Disclaimer: Mike: I am sorry to say that my internet is down. Well, you know, when you actually read this my internet will be back up, but you get what I mean. By the way, I don't have spell check any more, so I'm sorry for any spelling errors I make. I decided to make this chapter pretty long. Enjoy!
The Titans entered the back room, searching frantically for the source of the voice.
"Keydin, is that you?" asked Centara, staring at HeavenDemon's body on the table.
"I think so," the voice said again, and something dropped from the ceiling. It was HeavenDemon, in a shimming golden body, with a gold cloak to match. "I'm a little confused right now."
The Titans stared at him, dumbstruck. "See...not normal...with the floating and the glowing..." Raven mumbled.
"Fortunately, I think we're all used to not normal by now," said Centara, looking back and forth between HeavenDemon's body and the golden floating HeavenDemon. "Any theories, Raven?"
Raven was about to answer, when Beast Boy spoke. "Can we just go back to the fact that HeavenDemon is gold, floating, and not in his body?!" asked Beast Boy, waving his arms.
"Yeah, we could go back to that," said HeavenDemon, staring at his golden hands. "This is sort of unsettling. Am I dead or what?"
"I'm not sure," said Raven, poking the HeavenDemon on the table, "You're not in your body, that's for sure. But you're talking to us, so you can't be DEAD dead..."
"More to the point, how long am I going to stay like this?" said HeavenDemon, "If it's even reversible at all?"
"I think we might be possible to put you back in your body, if we repair it," answered Raven, "But it's going to take time and research."
"Well, no worries," said HeavenDemon, his mood lightening, "The whole flying effortlessly thing is pretty cool. I can stay like this while we figure out what's going on."
"I'm taking us back to the tower," said Cyborg, taking the pilot's seat. "I think we all need some rest after today."
(At Titans Tower)
Centara sat on the moonlit rooftop of the tower, throwing stones into the water.
"You should get some sleep, it's like 2 in morning," said a voice. She turned to find a shining HeavenDemon.
"I guess I should, but I really...just don't feel like sleeping right now," Centara said, tossing another stone in the water.
"We won, you know," said HeavenDemon, staring out onto the water. "We got Siren, and now we're one step closer to making this all end."
"Well yeah, but you're dead. Not much of a victory," pointed out Centara. "By the way, sorry about, you know, killing you and everything."
HeavenDemon laughed. "Don't worry about it. Raven already figured this out. I've become a golden spirit guide. It sometimes happens to Azerathions when they come close to dying. The spirit leaves the body to avoid passing on to the next life. So technically, you didn't kill me. Raven healed my body, and tomorrow she'll look for a spell to put me back in it."
"That's good to hear," said Centara, getting up. "By the way, is anyone guarding Siren's cell?"
"Yeah, Beast Boy," answered HeavenDemon, "Although I'm not sure if he should be the one to do it. You know what she can do to guys."
"Yeah..." said Centara, thinking, "I think I'll head off to bed. I trust BB."
(At Siren's cell)
Siren sat in the back corner of her dark cell, humming softly. Beast Boy sat in a chair in front of the bars, uncharacteristically serious, never taking his eyes off her. His fingers played around the steak he was holding.
"It's late, love. You should get some rest," said Siren with a grin. "Don't worry, I'll still be here when you wake up."
Beast Boy fingers tightened around the steak, but he said nothing.
"Oh, I see," said Siren, "You're going for the strong silent approach. Seems pretty pointless to me, though. It's not like anyone around here respects you anyway. You're the team's monkey. A comic relief. Nothing but a joke."
"You're not getting to me," said Beast Boy, his hands shaking in anger.
Siren raised an eyebrow. "Really? That's too bad. Because I'm trying to get you to see that you're not wanted around here. They have you doing grunt work. You would be much better off on your own." She got up, and walked over to the bars. "And I could help you get there."
Beast Boy got up and splashed holy water on her. She fell back to the other side of her cell. "Stop it! Do you think I'm going to listen to anything you say after what you did to Centara?! Just shut up!" He sat back down in his chair, gripping the steak even tighter.
"Oh, so that's what this is all about," said Siren, recovering from the holy water, "You're in love with Centara."
"I never said that," said Beast Boy, his voice cracking a little.
"Oh please, as if you had to say it," said Siren, laughing, "It's written all over your face. It's really quite sad, because she would never care about someone like you. And of course there's also the fact that she would never love someone who bares such a grudge against her best friend."
"What is that supposed to mean?!" yelled Beast Boy.
"Well, it's easy to see, and I've pieced it together," said Siren, "You were in love with Raven, but then Keydin came and crushed all your hopes of ever being with her. Then Centara arrived, and you fell in love again. But you feel like their friendship is too much to compete with, and you can never make her notice you because of it. Let's face it; you hate Keydin, don't you?"
Beast Boy sat in his chair for a long time, without saying anything. "I don't hate him," he finally mumbled. 'I'm...I'm just..."
"Don't try to kid yourself, love," said Siren, "He's playing at the whole 'Oh, I feel so guilty for what I did, I must repent, blah blah blah,' thing, and you can't stand it. You know it's the truth. I can see right into your soul, Gar.
