Chapter: 9
Beast Boy slept tight in the night air, animal instincts did have their advantages. Outdoor sleeping rocked to him- as long as the pesky bugs stayed away, which was hardly ever the case. A few times he slapped himself to get rid of one of the little vampires. But over all he was sleeping like a baby. That is until Mento woke him up (A MIRACLE!) and informed the green teenager of Night Patrol duty.
Grudgingly, Beast Boy took another walk around the campsite, as he had been doing for the past hour. Though everything was quiet, that scared him. Something told him something wasn't right. Some kind of instinct told him he should go wake someone else up, but thinking he was just being paranoid he ignored the creepy feeling and started another walk. This one led him further from the campsite after he heard a rustle in the bushes, and that cost the teenager. With no warning Beast Boy was knocked from behind in a cowardly fashion, gagged and dragged off. Where no one would notice till dawn approached.
Elasta Girl had always been a kind of early bird. Well… being Mento's wife, it was kind of an essential thing. She yawned as she quietly sat up, rubbing her eyes. The fire had died down, though now it wasn't needed. The sun was just starting to rise, casting a kind of orange-red-pink glow on the sky. Elasta Girl looked over at Steve, then around at the others briefly. Sleeping like babies. After her eyes passed Terra, her smile faltered as she did a double take.
The spot Beast Boy had been the previous night was vacant. "Beast Boy?" she called quietly. Maybe he was just getting water or something? "Steve," Elasta Girl shook her husband's shoulder lightly. Okay, so she was a paranoid mother-figure to Beast Boy. You really couldn't blame her.
"Hmm?" Mento murmured before sitting up and yawning briefly, already wide awake. "What?" He turned to Elasta Girl.
"Where's Beast Boy?" Elasta Girl asked, attempting to hide the slight worry in her tone. "It's not like him to be up this early."
"He should be in camp, he had night watch." Mento became more alert, standing up quickly and taking a glimpse around.
"Oh… does he usually stay up all night though?" Elasta Girl questioned. She also thought it seemed more like Beast Boy to stay up an hour or two longer and then get someone else to fill in so he could go back to bed. Maybe she was wrong though?
"Knowing him I would doubt it," Mento now too became worried. Though he wouldn't show it out of stubbornness.
"Oh…" Elasta Girl trailed a little. Where was he? Surely he'd be back by now… maybe he was just taking a look around.
Negative Man sat up, holding himself up on his elbows, yawning deeply. "What're you two babbling about?" he grumbled sleepily.
Mento ignored Negative Man for the time, "I'm going to take a look around, get everyone else up." He instructed before starting off towards the other side of the camp area.
Elasta Girl nodded before turning to Robot Man. "Cliff?" she asked, raising her voice slightly now.
Terra mumbled something in her sleep, pulling the blanket out from under her and throwing it over her head in a weak attempt to block out the talking.
"What?" Robot Man's gruff reply came.
"It's time to get up, morning," Elasta Girl said, glancing around the camp site again as though expecting Beast Boy to jump down from a tree, laughing at her and Steve. "Terra, you too."
The only reply that came from Terra was some whiny response that sounded as though she might be dieing.
"Okay! I'm up!" Robot Man grumbled quietly as he stood up and folded his blanket. "Where's the other two?" He asked Elasta Girl.
"Umm…" Elasta Girl paused as she folded her own blanket up. "Well, Steve is checking around camp for Beast Boy. Apparently Beast Boy went on a walk or something." She was trying to convince herself as she said this.
"Night Patrol?" Negative Man asked.
"Yeah," Elasta Girl nodded. She sighed at seeing Terra, seemingly asleep again. She was more like… half asleep. She could hear what they were saying… but couldn't really process it.
Mento looked over the tracks, it was obviously Beast Boy's, the shape shifting told on him. He followed till the tracks led a little ways from camp, then was joined by two more. Women's by the size, one was a platform heel. His eyes narrowed before turning back to tell the others his grim discovery. "He's not here." Mento announced simply as he walked back into camp.
