Finally the rest of the Doom Patrol gets to be involved in a chapter! (though briefly) Now to make writing easier, I'm going to be using their real names (Minus Mento, since he's the leader and I believe his characterization involves wanting his teammates to call him by his super hero name, except for Rita. She's the only exception for obvious reasons. ;3)

Once again, just for those who are not familiar with the DP names, here's the chart:

Robot Man-Cliff

Negative Man-Larry

Elasti-Girl- Rita (If you didn't know this until now then you must have been really lost in the story! Lol)

Mento-Steve

If any of my readers feel too confused while reading and don't like me using the Doom Patrol member's real names then please say so. If this is the case, then in the next chapter with the DP, I will use their super hero names to lessen the confusion!

Also, one tiny last thing, I have to answer some reviewers here because they didn't reply with accounts! So here's your replies guys!

Raven'sRain- Believe me, I love any suggestions my readers have! I'll take into consideration what you said and see if I can come up with ideas for those memories. Thanks a lot! If you have any more, keep em' coming!

Fizzwidget- You had a question about Raven's attire and I realized I might not of made that completely clear in my story. In the outside world (with the Doom Patrol and the Titans) she's in her pajamas. But inside her mind with Beast Boy she's in her normal uniform. I hope that clears it up for you and any other reader who wasn't sure! Sometimes when writing you just take it for granted that the readers know what you know. It's not a good habit because it can leave others confused. XP

And now, I sum up this ridiculously long intro, heh.

The recap: Mento was fighting Slade and told Rita to take Beast Boy and Raven out of there. She got them into the T-car and drove off. The chapter now continues from that point in the story.

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Keeping her eyes forward as she drove over a bridge, Rita tapped her fingers along the smooth leather of the T-Car's steering wheel. The sky had started to turn dark. The sun was setting off into the far distance giving the horizon an orange and pinkish tint. By now, the street lights had been turned on and were gleaming along the bridge that led out of the city, which Rita was currently driving over. She flipped on the headlights of the car and took a quick look at the clock. The lime green lights displayed the number 6:23 PM on it. It felt like it had been hours since she unwillingly abandoned her teammate in the middle of a dangerous battle, but in truth it had been only twenty minutes. Half of her mind was focused on getting Beast Boy and Raven to safety, but the other half of her thoughts kept drifting back to Steve.

'I hope he's alright.. he might not be able to stop Slade by himself.' Rita thought to herself as she slowed to a stop due to a red light at the end of the bridge. 'Maybe there's some way I can contact Larry and Cliff.' Once at a complete halt, Rita looked around the car and rifled through it's various compartments hoping to find a car phone. She reached over and pulled open the glove compartment on the passenger's side. Out fell an old french fry box that had the brand 'Meaty Meat' on it.

"Fries made of meat? ..." With a grimace of slight disgust, Rita picked up the old carton between her pointer and thumb and placed it back in the glove compartment before shutting it with a click. "You'd think there'd be a phone in in here. This car even has a proton cannon.." She said out loud to herself, staring at buttons that were labeled with the names of various lasers and weapons. She dared not touch them, especially the ejector seat one, which made her a bit uncomfortable. Eventually the traffic light turned green and without the success of finding a phone, she returned her foot to the gas pedal with a sigh and continued forward.


Eventually Rita had to drive off the road and into the forest to get to the DP's headquarters. It was a good thing that the T-Car had four wheel drive. She had driven as close to the Doom Patrol's base as she could but when she got to a wall of trees in the woods she couldn't drive through. The car probably had some sort of hover module that could of made it flown over the trees but, not wanting to touch any of the suspicious buttons, Rita just decided that she had to make the rest of the journey on foot. Luckily her destination wasn't too far off, maybe one mile or so. Rita stepped out of the car and shut the door. Not feeling up to carrying the two Titans precariously on her shoulders again, she decided to get the help of her teammates to carry one of them. Rita concluded to bring Raven in herself because she was the one in need of the most help. Knowing that she'd need her hands to get into the Doom Patrol's secret base, Rita had pulled Raven out of the car and slumped the unconscious Titan onto her back, carrying her piggy back style. Raven's arms dangled over the Rita's shoulders and her head tilted down lifelessly onto the DP member's right shoulder. Rita grabbed a hold under Raven's knees and tilted her body forward so the Titan wouldn't slip off. Once Raven was in a good position on her back, Rita had started to notice how much heat she was giving off and that she was breathing heavily.

