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HOPE
The first thing Garfield noticed when he awoke was that he wasn't in his own bed. The second the he noticed was that his pelvis ached. It ached a lot.
He rolled over to see what had caused him to suddenly wake up. Rose had gotten out of bed and was now getting dressed as silently as possible.
"Oh yeah." He whispered as all of his memories came back.
After sending Cyborg around the corner for a walk, Rose decided to...well she basically kidnapped him. Beast Boy, given the situation, was not inclined to stop her. In fact, he was too...excited to really do anything that went against what was happening.
After arriving wherever they are, it was all a blur of pleasure...then pain...then pleasure again...then confusion...shame...pleasure and finally...pleasure! All in all a good night.
"Oh hey, you're awake." She spoke pulling him from his thoughts as she began pulling more clothes on. "Listen, I have to be somewhere soon. It was a great night, really superb."
"Thanks." Gar stated, feeling his ego grow.
Walking to the window, Rose began climbing out. "So uh, I'll call you soon."
With that Rose left the green teen alone.
Who's house are we in? He asked himself.
Beast Boy silently made his way into the common room. All was quite, it seemed that he had gotten away with his little...yeah.
Just get to bed and make up some story after a well deserved rest. He thought.
Suddenly the green teen found himself engulfed in light, aimed solely at him. Because of the sudden change in lighting, after being submersed in darkness, his vision was totally shot. Not being able to see, Beast Boy prepared for any form of attack as best he could.
"Here we have what's refereed to as the Hormouneous Teenagerous, commonly referred to as the hormone raddled teen sneaking in well pass curfew. Just before dawn actually." An all too familiar voice spoke. "The situation he's in is what's referred to as the Deepest Shitteous."
The lights then died down so that Beast Boy could make out the forms of his four comrades. Cyborg, staring at him with the smirk of both pride and smugness. Starfire, with smile that radiated both innocence and happiness. Robin wearing the ever present scowl. Raven, glaring with red eyes.
"Do you have any idea how much trouble you're in right now?" Robin spoke, not even trying to hide his anger.
"Look." Beast Boy began. "I know I missed my patrol shift-"
"Oh, that's the least of your troubles right now." Robin spoke. "You-
Whatever he was going to say was cut off by Starfire crashing into Beast Boy with a hug.
"Oh congratulations friend Beast Boy in your adventures of Snu-Snu!" She squealed.
"Thank you...Star...can't...breath!" The green hero gasped before she dropped him with an apology. "Now, what's Snu-Snu?"
"In your tongue, it's commonly referred to as making the beast with two backs." She answered.
Everyone in the tower was silent as they stared at the alien princess, mentally questioning her portrayed innocence.
"Beast Boy you-" Robin began before stopping to look at the alien again, unsure of her. "You're in so much trouble for your actions."
"I know missing patrol-"
"If it was just that, I'd just have you running laps on the training course." The leader growled.
He turned to the giant television that doubled as a monitor and began pressing a few buttons. A moment later, the screen showed the News of the events after his dinner...fiasco.
"He was completely bad-ass!" Someone stated.
"He was the hero we need, not the one we deserve!"
"He was willing to do what our so-called heroes believe they're above doing."
This went on for another minute. People just telling how they felt after being saved by Garfield.
"For those of you just tuning in, we are at the local restaurant that was just saved from robbery, and possibly worse by a random customer." The reporter stated. "Here's the footage now."
It showed everything from the night, Garfield and Rose entering the establishment. The beginning, their small talk and flirting. Luckily for the two, they were speaking so low that they couldn't be heard by the cameras.
Then it moved onto the scene where the criminals entered and began making demands.
At this point, the camera switched from the security footage to the recording from someone's phone. It showed Garfield's bravery and coldness, as if he had neither any doubt or fear.
"What happened to this city?" The man asked. "There was a time where a man could rob a person and they'd be traumatized. Now a criminal has to struggle in the world against these new age punks."
From then on it was just footage of the man being arrested.
