A solitary statue of a girl no older than fifteen stood in a large and expansive cavern. In front of the statue rested a bouquet of flowers and a plaque which read "Terra, a Teen Titan, a True Friend." The last thing in front of the statue wasn't really a thing, it was a person, with green skin and pointy ears. He was gazing upon the statue with a look of gentle sadness.
It had been two weeks since Terra's sacrifice. Had Beastboy been asked back then whether he thought things would come to this he would have laughed in that person's face. Funny how life always threw unexpected and harsh situations at the unwary. He had only known Terra for a few months and in that time they went from strangers, to good friends, to hated enemies and managed to repair their friendship right before the geomancer had to sacrifice herself so that a volcano didn't take out half of Jump City.
A small smile appeared on the changeling's face, at least he had a chance to reconcile with her before the end. Having the last thoughts of a person before their end be of bitterness and regret would wreck havoc on a person's mental health and he was no exception. It was a small consolation, but at least Terra went to her grave knowing she had friends, people who cared for her.
"Should I ask how long you've been down here?" A familiar monotone asked from behind him, Beastboy smiled at the sound of her voice. Good old Raven, always checking up on him.
"I don't know actually, lost track of time." He replied, turning to face his gray-skinned teammate. Raven's hood was down at the moment and her face was it's normal neutral expression. Only her eyes betrayed what she was feeling, there was a curiosity in them and a slight amount of concern.
"That figures." Raven responded, turning her attention to Terra's statue. "This is the fourth time in two weeks that you've come down here, what do you think about when you look at her?"
"Oh a lot of things." Beastboy replied, when he saw Raven's skeptical look he placed his hands on his chest and gave her his best mock-offended look, "Hey I do!" The green Titan turned back to face Terra's statue, the peaceful look back on his face. "I think about what was, what has happened...and what will be."
"What will be?" Raven repeated, her curiosity getting the better of her. Beastboy looked back at her with a bright smile.
"Yeah! You know, like where we'll be in the next few years." He clarified. "Hopefully in a few years I'll be a totally awesome superhero, one that inspires through action and sets an example for those that will come after." The changeling paused for a moment. "And Supergirl would totally be my girlfriend and love veggie burgers."
"Totally huh?" Raven inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Totally." He confirmed turning to give her a toothy grin. "What about you Raven? do you ever think about the future?"
She was taken aback by his sudden question. If only her green friend knew just how much she thought about the future. A future where fire filled the sky and the land was shattered beyond recognition, courtesy of her father. With Beastboy's question, Raven realized that she only had about two years left before this inevitable outcome.
Beastboy immediately picked up on his cloaked friend's darkening demeanor. He let out a nervous laugh, rubbing the back of his head with his right hand.
"Forget I said anything." He told her.
"Let's just say I don't like thinking ahead too much." She replied gravelly, Beastboy nodded.
"Well the good thing about the future is that it's not set in stone, anything can happen between now and then. It's so unpredictable." He said to her. His words filled Raven's ears, maybe he was right, maybe the prophecy wouldn't come true and she would be free to live her life. The only question was what kind of life did she want to live? The sound of Beastboy's feet shuffling drew her out of her thoughts as he turned to face the statue again. "So what brings you here? besides dying to hear my awesome wit and bask in my supercharming aura?"
"I was going to go with dull wit and superinflated ego, but I digress." The gray sorceress teased. "Robin wants us all back at the Tower for training, apparently he's thought of some new things he wants to try." Raven informed him, Beastboy groaned.
"Duuuude, not more training, don't we get enough exercise fighting bad guys?" The green morphling complained. Raven shrugged and turned to leave.
"It never hurts to improve your skills, you never know when they will truly be tested." Raven replied sagely. "Anyways we should head back, training will be starting soon." Beastboy hesitated, he wasn't ready to leave, not quite yet.
"Go on ahead I'll catch up to you." He called out, when he heard Raven's footsteps stop, he sighed. "I'll be okay Raven, don't worry..."
"Beastboy, you have to let go." She said quietly, almost timidly. The changeling let out a small laugh, for all their differences it was amazing how much they could be on the same wavelength at times.
"I know Raven that's what I'm doing right now, but I just need a little bit more time. I promise I'll be right behind you." He reassured her, the dark girl hesitated.
"I could stay if you want." She offered, he smiled at that. Raven and his friendship was rapidly growing, she never would have offered to stay a few months ago, how things change.
"Thanks, I appreciate that, I really do, but this is something I can only do alone." He responded, Raven stared at him for a moment before nodding.
"I understand." She told him. "But if you aren't at the training session I will come back and drag you out of here by one of your little pointy ears if I have to." Beastboy chuckled.
"Getting frisky huh? I can dig that." He said mischievously, Raven's eyes narrowed at him.
"Scratch that I'll drag you out of here by your hair, so you'll be bald by the time I'm done." She threatened, Beastboy turned to face her with wide eyes filled with horror.
"No! not the hair! Anything but the hair Raven! What will I do without my 'do'? I won't get ladies without it!" He whined in an exasperated tone, shielding his precious hair with his hands as if that would stop Raven's wrath.
"Well then you won't have to worry about that if you make it to the training session." She informed him, turning towards the exit and walking away.
"I'll be there, geez I can't believe you threatened the 'do' that's evil Raven." Beastboy said, sulking as he turned to face Terra's statue again.
"I know." Raven replied with an almost smug tone, almost. She was almost out of earshot when she heard Beastboy's voice again.
"Hey Raven?" He called out, she stopped in her tracks, but didn't turn around, likewise Beastboy didn't turn around either, their backs faced each other, Beastboy looking at Terra's statue and Raven looking at the light at the end of the underground tunnel which served as the exit.
"Yeah?" She called back. A smile was once again on Beastboy's face.
"Whatever my future holds, I hope you're a part of it always." He said to her. Raven said nothing just resumed her walk to the exit. Beastboy was beginning to think he had said something wrong when his pointy ears caught her reply, it was very faint and if his hearing wasn't better than a normal humans he would have never heard it.
"I hope so too." She had said before leaving. Beastboy's smile grew wider.
"Terra." He said out loud, addressing his petrified friend, "I think I'm growing pretty attached to someone and you'll never believe who it is."