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Anyway; I thought I should point out a song I used a lot was TRON-The Game Has Changed and I find it fitting in the beginning where Raven wakes up. I love my soundtrack music.
Also! WARNING WARNING WARNING (did I get your attention); I hope so. This chapter is very violent, unlike any other chapter I have written before. If this bothers you then I would advise you not to read this one. Not that I don't want you too…but the warning is there.
Anyway, like always, I don't own anything but Elsa and any other character I make up.
Puppy Love 10
Raven felt her arm pound, and her head spun as if getting off the tilt-a-whirl. Landing on the ground she clutched her arm, feeling the throbbing of her heart speed up with violent pulses. She had dropped the pup just a moment ago, not feeling herself… The paper of where Elsa was supposed to be returned was on the ground; she was no longer able to hold things since she could only ball her fists. Raven fell to the floor, feeling heat spread over her body. She was on fire, she felt like she was burning from the inside. Letting out a yell of pain she doubled over and put her head on the cool cement, her hair falling in her eyes. She could feel something crack inside, then something else. She began to feel tears slide down her face. They were involuntary, just coming along with the pain. Closing her eyes she felt it sting, then her ears began to ring and ring until she swore she was going to go deaf. Raven was scared. No, terrified. She was dying, she could feel it. But the pain suddenly stopped and she took in a deep breath. Then another, and another. She could feel the heat suddenly just strip away as if she was stuck in a freezer. Her body felt stiff and what was worse was that everything was so loud. It felt as if she was going through a hangover without the drinks.
That was until she opened her eyes and saw the intense colors. Blinking she looked up and across the way, then something else became noticeable. She could smell…everything. Was that an old burger? She couldn't see it, but it had to be somewhere… She looked around, feeling her senses overwhelm her. Honestly, the first thing she thought of was Spiderman®. It was a comic book/movie series well known in Jump City; all the boys in the tower were obsessed with the movies. Some people even speculate the Marvel comics were in a separate universe as them, saving cities just like the Titans and Justice League. Raven put it out of her mind and stood up. Or tried to.
Blinking she looked down and really just didn't know what to think. There was no thought process on what was going on. She just saw two very large, hairy paws where her hands were supposed to be. This was like one of her bad dreams where she thought she had woken up with her teammate's powers instead of her own. Today seems to be Beast Boy.
"So, you're not going to kill me right?"
Raven looked up to see Elsa sitting in front of her with curious blue eyes. Raven narrowed her own eyes and tried to stand up, but failed. The pup smiled and then laughed as Raven tried and failed again.
Raven growled, "Why…why did you bite me?"
Elsa shook her head, "I didn't have a choice, besides how was I supposed to know dat would happen?"
Raven growled, finding her paw hold and leaped forward, barely missing the pup who jumped away at the last second…Suddenly the ground opened up and Raven felt herself shaking, an earthquake…she couldn't stand…
Raven's eyes snapped open, darkness filling the room, everything shook around her and she quickly got to her paws. Beast Boy who sat a little ways away had woke up as well and he was in his wolf form. Looking toward Raven he cried out, "What's going on?"
Raven shook her head and was about to answer when the plane lurched sideways, sending both titans slamming into one another on the side of the cargo. Raven growled, trying to push away the bags that dared to suffocate her. But soon the plane fell back to normal; that is until it took a small nosedive and both titans slid on the floor toward the mid-section of the plane. There was a wall that divided between them and the passengers aboard and both titans slammed into the wall with a "thud!"
Raven's eyes widened, seeing bags sliding toward them with great speed. But her teammate saw them as well and transformed into a stegosaurus, allowing the bags hit him and he held still, Raven crushed between him and the wall.
With his weight he managed to tip the plane backward, the bags quickly sliding back into place. Beast Boy transformed back into himself and the plane went back to normal and began to shake again. But this time there was noise… it was the sound of people screaming. Raven's ears flicked to the side to hear better, it was a variety of screaming…something was very wrong. The walls were almost soundproof, but above her Raven saw a vent that led to the passenger's side of the plane. She wondered if she could fit in there. It looked just big enough.
Beast Boy looked at Raven who looked back to stare at him as well, from the look she received he must have heard it too...
He could see the look of concern cross her eyes and Beast Boy raced over toward his backpack, grabbing it he threw the bag on his back. Racing back he looked up toward the vent with glazed eyes. Looking to his left than right he spotted a box and dragged it over to where it settled underneath the vent; from there he grabbed it and pulled but to no avail. Beast Boy sighed and transforming into a fly he flew into the inside of the vent. As he landed he sized up the vent before transforming into a wolf, it was a perfect fit. He could hear Raven outside and he saw Violet eyes staring inside at him as she stood on the box, paws up against the vent.
"Watch out." He growled and Raven ducked down. Rolling on his back he transformed into a Joey (baby kangaroo) and slammed his feet into the vent, sending it flying across the room. Flipping over he transformed back into his wolf form and backed up, watching Raven jump and scramble into the vent. That's when Beast Boy realized something, pushing past Raven he leaned down and grabbed the backpack on the box that fell off when he transformed into a fly and put it back on his back. He quickly slid back around Raven who laid in the vent quietly, her ears lowered.
