Chapter 15: Within the Tower
(Noon at the Tower)
"I'm not hungry," Beast Boy said softly as Cyborg offered him food.
"You didn't have breakfast Beast Boy," Cyborg said seriously, "what's up?" he asked, "it's not like you to skip ANY meal much less breakfast AND lunch," he pointed out.
"Leave me alone Cyborg," Beast Boy responded.
"No," Cyborg refused.
"Just leave me alone dude!" Beast Boy exploded, "I don't want to talk," he snapped.
"Well shut me up because I'm gonna," Cyborg told him, "what's your problem?" he demanded.
"I keep screwing stuff up alright!" Beast Boy shouted, "I mentioned Robin's rape in a Café and made him angry and in some ways a public spectacle, I couldn't even try to save Robin because of my abysmal…." he listed.
"Is this going to keep happening?" Cyborg demanded incredulously, "Raven's no longer here so now you're blaming yourself?" he noted, "who you going to blame next the household plants?"
"You don't understand!" Beast Boy screamed and jumped to his feet.
"Make me," Cyborg stated.
"Why should I?" Beast Boy asked after a moment of silence, "you only care about Raven," he accused.
"That's a lie!" Cyborg shouted, "I let her leave didn't I?" he demanded and Beast Boy looked away and didn't answer, "didn't I?" he persisted.
"Why did you?" Beast Boy asked suddenly and looked at Cyborg coldly.
"What?" Cyborg asked taken a back by the question.
"Why did you let her leave?" Beast Boy asked him, "you didn't want her to go," he continued, "I know it," he added.
"She wanted to go," Cyborg responded.
"That's not answering my question," Beast Boy said.
"Maybe I don't want to answer it," Cyborg said in a threatening tone.
"I hate you," Beast Boy hissed, "Raven Lover," he added.
"Now you listen to me!" Cyborg exploded and slammed his hand on the table, "I hate you MORE than you could EVER hate me!" he shouted, "you embarrassed our tem, you embarrassed Raven, you embarrassed Robin, you even make me embarrassed to EVER have thought of you as a friend!" he roared, "what will you do next, go back to the Café for an encore declaring that Aqualad and I are 'Raven lovers' and that the world must hate us too?" he accused.
Beast looked at Cyborg in disbelief.
"I want to be left alone," Beast Boy told him despite his face not hiding how upset he was.
"Whatever," Cyborg said in disgust, "go cry like the baby you are," he said and left.
Beast Boy stood there seething. Then he felt his tears flowing freely down his face.
"I hate myself," Beast Boy whispered and broke down, crying.
(Meanwhile at Titans East)
"I'm going out," Aqualad said suddenly, "any trouble contact me," he said and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Bumblebee asked.
"Out," Aqualad responded.
"To find Raven," Speedy added superiorly.
"What if I am?" Aqualad asked dangerously.
"Then you're a dumb ass," Speedy told him.
"Whatever mirror boy," Aqualad muttered and left.
"Why don't you just let him be?" Bumblebee asked Speedy desperately, "he obviously cares about her," she pointed out, "let him reach out to her."
"Do you realize what you're saying?" Speedy spat, "you want Aqualad to reach out to our enemy?" he demanded.
"Raven is not our enemy," Bumblebee told him, "her sicko of a father is," she stated.
"You're stupid," Speedy told her, "you're a rotten leader."
"And you're a rotten human being," Bumblebee countered and walked off.
Speedy glared after her then noticed Menos watching him.
"What?" Speedy snapped loudly and with a cold look Menos walked off.
(2pm at the Tower after two months)
"I can't go out with you Starfire," Robin stated after Starfire finally cornered him into answering her dating proposal.
"Is there an action in need of doing?" Starfire asked, "if so Robin friend I'll do the postpone and we can do the dating tomorrow," she proposed.
"No Starfire," Robin said softly, "it's not that."
Starfire looked at Robin in confusion.
"I don't want to go out with you," Robin expanded, "I can't go out with you," he told her, "I can't love you," he added and walked away.
Starfire dropped the flowers and dinner arrangement card to the floor. She was standing in front of her room door and for that she was glad. She quickly slipped into the room with tears glistening in her eyes. Unseen to her however was a shocked Beast Boy who had been unnoticed on the wall as a green fly.
