Chapter Two
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos…Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos…"
Raven sat in her room, levitating calmly in the lotus position, meditating. At least, that is, until she heard a knock on her door. Assuming it was the abnormally colored annoyance she had been trying to avoid all morning, she ignored it and continued to meditate.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zin-"
"Raven, I know your in there. We need to talk," a voice interrupted her from outside her door. It wasn't Beast Boy.
Making her way to her door, Raven opened it only slightly, allowing just her face to be seen.
"About what?" questioned Raven.
"About this morning," stated Robin.
Raven gave him an inquiring look, as Robin continued.
"I know Beast Boy can be trying at times, but you need to stay in control. You really could have hurt him you know." explained Robin.
"Robin, I warned him numerous times to stop. It's his own fault if his actions end up with him being injured. Maybe next time he'll listen when I tell him to go away," Raven stated back, monotone as usual.
"I understand what your saying, but you can't just throw him around like that. You know that, although annoying, he really was just trying to be friendly," Robin told her, hoping she would take the incentive herself to go apologize.
"Until he respects my personal space and time, I don't care how friendly he's trying to be, and next time, he'll receive more than little jar into the wall," Raven promised.
"That's just it Raven, it was more than just a 'little jar'. He hit the wall hard. Really hard. He didn't have any sustaining injuries that I could see but he'll definitely have a few nasty bruises from it," explained Robin.
Raven's only reaction was the slight widening of her eyes, but it only lasted a second. In the next moment, her face was back to normal, showing no emotion whatsoever.
"He'll be fine. He's been roughed up before," said Raven.
"But not because of one of his teammates. I know he's annoying sometimes, but I still think you should apologize to him," seeing Raven about to protest, he hastily added, "and I'll go talk to him about his…behavior."
Raven just stared at Robin, until finally she let out a, "Fine," and with that, closed her door and disappeared into her room. Robin just stood outside her door, one hand on his hip, the other massaging his forehead to prevent the headache he knew was coming. With a sigh, Robin made his way to his green teammates room, readying himself for yet another talk.
-TT-
……knock knock……
……………..KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK……………..
"….and here comes another headache…" Robin mumbled to himself. He knew Beastboy was in his room, because of two very simple reasons.
One, knowing the TV was broken, any video games the changeling might have indulged in were no longer possible. And two, well, Raven was mad at him. So to avoid any confrontation with her, he would stay in his room for the rest of the day, just like he always did.
Knocking on Beastboys door of the third time, Robin called out to him.
"Beast Boy, it's me. Ravens not here, so you can open the door, I promise your safe," he said.
"……"
Sighing to himself Robin pulled out his Master Keycard from one of his numerous belt compartments. Sliding it through, the door hissed open, revealing a pitch black room.
"Beast Boy?" he called out.
Sighing again, he walked over to switch on the lights.
And then he saw something that made him freeze in his tracks. With his eyes wide, Robin could only stare…at Beast Boy's spotless room. Gone were the mounds of dirty clothes and piles upon piles of trash, revealing a nicely made bunk bed, a dust free dresser, and a small desk with a lamp. And nothing else, including any green skinned teenagers.
Shaking his head to recover, his brain began to process that last part.
Where was Beast Boy?
-TT-
"BOOYA!"
Cyborg appraised his finished work, an upgraded turbo blast shot to his plasma cannon, now functional even underwater. Packing up his numerous tools, he made his way to the stairs.
"Now, to go do some heavy training!" he yelled, eager to test out his new and improved cannon.
Whistling to himself, making his way to the training room, he passed by Robin.
"Cyborg, have you seen Beast Boy anywhere?" he asked him.
"Okay, what'd he do now?" Cyborg questioned, assuming the worst of his green friend.
"He and Raven had a…bit of a misunderstanding earlier. Beast Boy wouldn't stop pestering her, and she lost her temper." Robin explained.
"Oh. So what's the big deal? The little grass stain is always pushin Raven, it's kinda his…I dunno, his thing I guess."
"Well, this time I guess was one too many for Raven, she kinda threw him into the wall. Hard. He's okay, but I wanted to talk to him about it. Think you could help me find him?" asked Robin.
"Well if he's in the Tower I can pinpoint his location based on the thermal readings in the security systems. Since BB's got a unique biological structure his body temperature is slightly higher than a normal person's would be." explained Cyborg, all the while punching buttons on his arm-console.