The screams came again and as he moved forward he heard the sound of various crying, begging and other sounds he wished he couldn't. He finally found an exit and peered down below. He mainly just caught snippets of shadows moving, but nothing stood out.
"What did I say? Get down. Face to the floor."
Beast Boy felt his throat tighten and he looked behind to Raven who had just as wide eyes. She blinked then murmured, "this is serious Beast Boy."
Beast Boy nodded and Raven cursed, "If…if I was myself this would be so easy."
Beast boy nodded again but continued to stay silent until he heard sobbing again from below.
"What should I do?" Beast Boy asked, looking for guidance from his teammate.
Raven sighed, "Honestly…I…I'm not sure. Let me think for a moment."
The plane shook and Beast Boy felt his claws scrape at the metal, trying not to hit his head on the ceiling of the vent.
"I don't know how much time we have." Beast Boy growled, annoyance in his tone.
Raven stared at him, "Well, then you figure it out."
Beast Boy lowered his ears and growled, anger boiling in his chest. He swallowed, willing it to go away. He took in breath. Stay in control, everything is alright.
Raven stared at him for a moment as he crouched in the vent thinking. The crying came again.
"Shut up. If the crying does not stop I will blow each of your heads off before you can call your family to tell them you're never coming home."
Beast Boy felt something snap, with energy and strength he didn't even know he had, he transformed back into himself and slammed his fist into the vent exit and it clattered to the ground. A pair of frightened eyes stared at him above as he dropped from the airway. Beast Boy fell to the ground with a 'thump' and crouched down with narrowed eyes. He could feel the fear sink deep in his bones and he looked around for a moment before standing. The man issuing threats was nowhere in sight, but everyone was on the floor, most in a fetal position. A little girl and a little boy sat to his left all alone, they were crying quietly. Beast Boy leaned down and the two kids looked up with red stricken eyes. There was another thump behind him and Raven had joined him in the room. She nosed her way behind him and found her way in front of the crying kids who immediately leaped forward to grab her.
"Puppy!" The little boy cried out in a gurgle and to Beast Boy's surprise Raven sat down and allowed him to hug her with a tight grip. The little girl also crawled forward and grabbed onto Raven, she in turn laid her paw over her shoulder in a sign of comfort.
That's when he realized something; that kid was the same one he picked up earlier. The little boy looked up and smiled, "Beast Boy."
"Hey kid." Beast Boy replied, leaning down to ruffle the kid's hair.
"Where's your mom?"
The little boy pointed his finger. There in the aisle laid a body on the floor. Beast Boy felt his chest tighten and he looked around before racing forward. Bending down he let his hand slide down to her neck, there was a pulse and she was breathing. Beast Boy let out a breath of relief. Raven looked at him and Beast Boy nodded, letting her know she was ok. The shaking started again and a few people around him gasped, a few started to cry.
"Beast Boy!" Someone shouted. Suddenly all eyes were on him and a few more people cried out his name as well. Whelp, nothing like a shouting of a death sentence he thought to himself.
"Thank Heavens we have a Hero on board."
"We're saved!"
"Titan help us!"
Beast Boy lowered his ears, feeling suddenly overwhelmed. He never asked for this. He never wanted this. But he's forced to do something that he's only done once in his life. Something he would prefer to hide inside. Lead. He stood up, a serious tint in his eyes and with a direct tone he growled, "What is going on?"
He could see Raven peeking at him from behind one of the seats with curious violet eyes, the two kids still latched onto her fur with wild eyes. Everyone was silent for a moment, pausing in their cheers… until he heard laughter. It was quiet at first, then it grew. Suddenly above the cheering, above all the shouts there was a sound of continuous, loud clapping and Beast Boy watched a shadow suddenly appear from the corner of the plane. He couldn't see the man's face; it was covered in black cloth. The rest of his body was shielded in silver and black fabric as well-almost in a snake skin texture.
"Oh, thank the stars you are here oh powerful Titan." There was a fit of laughter, "I don't think I could stand going up against this teen titan; I may need some backup. You are so well known…oh wait…no you're not."
The man stepped out of the dark shadow and Beast Boy stared at him, only his green eyes noticed as he cooed, "Oh how precious, you actually act like you can save these people." He cackled for a moment before continuing, "Stop it, they don't deserve false hope like that."
Beast Boy narrowed his eyes and growled, "I'm sure taking out a snake on a plane is easier than you think."
"Oh you are the funny one." The man smiled then sighed in thought; there was a click and Beast Boy felt his heart lurch seeing a gun appear in his hand. There were so many things that happened at once. He remembered moving his feet forward, lurching in attempt to…what? Fly across the room in the speed of light? To be as fast as Superman? No, he only moved a couple inches before he heard the shot. There was a screeching bark behind him-no doubt Raven crying out some sort of warning, obscenity or perhaps just a scream. People all around him screamed in unison. There was a sound of a bullet sinking in flesh and a loud thump rang in his ears as he skidded in the middle of the walkway. A blonde haired teenager fell dead to the floor, she gripped a worn out teddy bear in her arms and it rolled down the walkway away from her. Blood seeped from between the eyes and he heard the scream of the parents nearby.
