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Chapter 2

No Calm After The Storm

3 Months Ago

As usual as it was for the past couple of months, the first person up after the storm was Raven, blue cloak and all. What was strange was that she came to the kitchen 20 minutes early without doing her morning meditation. She couldn't stop thinking about the foreboding feeling last night and could not concentrate at all, which was why she now had a mild headache and the cure for that is a brew of chai tea.

Five minutes later, still pondering on this weird feeling. Robin showed up uniform and all, rose a brow in surprise to see Raven up earlier than usual, while it was strange it wasn't anything to bring up.

At least, not until he had his first cup of coffee and the morning paper.

"Morning Raven." He said after taking his first sip.

"Morning" She mumbled, staring out of the large pane glass windows.

"Your up early, everything alright?"

"I'm not sure." She said frowning, staring down at her still steaming cup of tea, as if it will somehow have the answers that eluded her. "It feels like something has happened recently but I'm not sure what it is."

"What does it feel like to you?" He asked, slowly lowering his mug. It was new to Robin to see Raven like this; while usually a little bit quieter and more stand-offish like him. It was rare for her to have these moments of acting like a normal girl before. It was weird but also fascinating and good to watch.

"…Like an abnormal changing in the world."

Robin's face took a 180 from curious boy to a three-year detective, thinking if anything had happened this past week besides the HIVE Five.

"The only other thing that's happened this whole week is the storm yesterday…" He paused for a second as he folded his arms and pondered on the subject. "…come to think of it, even the news said it was a sudden storm, that it came out of nowhere without any prior warning."

They were silent as they thought about; it could be just a coincident, or the starting the of something they never thought could happen to them. They stood still where they were until Cyborg and Starfire came into the room at around 7:00am.

"Morning y'all." Yawned Cyborg and headed straight to the kitchen to start what he called his "Meat-tacular breakfast special."

"Greeting friends!" exclaimed Starfire, her bubbly personality never really turning off, even when asleep. She was still in her pyjamas; pink button-down shirt and sweat pants, completed with pink fluffy bunny slippers with white fluff on the tip of the ears. After greeting everyone she followed Cyborg into the kitchen to start her own breakfast.

Everything went about as usual that morning; Robin went over what training regimen they were going to do today with Cyborg with Starfire pinching in every now and then. All of them would casually glance over at the silent empath. While Robin knew what was troubling her, the other two could feel the discomfort rolling from her in waves and didn't know what to make of it. This distracted them until they heard the door swish open.

With a grin forming on his face Cyborg was prepared for his and Beast Boy's annual breakfast "Meat vs Tofu argument/debate". "Hey BB, wanna try out my newest creation "Bacon Waffles and Bacon Pancakes!" He held out two trays of each dish, waiting for the yelling and argument to begin.

"Gurgle.''

Everyone blinked, expecting the words "Murderer!" Turning around and seeing Silkie happily making his way towards the smell of food and his main caretaker.

"Silkie!" Starfire gently picked him up when he made it to her and tickled his stomach, before taking a bacon-waffle and feeding it to him.

"Huh that's weird… Cyborg thought, turning his head to look at the microwave to see the time, it was 9:45. …the green stain usually up and yelling by now, wonder what's keeping him."

Just then an alarm went off, but it wasn't an alarm for crime but a call.

From the Mayor.

The Titans were surprised, the mayor didn't usually call unless for public meetings, public destruction taxes or an emergency.

Robin was quick to accept the call and see what the mayor needed. When the face cam started up, they could see him through desk height. He was a tall Caucasian man in his late 30's in a dark blue suit with a red tie, hair neatly combed back with thin stylish everyday glasses resting on his ears. What made Robin focus on him more was grave look on his face. He knew something he didn't want to say but knew he had to.

"Robin, l have some news for you and your team, can l assume you have them with you right now?"

Said team was surprised, the mayor would usually take to robin about everything going in the city. "Yes, the team is with me now except…."

"Beast Boy." The mayor said grimly. "That would be because this news involves him."

