A/N: Sorry about the late posting, I hope you like this, next chapter or the one after I hope there's more action. I hope you like this chapter even though it's really long. Remember to review!
Disclaimer: I'm sick of this thing. I don't own Teen Titans.
Beast Boy stood under the only live tree, staring at a yellow caped girl who only ignored him, knowing if he didn't fix this, if the grass and trees didn't live again, Raven, the girl who had entrusted him with her life, Raven would die. His mind raced with ideas, but each idea he got, he immediately discarded, convincing himself it wouldn't work. The other Titans stood a short distance behind him, they had no idea what Beast Boy planed to do, but after his previous outburst, they weren't ready to interrupt.
"Raven," Beast Boy said at last, "We need to talk." The girl didn't move, didn't even acknowledge the boy had said anything at all. Beast Boy wouldn't accept that, he was going to talk to her, he was determined to fix this mess. Climbing into the tree, Beast Boy sat only a few inches away from the yellow caped girl. "Raven, uh, Intelligence, I need your help, Raven needs your help, sitting here and regretting the past is not going to fix anything. Intelligence…" The girl's head was turned in the opposite direction, she showed no sign of listening, or caring what he had to say. Beast Boy was sick of it, "What's your problem! Can't you even try to listen to me! Can't you even try and help! Or do you really not care! Do you-!"
"Stop yelling," When Intelligence finally spoke she did so in such a monotone voice, it was almost impossible to take her seriously, or believe she was listening to him at all. "I already told you, I can't help. I've failed Raven enough already, I'll only make things worse."
Beast Boy took a deep breath; he wasn't used to this kind of thing, he didn't know what to say to this girl. He would need to comfort her, convince her that this wasn't her fault, but Beast Boy wasn't good at that, he was good at jokes, at pranks, he wanted so bad to help Raven, what was he supposed to do. No matter what, no matter how hard he had to work, no matter what he had to say or do, he was going to save Raven. "But you can make it better, and I can help you." Looking down, Beast Boy caught the eye of three friends he had forgotten. "We can help you."
All the Titans had a spot in the tree, none of them as close to Intelligence as Beast Boy, but all of them ready to talk to and comfort the girl. Beast Boy took the lead, "Can you tell us exactly what happened, when it happened?"
"I'm afraid I can not give you a strait answer that you would understand," Intelligence began, "Very few people truly understand me, but I was fine with that. They all talked in their slang and with such simple words, I don't merely make observations, I analyze them, look for their volubility's and strengths. I don't know what exactly you want me to say about the man who attacked me, for his name is no importance so I never learned it, his identity unknown so it to is unimportant to anyone. I can tell you this man is not an easy one to talk to. He is not interested in confrontation; he cares nothing about the disadvantages and consequences of his actions, so I had no power against him. I can see you're in a hurry, so I will let you find your own way to defeat such a man as he, for I do not know how. When I met him, normally I would have been able to tell you the exact day, hour, and even minute. All I can tell you now is it must have been close to a week ago. I'm sorry I have nothing of use to you, and I'm afraid you are wasting your time trying to help." She turned away again and Beast Boy, out of the corner of his eye, noticed some of the scrap of grass that was still green, had added itself to the majority of it that was dead.
"Well," Beast Boy said with a slightly worried tone hidden in his voice, "At least we're getting somewhere now." He tried to sneak a laugh into the conversation, but it obviously wasn't going to work. "Okay, so, what exactly did he do to you?"
"He wanted to fight me physically, but it was obvious I wasn't going to win, and it seemed he wasn't getting the results he wanted like that. Keeping his distance, apparently wary of an attack, he threw occasional punches and kicks at me, the entire time I tried to defend myself, but not from his attacks. It hurt to hear his words more than feel the pain of his physical attacks." The girl's voice began to tremble, even more of the grass began to die.
Beast Boy was getting worried, "Okay okay, um, so he told you that you had made things bad for Raven right, that you had failed your duty to her?" The girl didn't respond. Beast Boy took a deep breath and launched himself into a sympathetic mood, "I'm really sorry about what happened, but I'm sure whatever he said wasn't true. You seem to know so much about this place and the other emotions, I can't believe you would do anything to hurt them. If his goal was to make you feel this way, all your doing now is giving up, you're letting him win." Beast Boy couldn't believe what he just said, he couldn't understand half of what he had just said!
The girls eyes turned to the side at meet his, a gentle smile could be seen in the comer of her lips, "Since the day I first saw you, very few times have I seen you so serious, and it always seems to be when you're around Raven." Her smile grew more visible, even though it was still hardly noticeable, Beast Boy finally felt as if he had accomplished something. "Alright, you want to help me, you can try."
