Poor Twisted Me Chapter 3

Mud here. I feel a little better. Okay, time to answer some reviews.

Kestrel- Thanks. I do feel better. That chapter was really depressing to begin with, but I'm over that. Thanks for reviewing!

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BunnyKat- Yeah, Kirk Hammet does rock. As for Raven's emotions, I was originally planning to make that a story on its own, but then I decided to put it into this one instead.

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StarfireRobin4ever- don't hurt yourself. Yeah, I spent a lot of time perfecting that RobStar fluff. It took a while to get it just right, which was a pain in the ass after a while.

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Celeste- Yeah, I'll answer any questions you have, 'cause I have no social life at all (Kidding!). Actually, I've never seen Inuyasha. I don't really intend to either. The only animated shows I like are Teen Titans, Simpsons, and South Park. I know, kind of contradictory, but that's about as far as I'll go with animated stuff.

Oh yeah, I know I said I wouldn't write a lemon, and I haven't. There are just sexual references in this chapter. Not a lemon. There's a difference. Anyway, enjoi.


-Raven's room, 1:52 AM-

Robin carefully extracted the sediments on Raven's window. Putting them under a glass slide, he placed them under a portable microscope and studied them. Using tweezers, he separated the remnants of her window from an unknown dust left on the scratches.

Starfire fretfully played with her hair as she looked over Robin's shoulder. The masked Titan zoomed in, and began extracting DNA samples from the sediment. If he were lucky, maybe they would reveal something. He took the unraveled DNA over to a machine he had set up in the corner of Raven's room and set it down.

The suspense was killing Starfire. She couldn't sit still, so she began chewing on her nails, a habit she had picked up somewhere.

"Huh. Strange," Robin commented as he studied the DNA sample. Starfire looked up and asked, "What is it, Robin?"

Robin motioned for her to come over, which she did. He moved from his spot on the chair and said, "Here. Take a look for yourself."

The Tamaran did so and found nothing of interest. "I see nothing Robin."

Robin hit his head. "Oh yeah, you don't know about human forensics. Okay, I'll just explain it myself then."

Star perked up and began listening attentively to Robin. The masked leader began explaining, "Okay, in a strand of DNA, for all creature, there are only four types of substances that make them up a particular strand. They are guanine, cytosine, thymine, and adenine. But this sample of DNA," he paused and pointed to the sample under the scope, and continued, "has an additional component. The other four are there, but there's an extra one...to make things even weirder, it's from a chemical base that...isn't natural. This new component is made from a complex compound consisting of beryllium, barium, and uranium."

Starfire was slightly confused. "What is the significance of this?"

"Star, beryllium, barium, and uranium are the most toxic substances on this planet. Uranium is very unstable and I don't understand how it can form into an ionic bond without upsetting the balance of valence electrons, which would surely cause a nuclear reaction. But somehow they manage to perfectly coincide without any type of covalent bonding, which never happens, given the they way beryllium conventionally bonds and..."

"Shh," Star said, pressing her finger to Robin's lips. "That's enough."

Robin nodded, and returned to his studies. This was going to be a long night.


Meanwhile...

Cyborg and Beast Boy easily jogged through the museum, seeing as it was one o'clock in the morning. They ran into the art gallery, and sure enough, there was Knowledge, gazing at a replica of Da Vinci's "Madonna of the Rocks".

The sprinted over and skidded on the well polished tile floor upon reaching her. The emotion turned around and saw the two Titans.

"Beast Boy! Cyborg! Might I be so audacious as to importune into the matter of your unanticipated presence?" she asked.

After a couple seconds of blank stares, she said, "Why are you here?"

"Dude! Why are you here?" Beast Boy asked, irritated. Knowledge gestured to the painting and said, "I ascertain that gazing upon these 'magnum opus' of yore is very congenial."

Another awkward silence. "I like looking at paintings."

Beast Boy got frustrated. "Okay, enough with the big words! Just get in the mirror!"

"Huh?"

Beast Boy grabbed Raven's mirror and held it out towards Knowledge. A large black hand instantly appeared, grabbing Knowledge by the waist and sucking her back into the mirror. The emotion was sucked into it before she could react. When she disappeared into the dark shadows of the mirror, a small portion of the scratch disappeared.

"Hey...maybe every time we find an emotion, some of the mark disappears!" Beast Boy said. Cyborg rolled his eyes. "No shit, Sherlock!"

