I would love to do the Red S thing but I already put too much work into making Scar Slade. I'm afraid you're just going to have to live with it. Start the fic.
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Gizmo accidentally gets his rockets out.
"Knock it off!" said Jinx.
"I can't help it. I'm so trigger happy I…I gotta blow up a Wildebeest." Said Gizmo.
(A/N: I decided to use the hero Wildebeest instead of just regular wildebeests.)
"Stay put." Said Jinx.
"Well… can't I even blow up one of the little sick ones?" asked Gizmo.
"No! We wait for the signal from Slade." Said Jinx.
Speaking of whom, he had just decided to appear on a rock.
"There he is…let's go." Said Jinx.
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"Little roar. Puh!" pouted Beast Boy.
It was at this moment that Silky walked by. Beast Boy changed into a lion cub to see if he could scare it.
"Roar!" tried the BB cub.
Silky has no reaction and keeps on walking…crawling…whatever!
This time Beast Boy pounces and gives a roar that echoes around the canyon. However a low rumble soon eclipses the echo. Beast Boy looks down to see some pebbles shaking. Beast Boy's ears flop down as he sees a stampede of Wildebeests coming straight for him. Beast Boy changes into a cheetah cub and starts to run for his life.
A short distance away Nightwing and Raven are having a small discussion when…
"Look, sire; the Wildebeests are on the move." Said Raven.
"That's odd," said Nightwing.
Slade runs up to them out of breath and says "Nightwing! Quick! Stampede! In the gorge! Beast Boy's down there!"
All Nightwing could say before running off was "Beast Boy?"
Meanwhile Beast Boy is still running until he climbs up a dead tree. Raven spots him and tries to use her powers to get him out of there but the Wildebeests keep getting in the way. She tries to fly in and pick him up but almost gets hit by one of their horns.
"Raven! Help me!" pleaded Beast Boy as he hung onto the tree branch.
"Your father is on the way! Hold on!" said Raven.
"Hurry!"
Slade and Nightwing reach the lower ledges of the gorge. Raven flies back to Nightwing and points at where BB is.
"There! There! On that tree! I've tried using my powers to levitate him out but the Wildebeests keep getting in the way! The only way to save him is to run with the herd!" said Raven.
"Then there's only one thing to do! Hold on Beast Boy!" said Nightwing.
He changed into a lion and dove right in. In the gully, one of the Wildebeests rams the tree Beast Boy's on and nearly breaks it.
Nightwing runs with the stampede towards Beast Boy.
"Slade, we've got to do something! But what? I'll go back for help that's what I'll do!" said Raven.
Slade activated a bomb that was behind Raven, the explosion ended up knocking her out.
"Stupid bird brain." Said Slade.
Nightwing runs with the herd till slightly past the tree. He whips around the front of some Wildebeest and runs into the herd towards Beast Boy's tree. One of the Wildebeests rams him headfirst throwing him to the ground. One of the Wildebeests hits Beast Boy's tree, throwing BB into the air. Nightwing, who was still a lion by the way, gets up in time to catch Beast Boy in the air with his mouth. He gets hit again and accidentally throws Beast Boy. Beast Boy changes into a number of small birds to avoid the Wildebeests. Earlier he had tried to fly out but something/someone kept shooting him out of the sky. Nightwing runs by with the herd and grabs Beast Boy. He jumps up to a near rock ledge and sets Beast Boy down, but he is immediately struck by a Wildebeest and carried off into the stampede.
"DAD!" shouts Beast Boy.
Beast Boy watches in horror, as he can't find his father in the swirling mass of Wildebeests below him. He knew that his dad was hurt and changing into any other animals, including his human form, was just as dangerous as the stampede. At the last second, Nightwing leaps out of the herd with a mighty roar and starts to climb with great difficulty up the sheer rock slope. Beast Boy turns and starts to climb up to the top of the gorge. Out of Beast Boy's sight Nightwing reaches a point right below a ledge where he can't climb due to the steepness. His claws are scraping and his back paws have no traction. Above him on the ledge is Slade.
"Slade!" shouts Nightwing.
Nightwing slips a little. He was barely hanging on.
"Brother! Help me!" pleaded Nightwing.
Slade looks disdainfully down at his brother. He takes out two razor sharp silver S's and plunged them into the black lion's paws. Nightwing roared in pain as he did this. His expression slowly becomes one of horror as he recognizes Slade's intent.
Slade brings his masked face dangerously close to Nightwing's lion ear and whispers "Long live the king."
