Chapter 12

Time is Short

The Titans appeared in front of the bank where, squads of police cars were, positioned around the entrance. People were behind a blockade trying to see what was going on. Seconds later the T-Car showed up. One of the officers came over to the Titans and led them over to where the officers were stationed. The police chief looked up from a blueprint of the building.

"Ah, Titans glad you're here." He noticed there was one extra Titan. "Whose your friend." He said pointing towards Beast boy. Beast boy was about to answer when Robin cut him off.

"Shouldn't we be worrying about Dr. Light? What's the situation?"

"Well Dr. Light has broken into the bank and we can't do anything because he has everyone inside held hostage." Suddenly a blast of yellow light came through one of the windows. The doors to the bank were then blasted into the streets. The people inside came rushing out and the officers made sure to get them out of the way. Dr. Light slowly walked through the door holding bags of money. He was still wearing the same costume he wore two years ago

"Why do we have to fight this idiot? Is he even a real villain? Just hurry up and kick his ass and try not to reveal any new 'talents' we have. Beast boy just nodded in agreement.

"Foolish mortals. Do you really think you can the power of Dr. Light?" Beast boy was not going to listen to this moron rant. He noticed a small pebble by his feet and looked back at Dr. Light. An idea in his head he picked up the pebble and threw it straight into the forehead of Dr. Light cause him to fall backwards. He quickly rose back on his feet.

"Who threw that?" He heard a whistle and turned his attention to the source. He saw someone leaning on the building behind the police juggling pebbles in his hand. He couldn't see their face because of the shadow of the building. Firing a blast straight towards the person he was shocked to see them just tilt their head the side and allow the blast to hit the building. He pushed off the building and stepped into the light were Light could see his features better. The most noticeable feature we're his green skin and pointed ears. Light had a big smile on his face when he saw him.

"Ah I see the Titans green pet is back." He smirked. He didn't have time to block when another rock hit him this time in his wind pipe.

"Get this straight I'm not anyone's pet." He said glaring at Dr. Light. No one noticed his eyes flashed green for a second.

"Remember your temper Beast boy. We don't want to accidentally kill him. At least not with everyone watching. Beast boy calmed down. He saw Dr. Light had stopped coughing.

"Little freak you'll pay… he was cut off by a blue beam sending him back into the bank. Beast boy looked back to see Cyborg's sonic cannon steaming.

"We can't let you have all the fun now can we?" A blast of light brought them back to reality. Dr. Light's body was now crackling with energy. He fired blast after blast at the two. Soon the other Titans joined the battle. Raven grabbed cars with her powers and was throwing them at Light, while Starfire fired blast in rapid succession, Robin was firing exploding disk and Cyborg attacked with his sonic cannon. None of the attacks were getting threw the force field Light had erected. Beast boy was just watching since he knew his attacks weren't going get through and he didn't feel like wasting energy. He looked for possible flaws in the shield.

In the shield Dr. Light was trying to find a way to counter attack. He needed a way to drop the shield and not get hit from one of the Titans attacks. His eyes fell upon a young child that was behind the blockade watching the fight. An idea appeared in Dr. Lights head. Opening a small hole inside the shield he fired a blast at Raven which she easily avoided.

"Your aim sucks."

"I wasn't aiming for you." Raven didn't have to time to ponder his words as she heard a scream behind her. Looking back she stared in horror as she saw a little girl in a fetal position outside the blockade. The building next to the little girl was crumbling and the debris was falling and was going to crush the little girl. Before she could start her mantra Dr. Light had hit her with another blast and was trapped in a bubble of light. Time seemed to move in slow motion for her as she watched the rocks about to crush the little girl. At the last second she saw Beast boy push the girl out of the way and was crushed by the rocks. Before the other Titans could react they to were caught by the same attack that caught Raven.

"Hmm guess I won't have to worry about him. Oh don't bother trying to break out of your containers. I made sure it was indestructible. Now then what to do with you Titans?

Beast boy

"Tell me again why you decided to be a hero?" said Beast.

"Oh shut up." Beast boy said or tried to. It's kind of hard to speak with a four foot pole sticking through your throat. Not only was a pole sticking through his throat but two more were sticking through him; one through his stomach and the other through a lung. The problem was his body couldn't heal over the poles so his blood kept dripping out of his wounds. Also he was trying to get crush from the rocks he was hold over his head. He was really in a predicament.

