Ok, I'm a horrible person for neglecting my story, so before I tell you my classic excuse, I shall say that there are a few chapters left to this. But no worries to any diehard fans(If any), I have something cooked up in my head for a sequel of which I shall call "Bleeding Hearts". So I shall force myself out of writers block and finish this story at long last (Maybe the first story I've completed that isn't for school). So R & R...

" ...98...99... 100!"

Beast Boy winced as the thick leather strap struck him again for the 100th time... That wasn't the only pain inflicted on him that day. He opened one emerald eye to gaze at his demon captor. Beast Boy was still hopelessly oblivious to what was going on. Trigon snarled and tightly clenched the torture device in his hand, for his own powers would kill the mortal after prolonged use.

Trigon had dragged Beast Boy back to his lair kicking and screaming and brought him to the iron room— Now upgraded with horrific devices of torture. The demon saw his plan as a win-win scenario. Raven would either come and try to save her friend or Trigon would make the changeling tell him where she was hiding. For now, plan number 2 was in progress.

" ...Now... Will you tell me where my daughter is?" Trigon grimaced

" Dude!... I told you! I don't know where your daughter is!" He replied

" You still lie? Fool! Do you wish to be consumed by maggots while you're trapped in a box 6 feet underground?"

" Why are you doing this? I don't know where she is... Or who she is!" He squeaked

" Fine by me... Continue to lie... I just get the pleasure of torturing you."

" B-But there's a serious misunderstanding here!"

Trigon put the whip weapon down on a table and paused to look around for a new way to afflict the young boy. What he saw lying around didn't feed his hunger for suffering. Electrocution... Mutilation... Not even a machete would be painful enough for his liking. Maybe if he cut the boy by running his claws over him, the boy would fess up. He needed Raven in either to get the other half of his amulet. He longed for true power, and even though he told the government he would return to his hellish home, they gave him half the amulet in hopes he was true to his word and would leave. If they weren't so fearful the public would learn all their secrets, they would have let them know a demon was behind the mass destruction of a minor city.

Trigon walked back to the bounded boy and barred his fangs to enlist fear in him. Beast Boy however, was praying Raven would try to help him. If his grandfather was right about her, she would simply leave him to die... His grandfather...

Beast Boy remembered how Trigon had slain him. How would he ever be able to forget? Trigon entered the front door forcefully. Beast Boy was walking up the hall at the same time and his reaction was to run. The demon followed him into the hall, where Mr. Logan emerged. Trigon scraped his claw along the wall and then lunged at his grandfather, cutting him up the side. Trigon stepped on him as he cornered the petrified Beast Boy at the end of the hall. As the changeling was taken away, he saw his grandfather bleeding and dying while trying to drag himself to the kitchen. Deep down inside Beast Boy knew he wouldn't make it to the phone to get help...

Beast Boy wanted to get revenge; kill the monster for doing so much harm. He didn't possess the strength to take down something with that much power. Trigon circled him and began to try and squeeze a response out of the green teen that would satisfy him.

" I'm growing quite impatient, boy. Why do you lie to protect such corruption?"

" Dude! Are you listening? I... Don't... Even... Know... Your... Daughter!" Beast Boy repeated

" Ok, mortal. This is getting repetitive... I want to know NOW. Where is my daughter?"

" I'm telling you the truth! I don't know her! I think I would notice a red girl with claws and horns walking around!"

" You fool..." Trigon twitched his eye " You mean she didn't tell you?"

" ..What?" Beast Boy muttered, confused by his statement

" My daughter... The half demon that you let stay at your home. The one named Raven. Does that ring a bell?"

" ...But... You... And her... Demons... Dude..." He gasped, finally pasting the pieces together.

It all made sense to him now. Her references to him being evil. Her calling him a demon. Raven used to live with him because he was her father.And he was hunting her down because she was his daughter.

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Raven could only imagine what Trigon could be doing to Beast Boy. The changeling would be lucky if he wasn't dead yet. The worse possibility would be that Beast Boy found out Trigon was her father and that she was half demon. He would them hate her for being related to the thing that killed his grandfatherThe only thing he had left. She needed to get to him and get him away from Trigon. That task would be near impossible now that Trigon possessed greater power. She needed a plan, one that ended with Beast Boy and her safely back at the Logan Manor and that maybe even got rid of Trigon for good. Time was running out. Trigon was sure to kill Beast Boy if she didn't show up soon. She had to think of what could possibly weaken the demon and give her a chance at defeating him.

And the perfect plan came to her mind.