"What?" Elasta Girl asked, a new wave of worry crashing down on her. "Where is he?"
"Wait… who's not here? Beast Boy?" Negative Man looked up at Steve from his spot on the ground. "Well, he's gotta be around her somewhere, right?"
Robot Man looked around, sharing the worry but also like Mento, keeping it to himself.
Mento shook his head gravely. "He wasn't alone, at least two others, female tracks came up from behind him." He informed. "We need to get moving now."
"What are you saying?" Elasta Girl spoke out. "He was kidnapped? Are you saying Beast Boy was kidnapped?"
"What!" Terra suddenly shot up, wide awake. Okay, so she'd processed that one faster then lightning strikes.
Mento glanced down at Terra then nodded, "Pack up, we leave in five." He kept his voice impossibly calm.
Terra packed up her stuff faster then she'd ever remembered packing. Course… she didn't have much to pack. Rita was right with her, packing all her things away quickly.
Robot Man was helping, and then soon pulling the backpack of camp items onto his back, right as Mento signaled for them to move out.
Elasta Girl glanced around as they walked, hoping to see Beast Boy anywhere, wishing this was just another of his pranks. A not-so-funny one at that.
Terra on the other hand was staring at the ground as she walked, sometimes glaring as though it was all the ground's fault. Her expression softened into a more worried one. This 'Sisterhood of Evil' didn't seem like the type of people to go easy on their enemy. And Beast Boy was one of their enemies.
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Beast Boy moaned as he tried opening his eyes, but a throbbing pain kept him from doing so.
"What are we going to do with it anyways?" A female voice snapped sharply.
"Have you children no sense? This little one is the one they all worry over most, if nothing else; threats to kill him may prove value." The familiar, older, almost French tinted voice commented.
Where am I... those voices... crap... this can't be- Beast Boy peeked from one eye, and it confirmed him of what he feared, the area looked like the type of lair these goons would choose. In fact, from the brown covered windows he would guess he was underground. Peachy.
Angel looked over at the green teenager as Night Hawk and Madam Rouge spoke. "I think he's waking up," she noted, glancing back at Madam Rouge.
"What are you planning on doing with him?" Sierra asked from her leaning spot on the wall.
Madam Rouge turned her head and looked at the changeling, who was trying to pretend he was still asleep. "Simple. Nothing. Those bands are plenty strong enough to hold any form." She grinned wickedly.
Beast Boy sighed to himself, they knew he was awake anyways. So he opened his eyes and looked down at what was holding him. And to his much discomfort, straps made of re-enforced rubber. Like the ones Mad Mod had used, only stronger. If he morphed into an insect, he would be crushed and most likely killed, and bigger forms would only make the band stretch tightly and choke him. This stinks He thought gruffly, it was an understatement.
Angel smirked as she looked at the bands, then looked back at her leader. "Nice," she complimented.
"So, we wait for the rest of the Doom Patrol to show up?" Sierra asked, pushing herself off the wall and walking forward a little.
"Hm, pretty much." Rouge hummed. "Once they are occupied here, we can easily escape and set the bomb." She grinned once more.
"What bomb?" Beast Boy spat, catching Night Hawks attention.
Angel once more looked over at the changeling, smirking again. She knew the plan, but hey, she'd save the explaining for the leader.
"You expect us to just let them walk in here and leave unharmed?" Sierra scoffed, half laughing at his question.
Rouge turned to Beast Boy, looking slightly annoyed he was awake and talking. She didn't see why not when it came to informing BB of the plan (most villains' downfall). "A bomb is planted in this very building," she turned to Sierra as if she were informing the winged girl instead of the green teenager. "A powerful one made with synothiem, it was first tested on a small boat. It only took a drop really, it is, as you girls should know, powerful." Rouge turned to the computer screen, tapping on the keys till an image (old by the way it cut out at times) of a small boat starting down the river of a seemingly jungle area.
