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Beast Boy only had wondered the halls for a few minutes till he found Hope's room. There were two things that surprised him, one that Hope was still up, the other was that Hope was not alone. There were at least a dozen or so kids ranging from a few years old too almost their teens, when he entered all heads turned his way. Beast Boy didn't like this, he was too vulnerable, and injured, they could easily over take him. But before they even had a chance to act a young blond nurse in an overalls and a black shirt stepped between them.
"Hold still, we don't want to make his injuries worse," she turned "Beast Boy, I'm Fath, Hope's mom. I also help run this place," he shook her hand, she leaned close and wisped "this is for all kids with terminally ill diseases."
He stepped back nodding his head, "well I'm glad to be here and I've got time to kill, so let us mingle." He laughed as he stepped passes Fath and to the kids, all were very happy to see him, and showed it very well. Time went by as he changed into different animals and played with the children. Then he noticed that the boy Hope brought earlier to him was sitting by himself, Beast Boy approached him. "Look, I know I'm not your favorite, but you could mingle with the other kids."
The boy sighed and looked at Beast Boy "my sister has something that will kill her, not me, how can I enjoy anything when I know at any moment she could." He couldn't finish, but held back his tears, "besides, what's the point, if I'm around her too much, I'll miss her more when she, goes."
Beast Boy had no idea how to respond to this, but a calm cool voice drifted over them, "enjoy the time you have, even if it is short." Both boys turned to the source, to was a small girl with short light brown hair and bright, almost glowing eyes. She wore lose pajama pants with sheep on them with a matching shirt.
"Sam, stay out of this," said the boy angrily.
"You are only angry Max because you know I'm right, you can't ignore the fact that she has this, except it, and move on."
"How can I move on when I know at on point she won't be able to," the boy called Max snapped back, tears flowing freely.
"But she can move now," the girl said calmly, then stepped toward Max and cradled his head, Beast Boy was shocked.
He turned toward Fath, she sighed "Max, my son, has never been able to deal with his sister's condition. But the one holding him now," she gave a motherly smile "well she and him do this all the time, it normally turns out like this." She never took her eyes off them, Beast Boy stared at her, eyebrow rased, then just shook his head.
'I'm not going to ask,' then he saw that they separated and Sam can near him, he looked down and smiled.
"Salutation Beast Boy, my name is Samantha Ranger, but please, call me Sam," she gave a bow as she said this.
Beast Boy smiled, "salutation to you Sam, it is a pleasure to meet you," he then looked at Max who still seemed shaken.
"Don't worry about him, he's a tough kid," then she leaned in, "he's got a soft heart but don't let him know I told you."
Beast Boy smiled, he took Sam by the hand and led her to the group when she was greeted happily. Max groined a minute latter and seemed to be in a better mood, that was until he got next to Beast Boy.
"Hey BB, I was wondering if Robin would join us?"
Beast Boy composed himself as best he could, then asked "uh, why?"
"Cause he's my favorite, he's soooo cool, all toughs moves," he was about to get up when his mother shot a look at him. "Right, ever since the cheery pie incident I'm not allowed to act out Robin."
Beast Boy decided he wasn't going to asked "well unfortunately Robin's at the tower, she I got hurt so I needed to come here." He was never good at lying, but when the time came, he was good enough.
"Oh, ok," then slid away, "natures calling," wisped heading toward the bathroom, Beast Boy chuckled.
"Please friend Beast Boy, what do you find so amusing?"
He almost jumped out of his skin, then turned to see Starfire, "Star, could you not do that please," he grabbed his chest.
"I'm sorry that I scared you," she said sadly.
"No, you just surprised me that's all," then he looked at her "why are you here, anyway?"
"Well some people in white were talking about Beast Boy playing with the kids, and I wanted to join you," she said smiling.
Beast Boy had a nasty suspicion that it was that she wanted to take her mind off Robin, but decided not to say it. "Glad you're here, you can take over," she looked curiously at him. "I've been here awhile, I need a little down time and a snack, but I will be back, ok?" he asked grinning.
