So... Trump is now President... can't say I'm not surprised really. The press always seems to underestimate the power of the majority vote.
It was a somewhat tough choice for me when I voted, but I ended up voting for Trump. No, it's not because I'm a redneck. Or a sexist. Or whatever. Seriously, you think some of what he said is bad, I listened to my football buddies spout worse things than you could imagine.
To be honest, I'm kind of sick of what the democratic party has done as of late. And that of politicians in general. I just couldn't take any more of their wasting my tax dollars. So now I'm curious to see what a Republican government headed by a business owner ends up doing. Hopefully not crash us into the ground. Otherwise, I'm sorry I didn't vote for Hillary. Enough of that though, I have some fanfiction to write for you guys!
Just a warning, this chapter does get a little dark at the end. Don't say I didn't warn you all. Also, just a small reminder, remember to leave those reviews with those ideas of yours. I have an idea of what I want to do after this particular arc of the story, but it's like a one chapter idea. So I need more!
Mailbox Time! (decided to go all bold this time)
Captain Ea Rayos: Yep, I wanted to make it interesting. I didn't want to make them seem invulnerable after all.
Foamsatmouth: ... Foamy, you really didn't want to tell me that. Seriously, I dedicate this chapter to you.
Adrinsane: Imagine the meme with the guy raising his hands up like 'whoa, we have a whatever over here.' That was my reaction to seeing this review. I'm sorry, I wanted to explain why I did it earlier, but your PM messaging was disabled. So here it is. We know Beast Boy still held feelings for Terra. Things Change clearly showed that. It was supposed to help him grow up though, and let go of his childhood crush. So I wanted to put her in, because for Beast Boy to really grow up, I wanted him to move past those feelings. Or put them to rest. The timing, just coincided with the trap that Zatanna and the mystery villain set for him. So I'm sorry. And I do hope you continue to read this story. :)
Dark Azarathian: Hope I updated fast enough! I'd hate to see one of my fans die on me :). Yep, figure people would love the review reply. That's why I do it. And boy, do I hope he survives.
Azarath Cat: Don't worry, I think I show hints of it happening this chapter. As to what Wonder Woman does, I'll have to look it up. That might be just what I need. Thanks!
swemanD47: You know what, those two words, perfectly describe the catastrophe of the last chapter. I wonder what two words you would use to describe this chapter?
Golem XIV: You know, when Starfire finally comes to, there will be hell to pay. I'm not sure if this was what you were expecting next...
alfred19: Trust me when I say this, I am looking forward to a rematch between those two.
Kurokawa Kazunari: Um... well... (pulls collar) that might be a little hard to do at the moment... heh... heh... I hope no flames come from this one...
Bluedog197: Last chapter, I brought you joy. This chapter, brings me nothing but tears. And by Azar, I hope you can find it in your soul to forgive me for this one.
RPGPersona: Rude is an interesting character. She's also my favorite for some reason. Ah, mold. It was in my bathroom recently, and it sparked this idea. Plus, it felt good seeing Wonder Woman knocked down a notch. I imagine Raven got to a part where there was only one way to run for a while before she noticed at the first intersection there. Plus, like I said, Mento was a careful guy. He'd have something in place to keep other physics and mindreaders from being able to read the place. I do not think this bodes well for Beast Boy. At all.
HornedGoddess: I'm just going to say yep to all of those things. Because I agreed with every one.
P.S. to everyone: I normally say to enjoy the chapter at the end, but for this one... I'd rather not. For very obvious reasons.
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Chapter Twenty-Two: The Beast's Sorrow
Beast Boy let out a small groan. One feeling seemed to be overriding his mind as he finally came to.
Pain.
So much freaking pain.
As a hero, it was such a familiar feeling for him. Since he had to deal with it on a daily basis.
But not when it was everywhere on his body. No, he was used to it in spots. On his torso. His arms and legs. His neck. And his head maybe. But not all of those spots and more at once. Not for a long time in his memories...
'What the hell happened to me?...'
Beast Boy brought a hand up to a spot on his forehead that hurt. Only to feel something soft, yet rough at the same time. He felt it for a little while longer.