Beast Boy focused on it, something at the back of his mind nagged him that that boat was familiar, something about it reminded him of something he had tried shoving to the back of his mind, but had almost always failed. Sure, now he couldn't remember. His luck.
"We planted it in the boiler room to make sure it had a larger effect." Madam Rouge continued until the boat suddenly blew. "And it was a success. Only a few people who had jumped survived." She grinned again.
Beast Boy's eyes widened in horror as it came to him. THAT had been the boat his parents were on! His mouth twisted into an ugly scowl as his eyes narrowed. "YOU KILLED THEM!" He screamed, though not expecting the villainesses to know what on earth he was talking about.
Madam Rouge didn't give him a second thought. "We have later improved the power of the bomb, and it will set off as soon as we are far enough away." She concluded.
Sierra stared at Beast Boy for a minute. Well… she'd never seen the kid any angrier. Or… anyone else angrier for that matter. She took a step away, closer to her leader. "Has it had rabies shots?" she asked, half fearing this new… side of the green kid.
"Shut up," Angel ordered in that 'could you get any more stupid?' tones. She whacked Sierra over the head with a random book, causing the girl to glare at her fire-friend, looking ready to tackle her.
Beast Boy struggled against the bands holding him in place, feeling a newfound rage and hate towards the villainesses. His teeth clenched as he tried to get free, but of course his attempts where for nothing as the bands did not budge. Not only were these girls trying to kill his adopted family, and Terra, but their 'leader' had helped blow the boat up that had killed his parents, that would push anyone off the edge.
"Ignore him," Rouge waved her hand in the air as if the problem with the struggling teen was no bigger then a fly on the wall. "Everything needs to be perfect if we are going to pull this off, failure this time, is not an option." She said harshly, making Night Hawk shift her gaze to the floor in shame.
Angel nodded her head in understanding as did Sierra. There would be no failing this time. The Doom Patrol would NOT live to see the next day.
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The sun was beginning to set. The Doom Patrol and Terra had been walking nearly all day. Terra hadn't needed to stop yet. She could be crawling she was so tired and she'd still be too stubborn to stop. All she could think about was Beast Boy and if he was okay or not. She hadn't spoken a word more then she'd needed to. Rita had been almost the same, though she had spoken more, only a little.
Mento had done possibly the most Mento-ish thing, kept his worry to himself and made sure the rest of the team was okay. They where making fair progress, and if his locator was right, should be coming onto the lair right about- now. Mento looked around, okay, that was weird. The locator said this area, but nothing was here but forest!
"Where is it?" Rita asked, worry filling her voice. She'd done almost nothing to keep the worry from her voice. Beast Boy was like her kid, sure he was adopted, but that didn't keep her from caring about him any less.
Terra finally looked up from the ground. She hadn't looked up much at all the whole walk. She looked around, but saw nothing. Only trees. She doubted the Sisterhood of Evil's lair would be… in the trees.
Mento didn't dare say 'I don't know' that would go against his stubborn aptitude. "It says this is the area," was what he said instead.
"He doesn't know," Robot Man muttered.
"I didn't say that!" Mento snapped.
"Yes you did, just in your fashion." Robot Man mused.
"Yes, it's like a whole language made just for Mento," Negative Man half joked.
Terra looked at the adults as though they were crazy. Beast Boy was missing and they were making fun of their leader…
"You get used to it after a year or two," Negative Man assured her. She only gave him in 'oookaaay…' look before looking back at the ground. So much for trying to cheer a kid up.
Mento shifted his feet, till his boot made a 'clink'. Wait, a clink? On dirt and leaves? "I think I got something," he bent down and brushed away some sparse dirt, revealing a metal plate. "Found it."
Terra raised an eyebrow as she watched Mento for a moment. At seeing the metal a small smile spread over her face. They were getting closer.
"So… how do we get in unnoticed?" Elasta Girl asked, staring at the plate, then Mento.
"I don't know if we can," Robot Man doubted. Even if doubting was Negative Man's area, he had to help out with it every now and then.
