Chapter 12

Raven wasn't sure how she was going to fix him, but she had a few ideas. She saw a blueprint of his body splayed out and began looking it over. She did her best to figure out which piece went were and began to put them back inside his body. It was far more difficult than one could imagine. There were thousands of wires, computer chips, and various robotic pieces that were attached to other thousands of wires, computer chips, and various robotic pieces. She wasn't sure who had built him, but they must have been highly gifted.

Beast Boy sat in his chair, his leg shaking nervously. He was being guarded by Wildebeest and Thunder, who sat on either side of him. He didn't want the half hour to end, and yet at the same time he did. He just hated the waiting. But he knew what waited for him at the end of the thirty minutes.

The common room doors opened and all came back in and took their seats once more. Robin came in last and went to his rightful seat in front of everyone. Everyone was talking amongst themselves, each curious as to what Beast Boy was to be sentenced to. Robin stood up and this quieted the room.

"Today we're here to decide the fate of Beast Boy," he began. "He has committed crimes ranging from theft, attempted theft, battery, and even attempted murder. What makes all of this worse was that he was a Titan; a sworn protector of world. He forsook his vows and turned to a life of crime; an act that can not be forgiven lightly."

Raven put in the last missing piece and sighed with relief. She summoned up her magic to mend his broken chest, but, again, it did more than just that. It repaired every bit of him that was chipped or cracked and cleaned him of the burns. Raven found it hard to stop the flow of energy that poured from her. But once she did she felt a bit faint and drained. Her body wasn't ready to use the magic yet.

'Now I just have to boot him back up,' she thought, once the dizziness passed.

She went over to the blueprints and read them once again. It was near the end she found where his restart button lay and instructions on how to do so. She went over to Cyborg's right side and saw a small compartment, cleverly hidden. She pushed it and it popped open, revealing four switches; two blue and two white. She turned them all off, then flipped one blue one and one white one up.

"Garfield 'Beast Boy' Logan, stand," said Robin.

Beast Boy stood and felt like he was going to faint. This was it.

"For said crimes you are hereby banished from the United States of America and sentenced to live in exile in Upper Lamumba, where you lived when you were a child," said Robin. "If you ever leave then you will be tracked down by the Titans and then we will hand you over to the authorities where they will do what they will with you. Is this understood?"

"Yes," Beast Boy said, looking the floor once again.

"Good," said Robin. He took his communicator out and flipped it open to a clock that was counting down. "Your powers should return to you in… three… two… one. Your sentence is now in effect." Robin closed his communicator and went over to Beast Boy. He undid the cuffs on his ankles and then stood back up, glaring at him. "Now get the hell out of my city."

Raven heard Cyborg's system turn on and he began to reboot up. But within five seconds she heard a distressing beeping going off. She wasn't sure what was going on, so she went back to the blueprints. She pieced together that she should look at the system analyzer built into his arm. She went to his left arm and flipped open the screen. She saw in bold, red lettering, "BATTERY LOW". He needed to charge up. She had to get him up to his room and hook him up to his generator.

She sighed and knew that this was probably going to wipe her out. She concentrated and surrounded Cyborg's body with her aura and in an instant they were in Cyborg's room. Raven fell to her knees and blacked out for a moment, but did her best to regain her consciousness. She saw that she'd done it and felt proud. She'd done that and if she pushed herself she'd be able to hook him up. She did her best to pull herself to her feet, but her knees would not allow her to stand. She grabbed onto his charging table and pulled herself up.

She felt horribly light headed and the room wouldn't stop spinning. She focused and saw the recharging plug. Her body was shaking, but she ignored it. She slowly moved her way around the table and over to the plug. She reached out and after about five grabs, felt her fingers touch it and she took hold. She pulled it from the generator and went over to Cyborg's unmoving body. She found the outlet and plugged him in.

All at once his body lit back up and his body began to charge. She'd done it. She'd fixed him. She wasn't sure how long it'd take for him to become fully recharged, but once he was all would be well. And with that final thought she felt her world fade and she collapsed onto the floor.

Beast Boy walked through the Titans to exit the tower. As he walked he heard whispers of, "Disgraceful… Traitor… I always knew something was off with him… He was never a good Titan anyway… Liar… Shameful."

Beast Boy had to fight back the tears. There was only one person on Earth that cared for him now. And she wasn't even there. She didn't know of his sentence. What would happen now? He didn't know. All he knew was that he didn't want anymore trouble. And so, he would leave as was ordered.

The Titans watched as Beast Boy exited the tower and now stood on the rocky shore of the island. He looked up at them one last time, seeing all of their scornful faces, then turned into a bird and began his flight.

"Well, that's that," said Robin, satisfied.

"I hope I never see his green ass again," said Bumblebee, crossing her arms.

"Remind me to never go to Upper Lamumba," said Speedy.

"Where's Raven?" asked Aqualad. "Shouldn't she have been here?"

"Yeah, she's the reason you caught Adrienne and Beast Boy in the first place," said Kole. "I would think she'd want to be here for Beast Boy's sentencing after all he did to her."