'I have to get her to our medical center right away..' Rita thought as she felt the dangerous levels of heat radiating from the feverish girl on her back. 'I'll have Cliff come back and get Garfield..' Rita thought to herself as she glanced at the passenger's seat, seeing the back of Beast Boy's head and his spiky forest green hair. If she had her powers she'd have no problem transporting both of the Titans at one time. With a sigh, she let go of one of Raven's legs and felt around in the pocket sewn on her uniform's skirt. Once she found the keys to the T-Car she clicked on the lock button so Beast Boy would be safe for the time being. Rita then dropped the keys back into her pocket, returned her hand to holding up Raven's leg. She then turned around and started to trot off towards the mountainside which was actually the headquarters' door incognito. 'At least there's still a bit of light..' Rita thought to herself, noticing that the sun still hadn't completely set yet and she could still see the outlines and general details of the forest.


After walking through the forest for a couple of minutes, Rita came to the side of the mountain which concealed the DP's base. It was almost completely dark out by now. She walked up to it and pulled on a small little rock which was a secret lever. It made a click noise and soon a big portion of the mountain started to slide upwards, just like a garage door. It was dark inside and Rita walked in. Once she was completely in, the rocky door started to slide back down. After it closed, Rita was engulfed in darkness for five seconds until a whirring noise started. That just meant the lights were coming on. Once they switched on, they revealed a grey metal hallway that led further into the rocky base. Knowing this place all to well, Rita started down the hallway, which eventually lead into the main room. Once she got there, the main door opened with a hiss. She noticed her two teammates where there. Negative Man was sitting at a computer, and Robot Man was sitting on a stool at the counter working on some piece of electrical device with a screw driver. They both looked up when they heard their female teammate return.

"Hey Rita, you're back. How'd it go?" Cliff/Robot Man asked.

"Not very well I'm afraid." Rita turned sideways so the DP members could get a good look of the unconscious teen slumped on her back. "Cliff, Larry, we need to get the medical center ready." Rita walked into the room still keeping a hold of Raven.

"What'd you do? Steal her out of her bed?" Negative Man/Larry asked in his monotonous voice, obviously referring to the pajamas Raven was donning.

"Sort of. I was in a rush." Rita stated as Larry walked over and helped Raven off her back. Once he had the Titan in his arms, Cliff noticed something.

"Hey, where's the kid?" The mechanical man looked around, not seeing any signs of his former teammate.

"Oh, I had to leave Garfield behind in the Titan's car. He's back around where the trees come to a half circle. It's about one mile from here. I wasn't able to drive through and I could only bring one of them on foot with me." Rita explained.

"Why didn't you use your powers? You could of carried the car here as well." Larry said.

"Steve and I ran into some…trouble. This collar on my neck negates my powers so I can't tap into them." Rita pointed to the silver metal banding on her neck.

"Trouble? Where's Mento and the other Titans?" Larry asked.

"First let's get Raven hooked up to the bio scanner before her condition worsens." Rita stated, knowing the Raven's health was critical. "Cliff, I need you to get Garfield."

"Alright, I'll go get him. When I get back tell me more details about what happened." Cliff stated as he started to head out the door.

"Wait!" Rita called as she dug into her pocket. Cliff stopped and looked back towards her just in time to catch the keys she tossed at him. "I don't think the Titans would appreciate you ripping off their car door."

"Yeah you're right. Thanks." Cliff replied and continued on his way out. The front door opened with a hiss as he approached it. Once it was completely open, he stepped out and it closed behind him, clicking shut.

