Captain Blues: Let's keep it going!

A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan Reborn
Chapter One

[Champion City - Downtown
POV: Garfield Mark Logan]

"Thank you," Garfield sullenly said as he grabbed his Tofu dog from the Hot Dog Vendor and squeezed a stream of ketchup on the hotdog. He handed the man some cash and walked to a bench to enjoy his food.

It had been ten hours since he left the Tower and Jump City altogether by bus, and now he was sitting at the national park of the neighboring city, Champion City.

He wanted to find a way to get his powers back, and he knows that Jump City wouldn't be the place to find it, so he left but now, he didn't know exactly where to go from here.

Maybe he should return to Africa to find another monkey infected with that disease?

Or maybe he should go back to the Doom Patrol to see if they could help?

As he unwrapped his tofu dog, Garfield mumbled, "I gotta figure something out before anything happ-"

A large explosion rocked the area without warning, causing Garfield to fly from his bench and onto the ground. Garfield rose to his feet, the sound coming in muffled, but despite his hearing being muffled, he could hear screams, and from the corner of his eyes, he saw dozens of people running.

Garfield shook his head and rose to his feet and stumbled forward before he turned around and noticed a large crater and tons of smoke growing from within and around it.

Garfield peered within it, but as the smoke began to ebb away, Garfield noticed something black. 'What is that?' Garfield thought to himself.

Garfield leaned away from the crater, but as he turned around, a piece of the ground crumbled beneath him, and Garfield went falling into the smoke-filled hole. When he landed on the ground, he landed in the goop of black ooze that sat at the bottom of the aperture.

But instead of feeling hot molten liquid, it was cool to the touch but still, he was in some unidentified ooze, but when he prepared to jump out of the ooze, it was gone.

He was sitting on the bare ground.

Had he imagined it?

It couldn't have been in his head because he felt it all around him when he dove in, but now he was just sitting here.

Like an idiot.

Garfield stood up and said, "Now I'm stuck in here."

He then shut his eyes and added, "I wonder how the others are doing..."

[Jump City - Titan Tower
POV: Raven Roth]

"Dear Teen Titans,

I know it seems weird that I wrote this letter and addressed you guys as "Teen Titans," but considering the seriousness of this situation, I decided to be serious for the first time in a long while.

I need you guys to understand that I am not doing this for drama or anything petty like that, but I will be leaving Titans Tower tonight once I am done with this letter.

You guys might be wondering, "Why?" and the truth is simple.

I'm nothing without my powers.

I know what you guys are going to say.

"Beast Boy, that is not true," or "Powers or not, you are still a Titan," and while that may sound good on paper, it won't heal the massive hole left in my heart from the loss of my powers.

When I was five years old, I lived in Africa with my parents. One day during a walk in the woods, I was bitten by a monkey infected with the Sakutia Virus. It's a very rare virus that mutates your genes and is very lethal.

My parents made a machine that cured me of the virus, but it gave me my powers. My parents said my powers were a gift and that I should use them to protect those who care for me and protect those who can't defend themselves.

I always remembered those words, and I promised them that I would use that power for good, but then a few months later, they died going over a waterfall in a boat while they forced me to fly away.

Those powers were the last thing my parents gave me.

It was like...Despite them being gone, they were still with me whenever I morphed. But now I feel like they are truly gone.

And with my powers gone, my duty to them died as well. How can I protect you guys by being powerless? How can I protect the citizens of Jump City without my powers?! How can I keep my promise to my parents without them?!

I can't.

And that's why I am leaving.

I need to find a way to get my powers back or any abilities to help you guys and the world. And I can't do that while holding up in the Tower. I don't know how long it'll take, but I can't come back until I find them.

In the box underneath this note, you'll find my uniform as well as my Titan Communicator. I just want you guys to know that I will miss all of you, but I want you to remember something.

This isn't goodbye.

I'm not going to be gone forever. When I come back, I will be better than ever!

So this isn't a goodbye. This is a pause in our friendship.

Until we meet again,
Garfield Mark Logan."

Raven lowered the letter and let a sigh leave her lips, having just read off the letter that sat on top of the counter next to her tea.

Beast Boy knew that she was always the first Titan up for the day and knew the first thing she did was get her tea.

Smart thinking.

"I don't get it!" Cyborg yelled from behind her, concern and anger in his voice. "He didn't have to leave here. I could have helped him!"

But Raven knew that they couldn't have helped at all. Cyborg was a genius, and he had done what he had set out to do, and that was to get rid of the Beast Within, and he did.

With Beast Boy's powers along with it.

Cyborg had done several tests when it was discovered that Beast Boy had lost his powers and each other those tests proved that there was nothing left of his powers.

Cyborg could have done nothing, and Raven thought that while he knew that, he still was upset that his "Baby Brother" was now gone.

Raven heard Starfire weep behind her while Robin held her in his arms, a deep frown etched on his face.

Raven truthfully didn't know how she felt about Beast Boy leaving. On the practical side, she understood why he had left. He was no use to the Teen Titans without his powers, and he was no Robin where he could defend himself without them during a mission, and she didn't want to bury a teammate just because they liked him.

But on an emotional level?

Raven was unsure.

She and Beast Boy had bonded significantly since their first days as Titans. He was there for her when Malchior betrayed her and broke her heart, and she was there for him when Terra crossed them and when she died killing Slade, among other little moments, including their moment after Beast Boy got rid of the Beast Within, as well as his power.

