Re-Educating Miss Roth

A Teen Titans Fan Fiction by Jacob McDonald

Opening notes: Aside #2, ya'll. It's short, but the asides are suppose to be. I'll have the next chapter up in a week or two, after I figure out what happens in it. I don't want to jump right into the next part of the story just yet, so I need an in-between chapter to buffer things. This one will have to tide you over.

Standard disclaimers apply. I don't own Teen Titans.

Aside #2: Hanna's Long Night

Beast Boy swooped out the window of Raven and Jinx's dorm room with angry thoughts pouring through his head. Why did Raven have to be such a bitch all the time? Why was she acting as if his feelings meant nothing? And why the flying fuck did she sleep with Speedy of all people?

With a bird-like sigh, Beast Boy landed outside the wall and became a bloodhound. Sniffing around, he picked up the perfumed trail that Hanna had left behind. An animal with a less sensitive nose would suffice to follow the trail though, so he morphed into a less conspicuous rat, and darted off down the sidewalk.

By the time he caught up to her, she was already showing her fake ID to a bouncer (who was wearing a nicotine patch on his arm) outside of a dance club. He quickly scurried in after her.

As soon as he got into the main part of the building he regretted ever having agreed to following Hanna. While he didn't mind loud parties or flashing lights, or even the smell of so many bodies pressed into one place, he defiantly didn't like all of it at once. The place was a meat house, and he found himself wondering what a nice girl like Hanna was doing in a place like this.

Beast Boy quickly scurried up a support beam to avoid being stepped on, and watched from the rafters, trying to pick out the blonde girl in the huge mess of people.

The first thing Hanna had done was head to the bar and order herself a Red Bull and vodka. As she sipped the drink, her eyes scanned the dance floor and surrounding booths for the young man she was meeting. He'd promised her a good time, and a cruise around town to all the good bars, but had said Thursday was the only day he could meet her.

Her eyes finally fell on him, sitting in a booth with another guy. As she walked over, he looked up and caught her eye. She winked and he grinned. As she came up to the table, he was already shooing his friend away.

"I didn't mean to interrupt your conversation." she said into his ear as she sat down next to him

"Naw, we were just kicking around anyway while I waited for you. Glad you decided to show."

Hanna giggled and took him in. His name was Brad, and he was taller, with dark hair, and dark brown eyes. Tonight he wore a loose fitting shirt with some kind of athletic logo on it, and stylish jeans with simple brown boots. A thin gold chain hung about his neck, and his one diamond earring flashed whenever he turned his head.

"So you want to show me the town, or what?" she snuggled up closer to him and batted her eyes playfully.

"Hell yes, babe. How about we do some dancing first?"

"Sure thing. I'm gonna rock your world, Brad."

"Oh, I know you will." he grinned as they stood up and walked to the dance floor.

Beast Boy finally caught sight of her again, dancing with a strange man. Probably the one she had come here to meet. He kept an eye on her until he noticed a different blonde with a top that was cut down to her navel. As his eyes trailed across her figure, a little voice in the back of his head told him to get back to work.

It was that annoying voice that sounded like Robin.

Tearing his eyes away from the large breasted bombshell, Beast Boy scanned the room, but found he had lost Hanna again. Cursing his lack of attention span, the green rat redoubled his efforts.

Hanna sat back down at the table and brushed some sweat out of her eyes. The dance floor was packed, and after they had danced a few dances, Brad had gone to get them some drinks. She smiled as she downed the rest of her Red Bull and vodka, then waited for him to arrive with her next beverage. When he came back, it was with a broad grin.

"Gin and Tonic, right? It's what you were having the other night."

"Perfect." Hanna smiled and took the drink from him. Taking a sip, she winced, "Damn. They made this one strong."

"All the better!" he grinned and she grinned back, "So tell me a little more about yourself, Hanna. You said you go to school around here... JCU, or JCTI?"

"Um..." she hadn't thought of a cover story. She had figured that 'I go to school around here' was a vague enough description of herself to keep things safe, but her fake ID said she was twenty one, which meant she was a collage student. Thinking fast, she answered, "I go to JCU. I'm studying Education."