"I didn't tell you to save the little girl."

"Can we discus this later? I have three poles sticking through me. And I don't know how much longer I can hold this thing"

"Well I'm not a genius but maybe you should try and pull the poles out of your body? And start talking through your mind. You're losing too much blood already we don't need to add to it."

"If I move my arms this thing is going to fall on me you idiot." He said as he sank a little further into the ground.

"You're a damn changeling think of SOMETHING!" said Beast not trying panic. Seeing as Beast boy kept sinking into the dirt Beast decided to step in. "Alright I'll help only because I don't want to die either.

"Your concern for me is really appreciated." He said sarcastically

"Grow a tentacle."

"From where?"

"Grow it out your ass for all I care just grow one." Sighing Beast boy decided to stop giving Beast a hard time and grew a tentacle out of his back. "Now what?"

"Pull out the poles idiot. Oh and if the poles are too long try breaking them first." He said the last piece sarcastically.After a few minutes he had removed all the poles and his body had healed the wounds.

"Do you need my help with getting out of here or can handle it?"

"Annoying little…he was cut off as he slipped further into the ground. Deciding to wait till later to curse out Beast he tried to figure a way out and avoid being crushed. He turned into an earthworm and quickly dug into to avoid being crushed. Inside the dirt he turned into a gopher and dug through the ground right next to Dr. Light. He was currently congratulating himself for finally beating the Titans.

"Such a shame to destroy his joy."

"Yeah but someone has to do it. Hey I got an idea." Beast boy said as he dug back underground.

"Yes I, Dr. Light, have finally beaten the Titans." He said laughing

"Yes after how many times we beat you?" said Raven with a vein pulsating in her forehead. She knew he was gloat but this was overkill. She was more concerned on Beast boy. He should have already dug through the ground or burst out from the rocks by now.

"Unless he's…" She stopped before she could finish that thought. There was no way he was dead. She didn't lose Beast boy for two years, not knowing if he was dead or not, just for him to die. She refused to believe it. But then why hasn't he shown himself yet? Maybe he was trying to be stealthy and get Light when he least expected it?

"Beast boy…stealthy? I'll have to see that to believe it." She mentally laughed. She heard that Light had stopped congratulating himself and had turned his attention to her.

"And now to get rid of you. You caused me a lot of nightmares you know. They had to resort to giving me anesthetics and sleeping pills to get me to sleep." He said

"I'm sorry…" She said hesitantly.

"Not yet your not. I'm going to make you suffer for those." He said as he adjusted a knob on his glove. The bubble she was in started to shrink. She used her powers to stop it from shrinking further. She could see Dr. Light smiling. "Lets see how long you can hold that shield up." He started to laugh manically. He quickly stopped when the ground underneath him started to shake.

"What's going on?" Suddenly the ground stopped shaking and it turned eerily quiet. "Hmm must have just been a small earthquake." Suddenly something burst through the ground behind him throwing rocks everywhere and he covered his head to prevent getting hit. When the rocks stop falling he rose back up to his feet and turned around.

"Who dares challenge Dr…" he stopped when he saw what was right in front of him. Directly in front of his face was the large head of some sort of dragon. He could see the large body of the creature. It was covered in light blue scales that shined in the sun. The creature reeled his head back as a let out a loud roar. Dr. Light had to cover his ears to block out the sound. The Leviathan suddenly lunged at Dr. Light with his mouth wide open.

"Oh shi- he didn't finish as the Leviathan crashed down on him, taking them both underground. A few seconds later the bubbles around the Titans flickered then disappeared.

"Um everyone okay?" asked Robin

"Yeah but what was that thing?" Asked Cyborg going over to the hole.

"I think that was a Beast boy." Said Raven

"Yeah but that thing just…he was cut off as the Leviathan appeared again. Cyborg quickly turned his arm into his sonic cannon and aimed at the beast. The creature tilted his head to the side before he spat out an unmoving Dr. Light. The only thing that signified he was alive was the rising and fallings of his chest. The Leviathan turned back into Beast boy who sat down trying to catch his breathe.

"You guys okay?"

"Yea but what was that?" asked Cyborg

"That was a Leviathan. It's supposed to be some kind of mythical sea serpent." Before Cyborg could ask another question they heard a muffled voice coming from Dr. Light.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Raven.