"Shut up."

Beast Boy stopped to think for a minute. "Okay, so where could her other emotions be?"

Cyborg considered this. "What about Bravery? Knowing her, she's probably jumping off of the skyscrapers downtown."

Beast Boy nodded. "Good idea!"

So the two traveled onwards.


-Outskirts of Jump City, 2:12 AM-

Fenrir tucked his wings back as he approached his master's lair. As he crawled over the boulders and foliage that littered the forest floor, he scouted carefully for the spot where the hideout was located. Fenrir came to a large, ancient tree that looked as if it was older than forest itself. He extended one large claw out and carved out a shape on the wood.

The shape Fenrir had engraved turned blood red and began to glow eerily. A loud rumbling sound could be heard echoing throughout the forest, and a large part of the tree seemed to melt away. The departed wood had formed a door of sorts, revealing a winding staircase that looked as if they reached down to the depths of Hell itself.

Fenrir began sprinting down the stairs to reach Lyrim quicker. As the staircase widened, he found himself in a voluminous room filled with spell books and voodoo dolls.

"Were you successful, Fenrir?" a booming voice that called out from the back of the vast room. Fenrir roared loudly with domination, signaling he was.

"Excellent. All right, Fenrir. I will let you kill one human tonight, as long as it is not one of those Titans."

Fenrir growled happily, and rushed off to do his gory pleasure.

As the demonic hound disappeared from his sight, Lyrim pulled out a book and opened it up. In it were the enormous amounts of studies he had done on the Teen Titans. He flipped over to the one named Garfield Logan, a.k.a. Beast Boy.

"This one might be of use to me yet. I believe I will...persuade him to help my cause. Even if he doesn't realize he's doing it."


-Downtown Jump City, 3:23 AM-

"Dude, it's three fucking o'clock in the morning. You think we'd be able to find something," Cyborg complained. Beast Boy shrugged and said, "I would've thought so too."

Cyborg sighed and leaned up against a parked car. "It's been an hour since we found Knowledge. If we don't hurry up Raven's going to be stuck as a shy nerd for the rest of her life."

Beast Boy nodded. He was about to say something, when a loud crash prevented him, followed by the annoying sound of a car alarm and a loud "Ow!" Cyborg whipped his head around reflexively, and saw the source of the disturbance a few yards away. Motioning for Beast Boy to follow him, he began jogging towards a smoking car. A green robe-clad person popped out of the cavity, rubbing her head.

"You know, it's never a good idea to go bungee-jumping without a bungee cord," Bravery said. Cyborg grinned at Beast Boy and said, "Who called it? Who called it?"

Beast Boy rolled his eyes and made a mocking motion with his hand.

"Hello?" Bravery said, knocking on Beast Boy's head, which surprisingly, made a hollow sound. Beast Boy winced and pulled away, rubbing his head.

"What? I was talking," Beast Boy whined. Bravery punched him on the shoulder, extended her hands and said, "Hi-five!"

Beast Boy sighed and complied, slapping her hands. Cyborg pushed the mirror into Beast Boy's hands and urgently said, "Dude! Mirror! Emotion! Now!"

They were interrupted by the sound of windows opening and an old lady yelling, "You kids sit down and shut up!"

They all ignored her. Beast Boy took the mirror, pushed Cyborg away, and held out the mirror to the unheeding Bravery. A large black hand reappeared from the mirror, grabbing Bravery and sucking her back into the portal in the blink of an eye.

A portion of the crack slowly faded away, and disappeared altogether.

Beast Boy looked at Cyborg and said, "Okay, so we've got Brave, Timid, and Knowledge. What else is left?"

Cyborg scratched his chin and thought for a moment.

"Happy, that's one..."

"I think the orange one was Lazy..."

"Lazy would probably be lying around in the park somewhere...what about Frustration? Or would that be Anger?"

"Well, I know that she got rid of Rage a while back, so I guess Frustration would be a bit of a step down..."

"Oooh, what about Jealousy?"

"Yeah, that's a good one. But where would we find all of them?"

"I don't know, maybe we should look at Raven's favorite café or something. Maybe Frustration is outside, griping about it not being open at three in the morning."

"Good idea."


-Jump City Park, 4:12 AM-

The twilight moon illuminated Jump City Park, giving it an eerie aura, like something was going to pounce on Beast Boy and Cyborg at any moment. Beast Boy, being the paranoid person that he was, was doing double takes every other minute. Which after a while began to get on Cyborg's nerves.