"I think I have to agree with Cliff, they more then likely already know we're here." Mento said.
"How?" Terra asked. Like I said, only spoke as much as she had to. One word here and there.
"What do you know, she speaks," Negative Man teased in a monotone. Okay, so not really the time. He could tell Terra was ignoring him.
"I wouldn't doubt they've got cameras around the area," Elasta Girl put in.
"So sneaking in won't help us any but take more time." Mento concluded before wiping more dirt away, looking for the entrance and was soon joined by Robot Man.
Elasta Girl and Negative Man also bent down to help.
Terra sighed, rolling her eyes slightly. She let one hand glow a faint yellow, her fingers tingling a bit. The dirt over the entrance lifted off the metal door and threw itself to the side.
"That works," Robot Man mused, Mento only nodded his agreement and looked down at the door before leaning over and opening it, then walking down the dark staircase.
Terra shrugged in a 'nothing new' kinda way. Seemed weird to her that the thing wouldn't at least be locked. She watched Elasta Girl head down after Mento before heading down herself.
Robot Man then followed, leaving the supplies behind. They wouldn't need them in battle. Mento proceeded slowly, tapping every few steps as to make sure no traps where set, and it both surprised and worried him that there wasn't.
"We have company," Madam Rouge grinned wickedly as she watched the Doom Patrol and blonde Titan proceed. Beast Boy only watched. Don't come down here guys, go back He pleaded in his head.
Negative Man was the last down, following behind Robot Man.
Terra glanced around nervously. Something seemed weird… shouldn't there be… traps? Or shouldn't the door have been locked? One thought continuously interrupted her thoughts though- Beast Boy. She was too worried about him to care about the door or traps. Was he okay? Had they hurt him? Or worse?
Mento walked into the next room with caution, though it was just an empty room... small too. A door on the other side. This was too easy, something was planned. In all his years of this work, he knew it.
Beast Boy tensed as he watched them draw even closer, they had to turn back! It was bad enough his real family had been killed, if his adopted and girlfriend did well... he would live with a guilt of not doing anything about it. If he lived through that is. Only one thing seemed possible to him, he had to warn them. "GUYS DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! This place is a ticking bomb!" he screamed. Night Hawk started over to shut him up, but Rouge stopped her.
"Leave him, he does not threaten the plan any." She said coolly before turning to leave the building through a hidden door in the wall.
"Let us go before we become trapped in here as well."
Beast Boy growled fiercely, he wanted no more then to attack Rouge with everything he had. And she knew it, why else would she be daunting him by walking so close, other then knowing he could do nothing about it?
Angel smirked and started after Rouge. Sierra smirked at Beast Boy giving him a taunting wave. Angel sighed in frustration before backtracking to her teammate. "Get over here!" she snapped, wrenching Sierra away by the back of her shirt. Night Hawk brought up the rear of the line leaving, taking one last look back at the lair then following.
"Beast Boy?" Terra asked as she heard his voice. No WAY would she leave this place, bomb or no bomb, she wouldn't just leave him here. Especially if there was a bomb.
Beast Boy struggled more, trying to get free from the straps, but again it was all for nothing.
Mento had heard Beast Boy, but went forward still. As morbid as it sounded, if it had been an adult warning them of it, Mento probably would have ordered a retreat. To save more rather then lose them. But Beast Boy was just a kid, and he couldn't leave him behind. "Lets make this quick." He snapped at his team in his own feeling of rush as he opened the door with caution, but not slowly.
Terra immediately spotted the changeling, as did Rita. "Beast Boy!" the blonde teen yelped, bolting over. Rita wasn't far behind her as Negative Man stepped into the room, looking around. Not a very… welcoming place.
Beast Boy tried not to look annoyed; he would have done the same. "Guys, it's a trap! You gotta get out of here!" He urged. "They got a bomb of synopthrieum! It can blow anytime." His eyes darted from each person as he talked though had the habit of letting his eyes linger on Terra longer, mainly out of pure habit.
