Raven tossed and turned in her bed, trying to forget the day's events and lose herself to the joyful embrace of sleep. She tried and she tried, yet she couldn't fall asleep because images of a helpless little boy crying out for his dead mommy flashed behind her closed her eyes. Sighing, she looked over to her alarm clock and saw in big bold lettering that it was 3:13. She rolled over and tried to close her eyes, but she just ended up with more disturbing images flashing through her mind. Grumbling in exasperation, she used her powers to teleport from her room to Beast Boy's bedside. When she heard a muffled scream, she opened her eyes and will never forget what she saw in that room. Beast Boy was changing. What she couldn't tell because he was fighting the change with every ounce of strength he had. His arms were bulging and cracking as they tried to change into the arm of the beast. His legs were swelling and lengthening, but then cracking and shifting back to normal. His chest came up in billowing bubbles that grew out and then fell back in. His face was contorted in pain and was shifting and cracking every second he was fighting. In Raven's mind, she knew this couldn't be happening. Sure, Cyborg had given him the cure and said it would still be with him, but she knew this wasn't supposed to happen. She stepped away from the bed and fell back to the wall, trying to find something to support herself on. She slumped to the floor and held her knees as she watched the carefree and happy boy she knew as Beast Boy go through a pain unlike any had ever experienced. She watched, wide eyed, as Beast Boy grunted and screamed into his pillow as the transformation tried to take hold and failed.

"Beast Boy?", Raven whispered fearfully.

Beast Boy lifted his head and said through pained gasps, "R...Rav...en? Wha...what are...you...do...ing here?"

She tried to ignore the convulsions his body made as his concentration wavered and the change tried to get on top.

"Why didn't you tell us?" She whispered. "Why didn't you let us help you?"

Beast Boy closed his eyes and let a tear run down his cheek.

"Because...at the end...of the...day, all I am...is a little green freak. Who wants...to help...that...right?"

He finally stopped convulsing and his body stopped trying to shift and change. He sighed as if this had happened all the time and closed his eyes, passing out from the pain and the effort of trying to keep his regular form. Raven stared at the green boy who had always been there to crack a joke, always been there to cheer them up, broken and hurting in a hospital bed in the Titans Tower.

-0-0-

Morning came dawning on Titans Tower and while two Titans were in a hospital room, sad and lonely, three other Titans woke up happy and cheerful as usual. Cyborg made himself his waffles, eggs, and every other meat in existence breakfast while Starfire was cooking up what looked to be food at first glance. Robin was, of course, in the training room beating on the poor, defenseless punching bag unmercifully. He finished through a couple of patterns and when he was finished, the punching back was about to fall off the chain and cause it to fall. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and mumbled an oh so intelligent 'oops' and went to the living room for breakfast. He passed by Beast Boy's room and thought that while he was here, he should check in on him. When he opened the door to the infirmary it looked like a tornado decided to pass through and leave Beast Boy and Raven in the middle. Wait, Raven? Sure enough, there was Raven leaning against the wall and sleeping with her head slumped on her chest. Robin gave the room a once over and opened his comm. To Cyborg's.

A familiar red eye greeted Robin and said, "Cyborg. Robin?"

Robin sighed and said, "Yeah Cy, can you get me the surveillance tapes for Beast Boy's room from last night?"

Cyborg scratched his head and said, "Sure, but why do you need em'?"

Robin flipped the communicator and said,

"See for yourself."

There was not a sound made until the communicator hovered over Raven.

Cyborg said disbelievingly, "Raven?"

Raven stirred and then looked up to see Robin holding his Communicator and Cyborg looking at her through the screen.

"Cyborg?", she said.

Cyborg said,

"Raven, what happened?"

She looked around the room and said,

"Beast Boy...was changing into the Beast."

Robin's eyes widened for a moment, as did Cyborg's until they both narrowed and Cyborg said, "I'll have those tapes by the time you get up here."

Robin nodded and shut off his communicator, turning his gaze on Raven.

"Raven?"

Raven looked at Robin and he said, "I hate to ask this of you but...I need to know what happened in Beast Boy's mind."

She sighed and said,

"Alright boy blunder, sit down, this is going to take a while."

