See, see? I'm updating mooooore! Yippee! I earned some brownie points, right?
Hahaha, here's to hoping! But anyway, I banged this out after having a headache and flipping through the channels. Lemme explain, I was sitting on an angle and the TV had a little glare, so when an elephant stomped through while I was on the NatGeo channel, it looked green. And I thought 'green elephant...BEAST-BOY!' Thus, here I am...Once again, feeling lost but now and then, I breath it in to let it go. And you don't know where you are now-alright, sorry, I'll stop. My sister had this show on ALL DAY and I blame it for my headache. For those who don't know, it's Victorious from Nick. Heh, anyway...
Enjoy the chapter, it's kinda long considering my norm... Have fun! PS. I noticed in the last chap I had 'hear' instead of 'here'. I apologize, and I obviously have problems. Also, I don't know why, but FF won't allow me to put 'dot coms' in and deletes them. The site is 'titanstower[dot]com'.
...Aaaaaaand, run along now!~
Green star bolts, black magic, pink hexes, birdarangs and punches flew the moment the two changelings and half robot entered. A faint "Titans, go!" could be heard amidst the chaos.
John, Beast-Boy and Cyborg and moved for cover, and Cyborg and Beast-Boy saw John being attacked by the others. Stunned, they watched. The star bolts, magic and hexes lit up the dark, eerie room, and for Beast-Boy everything moved slowly, watching his brother take the attacks.
He noticed Cyborg and Robin share a look before Cyborg nodded. He brushed himself off before and his sonic canon became visible. Adding to the stream of attacks, Cyborg's sonic laser nailed John.
Beast-Boy watched, horrified. No, he was supposed to hash it all out! His ears were raised and his heightened senses heard it all.
"Beast-Boy, listen, we're—"
"Azarath, metrion—"
"Take this, blue-boy! I bring—"
"I apologize, John, but it is neither Earthly or Tameranean to—"
"—attacking John now! So come on!"
"—ZINTHOS!"
"—the bad luck!"
"—betray your friends!"
Only Cyborg and Kid Flash remained silent before Beast-Boy stood up and screamed, "WAIT!"
And all chaos seized. Star bolts remained glowing on the hands of an alien, black magic was frozen into the eyes and hands of a half demon, hexes were paused and still clenched within the hands of a sorceress, birdarangs were held in the hands of a human vigilante, legs were frozen stiff on a speedster, and a sonic canon seized fire.
John fell to his knees, clutching his sides in pain and Beast-Boy rushed in front of him, alarmed.
"Beast-Boy, move! What are you doing!" Robin shouted.
Beast-Boy glanced at his brothers, then his friends. "I…I…This wasn't a part of the plan! He's still my—I mean…" Beast-Boy's mind was panicking.
Everyone seemed stunned.
"I thought you accepted this." Raven stated.
Beast-Boy's eyes flashed to hers and pleaded.
"Look, String Bean, we knew it was coming to this. Plan or not, this is what it comes down to." Cyborg told him calmly.
No one noticed John peer up at them, eyes narrowed in pain and anger.
"Move it, Beast-Boy. This team had provided me with a second chance and it's definitely taught me something. So you either move out of the way or I won't hesitate to take you down, too. I'm not letting your family issues get in the way." Jinx hissed. She was done with this. She may have been only a Titan, and Robing the leader, but that didn't mean she didn't know how to take charge or have the team's best interest in mind.
Beast-Boy just remained silent with clear vulnerability written on his face. He had agreed that John needed to be taken out and moments before realized that John wasn't his hero. But he also decided to try to work things out…they were still flesh and blood, right…?
Suddenly, Beast-Boy hissed. His back arched back and he let out a strangled groan as he sunk down into a heap on the floor.
"As touching as your efforts were, Gar, I can't let your petty friends take me in." John jeered. Suddenly, it seemed like he vanished.
Beast-Boy could only watch through a blurred vision, the pain overtaking his senses. He had to have been tasered or something. He had fallen on his side and was slightly curled, watching with remorse.
"What the hell!" Jinx cried, frustrated.
"Where'd he go?" Robin and Cyborg called out.
"It seems like John has…vanished into thin hair." Starfire said.
"Air, Star, he vanished into thin air." Kid Flash corrected.
Raven's eyes glowed. "No. He turned into a gnat. It's too dark to see much so as a gnat he can fly away."
"So he's still stuck in the tower? He should be too injured to escape and we seem to be having a power outage in this tower." Jinx stated.
"Not if he throws himself through a window or hides long enough to heal." Cyborg pointed out.
