A/N: Hey, it's been awhile hasn't it? I've just been really busy working on other projects so I had to put this one on the back-burner for awhile.
This may be the final chapter Primal Madness(Finally right?) As this was the last part of the story I intended to write. I could do an epilogue of sorts if people wish for it, but it seems with the increasing length between these last chapters that interest in the story has gone down. Let me know through reviews or PM's if you want me to do an epilogue, but keep in mind it might take awhile for me to get to it at this time.
Thanks for reading! Enjoy!
"B-Beast Boy...why'd you do it...Why did you..." Raven heard a familiar voice say. Her eyes were still closed so she couldn't quite place a face to match the voice. Groaning, the dark Titan opened her eyes and took in the scene before her.
There was dissipating grey gas cloud in front of her some distance away, within that area she first noticed Ravager. The mercenary was easily distinguishable by her red skin, horns and platinum-hair. The second thing she noticed caused her far greater alarm.
Beast Boy standing over a mortally wounded Terra, covered in blood not his own.
The dark girl could only watch as Terra tried to lift her arms toward Beast Boy. To what end, no one will ever know because soon after her arms dropped never to rise again. The horrified expression on the changeling's face was not one Raven would soon forget.
Nor would the dark girl forget the wail of torment that escaped from his throat immediately afterwards. Eventually Beast Boy's anguished cry ended and he lowered his head, gripping it with his hand.
Then, in one violent motion he ripped off most of the green skin on his face.
Both Ravager and Raven could only look on from where they were at in surprised horror. The pained changeling still had the skin in his hand as he raised his head to the heavens and let out a savage roar devoid of any humanity. He was instantly surrounded in a dome of red energy. The dome sent out a powerful shockwave, knocking Ravager and Raven away from from their current positions.
Ravager ended up bouncing off the muddy ground once before slamming into the trunk of a pine tree. While the tree bent, it still held and the platinum-haired mercenary found herself leaning against it for support. She held her injured left arm with her right hand and looked on at the dome of blood-colored energy the changeling had created. Feeling something that she was not used to feeling, fear.
It was just like the feeling she got that morning when she was setting up her robots underneath the Jump City Torchlight Stadium. That cold feeling that twisted her insides and the way her limbs shook. Though she knew her body was at it's limits, the trembling was only partially from the fatigue.
The blood-red energy dome suddenly disappeared revealing the changeling glaring right at her. To the mercenary's surprise his face was not horribly maimed after ripping most of his face off. Curiously there was a layer of brown skin underneath. The only part of his face that was still green was his hair and a small portion of green skin covering his left eye. Both of his eyes were glowing the color of blood with no pupils in sight. Ravager also noticed that the exposed skin from the torn part of his costume also revealed brown skin instead of green. The platinum-haired girl had never seen anything like it.
Beast Boy suddenly gripped his left shoulder with his right hand and roared, he sounded more like a monster than a human. Suddenly a thin piece of wood jutted out of his left shoulder where it used to attached to his now destroyed arm. The piece of wood manipulated itself to form a thin hand and fingers. Light brown vines then came out of his left shoulder, wrapping around the thin piece of wood, bending and breaking it until the changeling had an improvised elbow and joints. Ravager could only watch as he created an improvised arm for himself.
It wasn't perfect, the arm was too thin compared to the rest of his body. The hand was too small while his fingers were too long, each digit reaching almost a foot. They looked more like knives than fingers as well. The vines that had wrapped around the wood serving as improvised bone seemed to assist the changeling in moving it. The wiry vines twisted and turned around the wood as he moved his knife-like fingers experimentally. It was almost as if the vines were substituting as muscle tissue.
Ravager tried to move, to get into a position to defend herself, but it was useless. She had nothing left, having exhausted all her tricks. The unmasked mercenary never imagined her plan getting this derailed. She was at the complete mercy of a superhero who had gone off the deep end.