And so Raven told Robin the story of Beast Boy's origin's, his village, and the following massacre. By the time she had finished, Robin was paler than she was and looking at Beast Boy as if seeing him in a new light.

He said, "I...I didn't know."

Raven said, "None of us did. You have to promise me you won't tell anyone else though."

"Raven-"

"Promise me."

Robin looked at the girl and knew that if he was going top get out in one piece, he was going to have to.

"Alright, fine. I'll keep this under wraps, but if he starts to starts acting up..."

Raven nodded and Robin left the room, knowing that he was about to be getting a whole lot less sleep.

-0-0-

Starfire, Cyborg and Robin sat on the couch watching their friend Beast Boy expand and contract in ways that shouldn't have been possible for any normal human being, or Beast Boy for that matter. His body shifted and changed for hours until Raven came in and walked back into a wall.

"Beast Boy?"

They watched in silence as Beast Boy turned his head from the bed he was using to muffle his screams and said,

"R...Rav...en? Wha...what are...you...do...ing here?"

Raven looked on in shock as he convulsed faster and more violently than before and said,

"Why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you let us help you?"

Beast Boy was silent in his writhing and convulsing for a few moments before he gasped out,

"Because...at the end...of the...day, all I am...is a little green freak. Who wants...to help...that...right?"

The convulsing stopped and his body relaxed, leaving him asleep and Raven staring at him in his bed. The tape stopped and Cyborg said, "I've think we've seen enough."

Starfire gaped at the screen before her and said, "Why...why would friend Beast Boy think that we would consider him a 'freak'?"

Cyborg was about to say something when a new voice said, "Probably because he thinks he is and thinks that we will think the same."

Cyborg looked over to the kitchen and saw Raven was setting a kettle on the stove to boil. Cyborg said, "Well actually Rae, I don't think that's it but knowing BB, it was probably something he was called when he was younger."

Starfire shook her head and said, "But we would never call him that!"

Cyborg shook his head and said, "We know Star, but Beast Boy don't."

Starfire said desperately, "Then we must convince him otherwise!"

Robin was about to say something when a beep that no one had heard before sounded on his utility belt and he froze in mid thought. Paling, Robin scrambled for the communicator and flipped it open to see the unsmiling and serious face of Batman peering out at him.

He gulped and said, "Robin here. What's going on Batman?"

Batman looked at him for a second as if trying to see his surroundings and said, "Is the room secure?"

Robin nodded and said, "Just me and the Titans."

Batman nodded and said, "Robin, listen carefully. I know your part of the Titans now but I need to make a stop in Jump City. I believe the Scarecrow is there with a very large amount of fear gas and I need a temporary head quarters."

Robin said, "Yeah Batman, whatever you need is yours. Do you know what his motives are?"

Batman shook his head and said, "I tried to look into it but he seems to be setting up shop in Jump City with a few other villains from Gotham. My guess is they're after you Robin."

Robin's face turned stone cold serious and he said, "Alright Batman, I'll see what I can do until you get here."

Batman looked at him for another second and then dropped the stoic facade and smiled. He said, "It's good to see you again Dick."

Robin smiled back and said, "You too Bruce, when should we be expecting you?"

The serious face came back and said, "A day, two at most. Batman out."

"Robin out." He flipped the communicator shut and sat down on the couch, with his head in his hands and worry etched into his face. Cyborg looked from Robin to the communicator and said, "What just happened Robin?"

Robin stared at him for a second and then said, "Raven, Star, I need you out of the room."

Raven looked at him annoyed while Starfire looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Now."

They both left the room and Robin ran his hand through his hair one last time before he looked to Cyborg again and said, "Cy what I am about to tell you is going to never leave this room, understand?"

Cyborg nodded and took up a position on the couch next to Robin. Robin sighed and said, "You asked me what just happened? Well, before I left, Batman let me keep my communicator and said that if he ever needed to reach me or I him, we would use the communicators, but only when it means that we have exhausted all other options. Following me?" Cyborg nodded and he continued. "Well, the only reason that Batman would ever call me on his communicator is if I was ever in life threatening danger."

