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"Another day, another idiot that tries to bank robbery while we're on shift, what's the matter… don't get it? A team of superheroes on the town… that has to be a very significant sign of "don't try nothing stupid in our city"… but the idiots does it again…when they will get it, there's a team made of humans and aliens with uber human abilities and technology that is barely known in this ages.. that and the fact that we have fought psychotic villains, creatures that would make Dr. Moreau have countless nightmares and demons that have come from another dimensions or from a Lovecraft´s story, but no… they still have the naïve idea that they can do felony in this town… like a New Age Outlaws or Jesse James of the 21 century, I guess that Rae was right… TV does rot your brain" reflected BB while he was on the hunt of the leader of a gang that tried to rob the jump city national bank… "But now this fella is mine…I'm going to vent some anger and frustration on him, I guess that is good for my own sake" the rest of the thieves was neutralized by the Team, the leader was Gar´s prey
When the cockleshell shatters/ and the hammers batter / Down the door / you'd better run
Few minutes ago, Jump City Nat'l. Bank.
"Everybody to the ground! This is an assault!" screamed the gang leader as he fired one warning shot "… now, no one makes a sudden move or I'll put a new hole in your head… get it?" he exclaimed as he ordered the other members of the gang to knock off the guards and force the entry to the main vault with an override system… they were 8 against 4 security guards, it was quick and violent, three guards were deadly wounded and the fourth was knocked down by a hit on the back of his head, everything was going good to the bandits until one of them was swiftly kicked on the face by a green a red blur… and that means only one thing… the Titans have come to the rescue
"Titans Go! Stop them at any cost!" ordered the team leader, Robin, followed by the sorceress girl, Raven "Ok, they are eight, we're five… pretty unfair for them". The scene was the typical… Cyborg incapacitated a couple of thieves with a single shot of his sonic cannon, while Starfire hit another bandit with so much force that he made a hole in the wall with his own body, and don't forget Raven, with one chant of ancient magic she paralyzed 3 crooks and left them in a catatonic sate of mind, but thing weren't "peachy" for Gar and Robin, they were facing the gang leader and a felon with a state of the art assault rifle "BB, take the unarmed guy down" Robin shouted while he was dodging a load of bullets. "Aye, aye capt'n" retorted Gar while he spoke to the gang leader "dude, you're going so d…" but he was stopped by a kick to the ribs.
"less talking, green stain, try to stop me" said the leader as he ran through the debris and hostages to the main door "come to my little dose of reality" he thought as he run, just to be stop on his tracks by a green cougar
"Come on, leaving the party so soon? What kind of loser are you?" BB said cockily to his opponent "no way, you thought that a kick would stop me? Try it again" he said as he changed his form to the shape of a rabid wolf … and let the fight begin… the leader tried to stop him with his arm -big mistake- now he is fighting with a crippled arm… and a non lethal tazer, which he used to give BB a 10.000 volts electric shock, that left him a little stunned, giving the right opportunity to the crook to flee
"As I told ya, try to stop me!" said the leader to a weakened BB while he ran out of the bank, leaving him trying to get up
"…BB, wake up" screamed Robin in the exact moment that he was finishing with a punch to the solar plexus of the crook "your prey is running away, STOP HIM!"
"Damn, the asshole shocked me, now I'll take his heart from his chest with my bare hands" thought Gar as he punched the floor, "don't worry, I'll stop him… at any cost" cried BB to their team mates
I feel cold as a razor blade / Tight as a tourniquet / dry as a funeral drum.