'Is that… gauze?' He questioned to himself. Had he hit his head on something? But then he felt lower, over the many spots that hurt, and found more bandaging on him. It was around his chest, his sides, spots on his legs, even on his arms. He must have been beat up really good.
'Why am I all bandaged up?'
Beast Boy slowly tried to blink open his eyes. But grimaced at the bright light that assaulted him each time he tried to open his eyes. He had to have been out for some time.
He tried to use his nose to sniff out where he was, only to find it was... dampened. He couldn't exactly not smell, but it was like he couldn't… smell. He was confused by his own logic there. His nose scrunched up in confusion.
'Why isn't my nose working? And again, what the hell happened?!'
Finding his other senses weren't working all that well either, he tried to get his eyes to open again. Even though it was like a thousand needles were being poked into his eyes all at once. He felt an incredible headache forming as he tried to see. He even let out a slight groan or two in pain.
Yet he persevered, since he wanted to tell if he could at least see. Since his sense of hearing, and his sense of smell were dampened.
And then the pain started to lessen. And Beast Boy was gradually able to open his eyes to the light bit by bit. It was odd, his vision had never seemed this blurry to him before… not for a long time. He blinked his green eyes a couple times to clear out the blurriness.
And then he was finally able to see.
He was facing a white tiled wall.
Beast Boy jumped off the bed in shock at the sight. A random memory passed through his brain. And he quickly looked around himself, afraid that he was back in the past.
But the action of getting up so quickly caused him to stumble from lightheadedness and pain. His eyes unfocused to everything around him as he almost fell back onto what he had been lying on. If not for his hand managing to grab onto it as his body leaned forward, he would have hit his head against that tiled wall.
He was breathing in and out quickly, his fear starting to get to him. They were going to be there soon. They were going to work on him all over again. They were going to poke him with those needles… to force him to transform over and over again… to shock him...
Beast Boy almost screamed as he realized something was around his neck. 'No, it can't be! I can't be back there again, not now!'
In his panic, he tried to blindly stumble in the way he thought the exit was. His fight and flight instincts the only thing guiding his actions…
Kazap!
Only to stumble into something quite shocking.
"OW!... Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! ****er!" Beast Boy exclaimed as he gripped his face. Another pain to add to the list of things he was enduring now. Now he could smell burnt skin, since it was right by his nose.
At least he found his nose was still working. Just not as good as before.
He rubbed his head, trying to calm himself down of the fears racing through his mind. And after he had gathered enough courage, he finally opened them.
There was white tile beneath his feet. He had to swallow a gulp at the sight.
Slowly, he looked up.
About one foot in front of him was a series of electrical currents. Formed like the bars of a cage.
He looked to the left, and then to the right, seeing how they came out of the walls.
There was no bed with straps on it behind him. No wall covered with endless medical instruments or his blood. No scent of antibacterial disinfectants or anything of the sort. And beyond the bars was the darkness of the room.
He wasn't in that place anymore. He hadn't been there for a long time.
Beast Boy breathed a sigh of relief as he relaxed against a wall. 'I'm not in that hospital. The place was destroyed by the Doom Patrol when they rescued me years ago… I'll never be back there again.'
He allowed himself a moment to be relieved. When he seemed to realize the significance of the coils of energy in front of him. 'I'm not in a hospital… I'm in a cell. I'm in their cell.'
He looked around again, and saw that his assumption was right. Even though he didn't remember the walls or the floors being white, there was the small bunk bed on the side he had been laid on. The sink and toilet were in the corner. And that energy field in front of him… had to be a level four containment field.
It was the Doom Patrol's containment cell for metahumans.
Beast Boy took a look around, knowing the Doom Patrol had only one of these. So he expected Raven to be with him, after whatever had happened. Maybe she might have been meditating in the corner.
She wasn't there. 'Maybe all the noise I made annoyed her?' He thought to himself. But when he looked around the cell, he saw no sign of her at all.
Beast Boy tried to shift into a bloodhound to see if he could catch her scent. His thoughts being maybe he could see if she had been in there with him. But he couldn't morph...
Meaning the thing around his neck…
Beast Boy tried to morph into an elephant. And found that his DNA wasn't changing into that of one. He then tried a hummingbird. A trapdoor spider. A lion. A wolf. A bear. And finally a T Rex.
