Chapter 21: D.N.A
"Uh, yes?" said Beast Boy cocking his head slightly to the right. Beast Girl stood firmly to the ground, tapping her right foot impatiently. Shit, she wants a definite answer. "Yes." Then, Beast Girl angrily picked up a HUGE rock and threw it as far as she can. Frightened, Beast Boy cowered to the dark corner and huddled as steam seemed to release from Beast Girl. Panting angrily and glowing ominously blue, she turned to Beast Boy.
"Nande?" (Why?) she asked, growling menacingly. But before Beast Boy could respond, she winced in pain, losing the glow. Beast Boy looked at her oddly until he saw a medium sized gash on her lower left arm. "Itai..." (Ow...)
"Here, let me help." said Beast Boy, standing up. In a split second, he ripped the lower half of his right sleeve like ripping a napkin in half. Extending his arm, Beast Boy grabbed her arm and wrapped the fabric around the bleeding gash carefully. Looking up, he saw Beast Girl's face softened.
"Beast Boy-kun-" Beast Boy placed a finger on her lips, hushing her. When he finished, he quickly scooped up Beast Girl in his arms and walked back to their table. "Watashi wa dekiru komakai aruku..." (I can walk fine...) she mumbled, but did not resist. When they returned to their table, many emotions bombarded them. A tint of jealousy and confusion from Raven, happiness from Starfire, and shock from both Cyborg and Robin.
"What?" asked Beast Boy, raising an eyebrow. "Something in my teeth?"
"More like what's in your arms." stated Cyborg, crossing his arms. "I thought it was BBxRae, not BBxBG."
"Damatte fakku, Cyborg-kun." (Shut the fuck up, Cyborg.) growled Beast Girl, jumping out of Beast Boy's arms. All of a sudden, Cyborg quickly grabbed her left arm, examining it.
"Yo man, she's hurt." Then he leaned closer to Beast Boy's face, threateningly. "What did you do to her?" Beast Boy gulped.
"Nothing, she..." he looked at Beast Girl, who gave him a worried face. "...uh, she accidentally scraped herself against a sharp pole." Beast Girl face-palmed.
"Uh huh..." Then, Cyborg turned to Beast Girl. "Don't worry, we'll help you heal your arm." Stone faced, Beast Girl unwrapped the fabric revealing...no scars or any other injuries. Everyone except her did a double take.
"Dude! You have healing powers?" asked Beast Boy, bewildered. Beast Girl nodded and placed the cloth in his hands. Beast Boy looked sick. "Eww, it's all bloody!"
"Hontouni zannen." (Too bad.) she said, shrugging. Cyborg leaned closer to Beast Boy's ear.
"I don't get it. She has morphing abilities like you and healing powers like Raven!" he whispered.
"Yeah, so what?" asked Beast Boy.
"We should use that bloody cloth of yours to check her DNA."
"That's crazy."
"Admit it."
"Admit what?"
"You want to know more about her." Beast Boy froze.
"True..."
"Well, let's get back to the tower!" boomed Cyborg. Everyone rushed to the T-car and drove back to the tower. After everyone fell asleep, Beast Boy and Cyborg snuck into the infirmary. Carefully, Beast Boy placed the blood dried fabric under the scanner.
"Initializing." boomed the computer.
"Shit Cyborg! Did you forget to turn off the volume?" asked Beast Boy. Cyborg quickly turned off the volume.
"Yeah, sorry man." he said, sweating. He checked the surroundings. "Luckily, no one's awake."
"DNA scan complete." read the screen. In a flash, Beast Boy and Cyborg were facing the illuminated screen. "Beep! Raven's DNA. Beep! Beast Boy's DNA. Beep! Terra's DNA." Both teens were appalled. TERRA? Beast Boy and Raven they understand, but TERRA?
"Holy fuck, man. We. Have. A. Part. Of. Terra. Here." said Cyborg. Thoughts ran into Beast Boy's mind. Is she going to betray us? Will she leave me heartbroken?
"What are you guys doing this late?" said Robin, making Beast Boy and Cyborg jump four feet into the air.
"Dude! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" yelled Beast Boy, clutching his chest and breathing quickly. Robin ignored him and stared at the screen.
"DNA of Beast Girl?" Then, his eyes widened. "She has Terra's DNA?"
"Yeah..." Robin shook his head.
"It's official. We can't trust her." Beast Boy looked shocked.
"WHAT? WHY?"
"She'll just betray us all like Terra."