(Meanwhile at Titans East)
Menos kissed his twin and his twin blushed. They had both known their feelings for each other for years. But they had been able to avoid it and if necessary each other. But that had become harder after joining Titans East. Their powers required them to touch in order to move at the lightning speeds. This made their morally wrong feelings for each other resurface even worse. They had thought being heroes would be fun. Now they realized that it was not. Not all the time.
"Raven," Menos whispered thinking of his friend who had according to Speedy and the Teen Titans caused Robin's rape.
Neither he nor his twin could accept this. But the truth of her being Slade's child scared them.
"Que?" his twin asked knowing Menos said something despite not hearing it.
Menos simply shook his head and hugged his brother closer to him. He decided to not talk about Raven. They had enough worries with their growing incestuous feelings towards each other. Not to mention that it was homosexual. More society morality points to be lost and even more to fear.
(One Week Later at Titans East at 9pm)
Bumblebee took her migraine medicine and rubbed her temples. It was barely working now. Her doctor told her two days ago like all the other times that these severe migraines were driven by tension. He told her yet again that she had to consider leaving Titans East temporarily if not forever. She of course refused. She'd die before giving up her position as leader. Or at least giving it up before the age sixteen. She hated the age limit of Teen Titans on a whole. But she had her own name. She intended to use it to rise far in female superhero dom.
"Or let death take me," Bumblebee spoke and decided to go to sleep.
(Meanwhile at the Tower)
Beat Boy sniffled and rubbed his red eyes. He had been having nightmares over the past month of Slade coming for Robin and then deciding to come for him as well. They were really getting to him and Robin had noticed it two weeks ago and got the truth out of Beast Boy in three days. From that day Robin made a change after observing Beast Boy twice in his sleep and seeing how the nightmares affected him. Beast Boy now slept in an extra bed fitted into Robin's room.
However tonight like last night Beast Boy wasn't in his bed. He was in Robin's. The nightmares were being conquered a bit by pills from Cyborg, which were supposed to give BOTH Robin and Beast Boy dreamless sleep. But Beast Boy's internal make up wasn't properly compatible with the drug and most nights the drug barely or didn't work at all. Tonight Beast Boy had awoken screaming after dreaming horribly of Slade ripping his clothes off and licking him all over. Robin had awoken in fright and dragged Beast Boy into his bed and shook his friend hard enough to get his attention without snapping him in half. Seven minutes later of soothing words from Robin, Beast Boy asked for a glass of water. Robin complied and Beast Boy was still waiting three minutes later for the water.
Robin came in a minute later looking very annoyed and had two bottles of chilled spring water. He handed one to Beast Boy and started to drink the other himself.
"Thank You," Beast Boy whispered hoarsely and drank the water quickly to quench his sudden thirst and parched throat.
Robin dropped his empty bottle into the nearest wastebasket after Beast Boy who had done so already.
"Good night," Robin said and went back to his side of the bed.
"Goodnight," Beast Boy responded and turned off the light and slid under the sheet on his side of the bed, "thanks Robin," he added.
"Your Welcome," Robin told him.
End Chapter 15
Reggae: I'm officially a pervert. Let me correct myself. After my perverted writing of chapter 5, I've re-entered pervertdom within this story. I hadn't even planned to write that 'licking' part. It popped into my head two sentences ahead of writing it and I immediately told myself no. Just to realize a few words later that I wrote it. Damn my mind! Damn it! But it's good fanfiction. Well creepy good fanfiction anyway. I can't help but write stuff that often creeps people out. Unfortunately I hate writing stuff like that 'licking' thing I wrote earlier because it really creeps me out and makes me feel UGH! Like I need soap, scrubbing brush, bleach…. But I love to write so I'll suffer, I mean enjoy writing stuff. Well not that 'licking' stuff but stuff that makes the story go along and surprises readers. Plus me as well I guess. Well there's only two more chapters left. I thank all those who have reviewed and an extra BIG thanks to those who have stuck it through this far. This story will soon be ending. But don't be sad, I'll soon be starting a new fanfic called KLUB. It's a Codename: Kids Next Door fanfic that will again show my perverted mind. No it will not have the creepy 'rape' premise that this story has. It probably has well something that makes it rated M when posted. Let's just say it's not for your kid sister Emily who's six or seven. Let me leave it at that. Anyway please review and thanks for reading despite any feelings of being crept out. Hope you enjoyed the fic.