You could see Slade's reflection in Nightwing's eyes as he says this.
Slade throws his brother backwards and Nightwing fall back first into the raging stampede below.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Beast Boy.
The herd passes and everything is clouded by dust. Beast Boy bounds to the canyon floor and Nightwing is nowhere to be seen.
"Cough! Daaad!" shouts Beast Boy.
A sound is heard near by.
"Dad?"
A stray Wildebeest runs past and accidentally knocks Beast Boy down and keeps running. Beast Boy gets up and rubs some of the dirt off.
(A/N: I know this didn't happen in the movie but I thought I might add even more to the dramatic effect. You know the whole insult to injury and what not)
Wildebeest curves around a log further down the gully. Under the log is Nightwing in human form; shape shifters usually revert back to their human form when they lose consciousness…or worse, death. Beast Boy approaches the body not believing his eyes.
"Dad?...Dad, come on." Said Beast Boy.
Beast Boy nudges Nightwing's face but it just falls back down limp.
"You gotta get up. Dad. We gotta go home." Said Beast Boy sadly.
Beast Boy runs off a bit in search of help.
"HEEEEEEEELP! Somebody! Anybody…help." Cried Beast Boy.
There are tears in his eyes now and goes and hugs his father head while crying.
Slade soon makes his way through the dust and fakes his surprise worthy of an Oscar.
"Beast Boy…What have you done?" asked Slade.
Beast Boy jumped back in surprise still crying.
"T-There were Wildebeests and he-he tried to save me…it was an accident, I…I didn't mean for it to happen." Said Beast Boy.
Slade walks over to Beast Boy and fakes giving him a hug.
"Now, now little one. Of course you didn't. No one…" he pulls BB a little closer. "Ever MEANS for these things to happen. But the king IS dead." Said Slade looking at him with mock regret.
"And if it weren't for you, he'd still be alive. Oh! What will your mother think?" asked Slade.
Beast Boy was crushed beyond all belief. It was his fault he was dead, in a way, he killed his own father.
Beast Boy was now sniffing and asked Slade "What am I going to do?"
"Run away, Beast Boy. Run…run away and never return." Said Slade.
Beast Boy changes into a cheetah and runs off. Soon Mammoth, Gizmo, and Jinx appear from behind Slade.
"Kill him." Ordered Slade.
The three then chased after Beast Boy. Beast Boy is chased the entire length of the gully. He reaches the lip only to see a shear drop on the other side. He would have flown except he was pretty sure they would have shot him out of the sky. So he changed into a flea and started to hop his way through the cacti.
However, as for our three stooges, they weren't so lucky. I mean Mammoth and Jinx managed to stop but Gizmo couldn't turn off his rockets in time and landed straight in the bushes. He soon comes out holding his little posterior as he yelps into the air.
Jinx sees Beast Boy running out of the cacti after turning into a flea and is now running into the desert.
"Hey! There he goes!" There he goes!" exclaimed Jinx.
Gizmo is still removing some thorns, wincing as he takes out each one.
"So go get the little nose picker!" said Gizmo.
"I'm not going in there! What? You want me to come out there looking like you? Cactus Butt?" asked Jinx.
Gizmo scowls and manages to hit Mammoth's laughing face with some cactus needles.
"We gotta finish the job, you scum buffing pin head!" said Gizmo.
"Well he's as good as dead out there anyway. And if he comes back, we'll kill him. I mean come on, what's he going to do iguana roar us to death?" asked Jinx.
"Yeah! You hear that you little wart? If you ever come back, we'll kill ya!" shouted Gizmo.
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Meanwhile back in the Titan Lands…
Slade had just told everyone what had happened…well, more or less. Terra and Starfire were crying at the news.
"For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era..." said Slade with fake sadness.
The Hive members start emerging, casting eerie green shadows and laughing hollowly.
"...in which Titans and Hive members come together, in a great and glorious future!" said Slade.
Slade ascends Titan Rock as the Hive appears in full force.
Meanwhile in his tree the Beast Within is shaking his head in sorrow. He wipes away a tear and rubs his paw across the painting of Beast Boy, smearing it.
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Beast Boy is now sprawled out in the desert ground. He was just too tired to go on anymore. A bunch of giant months from the episode of Date With Destiny start to land by his body.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" was the cry that was heard as the moths were blasted away with sonic blasts and explosion disks.
It turns out that the ones who chased away the moths were Robin and Cyborg.