He was still himself. He even looked down at himself just to make sure. And though he had gauze over many parts of his body, some of which was stained red, he could still see his green hands. And his normal uniform in the parts the gauze didn't cover.
A brief memory of this situation came up before. It had been one of the failsafes Mento had developed for them in case they went rogue. Though his idea had also been replicated for criminals in a high security prison. The first person he had tested it on, had been him. Just to make sure, he walked over to the mirror above the sink so he could see it. Shining black, made of metal, with lights on the side indicating how many powers were being suppressed. Two.
His morphing abilities. And his heightened senses. It was a suppression collar.
'Great, now I don't know where Raven is, I can't use my powers because of this suppression collar, and my freaking senses are on pause… damn, what happened to me yesterday?' He thought to himself.
He tried to get himself to remember. He really did. Only, he scowled internally as his head seemed to ache even more from trying to remember. All he was getting was a blur of something rocky in his vision.
'I don't even know what happened to Raven. We must have been separated in the halls, yeah, that has to be it. She must have gotten herself to safety while I held the others off… I hope she's alright?'
He lied himself back down on the bed. All the thinking as of late was really starting to grate on him. So he closed his eyes.
And he started to wait...
…
He waited. Even though he didn't know what time it was…
...
He waited. Even though he didn't remember fully what had happened…
...
He waited. Even as he went over the ambush again and again in his mind.
…
'So we were ambushed outside the headquarters, and we were trying to get away by the emergency route… but we never made it because…'
…
'What happened after that? Who were we attacked by? It wasn't Wonder Woman or Superboy, so who was it? And why was I bandaged up after it?'
…
'Why can't I remember?!'
…
He waited. Even as that question swirled in his mind.
...
Creakkkkkkk!
After a long moment, he heard a door creak open outside his cell at last. Even though his sense of hearing was dampened, he was still barely able to hear it. He got up from off his bed immediately and stared past the electric coils at the dark room outside his cell.
He studied the figure approaching, trying to identify who it was. She was surrounded by darkness, and seemed to be holding a tray of some sort in her hands. There wasn't really any light in the room beyond the cell. Besides a dim working light here and there. And without his night vision, he couldn't tell who it was.
The figure passed under a faint light about ten feet away, making her full head of hair glow a pure yellow, yet still hiding her face. Yet Beast Boy almost gasped in surprise as it stirred up something in his memory. The memory of an intersection, where he had seen that same streak of yellow.
'What?'
And then Terra stopped just one foot outside of his cell. The light of it illuminating her features. Beast Boy's brain seemed to stop as he saw a blast from the past.
She was still in the same uniform she had worn as a Teen Titan. From the black shirt with the T on it, the tan shorts, the brown gloves and boots, even the goggles she had resting on her head were the same.
She was holding a tray in her hands, with what looked like an apple and a bowl of oatmeal on it. She also had a smile on her face that didn't look like her original at all. It was almost like it was forced or something.
"So you're finally awake BB. Good to see." She said, as she stared at his shocked form through the coils. His mouth agape.
"But... but… how?!" Beast Boy gasped out. How was she there? How was she not stone?
What happened before?
Terra shook her head. "Don't tell me you already forgot BB. Though I could understand. I did hit you on the head pretty hard and all that." She said in a casual tone.
Beast Boy brought his hand up to his head at that. He felt the bump again, and that blurry thing in his memory cleared a little. All those rocks… the one that had slipped past his arms as he begged.
His eyes widened, and anger appeared on his face. "You attacked me!"
Terra rolled her eyes. "More like, you begged me to attack you."
Beast Boy didn't say anything to that, as he had a small look of confusion. Terra smiled. "Shocked? I would be too. It's not everyday you just follow someone into a trap." Terra said in the same tone.
Beast Boy's face drew a blank. "What are you talking about?"
Terra let out a mocking sigh. "And to think, you two had been so close to getting away. Oh, oh, so close."
Beast Boy growled. He didn't know why. He should have been trying to convince her to let him out. To be his friend again. To be something more... But some things didn't add up in his mind. Why was she there, outside of his cell, holding his food?
Mocking him.
"Poor, poor BB. Don't tell me that you can't even remember. After you were so eager to see me. To hold me in those foolish, small boyish arms of yours." Terra mocked again.