Then, Raven spoke up. "Speaking of healing…" They all turned to see Beast-Boy slip into unconsciousness.
"Beast-Boy!" Robin cried out, running to his friend.
They all surrounded the young green changeling, and the majority of them were aggravated and frustrated.
"Look," Robin pointed out, picking up a small device from where John had been with his gloved hand.
"What is it?" Jinx demanded.
"Uh…it looks like a Taser." Kid Flash said.
"No, man, it's something else. But it works like a Taser." Cyborg shook his head.
Starfire looked around the Main Ops Room. Not only were there damaged computers and such, not only was the room quite dark with the sun gone, not only was the room quiet minus their voices, but now, their walls were scarred with their attacks. Burnt and scathed were the walls from her star bolts, Raven's magic, Jinx's hexes, Cyborg's sonic blast, and the small drips of blood on the ground from the graze John must've gotten from Robin's birdarangs. [A/N: Come on, unless Robin missed, he'd have to have drawn some blood. Nothing gory, though.]
And the worst? Beast-Boy's limp body there. She knew he wasn't dead or anything, but the thought of him potentially being harmed by their powers? It definitely upset her. She wondered if he was willing to throw himself in front of John if they hadn't seized fire when Beast-Boy called out.
Maybe she hadn't understood it like they all thought. She was more than willing to fight Blackfire for the crown. But Beast-Boy still hoped for and tried to defend his brother. She had believed he'd accept that they'd attacked John.
Robin sighed. "Raven, Cyborg, can you guys take him to the medical rooms? Maybe you can work some of the machines, Cy, and Raven, can you please try to heal him? I mean, the 'Taser' knocked him out on impact…"
Nodding, the two designated Titans stood straight from hunching over their friend.
Cyborg turned to her. "Should I lift him? Can I move him?"
She just stared. "I'll carry him with my magic. He curled back when he was hit, so it may hurt him if he's moved." She looked down at hearing the own concern in her voice.
Nodding, Cyborg opened the Main Ops door and the two and their unconscious companion. The silence between them was somewhat comfortable and they made their way to medical room.
Meanwhile, Robin, Starfire, Kid Flash and Jinx stayed in the Main Ops Room. Robin was angry, Starfire worried, Kid Flash concerned but slightly indifferent and Jinx annoyed.
"Now what?" Jinx demanded.
"Look, John can be anywhere, let's look for him. He's probably limited to the tower." Robin told them.
Starfire and Kid Flash remained quiet in the background, as two leaders—one former and the other current—spoke. They seemed to understand something.
"Look, Robin. You need to make a decision right now. Can Beast-Boy handle this?" Jinx asked.
"What?" Robin looked to her, stunned.
"From what I gather, this looked like a sibling rivalry in the beginning, but now is obviously much more. Therefore, it doesn't affect only Beast-Boy, but the Titans as a whole. So, my point is; can Beast-Boy handle this? You just saw what happened. We had John, but Beast-Boy gave him room to escape." Jinx stated.
Robin paused. "As much as I want to accuse you of questioning my authority," Robin sighed, "You're right."
The other two looked between Jinx and Robin, waiting for what came next.
"So?" Jinx prodded him, watching him closely with her arms crossed.
Robin looked back to her and glanced back out at the city, "Well,"
"Go faster, John! Gosh, you're so slow!" A seven year old Gar held back his coughs.
"Hey, don't cough into my neck!" John called over his shoulder.
Gar ignored him and only tightened his grip. "You promised me a piggy-back ride! And you're going so slowly!"
John sighed. "You're getting heavy." He offered as an explanation.
Gar ignored that statement, too. "Well, Papa and Mama are busy working, so let's play a game!" He cried out, hacking away again.
Both brothers ignored the stares from the villagers and John set his brother down as they neared the small swing their father had put up for them. Gar stumbled over to the swing and sat down, staring at John expectantly.
John walked over and began pushing his brother on the swing. He complied when Gar wanted to go higher or slower and just smiled when his brother squealed.
"John?" Gar cried out as he flew up.
"Hm?"
"What have Mama and Papa been working on? And why does Mama cry sometimes?" Gar asked.
John almost got hit as Gar swung back, but pushed him just in time. He swallowed. "Remember what Mama and Papa said? You have a boo-boo, Gar."
"Oh! You mean my green boo-boo?" Gar asked.
John looked at his brother, now green. "Yes." He had nodded before realizing Gar couldn't see him.
"So that's why they're working?" Gar asked.