"Still think you're invincible titan? Still think you're a hero? Go ahead save her! Oh wait…!" He burst into giggles, "she's already dead!"
Beast Boy stared at the body on the floor and felt sick. People around him began to cry and moan, they knew…he knew…there was nothing…he….he couldn't do it. He wasn't strong like Robin or powerful like Starfire. He didn't have magic like Raven or even the technology like Cyborg. He felt himself hyperventilate for a moment, just standing there, staring. He had NOTHING. He was the weakest link. He couldn't save them, he couldn't save himself. He couldn't transform…how…how can he transform again?
Something tugged at his pants and he looked down seeing Raven snarling at him, her violet eyes wild; she was trying to tell himself something, what it was…honestly he wasn't sure if he even cared. The laughing started up and Beast Boy watched the gunman lift his weapon toward Beast Boy. For a moment he didn't know what to do, he heard the shot- and lucky for him Raven had enough strength to snag the back of his shirt and toss him to the ground. There was a bout of screaming and he could see from the distance a couple people who stood from their places and had tackled the gunman. Suddenly two violet eyes stared at him, blocking out everything in the background. They demanded something. She growled and he could feel her claws sink in his shoulders.
"Fine." He growled back and transformed into a wolf to hear her.
She continued to stare at him while he laid on his back in his dark green wolf form. He could hear the struggles in front of him but Raven blocked everything out. It didn't matter; all he could think of was what the man said and the girl, falling dead to the floor. He wasn't quick enough, not like the Kid Flash. He couldn't save them. He was right…he wasn't a hero.
"You are Beast Boy." Raven stated suddenly, quiet…but direct, and Beast Boy felt his eyes glaze over hers as she pinned him down hard on the ground, he couldn't even move.
"You are Beast Boy of Titans Tower." She repeated a little louder and Beast Boy watched her with silence, barely hearing her voice; still just seeing the dead girl on the floor. She had a future, she probably went to high school.
"You are not Robin. You are not Cyborg, Kid Flash, Starfire or even me. You are a Titan, you are not perfect." There was a short pause and Beast Boy let his eyes cross hers for a moment then stuck as she continued quietly, "but that's the best of it; you aren't like the others. We don't need another Robin or Cyborg, we need you."
Beast Boy watched her eyes dig into his, "You are Beast Boy and you are more powerful than you can even imagine."
He continued to stare at her, feeling fire erupting in his chest from her sudden words, the girl fading in the background of his mind. He stared at the fire that laced in Ravens eyes as she continued to look in his own which swam with confusion, and he sighed, looking away from her. Beast Boy…sounds like a loser name to me…
"Garfield Logan, do you understand me?"
Beast Boy's eyes flashed to hers and they fixed to her, his breath becoming more rapid by the minute. That was his full name, wait…how did she know his full name? Something sparked inside him, hearing his name being called and he felt shock travel through his bones. He knew she knew his first name, but the last name…
"You can turn into the most deadly of animals, and even more, you don't even know the extent of your powers. You are young. Don't you dare think of yourself any weaker, do you understand?"
Beast Boy pulled back his ears but continued to stay silent under her pressure, listening…his eyes glued to hers.
"Don't give up… they…we all need you. Come on, you know you're smarter than this. I've seen it. Come on Garfield, get up…" Raven lifted her paws and Beast Boy watched her move away from him. Beast Boy slowly sat up and stared at the floor for a minute, he looked up at Raven who watched him with soft violet eyes.
Who the hell is that? Because I swore that was Raven earlier.
"Raven?"
"What?" Raven answered tensely and uncertain, hearing his voice for the first time since she tackled him.
"Ok, just making sure it was you."
Raven pulled her ears back and growled, he smiled; getting to his paws he padded forward close to her and nudged his head against her shoulder, in which she stiffened.
"Thank you." He whispered. He could feel the surprise linger off of her as he continued to pad forward, past her and stand, watching the man take out a woman who was one of the people who got up for his sake. He saw the stranger reach for his gun which fell to the floor, lights flickering above him. Oh no, he wasn't letting him kill another with him around. Beast Boy sprinted forward in the shape of a wolf, as fast as he could, not taking the chance of transforming again he slammed into the stranger, chest first on the back wall. He sunk his claws in the man's shoulders who let out a scream of surprise and cried out, "oooh nice puppy, good dog." But he quickly was silenced as Beast Boy swung his paw against the man's head, slamming it to the ground. He stopped moving.
Beast Boy snarled and everyone around him started to cry out, happy voices boomed in his ears as he transformed back to his human form. He felt something sticky and realized he stepped in blood, from who…it was uncertain…he spotted the dead body of the teenager nearby and almost felt himself slip into anger before he found control and turned around seeing the passengers stand up on the shaking plane. Raven stood in the middle of the section; she turned back to the two kids who ran out to her and allowed them to hug her and grab her fur in comfort.
"Can anyone tell me what happened?"
A man in the back spoke up, "I don't know of his real intentions but I saw him sit over here."