"BB! Will you knock it off? Nothing's going to jump out and attack us," the hybrid said reassuringly. Beast Boy took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll try to calm down."

"BOO!" came a loud voice.

"AAH!" Beast Boy screamed, jumping up in the air and landing in a pink clad Raven's arms.

"Scared ya!" Happy said, giggling uncontrollably and dropping Beast Boy. Cyborg couldn't help but laugh.

Beast Boy dusted himself off. "Did not! I was...surprised."

Happy rolled her eyes and said, "Sure. Come here, gimme a hug!" She threw her arms around Beast Boy, squeezing him hard.

"Hey! I'm here too!" Cyborg yelled irritably. Happy looked at him and said, "Oh, hi Cy."

Cyborg rolled his eyes and said, "Gee, glad to see I'm so loved. Beast Boy, move out of the way, so the mirror doesn't suck you in too."

Beast Boy reluctantly broke Happy's hug and stood back. Cyborg pushed the mirror towards her. Happy gave him a funny look, before the giant black hand appeared again, grabbing her and pulling her back into the mirror.

Another small portion of the crack disappeared, leaving about a little less half of the original crack remaining.

Beast Boy looked up at Cyborg. "So that's, what, the fourth one?"

Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, so I'm going to guess we've got three more. Jealousy, Frustration, and Lazy."

"Speaking of which," Beast Boy said, jerking his head towards an oak tree a couple dozen yards away, "is right there."

Sure enough, Lazy was there, sleeping like a baby, huddled against the tree. Cyborg blinked.

"Wow, that sure is convenient," Cyborg said, scratching his head. The hybrid walked over to the napping Lazy and held the mirror up to her. Before she could even stir in her sleep, the black hand materialized, seizing the quiescent emotion and dragged her back into her world.

Cyborg sat down and yawned. "Dude, it's got to be four o clock in the morning. How much longer are we going to be stuck doing this?"

Beast Boy kicked him lightly in the side. "Dude, these are Raven's freaking emotions. Stop being so lazy."

Cyborg groaned. "Can't we at least take a break?"

Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "You can take a break, but I'm going to go look some more. I'll come back here when I find an emotion, so stay here."

Cyborg stared as Beast Boy took the mirror from Cyborg's hands and began walking off, his figure becoming smaller and smaller in the distance. He shook his head.

"Where does he get the energy?"


-Jump City, Aunt Arella's Café, 4:27 AM-

As Beast Boy walked along the moonlit streets, he spotted Raven's favorite café from a distance, as well as a person clad in a bright red cloak, pacing back and forth.

As Beast Boy walked closer, he could hear snippets of self-conversation.

"There is no fucking way...I...stupid...expect me to...place is a lousy dump anyway...honestly, I feel like...can't even...fucking coffee or tea...only four in the morning...Jesus freaking Christ, I'm going to...they better pray to God...there is no fucking way..."

Beast Boy quietly walked up to the tetchy emotion, which must be Frustration, thinking of how to handle this scenario in the most efficient way.

"Um, Raven?" he said tentatively. Frustration whipped her head around, fire in her eyes, and yelled, "What?! Can't you see this fucking café has pissed me off enough already?!"

Beast Boy cringed and decided to forget the plan.

Beast Boy took the mirror from his pocket and held it up to the griping emotion. Frustration opened her mouth to nag about something, but the giant black hand grabbing her and pulling her back into the mirror cut her off. Beast Boy sighed, glad to have that out of the way.

Beast Boy put the mirror back in his pocket, changed into an eagle, and began flying back towards the park, where Cyborg was waiting for him.


-Uptown Jump City, 5:01 AM-

"So how'd your encounter with Frustration go?" Cyborg asked, kicking a rock that lay in his path.

Beast Boy shuddered. "Dude, Frustration is like Raven with PMS. Not pretty."

Cyborg sighed. "We've been looking for Jealousy for half an hour. Where the hell is she?"

Beast Boy shrugged and sat down. "I don't know, but I need to sit down. My legs are killing me."

Cyborg sighed again and sat down next to Beast Boy.

"Maybe we should forget about it and go home. You know, Raven probably wouldn't mind not having Jealousy. I mean, at the very worst, she won't be jealous anymore" Cyborg pondered.

Beast Boy gave him a funny look. "That may be true, but we don't know how this whole thing works. For all we know, the lack of one emotion may mean that none of the others can function, and then we'd be back to square one."