Cyborg chuckled and said, "Robin, we face guys who threaten to kill us everyday, what's so different about these villains from Gotham?"

Robin jumped to into the air and screamed, "YOU DON"T GET IT CYBORG! THESE GUYS-"

Robin stopped and took a deep breath , trying to calm himself to try and keep his shocked friend at bay. Cyborg had never really seen him like this so he kept his trap shut and his mind focused.

Robin rubbed the side of his temples and said, "You don't get it Cy. These guys are murderers and psychotics. Slade looks nice compared to most of them."

Cyborg sighed and said, "What are we gonna do Robin?"

Robin shook his head and said, "I Cy, will be checking the underground to see if Scarecrow is trying to buy chemicals for his fear gas. You guys keep a tab on Beast Boy and find out what's wrong with him."

Cyborg was going to say something when Robin raised his hand and smiled, as if knowing Cyborg was going to do this.

He said, "Look Cy, my villains, my problem. Help BB, alright?"

Cyborg grunted and said, "Fine."

Robin smiled and dissapeared to the garage to drive away on his R-cycle and not return until the next morning.

-0-0-

After Robin had told Raven and Starfire to leave they both made their way to their rooms, although Raven wasn't planning on staying long.

When they reached their rooms, Raven was about to go in when Starfire grabbed her shoulder and said, "Friend Raven, why do you think that Robin told us to leave?"

Raven looked at Starfire for a second before she said, "He didn't want us to hear what he was going to say. Nothing else to it Star."

Starfire looked concerned and was about to say something when Robin's R-cycle could be heard starting up. Starfire looked excited for a moment and then ran to her room to look for Robin outside of her window. Raven sighed at her childish antics and went into her room to meditate for a while and get her stuff ready for tonight, knowing Beast Boy would need the support.

-0-0-

Cyborg walked into the room with Beast Boy and smiled as his friend sat restless in his bed, rolling and shifting in his nightgown.

Beast Boy saw Cyborg enter and he said, "Hey Cy, what's up?"

Cyborg chuckled and said, "Nuttin much B, you?"

He grumbled a little more and said, "Well, sitting in a hospital bed all day just lets you have all the fun in the world Cy."

Cyborg chuckled again and said, "I know, I know. So..."

Cyborg got a sly look on his face as he said, "Rae's comin' in later to watch over you?"

Beast Boy grumbled a little again and said, "Yeah, but I don't see why she's all of a sudden up in arms to help me."

Cyborg's smile dropped and he said, "Because BB, we all care about you."

I don't own Teen Titans. There...um..now what?

Beast Boy harrumphed and said, "Actually Cy, you pulled pranks on me all of last week and I was pretty much ignored."

Cyborg sighed and said, "Alright, so we care about you in our own special ways, but we still care about you."

Beast Boy grumbled once again and Raven chose that moment to enter the room.

"Hey Raven!" he said happily. Cyborg gave the mood swinging teen a quizzical look before he decided that maybe it was time to leave the two alone.

Cyborg gave him a sly smile and said, "Have fun BB. Oh, and don't do anything I wouldn't!"

Before Beast Boy could retort anything, Cyborg and his maniacal laughing could be heard halfway down the hall.

Raven turned around from trying yo stare down Cyborg's back and said, "Well, now that little episode is over, how are you feeling?"

He nervously scratched the back of his head and said, "Well...better I guess. How about you?"

"Fine." She said in her usual monotone.

He pointed toward the pillow and blanket clutched in her hands and said, "So, you plannin' on staying the night?"

She looked uncomfortably down at the pillow and blanket and said, "Yeah..."

Even without his animal sense, he could tell that something was wrong.

"What wrong Raven?"

She sighed and said, "Well, uh, Beast Boy. I'd like to know more about Africa..."

His mood darkened and he said, "I don't wanna talk about that Raven."

She stared at him confused and then said softly, "No Gar, I wanna know more about Africa."

He sheepishly scratched the back of his head and whispered out, "Oh." He quickly composed himself and said, "Well, there are these plains that used to be by my village..."

And so that night, as one went searching for answers, two found the answers that they been desperately seeking in each other.

Thanks to my reviewers,

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