The man pointed to a seat not far from him and Beast Boy let his eyes slip over toward the cushion.
He heard a few people scream and someone shouted, "Behind you!"
But Beast Boy didn't have time to turn around, he felt something grab around his neck and the teen titan fell still, hearing a click near his ear.
I can't believe I didn't…I hit you hard on the head…why…Shit.
His thoughts were a bit everywhere at the time and he heard the man's rough voice, "look at your hero now everyone-not so tough huh? Do you want to see what happens to your heroes when they are ordered to die?"
Beast Boy gasped and could feel the man smile under the mask, "that's right kid." He whispered, "This was no coincidence. You were meant to get on this plane."
He was feeling the oxygen leaving his lungs as his grip tightened on his throat, surprise lingering throughout his body. Kill me? Why me? He was about to transform, too afraid before because he didn't know how fast the man's reflexes were. But if he were to die, might as well die trying. But he didn't even get the chance as a flurry of gray entered his vision. Raven, who raced down the hall, without even tripping, had leaped and snapped her jaw on the man's hand where the gun was latched. There was a shot and people screamed out in panic as the gun fell to the floor. Beast Boy took this chance to turn around, and transforming into a bear he watched Raven leap to the side, stumbling slightly from being knocked off balance. From there Beast Boy side swiped the man then slammed him, hard in the chest, hearing a loud crack. The man flew forward and slammed against the wall, and sat there still. Transforming he grabbed the gun and Beast Boy chucked it on the other side of the plane, far from them and the passengers.
Beast Boy growled then transformed back to a wolf, looking wildly to where Raven was. He heard a shot earlier when she grabbed him and fear spiked in his gut. Raven sat a bit away and he padded forward, she looked up and greeted him with a sly smile. Blood dripped from her mouth and she almost looked like a rabid killer. She shook her head and spit out a mouth full of blood.
"Well, I can cross that off my bucket list." She stated her tongue hanging out in disgust.
Beast Boy laughed as Raven stood up; he looked around and saw the hole in the seat next to Raven and sighed. She was fine.
"Practically chewing off a hand was on your bucket list?"
Raven shook her head, "Heck no. But don't ask me to do it again. I only did it to save your sorry butt."
"And I'm eternally grateful."
"You better be." Raven countered with a hint of a sly attitude. She smiled, her teeth red.
"Don't do that." Beast Boy replied.
Raven pulled back her ears, "Oh now you tell me not to be happy."
"No, you look like something from a horror movie with all that blood in your mouth." He laughed quietly then was quiet for a moment before recalling something, "Hey Rave, you ran all the way here without tripping once."
Raven closed her mouth from his comment, blinking in realization then spoke up, "Yeah, I did, didn't I?" He saw her eyes crinkle, "I guess I'm finally getting the hang of this…whatever I am."
Beast Boy smiled but then sighed, feeling the stickiness between his paws. He looked at the red that painted his fur and stared at it for a moment before hearing Raven speak up, "Come on, we need to get in the cockpit."
At one time Beast Boy may have made a joke of that, laughed or came up with some silly pun. But not today. Not now. Not even the sun can light up his day, too much blood was on the floor; he didn't like it. He looked up seeing Raven turn around toward where the door to the cockpit would lead behind the curtain. Beast Boy watched her then turned around himself and quietly followed behind. As she disappeared behind the curtain he looked to his left than his right. The two people who distracted the man lay still-both of them smelled…off. He stared at the woman. She wore a jean jacket and khakis, she looked no older than thirty. Her eyes were open, he felt something choke in his throat.
"Beast Boy?"
Beast Boy looked up and shook his head, clearing away the image he pushed his way through the curtains and let out a breath; closing his eyes. Raven sat in front of him, head bent. She looked over her shoulder, eyes tinted, "I'm sorry Beast Boy."
He looked at her and lifted his head, walking by, he swallowed, smelling the death that lingered around them. He stopped in front of the two bodies-two hostess of the plane. The plane attendants lied against one another in a sick silence. He nosed one of their hands which held a cell phone, it was cold.
He sighed again and replied quietly to her, "Don't be. It wasn't your fault."
He could feel Raven watching him and he padded across the two dead women, careful not to step in any more blood. He felt the breath of Raven following behind him quietly. He saw the door to the cockpit-it was cracked open. He stopped, a bad feeling settling in his stomach. Pushing forward he watched the door open with a creak and saw his worst nightmare. Out of all the movies he watched, out of all the stories he heard. Not once did he dream it would happen to him.
"No." Beast Boy cried out, racing forward he felt Raven running behind him. There, lay the two piolets, dead in their chairs. Beast Boy transformed into himself and shook them both, neither responding. Both cold and sticky with blood. He felt tears traced on the edge of his eyes, fear griped his gut. He couldn't do this… he was too young…he couldn't…Raven tugged at his pants and he transformed back to a wolf, trying to catch his breath.
"Look."
Beast Boy blinked through tears that dared to fall and whisked them away before his teammate could see, then looked to see where she pointed. There in bold letters was "autopilot." His felt a wave of relief hit him in the stomach as Raven continued, "that doesn't help everything, but at least were headed in the right direction; or at least, near land." Beast Boy nodded, seeing the endless blue stretched before his eyes. Farther out was covered by clouds.