The insane changeling pointed his improvised wooden left arm at the platinum-haired girl. She mentally braced herself for the worst. His lips peeled back in a snarl, his left hand suddenly extending to unnatural lengths. The knife-like fingers on his wooden arm impaling Ravager.
The red-skinned mercenary grit her teeth in pain. The changeling's pinky and ring finger had punctured her right collarbone while his middle and index fingers punctured her left collarbone. His thumb ended up impaling her abdomen. Even after stabbing her he continued to push her back, extending his improvised left arm to unreal lengths and knocking her through at least two more trees before slamming her into a third.
When she impacted Ravager cried out in pain, the changeling's claws puncturing her torso were the only things keeping her upright. The mercenary knew that this was it, this was her death. She had nothing left. The changeling let out an inhumane roar of triumph.
Suddenly a very familiar sharp projectile embedded itself on the crazy Titan's wooden arm, just six feet from Ravager. The center of the projectile had a spherical-shaped explosive on it with a black "S." on an orange background. Several beeps could be heard from the explosive before it went off. It was a small controlled explosion and it succeeded in seperating Beast Boy's wooden arm from the rest of his body.
While the crazed changeling shortened the rest of it's wooden arm back to a natural length and roared in outrage. A familiar tall figure dropped down right in front of Ravager, his back facing her. He was dressed in a similar costume as hers, but instead of wearing a bandana over his eyes like she had done, he wore a metal mask. The right half of the mask was black and covered his right eye while the left half was orange and exposed his cold and calculating left eye.
Slade, her father, had arrived. For what reason she didn't know.
"Father...?" She tentatively said, not sure what to say. Slade half-turned his head to the left so that he could glare at his daughter with his eye.
"You are proving to be quite the handful child." Slade told her.
"W-what are you talking about?" Ravager asked, hating herself for how weak and confused she sounded right now. Slade turned so that he was fully facing his daughter and walked up to her. His one eye narrowed and then in one smooth motion he reached up with his left hand, gripped the severed wooden hand of the changeling's and yanked it viciously out of her torso.
Ravager could only gasp from the pain as blood gushed from the wounds the crazed green Titan's hand had given her. She would have fallen on her face had her father not held her up against the tree by her shoulder with his free hand. Slade was still holding the severed wooden hand with his own left hand.
"I told you to steal the chemical agent from Cadmus, not inject yourself with it." Slade scolded, anger seeping into his voice. Ravager had to take a few deep breaths before she could respond.
"I had no choice..." She managed to breathe out. Slade slammed his daughter into the tree with his free hand, causing her to cry out in pain.
"Did I not tell you not to underestimate the Titans? And yet you did, multiple times. In fact, if you were not my daughter and if circumstances were different I would let the changeling kill you right here." The masked villain threatened, his face right in Ravager's and she found she couldn't meet his gaze. "But luck is with you today child, I still have need of you or rather, the chemical agent inside of your body."
That was the last thing Ravager heard as she finally lost consciousness from blood loss. A lone sladebot suddenly appeared to her right and Slade let the robot throw her over it's shoulder. The sladebot then fired up the rockets in it's boots and took off into the sky.
Unfortunately this caught Beast Boy's attention, the crazed Titan raised his right hand towards the retreating sladebot. His hand started to glow yellow, but before he could fire he was engulfed by a grey net. He snarled and tried to rip it apart, but the net wouldn't break.
Slade cautiously watched the changeling struggle in the net. It was designed to hold even super-powered beings, but experience told him that tools sometimes didn't do the jobs that they were designed for. The crazed Titan had determined that Ravager should be the target of his rage and Slade had to keep him occupied until his robots had taken his daughter safely away.
The masked villain realized this was going to be easier said than done when Beast Boy ripped through the net like it was made of tissue paper. The crazed changeling then set it's red glowing eyes on him. Slade smirked beneath his mask, at least he was successful in distracting him.
The insane green Titan opened it's mouth and let out an inhumane scream so powerful that just the sound of the scream knocked Slade into the air. His metal mask cracked down the middle, but still held and he crashed back down to the ground ninety feet from where he last was. Slowly the masked villain rose to his feet, nothing felt broken fortunately, but even he wouldn't be able to withstand too many more hits like those.
