And part fourteen has arrived! Huzzah! I'm glad everyone has stuck with me for this long! I've received so much praise for this story that I just gotta keep going! I won't disappoint, I promise! On with the show, and I don't own Teen Titans!

BARCODE

PART 14: Search

Beast Boy sat, cross-legged, next to Cyborg. The metal man was sitting in a swervy chair, typing on the Titan's mainframe. Beast Boy was unable to comprehend what was happening on the screen, though. All the number patterns and maps flashing by had made him dizzy, so he'd gone back to his personal training. He had what looked like a children's dictionary in his lap, which he was reading as thoroughly as his short attention span would allow. "Lah… lahn…" he tried to sound out a word. He stood, putting the book in front of Cyborg. He pointed to which word he wanted, making a little sound in his throat.

"Language." Cyborg said, only half-paying attention. "That's how you talk. Ours is English." Beast Boy nodded absently, not really understanding his explanation. But, he was learning fast, so… "C'mon, Rae…. where are you?" A long stream of numbers was going down the screen at a rapid pace.

"Any luck?" Robin had entered the room, standing and putting a hand on the back of the chair.

"Wherever Raven is, the signal is halfway scrambled." Cyborg said. "It's there, but its… hard to pinpoint. Something's trying to hide the signal, but not doing a perfect job…"

"Her homing device is on a separate frequency than the communicators, right?" Robin asked, glancing over at Beast Boy. "Is he reading that?"

"Yes and… he's tryin' to." Cyborg said, looking over at Garfield. "He's learning our language pretty fast, but I think he's slowing down a little in the learning department."

"Back to Raven, though." Robin said, amazed that anyone would sit down and try to read a dictionary. "Have you got a general area?"

"It's near the ocean, on the other side of town. I can't get a lock, though." Cyborg said, his fingers dancing across the keyboard. "The only thing that could completely block the signals in our homing devices is –!"

"Lead!" Robin exclaimed. "Pull up a mineral deposit map!"

"Way ahead of ya, man." A geological map came up, and the landscape was color coded down to the yard as to what was in the ground. The two looked at it for a few moments, "There." Cyborg said, zooming in twice. "It's along the water, just like I said. There's a lead ore deposit right above it, and…" He zoomed in a few more times. "And an unregistered, underground building." He said darkly, looking at his leader.

Robin swore under his breath, and Beast Boy shut his book as he stood. "Bad language." He said, shaking a playful finger at him. The metal man and the boy wonder's eyebrows shot up.

"He was just learning that word a minute ago…" Cyborg mumbled. They quickly returned to the screen, though. They needed a plan. "It's only been a few hours. Should we go now and surprise them?"

"They wouldn't capture Raven just the kill her. They would've done that on the spot." Robin said, stroking his chin. "Let's wait and rest up. They'll be expecting us, but we'll manage somehow and rescue her. Right?" Cyborg nodded in agreement, and Robin went on. "We'll go tomorrow night after dark, so they won't spot us so easy."

"Yes." Beast Boy said, "We attack at midnight, Lone Star." He quoted a movie they'd seen the other day. That got a smile from both of them, and they watched him leave the mainframe room.

"They grow up so fast, eh?" Cyborg grinned. Robin shook his head, leaving Cyborg to his work.

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The next day, early in the morning, Beast Boy was in the training room on the treadmill. "Raven…" he mumbled, turning into a ram. The MPH readout said 14, and he turned into a tiger. The MPH said 23. Then, he became a cheetah, MPH 45. He ran full speed, going all out. How could he have been so stupid? He'd let her get caught by that bad man with the lighter… lighter, was that what it was called? He'd seen it earlier, when he'd shocked his hand…

Coming to a halt over a long amount of time, Beast Boy became human again. He scratched at his hand, feeling the foreign object just beneath the skin. "Bad man…" he whispered. His other hand became that of a lizard's, but still big. "This will hurt…" he whispered, softer. He had to get that thing out of his hand if he was going to win. If he was in the middle of battle and that bad man shocked him again, what good would he be to everyone else, especially Raven? He took several deep breaths, bracing for the pain. Gritting his teeth, he lowered his claw to the skin…

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"Okay, now… there's an ocean entrance. Probably for private subs to enter." Cyborg pointed to a spot on the grid map he'd pulled up.

"What else?" Robin asked, stroking his chin.

"There's several ground entrances, one hidden and three –!"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" The roar of pain shook the tower, and both of them jumped to their feet. Where they under attack? Beast Boy entered the common room a few seconds later, clutching his bleeding hand. "Bad… man… out." He said, smiling painfully.

A little spherical piece of metal rolled across the floor and stopped at Cyborg's feet. He and Robin squatted down to see. "An electrocution orb." The metal man said in awe. "They used to put these in prisoners to keep them from escaping jail. There must've been one in his hand…" He picked it up between his thumb and forefinger, then crushed it without a second thought. "Hey BB, let me take a look at that… hand?"