…
…
Beast Boy's brain seemed to finally catch up to what she said. And then his mind clicked.
He saw the moment he left Raven, up to when he had entered his room after Terra. He had rushed to her, all caught up in the moment... or what he had thought had been a moment. When she suddenly turned on him and attacked.
He saw what happened after that. Up until the point where he was begging for her to stop… only for a rock to hit him in the head. And for his whole world to black out.
"Ahhh, so the idiot boy finally remembers." Terra said in a mocking voice as his face changed to one of realization.
Beast Boy heard her words, her tone of voice... And then he lit up.
"You… you… ****ing bitch!"
Terra raised an eyebrow at his language. "You made me abandon Raven in the hallway! You led me to my room just so you could ambush me! And after all I did for you before you turned to stone! After trying so hard to find a way to bring you back along with the others! I thought you were my best friend! I thought you actually liked me! What the hell!" Beast Boy shouted in an enraged tone at her.
Terra stayed still for a moment, as Beast Boy breathed in and out angrily. And then she started to laugh, much to his astonishment. "I didn't make you abandon that witch BB. You did that all by yourself. As to me liking you, well, that is debatable."
Beast Boy seethed in his cell. "And you had these walls painted, just to bring up that horrible memory for me!? Didn't you!?" He shouted at her.
Terra shrugged at that accusation. "I could have been cruel and had all the medical instruments up. But I figure after what is going to happen to you later, I could grant you some small form of mercy. After all, I was supposed to end you in that room, yet Blue Beetle had the gall to interrupt me before I finished you." She said in that same casual boring tone of hers.
If Beast Boy hadn't had the collar, he might have transformed into a T Rex on the spot. "Why are you even here?! To make fun of me?! To mock me!? You already betrayed me! And apparently you tried to kill me! You even tried to bring up bad memories from my past!? So what is it Terra!?"
Terra looked at the food on the tray. "I was told that I was supposed to feed you. But if you don't want it." She trailed off, as she stared at the apple.
Beast Boy turned around in his cell. Putting his back to her. "I don't want anything from you."
Terra shrugged. "Whatever you say BB." She turned around to walk out, since she had no job to do in there after all. She was already grabbing the apple off the tray.
"And stop ****ing calling me that! I hate that nickname!" Beast Boy shouted after her retreating form. She simply laughed, as she brought the apple to her mouth and took a bite out of it.
"Alright BB, I'll stop." She said with a full mouth, as she went out into the hallway laughing.
'ERGH!' Beast Boy jumped at the field containing him in a blind rage. Causing it to shock him over and over again. He had to bite his tongue to keep himself from screaming from the pain. But Terra still laughed as the door closed behind her.
Beast Boy screamed in anger as he took his anger to the walls around him. Beating his fists into the white tile over and over again. He caused a few to crack in some places, while others were simply dyed red from his hands. But he didn't feel the pain. He was too angry to feel something as simple as that anymore.
'I was an idiot! I was a freaking moron! I was a stupid stupid jackass! AUGH! Why did I have to fall for that stupid trap of hers!? Why did I have to abandon Raven to the others!? Why did I have to chase after her because I thought I still liked her!? Why!? Why!? WHY?!' He shouted mentally to himself as anger coursed through his veins. Making him beat on the walls even harder than before. His hands were dangerously close to breaking.
'Master.'
Beast Boy suddenly stopped. Literally. His whole body froze up. As if it was no longer under his control. He was able to tell why immediately.
'Beast! What the hell are you doing!?'
'I am keeping you from hurting us anymore than what you already have.' The Beast said in a simple grim tone, as he made his host's body move from the now red stained wall back to the bed. He tore some gauze from off his arm to wrap around his bruised and bleeding fingers in the process.
'We have to get out! We have to find Raven! And we have to make that traitorous bitch pay for what she did!' Beast Boy shouted in a frenzy as a prisoner inside his mind.
'And you want to make us break our paws in the process! You want to make us as useless in a fight as your average cub to get out! Is that what you're trying to tell me master!? IS THAT IT!?' The Beast roared at the end.
The Beast in Beast Boy's body laid back down on the bed. With Beast Boy now silent inside his own mind.