Beast Boy immediately turned his attention back towards the retreating sladebot with Ravager in tow. He knelt down on his right knee and sprouted two large brown bat-like wings from his shoulderblades and with one flap, he was airborne. Just as he was about to pursue the sladebot, a black cable wrapped itself around his right ankle. The crazed changeling narrowed it's eyes and growled, turning towards the direction the cable was fired from. He spotted Slade holding a grappling gun of some sort, his one eye glowering at him.
"Sorry to disappoint, but you don't get rid of me that easily." The masked villain declared, pressing a button on his grappling gun and sending a powerful electrical current through the cable. Electricity danced around the changeling's body and he roared in agony.
The roar quickly turned to one of rage as Beast Boy quickly regenerated his wooden left arm and severed the cable with his wooden fingers. Then he was diving towards Slade, his mouth wide open and howling all the way. The masked villain was ready for him though and released several pellets from his right hand.
The pellets exploded in flashes of light in front of the insane changeling's face. He was forced to ground himself and close his eyes to block out the harmful bright lights. Slade took full advantage, maneuvering so that he had Beast Boy's back.
The masked villain was about to deliver a vicious kick to the changeling's spine but suddenly Beast Boy lashed out with his left wing, hitting Slade in the torso and knocking him away. The one-eyed villain suppressed a grunt of pain as he landed on the muddy ground and slid about thirty feet. He had felt a rib crack from that one.
By this time Beast Boy had recovered from the bright lights. Using his enhanced sense of smell he turned towards Slade and spread his wings. He flapped them in the masked villain's direction, sending numerous thick spikes at him.
The sheer volume of spikes coming at Slade caught him by surprise for a moment, but he quickly thought up a plan to survive the assault. Swiftly the masked villain pulled a staff and twirled it exceptionally fast in front of him with both hands so that it became a blur. He managed to deflect most of the spikes and quickly leapt to his right, out of the barrage's line of fire.
As Slade came back down to the ground he winced in pain. Two spikes had managed to hit him, one in his right shoulder the other in his left thigh. Beast Boy grinned a psychotic grin then lifted his head to the sky and let out a loud howl, instantly clearing anything within a hundred-twenty foot diameter of him. Pine tree's, mud, grass and other sorts of debris were uprooted and sent spinning in the air around the crazed changeling before either being shot away or just disintegrating. Slade dug his heels in to brace against the force of the howl, but even then it was strong enough to slide him back a ways.
When Beast Boy had finished his howl, he glared at Slade, the masked villain saw nothing human in his eyes. It looked like he was finally taken over by the ancient DNA interwoven with a new strain of Sakutia that Ravager had injected into him. Even in the masked villain's dire situation, Slade had to appreciate the power this thing had. If someone could harness it, they would have a very strong weapon on their hands.
The psychotic emerald-skinned changeling took one step before taking off like a rocket towards Slade. The masked villain ripped the spike embedded into his shoulder out with his right hand. Using his one eye to analyze his opponent and look for an opening to stab Beast Boy with his own spike.
Slade never got a chance to counterattack. When Beast Boy was halfway to him, a cloaked figure made completely of black energy intercepted the changeling, it's left hand already phased into his skull. Beast Boy screamed in monstrous fury, shaking his head and trying to drive the figure out of his head. Slade recognized the figure and smirked under his mask, it was Raven's soul self. Though he was not a complainer, the masked villain wished her timing could have been better. If things had gone on any longer he might have been in some serious trouble. Now he could leave the rest to the dark Titan and make his escape with his reckless daughter.
It had taken some time because she was almost completely spent, but Raven was able to finally send her soul self at Beast Boy. The dark girl didn't know why Slade showed up or why he took Ravager, but at that point she didn't care. He had kept the changeling distracted so she could get into his head.