"From the looks of it, we have about another twenty minutes to figure this out."
Beast Boy nodded again and was about to reply when a scream hit his ears, he looked behind him to where the passengers were located and lowered his ears in annoyance, "oh come on! What now?"
Raven also looked behind her, surprise laced in her eyes. Beast Boy heard another scream, it wasn't of an adult…not of a teenager. It was a scream of a child. He pushed off from the ground and leaped over the two bodies and pushed past the curtain. Beast Boy slid on the floor, claws scraping against the metal with a loud, "screech."
"No." He heard Raven cry out behind him as he saw what she was staring at.
"Oh there you are, I thought you may have died from shock back there." It was him. How…why…how?
"What? Thought these things only exist in comic books? Wake up kid, this is the real world!" There was a bouncing laugh and Beast Boy felt something boil inside him. There was something unnatural about this guy.
"It's ok…Don't let him control you." He heard Raven murmur behind him as he tensed his body, filled with anger.
"I'm with you." She whispered.
Beast Boy felt a sense of calm flow over him and he let his eyes flicked behind him, green stared into violet as they stood there in the hall. He nodded, afraid to say anything-afraid of what he will say.
Transforming into himself he felt his fists ball and forced them to relax. It's ok. He watched the man, the very same man he thought he knocked out twice stand in the walkway. It's ok. He saw him hold a child, that little boy with one mangled hand... he was crying. It's ok. The gun was nowhere to be seen-but it really didn't matter as the light from the flickering overheads cast a glittering shine to the knife held at his throat. It wasn't a cheap weapon, even from standing here he could tell the knife was crafted with time and patience. It looked sharp, sharper than any tool he had laid eyes on. The man smiled as he stared at him with quiet eyes. Beast Boy heard pleading behind the man, he saw the mother-she was awake and held the little girl that was with the little boy earlier. She held her with a tight grasp, but her weak voice was drowned out by the man's booming tone.
"Have I silenced the talkative titan? What? Don't have a joke for this?" He laughed and continued, "Wait…wait, plot twist, YOU are the joke!"
Beast Boy forced a smile, feeling his anger grow. Don't let him control you. He pushed his emotions away for a moment, willing to feel nothing, see nothing but him, as if it were just the two of them in a room.
The man seemed to be caught off guard from his lack of speech and continued in a more direct tone, "So here's what's going to happen buddy. You're going to hand me that parachute over there." He paused to lick the blood trickling down his lips, "and I'll let the kid free…" He paused, "I know you two are buddies, so I would hate to…" Beast Boy heard the boy let out a gasp between tears and he swallowed, willing to only stare at the mans' eyes. He wasn't going to get sucked in this time. "…See him squirm."
Beast Boy felt Raven move to his side and he looked down and watched where her eyes pointed to where the parachute was located. Beast Boy smiled, "Sure buddy."
The man blinked as he watched Beast Boy strode over to where the item was located. He could feel the other passengers stare at him as he made his way forward. He could only guess as to what they were feeling, what they were thinking. Probably nothing good.
"You know. This reminds me of something." Beast Boy continued as he found his way to where the parachute was located. Climbing over a couple chairs he felt his hands brush over a few bags, "Jump City would occasionally have a few villains come to town. Some I would laugh at, others, well, not so much. Usually as a team we could stop anyone-that is until one showed up. He took a teammate of ours, twice and turned them against us. The first time was Robin."
Beast Boy stopped in front of the glass box and he looked up at it, "Yes, Robin, our fearless leader turned against us. He had no choice really. At the time everyone hated him. We all thought he was a traitor…"
Looking up at the locked area he used his elbow and smashed it through, wincing a bit as he pulled the handle from the other side and opened it up. The parachute fell to the floor. The room fell silent for a moment and he continued, "But then we realized he was sacrificing himself to save us. You see, we had some pretty deadly devices in our systems that could potentially kill us at any moment. He chose to be a slave rather than see his teammates die on the battlefield-killed by cowardly acts."
Beast Boy picked up the parachute and turned around, heading back toward the man who only stared at him. When they were a couple feet apart the man narrowed his eyes, his grip on the knife held in place, digging into the little boy's neck.
"What an interesting story Titan, but I must have missed the memo on why this has any importance."
Beast Boy smiled, "the whole moral of the story was about sacrifice… sometimes you have to do things you don't want to, to keep your friends safe." Beast Boy paused, gripping the parachute lightly with his hand, he thought of Raven…the little boy and finally the passengers; he could feel their eyes on him. He heard Raven bark behind him, he wondered what she said.
The man narrowed his eyes and growled with order, he could feel his comfort plummet in front of him "give me that."
Beast Boy looked down at his hand and took a breath, "sometimes you just have to work with what you have." He smiled and shook his head, "I'm not Robin."