Some Alley, Right now
"Ok, you scum; stop or I break your legs!" BB screamed as he transformed himself into a grizzly bear, a real big bear with big claws
"… and who will stop me, you? Beast Boy? The smallest titan or you, Garfield Logan…the guy that lives behind the walls of lies and self pity?" said a voice that was well known to all the team
"Slade? Damn, dude… you are like bubonic plague… you always find a way to come back…" declared an astonished BB as he sees how the gang leader removes his face to become into the face that is always hidden by a mask "now you have to make puny bank robberies to make some money, that's low… even for you"
"Ha-ha, who know it… the grass stain has some backbone… no, I'm not lowering my standards, instead, this is the first step into your rebirth…" when Slade ended that sentence something changed in the mind of Garfield… if you had some sort of empathic ability you have feel how a little bit of his "wall" had fallen into pieces, then you will feel some relief… and sorrow "you see, I know what you hide from all the world… I know all the potential that you have and you don't use just because of some childish fear… that is INSIDE YOUR HEAD! …"
"You knew it all along, that's impressive… I guess that you learned that when you manipulated Terra's mind… and what else do you know? … that there is no way in this planet that I'll use those abilities with the team or with anyone else…" there's still some force in Gar's denial mode… "Now, if you want to go to harass someone else, I'll be more than grateful" everything would end ok if Slade had not taken a hostage from the nearest street, it was a 18 years old girl
"Ok… want to make it more difficult? You see… you should know that I don't accept a negative answer, so you have 3 days to make up your mind, this are the options: a) to use your powers for a great cause… my cause, or b) to see all your loved ones dead and turned into a bloody mess… and now… this is my time to go, but first" at that exact moment Slade made a tight cut in the girl's jugular vein "there is your alibi for this moment… take it as a gift from me to my newest apprentice… and one last thing… if anyone knows about this conversation… I'll use option b… get it, Garfield? Now save the girl… do your job as a Titan" and he left… leaving an bleeding girl and an stunned boy…
"He got me… he knew it all along… I'm so screwed… I have to do something; I have to save this girl" He reflected as he made a tourniquet and called for back up "Guys, I need help, the leader attacked a girl… I had to take care of her and let the guy go… come here! I'm losing her!"
He cried to his communicator "god dammed… what I am going to do…" those thought will not leave his head…. That is his life elemental dilemma…his sanity or his friends…
As you look around this room tonight / Settle in your seat and dim the lights / do you want my blood, do you want my tears/ What do you want / what do you want from me
The ambient in the tower was tense, it was a routine day… but no routine day has so much death and destruction… "BB, what happened out there… how you let him escape… you are prepared to stop him even before he could hurt the girl…" Robin was asking for an answer that he could not give him
"come on… he was running fast as hell and he took that girl even before I get there… it was her life or getting him… and I guess that I made the right choice" Gar replied to the Team leader
"Ok… but remember… we can't make any mistakes…"
"Yeah right… look who says that" Gar snapped back "oh shit… did I said that... well I guess that I can use that to my favor… sorry guys, I don't want anything bad happens to you all" for him, it was time to save his friends, and losing them in the process… "Mr. Slade is everywhere and I almost get killed by imagined him" he uttered with malice
"What did you said?" Robin asked angrily "how do you dare to say that"
"That's easy, you're talking about errors… and I'm giving you the facts, you have committed so much of them… remember the apprentice incident?" he declared straight to his masked face… and he answer him by taking him by his neck "don't you ever said that again…"
"Or what… are you going to kick me from the group?" Gar stated in a sardonic way, and Robin was ready to give him a punch in the face… but a black aura stopped both of them… "Beast Boy, Robin… Calm down" uttered Raven "Beast Boy… Why are you saying that, what gives you a reason to say that."
At that exact moment… he started to die for the group… giving his soul to his inner demons… but it is for the sake of the group, "I'm expendable… they're not" that thought crossed his mind as a flash
"This is going to be awful…but is for their own good…who invited you to the party, you don't have to say anything to me… Mrs. "I would screw the entire group for a imaginary book guy"… as I said before, you're so full of shit, everyone here has that "holier than thou" spirit… well most of you" he looked to Starfire… who was shocked and speechless "Kory… this is going to hurt me more than you… but I'm calling it quits… this was the last drop…" he addressed to the entire team "I'll leave the facilities tonight… well, I can say it was a pleasure to have been a titan… but I guess that I would be lying" and with that last word he left the common room… while Cyborg and Star tried to persuade him "come on BB, you can't be serious, you had to be joking…"
"Sorry Vic… this was my most serious time, ever… and I'm not taking it back… I guess that I'm going to miss you" saying goodbye to his closest friend in the tower… but saying goodbye to her sister… that was the difficult part
"Kory… Don't be sad… I'm not dying, I'm just leaving the group" he said as he touched her hand…
"DON'T TOUCH ME! How dare you to be so polite with me and treated all your friends like scum… I don't recognize you" she cried, with tears of pure sadness "I thought that you will take care of me… that you will never leave me, you're my sibling… why are you leaving the team… why are you leaving your little sister?"
"Because if I don't leave… you will die… and then I'll shoot myself… sorry Kory, I have to do it… don't ask me..."
"but we can help you… we're your friends…" she was broken… tears filled her eyes… sadness was written on her face "please, Garfield, don't leave"
But she had no response… he was dying… little by little his soul was crumbling apart… but it was for a good cause…
All you create / all you destroy / all that you do / all that you say. / All that you eat / and everyone you meet / All that you slight / and everyone you fight. / All that is now all that is gone
All that's to come / and everything under the sun is in tune / but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
End Of Cap. 3