Mento walked towards the computers, looking over for some kind of information on the 'bomb'. Though doubted himself at finding anything.
"We're not leaving you here, Beast Boy," Elasta Girl half snapped in a caring way, if that's possible. She didn't mean to, but that was OUT of the question! There was NO WAY she was leaving this building without that teenager with the Doom Patrol.
"Telling us there's a bomb won't make us leave," Terra forced a half smile in her agreement with Elasta Girl. "How do we get you out of here?" she asked him, hopeful that he would know.
Beast Boy sighed, "You can't, I've tried everything." He said grimly.
Mento looked up at the screen once more as two numbers blinked on it, 60, 59. 58, "We don't have long." He said in a near monotone voice.
Terra turned her head to look at the screen, staring at it for a second before looking back at Beast Boy. "Well… I'm not leaving," she said stubbornly. "How do we get him out?" she asked the rest of the team, doubtful that they would know. She didn't know, that was for sure.
Mento turned back to the computer, but it had nothing on the thing that was holding their teammate down.
Robot Man hurried over and tried tearing the band, but it only snapped back onto Beast Boy's chest. "OW!" He yelped.
"Sorry," Robot Man said. "That's not going to work, have you tried morphing into something real big?"
"Yes," Beast Boy muttered.
"That didn't work?" Terra asked. How could that not work? If that didn't work… what could?
Rita stood off to the side a little, hand on her head as she thought. What could they do? There had to be some way to get him out. There was always a way.
Beast Boy looked past the girls and Robot Man towards the giant screen that blinked the remaining time, 46-45-44. "There's no time, just go." He urged them in a pleading voice. "I'll get myself out- somehow." He lied in attempt to make them leave.
Elasta Girl ignored Beast Boy, thinking still. He should know that there was no way she would leave without him, so she shouldn't have to tell him- again.
Terra stared at Beast Boy a minute before shaking her head. "If you stay, I'm staying with you." Once again, her voice showed just how stubborn she could be.
Negative Man stared unblinkingly at the clock, watching it tick down. His thoughts raced as he tried to come up with some idea.
"There's nothing here that will help," Mento said more to himself then the others.
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Beast Boy took in a deep breath, the others weren't leaving, they had made that too clear. He closed his eyes and tried concentrating on a large animal. Something bigger then he had tried. Sweat formed on his brow and started to trinkle down his face. He could hear the beeps counting down and could only guess how much time he had left.
36-35-34-33-32-31-30
THINK BEAST BOY! THINK! He screamed at himself as he tried concentrating harder. His body twitched every couple seconds or more, and soon the count down was getting lower.
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"Move!" He ordered to the others, getting a feedback on a wanted form.
"I already-" Terra started, thinking that he was telling them to leave again. She yelped as she was yanked back by Negative Man. Rita and he knew what Beast Boy was doing and he needed his space.
Beast Boy's body started growing larger and taking form of some giant lizard like animal. Larger then he had ever tried before in even this form.
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The straps choked against his chest and neck, almost strangling him and leaving him less then short of breath. But he bore the sharp pain as the bands started snapping. Stretching farther and farther until SNAP, SNAP. Beast Boy took in a giant breath in his brontosaurus form. Larger then he had ever done before, and would have been proud if not the time that was ticking away faster then a racing greyhound.
20- Wait, 20 already! Crap.
Mento only nodded his impressments before started towards the door. "Let's go!"
Terra stared up at Beast Boy, eyes wide and mouth dropped. She'd never seen him morph into something THAT big.
"Come on!" Elasta Girl called as she ran after Mento, Negative Man following her.
Beast Boy resumed his human form, looking slightly worn out from his morph. It had taken a lot out of the changeling to morph that large. He started running after all the others after he remembered that little clock ticking away the remaining time. The last few precious seconds they had left until the building exploded.
Mento lead the team out of the room and into the spare room that had only seemed like a small walk, seemed to go on forever. 19-18.