"So what's the problem?" Beast Boy asked as he looked around at his team. "I stopped a robbery and made sure no one was hurt."
"You pulled a gun on someone!" Robin snapped.
"...and?" Garfield asked.
"We're heroes, we're better than that!" Robbin shouted.
"Vigilante uses guns." Beast Boy countered.
Vigilante was a lesser known hero, a member of the Justice League. He had no powers and relied on his skill and firearm. While he was no Batman or Slade, he was a fighter for good, giving all he had. Like a real cowboy.
"Why would you even think that that was a good idea?" Robin demanded.
"Starfire, could you come here for a second." Beast Boy called to his alien friend.
The team watched as Beast Boy whispered something into her ear, causing her to nod in understanding, but confusion for the rest of the team.
Starfire flew towards Robin and pointed a finger at him. The leader just stood there confused at what was happening, even looking back at his team, Cyborg and Raven were just as lost as he was. Star then turned her finger away and fired at something. No one had time to see what it was as she turned her finger back to Robin, who instinctively ducked away.
Starfire giggled as she blew the tip of her finger like a gun before floating to the green teen's side.
"See, people respond better to guns because they understand it." Beast Boy elaborated. "There's just a...finality to it."
"Are there not worse things than guns out there?" Starfire asked. "We are often faced against them."
They were, with all the lasers and death traps. Not to mention all of the other things that other super powered beings were capable of. Manipulating the elements, shatters steel like paper, even bending the laws of physics.
"It's not our way." Raven stated.
"Our way?" The green teen asked incredulously. "Our way is sending in a warrior princess from the stars, a walking jungle, a living terminator and a sorceress from another dimension, all led by a boy trained by The Goddamn Batman." Beast Boy stated blankly.
Each of the Titans looked away to avoid his gaze, minus Starfire who just smiled. When stated like that, guns didn't seem so bad. Unfortunately, the leader couldn't accept that. Robin stepped forward with a frown.
"You cover patrol." Robin ordered. "Now."
Beast boy just sighed before changing into a sparrow and flying out of the open window.
"Do you not think you were being unfair to friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked, concerned for her friend. "He did the saving of innocents and even and may have deterred further attempts."
"There's a way to do things Star, and that's not it."
"Just as you did when you were a vigilante with the Batman?" Star asked. "Was that not a crime? Or deciding to take it into your own hands?"
For a moment Robin paused in his works, but made not move to acknowledge her statement.
Patrol has been easy for the green hero. Flying around as a hawk gave him a nice view of the city and his vision let him catch the slightest details. There had been a few small time crooks trying to make a score, but nothing that changing into a bear or raptor couldn't fix. He was sure he had even scared a few people out of their ways.
Now it's time for my lunch break. He thought as he changed his direction.
As he flew, he noticed a sudden gathering of people near his favorite lunch spot. They were all focused on the spot exactly opposite said spot. With his hawk like vision and common sense, he was able to deduce what was going on.
On the roof was a teenage girl with brunet hair with her arms huddled around her knees near the edge. She wasn't making any movements, but she wasn't exactly in the best spot to do anything.
Let's see if I can help. He thought as he landed next to her and changed back to his human form.
"Hey." He spoke quietly, hoping he wouldn't frighten her.
This caused her to jump a bit. When she saw who had called her, her eyes widened before she began to scramble away from him.
"Stay back!" She ordered.
"Easy there." Beast Boy stated. "I just want to talk."
This made her roll her eyes. "Yeah right, you're just going to try and get me down."
"Well, yeah." He admitted. "I don't want you killing yourself. You have too much to live for."
"You don't know anything." She whispered.
"Then enlighten me." He offered as he knelt down.
"...Your trying to trick me!" She accused. "You're waiting for me to relax so you can get me and take me down!"
"To be fair, I could take you down there at anytime." Beast boy stated. "I just have to change into a pterodactyl and fly you down, but it wouldn't solve anything. You'd just get onto another roof and we'd be back at square one."
