A/N: Ouch... in great pain right now. I burnt my entire left hand when I was cooking earlier. I can't do anything with it right now.
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Okay, here's the chapter with Beast Boy's thoughts, like everybody wanted.
You know, I've updated various stories of mine 3 times today, counting now. I think I've found my cure for boredom!
Disclaimer: Cyborg owns the T-Car. Beast Boy owns the Gamestation. Robin owns the training room. Starfire owns Robin. Raven owns a personal library. And I own nothing but the plot sighs
Summary: Beast boy is bored. He decides to read a book, which turns out to be Raven's Diary... BBRae
Chapter 7
Beast boy leaned back on the pillows, stunned. And for good reason, too.
Raven liked him.
Like, like liked him.
Maybe even loved him.
Whoa.
Beast boy's thoughts swarmed at the thought of serious, sarcastic Raven liking him, the foolish jokester. Raven liked him. It seemed impossible! Especially since he liked her as well! She even read a romance novel for him!
He wondered when she had started to like him. He looked back on the page he had been reading. He looked at the date.
May 5th.
Whoa.
Today was August 25th.
Raven had had a crush on him for months.
Unless, of course, she had at some point stopped liking him.
Disturbed and upset at the thought, Beast boy skipped ahead in the diary, to find the last entry that had been written so far.
August 24th
I was meditating today when the alarm went off.
When I went downstairs to find out what was going on, I discovered that Robin and Starfire had yet to arrive, which was strange, seeing as Robin's usually the first one there.
When they did come in, together, I noticed that they were both looking a bit rumpled. Robin looked highly embarrassed while Starfire looked ecstatic. I'll have to ask her about that later.
Apparently Overload had regained his energy in jail, had broken out, and was now causing mayhem at the local power plant.
So we all set off for the power plant.
When we got there, we realized that we had a bigger problem than we had imagined. Last time, we had defeated Overload by soaking him with water, causing his electricity to fizzle out. But with us being in a power plant, we couldn't ambush him with water, or the entire city would lose power. And with all the electrical generators around, Overload could draw power easily.
It seemed we were at a slight disadvantage. And Overload knew it too.
We started fighting, to no avail. I threw knick-knacks that were lying around at him, which he added to his mass. He sucked up Starfire's starbolts, adding their energy to himself, as well as Cyborg's sonic blasts. Robin's gadgets were either sucked up or Overload whipped them away from him. Beast boy, try as he might, couldn't get close enough to hurt him without suffering electrocution.
Then Overload started on the offensive, swiping at us, trying to electrocute us, taunting and insulting us.
As Overload taunted me, he hit Beast boy with his arm, knocking him to the ground. Beast boy was gasping, and was obviously in great pain.
I flipped out. Overload had electrocuted Beast boy, making him hurt, and I would make sure he'd regret it. I know I'm overprotective of him, but I like him so much, I can't bear for him to be hurt. It probably had something to do with the fact I hadn't finished meditating too.
I felt my powers blow out of control, swirling, spinning, and building. I tried desperately to hold them back, but some of my power lashed out towards Overload. At the last second I yelled, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" even though it was too late for me to control it. But since I yelled that, the Titans would think I was directing the energy.
Black energy totally enfulged Overload, surrounding him in a sphere. Overload was huge, with all the energy he had, and my power swamped him. He was levitated off the floor, floating in this black sphere. Then the sphere started drawing his electricity out of him, adding that energy to itself.
Apparently, it is very painful to have your essence pulled out of you, or at least it was in Overload's case. He was screeching in agony. It was terrible. It was like listening to someone dying, and hearing them scream.
Finally, all that remained was his little chip head, which was amazingly still working.
I drew the black bubble back towards me, made it vanish, and caught Overload's chip in my hand.
I turned to the Titans, who were all gaping wide-mouthed at me. I dropped the chip into Robin's outstretched hand, and said, "What?"
They shook themselves, trying to hide their reactions to my little display of power.
Beast boy said, "Dude! I didn't know you could do that!"
I retorted sourly, "Well, now you do."
And then we headed home.
I wonder what Beast boy would think if he knew that all that power came from emotions he had influenced in me. He'd probably flip out or something. He wouldn't want little Miss Darkness liking him. He's always chatting up those dumb blondes at the pizza place, discussing mopeds or something. Like I'd ever discuss a moped.
I need to finish meditating now, lest I flip out again.
-Raven
Beat boy sat perfectly still, one train of thought running through his mind: Whoa.
Raven had flipped out because of him?
He had no idea! Overload had called her a gothic poser who was wrapped up in despair, and he had figured she got mad at him and decided to hurt him. He had no idea that Raven was furious at Overload because of him! Or that her powers had gone out of her control!
Now that he knew how much power Raven actually controlled, it was a bit freaky. And that display with Overload hadn't even been all of her power! She had managed to hold most of it back!
He shuddered to think what would have happened to Overload if she hadn't held back.
Beast boy took a deep breath to calm himself, shut Raven's diary, got up off his bed, and started to pace around his room, thinking.
Raven still liked him. Rather strongly, if yesterday's display counted for anything. The question was though, what was she going to do about it?
Apparently nothing. It had been months since she had realized she liked him, and she hadn't done anything to give anyone a hint to of her feelings.
Then again, neither had he, and he had liked her for months, too.
At that moment, Beast boy decided he would do something about his feelings today. He had been waiting to long, and since he now knew how Raven felt, he didn't have to worry too much about rejection.
Tucking the diary into his pocket and strolling purposely off towards the living room, Beast boy was a man with a mission now, and no one had better get in his way.
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Hint to come: Beast Boy's plan goes terribly, horribly wrong.