"Neurotoxins. The Leviathan I changed into secretes them into its prey so it can stop moving and stops them from talking. Right now the only thing he can probably move is his eyes."

"So wait anything you change into has abilities like that?" asked Robin

"No only a few of them. So anyone up for some pizza?"

"What about Dr. Light?" Starfire asked

"Well he can't move so how about we just let the police take care of it?" he pointed to where police could be seen coming out from hiding behind a building. "Now can we please get something to eat?" the others agreed and left to get some pizza.

"That was some good pizza." Cyborg said as he pulled the T-car into the garage. They all left the car and climbed the stairs to the main room.

"So BB what all things can you turn into." Asked Cyborg. Beast boy thought about that for a second. He wasn't really sure how many and what types of animals he could turn into.

"More then we can probably count."

"Hey did you guys turn the TV on before we left?" asked Robin, pointing to a light coming from the door leading into the room. Everyone turned their attention towards Beast Boy and Raven.

"Um it wasn't us" Beast boy said. "I have a bad feeling about this." Robin drew his bo-staff as he motioned for them to follow him. When the doors slid open they saw the TV on and someone sitting on the couch flipping through the channels cursing while he did this.

"Shit"

"More Shit"

"Hmm women mud wrestling in bikinis…that'll work." He said as he put down the remote and picked up his carton of popcorn. Robin signaled them to wait as he approached the couch. When he was right behind him he drew his bo-staff and struck where his head intent on knocking him out. He was surprised when the staff was met with smoke and the head of the couch instead.

"Where is he?" he looked over to the Titans who also didn't see where he went. Everyone heard a sigh coming from somewhere in the room.

"You know it's very unsporting to attack someone when his back is turned." He said before reappearing behind the Titans. Everyone turned around to face the voice. They couldn't see his face thanks to the thick trench coat covering his face but Beast boy could already tell who it was.

"Great it's him."

"Hello kid. I see you found your friends." He said still keeping his head down. He vanished again just as Beast boy struck the wall he was leaning on. This time he reappeared in the kitchen

"Temper temper Beast boy we wouldn't want anything to happen would we?" His eyes passing over the other Titans. Beast boy reluctantly calmed down.

"Who are you?" Asked Robin

"Kid that hurts you know you didn't even tell your friends who I am? Fine my name is Ghost a pleasure to meet you all." he said with a bow.

"Okay but why are you here?" asked Robin. Sighing Ghost he teleported back to the couch.

"Pure and simple I'm here to either capture or kill your friend Beast boy. Personally I think I'll just kill him; its far too much work capturing people. Anymore questions you want to ask me?

"Why do you want to kill our friend?" asked Starfire

"Money of course but don't worry I'm not going to kill him now. I'm here to send a message actually."

"What kind of message?" Raven asked.

"I'm giving your friend five days to relax. After those five days I'm going to come after you and we'll finish our fight. It's one-on-one and to the death."

"Why would I agree to that?"

"Because if you don't I'll kill your friends here in front of you." His eyes landed on Raven before he turned them back to Beast boy. "And I think I know who to start on." He said before he disappeared again.

"Where is he?" Beast boy said before he remembered Ghost looked at Raven before disappearing. "Raven move." But it was too late as Ghost appeared behind Raven and a small knife to her neck.

"This girl is very important to you isn't she kid." He said as he ran his hand through her hair. "I can see why though. She has a nice body and a nice face don't you agree." He ran his hand along her face. He looked over to Beast boy and saw his right arm twitching. He turned back to Raven. "Skin feels just like silk but I don't suppose you'd know anything about that?" his hand started to travel further south. At that point Beast boy snapped and a large spike was lodged intoGhost's head. Raven immediately moved closer towards the rest of the Titans.

"Thanks"

"Unfortunately he's not dead." True to his words Ghost rose up from the floor, spike still lodged in his head." He yanked it out splattering blood on the nearby wall. His head wound quickly healed

"Well looks like I hit a nerve. Anyway you have five days before I come to kill you so enjoy. You had better not lose because if you lose then your friends forfeit their lives as well." with that Ghost disappeared leaving a ticked off Beast boy. Beast boy tried to leave the room but a hand grabbed his arm. Gritting his teeth he turned back to see who grabbed him.

"Where are you going" Raven asked with a hint of concern in her voice.

"To calm down before I do something stupid." He said before he pulled his arm free and turned into something to small for her to see.

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