"Well?" Larry asked, capturing Rita's attention. He indicated the he was still holding the unconscious teen.

"Right, let's get her to the medical center." Rita walked over to a pale gray door and it also opened with the same hiss like sound the other door gave off. Larry followed her out of the headquarters' main room and into a hallway.

"So, what's wrong with her?" Larry asked as he walked up to his teammate so they were walking shoulder to shoulder. Rita looked down at Raven.

"We're not quite sure. Even the Titans don't know what the cause of her sickness is."

"Try a hospital yet?" Larry asked.

"The Titans want to use the hospital as a last resort." Rita glanced at Raven. "Which could be soon."

"Why a last resort?"

"Do you really have to ask? Hospitals aren't made for superheroes. Remember the last time Cliff went?" Rita asked. Larry thought for a second.

"Oh yeah, they had a mechanic come look at him. Kind of degrading really." Larry stated. "But a bit funny." He also added in his monotonous voice. "Did the Titans at least run tests on her?"

"Yes, Cyborg had used their bio scanner on her and the read out displayed that she was having rapidly moving brainwaves. The Titans think she's having trouble with her mind as well as her body." Rita explained.

"Oh." Larry simply stated as he looked down at the girl in his arms. He looked back up at Rita. "She has a fever. I can feel the heat coming off of her through my bandages, and that's no small feat." Larry mentioned. His bandages were made specially so the radiation he gave off due to his powers wouldn't harm anyone. If Raven's fever had enough heat to course through those bandages, then this girl was in trouble.

"I know. I didn't have the time to bring any ice with me. We have to regulate her temperature." Rita finally reached the pale grey door to the medical center. It looked like all of the other doors in the headquarters. Once it opened, the room revealed five grey beds lined up along the left wall of the room. In the center of the room, sitting against the back wall, was a big flat screen panel similar to the Titan's own computer. On the right side of the room was a sink, various cabinets, closets, and storage spaces used for holding medical supplies. Everything in the medical center was also a grey hue. It was obvious that adults ran this medical center compared to the one ran by teenagers in Titan's Towers. In the Titan's medical bay, they included a TV, some books, and handheld video games (requested by Beast Boy). This medical center was strictly business, no entertainment.

"Should I put her on one of the beds?" Larry asked.

"Yes, that would do fine." Rita replied as she walked over to the flat panel screen and started the machine up by pressing a small red button on the bottom left corner under the monitor.

"Alright." Larry walked over to the bed closest to the monitor and carefully placed Raven down on top of the grey covers.

"Please get some ice from the medical fridge and place them on Raven." Rita stated as she pressed a few buttons on the bio scanner, getting it ready.

"Ok." Larry walked over to the side of the room where the closets and storage spaces where. Next to one of the cabinets was a white fridge. He took ahold of the metal handle and pulled it open. Inside where various medicines and devices that needed to be stored in cool temperature. Next to them where bags of ice. Larry took out three of the bags and shut the white door with his foot. He then walked back over to the bed with the Titan on it. He placed one bag on her right, next to her neck and shoulder. He placed another one next to the left side of her hip. And he placed the last one inbetween her shins of her legs. Larry made sure that the bags of ice were spread out evenly along the girl's body.

'Having a pretty bad day huh?' Larry rhetorically asked Raven in his mind. He studied her face and noticed that she must have been experiencing a lot of discomfort due to the way her facial expression was twisted. 'Just something about kids being in pain that gets to me...' Larry thought to himself. His internal emotions never did come to the surface so he always looked like he portrayed an act of indifference and a monotonous attitude. Luckily for him, spending so much time with the Doom Patrol had made his teammates able to identify his opinions and feelings when others couldn't. Little did he know that he shared the same type of lifestyle as the girl he was previously holding.


Beast Boy hadn't noticed how much time had passed, but it must have been an hour at least since he was just now starting to awaken from his catnap. Instead of being curled up in a tiny ball like his cat form had fallen asleep in, Beast Boy was now in a stretched out position along the bed. For some reason the bed felt much comfier than before.