Now the Titans were getting worried as this would explain Beast boy absence this morning,

"As you know yesterday; there was an unplanned thunder and lighting storm with an unexplained signal interference for about an hour. While thankfully there wasn't any looting or 911 calls…except for one."

Silence

"…He's in a coma."

They sprang into action.

Starfire put Silkie down the curve couch and flew to her room to change and ready, Cyborg put the plates in front of the larvae much to its pleasure (waste not good bacon) and was taping into his arm to make sure the T-Car was gas up and ready for him when he arrived. Robin practically flew to the controls.

"When and where?"

"The call came from the pier near your tower right after the signal connection came back online. He was taken to Jump City Memorial Hospital soon after, l don't know the details of his condition, but l was called soon afterwards when the hospital couldn't contact you due to the storm still circling around. I've managed to keep the press and other associates in the dark for now, what you do after that is up to you."

"Thank you, Mr. Mayor." Said Robin as he put the hospital destination in his GPS and sent the information to his R-Cycle and Starfire's T-comm. Ending the call, he turned to go to the garage when he noticed some kitchen appliances floating around the room covered in dark purple.

He glanced to his left and found Raven, frozen starring at the now black screen with a look of dread on her usually blank face.

Within, her mind was in turmoil, now seeing that this was what she was feeling last night and this morning.

"I felt this, l felt this, and l didn't do anything stop it, this is my fault and because l didn't act Beast Boy is going to…" She snapped out of it when Robin placed his hands on her shoulders; while normally everyone (except Beast Boy) respected her personal space and need to be alone, but right now she need help.

"Breath Raven, right now we don't know anything about what happened to Beast Boy or how. We need more information and then that can be our starting point.

Taking his advice, she breath deeply through her nose and silently out of her mouth. With her calming down, the objects came to the surface only now across the room, some on the couch near Silkie's unbeatable mouth and gullet.

Once calm, Raven put her hood up and wrapped her cloak tighter around her to hide her emotions and get them under control. "Your right, thanks Robin l needed that."

He nodded. "What are friends for, now we got to get a move on and find out what happened to him." Racing to the elevator for the garage.

Taking another deep breath, she prepared herself to go out the window, before stopping to glance at the eating giant larvae surrounded by kitchen ware.

"Try not to eat everything."

"Burp!"

"Good enough." Before transforming into her soul bird form and flying out the window.

Scene Break

Jump City Hospital was at its usual. So far nothing unusual happen and no villain-related injuries have been reported, also none from the storm last night. Except for one case.

Dr. Grant signed as he looked over his newest patient and the Very odd symptoms he showed, even while in a coma, there was a talk about using a sedative but didn't know the proper dosage to give due to his meta-human genes and animal metabolism. So far, the mayor had gotten involved and informed them that he would call the Titans soon after he left. This wasn't a case he seen before and didn't know what to make of it.

"P-paging Doctor Grant, you are needed at the front desk please!"

Raising a brow at the nervous tone on the intercom, he made his way over using the stairs since he was near them. Upon arriving, he saw a sight he never thought he see.

There he saw the Titan Starfire right in the face of the nurse in the front office, gripping the edge in her barley contained grasp due to her worry, next to her was the empath, who as soon as he walked in locked eyes with him and never looked away causing him shiver in place. It felt like she was trying to read his mind.

"She probably could." He turned his head looking around. "Now where is…?"

He then heard a sound of a loud car screeching to a stop in the parking lot, soon after the thumping of boots hitting the concrete before the front doors burst open, showing the two male Titans breathing heavily as if they ran a marathon.

Soon as they arrived, Raven made her way towards him, signaling her team and him out as Beast boy's main doctor.

"Which room?" she demanded in a monotone voice. Her focus on Beast Boy and trying to block out all the emotions and the sterilizes smell of the hospital.

To say the doctor was a little intimidated being stared down by a teen superhero team would be a major understatement. Sure, he could see the worry within their eyes for their teammate, but he could also see a spark of vengeance for whoever brought this situation upon them.

"He's in a private room on the third floor, room 312."

With that said; Starfire and Robin headed to the stairs (Starfire flew up), while Cyborg took the elevator, Raven had the easiest way up, by floating up and phrasing through the ceiling.