"True." She muttered.
It was true. If he managed to get her down, what was stopping her from trying it again. Maybe not on the roof, but she could try and kill herself through a dozen other means. He'd have to help her here and now.
"Go ahead, talk. I'll listen." He promised. "And help in any way I can."
"There's just...there's just no point to it." She stated as she struggled to control her tears.
"To what?" He asked calmly.
"Life!" She stated. "I mean, we go to school so that we can hope to get our dream job, which isn't often what we expect if we do manage to get it. Then we just bide our time with it until we grow old and are put away or die. That's all it is, we're waiting to die."
"Well death is something that can't be avoided...without going into some dark stuff." He informed. "Usually death is better than the cost of extending one's life."
"Totally." She stated as she stood. "No reason to drag this out."
"Now why would you do that, you'd be wasting the life you have." He informed. "You're going to pass up the chance to do something that will make you memorable." That made her stop, if only to think about his words. "So you want to be remembered." Beast Boy stated. "Tell me why, what happened?"
"...I walked by a funeral." She spoke sadly gaining his attention. "No one was there but two elderly men and the people waiting to cover the grave up. This dead person could have been either a baby no more than a day old or an old person with a whole life behind them. I don't know who was in that casket, I don't know what kind of life they lived or would have, I don't know anything about them except they had two people crying for them."
"Those two people must have cared very deeply then." Beast Boy offered.
"And when they're gone?" She challenged. "Who's going to remember that person in the casket? Whose going to remember them and all the others people in those graves!?" Her eyes began to tear up. "Who's going to remember me!?"
"What's your name?" He asked.
"...Mary." She answered.
"Well Mary, I will. I will remember the girl I met on the roof in front of my favorite lunch spot." Beast Boy promised. "So please don't waste your life now."
"Wasting what, I'm not doing anything special, I won't be remembered after I die." She stated as the tears fell. "I'm not..I'm not like you."
This caught the green teen's interest. "Like me?"
"You're a hero!" She declared with a small smile. "You save people and go on amazing adventures! You're...incredible."
"I'm..." He began only to frown. "I'm nothing special."
"You're a beacon of hope!" She stated.
"I'm a freak!" He declared, louder than he had meant. "I didn't get a choice to be like this! It was either this, or death! My parents made the call and I have to live to regret it!"
"But you get to have a great life."
"You know something eighty five percent of all hero's have, a shitty life. From the past to the now. And I'm one of them." He stated with a frown. "I'll save you all of the gory details, but I lost my family when I was eight and couldn't do a thing to save them." He looked down as he remembered that day. "No, that's not true, I could have saved them. If I tried just a little harder...I could have."
"You were eight, no one could expect a child to do something an adult couldn't." She stated. "Super powers or not."
"All alone, I had to four choices." He stated. "Be a hero, villain, a freak show, or someone's pet. I've been a hero, I've never been a villain but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted. I've been a...pet." He muttered the last part sadly. "And I am a freak show. I can't even go to the store to buy a jug of milk unless I wear a disguise." He stated. "If I do, I could end up attacked by someone I helped put away, hurting myself and a bunch of innocent people."
"Well...you have adoring fans." She tried.
"Fans?" He asked sarcastically. "People who only see a green teen with powers. They don't care about me, they care about what I can do for them." He sighed in an attempt to calm himself. "I won't put them all down since I'm sure some are grateful for what the Titans do, but there's also those who aren't. People who see me as an abomination and should be wiped off the face of the Earth."
"They don't understand anything." Mary stated. "If they got to know you, they would know you only want to help. Like you're doing now."
"That's my lot in life." He chuckled dryly. "I couldn't save my parents, and I'll be lucky if I'm not killed by a villain."
"...But you knew that when you put on the tights, right?" She asked. "You knew you'd be a hero for the world."