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" You mortals are all the same... Highly unintelligent and would reject someone because they are different..." Trigon told him

" Wha.. I haven't rejected her! She's still the same person... No matter what she is."

" Hmph... Humans should be disposed of like garbage. Of course that will come to pass once I have Raven back in my possession."

" Ok, you gotta leave her alone. How is she suppose to live a normal life with you breathing down her back all the time? "

" She chose to come to Earth with me, therefore she must obey. She will get the amulet for me and my power shall be at it's greatest! ... She can relax all she wants when I send her to Hell, she will be of no use to me after my uprising. I will need a new heir, one who will be moulded in my image."

" Dude, you're horrible..."

" As for you, boy, you are bait; a tool. Raven will try to save you if she loyal to her human side... But..." Trigon turned " If she hides and does not come within the next few hours, then she has fled. That is what she will do if her demon side is what rules her."

" Well, I know her well enough to know she is more human than demon. "

" We shall see where her heart is... But time is running out... For both if you."

In the distance chimed the beeping of a distant computer. Trigon frowned a little at the distraction. Just as he was about to go back to torturing the boy, for no reason but his own entertainment, someone of his demon group was contacting him. The oversized demon trudged to the door and merely turned to mutter to the boy.

" I will be right back. Don't try to escape." He said sharply " If those bondages around you are broken or retracted by you transforming into some creature, a toxic gas will pour into this room right away and kill you silently..."

Beast Boy gulped as the demon shut the door behind him with a sliding click. Was he right? Would Raven forsake him and leave him there to die at the hands of her father? Sure she knew facing him would be a quick death but she was his friendHis only friend now that Mr. Logan was dead. Would her demon side truly show itself and make her hide and forget him? But maybe she cared enough to try and save him. But time was running out, like Trigon told. He frowned to think all solutions to this problem would end in tragedy.

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Hours had passed, and still no sign of Raven. Beast Boy was starting to believe she wasn't coming at all. He felt betrayed now. He didn't think she would omit him and leave him stranded with her monstrous parent. His grandfather's death would go in vein because he wasn't strong enough to save him from his demise. The changeling told himself that if he didn't run when Trigon entered his home, then he just would have taken him without his grandfather getting a chance to see what the commotion was. He was too powerless and weak to deal with the matter. The changeling continued to beat himself up mentally as Trigon finally returned. Trigon was sneering with debauchery as he entered the obscure room.

" Hmph... Looks like she didn't come and play hero. She truly fears me." He praised himself

" Don't flatter yourself." He mocked. All that time of just thinking had really fired him up

" Oh? Getting braver I see... You weren't so brave when I slaughtered your grandfather."

Beast Boy gasped. He was beating himself up over that. How did he know that bothered him?

" I know you are guilty over that, boy. I can read the minds of humans... Although you hardly look human, you mutant."

" ... If I was strong enough, you'd be dead by now..." The changeling jeered bitterly

" I will not die at your hands, I see my death many years from now as my empire reaches it's top potential. Then my heir will take over, and die assured, It will not be by my daughter."

" You'll see! Raven isn't as weak as you think! She'll find a way to take you down, she's probably on her way right now!"

" Fool... I sensed her use her powers a few hours agoSeveral towns over. She's trying to find a good place to hide."

" No, she's just trying to think of a plan..." Beast Boy stopped and finally told himself she had indeed ran.

" You believe me now? That's rich... Hmm... You thought she cared about you? Demons are heartless, boy. They trick you into thinking such nonsense until they get what they want from you. I did the same to her mother. I tricked her into a certain act and nine months later, Raven was born. That plan was a failure though... Arella had already poisoned her fragile mind with virtue and good, my evil influence did not wear off on her. With any luck, I have another child somewhere out there who will be my heir."

" No surprise she hates you, not after the hell you put her through."

" You're still defending her? She has left you to perish! You are truly a fool..."

Trigon paused as if something caught his attention. Beast Boy stared at him to wait for the demon to say something about the distraction. Trigon's eyes widened for a moment, then a cynical smile appeared on his face.

" Well, well, well... It seems she has come to save you after all..."

Beast Boy's dulled eyes now brimmed with hope. She hadn't forgotten him after all. Trigon walked over to the changeling and undid his tethers. Beast Boy was unsure of what he was doing until he had freed him and now had a tight grip on his collar. The green teen was tugged onto his feet as Trigon dragged him out into the hall.

" Come, boy. Our guest will be here soon."

Yay, I'm done. Not much to say at the moment except the classic R & R, muahahahahaha... I'm so weird.