Chapter Ten: The Climax?

BY Beta Tester

What has it been, half a year now? So much for coming out soon. And here I was doing such a great job post a new chapter about every month. Well looks like I got sidetracked in the road called life. Getting a little bumpy on the way none the less... To make things more complicated I have a fork in the road a head and I've chosen my path, I can only hope it's the right one...Hell with the path I have chosen though I might just start making more fan fic's...who knows…guess you'll have to keep checking now.

Last chapter in this 10-chapter saga. Hope you guys enjoy...I guess I should mention something…ah well I'll save it for the end...kukuku...

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Rain pounded against the side of the T Tower as the next morning pressed on with dismal mood circulating through the tower. Well at least through Raven, Cyborg, and Beastboy. Starfire was in her usual demeanor although seemed a bit more cheerful than usual, which seemed to only make her friends seem even gloomier. Robin was nowhere in sight, at least for the moment, but it seemed fairly typical for him to be out of sight.

By noon Cyborg finally had enough energy to force Beastboy to fulfill his end of the bet he lost from the day before. Cleaning, washing, and waxing the T-Car; and if that wasn't enough. Beastboy was also forced to take care of Cyborg's dish duty for the day.

Raven as usual was stowed away in the cold dark depths of her dismal room reading once again. Contemplating her existence once again. The drapes covering her window from the already dark gloomy afternoon as if to say she was darker than the nature herself.

By this time Robin had finally begun to show signs of life himself. His unusual perkiness in contrast with his fellow male companions made them wonder continuously what was wrong with him. Beastboy continued to insist that Robin had, once again, been replaced by an alien robot clone. Even Cyborg himself was beginning to sway into Beastboy's ill-logic.

They hadn't realized what happened last night on the roof.

The afternoon sky pressed on with a continuous barrage of rain as noon rolled into the early evening. Beastboy's already sour mood from the ever growing pile of chores handed to him by Cyborg, grew even more so as the Mongolian restaurant the team ordered dinner from was out of any vegetarian style meals. He was forced to eat the left over tofu burgers from the night before, which unfortunately tasted rather unpleasant even for Beastboy.

"You still have to do that one thing I told you Beastboy." Cyborg chimed as the three boys and their copper little alien friend sat at the TV eating. Starfire and Robin gave questionable glances to each other as they attempted to guess once again what Cyborg had been planning.

Unusually though Beastboy snorted at Cyborg, making no motion to respond verbally as he continued to force his horribly tasting hamburger down his mouth. Cyborg only grinned more widely than before at Beastboy's response. "You know you have to, or else I'll do it. You don't want to see how that one turns out do you?"

Cyborg's voice seemed extremely enticing as he glared over towards the green little shape shifter, ignoring Robin's interjecting question, "Uh, Cyborg. What are you talking about?"

"Yes please Cyborg, we wish to know what unwilling act you wish to place upon our friend, Beastboy." Starfire added in her usual upbeat but concerned tone.

Cyborg grinned not turning to face Robin and Starfire directly though, "He has to tell Raven upfront his personal feelings for her. As he agreed to when we bet on that race yesterday."

There was a long pause. Beastboy had stopped eating his food, and was now staring at the ground before the TV screen. Robin and Starfire sat staring at Beastboy in conjunction with Cyborg waiting for the green changeling to respond.

Finally Beastboy's eyes shifted making a quick glance at his audience. He broke his pose making himself up right as he turned to face them, "What are you staring at? No way Cyborg, You can't make me do it." Beastboy finally blurted out.

Boy Wonder and Star stared as they watched the tension grow in the room. Cyborg responding in almost perfect conjunction with a wave of thunder from outside, "Course you do man. You lost the bet, now you have to tell Raven. Besides its not like you can just keep it a secret forever, eventually your gonna have to tell her."

Beastboy stood up; his fists were clenched, sweating slightly as he stared down Cyborg, his teeth slightly barren. "No I don't!" He finally yelled. "I don't have to tell Raven anything! You can't make me."

"Yo Man! I'm doing this for you! You obviously don't have enough backbone to do it yourself so I'm forcing the backbone into you!" Cyborg yelled back, his mechanical arm pointing its finger at Beastboy, prodding him in the chest. The storm brewing just outside the tower seemed to be working in unison with the tension building in the living room of the T-Tower.

Raven had heard a bit of the commotion brewing down the hall from her room. It was getting loud enough that she was having trouble concentrating on meditating. She sighed loudly to herself as he continued to remind herself that they were still kids, immaturity was still rampant. She rose from her bed though, exiting her room, squinting as she entered the well-lit hallway. Compared to her room it was like staring into the sun, burning her eyes at first. She quickly pulled the hood of her violet cloak over her head blocking out a good portion of the light as she made her way towards the main room.

Beastboy had been shaking slightly as he stood staring down at the ground below his feet, Cyborg's finger still pressing against his chest. Tension in his mind soon began to peek as felt a few light, but unseen tears forming in his eyes. Viciously the changeling whipped at his robotic friends arm, pushing it out of the way as he gave one large glare down at Cyborg, "Damnit! You can't make me tell Raven I love her!"

A slight gasp was heard from the far side of the room as Beastboy, Cyborg, Robin and Starfire twisted their heads putting a rather shocked looking Raven into their views. A moment later a huge flash of lightning wavered over that tower blinding everything as the lights blew and the power went out. The tower became dark, almost pitch black as an eerie unsettling silence poured over the room, lasting several minutes before the lights finally came back on...Beastboy was gone.

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Now now…I know what most of you are thinking. "How the hell could this be the end?" well I told you that Chapter 10 was the last chapter. I didn't say it was the end of the story. Its already been written, posted months ago. Still need a hint as to which one it is? Fine…its called "He Fell". Hope you guys enjoyed.