'Did the mattress get ten times softer?' Beast Boy groggily thought to himself for a second, but then dismissed the thought as a yawn snuck up on him. His tiny cat face scrunched up as he let out the big yawn, showing his feline fangs to the world. After the yawn, Beast Boy looked around. Everything seemed to be ok, the only major difference being that the weird heat was gone. He was still in Raven's room in Azarath. At first he looked at the window since that was the first thing in his view. When the changeling fell asleep it was nighttime, but now he could see a very small glint of sunlight showing through the darkness of Azarath. Beast Boy scanned the rest of the little room and noticed it looked the same. Finally his eyes eventually fell upon the pillow he was resting on, which ironically wasn't a pillow at all. It was Raven. That was when Beast Boy noticed he was stretched out on top of Raven's stomach, and using her as a sort of mattress for himself. Before the changeling had slipped into unconsciousness, his last vision of Raven was of her sitting in the lotus position on her bed while chanting her mantra. Now, instead, she was lying down on her back with one of her hands resting next to her side, and the other lightly placed on top of Beast Boy's own furry body. The changeling concluded that during his sleep, Raven must of lied down in this position and he eventually, subconsciously, found her body warmth and crawled on top of her. It wasn't an uncommon thing for a cat to do that. And Beast Boy always woke up in odd places if he slept as a cat. One time he woke up on top of his dresser, for reasons unknown to himself.

'Well I better move before she wakes up and kills me for sleeping on top of her..' Beast Boy thought to himself as he looked over at Raven's face. Her eyes were closed, and she looked peaceful. From a normal person's point of view, they would have thought that the empath was in a deep sleep but the green boy knew better. 'Wait a second..' Beast Boy gently put his head down on a respectable place on top of her rib cage. He listened deeply to her breathing. 'She's not asleep?' With his animal instincts, the changeling could tell the subtle difference between an awake person's breaths and a sleeping person's breaths. An awake person is more aware of their breathing and has a more ragged type of breath. It comes in and out in different amounts due to whatever exertion the person was giving off at the time. In sleep, barely any exertion is given off so the average person has a slow, steady rhythm of breathing. The only exception to this comparison is if the person asleep was in was an abnormal state in which they were having a nightmare or was ill. Raven was currently sick so it was hard for Beast Boy to tell with her breathing. Eventually he confirmed that she hadn't even slept at all this whole time since her breathing was very shaky and congested sounding. In sleep he would expect to hear the congested part but not the shaky one. Beast Boy was taken out of his thoughts when Raven had started to cough slightly. She removed her hand from Beast Boy's body and brought her other one up and covered her mouth. It was obvious she was trying to mute the sound and limit her body's movement, most likely for Beast Boy's sake of sleep. 'I don't think she knows I'm awake.' Beast Boy thought as he listened to his friend try to clear her airway quietly. Finally Raven stopped coughing.

"Unh." Raven put a hand up to her head and moaned. Even though the temperature has balanced out and it was no longer a deathly degree of heat, she felt horrible, worse if possible even. The only thing that was comforting her was the tiny cat resting on her stomach. When Beast Boy had laid down on her around 30 minutes ago, Raven thought it was some sort of joke he was attempting, and was going to throw him off. That was until she noticed that he did it in his sleep. Even she considered punishing him for that would have been cruel, so Raven let the little fur ball stay on her…for the time being. Luckily the unbearable heat had disappeared for now, otherwise Beast Boy's body heat on top of her own would have been very uncomfortable.

