"You should go and coordinate the search, Starfire?" Robin then asked at
her haughty look that she shot him.
"How am I to coordinate the search if you don't feel like using ear pieces, and you don't want me to stay here?'' she protested. She understood that Robin didn't want her in the tower for now, and she was trying her best not to let it show. But her crossed arms and inclined eyebrows told everyone else that she knew what Robin wanted.
"It doesn't matter, Starfire. What we need to do is find Beast Boy. he's out there with god knows what." Cyborg said motioning to Starfire to come with him. He took Robin's hint as well. Her eyes glowed green, but after a look of pure loathing at Raven, she turned to follow Cyborg and stalked off.
"Why did you want her out so badly?" Raven asked Robin, still taken a little aback by Starfire's actions. But she knew why Robin wanted everyone out, but had it truly been that obvious that Starfire was to notice? She struggled internally to hold back her feelings for Robin.
"We need to find Beast Boy, I am aware that he could be in danger." Robin said taking Raven and setting her down across him at the table.
"But I need to know why you went so crazy first," Robin said very seriously, maybe Raven had guessed wrong about his intentions for getting the tower to themselves.
Raven rolled her eyes. Robin kept staring at her, honestly awaiting her reply. The truth was she really wasn't sure what had come over her. She had known that Beast Boy had been after her for a while, and this was the first time she admitted it to herself. And tonight he had finally acted, well, normal. His usual, joke telling, stupid-ish self hadn't shown tonight. He had been really concerned about that damn vampire, and he was going to fight Cyborg for her too. This brave/ sensitive side to Beast Boy was very attractive, but he hadn't shown it to her. He had shown it to some whor-
"Raven?" Robin asked quietly.
And now, she realized too, Robin. He had never really shown her any feelings, and neither did she. His amount of focus was amazing, and so was hers. She liked nothing more than to shut herself into her room, when Robin had something on his mind, so did he.
"Ok, well, never mind. I just wanted to know if you sensed something there." Robin broke away, but Raven could tell he knew what had happened.
"Well the important thing is that we find them now, that vamp is dangerous," Raven re-instated.
"Wait, that's not true," Robin said changing back to a different subject.
"Just to let you know, I thought that was really cruel what you did," Robin did seem sort of angry. "She was crying, ok? When I went into that room to get her she freaked. She must have been chased around or something, but something's happened to her that we don't know about. And right now Beast Boy is out there with an injured vampire. He doesn't know what he's doing, your right!" he acknowledged her eyes rolling again.
"But neither do we," Robin said fiercely and going out the door with Raven close behind.
"It'll be ok," Beast Boy said gently to Katie. Her head was still spinning, but wherever he had taken her, thankfully it was dark, so soon she'd feel better.
She remembered being questioned. Yes, that was still there. Then the muzzle slipped off, and everyone freaked out, except Beast Boy. Then the dark one was angered, and the masked man who had taken her from her first prison started arguing. Yes, that did happen too. The silver man took Beast Boy, and Beast Boy didn't want to. I can't remember. I can't remember. The green eyed one cried. The light. The light. It still hurt. Beast Boy came to her side and tried to shield the light. Then broke the window and took me away. Beast Boy wanted to return to me. He didn't want the silver man to take him, and leave me alone. Beast Boy didn't fear me.
"Are you going to be all right now?" Beast Boy was coming into view. He had taken her to the park.
"Thank you." Katie began to say, but she wanted to say more.
"What for?" asked Beast Boy, looking into her eyes fearlessly.
"For trusting me." She sat up in the grass with him sitting next to her. His eyes glanced down her. She knew he was checking to see if she was ok. She pulled him into a hug. He didn't flinch, or draw away, he accepted her fully. She was relieved to feel him hug back. Finally, in all her years of searching, she had found someone who trusted her. She began to think of what would happen now, now that the right person had come found her. But his embrace was still there. so she focused his warm love and alive heart beat.