"I love it! Bowling for giant moths!" said Robin with a grin.
Cyborg then notices Beast Boy on the ground and starts to look worried.
"Uh-oh. Yo Robin! I think you'd better come look at this. I think it's still alive." Said Cyborg.
"Ewwww…" said Robin.
Robin takes out his bow staff and starts to poke Beast Boy with it a little.
"All righty, what have we got here?" asked Robin.
Robin managed to push Beast Boy over onto his back and sees he's a Changeling.
"HOLY CRAP IT'S A CHANGELING!" shouted Robin.
Robin quickly jumps onto Cyborg's back.
"Get a move on Cyborg! We do NOT want to fight one of those, they're…unpredictable." Said Robin.
"Yo! Do I look like some sort of horse to you? GET OFF!" shouted Cyborg.
Robin did so but looked at Cyborg as if his face was saying 'don't even think about it.'
"Aw come on Robin, he's all alone! He'll die out here!" said Cyborg.
"Cy are you NUTS? We're talking about a changeling here! They can eat guys like us! And I do NOT want to fight one of those so we can stay alive!" said Robin.
"But he's just a little guy." Said Cyborg.
"He's gonna get bigger." Warned Robin.
"Maybe he'll be on our side then." Said Cyborg.
Robin was about to reply but stopped. He took a moment to take all of this in and thought seriously about it.
"You know…maybe having a changeling around isn't such a bad idea." Said Robin.
Cyborg picks up Beast Boy and puts him on his shoulder.
"So we keeping'im?" asked Cyborg.
"Yeah, I guess you won me over. Jeez, I'm fried. Let's get out of here and find some shade." Said Robin.
Beast Boy is eventually splashed with some water and regains consciousness.
"You okay there?" asked Robin.
"I guess so." Said Beast Boy.
"You almost died out there." Said Cyborg.
"Good thing we were um passing by." Said Robin.
"Thanks for your help." Said Beast Boy dully.
Believe it or not Beast Boy heads back out into the dessert Robin and Cyborg just saved him from.
"Hey, where're you going?" asked Robin.
"Nowhere." Said Beast Boy.
"Gee. He looks blue." Said Robin.
"Blue my butt! He's green! Everything about the kid is green, he doesn't even resemble blue!" said Cyborg.
"No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed." Said Robin.
"Well why didn't you just say that?" asked Cyborg.
Not waiting for Robin to answer Cyborg walks out and stands in front of Beast Boy.
"So what's eating ya?" asked Cyborg.
"Can't be much, he's at the top of the food chain. Ha ha. Heh? So, where you from?" asked Robin.
"Who cares? I can't go back." Said Beast Boy.
"An outcast huh? You know me and Cy here are outcasts too." Said Robin.
"What'cha do kid?" asked Cyborg.
"Something terrible. But I don't wanna talk about it." Said Beast Boy.
"Ya know it's at times like this my buddy Robin here says, 'You got to put your behind in your past'." Said Cyborg.
"Huh? What's that mean?" asked Beast Boy.
"No! No! No! It's 'put your past behind you', lie down before you blow a circuit. Look, kid. Bad things happen, and there's nothing you can do about it right?" asked Robin.
"Right." Said Beast Boy.
"WRONG! When the world turns it's back on you, you turn your back on the world." Said Robin.
"Well that's not what I was taught." Said Beast Boy.
"Then maybe you need a new lesson. Repeat after me. Ahem. Hakuna Matata." Said Robin.
"Hacky-what?" asked Beast Boy.
"Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. It means 'No worries.'." said Cyborg.
"Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase." sung Robin.
"Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze." Sung Cyborg.
"It means no worries, for the rest of your days." Sung Robin.
Robin and Cyborg pulled Beast Boy over to a green bush and had him lean back on it.
"It's our problem free, philosophy." Sung both Robin and Cyborg.
"Hakuna Matata!" Sung Robin.
"Hakuna Matata?" asked Beast Boy.
"Yeah, it's our motto." Said Cyborg.
"What's a motto?" asked Beast Boy.
"Nothing! What's a motto with you?" Joked Robin.
"Hey! I'll be the one who makes bad jokes around here!...Wait, no. That didn't come out right." Said Beast Boy.
"Anyways, you know, these two words will solve all you problems." Said Cyborg.
"That's right! Take Cyborg for example. Why, when he was a young Cyborg…" sung Robin.
"When I was a young CYBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORG!" sung Cyborg.