'What should I do? Should I let her know I'm awake? Would she get mad at me?' Beast Boy's mind was thinking up questions. 'Wait…why would she get mad at me? It's obvious that she knows I'm on top of her right? I mean who wouldn't feel a cat laying on top of them. Raven must be ok with it if she's letting me stay on her.' Even though Beast Boy tried to reason with himself with logical explanations, he still always felt that fear of pain which could come from Raven if he so much as breathed wrong. 'After everything we've been through, I'm still worried about something like this?!' Beast Boy thought to himself, frustrated. He longed to get closer to Raven ever since the day they met since she was so intriguing, but whenever he was close enough, he could never get rid of that slight fear. Of course the empath was the one who instilled this type of fear into him, but still, could he really ultimately blame her? She had trouble with showing emotions, and that resulted in the green boy getting pummeled every once in a while. 'When will this feeling stop? I don't want to be scared of my friend.' Beast Boy sadly thought to himself.

'What's with Beast Boy?' Raven thought to herself. Out of nowhere a bunch of scared emotions were running through her body, all thanks to the changeling. It was a result of her powers of empathy. 'Is he having a nightmare?' Raven opened her eyes and looked towards the cat on her stomach. 'He's awake?' Raven noticed that the little green cat's eyes were open and looking off into a distance. 'Maybe he's afraid because he doesn't remember where he is..' Raven concluded and reached her hand out.

"Beast Boy.." Raven whispered as her hand gently touched his back. The sorceress was shocked when her teammate flinched under her touch. She could feel his fur raise in fear so she drew her hand back quickly. "What's wrong?!" The cat just looked up at her with big green eyes. She watched as he got up and walked off her. Once he was completely off, he morphed back into his human form, sitting Indian style on the bed to the right of her.

"Sorry Rae, I didn't mean to sleep on you. I'm also sorry for the flinch, it's a force of habit. I mean it freaked me out a bit, waking up on you and all, wondering how I was going to be tossed off heh heh.." Beast Boy gave a nervous laugh.

"Oh." Raven replied. She was still surprised at the amount of fear she had felt from Beast Boy. Was all of that fear he radiated because of her?

"Uh soo…" Beast Boy looked over at his friend. "Get a good rest?" He asked her, knowing she hadn't slept. Would she lie to him? He awaited an answer.

"Yeah." Raven of course lied to him. She hated the way he was looking down at her, considering she was laying down.

"That's good." Beast Boy murmured while looking away, knowing his teammate wasn't being truthful. Raven disliked their positions on the bed and decided to sit up. She always felt vulnerable when lying down near someone. When she tried to sit up a sharp pain in her stomach caused her to grimace and lay back down. Luckily for her, Beast Boy hadn't seen this. While he was still looking away, Raven wrapped one of her arms over the spot that had hurt and her face contorted in pain as she shut her eyes. Even though the original stab of pain was gone, it left a lingering feeling of discomfort.

'What is happening to me?' Raven thought to herself as she realized it hurt in that same spot when she tried to move again. Not noticing that the girl next to him was in a lot of pain, Beast Boy got off the bed and stood up, stretching his arms out high over his head. They cracked in their sockets, as if to shake away any cramps from the previous sleep. The green boy decided that if Raven wanted to keep things a secret from him, then that was her choice and for now all he could do was just put aside his concerns and continue on with the main goal. Find the exit. He walked over to the window and glanced out at Azarath.

Raven attempted once more to get up, but unfortunately the movement resulted badly for the Titan. This time the pain not only wrenched at her stomach, but it triggered a sort of chain reaction. She could feel the sharp jabs making their way up throughout her body. It felt as though she was stabbed in her stomach with a knife, and the knife was slicing along her chest and through her throat. The pain was excruciating and nauseating. Raven felt bile creep up her esophagus. 'I thought I couldn't vomit in my mind..' She thought, knowing that in a couple of seconds she was going to make a mess if she didn't act quick enough. Raven didn't want to alarm Beast Boy, so while he was occupied at the window, she leaned over the side of the bed and grabbed a small brown garbage can that was placed in her original room in Azarath, many years before. Quietly she spit out the contents of her mouth into the small receptacle. Instead of undigested food in the can, she saw a dark crimson red liquid. 'Blood..?' Raven thought as she looked down into the red swirling pool. 'I'm coughing up blood now? Why?' Raven thought as she started to get even more nauseous from the unbearable taste of metal in her mouth.

