Beast Boy released his grip on the sword and Slade fell forward onto his knees looking dwn at the sword now sticking out of his stomach. He looked up at Beast Boy
with something akin to betrayal in his eyes. Justice and even the Beast seemed to be at a total loss of words at Beast Boy's unexpected actions. "You see the thing is,
I never needed power or control. I've got along fine since the accident with instinct and my friends, you, him!" he said gesturing to the wounded and still shocked
Beast moaning heavily on the ground, "Or anyone for that matter can not change that. Terra sought out your 'help'!" he said putting the word in sarcastic quotations
"And looked where it got her! She died in my arms alone and without any real hope in the world, as much as that moment broke my heart I also learned something as
the light faded out of her eyes and I swore that I would kill you. Your only real power is manipulating us. You don't have any real strength! We just fall into your little
games time and time again!" He screamed kicking Slade square in the jaw sending him off his knees and sprawling onto his back several feet away. Beast Boy came to
stand over Slade still clutching the Justice's sword. He brought the edge of it up to Slade's throat. "This is it young Titan, give in to the hat coursing through your veins
and allow yourself to feel the thrill of the kill. I promise that this won't be enough to satisfy that appetite." Slade egged Beast Boy on as he looked up at him. For a man
with a violent wound gushing blood out of his stomach he seems oddly unfazed.
"I told you I'm not playing into your game Slade!" Beast Boy yelled before driving the point
of the sword through his throat until he felt the blade begin to dig through the ground on the opposite end of his body. He had literally impaled him. Beast Boy watched
coldly as the dark blood poured and bubbled to the surface, spilling itself all over the blade before going into the ground on either side. Justice and the Beast both
looked in utterly disbelief at what had just occurred and Beast Boy could tell that they were all at a loss for words. He just gave them both a glance and walked back
towards the cabin and the other Titans.
Once he had reached the clearing where the other Titans were still standing he was immediately met by a visibly relieved Starfire who crushed him into a hug. "Friend
Beast Boy it is a supreme joy to see that you have emerged unharmed!" she squealed. Beast Boy took a moment to recollect himself before he responded, "you too
Star. Guess things got a little tight back there." he chuckled uneasily scratching the back of his head. Within what seemed to be an instant he was surrounded by the
other Titans and all of his emotions. The world around them had stopped raging and a steady sort of calm had seemed to be taking over. The sky receded back from it's
red tinge into the more usual and peaceful daylight that ordinarily dominated. This change of events was not lost on Robin. "So is the Beast..." his voice trailed off but
the unasked question still hung blatantly in the air. There was an awkward pause as all looked to him for an answer before Raven spoke up surprising everyone.
"No...no he's not." she said simply, staring down Beast Boy who was utterly shocked at the fact that she somehow knew. "Then what did happen?" Robin asked
crossing his arms incredulously. Beast Boy strolled next to Raven draping his arm across her shoulder and leaning into her. "You know, I handled my bidness!" he said
with a hilarious twinge in his voice. Starfire erupted in laughter however the others stood unamused and Beast Boy suddenly felt his arm around Raven get scalding
hot as black energy surrounded her and he quickly withdrew his arm with a yelp and leapt back a foot giving her plenty of space. "How would you know?" he said with
a slight edge in his voice as he glared at Raven. She jjust stood unaffected, her face an icy mask devoid of anything. "I know what that dragon was, and if it just
collapsed and faded then there is no way you could have killed him." she said simply. This only further confused the others as they tried to make sense fo her cryptic
information. "Then what was the dragon?" Robin finally asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence. "Chaos." she answered simply. "Pure unfettered chaos that Beast
Boy could no longer contain. And if Beast Boy had killed the Beast he'd be killing a part of himself, and there's no way he could do that without causing chaos to grow
stronger not collapse and fade away." The others were silent as they took in the new information and it seemed Robin was the first one to grasp her meaning. "Then
what did just happen in there to make everything go back to a state of calm?" Robin asked. Beast Boy just glanced nonchalantly. "I killed Slade." he said as if he was
recalling what he had for breakfast that morning. Now they were truly in shock as all eyes, even Raven's grew in astonishment. Somehow he knew this was coming,
what he didn't know was how they would take it. However what was perhaps more scary for him was the fact that he indeed did not care. Nothing they said next
could truly rock him. This new feeling of disconnect was worrying to him. "Then...what does that mean?" Cyborg asked as all eyes once more turned to Raven who just
offered a shrug of her shoulders. "This isn't my mind we're in, all I can tell you is that whatever it means it seems to have made him happy and brought him at peace
with himself." she explained. The others nodded as they stared at the torn and mangled Beast Boy, there were long gashes from claws going across his chest and back
and all over his legs. His face hadn't been spared any punishment either as it darkened a deep purplish in certain spots where he took a particularly fierce hit. Beast
Boy shrugged his shoulders. "I felt all the stress and worries drain out of me as I did it, somehow I knew it was for the best, the greater good. My greater good. Terra.