"You want to be a teacher?"

"Yeah, secondary. High school preferably."

"That's brave... man, I remember when I was in high school... I was a handful."

"I bet you were. Probably making all your teachers swoon."

"Naw, I was a lanky, ugly kid. I've had to work to get this body." he flexed in a joking manner, as he wasn't incredibly built, but he did look like he worked out a little.

"Well, I think you look good." she winked again, and threw in a hair flip.

He ate it up, "Well, you know... you're pretty damn good looking yourself, babe."

She giggled and took another healthy gulp of her drink, wincing yet again, "Man... this thing has some kick... I'm feeling dizzy already."

"Really?" he looked slightly concerned, "Why don't you go ahead and just take a few more sips and we can get out of here. Get you some air."

"No, no... I don't want to waste it. I'll be fine." she giggled and took another swig.

Beast Boy located Hanna once again, with the same man, in a booth. After what seemed like at least a half hour, they got up and started for the door. Hanna seemed to be leaning on him quite heavily.

With a ratty frown, Beast Boy scurried after them. After a moment, he gave up on running and became a fly, buzzing along to catch up to them. He barely made it out the door before it shut behind them.

"So where to, babe?" the strange man asked.

"Dun'kair..." Hanna slurred out and fell into him, "Jus... tak'me weerev'r." she giggled.

"Okay... right this way then." he chuckled and held her up, "Come on, the walk and the fresh air will be good for you. Let's go."

"Mm'kay." and they started off down the street, presumably to another bar. Beast Boy became a sparrow and started to fly after them when a resounding boom filled the night air behind him. Turning and flying up a little higher, he saw smoke billowing up into the air.

With a sigh, he flew off to the disturbance. His job was as a Titan first, and Hanna's baby sitter second. He'd be able to pick up her scent as a bloodhound later any way.

After a brief tussle with a freshly escaped Cinderblock (would they ever make a cell that could hold that guy for more than a few weeks?) in which Starfire helped him take the stone giant down, Beast Boy returned to the club and became a bloodhound as soon as he touched the ground. The bouncer standing outside the doors shouted in alarm, but calmed when he saw the dog was green.

"That you, Beast Dude?" he asked.

Beast Boy looked up, then became himself again. He always pandered to his adoring fans, "Sure thing, man. How's it going?"

"The usual, you know? Working my job, trying to quit smoking... just getting by in a peaceful city, thanks to you Titans."

"Good to hear. Hey, I'm on a case, so I'll see you around, okay?" he pointed and clicked his tongue.

"Sure thing, man! Later!"

Beast Boy became the hound again and picked up Hanna's trail. He left the grinning, happy bouncer and started off down the street.

The battle with Cinderblock had taken far too long for his comfort, and now, as he neared the low rent section of town, he knew it had been a bad idea to leave Hanna for even a second. There were no bars over in this area, just a few miles of apartments and convenience stores.

This guy was taking a drunk, innocent seventeen year old girl to his cheep apartment, where he'd do God knows what to her...

Beast Boy found the trail again and hurried along, trying to find her as quickly as possible.

Hanna looked around the room she found herself in with blurry vision, "What the... hey, Brad?" she called out weakly.

"Yeah babe?" his face suddenly filled her rather narrow tunnel of vision and she blinked up at him impossibly slowly.

"Where are we?"

"We're at my place. You were really out of it, so I brought you some place you could lie down..."

"Oh." she struggled to sit up, "I should get home..."

"No, it's cool. Just take a load off for now. Here..." he reached out, "Let me help you get out of your dress so you can relax..."

"I... don't wanna..."

"It'll be best, Hanna."

Her blurry mind couldn't come up with any excuses, "Okay... but I can't move so well... must be really drunk still... sorry..."

"No, it's okay..." he grinned, "You're just fine, babe. Just fine..."

Hanna's trail led up to a point on the sidewalk and stopped. Beast Boy turned into himself and looked around.

He was at a bus stop.

"Oh, fuck me..." he yanked out his T-Comp and punched in a few commands. After a moment, he growled at the device, "Stupid... why didn't I learn to use this thing better?" he opened a channel, "Hey! Cy! You at the Tower, man?"