Robin cleaned his ear and said "Very nice."
"Thanks." Said Cyborg.
"He found his exhaust pipe lacked a certain appeal. He could clear Jump City after every meal." Sung Robin.
"I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem metal skinned. And it hurt that my friends never stood down wiiiiiiiiiiind! And oh, the shame." sung Cyborg.
"He was ashamed!" said Robin.
"Thoughta changin' my name!" sung Cyborg.
"Oh, what's in a name?" asked Robin.
"And I got downhearted." Sung Cyborg.
"How did you feel?" asked Robin.
"Every time that I…"
"WHOA! WHOA! CYBORG! Not in front of the readers." Said Robin.
"Oh…sorry." Apologized Cyborg.
Beast Boy gives you a very confused look.
Beast Boy watched with a growing interest as Robin hoists Cyborg into a vine loop above his head, he began to swing.
"Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase. Hakuna Matata! Aint no passing craze." Sung both Robin and Cyborg.
"It means no worries, for the rest of your days." Sung Beast Boy.
"Yeah, sing it, kid." said Robin.
"It's our problem free..." sung both Robin and Beast Boy.
Cyborg landed next to them with a thud and decided to sing too.
"Philosophy..." sung Cyborg.
"Hakuna Matata!" sung all three.
Robin pulls back a curtain of vines to reveal Titan's Tower. Only the thing was it was made out of things like bamboo sticks and leaves.
"Whoa! You live here?" asked Beast Boy.
"We live wherever we want really." said Robin.
"Yeah, home is where your rump rests." said Cyborg.
"It's beautiful." said Beast Boy as he watched the sun gleam off the tower.
It was at this moment that Cyborg burped. "Oops. Hungry now."
"I'm so hungry I could eat an entire Newfu leader!" said Beast Boy.
"Yeah, about that. I'm afraid we don't have any Newfu." said Robin.
"No Newfu?" asked Beast Boy.
"Na ah." said Robin.
"Newfu?"
"NO! Listen kid; if you want to live with us, you're going to have to eat like us." said Robin.
Robin finally makes his way to a log.
"This looks like a good spot to rustle up some sweets." said Robin.
Cyborg lifted up the log and many different types of evil candy was revealed.
"AGH! What's that?" asked Beast Boy.
Robin picked up an evil candy and showed it to Beast Boy.
"A sweet. What's it look like?"
"Eeew. Creepy." said Beast Boy.
"Mmmm. Tastes like sugar." said Beast Boy.
Cyborg slurps up an evil Bubble tape gum and says "Creepy but satisfying."
"These are rare delicacies. Jaw breakers with a pleasant crunch." said Robin.
"You'll learn to love'em. Although you might get a little sick at first." said Cyborg.
"I'm telling you, this is the good life. No rules. No masked guys to order you around..." started Robin.
He reached into the log and pulled out a gotez.
"Oooh! The little cream filled kind with all the Carmel around it!" said Robin.
He ate the candy in one bite. He then offers a leaf full of evil candies to Beast Boy.
"And best of all, no worries." said Robin.
Beast Boy picks up a long tootsie roll in disgust.
"Oh well...Hakuna Matata." said Beast Boy.
He swallows it down his throat in disgust but then starts to look a bit more cheery.
"Creepy, yet satisfying." said Beast Boy.
"That's right." said Robin.
The switches to all three crossing a log, walking and tossing their heads to the music. With a steady build in the music, a change occurs. We see the image of young Beast Boy becoming an adolescent Beast Boy with a bit bigger emerald hair. And once again Beast Boy becomes a full grown adult. His hair looked like a bunch of tall green grass. Robin and Cyborg were chanting Hakuna Matata as they got off. But once the adult Beast Boy did he sung and sung proud.
"It means no worries, for the rest of your days."
"It's our problem free. Philosophy." sung Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy.
"Hakuna Matata." sung Beast Boy.
The three are now using vines to jump into a lake. Robin manages to do a cannonball making a small splash. Cyborg dives in causing a bigger splash. Beast Boy, on the other hand, his vine breaks in mid swing. However, still ever the prankster, he changes into an elephant causing a splash big enough to wash Cyborg and Robin ashore. Beast Boy soon joins them still feeling the beet of the song.
"Hakuna Matata. Hakuna Matata! Ha ha ha! Ta ta." sung Beast Boy.
Me: "And there you go. I hope this chapter was worth it to you guys because it took me a while to write. Let me know what you thought."