Looking up he felt his fangs scrape the edge of his lips as he let go of the parachute, letting it fly toward the man. He watched the little boy squirm as the man's grip faltered, reaching for the safety net. That's when he took the opportunity. Leaping forward, just after he let go of the parachute he transformed midair into a wolf, the man caught the item as Beast Boy tackled him to his side. The little boy rolled to the ground away from them, and he felt something slice against his skin-Beast Boy gritted his teeth. Green eyes stared into green and Beast Boy bared his fangs for him to see.
"I am Beast Boy."
Transforming again he felt his body shrink rapidly, his course texture that struck fear in many people around the world. The Inland taipan (world's most venomous snake). Beast Boy felt his teeth sink into flesh and he could hear the scream as he let go, transforming he flipped back to his feet in human form and watched the man lay on the floor, grab at his neck where he was bit and stared at Beast Boy with wild eyes.
"You're…you're…." He started and began to cough, grabbing at his neck, his nails digging into his skin.
"Not who you thought. Don't mess with me. I've seen enough dead bodies for one day-one more shouldn't be a problem. No one messes with my town and gets to leave alive."
The man stared at him and watched him writhe on the ground, grasping at his throat. He could see the bubbles escape his lips, but Beast Boy wouldn't look away. He chose to kill him. He should watch. If he couldn't watch, then he didn't deserve to die. If you can't allow a man to look you in the eye as he dies…then you killed the wrong man.
He watching him gasp for breath, his face turning a different shade and he reached forward, grasping at Beast Boy's feet. The teen titan just stood there, staring, watching him slowly suffocate to death. He heard him scream…as did everyone else. The pain must have been unbearable. He looked up at Beast Boy with eyes streaming with tears and chocked out, "Kill me, please."
Beast Boy narrowed his eyes and stepped back, "I already did."
The stranger screamed with agony, falling to the floor, face down. He watched the man suffer for another couple minutes before he fell still. Beast Boy stared at him as he watched him take his last forced breath, his face discolored and left hand mangled from Raven's attack earlier. Beast Boy swallowed and finally looked away, staring at floor where a trail of blood footprints lay.
He could feel the eyes of everyone around him as he bent down and picked up the knife to examine the blade. Opening his bag he stuck the weapon inside and stood up, feeling lightheaded from the whole experience.
He suddenly felt someone grab him and Beast Boy snarled, only realizing too late that it was the mother of the two kids grabbing him in a hug. He startled her and she paused, letting go and Beast Boy shook his head in apology, "I'm…I'm sorry."
The woman shook her head with a sad smile, "No, I'm sorry. You've been through a lot. Thank you. Thank you so much for saving them." She motioned to her two kids who clung to her legs, looking up at him with wide eyes.
Beast Boy swallowed and nodded, he looked down at his feet with a quiet sigh, still seeing the dead bodies in his mind. The woman spoke again, and he felt her hand on his shoulder, "You can't save everyone Titan, that's the first lesson of being a hero. Don't be so hard on yourself."
Beast Boy felt tears grow at the edge of his vision and began to turn away to hide them. But before he could he felt her arms suddenly around him, a hug… like what his mother did such a long time ago. Beast Boy felt himself go limp for a moment, not wanting to move. Just happy not to fight anymore.
"You're just a boy. You had to grow up so fast."
Beast Boy only listened to her, closing his eyes and feeling the tears daring to fall again from earlier.
There was a sharp bark and Beast Boy looked over to where Raven stood and the woman let him go with a smile, brushing his hair slightly from his eyes, "that isn't just a guard dog, is it?"
Beast Boy looked to her with surprise and smiled, shaking his head, the woman studied the gray dog for a moment who stood next to them with impatient violet eyes, "You're Raven aren't you?"
Both Raven and Beast Boy looked at her with wild eyes of confusion, she smiled realizing she was correct, "Don't worry, I won't tell a soul."
Beast Boy smiled, "Thank you."
He looked down toward the kids who gripped their mom's legs tightly, he bent down and ruffled the little boy's hair who reached out toward him. But Beast Boy didn't pick him up this time. instead, reaching to his backpack he picked out his old comic book-it was a series one about the teen titans, a writer in his town had done. He stared at his treasure for a moment before handing it to the little boy with outstretched hands. He took the comic and stared with wide eyes, "it's yours. Maybe one day you can be a hero too-look at Robin he doesn't have any powers."
The kid looked up and then leaped forward, wrapping his hands around Beast Boy's neck, "I love you Beast Boy!"
Beast Boy's eyes widened and the kid let go then quickly turned to his mother to show off his new toy. Beast Boy began to stand back up but winced. Eyes closing for a moment he watched the mother turn around to where her other child sat and bent down to sit on the floor with them both. Beast Boy grimaced as he held his side and looked down at his hand, seeing red stain his glove. Beast Boy sighed and turned around to another sharp bark from Raven below. He looked down where Raven stood and he smiled, transforming into a wolf he stood in front of her with a forced grin.
Raven stared at him and spoke a little unsure of what to say, "I...um…are you ok?"
Beast Boy looked at her and laughed, "Depends on how you define it."