Beast Boy had stuck his hand under some water at the sink, revealing that there was no longer a flesh wound. "How did he –?" Robin gasped.

"Fast healing." Beast Boy said, looking amused. He looked at his hand, where the barcode was. His other hand had the number B-407 imprinted on it. "Just like her." His voice turned dark as he looked at them both. "Am I… a monster?" he asked them softly.

"No." Robin said, putting a brotherly arm around his shoulder. "You're a Titan." Cyborg smiled as well, and the same smile creeped up on the green teen's face. "And right now, there's another Titan in trouble. We've gotta focus on rescuing her. Go and rest, Beast Boy. You'll need your strength."

"Yes." He said, on his merry way.

When he'd left the room, Robin looked at Cyborg. "I didn't know he could heal so fast…"

"Me neither, man." Said Cyborg, looking at the bloody pieces of metal in his hand. "I'm gonna study this for a while. Let me know if anything new turns up."

"Okay. We leave at dark."

"Okay man." Cyborg left the room as well, leaving Robin alone.

"If Beast Boy can heal so fast, I imagine the other one is fine by now as well…" he said. "How can we beat an enemy that heals so fast?" He sat on the sofa, resting his chin in his hands. "We've knocked her out, cut her up, blown her up… what else is there to do?" he didn't have the answer. "B-406 is our main enemy in this mission, so I've gotta think of something to beat her with." He went to the room with the Titan's mainframe computer in it. "Hmm…" he said. He began looking up things on lizards that could re-grow tails. Snakes that shed their skins too. Any animal that could regenerate parts, he looked up their biological traits. He sat there for hours, typing and reading and more typing and more reading…

The evening approached quickly, and soon he stood again. Eating a modest dinner, Robin sat on the sofa again. He'd thought of something, but would it work…? He didn't know, but it was their best shot. Rescuing Raven was their main objective, but there was no way they'd get through the mission without running into B-406.

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AUXILLERY B.E.L.D. LABORATORY

LOCATION: CLASSIFIED

TIME: 19:00 (that's 7PM)

"The fetus is complete, sir. Cell growth set at ten times normal speed." A scientist had come to Garfield Logan to report. He looked through his notes and charts, explaining the rapid growth and incredible cell activity rating.

"Excellent. It'll be done in how long, then?"

"Physically, it will be at optimum performance in a little over two weeks." The short man said, checking his clipboard to make double-sure he was right. "We're rushing a little bit, but with this DNA…" he trailed away. "Sir, if I may… are you sure this girl you took the blood sample from is human?" he was referring to Raven, of course.

"Why?"

"The average human DNA strand has forty-six chromosomes, right?" he asked, clicking his pen and sketching a visual reference for him. He paused for a moment and his boss nodded. "This DNA from the blood you gave us, it's… it's got two hundred."

"What?" he leaned forward, trying to imagine such a thing. "A human being with more than forty-sixchromosomes suffers mental retardation!"

"Yes, genetics one-o-one. Any human being iwth more thanforty-six has too much data for their bodies to process, and regress into retardation." The scientist said, nodding in agreement. "But, the cells in the blood were still partially alive, even after the blood was dried. This girl is most definitely some sort of new breed. I have no explanation…" He paused for a moment, shaking his head in amazement. "The cells are… well… perfect." He said as a matter of factly. "This girl will never get sick in her entire lifetime, and neither will this new creation. The cells and DNA are so powerful, I… I don't know what to make of it!"

"Immunity to biological warfare…" Garfield said, leaning back in his high-backed chair. "That's another improvement to the numbers, doctor." He began to grin. "A super-soldier that never gets sick… that's perfect!" he stood and waved his hand dismissively. "I have other things that need attending. Keep me updated every thirty-six hours."

"Other things, sir?"

"We have company coming." He grinned at the man form under his eyebrows. "Order B-406 to stop her physical training for the day. The Teen Titans will be here in a few hours, I'm willing to wager."

"The Teen Titans?" The man looked shocked.

"Yes. We'd best clean house." He waved the man away, interlocking his fingers. When he was finally alone, he smiled wider. "So Raven, you've got a little secret too…" Garfield Logan gave a murmuring laugh, then stood. Opening his lighter's hidden panel, he spoke with a clear and severe voice. "B-406. Prepare for battle."

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It's heatin' up, everybody! I hope you all enjoyed the latest part of BARCODE, and will join me for the next part really soon! What secret was Garfield talking about? Does B-406 get cool battle armor or something? And will Robin discover the secret to B-406 rapid healing process? We'll find out more next time on BARCODE! See ya there! Please please PLEASE leave me a review and tell me what you thought of this part!