She was meeting with heavy resistance though. The same power that had knocked her soul self harshly away when she previously tried this was still there, but this time she was ready for it. Raven had already managed to anchor her left hand into Beast Boy's mind. Whatever had taken him over though was not going to make it easy on her.
"Beast Boy please...!" Raven called out in her energy form. "Let me in! Let me help you!" Her efforts to reach him were futile, whatever had taken over had a solid hold on his body now.
The monster that had taken over Beast Boy thrashed about, trying to dislodge Raven, but she held on. It howled like a beast from hell and the dark girl felt her energy form being pushed out, but she was a long way from giving up. With an angry shout, she redoubled her efforts and jammed her right hand into the changeling's head. Then exerting herself, she managed to finally plunge her soul self into Beast Boy's mind.
It was different than the last time Raven had visited.
This time she wasn't floating slowly downwards with a pale-goldish landscape as far as the eye could see. Gravity seemed to have a firmer hold and she felt herself falling, but what was she falling towards exactly? This time the landscape around her was black and there weren't any floating monitors displaying Garfield's memories of Elasti-Girl. There was nothing but the darkness. Even though Raven liked dark things, this sort of darkness was unsettling.
She managed to slow her descent and land on her feet on what seemed like white sand of some sort. Here in Beast Boy's mind her energy form took on the appearance of her regular body, blue cloak and all.
"I was afraid you would make your way here. I should have expected no less from the daughter of Trigon The Terrible." A gravelly voice said. Raven looked up from examining the white sand to see a huge brown humanoid figure with glowing red eyes, pointy ears, bat-like wings, and was waist deep in water as black as ink.
"You're the creature that has possessed Gar." Raven stated, recognizing the similarities between the monster and Beast Boy before she had entered his mind.
"Correct, the fool unwisely overused the power I had given him. Killing the geomancer was the final straw. Now he is a broken mess of his former self and I am now in control." The creature boasted. Raven's eyes narrowed under her hood.
"Where is he?" She demanded, anger seeping into her voice. The creature smiled.
"Why he's right behind you of course daughter of Trigon." The brown-skinned monster said, pointing his right index finger for emphasis.
Raven turned around and was greeted by the sight of a very realistic light-grey statue of Beast Boy. It was lying with his head facing towards the sky, the left arm and right leg were shattered. The statue's right arm was lying perpendicular to it's torso and the left leg was lying at a slight angle. The eyes of the statue were wide, as if they had seen some unspeakable horror and it's mouth was gaping wide open. There was a crack down the middle of the statue's face and several among it's torso.
"That's all that's left of him, everything that was the Garfield you knew has been shattered beyond any being's ability to fix!" He exclaimed, "He is lost to you forever daughter of Trigon! This vessel is mine now!"
The dark girl couldn't believe it, that statue was all that was left of Beast Boy's personality? his soul? She shook her head in disbelief, this couldn't be true. Gar was too strong for this.
Something heavy suddenly hit her on her right side and Raven was sent tumbling across the sand. When she finally came to a stop the cloaked Titan rose to her knees and faced the creature, her glare was as cold as ice.
"You shouldn't turn your back on someone who isn't an ally of yours daughter of Trigon." The creature informed her.
"Turn Garfield back to normal." Raven replied, making it clear that it wasn't a suggestion. The creature shook it's head.
"All of this was his doing. I warned him about the drawbacks of using my power and he did not heed them. There is nothing I can do for him now." The monster responded, Raven's eyes narrowed.
"You don't exactly strike me as the helping type." She told the creature, "You know I am Trigon's daughter, but I have no clue who or what you are. Explain yourself." The dark Titan said, rising to her feet and gathering her power in her hands.
"I'm disappointed daughter of Trigon, I thought with all the books you read you would know what I am by now." The creature flashed a smile, revealing it's yellow jagged teeth.
Raven's eyes widened slightly in surprise. How did this creature know she read a lot of books? She just meet the thing. Did it have access to Gar's memory?
"I don't have time for your games monster. Return Garfield to the way he was and leave this place or you will suffer my wrath." Raven announced, the creature was unmoved.