Beast Boy was bringing up the rear, slowly for him, again, the morphing had done a number to his head, he felt dizzy but managed to keep up all the same. As they came to the stairs it felt like climbing a mountain.
Step-Step-Step-Step.
17-16.
Beast Boy huffed out his breath, matching the stride of the backward counting numbers. He felt a rush to get out in his stomach, something in his head urging him to go faster. It was a normal reaction to this sort of crises.
Step-Step-Step-.
15-14. LIGHT!
Mento rushed first out into the dawning day, though dared not to stop and kept running full force. They had to get away from that area as fast as they could.
Rita lifted herself out of the hole in the ground, running after Mento. They had thirteen seconds to get as far away as possible. Negative Man was soon right with her, following his team leader away from the soon-to-be bombed area.
Terra glanced down at Beast Boy, checking (out of paranoia) that he was still there with them. She lifted herself out of the lair and into the fresh air. She ran after the escaped team, though continuously looked back to make sure Beast Boy was there.
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Beast Boy was hot after the others, who had all come into the air, though his foot scraped the last step and the green teenager fell on his face on the metal plating with a groan. He tried lifting himself up but his foot was wedged between two plates, wow, just his luck.
Terra quickly looked back at the lair opening, skidding to a stop. Without thinking twice (she didn't have time to think twice), she ran back to Beast Boy. "What's wrong?" she asked hurriedly, clearly stating that he needed to hurry up and move!
Beast Boy tugged at his foot while grunting. "My foot's stuck!"
Terra looked around frantically for a moment. She didn't know any way to help. She could hear louder beeps coming from the lair room, signaling they only had a few seconds. Terra took the Changeling's hand and pulled, trying to pull him up. Like Terra had said earlier, if Beast Boy stays, she's staying with him.
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Beast Boy wanted to just tell Terra to go, but knew she wouldn't and it would only waist the little time they had left. "It's not budging!" He cried, pulling at his foot with all his strength.
Terra had thought about telling him to morph into something bigger, but remembered he'd just morphed bigger then he'd ever morphed before, and that had probably taken a lot of his strength. She took his other hand, pulling more. She didn't know how else she could help. It's not like the plates were made of stone.
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"Just go!" Beast Boy cried finally, almost giving up. This just wasn't his day.
"No," Terra groaned out as she continued trying to pull him up. "I'm not… leaving you… here!" Her words were spaced out because of the effort she was putting into this. It didn't seem to be doing any good though.
4...
"There's not enough time! Just go, please!" Beast Boy whined.
"Even if I did go," Terra pulled once again. "I wouldn't get anywhere-" and again. "in four seconds!" Again she tugged at his hands.
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Beast Boy's foot was pulled free, but they didn't have enough time to get out of here! Though the stinging pain hurt from his ankle and lower, Beast Boy jumped to his feet. They didn't have time to get anywhere, so he did the last sensible thing he could, he tackled Terra to the ground to help keep the sure-to-come bits of shatter metal from blowing up in their face.
1-0! The underground area blew up in a brilliant display of reds and oranges. Black smoke rose into the sky, following the other areas that where still blowing up in the heated colors.
Terra yelped, jamming her eyes shut as Beast Boy tackled her, not that it could have been heard over the explosions.
The Doom Patrol was far enough away to not be hit by all the explosions, though they could see, hear, and feel it.
"Where are the kids?" Elasta Girl yelled at noticing that neither of the teenagers was there.
Mento and Robot Man looked around, both noticing the two absent teens, and both now worried.
Beast Boy closed his eyes as he felt the searing heat of both the raining metal and the pain in his ankle. He must have broken it, or something. Because it still stung. "Are..." He paused for a moment in silent pain. "Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?" Terra shot the question right back at him, her eyes opening again. He was the unprotected one in this situation. But they'd lived. She was surprised beyond anything except grateful.
"If I said yes, I would be a liar." He tried to joke, but his ankle was killing him, not to mention he was still dizzy.