Cyborg groaned. "There's just no easy way out of this, is there?"

"Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" a disconcerted, urgent sounding voice said. Cyborg and Beast Boy turned around to see Raven clad in a light green cloak, tapping her foot impatiently.

Beast Boy gave Jealousy a funny look. "Where have we been? Where have you been? We've been looking for you all night!"

Jealousy snorted and said, "How do I know you're telling the truth? How do I know you haven't been off making it with some random slut? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Tell me the truth!"

Beast Boy sighed and rolled his eyes. He took the mirror out of his pocket and held it up to the emotion. The oh-so proverbial black hand emerged, grabbing Jealousy and dragging her back into the mirror.


-Titans Tower, 5:32 AM-

Beast Boy and Cyborg trudged wearily into the Tower. The sun had already begun rising, and they haven't had a wink of sleep yet.

But there was still one emotion missing, because the crack in the mirror was still there. Beast Boy and Cyborg didn't even know what the emotion was; let alone where to find it. They had all the emotions they remembered from their last trip; either there was a new emotion, or they were forgetting someone. Beast Boy was hoping for the former.

Cyborg yawned. It had been a grueling search. "BB, I'm gonna go hit the hay. G'night."

Beast Boy nodded. "Me too. See you tomorrow."

As Beast Boy headed off towards his room, he saw Raven's door was open. He tiptoed back in and put the mirror onto her dresser. The sounds of snoring caught his attention, and he saw Robin and Starfire sleeping together in the corner, both conked out from long night's work. Robin had his arm around Star in a tight embrace.

"I'm too tired to even care." Beast Boy said, and sluggishly walked back into his room. He closed the door behind him and was about to fall into his bed, when he saw someone was already there.

"Hi, Beast Boy." A silky, lust-filled voice called out.

Sitting on his bed was what looked like Raven, except she was wearing a brick red cloak.

'Oh...that's the missing emotion,' Beast Boy thought to himself. Before he could react, she had walked over to him and pinned him up against the wall. She slowly pressed her lips to his and embraced him tightly. The green shape shifter was shocked, and then he realized what emotion she represented.

'Affection...who would've guessed?' he thought. As the emotion deepened the passionate kiss, she moved her left hand over to the door's lock. Upon locking the door, she broke the embrace and pushed Beast Boy onto the bed.

"You don't know how long I've been wanting to do this," she said as she fell next to him. Beast Boy began sweating nervously as she once again pressed her lips against his. The two of them fell back against the pillows, lost in the ardor of the kiss.


-Titans Tower, 12:19 PM-

Beast Boy stretched upon awakening, and yawned loudly. "Man, what a night," he said tiredly. He the realized Raven was still sleeping next to him. Or, rather, one of her emotions.

"Did you have fun?" a voice from behind them called out. Beast Boy jumped, literally, from surprise. He turned his head and saw Cyborg standing in the doorframe.

"Cyborg! What I was...I didn't really...it's not...how'd you unlock the door?" Beast Boy frantically asked, his face flushing feverishly.

Cyborg just laughed. "I think we found our last emotion."

Beast Boy began to get mad. "Gr...go away!" he said, and threw his pillow at Cyborg. The half-robot continued laughing and walked out, closing the door as he left.

"Crap! He's probably going to tell Raven...Shit, she's going to be so fucking pissed," Beast Boy fretted.

The sound of rustling covers diverted his attention to the beauty next to him. Even though she was an emotion, she was still as stunningly beautiful as the true Raven. As Affection finally awoke, she gave Beast Boy a 'good morning' kiss on the lips.

"Last night was great, BB," she said, and planted another peck on his cheek. Beast Boy grinned, despite his magnanimous nervousness.

"Was I really that good?" he asked hopefully. Affection nodded. "You bet your green ass it was."

Beast Boy laughed, proud of himself. "You know, you have to go back into that mirror," he said despondently. She made an 'awwwww' sound and nuzzled his chest with her head. "But I don't want to leave," Affection said in a slightly whiny tone. Beast Boy felt the same way.

"I know, me neither. But you can't stay forever."

So Beast Boy and Affection got dressed and walked towards Raven's room, which was still open. Raven was still asleep, thankfully. Beast Boy grabbed the mirror from Raven's dresser and held it up to Affection. The familiar black hand materialized, grabbing Affection. Before she was sucked back in, Affection demonstrably waved good-bye. Raven stirred in her sleep, but did not get up After the emotion had returned to her realm, Beast Boy snuck back outside, grateful Raven had not awoken.