It all came together in that instant and somehow I'm confident that I made the right choice there." he said sounding rather proud of himself. "I agree entirely with
friend Beast Boy!" Starfire exclaimed, drawing curious looks from all the Titans. "At the heart of all things we are warriors, perhaps he more than most. It is sometimes
most necessary to slay your opponent, that can not be evaded as truth." Silence. She was met with silence as everyone seemed to be debating if they were more
bewildered by Beast Boy's confession or Starfire's defense of him. But the same question eventually came to loom on everyone's mind. Is she right? One thing however
troubled Robin in particular. "You were in there for perhaps five minutes, how did you defeat the Beast and kill Slade with a torn body and near shattered arm?" he
asked incredulously. He couldn't defeat Slade at the peak of his skill in a fight but Beast Boy could kill him with several wounds and a bad arm? For once Beast Boy was
knocked off of his calm as he pondered the question. Suppose I never really gave that one much thought. It was surprisingly simple. "I suppose as he stood there, edging
me on towards killing the Beast he never believed I would have the strength to turn on him. He thought he had me played right into his hands." Perhaps I did! "Besides
that wasn't really Slade, I'm sure my mind just conjured him up or something." he offered weakly. Again the others looked to Raven who only returned a weak shrug of
the shoulders. "Anyways I'm starving, Rae can we go back?" he asked looking at the clearly annoyed girl. She shot him a look that he swore was aimed at his soul
before she relented and nodded her head. Out of the woods came Justice, looking slightly better than when Beast Boy had last seen him. Beast Boy went out to meet
him. "It was great to see you, uhh...me." he said with a nervous chuckle. "Well I was glad I could have helped. I don't want to imagine what would have happened had
we lost that battle." Justice said shaking his head as if he was trying to erase the image. "Any idea what to say to her?" Beast Boy asked slyly motioning his head
towards Raven. Justice just chuckled and clapped his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder, "I'm the wrong emotion for that." he laughed. Beast Bioy laughed along with him
for a moment, it felt good to laugh. Like everything that had taken place was finally easing off of him. As they calmed down Justice gave him a serious look. "Somehow,
I fear I'll be back." he said looking at Beast Boy. Beast Boy looked up at him remembering how he explained he only came out in times of true turmoil. "You don't think
this is over?" Beast Boy asked quietly. "The fight against evil and corruption is never over. I don't know, just a feeling." he said shrugging his shoulders. Suddenly he
enveloped Beast Boy in a hug. Beast Boy stood awkwardly not sure how to react until slowly he returned the hug. "Now you have business to attend to." he said
nodding over Beast Boy's shoulder. Beast Boy looked back at his friends who were standing in a nearly completed circle with a missing spot just the size of him as they
waited. "Yeah...I sure do." Beast Boy said turning around but when he looked in front of him Justice had disappeared. He looked around and found no sign of the
missing emotion until he shrugged and joined his friends in their circle. Raven started a low chant and Beast Boy saw the familiar black energy begin to swirl around
them and soon they were in a dark dome and Raven's chanting was echoing across it.