But while he was a great emotional friend, he was annoying and always cut into her meditation to do trivial things with the others.

Was she going to miss him?

She didn't know for sure, but she knew that the place would be quieter without him.

Whether that would be a good or bad thing, she wouldn't know yet.

"We need to find Friend Beast Boy, Robin," Starfire said as Raven watched her walk away from Robin. "Friend Beast Boy has no powers! Anyone could recognize him and hurt him!"

"I doubt they will," Robin told her. "He doesn't have the green skin anymore...Or the fang...or the ears...The only thing they could tell is the hair and his eyes. He will be fine..."

Raven watched as Starfire left the room in tears, with Robin following after, leaving her and Cyborg in the kitchen.

Raven turned to Cyborg and saw him looking down at the floor, a sad look on his face. Raven floated over to him and asked, "Are you, alright, Cyborg?"

Cyborg shook his head as he stood up and walked to the door that would lead him out of their home, leaving Raven alone in the room.

All Raven hoped was that he would be safe and returned soon.

[Champion City - Downtown
POV: Garfield Mark Logan]

"Next time, be careful. There won't be anyone that rescues you next time, and I can't be around to save you again."

Garfield softly chuckled as he scratched the back of his head as he stared at the girl in front of him.

The teenage girl had black skin with short black hair and black eyes, three pairs of small earrings on each ear, a gray jumpsuit zipped down with its sleeves rolled up, revealing a black skintight shirt and sleeves, and sleeves black boots and gloves.

Garfield knew that the girl's name was Rocket, and she was Champion City's resident hero, and the only reason he knew that was due to Robin giving them a crash course on heroes throughout the country, with her name being on the list.

"I'm sorry about that. I'll be sure to be careful next time, Rocket," Garfield told her truthfully. Rocket smiled at him before she flew off into the air and away from the area. Garfield let out a tiny smile and dusted himself off before he said, "Welp, I should get some food and a hotel room before night falls."

Garfield took a few steps forward before he felt his stomach grumble and said, "Ok...Change of plans. Eat and then find a place to sleep."

The sun was now setting when Garfield made it to a small diner in front of the Sunset Hotel, the hotel he was staying in for the night with his stomach growling heavily.

"No worries, stomach, we'll get food in you soon," Garfield said as he patted his stomach, but as he headed to the diner, he noticed a rundown blue van with rust in various spots, and then a gunshot.

Garfield ducked behind a pillar as screams echoed within the diner. He raised his head and saw three men in black jumpsuits and black masks inside of the restaurant, each of them brandishing a shotgun in their hands.

'Great…This sucks...They are getting robbed, and I'm out here with no powers! What do I do?' Garfield thought to himself with a worried frown on his face.

What could he do with no powers?

He wasn't as skilled as Robin in hand-to-hand combat, but he wasn't a slouch. But if he did go in there, he could risk getting shot or worse.

But he couldn't allow those people to get hurt or worse.

Garfield walked to the door with a crouch and grabbed a loose pipe that was near the door as he heard one of the robbers shouted, "Rocket and the police will be here any moment. We need to get out of here soon!"

Garfield noticed a brick sitting near the door and raised his head to see how many there were. 'Five...There are five of them here,' Garfield noted before he ducked his head back down and grabbed the brick.

He could take out one with a brick to the head.

Another with the pipe in his hand.

But the last three...Need to be up to luck...

With a brief prayer, Garfield stood up and launched the brick through the window, smashing it and nailing one of the robbers in the side of the head, sending him to the ground before he quickly ducked back down.

Screams of alarm and gun cocking were heard, and Garfield took the chance to run into the diner and slammed the pipe in the middle of the second robber's face, sending him to the ground as well.

"Waste him!" the third robber shouted before he and the other two robbers aimed their guns at him. Garfield jumped over the counter of the diner just as the three fired their shots.

Garfield landed on the ground and rolled on the ground, and when he heard them cock their guns, Garfield jumped up and dropped the third robber in the face with a kick. Garfield then ran forward and rammed his body on the fourth and fifth robber, sending the three to the ground.

The second they landed, Garfield slammed grabbed both of their heads and slammed them into the ground, knocking the two men out. Garfield stood up to his feet and turned around to get punched in the face by the third robber.

Garfield staggered backward and took another right hook to the face before Garfield was kicked in the chest, sending the teen slamming against the wall.

The robber walked forward and said, "Little man wants to be a hero," as he pulled out a knife from his right pocket. The robber lunged the blade forward, but Garfield ducked out of the way then replied with a kick to the robber's nuts, which caused the man to hunch over in pain.

This pause gave Garfield the chance to swing around behind the robber, wrap his arms around the man's waist and lifted him off his feet, and bent back sharply, slamming the man's upper body to the ground, knocking the man unconscious.

Garfield rolled from underneath the robber's body and fell to one knee, panting slightly before he then stood up and said, "Is anyone hu-"

A gunshot rang out, and Garfield felt an intense pain in his stomach. Garfield turned around and saw the very first robber he had nailed with brick at the start of all this.

Garfield glanced down at his stomach and saw a bloom of crimson red against his purple hoodie, but then another gunshot was heard, and Garfield felt something rip through his upper right chest, and then one last gunshot rang out, and it hit the side of his left neck.

Garfield began to fall to the ground, the sounds of sirens becoming muffled as his vision faded away.

Captain Blues And that is where I will end it.