As he passed his room, Beast Boy suddenly felt very dizzy. Before he knew what had happened, he was out cold on the floor.


"Beast Boy...Beast Boy..." a gruff, captivating voice called out.

"What..." Beast Boy said, not knowing what was going on. He took a minute to study his surroundings. It didn't take long; he seemed to be in a dark abyss. There was nothing nearby, just an infinite darkness that seemed to enshroud everything.

"Ah! You are awake!" the disembodied voice said. Beast Boy turned around and saw a short man with a very strange looking beard. The man was extremely muscular, as if there was no bodily fat anywhere on his body.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Beast Boy asked dazedly. The man replied, "I am Lyrim. Where we are right now does not matter; what matters is what you will learn while you are here."

Beast Boy was confused. "What do you mean?"

Lyrim began pacing around him. "Beast Boy, have you ever wondered why you exist? Have you ever wondered what the purpose of your life is?"

Beast Boy scratched his head. "I guess so..."

"Do you know why you are on this Earth? Because I do."

The green shape shifter took a wild guess and said, "Umm...I guess to help people?"

Lyrim chuckled. "Wrong, Beast Boy. But do not fear; for you are not alone. All people are blinded by their naivety, and thus cannot answer this question. I'll tell you a little secret," he said, and bent down close to Beast Boy's ear. "The secret is...that your life is meaningless."

"What!?" Beast Boy yelled. This was making no sense.

"Stop and think about it for a minute. What have you accomplished in your life? Sure, you have saved people; you have made friends; you have had loads of fun. But those people you saved will all die eventually, as will your friends, as will yourself."

Beast Boy was now extremely confused. "But I'll always have those memories to remember! That's what's important, isn't it?"

Lyrim chuckled again. "Beast Boy, memories are just memories. And once your friends die lonely and miserable, those memories will only remind you of their suffering and pain. Which reminds me," he continued, his brusque voice echoing throughout Beast Boy's head, "Of another secret. Remember this one well, because it is the most important. The purpose of life...is to liberate people from their pain of life."

Beast Boy took this in, and then asked, "What do you mean?"

Lyrim began pacing around Beast Boy again, and made movements with his hand as he talked. "Life is nothing but pain and agony, young one. You may have pleasant memories, but they will dwindle away in light of unpleasant ones. Death, my dear Beast Boy, is the ultimate liberation. All the agony and despair of mortal life is gently...swept away. Ah, yes."

"You're crazy!" Beast Boy yelled, unable to grasp the concept that death was the way to get rid of pain.

"Quite the contrary!" Lyrim yelled, his voice turning angry. "It is you who must lift your blindfold and come to realize that life has no true purpose! The only was to make your meaningless life useful is to liberate others from their pain, and once you can liberate no longer, you free yourself. That's the way it was meant to be! But man strayed from the path that had been planned for it by the Gods of Fate. Thus, man's existence has become nothing but suffering."

Beast Boy still couldn't believe him. "But what about Raven? And Cyborg? And Raven? And Starfire? And Raven? And Robin? And Raven?"

Lyrim turned and faced him. "Do you really think they care about you?"

"I don't think, I know!"

Lyrim laughed, this time a cruel, resounding laugh that chilled Beast Boy down to his very soul. "You are the paragon of gullibility, my friend. They do not care about you. Do you remember when you were mistaken for that alien's dog? They fought to get you back. But the next day? You were invisible to them yet again. The only reason they keep you around is because they are afraid of you. Care for you? Hah! If they had two reasons for it, they would kill you with a clean conscience.

In realty, Lyrim was lying and he knew it. But Beast Boy's mind had already been tainted by his mendacity.

"How...how do you know all this," Beast Boy asked, not saying whether he believed him or not. But the shocked tone in his voice proved he was already warped by the evil man's twisted philosophies. Lyrim placed his hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.

"My methods are immaterial. What matters is that you realize this before it's too late to do any good."

Beast Boy grabbed Lyrim's hand and threw it off of him. "I don't believe you!"

Lyrim sighed. "You will come to terms with my thinking eventually. When you do, you will know where to find me."

Beast Boy growled, and turned into an elephant. But before Beast Boy could do anything, Lyrim had disappeared, leaving only one last resounding statement: "Another time, Beast Boy. Another time."