"We heroes are a dime a dozen." He stated calmly. "Do you know there are usually three heroes a city. But if you can't make an impression, you aren't exactly idolized. No one will take them seriously. And don't get me started on being replaced by the new flavor."
"...I guess no one will see that guy Static when Wonder-woman shows up." She agreed.
"Heroes aren't remembered, not all of them." He stated sadly. "They're like celebrities with a bulls-eye on them and-"
"Beast Boy." She spoke, cutting him off. "I won't pretend to know you, or anything about you. What I do know is that a lot of people would be dead if it weren't for you. I can't say if it...compensates for what has happened to you through life, but I know I'm grateful."
"Thank you." He muttered with a small smile.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why it's called the present." Mary stated sympathetically. "You can't change history but that doesn't mean you can't learn from it. Remember each moment, how they've shaped you into the hero you are. Tomorrow is endless, it could be greater than you can imagine. But today Beast Boy, today you are alive and you can do anything. Remember that and all will be well!"
The people below began clapping at her statement, it was indeed true. Don't dwell of the past, don't stress the future, enjoy the now.
"Listen to them Mary." Beast Boy spoke. "Each of them are clapping for you. You've just reminded them to overcome a fear just about everyone has to deal with. Even if you aren't remembered, you had an effect on..." He looked down to their audience. "A lot of people. Counting the people watching this from their T.V. I think that should be enough."
"Enough for what?" She asked.
Looking into the sky, Beast Boy began searching. "Enough for...that!"
The masses looked to the sky, following his finger in the direction he was pointing. Everyone noticed a twinkle in the sky, a light blue that shined even in the clear blue sky. It trailed towards the two teens leaving a blue streak before finally stopping in front of the two teens. Finally close enough, Mary could examine the source of the light.
"Is that a...ring?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
Beast Boy nodded as he took a step back and gave her a smile. She was a little nervous, a ring from the sky is floating in front of her, but she had faith in the green hero. Holding out her hand, the ring took a hold of her.
"Mary of Earth, you inspire great Hope." The Ring spoke. "Welcome to the Blue Lanterns."
"You did this?" She asked in wonder.
"Me?" He asked with false innocence. "I'm not the one that just inspired over a thousand people to stop dwelling on the past and fearing the future. I'm not the one that just gave people hope."
Hesitantly, she held her hand out for the ring to latch on to. She was engulfed in a bright blue light before she was transformed. Her clothes were now a copy of Beast Boys, though instead of purple, it was a light blue.
Mary looked at Beast Boy with a soft smile. Whether from the green teens efforts or because of the ring, she felt hope. Hope that she could do something with her life, that she would be remembered. Mary latched onto the hero, giving him a bear hug.
"Thank you Beast Boy." She whispered before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to have my adventure now!"
Beast Boy watched as the newest heroine flew off, silently wishing her the best. He was sure that she would do great things for the world, this one and the others in the infinite cosmos.
If nothing else Mary, I'll remember you. He mentally promised.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw a green streak heading towards him from the sky.
"Beast Boy of Earth, you have overcome great fear." The green ring spoke. "Welcome to the Green lanterns."
"I keep telling you all that I'm green enough!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "Fine someone else!" He turned to leave but stopped. "And tell the other Lantern Corps. to stop sending rings after me! I've got a shoe box full of them, I don't need anymore in the collection." Well that wasn't true, he didn't have an Orange one. Nor a Black and White, but he wasn't touching life or death.
Turning into a bird, the teen flew off into sky to finish patrol.
Back at the Tower, the Titans were in a state of shock. They had caught the News of their teammate and the girl named Mary. It was...shocking to say the least.
"D-Did that just happen?" Cyborg asked in confusion.
"Did Beast Boy just turn a suicidal girl into a space cop, yes." Raven stated, even she couldn't be monotonous in the situation.
"And he just turned down being a space cop." Cyborg stated more than asked.
"After admitting that it wasn't the first time." Raven continued.
"Friends, we no so little about our friend." Starfire stated.
"Too true." Robin stated. "We need to fix that."
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