see. Sure enough, a small teenage boy of no more than 13 years blocked the entrance to the alley "Leave now I won't turn you in" green skin showed in the light of a passing car. The man laughed and the rest happened in slow motion. Silver metal flashed in the light of another passing car and a loud bang filled the air. Blood blossomed from young Beast Boy's shoulder and the sound of yet another car was almost drowned out by the scream. The small shape swelled and in no time a large tiger stood in his place. The man looked scared now but that didn't stop him from letting off another three bullets. The first took him in the shoulder where the other wound still stood gaping. The second flew through the front leg and the last embedded itself in the collar. The tiger slumped to the ground and the man walked up to it "Sweet dreams" the fifth bang seemed an exclamation mark in the night. Flicker

A young man was leaning against the wall, head to the brick. He pushed himself off and turned to press his back to the wall. He slid down slowly. He pulled something out of his pocket and checked something. "1. 12 to a clip, I had 3 clips" a laugh escaped his throat. It was a bitter laugh, full of the knowledge of death. It was the laugh of a man who knew he was dead, but wanted to get one over the Harvester. The man cocked the pistol and put the gun to his head. The laugh grew louder till it resounded through the 

street. After the bang had silenced the blood chilling noise, you could swear the sound of a mans laughter still echoed down the street. By the time the bullet-riddled Beast rounded the corner, the rats had already set to work. Flicker

Blood

Flicker

Screaming

Flicker

Flashing claws

Flicker

Beast boy opened his eyes. Blood covered the room. A huge hairy body lay sprawled about 4 meters away the head lying in a pool of blood still pumping from the neck. The blood was pumping. He tried to push himself up. He screamed as the movement wrenched his dislocated arm even further out of position. A gentle but firm hand pushed him back down

"He's badly wounded"

"Really? Hadn't noticed" Beast boy had just enough energy left over to lift his head. His body was a mass of bruises, broken bones, dislocated joints and gashes. He turned his head a bit more and smiled. Raven, Robin and Starfire were sitting around him, well Robin was sprawled. He didn't look to be in too good condition

"17 broken bones, 6 dislocated joints, almost certain internal bleeding and organ damage, lacerations to several major body parts" Starfire looked like a wolf on the hunt. One hand had a latex glove on it. This hand she lightly prodded the worst gash on Beast Boy's forearm. Beast Boy's vision went white and a searing pain wracked his body and a scream filled the room. A spasm shook his body before he lay still. When we looked up Starfire had a frown on her face. White spots still danced in his vision

"The muscles have wrapped around the shard" she touched his finger and a slight tingle ran up his arm

"Did you feel that?" Starfire asked. Beast Boy nodded

"The signals are running through the metal but they are coming out at the wrong nerves. It hasn't severed any major vessels so I should be able to…" White filled his vision again. He heard a clang and when his vision was clear, he saw a wickedly barbed narrow shard of broken steel covered in blood

"Why that piece; why not one of the others?"

"Because that was lead"



A.N: Sorry but I just never got around to finishing this chapter for ages. Writers block helped as well. Please don't kill me R.G out