Hey, Tammy Tamborine here! I've finally updated again. Hope you like this chapter,I found it harder even than the fight. I don't know why,I just couldn't get my thoughts strait, so sorry if thisone is a bit scatter-brained.
Frightful Combination: Viewing the Tapes
Robin paced his room anxiously, the day's events playing in his head.
After the Beast had fought and turned back into Beast Boy, they had immediately brought their fallen friend back to the tower to run tests on him and to make sure he was all right. Raven had been injured as well. She sported four deep wounds on her left shoulder, marks from the creature's attack.
Robin was furious. The strange creature had injured two of his teammates and he had no idea where it was. After it had been thrown out the window no one had been able to see it except for the Beast, and Beast Boy was still unconscious.
After Beast Boy had collapsed they had brought him to the tower quickly. While Cyborg ran tests on Beast Boy, Robin had argued with Raven. The wounds on her shoulder had still been bleeding and her skin appeared paler than usual. Robin insisted that she lay down and heal herself right away, but she had refused to until Cyborg finished the tests. Once he confirmed that the changeling would be fine she finally gave in and went to sleep so her body could heal itself.
To top it all off, something kept nagging at their leader's mind. Something had been over-looked. But what? What was he missing?
Robin growled angrily and slammed his fist against the wall. Leaning on his arm against the wall, he thought as hard as he could.
'Star and I went to the mall… we looked around… stopped at the food court… got a call for the break-' Robin's eyes widened.
The break-in! When he and Star had arrived at the store manager had told them that the strange man who brought the creature had been stealing something!
'How could I have been so stupid?' Robin berated himself. 'That strange man was there and he was trying to steal something!'
After the shock of dealing with that strange creature and the return of the Beast, they had completely forgotten about the man. Now the thief was still out there, he had probably stolen what he came for, and they had no idea what happened to the creature!
Robin needed to talk to the rest of the team.
Raven slowly opened her eyes. The room was dark, but there was a bit of light coming from the medical machines set up around the large room. A steady beeping was coming from her left. Raven turned and saw Beast Boy lying, unchanged, in the bed next to her.
Sighing, the dark girl sat up in the bed she was in. She touched her newly repaired shoulder. It was still a bit tender, but it was better than the searing pain she had felt before it was healed.
Standing up, she walked around Beast Boy's bed and sat in a chair that was set next to it. She watched the slow and painful looking rise and fall of his chest. She placed her hand on his. Raven thought back to earlier that day. The Beast had returned, but why?
Deep down she knew though. He had changed to save her. He had seen the creature closing in on her and he had changed into the Beast.
She could still see the fight in her head. She could still see every hit, every throw. She could still smell the sent of blood and fear. Her own fear. The Beast was afraid of nothing.
She was pulled away from her thoughts when the door of the infirmary opened. Starfire walked in. Raven looked up, and waited for Starfire to speak.
"Friend Raven, if you do not mind my asking, I have an important question." Raven nodded, signaling Starfire to continue.
"What are your feelings towards friend Beast Boy?" the alien asked softly, looking at Raven's hand on top of Beast Boy's.
Raven followed her gaze and let go of Beast Boy's hand. She looked back down at Beast Boy's sleeping form. What were her feelings towards Beast Boy? She had never really thought about her relationship with the green boy. It was strange, she got annoyed with him all the time, but she was never angry with him. When he annoyed her she was never sure if she felt like pushing him off a tall building or like hugging him until she could hug no more. Why had she never noticed how complicated their relationship was before?
Starfire waited patiently for an answer, knowing it must be hard for Raven to deal with all these emotions. The two girls were close, best friends, and Starfire could tell when Raven was upset and confused.
"I don't know." Replied Raven after a while "I just… don't know."
Starfire nodded and turned to leave. She floated to the door before turning back to Raven, who was already looking at Beast Boy once more.
"If ever you need a friend, I am here." She told Raven before leaving.
Raven didn't reply. She would need a friend, but not now. Her confusion had just begun, and she needed to see if she get passed it on her own.
She was so lost in her thoughts that she almost didn't notice Beast Boy's eyes slowly opening. When they did though, Raven's questions were immediately pushed to the back of her head.
He opened his eyes slowly, blinking to make his tired eyes focus. Once he could see properly, he smiled. The first thing he saw was Raven looking down at him, concern evident in her own eyes.
Noticing his smile, she quickly masked her emotions once more and sat back in her chair.
Beast Boy looked around the room. Several wires were attached to him, and the steady beeping from the heart monitor filled the room.
"What happened?" he asked. His voice was hoarse and he coughed a bit.
"Don't you remember?" asked Raven "You turned into the Beast."
Beast Boy sat up; his worst fears had been confirmed.
"I-I thought that was just a dream… a-a nightmare!" he stuttered. Raven shook her head and Beast Boy sighed before falling back on the bed. "But… how?"
Raven looked at him carefully before answering, "Cyborg thinks that your body reacted to the shock from the television by turning into the Beast. I think that the shock just… woke the Beast up."
