Disclaimer: I still don't own Teen Titans. I wish I did. And I demand a review for this story.
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:Jump City, Titan's Tower:-
Beast Boy sat on the couch, his mind a wreck. "My life... is hell..." he muttered.
Raven watched him from the doorway. In these past few hours, she and the others had discovered more than they wanted to. Beast Boy had revealed that the joking, the pranks, the happy-go-luckyness was all a facade, an effort to forget his sordid past.
Typhon. The monster. The legends that spoke of him all said that he was truly one to be feared. And everyone there thought he was just that: a myth.
Raven felt like a real bitch for what she was about to say, but it had to be done. He couldn't waste his life away like some forlorn delinquent.
She shook him. "Beast Boy. Beast Boy, get up."
He looked at her with tear-streaked eyes. "What's the point? I'm probably just gonna end up helping the annihilation of humanity."
Raven smiled dryly. "That's my job."
In spite of his present predicament, he managed a little grin. "You, making jokes. I must be dreaming."
Raven snorted uncharacteristicly. "Don't get to comfy."
When she was ready to leave, he spoke up. "You know, we have more in common than you realize."
"I know, and personally, I'd rather forget the demon blood in me."
"You and me both."
Raven jerked at that. "What are you talking about? You have no demon blood within..."
Beast Boy sat up. "Typhon is nothing like a demon. I mean, he's sort of in between being a demon and a god."
"So why don't you cope with it?"
Beast Boy was about to answer when Cyborg came in, holding a box, followed by Robin and Starfire. "We got mail."
"Scan it first. There's no return address, and Idon't need a repeat of what happened with the Puppet King."
Cyborg's red eye glowed. "I can't detect anything, excepta disk..."
Robin looked at Raven. "Overload?"
Raven shook her head. "I doubt it. He wouldn't be that dense, and he's not that smart anyway."
"Well, the best thing to do now is to see what's on it."
Cyborg took out the CD and put it in the computer. After a tense moment, the screen flickered, and a beautiful brunette woman appeared.
Beast Boy's eyes widened. "Mom?"
Everyone looked at him. "That's your mother? But I thought she was..."
"Yeah, she's dead. But this coould have been done before that."
MarieLogan began to speak. "Greetings. If this CD is being viewed, then my worst fears have been confirmed, and the monster Typhon has broken free of his prison." She looked at her hands, then back to the screen.
"This disk is for use that will benefit those that seek to prevent theconversion of the planet. Typhon only seeks to return the Earth to it's former state. Overrun with demonic creatures, and to do this," she touched her stomach, "he impregnated me with his seed."
The Titans looked at Beast Boy to see how he was holding up. He looked sick.
"My son, I love you as a mother, so I hope you can forgive for bringing up unwanted memories." The screen shifted to a menu which had 3 options labeled Unity, Duty, and Destiny.
"Well, let's get this over with," muttered Beast Boy. As he clicked on the Duty option. Marie Logan came up again. "What you are about to see are my memories, of my child as a young boy growing up in Africa."
The screen shifted to a village that was on fire. The Titan's heard the wailing of the villagers, and saw a clothed boy, his arms in the air, disturbingly shooting lightenting at the village. A man came out of nowhere and grabbed the boy and shook him. "Garfield, stop!"
The child turned his head, and the Titans were shocked to see a younger version Beast Boy, with a lot of differences. The child's eyes were amber yellow, and he had a small set of horns on his forehead, and crimson color skin. The child giggled insanely as the man shook him.
"Christ," was all that came out of Robin's mouth.
The scene skipped to another view. This time the child had a small set of antler-like horns growing through the top of his head, a small set of wings, and a short tail. And the child was also surrounded by 3 natives with spears.
One native jumped at the child, but the child jumped into the air and landed on one's back. He grabbed the man and twisted his head all the way on his neck.
Cyborg cringed at the distinct crack of the bones, and Starfire covered eyes. 'If this was Beast Boy the hell-spawn as a kid, I'd hate to meet him a he is now.' All Beast Boy was keep his eyes on the screen, horror etched on his face.
MarieLogan's voice came up. "Were it the olden days, his strength and will would have pleased us greatly. And the extraordinary power he was born with increased and turned savage at the same time that we, his own parents, felt terror towards him."
"We had a witch doctor friend to construct a potion which would effectively bury Garfield's demonic side." The scene went to Mark Logan creeping to a sleeping Garfield holding a test tube. The child Garfield rolled over and slowly opened his eyes.
"Papa?" He voice was young and innocent, but as his eyes focused, his face went angry and he growled. Mark held him down as he tried to deliver the potion to his son, but the kicking and screaming child threw his father off him.
Mark looked up to see his son roar, streaks of the potion dribbling out of his mouth. Marie awoke to find Garfield grab his father's skull, with the intent of crushing it.
"Garfield!" Marie jumped up to try and stop Garfield from killing his human father.
Strangely, the child Garfield let go of his father's skull, wailing and convulsing to the ground. The wings, the tail, the horns; allshrank into his body as he ceased to move. As a final indignity to his near demonic side, his skin went normal.
Mark lifted his son into his arms as Marie went to his side. But then...
"Mark..." Marie rolled Garfield onto his back. The same glowing rune on his back pulsated slightly, then glowed dully.
"Mark, will he..."
"He will not become the demon his was when he was born. But he will have that mark for the rest of his life. As a divine reminder of what he is."
At that statement, the video was cut short. For a while, no one spoke. At last, Starfire had the nerve to speak up. "Friend, Beast Boy,will you again become this creature of..."
"No, Star." Beast Boy sat down and shook his head. "I think that that potion I took wiped my memory of my younger years."
Cyborg sat next to his green friend and patted his back. "Dude, no matter what you do or become, we'll always be here for you."
Beast Boy narrowed his eyes. "As much as I enjoy you feeling sorry for me, your sympathy sickens me," he hissed.
"Beast Boy!"
Beast Boy shook his head. "Sorry. Guess that disc brought out the worst in me."
Raven decided to speak at last. "Speaking of which--"
She never got the chance to finish. The alarm went off. Robin ran to the computer to check. "Trouble downtown."
"Well, let's go!"
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Unknown to the Titans, a dark entity watched from the sea. His yellow eyes narrowed, and a single phrase crossed his lips.
"...Arad moku den..."
With that, the entity disappeared beneath the waves.
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