'You say you want revenge! You say you want payback against the blonde one! And yet you were the one who abandoned our mate to the enemy! You were the one who foolishly ignored me as you chased after the object of your fantasies and not the object of your reality! You were the one who didn't fight back when the blonde one turned on us! You were the one that let her beat the living nature out of us! And you were the one who got us locked in here, declawed, and unable to protect our mate!'
'Shut up! Just shut up!'
'No, not this time master! You went too far this time! Now not only have you endangered us, but you might as well have wrapped our mate up in sage leaves and left her in front of the den to our enemies for all the good it would have done! So listen to me master! And listen well! This, is, all, your, FAULT!'
…
'But… but…' Beast Boy tried to defend himself.
'No master. Just… stop. You've made so many mistakes as of late. I can't listen to you try and defend yourself from another one.'
'Wait, Beast, I'm sorry.'
'Too little, too late master…'
…
'Beast-'
'You know, I actually thought that we had finally been getting closer to our mate master. You were actually being a little more mature, while still staying true to yourself… you were actually becoming something more in my eyes, and in hers... but I guess I was proven wrong.'
'But… but…'
'You let yourself become too serious master, to the point where you pushed our mate into perilous danger with your rash decisions. You ignored her concerns for the sake of a mission that turned out to be a trap. And even after all the maturing you've done, you still went after what you thought was the easy path… and got us captured for it.'
'Wait, I can still get us out of this! I mean, all I have to do is… um… uh…'
The Beast sighed in defeat inside his mind. Sounding just like a breeze in the air. 'Just face it master. Even now, you fail to see what the biggest issue is. You became serious at last, but not where it mattered. You turned yourself into your former leader without you even knowing it… and you went after the blonde one… even though she isn't really the blonde one… even now you can't tell... I can't… I just can't.'
Beast Boy felt the Beast's large presence fading. Giving him control of his body again. Yet he kept on retreating deep into his mind.
'Wait, Beast! You can't leave me now! We need to think of a way out! We need to find Rae and get away! And what did you mean that wasn't really her!? That sure looked a hell of a lot like Terra to me!'
It was almost as if he could see the Beast's white eyes staring at him in that moment. 'And you still don't see… My only duty was to protect our mate… that was all she had assigned to me… I took it gladly… willingly... and now… I have failed.' The Beast said with a whimper.
And then Beast Boy felt him disappear into the deep recesses of his mind.
'Wait, Beast! Beast!... …'
'BBBBEEEEAAAASSSSTTTTT!'
In the real world, Beast Boy suddenly felt the pain in his hands. And he clamped his mouth shut as he wanted to scream again. Scream in pain, loneliness, fear, and… despair.
'I'm sorry… I'm sorry… please come back Beast… please… I'll find a way out of this, I'll find a way to find Raven… I'll even try some meat for you, I promise! Just please don't leave me alone now! I need your help too!' Beast Boy mentally pleaded. Not wanting him to leave for once.
Beast Boy laid back on the bed. Curling up into a ball, as he fought to keep the tears from his eyes. His stomach growled, adding to the gloom settling over his spirit. Maybe he should have just accepted the food when he had the chance.
He remembered the time the Beast had said he should try being more serious. That he should try being his true self around Raven more often. Hadn't he done that? Hadn't he matured to be what she would be attracted to?
Hadn't he been his true self this whole time?
'Why?' Beast Boy thought in misery to himself.
He didn't know how long it would be until he got his answer.
Two hours later
Creakkkkkkk!
The door creaked open again, yet the green form on the bed hardly budged from its ball. And it was to only look up at the door with sad eyes to see who it was.
Two figures, both tall, one walking, and the other floating, were heading towards his cell. The one who was floating also had bright green eyes shining in the darkness. He recognized her, but didn't even blink in acknowledgement.
The two both passed under a light, revealing the duo. Yet Beast Boy put his head back down on the bed, not caring about them. Even though one had been his former teammate and friend. And the other looked to be still pissed after what she went through before. He didn't care.
He just laid in his bed, silent, as the two figures stopped in front of the coils of his cell. It was a small moment before the pissed off lady spoke.
"Get up." Wonder Woman's authoritative voice commanded.
Beast Boy only continued to look at the wall. His eyes disinterested in everything around him.
"Get up!" Wonder Woman shouted this time.