Beast Boy nodded. "What happened? All I remember is seeing that creature going over to you and then… I don't know. Just flashes of memory."
Before Raven could fill him in, Robin's voice came onto the intercom.
"Titans, everyone awake must report to the main room. Now." Robin sounded frustrated
Raven stood up, followed by Beast Boy.
"What are you doing?" she asked, exasperated.
"I'm going to the main room." he replied, as if explaining something to a child.
"You can't, you need to rest." She snapped.
Beast Boy didn't answer, instead he just walked past her to the door. Raven sighed. Giving up, she followed him to the main room.
The metal doors opened to reveal Starfire and Cyborg already sitting on the couch while Robin stood in front of them. The three Titans turned around to look when Raven and Beast Boy walked in.
"Beast Boy, you should be resting." Said Robin sternly
"That's what I told him." Said Raven. She sat down on the couch next to Starfire.
"I'm fine." Replied Beast Boy. He tried to sound breezy and care free, but all the others noticed his exhaustion. He was panting slightly and a thin layer of sweat had formed on his brow from his trek from the medical room to the main room.
"Fine, just sit down before you pass out." Sighed Robin. Sometimes Beast Boy could be a bit stubborn. Not all the time, but sometimes.
Beast Boy sat down next to Cyborg.
Now that his whole team was in front of him, Robin could continue.
"OK team, in all the confusion I'll admit that it was easy to forget." He started. He received blank stares.
"Forget what, friend Robin?" Starfire asked
"The man who broke-in in the first place." He answered. The others responded by groaning at their mistake.
"Now that everyone's awake, we have a lot of work to do." Robin turned on the big t.v screen behind him. He pressed play and a security tape of the store started playing. "I've been doing a bit of research."
A cashier sat at the counter, scanning items for customers. Suddenly the large creature they had seen earlier that day ran through the open door. A strangely calm man followed it. Robin paused the video.
"That's our thief." Said Robin, pointing at the man. "Cyborg, can we close in on his face?"
"No problem." Replied Cyborg. Pressing a button on his special remote, Cyborg made the camera zoom in. Much to their dismay, the man was wearing a dark mask that covered the top half of his face and head.
Pressing play, the tape carried on. They watched as the strange monster reeked havoc around the store and the customers ran out the door. The masked man walked over to the manager, who had come running out from the back room and now stood behind the counter with the shocked cashier.
Turning the volume up, they were able to hear what the two men said.
"What are you doing? What is that thing?" asked the manager, shaking with fear.
"That 'thing' is my creation. My 'baby', if you will." Defended the villain "And this is a robbery."
"Get out of my store! I just pressed a silent alarm under the counter. The Teen Titans should be here any minute now!" said the manager, slightly more confident.
"Perfect." The masked man said. Before he could say more, Robin and Starfire rushed in.
The manager yelled to them that it was a robbery before running out of the store. He wasn't needed.
The masked man stood in the shadows that his creature had created by breaking most of the lights.
The Titans watched as Starfire and Robin were quickly distracted by the creature advancing on them. They fast-forwarded through the fight between the creature and the Titans as the other three arrived shortly after.
They stopped as they got to the part where Beast Boy turned into the Beast. They watched closely as he transformed and charged at the creature who had lifted his powerful arm to finish Raven off.
Raven grabbed the remote from Cyborg and paused it.
"Raven! What are you doing?" asked Cyborg. He had really been getting into it.
"I think I noticed something." She rewound the tape and stopped it when the creature had just lifted it's clawed limb. Then she zoomed in on the masked man who had suddenly emerged from the shadows. He was holding up his hands, as if trying to stop the creature from killing her. The teens looked at the screen in confusion.
"Why would this villain be trying to stop his 'creation' from killing Raven?" Cyborg wondered out loud.
"Maybe blood makes him queasy?" joked Beast Boy, earning glares from the others.
"Perhaps our questions will be answered later in the tape?" suggested Starfire.
They watched the rest of the tape until the part where the Beast threw the creature out the window. They could no longer see the monster.
Robin paused the tape and looked at Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy, you need to tell us what you saw when you checked the monster. Did it run away?" the leader asked
Beast Boy scrunched his face in concentration, trying to remember what had happened. After a few minutes of strained silence, Beast Boy finally remembered… barely.
"I-I remember seeing it fall to the ground… and then… all I remember seeing is a small dog and a bear cub…"
Though his description was vague and confusing, no one questioned it. Instead, Robin nodded his head thoughtfully and turned the movie back on.
As it neared the end Robin let out a cry of exasperation as he saw the thief bend down under the counter and pull something out from under it before running away, unnoticed by any of the Titans in the video. Rewinding it so he could see what it was, Robin zoomed the camera in on the object the masked man had stolen.
He was holding a large battery.
"Is that a battery?" asked Beast Boy. "Why would he steal something that costs like… 20 dollars?"
The others shrugged.
"It doesn't matter." Replied Robin. "He's a thief and if he really created that monster, he's dangerous. He's a criminal and we need to take him down.
This chapter is done! It really did take a long time for me to write. Please review and tell me what you think! It would mean ever so much to me