"Well ok, I'll like playing with them," Beast Boy waved a changed one last time and was out the door. Starfire turned to the kids "what shall you play first," all the kids spoke exceedingly and the games began.
After about ten minutes the kids were all eating some fruit and drinking juice, snake time, Starfire sat down with a sigh. "Who close to you, you fear will be lost," came a calm cool voice next to her. She looked, Sam was in a meditating position on the table, she oped one eye and looked at Starfire. "You have the look of someone how wants to block out something in your mind. A danger that looms, lost love," when she said this Starfire nearly broke, but nodded and looked at Sam. "I can feel it around you, I can see it in you eye, worry," then she leaned closer, "it also helps to know that that person is on an operating table with four bullet wounds."
Starfire was stunned, then gave a nod, "yes it is true, but how did you know of such things."
Sam smiled "I know ever doctor and nurse in this place, if I someone like him comes in, I know about it five minutes later."
Starfire was impressed, "I'm afraid I'll lose him," she admitted shyly.
"I hate to point this out, but isn't that kind of constant in his line of work," Starfire looked a Sam surprised. "Each one of you risk your lives every day, him the most, he has no super power to fall back on. Not saying that he isn't important, it's just he has no trump card," Starfire knew enough about cards to know what she was talking about.
"But it's my fault, I was the target, he jumped in front of it, if only I had stopped him," she felt like crying.
Sam interrupted her "first, never play ifs, ifs are nothing, you can't deal with the what ifs, you have to deal with what is." Starfire looked at Sam stunned "second, even if it is your fault, which is extremely doubtful, you can't do anything about it now but hope."
Starfire sighed "I suppose you are right," then looked at the kids who were almost done, "I feel much better.
"Starfire," Sam said before she got far, "one last peace of advice, there is nothing you could have done before this, there are only things you can do after." She then got up and left Starfire with that last thought, Starfire joined to kinds thinking about it.
Now that Starfire was gone Raven was bored, even though it was her suggestion, she even hoped Beast Boy would come, they were over due for a talk. She decided to meditate in the dinning area, she also wanted tea, and only had to wait a few moments.
"Hi Raven, I suppose we should talk?" he asked with a chair sliding.
"Yes," she said oping her eyes, then was stunned, he had a big glass of Jell-O, she looked down at it, then at Beast Boy.
"What I'm hungry from something real," she said eating some with a smile, Raven shook her head.
"You know that there can be nothing between us," she said monitone.
Beast Boy smile faded "why can't there be, why can't we be more then friends," he used that term cause he knew any others would get him creamed.
"Because, I don't want to risk anything," that was the truth.
He sighed, then looked at the Jell-O on his spoon "why have you never tried Jell-O?" he asked not taking his eyes off it. Raven was stunned that he would talk about food at a time like this, "how do you know you would like it till you've tried it?"
Raven was stunned 'he's using an angrily, a pretty good one at that,' she sighed "it's not that I don't want to, it's just I'm afraid to."
A though struck him "are you afraid you'll like it?" he asked taking another bit.
"Well," she was stumped "Jell-O is just hard for me to accept, hard for me to trust."
"Maybe after you spend more time with Jell-O you and he will learn that," he said with the spoon in his mouth.
Raven was fed up "look, I would like to try Jell-O a little, maybe even a lot, but it's to risky for the team, myself, and Jell-O." She breathed heavily hoping that would end it, Beast Boy took another bit in silence.
Then he looked at her and said "if you don't try Jell-O soon," then slid the now empty glass toward her, "it may be too late and someone else will have eaten it." Then he got up and left her with her thoughts.
Two surgeons and two nurses looked over the young teen in worry, one looked at the other, "he's not doing so well."
"I refuse to lose him, we will get these thing out of him and he will live through it," 'or we're all going to be burned at the stake.'
A/N sorry for ending it there, but that's a good spot to torment people at, add evil laugh, kidding, anyway thanks to all who reviewed, hugs to all will write again as soon as I can, till then, enjoy.