"Beast Boy? Beast Boy!" Robin's voice replaced that of Lyrim's. Beast Boy looked around, not knowing where he was in this black void.

"What?!"

"Beast Boy! Wake up!" Cyborg's voice called out. Beast Boy continued frantically looking around, unable to find the source of the voices.

"Where are you guys?"

"Beast Boy, please wake up!" Beast Boy now heard Raven's voice resounding about.

"Raven! Where the hell are you!?"

"Oh my goodness, he's not dead, is he?" Starfire asked, her voice ringing with worries and fear for the green changeling.

Beast Boy couldn't take it anymore. He held his hands to his ears, trying to drown out the sound. But it was of no use; the voices kept echoing, getting louder and louder, until it seemed like his ears would explode.

"Stop! Stop it! Leave me alone," he yelled, practically going insane from all these voices in his head.

"Beast Boy! Wake up!" Robin shaking him by his shoulders cut his trauma short. Beast Boy jolted awake, not knowing what to do. He panted, still reeling from the whole ordeal with Lyrim.

"Beast Boy! You are alive!" Starfire squealed, and hugged him with relief. Beast Boy pushed her away and began walking towards his room.

"Beast Boy? What's the matter with you?" Robin asked. Beast Boy ignored him and walked on, reaching his room. He slammed the door shut, making a loud 'BOOM!' echo throughout the Tower.

"What's his problem?" Raven asked. But deep down, she was scared. For a minute, she thought something terrible had happened. Not to mention she knew what he had done with her emotion. Yet for some strange reason, she didn't care. Maybe she was just glad some form of her was able to express emotions to Beast Boy without something exploding.

Cyborg shrugged. "He's probably tired from last night. Lack of sleep can make someone grumpy."

"Maybe," Raven said vaguely, as if she had her mind on something else. Cyborg shrugged again and headed towards the garage. "I'm going to Axis. See you guys later."

"Bye," Robin and Starfire said simultaneously. Raven, however, said nothing. She considered trying to cheer Beast Boy up, but then decided he just needed some time alone.

"Maybe I shall go cheer him up?" Starfire asked sweetly. Robin placed a firm hand on her shoulder, advising her against it. "No, Star. I don't know what's going on, but there's probably nothing we can do about it."

Star's shoulders slumped, and she concurred. "I suppose you are right, Robin."


Elsewhere...

Lyrim settled back in his chair upon returning, subconsciously, to his lair. Fenrir was still off satisfying his grisly pleasures, leaving Lyrim alone to further his plot.

"The green one has been tainted...it is only a matter of time before he turns to me..." Lyrim mused to himself. "And when he does, he will become my tool for ultimate liberation."

He continued to talk to himself for a while until the scraping of claws against marble signified Fenrir's return. The demonic hound carried a mangled and disemboweled body in its mouth, the body impaled upon his teeth.

"Did you enjoy yourself?" Lyrim asked imperturbably. Fenrir roared, and dropped the body at the feet of his master. Lyrim found a dog tag around his neck, and ripped it off to examine it.

"Slade Wilson...interesting."


-Titans Tower-

Beast Boy was at variance with himself. One side of him believed Lyrim's words of wisdom, yet the other was convinced there was more to life than killing.

'He does have a point,' part of him said. The other, however, deviated. It argued, 'But what about Raven? You know you love her, and she most likely loves you too!'

'She doesn't love me!'

'Yes she does! What about that...encounter...with her emotion?'

'That was just an emotion! Not Raven herself!'

'Her emotions reflect on how she feels!'

Beast Boy couldn't make up his mind. He still loved Raven, and he knew it. But...he still had his doubts.

He straightened up from his spot on the bed, having made up his mind.

"Okay! I'll ask Raven how she feels! Umm, tomorrow!" he said, not wanting to face her today.

He calmed down, having settled his internal dispute somewhat, and walked over to his Peavey ESP Special sitting in the corner of his room. He picked it up, plugged it into his Mesa Boogie amplifier, and began to play 'Battery'.


Okay! Next chapter: Raven ignores Beast Boy, and, in his anger, Beast Boy leaves the Titans, not intending to come back. How long will it take the Titans to realize something's wrong? How long will it take me to stop asking you these freaking questions and update the story? Tune in for the next installment of...

Poor Twisted Me!

Holy crap, that was weird. This is Mud signing out.