Chapter Two: Breakfast

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans

FYI: This will mainly a BB and Raven centered fic. Cyborg will probably be around a lot too. Robin will be acting like a jerk and Starfire will be hanging around the edges. Just thought I'd let ya know. Now on with the fic! Charge!

Robin sat hunched over the computer watching the security tapes from yesterday's battle. He couldn't find any flaw in his team's attacks. The man would just step out of the way sometimes too fast for the eye to follow. He rubbed his eyes and glanced at the clock. Almost two in the morning. Behind him the doors slid open and some walked in

"Robin, are you still up?" Starfire asked walking over to stand next to her masked leader. Robin looked up at her

"Ya Star. I'm just looking over the tapes from yesterday." the alien princess shook her head and put both her hands on his shoulders and began to massage them gently

"You have been doing that since we got home. Cyborg considered shutting down the computers to make you stop for a few hours." the Boy Wonder didn't respond. He was leaning into the girl's hands as she rubbed his tired muscles. Starfire smiled to herself and looked out the window her fingers still working

"You work too hard Robin. There is nothing wrong with trying to track down a villain but sometimes you take it too far."

"I know Star. But I can't help it. It's just my nature." Robin said letting out a huge yawn. Behind them the doors opened again and Beast Boy walked in clad only in a pair of black pants

"Dudes! Get a room!" he yelped covering his eyes. Starfire giggled and Robin scowled at him. Of course Beast Boy didn't care he just laughed

"Shut up Beast Boy." the changeling smiled disappeared into the kitchen. He left a few seconds later and Robin returned to the computers

"Robin, are you going to stop now?" Starfire asked softly. The masked teen looked up at her and smiled slightly

"Ya Star. You go up to bed and I'll shut down the computers." Starfire put her hands on her hips and snorted

"That will not work on me Robin. Go to bed." Robin chuckled and stood. Over the past two years he'd finally gotten taller than Starfire. Even if it was only an inch or two

"Who's the leader around here?" he teased. The red head gave him a sweet smile that made him feel weak in the knees

"At the moment, it is me. Bed. Now." Robin shrugged helplessly and started for the doors.

Beast Boy tossed and turned violently in his bed then suddenly sat up, sweat was running down his chest, back and his hair was dripping. He looked around gasping slightly. Nothing was out of place in the room. He sighed and brushed his hair back out of his eyes. He jumped onto the floor and turned into a cat stretching out his arms and legs. Then he walked out the door still in his cat form. He rounded a corner purring to himself. Suddenly he collided with a pair of legs. A pair of grey legs

"Beast Boy? What are you doing?" the changeling looked up at Raven's confused face. He gave a cat grin and rolled around on the floor playing with her cloak. The girl smiled and picked him up and started stroking him under the chin. He purred loudly and leaned into her hands

"You goofball." she set him down and he turned back into a human

"Hey. I can't help it if I'm irresistible." he said moving his eyebrows up and down. Raven rolled her purple eyes

"You're better as an animal." she told him. He grinned, showing off both fangs and turned into a cat again pawing at the edge of her cloak. Raven sighed and obeyed his demand picking him up

"Raven, what did he do to you now?" Cyborg asked walking into view. The cat hissed and swatted at him playfully

"He didn't do anything. He's just being weird. As usual." the cat jumped out of her arms and scampered away. Cyborg laughed and walked next to Raven as they headed to the main room

"You know since he turned seventeen he's really matured." Cyborg commented. Raven nodded slightly

"Yes he has. Of course the constant slamming into walls might have jogged some sense into his head but I doubt it." they turned a corner and found Beast Boy leaning by the door

"Very funny Raven. But if that is the case then I have you to thank don't I?" Cyborg rolled his eyes and continued into the room. Beast Boy held the door with one hand and Raven passed under his arm. The changeling had grown at least four inches leaving her as the smallest Titan. Not that she cared. It made villains underestimate her

"Alright. Now before everyone starts arguing about breakfast." Robin said standing up. The others cringed waiting for the training announcement "I think we should go out to eat."

"Do we have to?" Beast Boy whined. Then a look of shock covered his face "Huh? Go out? For breakfast?"

"I think that's what he said grass stain." Cyborg said his mouth almost touching the counter. Raven smiled under her hood as she prepared herself a mug of tea

"Who are you and what did you do with Robin!" Beast Boy finally exclaimed. The masked leader crossed his arms

"Do you want to go or not?"

"Yes."

"Then stop acting like an idiot." Raven said blowing steam off her mug. She took a sip before speaking again "Breakfast sounds nice. But I'd like to change first."

"Alright. Everyone change and we'll meet in the garage in an hour."

Beast Boy walked down the hall trying not to ram into any walls. His shirt was stuck over his large elf like ears and his arms were twisted in the fabric

"Your shirt looks like its trying to eat you." a sarcastic voice said. Beast Boy waved the very tips of his arms

"Well don't just stand there! Get me outta here!" a pair of hands yanked the shirt down over his over sized ears and he pushed his arms out. Then he looked up and his mouth almost dropped.

Raven was wearing tight black jeans that hugged her hips gracefully. Her shirt was also black with a silver Chinese symbol on the front. Around her waist there was a black studded belt

"You look nice." he said finally. Raven looked as if she didn't believe him and looked him up and down slowly.

He was wearing jeans and a forest green tee shirt. A leather string hung around his throat but the pendant was hidden under his shirt

"So do you. Let's go." they walked down the stairs and into the garage where the others were waiting. Raven claimed the passenger seat as usual and the other three sat in the back talking loudly enough to cover anything that was said in the front seat

"You look really good Rae."