Terra hurriedly sat half way up, propping herself up on elbows. "Why? What's the matter?" she asked, worry in her tone again.
"My ankle," Beast Boy muttered. "I'm sure it's fine, it's just...sore." He muttered again, though not moving really. Oh how he just wanted to take a nap right now. His mind was too dazed by the heat, pain, and dizziness to even sense the falling object that hurtled towards them, he felt half asleep actually.
Out of the corner of her ocean-blue eyes, Terra noticed the large piece of metal flying right at them. Her eyes grew wide as she yelped, "Beast Boy, watch out!" She had no idea where it came from, but out of nowhere a large burst of her power issued from her and covered the two of them. Then there was nothing. Just dark blackness. She didn't feel the thing hit her. What was going on?
Beast Boy didn't have time to think, it was dark, and he felt stiff. He couldn't move! Am I dead?
He thought to himself for a moment longer. Well, seemed like a logical question! What happened... All he remembered was Terra screaming then this! It was, at the least, confusing.
Terra found herself immobilized. Everything was dark… she couldn't move at all. Had she and Beast Boy died? Well… where was the bright light that people were always told not to go towards in movies? Unless… there was no light… after all, movies are movies.
What's… Terra thought, though cut herself off. If I did die… how could I still be thinking? That wasn't possible, was it?
Wonder if this would be a bad time for a cat nap... Beast Boy thought.
Why did this seem faintly… familiar to Terra? She didn't like it though… she knew that much. This… unable-to-move feeling and all that dark. She didn't like it one bit. A moment later, something changed. The dark ended, she was able to move again. Her eyes snapped open and she shot up in a sitting position, almost expecting that to just be a dream. It wasn't though, as she looked around they were in the forest, some of it on fire from the explosion. That was… weird…
Beast Boy lifted his head up and looked around slowly, to the side lay a large sheet of hot metal, and he had a bruise forming on his back (just to make his day even better!). "What... happened?" He turned to Terra with a questioning look.
"I- I dunno…" Terra shook her head, confused. Okay… no more flying chunks of metal. "We should get out of here, go find the others," she said, standing up, her legs shaking a little. She looked at Beast Boy's ankle, holding her hand down to him.
Beast Boy nodded; slowly he reached up and took her hand, standing up with another hot zip of pain coming from his swelling ankle.
"Are you two okay?" Robot Man questioned as he came jogging over, avoiding the falling debris of the used-to-be hide out.
"I'm okay." Terra emphasized 'I'm' in a way that told that Beast Boy was, in fact, not okay. "You can use my shoulder if you need to," she offered him, feeling otherwise helpless.
Beast Boy half heartedly smiled Terra's way and did just that. He needed some other form of balance besides the little he could perform himself.
Robot Man shook his head, "we'll have to get that checked out, but what I kinda meant was, you two just went stone there for a minute." He explained.
"We did what?" Terra nearly choked out, sounding shocked. She glanced at Beast Boy as helped him keep balance.
Beast Boy didn't speak, in fear of moaning about his ankle if he opened his mouth. But his face showed he was as shocked as Terra.
Robot Man shook his head once more. "I mean, you two just turned to stone right before that metal slab crashed down on you."
Terra looked back at Robot Man. "But… how?" she asked, not so sure he could answer that question. How could they have… well, no wonder it'd seemed familiar. But the last time that had happened to Terra… she'd stayed stone for a long time.
"I don't know, maybe you triggered it." Robot Man guessed as he looked back to BB. "Are you going to be able to make it back to the ship?" Beast Boy nodded briefly, though then looked back at Terra as Cliff walked back towards the others.
Terra turned her head to glance at Beast Boy. "…Do you think I did it?" she asked, unsure of herself. She didn't see how else it could have happened. But she'd never been able to do that before.
Beast Boy grinned at her, "maybe your powers are getting stronger." He suggested, he himself had made a big leap in his power growing, literally.
