A/N: Wow look at me, back here again a year later! It always frustrated me when my favorite writers took months to put out new content or chapters and yet here I am being one of those writers! So I want to say I'm extremely sorry about how long it takes me to put out new content, life happens unfortunately and sometimes I just run out of ideas. I just finished my 3rd year of college and it's now summer so hopefully that will give me some time to write. I will be posting 2 chapters and if I'm being totally honest, these were written about 3 months ago I just wasn't sure if I wanted to post them (don't hate me!). I reread them and decided why not? so here they are, I hope you enjoy. I'm going to try and write some new stuff soon as well!
"Beastboy? Can you hear me?" Beastboy's mind was spinning and for a moment he wasn't sure what was going on. It all came back to him though as he heard the sound of Terra's voice. His limbs tingled but he was no longer in pain. He slowly began to open his eyes, letting the blinding florescent lights fill his vision. "Beastboy! Take it slow now, you have to get used to the world without your powers." Terra helped him sit up in the chair, his arms and legs no longer strapped down. As his vision cleared Beastboy immediately noticed how dulled his senses were. As Beastboy he had acquired heightened hearing, sight, and smell because of the animal genes that ran through him. He felt a little cold too, not accustomed to the lack of fine green hair that used to coat his entire body. With his vision restored he held out his hands in front of him only to be shocked at the complete lack of green pigment in his skin. He ran his hand along his lips and felt the absence of a fang poking out. "Here." Terra handed Beastboy a mirror.
Beastboy didn't recognize himself at all. In the mirror was a pale boy with shaggy blonde hair and bright blue eyes. It still sort of looked like him, but without some of his characteristic green skin, fang, and pointy ears he felt he looked completely… normal. That was the point though, wasn't it? And yet he couldn't help feeling extremely uncomfortable. Realizing how long he must have been staring at himself in the mirror, Beastboy decided to make light of the situation.
"Hey I know was pretty good-looking before but now… hot damn!" Terra let out a giggle that instantly brightened Beastboy's mood. She always laughed at his jokes no matter how corny they were, something the other Titans never did.
"What should I call you?" Beastboy was confused for a moment and it must have reflected on his face. "You're no longer Beastboy so what should I call you?" Beastboy thought for a moment back to a time when he was very young in Africa with his scientist parents.
"Garfield. Garfield Logan." Terra smirked at the name.
"What is this, the 70s?" Beastboy's now pale cheeks turned bright red.
"It's my actual name… I wasn't born like this… like that … you know?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. Garfield. It's kinda cute. I can't help but imagining you as a certain orange cat though! I think I'll go with Gar though." Terra stood and extended her hand out to him. "Let's go."
"Alright, where?"
"I'll take you to my home for now and then maybe we can get you enrolled at my high school?"
"Oh right… I forgot being normal means going to school…" The two walked out of the strange building into the bright light of the sun outside. "Whoa… how long was I out?"
"Just for the night, c'mon." Terra led Garfield into a small black Mazda.
"This is yours?"
"I have to get around somehow, right?"
"I guess … but how did you get it?"
"It was a gift from Mr. Wilson, I'll introduce you to him when we get to the apartment." Beastboy cautiously got into the passenger seat of the car. His head was practically spinning now, everything was happening so fast.
"Terra, wait a minute, I need some explanations. So much… I don't even know where to begin. I need answers I guess. Like how are you alive? I know I saw you two years ago but even then you never told me what happened. How are you not stone anymore?" Terra sighed and turned the car off and turned slightly to face Garfield.
"I don't really know to be honest. I remember caving in Slade's hideout and I blacked out and then it felt like seconds and I was awake again but everyone was gone. I didn't understand it either and I was scared and I wanted to find you but he … Mr. Wilson … he found me first. He told me everything. He said that I had been turned to stone and was like that for almost a year. Then the world almost ended and everyone else turned to stone and Mr. Wilson thinks that when Raven reversed everyone else turning to stone it worked on me to. He knows a lot about me and about the Teen Titans. He told me he had always been a big fan and wrote stories about you guys although I've never read them.
"Anyways, I told him how I hated my powers and he told me he had a cure. It worked and I was normal again and could go to school so I did. I wasn't ready to face you or the Titans when you saw me those years ago. I wanted to start completely over, you know? I've been watching you all lately though and I noticed how little the team seemed to care about you. I thought that maybe you want to join me and be normal too, and I was right." Garfield sat quietly thinking over everything she had said. Somehow Raven had saved Terra without knowing it. Gar could only imagine the look on Raven's face if she knew that she was the reason Terra was back, Raven never liked Terra. Garfield could understand that Terra would want some time to herself to start her life over but was shocked to hear that she still thought about him.
"Ok explain to me who this Mr. Wilson guy is?" Terra looked away and started the car preparing to head to the apartment.
"He's kind of like my guardian now I guess. He found me and he took me in and he helped me cope with not having powers. He let me live with him in his apartment and buys food for us. He's very caring and it was a little weird at first but now he's kind of become like a father to me. I think you'll like him, he can be a little shy but he's really a nice guy. I think he knew someone who had powers because he really seems to understand what it's like to have superpowers." Garfield got a weird feeling about the guy but decided not to say anything. Terra trusted him and she had been living with him for nearly two years so he couldn't be that dangerous. It wasn't long before the car pulled into an underground parking garage. Once they parked Terra led Garfield to an elevator which took them up several floors. Terra led him into a surprisingly large apartment. Gar recognized immediately it was one of the upscale apartments in the center of Jump City that was generally lived in by wealthy businessmen. "It's nice right? Here, I'll show you to your room." Terra led Garfield down a small hallway with two doors on each side. "The first door on the right is the bathroom and the second is Mr. Wilson's room. Mine is the last on the left so you will be staying this one, it used to be the guest room but it's yours now." Terra opened the door to a modest bedroom. The room furnished only a small twin bed and a wooden dresser. "Feel free to make it like home."
"Home." The word felt weird in his mouth. Surely he couldn't just abandon the Titans like this? Yet he had pretty much already sealed his fate by accepting the cure to his powers. He wasn't sure he could really call this home though, something about the place felt cold and uninviting. There was no family here, no warmth like he felt when he was at the tower. He didn't think he could back out now though and would have to settle with this fate. "But what about my stuff? I have to go back and get it and I should at least say goodbye to the others." Terra had a look like she tasted something sour but quickly replaced it with a smile.
"Of course we can go back and get your stuff, just not right this moment ok? How about you sit down and relax a bit so that you can process everything that's going on. I'll make us some pancakes, ok?" Garfield nodded and turned to enter his room. He heard the door close softly behind him as he sat down on the bed. What had he done?