Doppelganger

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Author's note: I hope you enjoyed the last chapter…yeah I know it dealt mostly with Dorinda/Doppelganger's past but I promise this chapter will focus more on Titan stuff.

Zzyinzo: Nope, I don't know dark16angel…should I? As for telling so much about her past in one chapter I did it because in the following chapters she's going to be doing some stuff that will make a lot more sense if you know something about her past…especially if you know her mother's motives more. I hope you liked it though, I really had a lot of fun with that chapter.

Chapter 3 – The Silent Observer

Doppelganger sat within the wall and patiently waited for Titans to begin stirring from their sleep. Starfire and Robin were the first awake and begin moving about the kitchen. Robin began making breakfast as Starfire set the table. A smile played about Robin's lips as Starfire, time after time tried to convince him to let her cook. He'd had her cooking before and he knew that he'd rather eat his own cape before he decided to try her cooking again.

As Dorinda stared out at the two she felt like she'd known them forever. It was a side effect of touching Beast Boy. When she touched his skin she gained all of his memories up until that point, and watching these two brought to the surface dozens of memories. In Beast Boy's opinion Robin was a little uptight, but he really admired Robin's leadership abilities. Contrary to what some of the others thought, Beast Boy really looked up to Robin. He knew that their leader was what kept them together.

Starfire was a whole different story. She was sweet, and actually pretty smart, but sometimes her innocence got the best of her. Anyone that didn't know Starfire would have thought that she was ditzy and really didn't have a clue, but that was far from the truth. Beast Boy knew that she was smart, it was just that she didn't know the language and the customs well enough to sound as intelligent as she was. It really annoyed Beast Boy to see that many people only saw her looks, or heard her silly way of talking and automatically wrote her off as stupid.

"Please Robin! I promise I won't add in any pickles to the breaking fast meal! Please let me assist you."

Robin shook his head, "Don't worry Star, I've got it under control, just go sit down." Starfire dutifully went and did as he said; as she did so several memories came to the surface of Dorinda's mind. They were Beast Boy's again. Dorinda smiled at these memories. It seemed to Beast Boy that these two deeply cared for each other but they were both too proud to admit it.

Cyborg came into the room just then, "Mornin' y'all. What's for breakfast?"

"Scrambled eggs and bacon." Robin replied as he put the plates of food down on the table. They began eating and within a few moments another person joined the group. Beast Boy's memories told her it was Raven. Doppelganger scowled at the girl from behind the panel. There was something about her that Dorinda didn't like…something nagging. It was surfacing in Beast Boy's memories:

Flash Backs

"That didn't just happen…tell me that didn't just happen," Beast Boy pleaded as Raven helped him to a chair after their battle with the HIVE. They had lost horribly. Not only had they lost the battle, but they'd also lost Robin. Beast Boy's leg was injured and neither knew where Starfire and Cyborg were. Things seemed hopeless.

"It did happen. We cannot change the truth, no matter how much we dislike it." Raven replied, sympathetic but firm. She placed her hands near his wounded leg and began to heal it with her powers. This ability surprised the shape shifter. He'd never known she could heal, he thought her only gift was telekinesis.

"Who knew we had a doctor in the house?" He said smiling, "Thanks." 'Maybe things aren't as bad as they seem.' He thought to himself.

"No problem." She replied as half smile played about her lips as she momentarily forgot about their predicament. For the first time, Beast Boy really looked at her. He noticed how pretty her face was when she wasn't scowling.

Starfire and Cyborg walk in and Beast Boy remembered their defeat by the HIVE. Starfire and Cyborg are smiling, it was apparent that they didn't know how horribly the other Titans had lost.

"Maybe y'all should call me Flyborg. I was halfway to Gotham City before Star zapped that thing off my back. So what'd I miss?" Cyborg said looking at Raven and Beast Boy. Neither of them could look at their teammate. The defeat was spread all over their faces, looking at him would only confirm it. "Tell me how we kicked their butts." Cyborg continued, less enthusiastically this time, "Come on, I gotta have the play-by-play.