Beast Boy still didn't move. He was hoping she'd give up and leave him alone soon, so he curled tighter into his ball…
Bzzzzt!
Beast Boy suddenly rolled off his bed onto the ground in pain. As he felt what felt like a thousand volts jolting through into his body through his neck. He kept his mouth tightly shut though to block the scream, and when it was over, he looked up to see a smirking Wonder Woman. And a very smily Starfire, but not good smily, evil smily. His face was a blank mask.
"When I say get up, I mean, get, up!" Wonder Woman shouted at him.
He shaking got up from off the ground to continue looking at her. His jaw set.
"Alright, man." Wonder Woman spat the word with disgust. "This is how it's going to go. I have a couple questions for you, and you will tell me everything you do know about them. You will follow my instructions to the letter." She lifted a remote in her hand. "Otherwise, I will put you through what Superboy had to endure at your hands… over, and over, and over again...
"Until you speak."
Beast Boy remained silent. Only choosing to glare at the woman.
"Is that clear?"
Beast Boy barely moved his head up and down. Wonder Woman took it as a yes. And began.
"First off, why were you and the demoness venturing around in the old headquarters of the Doom Patrol? We've received no activity from them as of late. So why?" Wonder Woman demanded.
Beast Boy remained silent.
Bzzzzt!
"AUGH!" Beast Boy screamed in pain as he fell to one knee.
"Answer me you disgusting piece of filth! What were you doing in there!?" Wonder Woman shouted at him.
Beast Boy coughed a little bit, as he lifted his head up. "I… was… doing… your mom." He said in a bitter tone of voice with no trace of humor at all.
"Wrong answer."
Bzzzzzzt!
Wonder Woman watched as Beast Boy writhed on the ground this time, biting his tongue and filling his mouth with the metallic taste of his blood to contain another scream. Her eyes were menacing at the insult he had done.
She waited a moment more for him to recover.
"How about this then, where is your current hideout?" Wonder Woman asked in a bitter voice.
Beast Boy smirked on the ground. "It's in my pants. Want to try and find it?"
In all honesty, he had been telling the truth there. But unfortunately, Wonder Woman didn't believe him.
Bzzzzzzzzzt!
"Alright then, how about this, where is the demoness hiding?!" Wonder Woman demanded.
Beast Boy looked up at her, his eyes narrow slits. "She's a half demoness you ignorant bitch." He spat out.
Wonder Woman threateningly hovered her finger over the button again. And Beast Boy stared at it, then back to her. "You have five seconds you green boy, or else I will simply turn this interrogation into a torture session." Wonder Woman said venomously. Starfire was glaring from the side.
"Where is the bitch who tried to take my fiance from me!?" Starfire demanded.
Beast Boy looked at her for a second, before he spoke. "Do you really think that Raven would have as horrible of a taste for men as you Star?" He asked.
Wonder Woman didn't even stop Starfire from grabbing the remote.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
"AUGH! OW! OW! MOMMY!" Beast Boy screamed out in pain as Starfire had increased the shock output.
"Fiance Richard is ten times the man you will ever be former friend Beast Boy! Now tell me, where in X'hal's name is the demonic bitch who tried to seduce my glorious Richard away from me!? Tell me now!" Starfire shouted venomously through the electric coils in front of her.
Once the shock stopped, Beast Boy let out a sigh of defeat. "I don't know where she is."
Bzzzzt!
"Liar! Where is she!?" Starfire shouted again.
Beast Boy, after the pain went away slightly, laughed sadly and brokenly at that through the pain. "How would I know? I don't even know how long I've been out. For all I know, she could be halfway across the U.S. by now." Beast Boy said in a sad tone.
Bzzzzt!
"You will stop this lying now! Now tell me! WHERE! IS! SHE!" Starfire screamed in rage.
…
Beast Boy stayed silent on the ground for a moment. As the two heroines glared down at him.
Finally, he spoke. "Go to hell."
The two heroines remained still for a moment. Then Starfire turned the shock level to max.
BBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTT!
"AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Beast Boy screamed in agony in his cell. As Starfire kept her finger firmly pressed down on the button that was shocking Beast Boy.
His body started to spasm on the ground. As the electricity made him lose control of his motor skills. His heart started to beat eratically inside his chest. And it was becoming almost impossible for him to breathe.