"That's impossible." The brown-skinned monster said. "Garfield and I are too interwoven. Removing me would be like removing an arm or leg."
Although to all outside appearances Raven looked perfectly calm, mentally she was racking her brain for a solution to the current dilemma. This creature didn't feel like it was lying to her, but that didn't mean it wasn't trying to deceive. Still, the dark girl was certain that the monster was not bluffing and that something would seriously go wrong if she tried to forcibly expel it from Gar's mind.
"Trying to think of an alternative solution?" The creature inquired with a chuckle. "How utterly useless!" And with that, the creature braced itself by placing it's hands in the white sand right at the water's edge and opened it's jaw wide. A blast of red energy came from it and Raven hastily dodged to her right to avoid it. The blast from the creature left a trail of red energy in the sand where it hit.
The red energy in the ground soon transformed into three huge wooden tendrils. Each of the tendrils lashed out at the dark girl and she was forced to duck under one strike and levitate over another. The third tendril dropped straight down in a vertical motion, crushing the area Raven occupied.
The cloaked Titan would have been pancaked, but she had managed to phase through the ground and come up behind the three tendrils. Raven stretched out both of her hands and summoned nine sharp flat surfaces of dark energy and sent three to each tendril, slicing them to pieces.
"Even if I can't separate you from Gar. I won't let you torment him any further!" Raven declared, landing softly back on her feet.
"That is a promise you won't be able to keep daughter of Trigon! Your powers are limited in the minds of others." The creature replied. "Here I am the absolute power!" The brown-skinned monster conjured up two clones of himself. The clones were constructed completely from red energy and had legs and feet with talons.
Flying towards Raven at breakneck speeds, the clones flew side by side, one reared back it's right hand while another reared back it's left. Both clones were aiming for The dark girl's torso. Raven quickly threw up a triangle-shaped shield of dark energy which managed to absorb the impact of the clones' claws. The force of the attacks caused her to skid a few feet back in the sand.
The two clones continued to fly past the dark Titan. As they were turning around for another pass Raven twisted around and fired a large claw of black energy from her right hand. The claw grabbed one of the creature clones by it's torso and slammed it into the sandy ground, shattering the clone into numerous red pieces.
The remaining clone finished it's flight towards the cloaked Titan and struck out with it's right foot, Raven could only manage to turn her face so that the foot hit the left side of her face rather than her nose. She was sent sailing across the beach right in front of the creature. The clone gave her no reprieve as it raised both of it's hands above it's head, gathered it's red energy into them then fired it at the dark girl.
White sand and inky-black water whirled through the air where the blast impacted, engulfing Raven with it. When the dust settled however, a black dome of energy stood where the cloaked girl was.
"Azarath..." Raven began her chant, a crack appeared at the top of the dome. "...Metrion..." she continued as the dome became covered in cracks and finally shattered, revealing the dark Titan with her hands tucked near her waist and glowing with dark energy. "...Zinthos!" She finished, bringing both hands forward.
Before the clone could react, the sand underneath it glowed black and surrounded the magical construct. The sand spun rapidly around the clone and shredded it to pieces. There was nothing left but a few small shards.
Raven heard something coming fast from her left, relying on instinct she waved her left hand to her left and swiftly created a wall of dark energy. Less than half a second later, the creature's right fist hit the wall and shattered it like glass. Raven was sent sliding across the white sand on her back, away from the monstrous creature.
"You're wasting your efforts little girl. The Garfield you know and love is gone." The creature stated.
"You're wrong!" Raven shouted back, spreading her arms wide and gathering as much of her power as she could. The dark sorceress then slammed her hands together by their wrists and fired off the strongest blast of dark energy she could muster. The blast hit the creature square in his chest.
The brown-skinned monster howled in pain. Raven's dark energy crackled around the creature's entire form. The monster's whole body was twitching from the effects of the blast. The howl of pain soon turned into a roar of defiance as the creature opened it's eyes wide and shot a thick blood-red beam of energy from them.