When she was finally ready to let go, she tenderly nudged him. But he didn't let go.
"Do you trust me, Katie the vampire?" He asked hopefully.
She clamped her eyes shut, but a tear still rolled down. She nodded vigorously, lost for words. His warm hand found the back of her head and slowed it to a stop.
"Good" he whispered lightly in her ear. At that moment the changeling morphed into a green bat, seconds later Katie did too. They played together in the moonlight of the park. Until. Cyborg and Robin came running, Raven and Starfire soared closely behind them.
Beast Boy changed back to a human and watched Katie in her bat form soar into a nearby tree.
"Where is she? Where is that vampire? Are you ok Beast Boy?!" were questions they all asked. The sun was close to rising, and Beast Boy wasn't sure what to do. He ran towards them as over the ocean a beam of the sun's light began to appear. He couldn't hide her anymore, for she had fallen out of the tree. The other titans stopped in their tracks, looking from Beast Boy to the fallen vampire. He looked at them all, and their looks dared him to turn around. Beast Boy turned around and ran towards Katie.
"Beast Boy," she moaned and he came to kneel beside her. He made a move to help her up, but she resisted.
"Thank you, you trusted me. For 3 centuries I've waited for someone like you to find me," she grew weaker in his arms, he wondered what he could do about the rising sun. He didn't understand, but continued to listen to her fading voice.
"I've been a vampire this long, a curse, made me this way. It could only be broken by- someone who trusted, and you. trusted me, and I am free." in his arms she felt lighter and lighter, her appearance faded too. She was melting away in his arms, the last thing he felt of her were her cold lips pressing against his. At the last moment they became full and warm, then she was gone.
The sun had fully risen above the watery horizon. They had been up all night. Beast Boy stood up, looking where Katie had once laid. The titans stared at him, finally he took a backwards step away from the spot. A ruby red jewel lay glinting in the morning sun. Beast Boy picked it up and put into his pocket. Only when he and the rest of the titans had returned silently to the tower did he realize what the jewel was, it was the two each they cried at that last moment. together.
"How am I to coordinate the search if you don't feel like using ear pieces, and you don't want me to stay here?'' she protested. She understood that Robin didn't want her in the tower for now, and she was trying her best not to let it show. But her crossed arms and inclined eyebrows told everyone else that she knew what Robin wanted.
"It doesn't matter, Starfire. What we need to do is find Beast Boy. he's out there with god knows what." Cyborg said motioning to Starfire to come with him. He took Robin's hint as well. Her eyes glowed green, but after a look of pure loathing at Raven, she turned to follow Cyborg and stalked off.
"Why did you want her out so badly?" Raven asked Robin, still taken a little aback by Starfire's actions. But she knew why Robin wanted everyone out, but had it truly been that obvious that Starfire was to notice? She struggled internally to hold back her feelings for Robin.
"We need to find Beast Boy, I am aware that he could be in danger." Robin said taking Raven and setting her down across him at the table.
"But I need to know why you went so crazy first," Robin said very seriously, maybe Raven had guessed wrong about his intentions for getting the tower to themselves.
Raven rolled her eyes. Robin kept staring at her, honestly awaiting her reply. The truth was she really wasn't sure what had come over her. She had known that Beast Boy had been after her for a while, and this was the first time she admitted it to herself. And tonight he had finally acted, well, normal. His usual, joke telling, stupid-ish self hadn't shown tonight. He had been really concerned about that damn vampire, and he was going to fight Cyborg for her too. This brave/ sensitive side to Beast Boy was very attractive, but he hadn't shown it to her. He had shown it to some whor-
"Raven?" Robin asked quietly.
And now, she realized too, Robin. He had never really shown her any feelings, and neither did she. His amount of focus was amazing, and so was hers. She liked nothing more than to shut herself into her room, when Robin had something on his mind, so did he.
"Ok, well, never mind. I just wanted to know if you sensed something there." Robin broke away, but Raven could tell he knew what had happened.
