Hey everybody. I'm back again with the long waited chapter 18 of Team Sonic: Back in Jump City. I know I said this was gonna be a Shadow chapter but to be truthful, I don't know how I would write Shadow's past so I decided to go with a different idea. This idea, I want to continue the werehog arc of the story and this time, it's gonna be centered on AD yet again. I know what you're thinking. "Another AD chapter?". Well now, she won't be the only main character in this chapter. Beast Boy is also a main character in this chapter since I felt that personality wise, they are similar and they both also have beasts inside them. Well that and I haven't done a Beast Boy chapter yet so I felt now is the time. Oh and also, this is Adonis' second appearance in the story. But in other words, the Shadow chapter is gonna be put on pause for a while. Now with that out of the way, let's get started.
Sonic, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg came back to the tower greeted by their friends and teammates.
"Good morning, friends!" Starfire greeted.
"Hey Star." Sonic greeted back.
"Hello." Raven said.
"S'up?" Beast Boy said.
"Good. You four came in time. We got a crime alert." Robin said.
"Who is it now?" Raven asked.
"That joker, Adonis." Knuckles replied.
"Not again!" Beast Boy groaned.
"Relax, B." Cyborg said to Beast Boy.
"What's so bad about him?" Amy asked.
"Beast Boy wasn't himself and he turned into a werebeast because of him and AD, well, AD went beast mode to protect us." Tails replied.
"Oh." Amy said.
"Well then, let's go fight him! I'm ready to kick his butt!" Sonic said.
"You're always ready to kick someone's butt." Shadow said, causing Sonic to glare at him.
"Ha! Good one, Shad!" Knuckles said.
"Let's go kick his butt then." Amy said.
The team met up at an abandoned testing lab.
"What is this place?" AD asked.
"This was the testing lab from the last time we fought Adonis." Beast Boy explained. "The green liquid over there were the chemicals that got on me and turned me into a beast."
"Yikes. I wouldn't want to go down that road." AD said.
"Trust me, Dashie. It's not the best road." Beast Boy told AD.
"Guys! Look out!" Tails warned AD and Beast Boy.
"What? Whoa!" AD exclaimed as she and Beast Boy moved out of the way.
"You wusses again, huh? Well this just isn't your lucky day." Adonis taunted.
"We'll just see about that, joker!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"Titans, GO!" Robin commanded.
"Let's go, guys!" Sonic commanded.
The Titans and Team Sonic fought Adonis.
"Hey wuss! Remember me?" AD taunted Adonis.
"Who you calling wuss, wuss?" Adonis asked.
"Who do you think, scumbag? Come and get me!" AD taunted again as she ran off.
"Get back here, you speeding red demon!" Adonis said as he chased AD.
"Dashie!" Beast Boy said out of worry.
"Don't worry, Beast Boy! I got it under control! Whoa!" AD said as she dodged Adonis' attack.
"You think you can take on Adonis? Ha! You can't even fight if you tried, little girl!" Adonis taunted.
AD stopped in her tracks and felt her anger rising.
"What's the matter? Gonna cry? Go ahead and cry cause you're a little girl and little girls cry!" Adonis continued taunting.
"I'm not a little girl. I'M AN ANIMAL!" AD shouted as she transformed into a werehog and roared.
"Whoa!" Knuckles exclaimed.
AD attacked Adonis furiously.
"You guys weren't kidding." Cyborg said to Team Sonic.
"Like we said, Dark Gaia's power made her this way." Sonic said.
"Dashie!" Beast Boy shouted out of worry.
"AD! Careful! The chemicals!" Robin shouted.
AD pushed Adonis against the chemicals, causing them to squirt all over her as she scratched Adonis furiously.
Adonis got on the floor defeated as AD transformed back to normal covered in chemicals.
"Who's a little girl now?" AD asked panting hard as she stormed off.
"What the heck just happened?" Knuckles asked.
"We just witnessed a battlefield. That's what." Tails replied.
"Hey. She lost her temper and when she loses her temper, the beast comes out." Shadow said.
"Is that why she wasn't herself?" Amy asked.
"Yep. Dark Gaia's power got her while she was asleep." Tails replied.
"We'll worry about AD later. Let's go home." Robin said.