After waiting a few seconds for it to process, the console indicated the location of Beast Boy to Cyborg. Who had to triple check it just to make sure his systems weren't malfunctioning.
"Well?" inquired Robin.
"He's…in the training room." Cyborg said.
Robins only response was a raised eyebrow.
"I know, I know. But I checked it three times. That's where he is." Cyborg told him.
"But we don't have training at all today. Or tomorrow. Hmm, that just isn't like Beast Boy." said Robin.
"You bet it ain't, he's the laziest out of all of us. And with me around, that's sayin somethin!" Cyborg laughed.
"All the same, we should check it out." Robin stated.
"Hey man, it's all the same to me, that's where I was headed anyway." Cyborg said, as him and Robin started towards the training room.
-TT-
Sweat flew off of Beast Boy's face as he narrowly dodged an incoming punch from one of the Titans' training bots. He had set the bots on hand-to-hand combat to improve his already slightly enhanced reflexes, thanks to his altered genetic make-up. A quick leg sweep from behind caught him off guard and took him to his back, but already he was countering. Quickly changing into a kangaroo, he kicked to bot previously behind him sending it flying, and Beast Boy back to his feet, where he was once again his normal self.
He had been going at it for nearly two hours now, and knew he would need a break soon, less he start getting too slow and end up getting hurt. Copying the attack that he had just suffered, he kicked the legs out from underneath one bot, while back-hand springing to dodge a roundhouse kick from the other remaining bot. He then decided to try something he had never thought of before. Concentrating hard on the animal he had in mind, he swung his arm back, and just as he went to swing it back, and into the attacking bot's open side, his arm became that of an ape's, smashing it against the wall the was directly behind it. Changing quickly back to normal, and then to a sparrow, he flew to the ceiling, and then, transforming back, descended onto the previously knocked down bots' head, crushing out it's existence.
Having successfully dispatched all the training bots, he shut down the program, before the next wave was upon him. Taking a towel he wiped his sweat covered face, and drenched hair.
"Dude," he mumbled to himself, "whaddaya know? It worked."
Promising himself he would further explore his new found ability, he made his way to the exit, fully intending to clean himself up, only to bump right into his two male teammates.
"Oh, hey guys. I was just finishing up, it's all yours now." he told them, making his way to get past them.
"Wait, BB, I wanted to talk to you about earlier. About what happened with Raven." said Robin.
After hearing that, the changelings ears drooped just a bit, but his face remained unchanged. Robin was the only one who noticed.
"Oh, what about it? Is Raven still mad?" he asked.
"A little, but I talked to her as well, and she agrees that maybe she was a bit harsh. But could you maybe give her a little bit more space from now on. You know how she doesn't like to be bothered." explained Robin.
"Your right. I should have just left her to her reading. I wasn't really thinking I guess. Maybe I should apologize to her." Beast Boy said to his teammates.
Surprised at Beast Boy's mature, and very uncommon attitude, Robin automatically thought that a prank was working in Beast Boy's mind. Cyborg seemed to be thinking along the same lines.
"Hey now, don't go making things worse BB. Give her some time to calm down." Cyborg told him, trying not to sound to accusing.
Seeming as if reading their minds, Beast Boy let out a small laugh, yet somehow devoid of the happy go lucky cheerfulness his laughter usually was abundant with.
"Geez Cyborg, it's not like I'm planning to prank her or anything. I'm just going to apologize. I don't see how that could make anything worse, do you?" he asked them.
With both Robin and Cyborg concentrating on trying to tell if he was serious or not, Beast Boy decided it was time for that shower, he was starting to smell bad to himself, which meant it was really bad.
"Well, I'm off to clean up a bit. I'll see you guys later." And with that he was around the corner and gone.
"You think he's got something up his sleeve, or you think he was actually bein serious?" Cyborg asked, looking to Robin.
"I think he was being serious." replied Robin, after a slight pause.
The two teammates parted ways then, Cyborg going to test out his new cannon, and Robin to look for any new leads on Slade, both putting the sudden seriousness of their teammate in the back of their minds for now.
A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for such a long wait. A lot of stuff's been going on lately and i just couldn't find the will to keep writing. Hopefully I'm past that now, as I finally finished chapter two. (Catching a few random episodes on Cartoon Network, one of which being 'Spellbound' . ) Lemme know what ya think!