Again, John nodded. "They're making an antidote—I mean, they're making medicine." He said, knowing his brother wouldn't understand completely what an antidote was.
"But Mama already kissed my boo-boo! So it should be better soon!" Gar told him, trying to get off the swing.
John went in front of him and kneeled by him as the swing stopped. "Yes, but this is a big boo-boo, Gar. It's called Sakutia."
Gar looked confused before looking upset. "So that big mean monkey gave me the boo-boo that makes me why Mama cries?"
John sighed. "Yes, the big mean monkey gave you the boo-boo, but you don't make Mama cry."
Gar looked upset.
Suddenly, John smiled to him. "Hey, Gar, how about we go catch some frogs? You know, like you like to do?" John hated the feeling of those slimy creatures in his hands, but it amused Gar, so why not?
Apparently, Gar realized, too. "But I thought you didn't like froggies?"
John grinned. "Says who? In fact, I betcha I can catch a whole lot more than you can!"
Gar glared and hopped off of the swing. "Nuh-ah!" He said, running to the pond.
John knew he'd hear his mother's wrath for letting Gar wade through the pond after being bitten by a monkey, but hey, like he said, if it amused Gar, why not?
Beast-Boy grunted on the medical bed, remembering the moment. Now he understood how John lied to spare him and forced himself to go into the pond to catch frogs for him. Heck, he even remembered Marie—his mother—glaring at John when they returned home sopping wet.
Then, a more peculiar memory came.
"Mama!" Gar and John cried out. Their father was away working and researching and their mother had taken them for a walk. Gar was cured but still green and John was always by his side.
"Stay back, boys," She said, slowly putting her hand up to them to symbolize them to stop.
"But, Mom! We'll help you!" John cried, wanting to rush forward.
"Mama!" Gar cried, worried.
A deadly Black Mamba snake was advancing on Marie Logan and her boys were standing by, helplessly watching. Hissing, the snake moved forward and Marie flinched.
Gar was on the verge of tears and John ran over and threw stones, furiously tugging his mother back hoping to have stunned the snake for a moment.
Instead, son and mother tripped, falling back. And now the snake was angry.
Panicking, Marie clutched her son and pushed him behind her as best as he could.
"I'm sorry, Mama, I was just trying to help!" John said, scared even more.
Just as the snake was ready to lunge, a green mongoose raced in front of said mother and son, startling every organism there. A green mongoose! It attacked the snake and caused it to slither off quickly, before turning back into a little green boy, turning back into Gar.
He turned to his mother, who looked alarm, as well as John. They were frozen, but now instead of being worried by the snake, they were worried by Gar.
Scared he hadn't properly saved them, Gar stumbled over to them.
"Mama? Mama?" He called, trying to get a reaction.
"Mama? Mama?" Beast-Boy cried in his sleep, mumbling and reaching in front of him.
Raven's eyes flashed open and looked to Beast-Boy. Cyborg looked up, too. Raven had taken away the pain and they had been waiting for their friend to regain consciousness.
"Mama? What's wrong? The snake's gone, Mama." He murmured, his facial expression becoming confused.
Raven stood over him, not wanting to intrude into his mind.
"Beast-Boy? Wake up, your mom's not here…" She said, hoping he'd hear her.
"Mama—" He had grabbed Raven's face gently and seemed to be worried before his eyes snapped open on contact with Raven. "R-Raven?" He asked, drawing his hand back.
"We're here, String Bean." Cyborg said gently.
Beast-Boy looked between his friends. What had happened?
Then, he remembered.
"You healed me?" He asked Raven, who nodded. "Thanks." He smiled.
"Are you feeling okay?" She asked.
He nodded, his mind flickering to his older memories. "I'm fine, but…where's John?"
His friends turned to look at him, solemn.
"Well…see…you let him get away."
Oooh, and there I end it! Seriously, because I have no life-crap, that made me remember a party I'm supposed to RSVP for by today-but as I was saying, I was bored 'cause ONE STORY was updated on my Fave Stories list and I was hoping others were. So I decided not to be a hypocrite and write and update!
I feel like there wasn't much of a...plot (is that the word I'm looking for?)...to this chapter, but it's still quite long.
Yes, so I leave you with two BB memories, an escapee named John, a hanging decision of Robin's, a worried Starfire and the last statement leading into BB's reaction! Sweet!
PLLLLEEEEASE REVIEW! See? I put it in caps to show how much I want 'em! Please do comment with suggestions, concerns, thoughts! Although I already know my grammatical skills suck duck butt, if you'd like to point them out, well, fine by me(: REVIEWW!