"Right here, man. What're you doing out still? Robin and Speedy have the late shift."

"I'm working a separate case." Beast Boy replied, "Hey, I can't get the T-Comp to do it, so I was wondering if you could give me the bus rout for the bus that picks up at..." he glanced up, "Meanders Street and Trams Avenue."

"Give me a minute." Cyborg was gone for a few seconds, then he was back, "I'm patching it through to you now. Hope it helps."

Beast Boy looked at all the stops the bus made after it picked up at this one, "This is great man. I owe you one."

"What's this case about? Anything to do with Cinderblock?"

"No, he was just a distraction... this is for Raven and Jinx."

"Those girls go out again?"

"Just one of 'em. I'm following to make sure she stays out of trouble."

"Alright... if you need any help though, you call in, okay? Either Star or I can be there in a heartbeat."

"Thanks man, but I can handle this one myself."

"Right on. Cyborg out." and the line went dead. Beast Boy tucked away the T-Comp, then flew up into the night as a hawk, heading for the first stop on the list.

Hanna regained a semblance of consciousness once again, her dulled senses a bit sharper this time, "Hrmm..." she felt hands moving over her back, and down one of her thighs. Why wasn't she wearing her dress?

Oh yeah. Brad had helped her out of it so she could be more comfortable. But that didn't seem right, did it? She barely knew him, so why was she taking her clothes of for him?

As she thought this, she felt her bra unclasp. She gasped weakly and stirred in Brad's arms, "Brad? What're you doing?" she found she could barely mumble.

"Showing you a good time, babe... just like you wanted."

"No... I thought... we were going to go bar hopping, and we were going to have fun-"

"This is fun..." Brad's hands were gentle, and he was touching her in ways that she had to admit, felt pretty good. She moaned.

"Brad... I don't want to go all the way..."

"You sure about that? You seem to be enjoying yourself so much..."

"I'm still a virgin..." she muttered as he lowered his lips to her neck and nipped at the sensitive skin there playfully, "Wanna wait until... I find the right guy..."

"You don't think I'm the right guy?"

"I hardly know you... how would I know if you are or not?" she struggled to sit up, but her body wasn't responding to her mental demands.

"Just go with the flow babe... I promise, you'll love every second of it."

"No!" she managed to sound slightly more insistent, "I can't! I don't want you to... to..." his hand slipped down into her panties, and she arched her back into him as he pressed in just the right way, "Oh God! Brad!"

"That's right, Hanna... you like that?"

"Please..." tears started pudding in her eyes, "Don't..."

Brad smiled down at her, his face looking larger than it really was. His handsome face, split by a feral grin, "You'll love this, baby, I promise..."

Beast Boy sniffed around the fourth stop he had to investigate, and almost yipped in delight as he picked up the scent of Hanna's perfume again. Following the trail, he found that it led to a dark ally way, where the scent broke up again, and became more difficult to follow.

Becoming himself again, Beast Boy stomped around and pulled at his hair, "It's like this guy knew a bloodhound would be following him! Grrr! Why's he got to take all these weird routs?"

He was a dog again in a split second, and, after he picked up the trail once again, moved off down the ally.

Hanna cried as he pulled her dress back over her head and zipped it up the back. She cried as he pulled his own pants back on, and grabbed a shirt. She cried as he put on his shoes, then slipped hers on her own feet.

She cried silently as he lifted her and carried her out his door, and down the stairs. She cried as he carried her outside, and into the ally way, behind a stack of trash cans. She cried as he knelt in front of her after depositing her there.

"It was great, babe. I know how much you liked it... you responded in all the right ways... damn, you were good Hanna. When you're less drunk, you should go on home. The fresh air out here will be better for you."

Hanna cried and whimpered a little as he stood up and walked back into the building.

It was coming up on 12:30 AM when he finally found her. Beast Boy became himself again as he saw the crumpled form of a girl wearing a nice blue dress, hiked up around her thighs. His sensitive nose picked up more smells than just her perfume, and as he walked over, he shook his head with wide eyes.