Raven smiled and sighed, but before she could reply there was a loud 'bing' sound that was quiet but loud enough for both wolf transformers to hear. They glanced at one another before sprinting back into the cockpit. There were lights flashing and to his horror he saw land in front of them instead of the endless strip of ocean below. Raven looked toward him with wide eyes. He felt his heart race as he cried out, "Raven, I…I don't know what to do."
"Neither do I..." Raven replied quietly, looking around for something to catch her attention.
Beast Boy felt his fur stand on end hearing a voice, "Hello? Hello? Come on flight 234, flight 234 come in?"
Raven stared at the radio then looked at him, Beast Boy looked up at the radio then noticing Raven staring at him he looked at her and lowered his ears, "Oh no. No way dude. I…" But that look Raven gave him said it all and wincing he transformed back into his human self, feeling light headed again he grabbed the radio and took a breath, steadying himself the best he could and tried to be as professional as possible.
"Um hello?"
"Hello, flight 234! State your position and bearing we need you to begin to land in five minutes close to latitude 26…"
"Um dude, whoa… slow down I need to write this down somewhere."
There was a pause then an annoyed voice at the end, "Flight 234 did you not receive proper training? Please give your co piolet the radio."
"No dude you don't understand, I'm Beast Boy from Titans Tower from Jump City…I…I don't know how to fly this thing. The people who fly this are...are dead…I…I don't know what to do!"
He heard Raven groan nearby and he looked at her; she stood up on her hind paws and laid her head on the dash, staring outside.
"You're joking right?"
"I wish I was sir."
"Shit. Ok, give me a moment, stay calm."
Beast Boy sighed and, he knelled down and let his head lean against the cool surface of the planes dashboard, "Yes because being calm right now is completely normal."
He felt his head pound and his side ached as if coals were being held up against his flesh. Soon there was a returning voice but the planes inside lighting flashed, once, twice… he looked up at the flickering lights and then tried to listen to the voice on the other end of the radio, but all he received was a faint fuzz with an occasional shout of a word…or half a word.
"What?" Beast Boy asked. There was more chatter and buzzing, the lights flickered again and the plane moaned. He saw Raven looking around wildly and that's when he noticed all the pens sliding down. His eyes grew and Raven leaped to the other side where the dead copilot sat and slammed her paw on a large square button. There was a loud 'beep' and he looked up to see a bright light shining with the words: "Fasten your seatbelts"
Beast Boy's eyes widened as Raven turned to him and scrambled forward, she knocked the buzzing radio from his hand and pointed her nose toward the dashboard. Beast Boy looked to see where she was looking and felt fear grip him, there in bright letters read: "warning: leakage"
She stared at him then jumped down and pushed against the piolets seat, knocking the body to the floor with a "thump!" She growled and lowered her ears, Raven then looked up to him and whined. Beast Boy shook his head, "Hey man, there's one thing to play video games where you can fly…it's another to actually fly a plane!"
Raven barked and Beast Boy swallowed and instead sat down, "Ok…what do I do…"
He felt the plane lurch and he had to hold on to the dash to keep from smacking into it. He quickly snapped on the safety belt and watched Raven stand up on her hind legs and push a couple buttons, she looked up at the dash a few times. She growled, he could feel the plane losing altitude quickly. She shook her head and howled, sitting on the floor with lowered ears. He looked at her and knew she didn't know what to do. That made two of them. Beast Boy sighed and tried to remember anything he learned from a game or maybe watching Cyborg or Robin in the Tship. Checking on the lights and a few other buttons he figured out how to lower the tires... and by lowering this part of the wing…yes, the ride became smoother. He could feel Raven watching him as he tried to figure this out silently.
But the blinking red warning light continued to flash in his eyes and he knew he had no clue what he was doing. He knew landing on land could potentially kill people…no he will not do that. He couldn't. He had no idea where the next airport was located and even if he did, he probably couldn't land it without killing everyone both land and plane. There was only one way and even that was dangerous. Taking a hold of the wheel he turned off the auto piolet and he heard Raven's bark of surprise next to him.
"It's ok Rave, I got it."
Raven fell silent as he turned his direction toward the color blue far down the line up ahead. It took him less than five minutes to get to a low enough altitude, he was frightened he would hit a rooftop. The lights flickered once more before he found himself in darkness in which he gasped. Pulling up he yelled, the plane coursing over the water before crashing into it with a force. Beast Boy felt himself fall forward and he saw Raven slide to the side without any willpower as the plane cruised over the water-Beast Boy held onto the wheel, feeling like he was losing control. Soon the machine slowed down and he watched the water slide down the windshield as it came to a halt. He let out a sigh and looked to his left to see Raven shake her fur before quickly racing over toward him. She jumped up on the dash, which was partially underwater outside already and watched her push a button to release all the exit doors (I have no idea how this all works in real life, I'm so sorry). He could hear air as the doors flung open. To his surprise and delight, they had landed in a fairly shallow lake, so the water only reached halfway up the plane. At least there was one less thing to worry about.
