Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
A/N: Hey, this is just to let everyone know that Beast Boy is not in love with Flora. He likes her, yay, but they are just friends. It has only been a couple of weeks, give them a minute. Thanks again.
At dawn, Taigas and I left the tribe, walking in silence through the jungle. A good number of his warriors followed behind us. I was nervous. I wasn't sure how on earth I was going to get Flora out of there, not when the two of us together couldn't fight the Hunters.
Taigas, if he noticed how scared I was, didn't say a word the whole time. He walked, straight backed ahead of me, head held high. Why couldn't he be the one getting ready to run into battle?
Stop acting like a scared cat, I told myself. You've faced bigger villains than the Hunters . . . scarier. This was going to be easy. Besides, you have Flora to think about. She's saved your life more times than you count in this last week. You can't let her down.
We had been walking for maybe two and a half hours when Taigas stopped, holding out his arm. "We have arrived."
I looked over his arm. There was a building, pretty torn down if you asked me. But I could hear the sound of electricity coursing from the gate that surrounded it. They probably had an alarm system too.
Taigas turned to me. "This is as far as I can take you. If you are able to shut down the barrier we will try to come to your aid."
I nodded, looking to the top of the gate. I transformed into the smallest bird, flying up to the top. The Hunters were smart but they were like cave men (minus clubs and plus laser guns). They probably didn't have a motion sensor and wouldn't think anything about a bird flying over their gate.
I landed quickly, transforming into a snake and slithering through the grass towards the rundown building. A Hunter stood at the front of the building, gun in hand. I transformed into a spider, crawling up the wall towards a broken window. The Hunter didn't even look in my direction.
Crawling over the glass, I realized that the outside was just for appearances. The inside was totally high-tech, chrome walls, linoleum floors, the works. Now, if I were a high tech science lab, where would I keep my security room?
I scuttled across the walls until I finally found what I was looking for. There were two security guards there. They looked like the Hunters, but slightly smaller, in actual security like uniforms. From my place on the wall, I saw a room in one of the monitors. A couple of science guys stood in there, with clipboards and computers and on a slab between them was . . . Flora. I stared hard at the screen but she was – she was so still. Finally, her head moved, falling to the side. I breathed a sigh of relief, moving down the wall. The guards didn't notice me as I scuttled across the ground and underneath the electronic board, transforming into a tiny gecko.
Which wires were the best wires to cut?
On T.V. they always talked about the red wire and the blue wire. Pull the red wire – no the blue! – no the red!!
But all these wires were green.
Hoping I wouldn't get electrocuted, I bit into a couple of wires, happy when the whole system shut down.
I heard the guards run out of the room and I climbed out of the board, transforming back into myself. I ran into the hallway, which was almost pitch black beside the light coming in from the broken windows.
"Let me go."
Flora. Her voice was soft and weak but I heard her. She was close. I ran towards her voice, stopping at a door. Peering in, I saw the science guys tapping at their screens, running around looking for a way to light the room. I realized they had needles in Flora's arm, meaning they must have been pumping that stuff they injected us with. Flora moaned, her head slumping to the side again.
I ran in, kicking the nearest doctor in the stomach, sending him to the ground. They didn't know how to fight, not like the Hunters, and so I was able to take them both out in no time flat.
I moved to Flora who was staring up at me in amazement. "You – you came for me," she mumbled.
"Of course," I said, gently pulling the needle out of her arm. I grabbed a cotton ball and pressed it to her skin. Thank goodness for medical shows. "Did you really think I would leave you behind?"
"How –?"
"Taigas brought me. He's out there now with a couple of his guys. We've got to go help him." I grabbed her arm, helping her sit up but she slumped against me, hardly conscious. "What did they do to you?"
"Just normal doctor stuff," she said, trying to lift her head. "They didn't probe me or anything, just injected me with that stuff so that I wouldn't try to escape with my powers or anything. . . . I'm so tired."
Realizing that she wouldn't be able to walk on her own, I took both her arms and wrapped them around my shoulders. I transformed then, into an ape, carrying her on my back outside. Maybe some fresh air would do her some good. Besides, I had to help Taigas.
I charged through the building. A Hunter ran up to me, gun pointed and I knocked him away with a roar. It was time to put an end to this, once and for all.
Taigas and his warriors were putting up a really good fight but they were easily outnumbered. I lay Flora down on the ground, transforming back into myself. She was getting her strength back, slowly, lifting herself up to lean back against the wall. "Beast Boy – look. . . ."
I looked up as a Hunter came charging at me. Without hesitation, I transformed into a T-Rex, stopping him in his tracks. He tried to run away but I grabbed the back of his shirt with my teeth, flinging him out of the way, against the fence.
Flora raised her hands and the trees bent over the fence, their branches knocking the guns away from the Hunters. The branches wailed around a minute before coming shuddering to a stop. I looked down and saw Flora struggling, trying to keep her powers working but she was straining, breathing hard as if it was hurting her.
I transformed back into myself, kneeling next to her. "You need to rest."
"Taigas," she said, pointing.
Looking, I saw Taigas get knocked to the ground by the butt of a Hunters rifle. Running, I transformed into a lion in midair, landing on my four paws. The Hunter looked up startled as I knocked him down, snarling in his face.
That was when I realized the grass underneath him was dying. . . . I looked over my shoulder. Flora had her hands clenched into the grass, her eyes shut tight again. They sprang open, glowing green again as she stood to her knees. "It's time to end this."
I was so amazed, I didn't even realize I wasn't paying attention until the Hunter knocked me back, his gun pointed in my face. All three of his eyes were glaring at me. I heard him cock the gun –
And watched as he was yanked from the ground by his waist by a large tentacle like vine. It carried him high off into the trees, yelling and kicking. The same thing was happening to other Hunters and the rest were struggling as roots grew from the ground, wrapping around their ankles and holding them down. Either way, the Hunters were losing.
One Hunter, the leader I think, managed to get free, running across the ground towards Flora. She didn't even see him coming I got back to my paws, transforming from a lion to a bear as I ran and swiping the guy away from her.
Flora's eyes turned back to normal and she took a deep breath of air, falling to her knees. I transformed back into myself, looking around. All the Hunters were down. The Tonatonians must have realized the same thing because they faced Flora and I, falling to their knees as Taigas walked towards us.
He got down on his knees too, raising his hands in the air. "Praise be to the Gods!" he said once and then repeated it, I think, in his language. His warriors copied him bowing low to the ground.
I helped Flora stand and she smiled at me.
We had did it.
A/N: So it's coming to an end. There will probably be like two more chapters. I hope you liked it. Thanks for reading.