"God, no... Hanna..." he knelt down next to her and peeled open one of her tear stained eyes, "Hanna? Can you hear me?" Her pupils were dilated, and she whimpered as he checked her pulse.

"Don't..." she whispered, "Don't touch me..."

"I have to make sure you're alright. Do you know who I am?"

"You're... green..."

"I'm Beast Boy, from the Teen Titans. Is your vision blurry?" a note of panic was entering his voice.

"A little. I'm feeling better now than I did while Brad was... was..." she trailed off and squeezed her eyes shut, "Please don't touch me..."

Standing up quickly, Beast Boy yanked out his T-Comp. He needed to call Raven so she could come burn all the drugs out of the girls system, then they could go up and arrest the guy, and...

"Damn." Raven was under cover. He couldn't contact her. He started going over a list of possible people to help him in his head as he checked the windows of the building for lights that were still on. Seeing one, he decided to fly up and see what he could see, after he called in a little help.

"Beast Boy to Starfire."

"I am here, Beast Boy. How may I assist you?" the perky alien sounded happy to hear from him.

"I need you to come to my location, ASAP, Star."

"What is the matter?"

"I have a serious situation here."

"Can you explain in more detail-"

"No." He cut her off with a fair amount of venom in his voice, "Not over the T-Comp. Just get here fast."

"ETA is four minutes." Starfire sounded extremely worried, and her end of the line went dead as she concentrated on flying faster.

Beast Boy shut his own T-Comp and stashed it away. Taking one last look at Hanna, he muttered, "Now, let's see what your boy is up to."

A green sparrow perched on the window sill of Brad's apartment as he talked into a cordless phone. It listened as the black haired young man spoke in excited tones.

"Hell yeah, dude, she was awesome." he listened to the other end for a moment, then laughed, "Right no. Best part was though, I think she was using a fake ID. No way was this chick twenty-one." More listening, then he nodded, "Yeah, I think she was legal, but ripe, man. She was ripe."

If a sparrow could scowl, Beast Boy would have been doing it. He continued listening.

"So yeah, you gonna have more of that stuff for me? I mean, it worked so well, and it's like, colorless in any drink... Sweet action, bro. Yeah, I'll have the cash for it." He listened for a few more seconds, then grinned, "I think I'm going for a red head next. With nice bit boobs." he listened, "Sure thing man! Twenty percent off is worth having you around for a three way! Yeah, I'll look for a tramp. Sweet. Hey, peace out, man."

Beast Boy fluttered away from the window sill as Brad turned the phone off. He flew down to the ground and became a kitten.

Padding over to Hanna, he curled up in her lap and let her weakly stroke his fur.

Starfire landed in the ally way silently and looked around, "Beast Boy?" she whispered.

A kitten jumped in front of her, then became her friend a moment later, "Star..." he looked over at Hanna, and the alien girl noticed her for the first time.

"Oh my! That is one of Becka's friends from-" Beast Boy clamped a hand over her mouth and looked her in the eyes in a very serious manner, "Take her back to the school, but stay out of sight and wait for me. I'll be there shortly."

He took his hand away and she spoke again, "But why must I stay hidden? Should we not inform Robin of this?"

"Trust me Star, the last thing Hanna needs to see right now is a man wearing a mask trying to talk to her." Beast Boy stood up and looked up at the window with the light on, "Go."

"What are you going to do?" Star sounded worried.

"Don't worry about it. I'll be along shortly. Just stay hidden, and try to say soothing, calming things to Hanna. She's drugged right now."

Star nodded slowly, then walked to Hanna. She easily lifted the smaller girl in her arms, and took to the air. Pausing, she looked back down at Beast Boy, "Do not do anything rash, Garfield."

"I'm fine, Kori." he looked back at her with blazing green eyes, "For the first time in my life, I know exactly what I have to do in a situation."

Starfire nodded, and flew off. Beast Boy looked up at the window, then pulled out his T-Comp. He did a quick search for the occupant of the apartment with the light on.

Brad stretched as he walked across his apartment and yawned. He hadn't expected to finish so quickly, but the one drink had completely blown the girls mind. Now he had some time to kill before he went to bed.