Soon they landed on a small island. Roughly. Beast Boy practically slammed into the ground and he noticed with chagrin that his wounds in his mind very much so
carried over into the real world as his arm lit up with shooting pain. He couldn't help but make a sudden cry out of sheer pain. However he soon recovered. He looked
up and noticed that Titan's tower was just a brief fly away across the water. "Rae couldn't you have gotten us a little closer?" he complained rubbing his arm lightly. As
he stood and looked at her a frightening realization came to his mind. "The others are already at the tower but us!" she said low and darkly and to Beast Boy's chagrin
he again saw black energy swirling about them and before he knew it they were in another dome. "We need to talk!" she said fiercely, her eyes glowing with energy.
Beast Boy had to fight back the waves of fear fighting to get to the surface as he gauged his next words carefully. "No problem Rae." He said sitting down gently and
looking up at the girl who seemed on the verge of killing him. "But you do know if you hurt me the others will save me, and if you kill me you'll never get to see these
ears again." he said cracking up at his own joke. Her lips gave away no hint of a smile but atleast her body took on a less threatening pose. "I wouldn't kill you." she
said as she advanced on him slowly. Beast Boy wanted to retreat however he knew the pain that would hit him if any part of his body touched the dome of energy
encasing them. He was trapped! She suddenly was over him and before Beast Boy could react she had grabbed his shoulders and pushed him fully onto his back and
was straddled over him pinning him in place, her face a mere inches from his as she looked into his eyes. "Now tell me exactly what the hell happened with Starfire in
that hut!" she growled darkly. "Beast Boy chuckled nervously. "Rae you've got to understand..." he began shakily. "There were like two dozen imposters of me running
around, sure it wasn't them? That love's a sketchy fellow." he joked. She was not amused and he could tell when he felt a strange energy creep from her hands and
through his body with a violent jolt. For a moment even his eyes went blurry, then just as suddenly as the pain came it faded and stopped. Beast Boy was about to
make another joke but looking at her face thought better of it. "Oh in that shack," he laughed nervously. "Yeah Rae...let me explain." he began.
Robin, Cyborg and Starfire landed roughly in the tower living room. Robin and Starfire landed in a tangle on the floor while Cyborg landed straight onto the couch.
"Booya!" he yelled victoriously. "I love you too couchey!" he said patting the couch that broke his fall. Robin and Starfire climbed over and sprawled themselves out on
the couch, exhausted from the days events. Looking outside it seemed to be the deep of the night and there was no trace of the moon. "I'm just glad that's all behind
us." Robin said looking at the others. "Yeah, now we can get back to our normal lives dealing with insane global terrorists and the like." Cyborg chuckled. Despite
himself Robin laughed along. "Let's throw on a good movie and get it all out of our heads." Cyborg offered as he grabbed the remote and turned on the tv, however
what he saw made him bolt off of the couch so abruptly that it toppled down, sending the other two crashing to the floor again. "Come on Cy!" Robin yelled until he
too looked at the screen and his jaw dropped. "Hello Titans!" Slade's voice said from the tv across the room. Robin swore he was looking right at him. "I do hope you
enjoyed your little vacation into young Beast Boy's mind, it was most...enlightening." he began. The others shared a look as they all asked each other the same silent
question. How the hell did he know. " I'm sure you'll be tempted run out and try to find me, don't." Slade said putting up a warning finger. If you so much as try to leave
this floor, smash a window or go through the vents this entire tower will be leveled by the explosives I strategically placed while the illustrious Titans were MIA from
this world." He threatened darkly. "Liar!" Cyborg yelled. "If he had placed those explosives then he'd have detonated them as soon as we got back!" Cyborg yelled to
Robin, however Robin nodded his head. "No, you know Slade, he has something else in mind. It's totally his style to trap us and make us squirm." Robin relented,
picking the couch back up. "Is that a live feed or a recording?" Robin suddenly asked. Cyborg walked up to the tv and noticed it was set to dvd. "He somehow had the
time to leave a recording and set the bombs!" Cyborg yelled angry at the turn of events. "One thing though." Robin said to the others who looked back at him. "Raven
can flow right through shadows and walls and easily defeat any triggers to bombs and Beast Boy could turn into anything small enough to not trip a bomb's trigger.
And Slade knows this, why did he make a trap that two of our team could beat. And for that matter where are they?" he asked looking around just noticing the missing
couple. Everyone shared a look before they all just shrugged. "Far from here I hope for the sake of friend Beast Boy." Starfire said solemnly.
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