"Dude, she's nothing like Terra!"
"That's your opinion. I'm stating a fact."
"What fact? That's a total lie!"
"What lie?" The three boys jumped and stared at Raven, arms crossed. "What lie?" she repeated.
"I was just stating a fact that Beast Girl will betray us due to the fact that she has Terra's DNA."
"She will?" asked Starfire, who was behind Raven.
"Robin, you're going crazy." said Raven.
"No I am not! And I have a feeling I know who's behind this!"
"Slade?" everyone except for Robin (and Beast Girl) asked in a bored tone. It was pretty obvious considering the fact that he is Slade's number 1 HATER, and was obsessed with him.
"EXACTLY!"
"But dude, she didn't do anything wrong!" yelled Beast Boy.
"Yet."
"Man! What's up with your psychotic mind?" asked Cyborg, throwing his hands in the air.
"Terra was innocent. It will be the same with Beast Girl."
"Shut the hell up." growled Beast Boy. Raven placed her hand on his shoulder, which somehow relaxed him. No, my other half will not betray us. Right?
"Well, I just came to a conclusion!"
"That you're jumping to conclusions as always, you hate me, or you're tired of talking to us while wearing your My Little Pony PJs and holding a stuffed Barney?" asked Beast Boy, with a smug grin. Robin looked at his PJ and turned red with embarrassment.
"Friends, what pony of little?" questioned Starfire. Raven pointed at Robin's PJ. Starfire gave a squeal. "Oh Robin, you look cute wearing the pony of little and holding your bumgorf!" Robin looked like he wanted to die.
"No, my conclusion is..."
"Is what?" The four titans leaned closer.
"...to kick Beast Girl off the team." All four titans turned white.
"Dude! How could you think of such thing?" screamed Beast Boy.
"Friend Beast Girl is a good friend!" shouted Starfire.
"Man! That. is. CRUEL!" yelled Cyborg.
"She's 16, which is our age, for crying out loud." stated Raven. "She has nowhere else to go."
"How do you know?" asked Robin, raising an eyebrow.
"Uh..." said Raven, noticing that in this situation, she gave a dead giveaway.
"Yeah, how DO you know?" asked Cyborg. Beast Boy crossed his arms and Starfire stared at Raven with curiosity. Raven was cornered.
"Okay, I'll tell you. It's a long story, but to make it short, she's my other half."
"Other...half? As in half sister?" asked Robin. Raven gave him a look that says "really?"
"No, the other half of me."
"So, you were split in half?"
"Yep."
"So, I wasn't supposed to exist?" Everyone leaped at gazed at Beast Girl, her head hanging down.
"How much did you hear?" demanded Raven.
"From the other half of me to now."
"..."
"Was I supposed to exist, Raven? Or not?"
"I-I don't know."
"If I exist, there must be a purpose. Right?"
"I-I guess so." Beast Girl raised her head.
"Well, I'll find out what my purpose is. But for now, I think that we all should sleep."
"Yeah. We'll go to bed. After we tell Robin something, alright?"
"Ok."
"Oh, and Beast Girl?"
"Yeah?"
"How in the world are you speaking English right now?"
"While you guys were here, I snuck out, found Control Freak, and forced him to change my language to English. Then I threw him in the garbage bin and came back only to hear murmurs down the hall."
"Ohh..." said Raven. Beast Boy laughed.
"Funny..."
"What's so funny?" asked Raven.
"She. Threw. The. Fat. Guy. In. The. Garbage! You have to admit, the sight would be hilarious."
"Ah."
"Well good night." said Beast Girl, walking off to her room.
"Night." replied everyone. Beast Boy turned to Robin.
"See, she isn't bad!" he said. Robin gave a frown.
"Perhaps it was all a trick..." Raven smacked his head from behind.
"Knock some sense into you."
"Sheesh, that hurts."
"Oh well."
"Can she please stay?" asked Beast Boy.
"Fine, but we'll keep an eye on her." Joy, another stalker next to Malchior, she thought.
"Let's go to bed." said Cyborg. Everyone nodded and headed to their rooms. Before Raven opened her door, Beast Boy placed his gloved hand on Raven's shoulder.
"Hope you have a good night Rae."
"Yeah, same with you, Beast Boy."
"Sweet dreams."
"Beast Boy, I just remembered something."
"What?"
"We have a supernatural power tournament tomorrow." Great, just when I was hoping that last night would be my last bloody/gory nightmare, he thought grimly.