"She still feels weak from defeating Adrienne," said Robin.

"Maybe you should at least go tell her your decision," said Jinx.

"I shall do it," said Starfire.

The beautiful alien flew through the halls and until she came to the med bay. She opened the door and was about to say Ravens name, when she saw that there was no Raven to be seen. Stunned, she quickly decided to check her room. She flew to Ravens room, but did not find her there either. She decided she should alert the others. She swiftly flew back to the common room.

"Robin, Raven is missing!" she cried out.

"What?!" said Robin.

"She is not in the med bay and she is not in her room," said Starfire. "I do not know where she is."

"Great," Robin growled. "Where could she have gotten to? Quick, everyone split up." And with that the entire group of Titans began to search the tower for Raven.

It wasn't long before Tramm alerted them all and, with Aqualad's help, told them that Cyborg was missing as well. Robin had never felt so frustrated. It was Hot Spot who found the two in Cyborg's room, which had been overlooked for obvious reasons.

Raven was quickly taken back to the med bay where they made sure she was still okay. All, especially Tramm, were shocked to see that Cyborg had been fixed and was now charging up.

"How long will it take for Cyborg to awaken?" asked Starfire.

"Well, he's about a quarter of the way charged right now," said Robin. "He may be up and running by tomorrow morning."

"How wonderful!" said Starfire. "Soon all will be well again."

"Yeah, for the first time in three years," said Robin, actually sounding relieved. "God, it's been a long time."

"And it is unfortunate that things will never be as they were," said Starfire, growing sad for a moment.

"I think what we learned from all of this is that you can't trust anyone," said Robin.

"Unfortunately, I must agree with you," said Starfire.

Once they made sure both Cyborg and Raven were alright, many of the Titans left for their homes. It had been quite a day and all were as relieved as Robin and Starfire that this whole ordeal was over. They no longer had to live in fear that Adrienne and Beast Boy were going to attack. But, even though it had all ended well, they all still felt bad for Raven. She would never get her voice back. She was to remain mute.

Beast Boy flew through the air feeling less than free. Yes, he was no longer being controlled by Adrienne, but he had been sentenced to live in Upper Lamumba for the rest of his life. He had expected some sort of punishment, jail time of course, but he believed that it would only be for a set amount of time. Not for forever.

He wondered if he'd ever see Raven again. He knew she'd never abandon him. Now that she was free of Adrienne as well she was sure to find him. But… did she really care that much for him? If the Titans found out they would surely banish her from the team as well. He knew she liked him, cared for him deeply. But he didn't know if it was enough to make her risk being thrown off the team. The team was all she had now. Adrienne had helped to take away everything else she'd cared about.

It was then that he remembered Ravens voice. Adrienne still had it. There had to be some way of returning it to Raven. But how? Then he remembered the house he and Adrienne had been staying in. Adrienne owned hundreds of spell books, most dealing with dark magic. She must have gotten the spell that took Ravens voice away from one of those books. Therefore, there must have been a spell that could give Raven her voice back.

Beast Boy took a sharp turn and flew for the house, hoping the Titans weren't tracking him. He really didn't feel like going to jail because he was trying to help the woman he loved. But, with his luck, he didn't doubt it.

He reached the house and flew in through the chimney, spilling him out into the living room. He quickly ran up to Adrienne's room and attempted to open its door. She had locked it. He wasted no time in kicking it down. He did a quick look around and saw that the room held everything that Adrienne had stolen for herself; jewelry, clothing, artifacts, everything. And books; hundreds of books.

He sat down and began to search through every single book. He didn't care if it had nothing to do with stealing voices, he had to make sure he checked every one just incase. No page was to be left unturned.

And so he sat there for hours pouring through the books. He had never been one to read very much, but here he was reading at record speed. He devoured one book after another, looking for anything that could help him. He read long into the night and still he found nothing. He would grab a book from a pile on his left and when he was done he'd throw it to his right. Soon the left side pile was shrinking, while the right continued to build.

His eyes stung, his back ached, his fingers were dry from flipping so many pages. Words began to run into others and he found himself having to read the same sentence twice or three times before realizing it was pointless since it didn't speak of stealing voices at all. As the sun began to rise he grew very frustrated. The spell had to be in one of the books, it just had to be!

And then, before his eyes, he caught one word; VOICE. His heart jumped and he made sure it really was the right word. He read it three times before he was convinced. He had come to a chapter that had all to do with voices.

"Thank Christ!" he said and began to read through the spells.

It was the second to last spell of the chapter, and it was nine pages long. He began to read and found that this was the right one. Everything Adrienne had done was instructed in the spell. It was a two part spell, and he guessed that when Adrienne had first attempted it years ago she hadn't known that and that was why the spell had been left half done and Raven left with half a voice.

He skipped to the end of the spell to see if there was anyway to reverse it. Sure enough, the last three paragraphs were on just that. He read it and realized that that answer was just as simple as he initially thought three years before. He slammed the book shut and left the house. He had to find Adrienne.