Starfire suddenly realized that someone was missing, "Where is Robin?"

Beast Boy was the one to break the news, "Um, Star? We're not sure."

"Not sure?" she asked as panic began to creep into her voice, "But why are you not-"

Raven began to explain, "We searched everywhere…and all we found was this." From beneath her cloak she held out Robin's utility belt. As the horror of what had happened sunk in for Starfire, Cyborg began to speak, "I shoulda been there. I let that kid sneak up on me and—what was I—? It was a trap, and I—I shoulda known."

Suddenly Starfire finds her voice, it is filled with fear and panic, "I do not understand. How could you not find him?" She began to just address Raven, as if it were Raven's fault, "People do not just vanish! He has to be someplace, so go there and look!" Beast Boy saw the hurt in Raven's eyes. They'd both looked their hardest for their missing leader, and Beast Boy had felt just as responsible for what happened as Raven. There was no sense in allowing Raven to take all the blame, not when it felt like Raven was beginning to get used to him. He broke in between the two girls to save her, "Easy, Star. Come on. This is Robin we're talking about. I'm sure he's fine. He'll probably turn up any second…" From the corner of Beast Boy's eye he could see Raven's relief. It seemed that she may have needed a little encouragement about their leader's status just as badly as Starfire did.

Suddenly the memory broke off and was replaced by a dramatically different one. This time it was Beast Boy's memory of the time that he and Cyborg were swept into Raven's mind. The memory was of a battle between Raven and her father.

"Rage shall consume you!" Trigon yelled.

"Yo!" Cyborg shouted. "Sounds like someone needs a time out." He shot at the red creature in attempts to get him to drop the captured Raven. Cyborg succeeded and Raven began to fall at an alarming rate towards the ground. Beast Boy made a dive for her and catches her by the shoulders in his talons. She began to regain consciousness as she is set on the ground. Beast Boy dropped down on the ground next to his injured teammate in his human form. She looked at him with surprise, "You stayed? I thought you didn't like me."

Beast Boy couldn't help but smile. The thought that he didn't like her was actually far from the truth. He found her quite interesting, and had often wanted to know more about her, but it was so hard to get to know someone who wouldn't open up. His smile widened, "Thought you didn't like me."

Raven smiles back at him. A swell of triumph had risen within him, it finally felt like he was getting through to her.

End Flash Backs

Hatred boiled up beneath Doppelganger's heart. Beast Boy cared for this girl. He cared for all of his friends…but this girl was different. Beast Boy liked that about her. He liked that she could stand up for herself. He liked that she didn't take guff from anyone. He liked Raven. Doppelganger's eyebrows drew together and her mouth pursed. She hated this girl…this Raven. In Beast Boy's memories, she could tell that he cared about her, but it wasn't to the point of love. Beast Boy's memories told her that Raven was incapable of emotion which in Beast Boy's mind crossed her off the list, but even though he couldn't care about her, he couldn't help but find her intriguing. He'd never told his feelings to anyone. She was his teammate, and he knew better than to mess up the balance of the team. "Besides", he had told himself, "what would she want with you? She doesn't even like you."

Her anger flared. It upset her greatly that not only did Beast Boy care for this girl, he felt like he wasn't good enough for her. Dorinda was furious. 'Beast Boy is perfect. How dare this little insolent witch make him feel anything less than perfect!' It was right then that Dorinda decided she would have to pay Raven a little visit tonight.

Just at that moment the object of her affection came through the door. He was still in his PJs and in Dorinda's opinion she'd never seen anyone more breathtaking. He was so handsome in her opinion she couldn't even speak. She felt like she'd found what she'd been looking for…the only problem was that she wasn't in the picture with him…yet.

