I apologize for the long wait. Things had been so crazy, but I never forgot about the story.

Here you go, and thank you for waiting. I hope you all enjoy this.

Chapter 21:

Insides Out

Beast Boy begins to calculate his plan as Joker and Galtry are talking.

'Alright BB, you have one chance at this.'

Beast Boy slowly moves into his position, making sure both doesn't notice.

"Heck yeah! You can do anything you want with this green freak with the remote!" Joker smirks, still holding the remote.

"Sending you him is the best thing I have ever done. He grew up being worthless like he is suppose to be." Galtry chuckles.

Beast Boy takes a breath, 'One chance, don't mess it up.'

'Last chance to end it all…'

Beast Boy, with all of his willpower to ignore the excessive pain, quickly transforms into green cheetah and runs straight for Joker's hand without a hesitation or pause. Luckily they barely notice Beast Boy's quick transformation until Beast Boy was few inches closer…

Joker was little too late when he saw a green cheetah running straight for him, he was about to press the button but Beast Boy was faster. Beast Boy tackles on Joker and the remote flies out of his hand

'Now it's my chance!' Beast Boy thought quickly, still in his cheetah form, grabs the remote with his sharp teeth and crunches it.

Their reactions weren't what Beast Boy was expecting at all. He expects maybe a "No!" even a bit of at least showing their anger or something.

But no, they are laughing.

'I must be crazy' Beast Boy thought and turns his cheetah head around to face them. They are literally laughing at him as if he had done the most stupid thing in the history of stupid things.

Then it dawns on him, 'Man, I am stupid…'

Flashback;

"Joker," He growled, "LET ME GO!"

"Tsk, tsk. The answer is simply no," He cackled, "Now look at your body, and see what it has changed."

Beast Boy brings his head up to see his body and gasps.

Silver line with several silver circles is attached to his green skin, and the line goes all over his body. Head to toes have those silver thing, they seems to follow his every nerves in his body."

"What the…-"He was interrupted by Joker who just cleared his throat, "Amazing, isn't it?"

"What are those things?"

"Oh those are kind of technology that allows me to control you and your powers when it's necessary for me to do. So that way you cannot disobey me or escape me."

Beast Boy couldn't believe it; he tries to take them off using his teeth.

"Oh that would be waste of your time, you cannot take them off. They are already attached to your skin," Joker starts to laugh and dancing around him.

Flashback ends;

Joker walks front of Beast Boy and smiles, like always, "Your face says that you know why we are laughing at you."

Beast Boy slowly shifts back into human and glares at Joker with full of hate as Joker continues, "Like I told you before, if you escape or disobey me… The 'Silver Jokester' will activate. Yes, I named it 'Silver Jokester' Do you like it? Because it is silver and I am the Joker, perfect match huh?" Joker goes into fit of laughter, "Do you agree Mr. Galtry?"

Beast Boy's heart plummets when he feels the surge of odd power through him. 'Must be it…'

"Please, call me Nicholas," Galtry smirks, "And absolutely, it is genius way to name it. Also, that way Garfield here, will always remember you by the name."

Joker goes into other fit of laughter then turns to Beast Boy, "What does it takes to finally realize that you have lost? Actually, you lost long time ago… Why bother try?"

Beast Boy grits his teeth, he could feel the 'Silver Jokester' activating like Joker said it will be, and whispers, "Because unlike you, I have nothing left to lose except myself."

With that saying, he allows himself to lose control of his angers, his guilt, his regrets, and his… promise; before the 'Silver Jokester' takes over, Beast Boy's eyes become slits and letting animatistic growl out of his now bared fangs.

After two hours of mediating, Raven feels stronger and ready to help whatever it takes without running out of energy.

She hurries back to her teammates who are waiting under the shade.

"Guys, I am ready." Raven speaks in her usual monotone, but inside her emotions are running wild to find Beast Boy and make sure he is alright like he promised.

'We have to go and save our BB!' Brave yells.

'What if we are too late, our Beast Boy we knew will be gone…' Timid wails.

'Beast Boy will keep our promise, I know it.' Hope whispers through the shouts and wails.

"Hey Raven," Cyborg greets her and Raven snaps back into reality.

"Friend Raven, are you all well?" Starfire quickly approaches and giving her a nearly bone-crushing hug.

"Yes, Star…" Raven's voice strains, "I-I am al-alright."

"Starfire, she is alright. Let her go," Robin walks up as Starfire releases. Raven notices tears on Starfire's eyes and tries to reassure Starfire, "Don't worry, Beast Boy is strong. He will be alright."

Starfire sniffles, "Do you think so, Friend Raven?"

Raven puts her hand on Starfire's shoulder and gives her a ghost smile, "I know so…"

Starfire smiles at her then turns toward to Robin as Raven silently thought, 'He better be alright… He promised me.'

"Raven," This time, the voice belongs to Robin, "Where are you planning to teleport us into?"

Raven stammers but quickly revert into her monotone, "The same room that I teleported us out of."

Robin shakes his head, "There were hundreds of clowns there. We barely got out alive if it wasn't for you."

"Why would the clowns remain after I took you all out?" Raven questions, making Robin think more.

"That will be the risk…"

"It is closest to Beast Boy."

Robin sighs then turns facing the rest of his teammates and Batman, "What do you all think?"

Cyborg clears his throat, "Well of course it is a risk, but we took it every day. How is this any different? Beside, Raven is right… It is closest to BB."

Starfire nods, "I agree with Friend Cyborg."

Robin looks at Batman, waiting for his response. Batman just stares back at Robin, slowly a smirk forms on his lips, "You are not my sidekick anymore. You are the leader now, so go on and lead us."

Robin smiles at his mentor, the man who raised him after Robin's parents died, the man who watched out for him, and most importantly; he is the man who cared and loved other than Robin's parents. Robin nods at Batman and then turns to Raven, "Let's go."

Raven connects her right hand with Robin's left who is holding Starfire with his right and Cyborg holds both Starfire and Batman. Raven starts to chant her mantra and the black portal begin to form around them. Quickly, they vanish from the peaceful place.

The black portal begins to appear in the end of the tunnel where Raven and Beast Boy hides before going in the battle. The team slowly walks out of the portal with their hands still holding one other. When everyone got out completely, the portal closes and everyone withdrew their hands. Robin goes to the edge of the tunnel to check out. Cyborg and Starfire follows behind. Batman goes to the other edge, looking at the different view. Raven stays behind, trying to keep her emotions contained.

'There is no sound… Are we too late?' Timid whimper.

'It is never too late!' Hope screams with all of her might.

'Remember…' Raven startled by the voice, she hadn't heard her voice for a while now. 'This spot is where Beast Boy and we shared our first kiss.'

Love smiles and so did Raven.

Love continues, 'Beast Boy had never failed to keep his promises, had he?'

Raven shook her head, "No…"

'Then he shall not fail this one either. Trust your heart Raven, Beast Boy will be alright.'

Raven nods and puts her hand on her chest, where her heart is.

ROARRRRRRR!

Raven spins around to the sound, "Beast Boy!"

I was going to make this longer, but this is a great cliffhanger for this Chapter.

I cannot promise you the next chapter will be posted up less than a week, but I can try.

I hope you all enjoyed this and I want to thank you all for outstanding reviews. Thank you all who follows, favorites, and having patients for the next update.

To be continued

R&R