Raven didn't even have time to erect a barrier as she caught the beam full-on. She screamed in torment as she was flung through the air. The dark girl ended up slamming into a large boulder, leaving a big crack in it and falling face-first back into the ivory-colored sand.
"You are indeed Trigon's offspring, but I'm afraid you don't have the power to defeat me in here! It would be in your best interests to leave before I wipe away your very existence." The creature threatened, glaring daggers at the downed girl. Raven was trying to pick herself off the ground, her eyes clenched shut from the pain she had just endured.
When the dark Titan finally opened her eyes she found that Beast Boy's statue was just to her right. If she reached out with her right hand she could just grab the statue's left ankle. Looking at the statue's face, which although was cracked held the changeling's features to the letter, filled her with resolve. She was not going to leave the man she loved like this. She would fight to the end.
"I will never let you have Garfield! Never!" Raven declared, she tried to stand up, but found that she couldn't. Instead, the cloaked Titan leaned against the boulder she had slammed into moments before. Her reckless use of her powers was now coming back to haunt her, but she wouldn't give up. Raising her left hand, she summoned up large chains and shackles made up of dark energy from underneath the brown-skinned monster.
The chains wrapped around the creature, who was caught by surprise. They twisted around his waist and the shackles clamped down around his wrists. The chains continued to wrap around it's torso and eventually made it up to it's neck, they pinned the creature's arms and wings to it's sides. The monster snarled and tried to flex and break the magically constructed chains, but they held.
Raven's eyes narrowed under her hood, she was too weak now. All the dark sorceress could do was restrain the creature temporarily at this point. Her lips peeled back and she clenched her teeth, their had to be way to stop this monster, but her powers were limited in another person's mind.
The dark girl's eyes lit up as she suddenly thought up a plan. It was a long shot, but it was better than nothing. She turned her head to look at the statue of Beast Boy.
"Garfield, I know you're still here." She started, the statue gave no response of course, but Raven persisted. "I need you Gar, the only way I'm going to be able to stop this thing is with your help!" Still no response, she felt the creature straining against the chains again and she closed her eyes, focusing more energy into keeping the monster immobilized. "Please Gar! I'm begging you! If you don't help me then..."
"Damn you daughter of Trigon!" The creature shouted, redoubling it's efforts to break free of Raven's chains. The cloaked Titan likewise, redoubled her efforts to keep the chains intact. The statue of Beast Boy continued to lay in the sand, lifeless.
Raven could feel the last of her energy reserves slipping away. Tears of despair and frustration began streaming down her face.
"Fight Gar!" She screamed, her eyes still shut and the tears still flowing. "The Garfield I know, the Garfield I LOVE wouldn't just roll over and give into despair and guilt like this! I know you would never kill someone in cold blood! Terra was an accident, you have to believe that! Because I do!" She continued, it might have been her imagination, but she thought she heard the statue moving. "I still believe in you Garfield! So please..." She exerted herself, pumping more power into the chains holding the creature. "...Please help me stop this madness inside of you! I can't do it alone!"
As Raven finished her speech, a single tear was flung from her face and landed right on the statue of Beast Boy's left cheek. The statue reacted as soon as the tear touched it, glowing a bright green. The dark girl felt the warmth of the glow and opened her eyes.
She was greeted by the sight of Beast Boy's statue glowing bright green and reforming itself, the left arm and right leg repaired itself as well as the cracks on it's face and torso. The familiar shade of green was restored to the statue's face and hair and it's uniform was restored to it's black and dark green color with grey gloves.
Before Raven's amazed eyes, Beast Boy rose to his knees and took her free right hand with his left, gripping it tightly. His head was still lowered so she couldn't see his eyes.
"I'm not sure if I can forgive myself." He suddenly said. "I'm not even sure if I'm worth your confidence in me." He continued, rising to his feet. "But there is one thing I know at least, and that is I will never leave you alone Raven." He finally raised his head and the passion Raven could see in his eyes was astonishing. "Even if we're physically separated I will always be there for you." He gave a small smile and Raven couldn't help, but smile back, her tears of despair and frustration had ceased.