Dr. Grant signed as turned back to the stairs to start his way back up.

Scene Break

Being the first one up, Raven scouted around for Beast Boy's hospital number and paused when she found it and saw someone sitting in one of the chairs in front of his room. A full-grown man wearing what a appears to be a fisherman outfit, his jacket and hat put beside him on the other chair, his head in his hands.

Raising a brow in curiosity, she walked till she was in front of him.

Suddenly feeling a presence, the man raised his head, then straightened up in shock when he discovered who he was staring at.

"Who are you?" She asked.

Before he could answer, Starfire came out through the stairs with Robin close behind, while the ding of an elevator sounded with the thumping of heavy boots trotted to them.

The man was now surrounded by four members of the Teen Titans and was understandably overwhelmed and somewhat worried if they would somehow blame him for their teammates' condition.

"I said…" Getting jolted out of his thinking he focusses his attention back on the empath, now having a glare out of impatience and being ignored within her hood. "…who are you?"

"M-my name is Jack, l was with him when it happened."

Robin walked up a little closer to him. "And what exactly did happen out there."

So, Jake started explaining everything to them from his perspective, all the way up to when Beast boy passed out. While he was telling the story, the doctor made his way to the group half-way through.

"…When my phone connection came back online, l knew l need to get him out of the rain; so, l moved him over my shoulder and brought him under the pier and made the call. Ten minutes later an ambulance showed up."

While the story was wrapping up, the Titans then focus their attention on their comatose friend. While the setup was standard for regular patients; a heart monitor connected to his chest and wires in his arm, they could see two nurses tending to him. What was strange to them was that the nurses had some sort of wariness to them, as if they were waiting for something to happen to him.

Doctor Grant cleared his throat to get the Titans' attention to explain what's been happening.

"I start from the top, as you probably Beast Boy was brought here already in the early stages of a coma, so far were trying to figure out on how due to Mr. Hunter's story. Right now, we believe it might be due to shock from what he went through was to much for his body to handle and his mind simply put him into this state to protect itself."

He paused for a second before taking another breath in. "This is where it gets a little difficult. Due to his meta-human abilities, he has more animal traits instead of human, we nearly called in a Vet to get further information for help, until something strange happened."

"Strange?" Cyborg questioned, raising a brow. "…Strange how?"

That was when a sound rang out, they did not want to hear.

The sound of a heart monitor increasing its pace.

Immediately the Titans turned their attention to their friend, and what they saw confused and scared them, as the nurses started to back off and stand beside the back of the wall near the bottom part of Beast Boy's bedside.

"What are they doing!?" Exclaimed Cyborg, ready to push his way through and help his best buddy from dying from neglect, Starfire was ready to help him out, she may not know much of earth's medical knowledge, but she could hold the nurses back if need be.

"Wait." The doctor said calmly.

Robin turned to ready to give him a lecture and threatened to get his licence revoked until he got a good look at his face, it looked like he's seen this happened before.

Soon enough Beast boy soon started to shapeshift, however it was a shift they have never seen before. It started with his head gaining an antenna on his head and the starting of a fin going down his back, his jaw stretching out as his teeth became more jagged and sharp. On his neck appeared to be gills like that of Aqualad. Before the transformation was complete, the changes started to reverse on themselves before reverting to Beastboy as his heart monitor began to return to a steady beat.

The Titans were shocked by what they saw, they have never seen that kind of animal come from Beast boy before.

"That kind of strange, that's been happening on and off for the past seven to eight hours now ever since he was brought in. It comes at random and each time its different, once he was actually turning into something made of crystal."

"…Piscciss Volanns." A whisper exclaimed.

"What was that Starfire?" Asked Robin, wondering if he heard her wrong.

"It is what friend Beastboy was transforming into, it is called a Piscciss Volanns."

All the faces staring at her had all different levels of confusion written on them.

"There's no animal of that name on Earth Star."

"That's because it is not a species of Earth friend Robin." Turning her attention back to her friend and teammate on the bed with worry, confusion and wonderment.

"But a species form space."