Turning around he jumped out of the seat and splashed down to the floor which was filling up with water pretty fast. He heard Raven jump down next to him and they both raced down the hall into the passenger area where many people were fighting to get out; most had grabbed their floatation device on the seats and were using them to stay afloat once outside. Beast Boy saw the two kids and the mother and raced forward. The mom smiled as he took the little boy who clambered on his back. He quickly dived outside and helped the mother and daughter as well get outside. Once in the open lake water he realized it was about an estimate of possibly 8 or 9 feet deep. He quickly left them and retrieved six more people until all was left was him and Raven. She stared at him, belly deep in water in the plane, pitch black. Beast Boy smiled and replied, "I guess you can't swim huh?" (I kid you not...titanic soundtrack came on when writing this part. Spooky)
Raven stared at him with narrowed eyes and growled, he laughed, "I guess that's a no."
He paused then continued, "Ok, here go to the exit and I'll transform into a dolphin or something to keep you afloat."
Raven stared at him for a moment then walked forward to the edge and stood there with wide eyes. Beast Boy walked up beside her and jumped out with a loud splash. Transforming into a dolphin as promised he hit the surface and stared at her. Raven stood there for a moment not moving. Beast Boy waited…and waited. Finally he transformed back into his wolf form and began to do the doggie paddle.
"Come on Rave, its ok I won't let you drown…"
Raven shook her head, "I might slip."
Beast Boy laughed, almost choking in water, "You kidding me? I'll never let that happen, come on jump! Be brave like I know you are!"
Raven stared at him for a moment and swallowed, eyes narrowed she leaped into the water with immense spunk. There was a loud splash and he watched her flail her paws, sputtering and he could feel the fear spark inside of her as she tossed her paws around wildly in the water.
"Beast Boy! Help I can't… I can't do this I…!"
Beast Boy shook his head, "If you would have flippin jumped my direction that would have been helpful."
He quickly transformed into a dolphin and dived down to catch the sinking dog. Transforming again he found himself to be a sea turtle and Raven sat soaking wet on top of his shell once he hit the surface. She narrowed her eyes and barked a few words before sitting down fuming. See you can do it. Just needed a little push is all.
Soon him and many others were on shore and Beast Boy watched Raven leap off his shell onto land, where she stood there and heaved a heavy sigh. Beast Boy quickly transformed back to himself and looked around, a few more were still in the water swimming toward them but other than that, everyone who was alive on the plane had made it outside. He smiled, happy at least that he did something. But he wasn't able to bask in the glory for long for flashing lights were up ahead and coming this way-fast.
As he was about to turn back into a wolf he felt someone grab his arm and quickly turned to see the mother again. She had a concerned look on her face. She looked down at Raven who was shaking the water from her fur then back to Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy, Raven; don't trust the government. No matter what they say-run; run far from here. If you make it to Westside woods east from here; that is where I am staying for the break...It's an old cabin surrounded by pines." She paused and reaching into her bag on her back she unzipped the pouch and asked for his hand. Beast Boy complied and he felt her stuff something between his fingers. Before he could open his palm she scooped up her little boy and girl in both arms and raced toward the emergency lights ahead which had gain a significant amount of distance, they were practically here. Beast Boy blinked and opened his palm to see two hundred dollar bills in his hand. His eyes widened as he watched her race away and her warning echoed in his mind. Raven looked up with a tilted head and she watched him stuff the bills in his backpack before turning to her.
But before he had time to do anything there was a voice, then many voices booming around him. People were racing their direction with great speed. Both officers and locals alike came to see their condition. A few cars made their way nearby and Beast Boy walked a little ways away until he was stopped by a few officers running in his direction. Beast Boy stopped, curious but cautious. They both stopped in front of him, slightly out of breath and Beast Boy paused, looking down at Raven she gazed at him before he heard them speak, loud and commanding.
"Garfield Logan aka "Beast Boy" from Titans Tower Jump City of the United States of America."
Beast Boy blinked an nodded, "Yeah, that's me."
"You're under arrest for property damage, theft, hijacking and creating worldwide terrorism-"
Beast Boy's eyes widened. You have got to be joking with me.
"What the-dude you have it all wrong!" He cut the officer off and quickly looked toward Raven who stared at him from below at his feet with just as much surprised as him.
The officer stared at him with stern eyes and continued, "-and you have the right to remain silent."
What a welcoming committee, I know I wasn't expecting flowers or cake…but this…this is just ridiculous.
Well, there you guys go-the chapter of a lifetime. This def. goes in the pile of 'longest chapters written'. I'm going to have to change my rating now because of this chapter...heheh. Hope it wasn't too bad, I see you made it...unless you skipped to the end ya cheat. :p
I'm kidding, anyway; as I said before I wouldn't be able to make this story without my music... and Spotify is my savior. I made different playlists specifically for each mood that I've been working on. Such as adventure, romance, fear, happiness, etc. It really helps bring out my mood for each part.
Also; Since I didn't specify in the story I should point out the assassin managed to get a gun through security when BB and Raven were distracting everyone. And please don't be terrified of snakes now; I exaggerated a bit on the scene with that one. It takes a little longer to actually progress and die from it. I just didn't want to lengthen the story too long. :3
Anyway, like always review if you want, it helps and it makes me happy! Don't you want to see me happy? No? Gawsh find then. I'll go back to my hole. .-.
:p
Mai