The team left the lab and while they were walking, Beast Boy followed behind because he got worried about AD.
"You okay, B?" Cyborg asked.
"I'm worried about Dashie, Cy." Beast Boy replied.
"I noticed she's becoming like you were when you were going through what she's going through." Cyborg said.
"It isn't like her. At all. I don't want her to end up like I was." Beast Boy said.
"Hey. We all know Lil Dash and Lil Dash can pull through. You pulled through so we can see if she can pull through." Cyborg said.
"I guess you're right, Cy." Beast Boy said. "Hey Sonic?"
"Yeah? What's up, BB?" Sonic asked.
"What was it that Dashie went through?" Beast Boy asked.
"Well she was craving meat, which is not normal for her since she hates meat, she grew aggressive towards us and she loses her temper at the slightest things. Why?" Sonic explained.
"It happened to me too." Beast Boy said.
"I know. The team was telling us about that. But they mentioned that it was the chemicals that made you this way." Sonic said. "But I do have a question. Is the werebeast still in you?"
"I don't know. I feel like it is." Beast Boy said.
"You feel like it is?" Sonic said.
"Yeah. I mean at times, when I'm pushed too far, it comes out." Beast Boy said.
"Heh. I guess that's why they call you Beast Boy." Sonic chuckled.
"Hey. C'mon man." Beast Boy chuckled.
"Sorry, man." Sonic said.
"It's cool, dude." Beast Boy said.
When they got back to the tower, AD took a shower to wash away the chemicals. She checked for more.
"It looks like I got all of them." she said to herself. "But still. Nobody calls me a little girl and gets away with it. NOBODY!"
AD punched a wall out of pure anger.
Yikes. Guess the guys were right. She is going through what I went through. Beast Boy thought. "Dashie?"
AD took a deep breath and saw Beast Boy in front of her.
"Hey Beast Boy." she said.
"Can we talk?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yeah. I suppose. I do need to talk to someone anyway." AD replied.
"Follow me." Beast Boy said as he went to his room and AD followed behind.
Beast Boy closed the door for privacy.
"So what's going on?" AD asked.
"Dashie. I'm worried. About you." Beast Boy replied.
"What's there to worry about? I'm fine. I survived the fight I had with that scumbag." AD said.
"What I mean is you're becoming like I was. You're turning into a beast within you. Your friends told me about what happened to you." Beast Boy said.
"Dude. I'm fine." AD said.
"No. You're not, Dashie. This isn't like you." Beast Boy said.
"Look. I'm fine. Really, I am. There's no need to worry." AD said as she exited the room.
Beast Boy watched as AD left his room.
"Let's hope so." he sighed.
A few days later, AD has gotten a lot worse than before.
"Okay. I'm gonna say this but Lil Dash is NOT fine." Cyborg said.
"Ya think?" Sonic said.
"What is happening to her?" Starfire asked.
"She's turning into a beast within her. That's what happening." Beast Boy replied. "Now I'm really worried."
"You're only worried about her because you went through what she's going through." Raven said.
"Yeah. I know, Raven." Beast Boy told Raven.
"Well let's recap what just happened. She's craving meat again, she lost her temper when she lost to Cyborg during a video game battle..." Sonic said.
"And she's spending more time in the training room." Robin said.
"Beast Boy. Did you try talking to her?" Amy asked.
"Yeah and she reassured me that she's fine when really, she isn't." Beast Boy replied.
AD came in the room after a training session.
"Hey guys." she greeted her friends.
"Lil Dash. What's going on with you? We're worried about you." Cyborg said.
"Nothing's wrong. Really. Ever since I stood up to that scumbag, I've become a new person. A new me." AD said.
"Well the new you needs to go. If you want to act like this, fine but take it somewhere else. None of us are interested." Robin said.
"Deal with it. Cause the new me isn't going anywhere." AD said.
"And the sass is more violent." Knuckles commented.
"You think?" Tails asked.
"What are you gonna do, Robin?" Shadow asked Robin.
"As leader of the team, I would suggest that she either cools it or she's off the team." Robin replied.
"WHAT?!" Everyone, except AD, exclaimed.
"You can't do that! She has nowhere else to go! Can we do like a DNA test on her?" Tails said.
"That's a better idea." Robin said.
