Chapter 25: Visions of Beast Boy's Past

Beast Girl quickly bolted up and searched the room to find Beast Boy standing to her right. Before Beast Boy could react, Beast Girl shot out her arms and gave him a TIGHT hug that challenges Starfire's.

"B-Beast Boy! Oh god, Beast Boy..." she sobbed. Part of Beast Boy wanted to sob with her for no apparent reason and the other part was focusing on how to survive if Beast Girl wasn't going to loosen her tight grip in a few seconds. Beast Girl looked at him and noticed that he was suffocating. Quickly, she loosened her grip, but still held on firmly.

"Beast Girl, what's wrong?" asked Beast Boy. Beast Girl shook her head.

"I-I don't know... one moment, I was on my knees in pain, the next, I was in...Africa." Beast Boy froze.

"A-Africa?"

"So much stuttering..." said Robin, still glaring at Kittono.

"I think I know what happened." announced Raven, clutching a large obsidian colored book. Everyone stared at her with curiosity. Raven opened the book and flipped pages, ignoring her teammates's stares. "It's... a rare ability."

"Is it a bad ability?" whimpered Beast Girl. Raven shrugged.

"It depends. What did you see?"

"More like see AND feel. I was...playing around and watched animals...until I saw a green monkey." Beast Boy grew cold, for the fact that he knew what was going to happen next.

"Go on."

"First off, you're not a psychiatrist. Okay, I got bitten, and it was the most painful thing I felt. I felt like I was DYING." Beast Boy's palms were now sweating. "Then, I was on a sinking boat and it turned out that my "parents" drowned. Next thing I knew, I was captured, abused by beating, and left to some team called Doom Patrol." Raven and everyone except for Beast Girl looked at Beast Boy.

"Doom Patrol...wasn't that the name of the team you were in before you came here?" asked Robin, with a slightly confused look on his face. Beast Boy lowered his head.

"Yes." he answered softly. Raven flipped a page.

"About your ability... Beast Girl," said Raven, completely capturing Beast Girl's attention,"Remember when Malchior slapped you?" The mentioning of Malchior's name shocked Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg.

"Wait a minute...didn't you trap him in a creepy white book?" asked Robin.

"Yeah, but I guess he figured out how to escape the spell on his own."

"So, where is he now?"

"...dead."

"Excuse me?" Kittono stepped forward.

"I killed him." he said. Robin gave him an icy glare.

"So, you ARE a murderer. Some warrior you are." Raven smashed her book into Robin's face, leaving a rectangular imprint.

"Shut the fuck up Robin. It he wasn't there, Beast Boy and Beast Girl would've been long dead." Starfire's eyes grew large. Raven saw this look and decided to change the subject before Starfire cries a waterfall. "ANYWAYS, when Beast Girl got slapped, many emotions were scattering. Anger, sadness, and pain. But when a person tries to comfort her, she absorbs the person's most painful and sad memories, causing her to fall into a coma." Beast Boy's eyes shot opened wide.

"Did I harm her?" he asked. Raven shook her head.

"No, but she will experience the person's pain."

"But isn't that bad?"

"Well...it IS another way of knowing each other." Beast Boy pulled Raven into a hug and kissed her cheek.

"Thanks Raven. As long as I didn't hurt her like what I did to you, I'm happy." Raven stared into Beast Boy's eyes.

"Beast Boy, for the hundredth twenty second time, you did not harm me."

"But-"

"Beast Boy," she said in a warning tone. Beast Boy slumped. Then, she turned to Beast Girl. "Beast Girl? It's time." Beast Girl nodded, sadly.

"I understand." Beast Boy and everyone else looked at Raven.

"What?" Raven didn't respond. "WHAT?"

"WE HAVE TO FUSE TOGETHER!" screamed Beast Girl, choking back a sob. Everybody except for Raven went into hysterics.

"BUT BUT BUT BUT...WHY?" they all screamed.

"I...I don't want to cause Beast Boy any more pain."

"Beast Girl...why?" asked Beast Boy.

"It's my fault that you got injured. If I never existed..." Beast Girl eyes clouded a little,"If I never existed..."

"Beast Girl, please don't become an emo." Beast Girl eyes burned with fury.

"WHAT THE FUCK? I'M NOT GOING TO BE A FUCKING EMO!" Then, she fell to her knees. "Why...?"

"Beast Girl, we have to do this now, you emotions are out of control." Then, Raven looked at everyone's confused face.