Beast Boy sighed as he gazed out of the window. 'Azarath is beautiful.. Something about it is just so peaceful. Wish I could see more of it.' Beast Boy pondered as he glanced at the pacifist civilization. It was early morning and the 'Sun' had started to rise. The minimal light source made the buildings cast eerie, yet pretty, glows. 'I love the early morning air.' Beast Boy stated to himself as he took in a deep whiff. Something about the air at that particular time of day was refreshing to the changeling. Azarath was no exception to that. Just as Beast Boy took another big breath to calm his nerves, something made the hairs on his neck stand up. His primal instincts alerted him of the subtle change in the air. Acting somewhat like a dog, Beast Boy took a few sniffs. That was when he identified what had gotten his instincts alerted. He smelled blood, but not just anyone's blood. That specific smell belonged to Raven. He knew this because during the Titan's battles, they would sometimes end up with a few cuts and bruises. They were bound to get a little blood on them every once in a while. Everyone's blood had a specific smell to it, especially Cyborg's since it was mixed with oil, but Beast Boy always noticed that Raven's was the easiest to identify. Maybe it was the fact that she was half demon and had two types of blood mixed within her. The changeling couldn't really say the reason, but whenever Raven was harmed in the slightest, even something as small as a paper cut, his instincts always took notice of it right away. And right now, Beast Boy smelled trouble, and a lot of it.

"Raven!" Beast Boy spun around at the speed of light. This had startled Raven causing her to drop the garbage can. It hit the ground with a thud and fell onto it's side. Only a little bit of the blood had seeped out and onto the floor. Beast Boy's eyes widened at the bit of blood on the ground. Confusion apparent on his face, Beast Boy looked back at Raven for an explanation.

"Darnit B-Beast Boy!" Raven sputtered, not pleased that she let the green boy catch her off guard. She felt a tickle in her throat and put her hands over her mouth to cough. As she coughed, she felt sharp stabs in her throat where the tickle was, causing her to shut her eyes, which had started to tear up. What Beast Boy noticed was that there was trickles of blood running through the spaces between Raven's cupped fingers.

"Dude! Raven!" Beast Boy ran over to his friend but didn't know what to do. "It's gonna be ok, uh it'll stop. It'll stop." Beast Boy had started to rub Raven's back, attempting to comfort her with words. Raven knew that even though he was trying to comfort her, Beast Boy was also trying to comfort himself, hoping that what he said was going to come true. And eventually it did. The tickle and sharp pains subsided and Raven no longer felt the need to cough. When Beast Boy saw that she was calming down, he removed his hand from her back.

"Are you ok?" He asked. Raven did not reply because her mouth was still filled with some blood. Instead of answering Beast Boy's question, she reached over the bedside and grabbed the garbage can that was laying on it's side. She brought it up to her mouth and spit out the rest of the blood. Beast Boy watched as the dark crimson liquid dripped into the can. He felt so bad for her but what could he do? He was no doctor. Deciding to do the best thing he could at that moment, Beast Boy waited until she was finished. Eventually Raven returned the garbage can right side up on the floor. She then sat up and saw how worried Beast Boy's gaze was.

"It stopped. I think I'm ok for now." Raven stated, wiping one of her purple strands of hair to it's proper place on the side of her head that strayed during her sickness. Unknowingly, she had left a bloody wipe mark on her forehead.

"Raven.." Beast Boy gently said as he reached over towards her and wiped off the red mark on her head with his thumb. He looked down at his crimson stained finger until he returned his sight to her. "Your hands… they're all bloody."

"Oh." Raven held up her hands and saw the dark bloody streaks that contrasted against her pale skin. "Yeah.."