Cyborg got up when he heard the word "test".
"Lil Dash. Come with us." Cyborg said, taking AD's hand.
"Sure, Cy." AD said hesitantly.
"Let's go, guys." Cyborg said.
The team made it to the infirmary.
"Sit here, Lil Dash." Cyborg told AD.
"This is the chair I sat in. You need to sit." Beast Boy said.
AD sat in the chair Cyborg told her to sit in.
"We're just gonna run a little test on you. Just stay still." Cyborg reassured AD.
"Sure. That won't be a problem." AD said.
Cyborg pulled out a needle to take some of AD's blood. AD paled and gulped immediately after seeing the needle.
"Not...Not a shot! No!" AD said, running from the chair and clinging onto Raven.
"AD. It's okay." Raven said.
"Get me away from that needle!" AD shouted.
"Dashie. It's okay. It's just a little blood test." Beast Boy said.
"AD. Don't make this difficult." Robin said.
"Too late, man! Get it away from me!" AD said out of fear and clinging onto Raven.
"Lil Dash. It's okay." Cyborg said.
"Did we mention she hates shots?" Sonic asked.
"No. You didn't but thanks for the info." Robin replied.
"AD. C'mon." Raven said, taking AD off her.
"No way, Raven! Those needles are sharp! Get me away from them!" AD said out of fear.
Raven puts AD back in the chair and held her hand.
"Trust us on this, Dashie." Beast Boy said, holding AD's shoulders.
Cyborg took some of the blood from AD through a needle.
"See? That wasn't so bad, was it?" Raven asked.
AD shook her head no in response. Cyborg puts a bandage on her arm and gave her a lollipop.
"Take a lollipop." he told her.
"Ooh! Candy!" AD said, taking the lollipop.
Cyborg drops some of AD's blood onto the stethoscope and saw some dark energy in her body.
"No way!" he exclaimed.
"What?" Robin asked.
"Team Sonic was right. It was this Dark Gaia power that turned Lil Dash into a beast. Look at the dark energy inside her." Cyborg replied.
"The chemicals must've made it worse." Robin said.
"And that's why she was behaving so strangely." Starfire said.
"Dashie." Beast Boy said out of worry.
"Alright, fine. It hit me while I was sleeping one night back home. I didn't know what was wrong with me till Shadow told me." AD explained.
"The chemicals must've made you worse." Robin said. AD shook her head in response and left the infirmary.
On the tower rooftop, AD was watching the sunrise with the wind blowing through her fur. When Beast Boy came to join her.
"Hey Dashie. Mind if I join you?" Beast Boy asked.
"Go ahead, dude." AD replied.
Beast Boy sat next to AD.
"I shouldn't have worried you like that. I shouldn't have worried the others like that. What is wrong with me?" AD said sadly.
"There's nothing wrong with you, Dashie. Believe me. I went through what you went through too. I know what it's like." Beast Boy said. "It was the chemicals mixed in with that dark energy that made you act like a jerk."
"I know. No need to tell me twice." AD said. "Robin had the right to kick me out."
"Don't ever say that, Dashie! He had no right to kick you out! You are a friend and you are family!" Beast Boy said.
"But Beast Boy..." AD said.
Beast Boy hugged AD in response.
"No buts, Dashie. You are family. Team Sonic is part of our family. Don't ever say that. Ever." Beast Boy said, letting go of AD.
"Fine. But I can't believe I ate meat again! Yuck!" AD said out of disgust.
"I know that feeling." Beast Boy chuckled. "But Dashie. The next time that ever happens to you, be honest with me."
"I'll try." AD said.
"C'mon. Robin needs to have a talk with you." Beast Boy said.
"Oh man. I don't like the sound of that." AD said.
Beast Boy and AD went back inside the tower.
And finished. Finally. This was the idea I had in mind for the continuation of the werehog arc since I wanted to continue it. Anyway. Next chapter, I don't know what it will be about yet so I do need some time to think on that. Also, this is the first time AD is shown to be scared of shots. So anyway. Yeah. Beast Boy and AD chapter for you guys. Hope you like it. Okay. I'm gonna go now. It's after midnight and I need to stop talking. As always, till the next time we meet, take care everyone. Ciao! :)