"Well the important thing is that we find them now, that vamp is dangerous," Raven re-instated.
"Wait, that's not true," Robin said changing back to a different subject.
"Just to let you know, I thought that was really cruel what you did," Robin did seem sort of angry. "She was crying, ok? When I went into that room to get her she freaked. She must have been chased around or something, but something's happened to her that we don't know about. And right now Beast Boy is out there with an injured vampire. He doesn't know what he's doing, your right!" he acknowledged her eyes rolling again.
"But neither do we," Robin said fiercely and going out the door with Raven close behind.
"It'll be ok," Beast Boy said gently to Katie. Her head was still spinning, but wherever he had taken her, thankfully it was dark, so soon she'd feel better.
She remembered being questioned. Yes, that was still there. Then the muzzle slipped off, and everyone freaked out, except Beast Boy. Then the dark one was angered, and the masked man who had taken her from her first prison started arguing. Yes, that did happen too. The silver man took Beast Boy, and Beast Boy didn't want to. I can't remember. I can't remember. The green eyed one cried. The light. The light. It still hurt. Beast Boy came to her side and tried to shield the light. Then broke the window and took me away. Beast Boy wanted to return to me. He didn't want the silver man to take him, and leave me alone. Beast Boy didn't fear me.
"Are you going to be all right now?" Beast Boy was coming into view. He had taken her to the park.
"Thank you." Katie began to say, but she wanted to say more.
"What for?" asked Beast Boy, looking into her eyes fearlessly.
"For trusting me." She sat up in the grass with him sitting next to her. His eyes glanced down her. She knew he was checking to see if she was ok. She pulled him into a hug. He didn't flinch, or draw away, he accepted her fully. She was relieved to feel him hug back. Finally, in all her years of searching, she had found someone who trusted her. She began to think of what would happen now, now that the right person had come found her. But his embrace was still there. so she focused his warm love and alive heart beat.
When she was finally ready to let go, she tenderly nudged him. But he didn't let go.
"Do you trust me, Katie the vampire?" He asked hopefully.
She clamped her eyes shut, but a tear still rolled down. She nodded vigorously, lost for words. His warm hand found the back of her head and slowed it to a stop.
"Good" he whispered lightly in her ear. At that moment the changeling morphed into a green bat, seconds later Katie did too. They played together in the moonlight of the park. Until. Cyborg and Robin came running, Raven and Starfire soared closely behind them.
Beast Boy changed back to a human and watched Katie in her bat form soar into a nearby tree.
"Where is she? Where is that vampire? Are you ok Beast Boy?!" were questions they all asked. The sun was close to rising, and Beast Boy wasn't sure what to do. He ran towards them as over the ocean a beam of the sun's light began to appear. He couldn't hide her anymore, for she had fallen out of the tree. The other titans stopped in their tracks, looking from Beast Boy to the fallen vampire. He looked at them all, and their looks dared him to turn around. Beast Boy turned around and ran towards Katie.
"Beast Boy," she moaned and he came to kneel beside her. He made a move to help her up, but she resisted.
"Thank you, you trusted me. For 3 centuries I've waited for someone like you to find me," she grew weaker in his arms, he wondered what he could do about the rising sun. He didn't understand, but continued to listen to her fading voice.
"I've been a vampire this long, a curse, made me this way. It could only be broken by- someone who trusted, and you. trusted me, and I am free." in his arms she felt lighter and lighter, her appearance faded too. She was melting away in his arms, the last thing he felt of her were her cold lips pressing against his. At the last moment they became full and warm, then she was gone.
The sun had fully risen above the watery horizon. They had been up all night. Beast Boy stood up, looking where Katie had once laid. The titans stared at him, finally he took a backwards step away from the spot. A ruby red jewel lay glinting in the morning sun. Beast Boy picked it up and put into his pocket. Only when he and the rest of the titans had returned silently to the tower did he realize what the jewel was, it was the two each they cried at that last moment. together.