My first fanfic is drawing to a close this chappie. Thank you to all that reviewed. Looking back, I see some of the things I wrote, and hoo boy... I abbreviated "afterdark". How quaint.

Thanks to all again. Review answers will be at the end of the chapter.

Kudos,

afterdark the flying toaster guy

Reality is Perception: Chapter Nine.

Blood.

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"Come, Beast Boy. I have plans for you."

"No."

"Robin, see that our friend here comes in a timely fashion."

With that, Slade turned and walked out of the room.

Beast Boy was caught off guard; he was still looking at Slade. That gave Robin just enough time to kick the changeling in the side of the head.

"Ugghhh..." Beast Boy's eyes glowed white, and his hand shot out, a tendril of dark energy escaping it. It wrapped around Robin's foot, and picked him up, dangling him upside down.

Robin smirked. "Like that's gonna hold me..." He twisted around—

—in the millisecond Beast Boy had to think, a lot passed through his mind. Though Robin didn't seem to know this, Beast Boy could kill him a hundred times over. Even though he could, in theory, erase this from history if he ever got out of this mess, he would still have to live with it. Instead, he decided to knock Robin out hard.

"Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" he shouted as he knocked Robin against the wall. Robin was very unconsicence after that.

Beast Boy huffed. That was the fullest extent he had ever used Raven's powers. His thoughts were interrupted, however by a—

"Bravo."

"Slade," said Beast Boy in a Robin-like tone. Without thinking, he lunged at Slade. Slade just dematerialized.

Beast Boy spun around. Where is he?

BAM. Slade punched heavily into Beast Boy's face. His nose started to bleed.

"Forget it, Beast Boy. You have lost. Your friends, the world, the rust of the people. Give up."

"I don't think so." Beast Boy tried to probe Slade's mind. He was kicked out with a sharp jolt of pain.

"You really think I would fall for that?"

Beast Boy, hands on knees, breathed heavily. The blood dripped from his nose, and dripped to the ground. It burned through the metal floor. Slade approached him. "Come quietly, and I will let you live."

"Never." Beast Boy wiped blood off his brow.

As he stared at the reddish brown liquid, and had a sudden idea. Or maybe more of a last resort.

He wiped his nose, getting his finger bloody. Then, he turned around, and before Slade had time to react, shoved it in his good eye.

"AHHHHGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Slade howled, and dropped the remote. Beast Boy scrambled to it, and looked at it. A big button on top said "RETURN". He pressed it four times.

Pop!

The bloody mass of body that was on the ground disappeared, and in its place floated Starfire, dressed in uniform, big as life.

Pop!

The shredded remains of Raven disappeared, and and a well poised changeling rose up in their place.

Pop!

The dull gray parts of Cyborg automatically began reiluminating themselves, and Cyborg glowed a light blue again.

Pop!

Robin, slumped against the wall, disappeared. He reappeared a few seconds later in front of the rest of the Titans, clad in his stoplight colored apparel.

Everyone was looking ship shape.

Everyone, save for Beast Boy.

Beast Boy's nose had dripped on the industrial orange (think Home Depot) cloak, and colored it red, plus burned holes in in it. Caked blood sat in the corners of his mouth, and the crimson liquid dribbled down his chin.

Despite the pain, a big smile was plastered on his face. A computer panel, encased in black, blew off the wall in the background.

The happy moment ended, however, when the blind Slade stumbled into the main control panel of the RAD.

Slade's hands fumbled at the controls. He finally found the one he was looking for as his hand traced over the embossed lettering. Placing his hand on the panel next to the button, he hit it: HEAL.

Pop!

Slade, too was poised for battle. He began furiously typing on the computer console.

He wasn't playing fair, though. "Goodbye, Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy."

His fist slammed down hard on a red button. "TITANS, GOOOOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Robin. Beast Boy watched as the rest of the Titans sprung forward for Slade. He sprung, too, but stumbled and fell. He could only watch in horror as the machine pop!ed.

He looked at his legs, and realized that they were staticy and fading, like a badly tuned TV. He glanced at the remote in his hands. One chance.

He pointed the remote at Slade, and hit two buttons, one right before the other. And then he disappeared.

The lair was empty. Slade and the Titans had done what they had wanted:

Make the other cease to exist.

The first button Beast Boy had hit was "RETURN", and the second "DELETE".

And then the empty room sprung to life again. The "undo" feature had kicked in.

With a flash of light, the Titans appeared.

Minus one.

"Where is friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked.

Cyborg ran over to the console. A red light was flashing on the top.

"It doesn't have enough power. It says it will shut down in 1 minute to conserve power, and if it shuts down, it will erase the undo file. Beast Boy will be erased from history!"

"There's nothing you can do?" Robin asked frantically.

"I could plug myself into the system. But I'm not sure I have enough time to find the right cable behind this thing!"

"You have to TRY, at least! Look at what Beast Boy did for us!" Raven shouted at Cyborg. This shouldn't be Beast Boy at stake. It should be me! She thought.

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Beast Boy floated somewhere between life, death, and existence. He was like a projection or a spirit. He watched as Cyborg reported the news, Raven shouting, and Cyborg climbing behind the machine.

He watched as the transparency of his body grew more and more.

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"Only 10 seconds Cyborg!" Shouted Robin.

Cyborg finally found the cord he was looking for. He plugged it into his battery outlet just in time.

"...ONE!"

Cyborg watched as the battery life was sucked out of him. Finally, in a flash of light, Beast Boy appeared.

"Friend Cyborg! You have done the 'doing it'!"

"Great..." Cyborg muttered before fainting from no battery.

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3 Days Later

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The Titans had taken the RAD out of Slade's lab, and had set it up in the tower, so that Cyborg could fix the problems Slade had created. Slade had done a good job making the programing as hard as possible, aside from the basic commands. Cyborg, though, being Cy, had been working on it night and day, for three days now (aside from the HUGE party they'd had honoring Beast Boy) and had finally just about figured it out. That's when Beast Boy strolled in.

Beast Boy walked into the lab. He had long since changed out of the Slade-cloak (Raven had protested this. She had insisted he wait for Cyborg to get the RAD running, so he could change clothes automatically, but Robin had sided with Beast Boy for once, but added "—any funny business, though, and you're fair game to Raven to wreak havoc on.") and and was now in normal Raven attire.

"Sooo, Cy, have you gotten the code figured out?" Beast Boy asked.

"It was kinda hard, but yeah. I think so." Cyborg typed a few things, a Pop! was heard, and said, "Now nobody but the Titans have recollection of this."

"Hmm, I see." Beast Boy replied. "So, In theory, you could, say, switch the decor of Starfire's and Raven's rooms?"

Cyborg typed something, and hit the enter key. A scream was heard from upstairs.

"I think I'll leave it that way for a couple of hours," mused the half robot.

Beast Boy's attitude became a little more serious. "Hey, Cy? I was actually, kinda, well wondering, when you switch me a Raven back, could you, erm, forget to take away my new powers?"

Cyborg pondered, and then said, "What new powers? I was just instructed to change you guys back, there was nothing said about powers."

Beast Boy grinned. "Thanks for nothing then, Cyborg."

Fin.

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DONE! Woohoooooo!

I was in kinda a hurry to finish this up, so if it stunk, sorry.

Now, reviewer time:

DarkSoulEmperess, teenRAVENtitan: Update!

Gryfffinrose: Here, you can split this box of cookies. Update, and thanks!

Raidersrule76: Here's how they got out: well placed coincidence.

Now, sequel? thoughts?

Thanks to all who supported this, and thanks DarkRavenna, wherever you may be.

See ya,

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