For a moment, he actually thought he was finally going to die.
Finally, the shock going through his body stopped. And he laid on the ground panting. The two heroines looked down at him in distaste.
"This is useless. Once Zatanna and Robin get here tomorrow, there will be no way for you to keep your secrets from us. So spare yourself the pain, and tell us, where is the demoness is hiding." Wonder Woman spoke in a calm voice.
Beast Boy sadly shook his head. "How many times do I have to tell you!? I don't know! Okay! We got separated! I followed Terra to a room! And Terra almost beat me half to death with a giant rock! That's the last thing I remember! I swear!" He yelled at them.
That again, wasn't the right answer.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
Beast Boy screamed in misery. At least the level had been lowered again. But Wonder Woman's cold voice seemed to resonate in his head. As she shocked him.
"Where is she?!"
"I don't know!"
Bzzzzzzt!
"You will tell me now!"
Bzzzzzzzzzt!
"Even if I knew, I would never tell you! She is ten times the heroine you could ever be!"
… Was it just him, or did Wonder Woman's eyes widen slightly at that phrase. Before he could think on it though, her eyes became cold again.
"Then this has just become a torture session until you finally decide to tell us the truth." Wonder Woman said in a cold grave voice.
Beast Boy wanted to say he was, but wasn't able to say it in time.
Bzzzzt!
"AUGHHH!"
Bzzzzzzzzzt!
"AAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…" Beast Boy continued to scream in misery. The two heroines alternating turns on shocking the green boy.
On a camera with a blinking red light in the corner of the cell, the two heroes watching the session could only stare in horror at the screen.
"What the hell…" Blue Beetle said to himself.
'This is… mildly disturbing, even for me.' Blue Beetle's scarab said to his brain. Blue Beetle could only nod in shock.
Superboy only continued to stare coldly at the screen. Though he also had a frown on his face. He seemed to be in deep thought as he watched. The two continued to watch in silence for a little bit.
"I thought we were supposed to be the heroes." Superboy finally said.
"We are, I mean, we're supposed to be, aren't we?" Blue Beetle asked.
Superboy only continued to frown at the screen. "Heroes aren't supposed to torture villains." He said to himself.
The two said nothing after that, as the camera continued to watch as Beast Boy screamed and flailed on the ground. While the two heroines in the room watched with distaste.
The torture session lasted for one whole hour. With Wonder Woman and Starfire putting him just on the brink of death, before allowing him to recover. And starting the process all over again. His body smoked, and his hair looked like a bird's nest. He was sure to be suffering from all sorts of different things. Yet all he could do was scream.
When Wonder Woman and Starfire finally stopped, his throat had been raw from screaming. Some of his wounds from earlier had opened up, coloring much of the gauze on his body in a dry red. And yet he hadn't said one word the whole time. All he had done was scream. Scream from the agony he was feeling.
"Weak pathetic fool. You should have just told us the truth." Wonder Woman muttered under her breath. They looked down at his weak form with hate, and then walked out of the room. Both unsatisfied with what they had been able to learn. Which had been nothing.
Beast Boy didn't notice, as he laid down on the ground. Silently crying to himself from all the pain and fear that was coursing through his body. His body was taut, his fingers shaking, as if waiting for the electricity to run through them again.
He thought he had known pain before, but it was nothing compared to now. With everything topped with a deep fear and loneliness. Along with a sense of weakness.
In just one hour, his walls of pride had been crushed. And everything he feared was unleashed into his mind. All he knew now was pain. And that pain, along with his surroundings. The blood stained walls, the white tiled floors. Helped to bring out a suppressed memory in his mind.
As he cried himself to sleep on that cold tiled floor.
'Raven… where are you?' Beast Boy thought sadly to himself, as he succumbed to his nightmares.
In a corner, a black shadow raven popped from the ground. And looked with four beady red eyes at his curled up form. It let out one small screech, before it stealthily moved into Beast Boy's shadow.
Author's Notes:
… … … What the hell did I just write?... ...
I think this might shock a few people. Do not take the pun in that sentence, please. Just… yeah, just wait till the next chapter. I swear I didn't mean to make this one so dark.
Till Next Time
Allen