"Think I'll watch that horror flick I rented." he said out loud to no one as he walked over to the TV.

"You're not going to be doing anything for a while, Bradley Wessmen."

Brad whirled around, looking for the source of the voice, "Who the fuck is there?" he moved to the kitchen as he saw something dart across the room from the corner of his eye. Yanking a stake knife out of the block he kept on the counter, he whirled around in time to see another shadow dart behind the couch.

"Whoever the fuck you are, I'll cut you up if you so much as try to fuck with me!" he brandished the knife.

"Oh, I'm not too worried about you, Brad." the voice was coming from everywhere. Brad spun around, looking for it, "See, I did some homework on you, and it turns out that you're a known sex offender. Did three years for date rape back when you were nineteen, before prison over crowding gave you an early release." The voice chuckled, "Guess old habits die hard, huh? But now you've found a new method! A drug that shuts off motor skills and adds a bit of susceptibility to it's victims, but leaves the central nervous system active so they can be conscious the whole time, and feel everything you do to them."

"Shut the fuck up, man! Where the fuck are you?"
"Is it their tears, Brad? Is that what gets you off?"

"SHUT UP!"

"Or is it their pathetic cries for help, even though they know they got themselves into a bad situation. Is it that you like making them feel like cheep whores?"

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU WHEN I FIND YOU!" Brad stormed over and flipped the couch over, revealing nothing.

"Wait! I know!" the voice suddenly turned ugly, and now Brad started to get worried, "What you really like, is when you drag an innocent, seventeen year old girl into your smelly, dingy little rat hole, and have your way with her, knowing that she probably wont tell anyone about it!"

The easy chair suddenly flew across the room, and a grizzly bear roared at him, then shrunk down into the form of Beast Boy, who flew forward with a hard right that took Brad right off his feet. The steak knife flew from the downed man's hand and he kicked back until he was in a sitting position.

"What the fuck?" he stared in shock at the green Titan.

"Does it make you feel powerful, Brad?" Beast Boy advanced on him, a look of pure anger on his face, "Does it make you feel like a bad ass when you rape these girls?"

"You can't hurt me! You're a Titan! You have to take me into custody or some shit!"

"Says who?" Beast Boy grinned in an evil manner, "I don't think jail is going to teach you anything... Lord knows it didn't last time."

"You maul me as a lion or something and the cops'll know! You can't do shit, Animal Man!"

Beast Boy just grinned wider, "Guess I'd better not change form then, huh? Fortunately for me, I learned how to fight from the Boy Wonder himself, so I know just how to hit you where it hurts, Brad."

"No way... you're fucking crazy..." Brad backed up until he was against the wall. Beast Boy just kept advancing slowly.

"Am I?" he laughed, "Well, I guess I just might be, but you should have realized Brad, that this would come back and bite you in the ass one day..." Beast Boy stopped, looming over him, "Well, today is just not your lucky day, is it?"

As Brad shouted in alarm, Beast Boy grabbed him. There was the sound of bone striking bone and flesh and a spray of blood splattered across the TV, accompanied by the sound of Brad grunting and crying out in pain.

The sounds continued for a solid ten minutes.

Beast Boy walked down an ally way and stopped next to a crouching Starfire, where she was checking Hanna's pulse, "How is she?"

"The drug fades fast. She is almost completely back to normal." Star looked up, "I fear her mind is rather... broken though." looking back at the blonde girl, she whispered, "Hanna, what has happened to you?"

"Don't wanna talk about it." Hanna stood up slowly, and shook her head, "That shit wears off quick..." looking at the two, her eyes grew wide, "Ohmygod!"

"What?" Beast Boy and Starfire said in unison.

"You're Titans!"

"Yeah? And?" Beast Boy arched an eyebrow.

"Cassie! I thought she looked familiar! How else would you have found me so fast!"

They both went ridged in shock. Starfire chuckled weakly, "Heh heh... What is it you speak of?"

"Cassie! She's Raven, isn't she?" Hanna pounded a fist into her palm, "And that assassin that was after Becka! You're protecting her for the Senator, aren't you?"