"Thank you Cyborg. And thanks for taking me to the mall without telling Star. She would've dragged me into any store that had a pink item." the metal man laughed

"That's Starfire for ya. She means well though." Raven smiled and nodded in agreement

"I know but I wanted a slight change. Not a 360."

"So you said. By the way what's the symbol mean?" Raven looked down at her shirt

"My name. Raven."

In the seat behind them Beast Boy sensed an odd feeling rise up in his chest as he listened to their conversation. Why did Raven always ask Cyborg for favors? He would've gladly covered for her. He shook his head. Cyborg had already told him that he didn't like Raven in that sense. They were more like brother and sister. So why was he jealous?

Once at the restaurant everyone sat down and ordered from the large menu. Until their food arrived Starfire and Robin went outside and Cyborg disappeared along with them

"I really do like your outfit Rae. It looks great on you." the girl blushed slightly and twirled a strand of hair around her finger

"Thank you. I just saw a store in the mall the last time Star dragged me there and it had Goth clothes but nothing too extreme."

"Well you look great." Raven was about to reply when an explosion from outside made the diner shake. She and Beast Boy stood and ran outside. Green starbolts flew through the air and there were shouts and yells from the other two boys. There was a scream and Beast Boy saw a little girl crying in the middle of the street. She was hunched in a ball screaming as a large chunk of rock headed straight for her. Beast Boy dove for the girl and barely rolled away with her tucked in his chest before the rock crashed into the street

"Beast Boy!" a voice yelled. He looked up and saw the man who had been in the warehouse standing over him. The little girl wiggled free from Beast Boy and took off. The changeling was frozen looking up at the man. The man smiled slightly filling the green teenager with pure fear

"Hello Gar." he said. Beast Boy's whole frame shook in fear

"You're supposed to be dead." he whispered in horror. The man chuckled and pulled something out of his pocket

"Ah but I am not." he replied. "And I want you back." Beast Boy yelped as a small chip was placed on his glove. It disappeared immediately into the silver material

"I will call you when everything is ready." with that the man disappeared.

Robin crouched on a jutted up piece of asphalt and looked around. Finally he spotted him. A green figure staggering out from the rubble

"Beast Boy!" he yelled running over to his teammate. The changeling glanced at him with a look of pure terror in his green eyes

"You okay, man?" Cyborg asked walking up. Beast Boy nodded but the look of fear didn't leave his eyes

"Where's Raven and Star?" Robin gestured down the street which was covered in chunks of asphalt and ripped up pipelines

"Star's looking for Raven." as he spoke the two girls flew into view. Starfire dropped down and threw her arms around Beast Boy

"Thank Ryut! You are safe!" she exclaimed. Raven pried the alien off of the green teenager then looked around at the damage in the streets

"Let's get back to the Tower guys. We need to be track down this guy." Robin said. Everyone loaded into the T-car and they roared away.

Raven frowned in concentration as she pressed buttons looking at different freeze frames of their fight earlier this morning. Cyborg was working beside her at his computer

"Got anything Rae?" he asked rolling away from the consol for a moment. The Goth girl didn't reply she just zoomed in on one frame

"Raven? You got something?" he repeated standing. The girl's frown deepened as she cleared up the photo

"Look at this. That man is standing right over Beast Boy. But he doesn't even try to attack him, he just… sits there."

"Well he did look pretty freaked out when we found him."

"He looked like he'd seen a ghost." Raven agreed

"Do you think you could… I dunno talk to him about it." Raven gave him a look and he held up his hands

"He just gets real defensive when I ask him stuff. He trusts you Rae." the half demon looked at the freeze frame then nodded.

Beast Boy was lying on his top bunk looking at the ceiling. The back of his right hand itched like crazy but he ignored it. Hate and anger burned in his chest as he thought about this morning's fight. He could've transformed and attacked the man so easily. He could've ended everything right then and there but he didn't. He had been too scared. He was a coward

"Beast Boy?" the door's lock glowed black and flipped to the unlocked position then the door slid open. Raven was standing in the hallway

"Do you mind?" Beast Boy asked a little harsher than he had meant. The girl huffed slightly and crossed her arms

"I knocked five times but you wouldn't answer." the changeling sighed and sat up his long legs dangling off the edge of his bunk

"I'm sorry Rae. I didn't mean it like that. I just… I've got a lot of stuff on my mind." he looked at the girl reproach ably "Forgive me?"

"Sure." Raven walked into the room and sat in a chair that had been pulled away from the desk. She seemed anxious

"What's the matter Raven? You look really pale. More than usual."

"Beast Boy, can I ask you something?"

"Sure Raven," he jumped down and sat on the bottom bunk so they were at eye level "What's on your mind?"

"I was looking at some of the frames we got from the cameras during the fight. That man was standing over you for quite some time. Why didn't you do anything?" the teen looked at the floor

"I was afraid. I couldn't move. You have no idea how much I wanted to do something but… I just couldn't." Raven touched his hand gently. To her surprise he flinched and drew away

"It's okay Beast Boy. I don't blame you, I was just curious." he nodded and she stood up "Now, how about you show me how to play that racing game?" the changeling's whole face lit up like a little kid at Christmas time

"Sure Rae."

So the two sat in the main room pressing buttons and talking about anything that entered their minds. Beast Boy relaxed. This is who he was now. No one was going to take that away.