"Here." Beast Boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a pink handkerchief, the same color as the middle stripe on his costume. He lightly cupped Raven's hands in his own and wrapped the pink fabric over her fingers. Raven didn't say a thing. Instead she stayed quiet and watched as her friend took care of her and wiped the blood off. Beast Boy removed the handkerchief and her hands were clean. "You also have a bit on your face." Beast Boy stated as he looked up from Raven's hands. He slowly moved towards her and gently placed his left hand underneath her chin and moved his other hand holding the handkerchief onto the right corner of her mouth. He gave a small swipe and the blood was gone. Still, Raven had not said a word. She just watched as Beast Boy removed the little pink square that held her blood on it, from her face and started to fold it. He then put the folded handkerchief into his pocket. Beast Boy returned his attention to Raven, opening his mouth to ask the question she was waiting for. "What happened?"

"Beast Boy.." Raven put a hand over her stomach where the stabs of pain originally hurt from. "..I have no idea. I mean, I just tried to get up and all of a sudden my stomach hurt."

"Your stomach?"

"Yeah, but then the pain started moving up into my chest and eventually the blood came out." Raven stated as she saw Beast Boy sit down next to her on the bed.

"That's really weird. Does it still hurt?"

"A little." Raven pushed one of her fingers lightly into her neck and winced. "Like how a bruise feels."

"And you have no idea what happened?" Beast Boy asked. Raven shook her head no at his question. Beast Boy looked down at the floor.

"I wish I could help, you know, with everything that's going on." He stated, upset with himself for not being able to heal his friend of whatever the heck was happening to her.

"Beast Boy, believe me, you've definitely been a big help. If I were going through this alone I…" Raven trailed off as Beast Boy looked up at her. She was now the one who had to divert her eyes as she continued. "…I'd be really scared." Beast Boy looked at her, his emerald eyes twinkling.

"It's kind of funny.." Beast Boy stated with a tiny smile as Raven looked back at him. "When alone in a bad situation, it can be so scary! But when you're with someone, it doesn't seem as horrible anymore."

Raven pondered what her friend had said. "You're right." Even though she was coughing up blood a minute ago, just talking with Beast Boy made her feel much calmer.

"So you agree with me?" The changeling asked. Raven nodded her head yes to his question. "Then why do you stay alone all the time?"

"Well because I.."

"Because you're afraid of what your powers will do if you hang out with us?" Beast Boy stated. Raven once again nodded her head slowly. "You just agreed with me that if you're not alone, then you're less scared. Instead you choose to stay alone. You choose to stay scared. Why?" Beast Boy asked softly.

"I'm …not sure. I mean, all my life I've been isolated. I don't really take change well." Raven admitted.

'She's just like me in that sense..' Beast Boy thought to himself. "I know what you mean. You're talking to the biggest hater of change. When we got back from fighting the Brotherhood of Evil, our whole city had changed. But that doesn't mean change is a bad thing. All our favorite hangouts were gone, minus the pizza place. But the upside is that we did find some great new places. You even found that huge bookstore which was located next to a tea shop. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Get what I mean?"

"I understand, but it's hard sometimes. To change a lifestyle I mean." Raven replied, considering the fact that she wasn't even supposed to have a lifestyle. She was supposed to be dead.

"I don't want you to change your lifestyle. I just want you to open up a little bit more, like you're doing now. See it's not so hard to change your ways a little bit is it?" Beast Boy replied with a smile.

"No I guess not." Raven replied with a small smile, before returning her face back to being emotionless.

"See, baby steps Rae, baby steps." Beast Boy patted her on the shoulder. "Things change. And sometimes they change for the better."

'Yeah, things do change. Things are changing.' Raven thought about everything she had been going through these past few hours, or days. She had lost track of time by now.

"Oh and Raven?" Beast Boy took Raven from her thoughts.

"Yes?"

"If you start feeling those stabs of pain again please don't try to hide it. I want to help you, and I can't do anything if you're hiding your problems from me. Ok?"

"…alright." Raven finally stated. And she even considered keeping this promise.

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Well I think I've said everything I needed to in the intro, so all I have to say here is, I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I finish it!