"Garfield..." She started, but struggled to find words, "...Thank you." She finally said, Beast Boy nodded and squeezed her hand, turning his attention back towards the creature.
"Let's end this Raven, I'm giving you my strength so you should totally be able to stop this thing now." He informed her, she felt the rush of energy flood her and realized he was right.
"Yes, let's do it." She agreed, the glow around her outstretched left hand grew larger and the chains around the creature closed even tighter around the winged monster. It's eyes were widened in surprise.
"I-Impossible! You were nothing, but a broken statue!" The creature yelled in disbelief, Beast Boy smiled in response.
"Dude, this is my mind, real world rules need not apply here." The green Titan answered. The chains began to drag the creature under the inky black water, it was submerged up to it's shoulders when it spoke again.
"The daughter of Trigon using something other than her power to defeat me. How ridiculous." The creature stated, it turned it's gaze towards Beast Boy, the monster was now submerged up to it's chin. "This changes nothing Garfield, it only delays the inevitable. The struggle between you and I will never end!" It shouted. Beast Boy sighed and rubbed the back of his head with his right hand in response.
"Yeah well, at least I'll get some peace and quiet for awhile. You're too damn noisy, haven't you heard of an indoor voice dude? Seriously, you should try it sometime." The changeling told him. The creature tried to reply, but at this point it was submerged up to it's eyes. The brown-skinned monster struggled valiantly, but in the end it was pulled completely under the water, vanishing from both Titans' sight.
Both young superheroes immediately fell back against the boulder into a sitting position, hands still interlaced. They took a few moments to catch their breath and Raven let her hood down. Finally the young couple turned their faces toward each other and leaned their foreheads against one another's.
"It's finally over." Raven said, her voice barely above a whisper.
"For now at least." Beast Boy replied, pressing his lips against Raven's in a light kiss. "Thanks for saving my ass again, you seem to be making a habit of that lately."
"Yeah well, you seem to be making a habit of throwing your life into peril. Someone has to be there to reign you in." The dark girl responded with a slight smile, they shared another light kiss.
"I love you." Beast Boy told her.
"I would think that much was obvious." Raven shot back in her monotone.
"That's my girl. So cold, even to the one she loves." Beast Boy stated with a grin, it didn't quite reach his eyes though.
"I'll show you cold once I'm out of your mind." The dark girl threatened, she expected him to chuckle, but Beast Boy only had a small smile on his face. He wasn't quite back to his usual self and she knew why. "Beast Boy, about Terra..." She started, the green-skinned young man withdrew his forehead from hers and leaned his head against the boulder behind him, staring up at the jet-black sky.
"Let's save that for another time please, I want to enjoy this moment as much as possible." He said, interrupting whatever she was going to say. Raven nodded in understanding and leaned her head on his left shoulder, giving his left hand a reassuring squeeze with her right.
They both knew once they exited his mind's landscape, things were going to get very real and very harsh. The other Titans needed to be informed on everything that had transpired. Beast Boy had also taken Terra's life and even if it was unintentional, there would be repercussions. The changeling was wondering how he was going to explain things to Jenni and dreading her reaction. The sorceress was worrying about what Slade was planning to do with Ravager as she remembered catching a few glimpses of them before entering Beast Boy's mind.
For now though, the young couple decided to put those thoughts on hold and enjoy each others' company even if it was only for a few moments.
A/N: And so the looooooong night for the Titans is finally over and the city was saved...mostly anyway.
I would like to thank people who took the time to review this story and PM me, I appreciate your kind words and constructive feedback.
You've probably noticed that there are a few loose ends with this story's conclusion, those are for in case I decide to write the third story to this series. As it stands right now, I don't have it in me to write another story of this length at the moment.
I hope you've all enjoyed this tale. It was certainly a lot of fun to write it and have others enjoy it.
Peace out for now.