Robin, happy that Beast Boy had broken the ice, tried his hand first, "I know Raven well, she's a strong girl, there is very little that can defeat her. I also know her knowledge and experience in battles has saved our lives many times. She is one of the few people on this team I feel comfortable discussing battle strategies with," Robin began to blush slightly and talk quieter as he continued, "or you know, even some everyday issues, with my family and friends and stuff." He was silent for a minute as a few quiet giggles made their way through the company. "Don't tell me all the advice I've gotten from her, and all the help we've had in battles, had nothing to do with your guidance. Raven is a valuable member of this team, and from what I can tell, the emotions her are what makes her who she is. If Raven didn't have you, who knows where we'd be right now."
"True," Intelligence replied, "but I am here for so much more than to help all of you, I am here to assist Raven, my job is to help her with her problems, to help her stay out of trouble. That is the job I have failed, if it wasn't for me, Raven wouldn't be where she is right now."
"You can't give up every time you make a mistake!" Robin was sick of this girl feeling sorry for herself instead of helping them. "If you messed up you have to keep trying to fix it! You-"
"Robin, please," Starfire interrupted, "You are scaring her." Taking a breath she levitated her way into the yellow cloaked girls view, put a promising look on her face and encouraging tune in her voice, "What Robin is trying to say, I think, is that, all of us mess up sometimes. You didn't fail Raven, she still needs you to be there for her. Raven may seem a little, weird, at times, but that does not mean she does not care." All the Titans gave Starfire a confused look at first, but they were fairly used to her comments not making much sense and wanted her to feel as if she was helping, so before she noticed the looks of confusion changed to nods and smiles.
"Starfire," Intelligence replied, "thanks." She tried to sound like she felt better, but it was obvious to the others Starfire's words effected her very little.
"If you're going to listen to anyone, listen to someone who's been through the something, similar." It was Cyborg's turn, "Man, I've been going through a lot of trouble with my limits, but I guess you knew that. Anyway, I in particular never feel like I've done or am doing my best, and my friends always help me get through that." He took a moment to give his fellow Titans an appreciative smile, "I understand you're here alone and have to rely on yourself, but that just means you'll have to try even harder to keep your spirit up. Besides, we're here to help you this time, if you try, you can fix this, if you really want to, you can make all the difference for Raven. But if you sit around and mope, I mean, not that you're hurting Raven anymore, well I guess, what I mean is-" Cyborg took a breath before continuing, "I can tell you really want to help Raven, but you have to take a step up, you listened way to much to that guy, now try listening to us. You can't tell me Raven is better of now than she was when you were helping to influence her?" This last comment made Intelligence think, Cyborg was right about some of those things, and she had seen the effects when he got into the 'I'm not strong enough' moods.
"So in case these guys are boring you to death, let me sum it up." Beast Boy, seeing the girl was getting all the advice she needed, thanks to his friends, decided to add a little comedy, besides, that's what he was best at. "Robin can be a jerk at times," He got a glare from the masked boy, "but he has a point, I've seen you help Raven in the past, you're part of her life, if she were here, we'll she'd probably have made you more miserable… but she'd tell you… actually I have no idea what she'd say, never mind." Beast Boy had no idea where he was going with this but it seemed to be working, the girl lifted her head a little in pride remembering Robin's speech about how much intelligence helped those around her, and that little swell of pride had given her freedom to laugh when Beast Boy stumbled over his own words. Once again, out of the corner of his eye, Beast Boy saw the dead grass turn green, and this time, so did everyone else.
Beast Boy continued, "Starfire, well, you know Star. "She just wants to help everyone, but listening to you, it seems like you have the same kind of goals. You want to help Raven so badly, if Starfire can stand, float, in front of you and say a whole bunch of nonsense to try and make you happy, you think you can try and, give Rae her smarts back." Once again, even Beast Boy didn't know what he was talking about, but it made Intelligence laugh, and that was his goal in the first place.
Beast Boy prepared himself for the next speech, all the Titans around him laughing and encouraging Intelligence, Intelligence obviously beginning to feel better about herself, proven by the bits and pieces of grass beginning to get lush and green all over the place. Beast Boy scooted closer to her, "You see, you really are a great inspiration for Raven, Cyborg was right, Raven will never get better unless you step up to help her. I don't remember the last time she was in a good mood, or laughed really. But at least, when you were there for her to talk to, she was conscience." The girl next to him smiled, "Look, you love to learn right? And whether or not you're perfect, out of all the books you've read, and people whose lives you've pried into… do you really know everything about me… I mean, how many of those people haven't made mistake?"
As Intelligence was laughing at Beast Boy, as well as shocked that he was making so much sense, Cyborg intruded, "Where'd you learn to talk like that! What the hell's wrong with you? Are you sick?" He paused for a minute in thought, "Why do you always get so serious when it's about Raven?"
Beast Boy gave Cyborg a glare and turned back to Intelligence. "So, feeling better?"
The girl looked from him, to his friends and back. A single book appeared out of nowhere to land in her lap, it was the biggest dictionary Beast Boy had ever seen.
A/N: Well that was longer than I thought it would be, sorry I got it up late again. Anyways, hope you liked it and don't be afraid to give me suggestions! Till next week! Review!