Beast Boy gasped slightly at hearing his real name. He was about to say something, when Siren collapsed, gasping.
"Are you alright?" Beast Boy asked, jumping up.
"I...I'm thirsty," gasped Siren, " I haven't had anything to drink in a while now."
"Here," said Beast Boy, moving close to the cell door. He grabbed the steak with his right hand, and slit his left wrist. He stuck it through the bars. Siren moved closer, and gently grabbed his arm, moving his bleeding wrist closer to her. She put her mouth around the cut, and began to suck his blood. After a minute or so, she stopped, and Beast Boy took his hand back.
"Th...Thanks, love," said Siren, catching her breath.
Beast Boy stared at his bloody wrist, and looked at Siren. "What...what are you doing to me? Why did I let you do that?" he said, looking rattled.
"Let me?" said Siren, playing with her hair, "Love, you offered. I never asked."
"It...It felt..." said Beast Boy, unable to say what he was thinking.
"It felt good, didn't it, love?" said Siren, smiling.
A small grin formed on Beast Boy's face. "Yeah...I guess it kind of did." he said softly.
You know, love," Siren began, rising to her feat. "I respect you. The Titans look at you like a clown, but I see who you really are. There is much more to you than meets the eye."
"You're...you're right," said Beast Boy, his voice getting louder. "They don't respect me...they don't care about me! They treat me like a clown! And HeavenDemon is the worst of them all! He takes everything away from me!"
"Oh, love," said Siren, a sad look in her eyes, "You've gone through so much. If you let me out, I can make it all better.
"But...I'm not supposed to..." Beast Boy mumbled.
"Are you going to let them keep telling you what to do?" Siren asked. "It's time for you to prove to them that you're no grunt, love. Do what you want to do."
Beast Boy hesitated, then threw the steak and bottle of holy water into the corner of the room. He slowly unlocked the cell door, and opened it. Siren stepped through. They entered a long kiss. Siren pinned Beast Boy to the ground and ripped his shirt off.
(At the meeting room)
HeavenDemon's body was lying on a table in the middle of the meeting room, covered in a white sheet. Raven was sitting on the couch, staring at him. His face seemed to twitch slightly. Raven moved closer, and looked at his face. Suddenly his eyes fluttered open.
"This table is murder on the back," he said, getting up.
"What...Keydin?" managed Raven.
"Guess again, little girl," he said, moving closer to Raven.
"Insanity. I thought we killed you." said Raven, getting into a battle stance.
Insanity laughed. "Come on, did you think it would be that easy? But I must admit, getting impaled didn't exactly tickle. Took me a while to recover. But here I am! Miss me?"
"Not exactly," said Raven, sending a roundhouse kick at Insanity.
"I find that hard to believe, my dear," said Insanity, catching Raven's leg and throwing her back onto the couch. "Ah, this is so great! I finally have this whole body to myself. No annoying Keydin always buzzing in my ear. 'No, don't hurt them, they're my friends,' God, it bugs the hell out of me. But no more of that, is there, Raven? This body is mine to do whatever I want. And I think the female members of the Titans are going to start mysteriously disappearing. Starting with you, little girl." Insanity pinned Raven down on the couch.
"You are one sick son of a bitch," hissed Raven, trying to fight him off.
"No, see, I am someone who simply sees what he wants, and takes it." Insanity whispered in her ear, "And right now, what I want is you."
"Well, we all want things we can't have," said Raven, knocking Insanity across the room with a blast of black energy. "The others heard that. They'll be here any second."
"Oh well," sighed Insanity, "I guess I'll go have a night on the town. I'll be back, little girl." He kicked out a window, and jumped out. Raven ran to look outside, but there was no sign of him. Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Centara bursted into the meeting room.
"We heard noises, what happened?" asked Robin.
"Insanity is still alive. He took control of Keydin's body," said Raven.
"Say what now!?" said HeavenDemon, floating through a wall. "He took my body!? I need that!"
'We'll get it back, don't worry," said Centara. "Raven, you hurt at all?"
"I'm fine. Just a little shook up." said Raven, "By the way, he's going to try to kidnap the female members of the team, so we need to be on our guard." Starfire shivered a little at this.
"Well, that's not too surprising," Centara said under her breath.
"And what is THAT supposed mean?" asked HeavenDemon.
"Nothing, nothing at all," Centara said, with a grin on her face.
"No really, what does that mean?" HeavenDemon persisted.
"Uh, guys, we kinda got a problem," interrupted Cyborg, "What do you think Insanity is going to do now?"
"Well, he said something about a night on the town," said Raven, "Anyone know what that means?"
"It's means we better find him soon, or expect to find several young woman dead or traumatized tomorrow morning," said Centara with a grim expression on her face. The other Titans all stared at HeavenDemon.
"Yeah, ok, I'm a sick bastard," he said with a sigh, "Can we please go find my body now? I don't want to find it addicted to speed or something."
"Good point," said Robin, "By the way, has anyone seen Beast Boy?"
"I think he's still guarding Siren's cell," said Centara, a little worried, "I think I'll go check in on him."
(On the streets of Jump City)
Insanity strolled down the street, a wide grin on his face.
Mike: That's all for now, folks. That was a long one...anyway, please review. Peace