The Titans made small talk all through out breakfast. Robin talked of boring training sessions and Cyborg asked about going out for pizza tonight, but for the most part it was all quite boring. The only thing worth listening to was Beast Boy…even though he didn't say much. He mostly sat there, eating his tofu eggs. Dorinda had to catch herself from sighing. He was so perfect that she was having trouble keeping his joyous secret to herself. She wanted to be with him, to hold him, to hug him, to give him the world…but she would have to wait until she found the perfect host. She needed to take someone's place…

Dorinda watched the activities of that afternoon, but for the most part it was quite bland. It was a downright quiet day at the tower. The boys played video games for a while, and Starfire watched a horrible show about fungus and finally toward the end of the day the meeting room was completely deserted. Finally about 10:00 Raven walked in with a strange book. Just seeing the girl again made Doppelganger's blood boil…she wanted to jump out of the panel and kill her right then and there…but she knew she couldn't. She had to be careful. If she didn't do this right she could lose Beast Boy forever. He would become suspicious like her father and then- she cut off her train of thought. She hated Raven, but just the thought that her plan wouldn't go through made her shiver. This was her one chance to be happy with someone she loved…someone she was sure would understand her, and she couldn't blow it.

Raven settled down on the couch and began reading. After a few hours Beast Boy also wandered in with a book. As he walked past her panel she glanced at its cover. It was Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. A glance at Beast Boy's memories told her that he'd been reading it lately on a suggestion from Raven. It had been the fourth book he'd read on Raven's suggestion. After each book he read, Raven helped him out and explained what each classical reading meant. Beast Boy had been doing this for several months and he'd never told the other Titans about Raven and his little book reading project. It'd all started with a bet from Raven that he couldn't read a Shakespearean play all the way through. With his competitive nature he accepted. The first book he tried reading was A Midsummer Night's Dream. He loved every bit of it. He found it hilarious and interesting. After that first book Raven told him that plenty of books were good, but many people don't bother to reading anymore. Beast Boy had decided that maybe reading wasn't so bad. After reading A Midsummer Night's Dream he found he understood a few more gags in his favorite shows. On top of that he felt smarter…more rounded. He had told Raven that he wanted to continue. She had been ecstatic…well, as ecstatic as Raven ever gets. Beast Boy could tell that she was proud of him…and that made him really happy. For once he finally felt how nice it was to know that someone cared about what you felt and thought. It was nice to be able to carry on a conversation with her without the entire bases being sarcasm.

Their little reading group had been going on for a while. Most of the books Raven suggested were Classic books that were dark. After A Midsummer Night's Dream she suggested reading Dracula and Frankenstein. He loved them both, especially Frankenstein. The latest book he'd been reading was another play by Shakespeare called The Comedy of Errors. This play was about these two sets of twin brothers that were separated at birth. One day, both sets of twin brothers went to the same town and everyone kept mistaking one set of twins for the other set. The mix ups and the turn arounds lasted through out the entire play. Beast Boy thought that the book was interesting, but it was really confusing because all the people seemed to have the same name. It'd taken him longer to get through this book than the last one because of the names, but he had continued to stumble through it despite his difficulties. He found that he really liked the look on Raven's face when he told her finished a book. It was nice to see that she was for once interested in what he had to say. He'd figured out months ago that making jokes wasn't getting anywhere with her, but this book reading thing really seemed to strike a cord with her.

Doppelganger scowled inside the wall. Her hatred for Raven was growing by the moment. Oh, how she wished that she could escape from this hiding place and take Beast Boy away from this horrible girl that put such expectations on him. 'He's perfect the way he is…if he was mine, he'd never have to read books just to impress me.'

Dorinda watched the two for a long while. Even though Raven continued to remain mostly stoic, Doppelganger could clearly see a hiding smile every now and then. 'She's keeping him from me' she thought to herself, 'Raven, you're time is running out…'

I know things seem like they're going kind of slow, but bear with me. Things really start to pick up in the next couple of chapters...Oh, and I'm sorry how long the flash backs were, but I wanted to make sure I could show all of Beast Boy's emotions for two separate moments in that first flash back and it took a little while. Have a great day, and thanks for all the reviews I've been getting. :)

Oh, and I almost forgot. You should check my author profile if you're interested in any of my stories. I like to draw as well, and I've got a few pictures I drew from scenes of my fan fics. One of the scenes is in a later chapter of this story.