"You think so?" Terra asked, almost in a fearfully-awed way. The thought of having new, stronger power scared her a little. Her original power had been strong enough and uncontrollable. Not a good combination. The blonde teen helped Beast Boy walk- or limp- back towards the others.
"Why not?" Beast Boy shrugged, though it was hardly noticeable. "You can handle it; think of it as an up-grade." He joked with a grin, still facing her.
Terra laughed a little. "An upgrade… okay then," she grinned.
Elasta Girl had been pacing back and forth. She looked up again, finally seeing the two heading this way. …Why was Beast Boy limping? Of course that was the first thing she noticed.
Beast Boy smiled at Terra before looking forward at the others and trying to ignore the swelling ankle. Why was it he was always the one getting hurt on these missions? Lady luck hated him he guessed.
"Good, you two made it." Was all Mento would show of his glad-your-okay feeling. He wasn't much of the outgoing sort of guy.
Terra was stunned that was all Mento would say. It was much unlike Elasta Girl who couldn't seem to contain herself any longer. She had darted to Beast Boy and Terra, immediately taking the green teenager in her arms in a hug. "Oh, you're okay, I was so worried, I didn't think you two had made it out!" she nearly cried out.
Beast Boy squeaked an EEP out. "Rita, I can't... breathe..." He half lied. He was still breathing a little hard, and was in a way... embarrassed. Robot Man couldn't help himself, he coughed out a laugh or two.
Terra giggled quietly as Elasta Girl let Beast Boy go, taking a step back to give him some space. For a moment there she'd thought she'd never see the two teenagers again.
Beast Boy limped some more, losing his balance help he just tried shifting his weight onto his other leg, but Mento noticed.
"Need to have that checked out." He nodded towards Beast Boy's ankle.
"It's nothing." But then Beast Boy caught THE look, "Yes sir," he muttered before making a seat for himself on the ground and trying to get his shoe off, which his ankle had swelled around.
Terra looked down at Beast Boy, for once in this whole trip, agreeing with Mento. That wasn't nothing.
"What happened?" Elasta Girl asked, also looking down at Beast Boy.
"Just got my foot stuck," Beast Boy muttered as he examined his ankle, that was turning a weird color. Purple and green, real weird. "Its just a bruise."
"That is not just a bruise," Negative Man spoke up.
"It looks more serious then that," Elasta Girl added.
"You're right," Beast Boy started pulling his shoe on, pressing his want to yelp in pain back. "It's a big bruise, better let it heal on its own."
"Beast Boy," Elasta Girl said, her voice serious. "You should probably just keep your shoe off."
"Oh no… God forbid that," Negative Man groaned. He was (for the most part) joking.
Beast Boy moaned and set his shoe aside. "Why? Now I'm going to walk all funny," he complained.
"You won't be walking very well on that anyways, by the looks of it," Elasta Girl noted.
"Can we please just go home now?" Negative Man pleaded impatiently.
"Only long enough to rest, Larry." Mento informed. "The Sisterhood is still loose, and I would bet they are hanging around the city, or will be."
Negative Man sighed. Boy would this be fun. "Fine," he agreed, though reluctantly.
"We need to get moving," Mento looked down at Beast Boy.
"I can get Terra to help me, since you guys insist I need it." He muttered, then looked up at Terra with a goo-goo face that asked her to help.
Terra laughed at the sight of Beast Boy, holding her hand down for him again. "Terra will gladly help," the blonde teen grinned.
"Yay!" Beast Boy cheered as he grabbed her hand once more and let her help him.
Mento nodded, "Then let's get started." He concluded.
IM BAAAAAAAAACK! WOOT! xD Hope y'all had fun, I did and didn't but anyways. We only got one computer now, so I gotta share with my huge number 7 family, so... updates are gona slow a little.
Me and Grease had fun trying to put suspense in this chapter, did it work? And Terra's little power thing there, that my friend may be the start of a new ablity for her D Kinda like Kole's power, only stone not crystal!
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter!