The two exchanged a look, then Beast Boy stepped forward, "Yeah, we are, but you can't tell anyone, okay? We've stopped a lot more than just that first sniper, but it's imperative to the mission that Raven and... well..."

"Who's Jenny? She can't be just a random girl-"

"Jinx." Starfire supplied, "A reformed villain."

"Like, the HIVE Jinx?" Hanna looked excited.

"Yeah... how'd you know about her?"

"I read the papers, you know... I wont tell, don't worry, but I'm going to have to talk to Cassie... erm... Raven..."

"Call her Cassie." Beast Boy said, "You'll blow her cover."

"Right... can I tell her I know?"

Beast Boy sighed, "Yes, fine... just... no one else, okay?"

"Okay... thanks for helping me out tonight, guys... I better get back though-"

"Hanna?" Starfire stepped forward and caught the girls arm. The blonde looked back and her face fell when she saw the serious look on Star's face, "You went though... quite an ordeal this night... I... believe I know what happened, and I think I may be able to relate to your situation somewhat..." Beast Boy shot her a disbelieving look, "If you want to talk about it at all... just have Raven contact me."

Hanna stared for a moment, then pulled away, "I'll be fine." she said, and turned and walked towards the school. Star went to follow, but Beast Boy held her back.

"She's concentrating on something else for the moment, Kori... just let her be for now. Raven and Jinx will keep working on her, but when she's ready to talk, she'll talk."

"I feel so helpless... was she...?"

"Yeah, she was." Beast Boy shook his head, "Don't worry, I already took care of the problem."

"Very well. I must return to patrol. Will you be going back to the tower?"

"Soon. I just want to talk to Hanna one last time."

"Very well. I will see you in the morning."

"See ya, Star. And thanks."

She nodded with a sad smile, and flew up into the night. Beast Boy watched her go, then turned and took a deep breath. He became a mouse and dashed off after Hanna.

Hanna struggled with the plank, trying to get it back up to the window of the second floor. She'd never had to do it by herself before, and it was almost impossible. Just as she was about to give up and go in the front door of the dorm, a green gorilla appeared below her and lifted the plank for her. She smiled.

"Thanks."

Beast Boy became himself again and looked up at her where she was perched on the wall, "Hanna?"

"Yeah?" she looked down at him with a quizzical expression.

"Don't shove it down and forget about it."

Her face became blank, and she started out across the plank, "I don't want to think about it yet."

"And that's fine. Just... know that I took care of Brad."

"You turned him in to the cops?" she paused in her crossing and looked back down at him with that same blank face, "I don't want to go to the cops."

"I didn't think you would. So I didn't turn him in."

"But...?"

"I took care of it."

She looked frightened, "You didn't kill him did you?"

He shook his head, "No, but I called an ambulance for him when I was done with him. I think he'll think twice about doing anything wrong, ever again. He'll have plenty of time to think about it while he's drinking through a straw in the hospital."

Her face melted into a half concerned, half contemplative mask, and she nodded, "Thanks."

"Just doing my job." he nodded back, "Get some rest."

"You to. Will I see you?"

He nodded, "Keep a look out for green animals during the day. I'm around."

"Okay. Goodnight, Beast Boy."

He shook his head, "Call me Gar." He smiled up at her, "All my friends do."

She blinked, "Okay then." a small smile, "Goodnight, Gar."

"'Night." and he watched her crawl inside, then retract the plank. As soon as the window shut, he became a bird and flew up to Raven and Jinx's window sill. He pecked the window until Raven opened it.

"What?" she demanded in a whisper.

Beast Boy flew past her into the room, where he saw she'd been studying something or another. He turned back into himself and stood up with a serious expression on his face, "Rae... something bad happened to Hanna while she was out..."

Raven listened.

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For those of you who care, a Raven/Robin song fic I had up called Kinda' I Want To set to the NIN song of the same name was recently pulled by the admin here. If you'd like a to read that story, just e-mail me and I'll be happy to send you a copy. Note that like ALL of my stories, it's rated 'M' for mature content, but mostly sex. It's limey, so be warned.