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Chapter Seven

Beast Boy eyed Changeling, as Changeling eyed Beast Boy. Both pairs of eyes took in their similarities and their differences. Beast Boy noted that he'd grow at least another two inches. Changeling noted that he used to be greener, if possible. Well, you know what they say about the grass...

"Hi," they said to each other simultaneously. They both chuckled, and started to speak. "Sorry-"

"So you're..."

"Yeah. I'm-..." The in sync green boys laughed.

Raven, tired of listening to two Garfields talk at the same time (saying the same things), stepped past them and towards her own self. Levitating a small scanner to her hand, she began to ascertain the state of her teenage self. As she did so, some strange readings on the edge of the screening range began to occur. Almost as if there were five people in the room, instead of four...

Not noticing Raven's sudden attentiveness to the scanner in her hand, Beast Boy and Changeling were having a good time testing out the whole "we're the same person thing". Slowly, yet still identically, they poked each other in the shoulder."

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"STOP THAT!"

"STOP THAT!"

And still they laughed. Changeling had never expected his younger self to be so amusing, in face, had prepared himself to be affronted by how childish he once was, yet he was surprised. Either, he'd been more mature at that age than he thought...or he still wasn't very mature. As he and Beast Boy poked each other in the chest, he admitted that it was most likely the latter.

Beast Boy grinned. "There once was a man from Nantucket..."

Changeling grinned back. "Who-"

"Shut up," Raven interrupted, still gazing raptly at the scanner in her hand. She gestured Changeling over, and pointedly gazed at a distant wall. "Do you see that?"

Changeling looked between the scanner and the wall. "I see it there, but not there."

Beast Boy did the same. "What are you talking about? He's standing right there."

Changeling and Raven stared at Beast Boy, with Changeling asking, "Who?"

"Some dude. I thought y'all knew him," Beast Boy said, not really understanding what was happening. Even as he turned to return to teenage Raven's side, the boy rushed past him and at adult Raven. He turned to warn them, but even as he did so, the boy slammed into Raven, sending her flying back into the wall. Changeling stood there and watched, but when he reached to grab what was unseen to him, he couldn't feel anything. "Dude, he's over there!" Beast Boy yelled as he rushed at the boy. The boy, who turned to Beast Boy, but wasn't prepared for the punch Beast Boy sent his way, tumbled to the floor before pressing a button on his wrist and disappearing completely.

Changeling walked around with his arms out, feeling for the attacker. "Where's he at? I'll get him!"

Beast Boy watched himself walked around like that for a few minutes before letting Gar in on the facts. "Umm...he's gone now."

Raven stood and dusted herself off. "So, Garfield...believe me now?"

Changeling just glared.

Beast Boy asked the obvious question. "What was he doing here? I assume that's the Father Time kid?"

Raven nodded. "Without a visual, I can't really confirm, but I do suspect." She sighed, picking up the now broken scanner and throwing it into a nearby trashcan. "Victor and I thought he might come here, one of the reasons we wanted the Teen Titans here. Only we have the information of where the adult Father Time is imprisoned."

Changeling cocked an eyebrow. "So Invisible Boy will be back?"

Raven nodded. "Highly likely."

Changeling nodded, before wrapping an arm around Beast Boy's shoulders. "I guess I'm not leaving anytime soon, then, huh?"

Raven hung her head. "I thought you'd say that."

Changeling ignored her mock sadness, and instead straightened up and said sanctimoniously. "I must call my superiors."

Raven spit the word back at him. "Go ahead and call your superiors."

Beast Boy was shocked by the vehemence of the hatred in her voice, and subconsciously took a step back from both Changeling and Raven. Beside him, she stirred in the bed, Raven slipping into sleep from her state of unconsciousness, and murmuring a bit as deep REM cycles began in her mind.

"Umm...am I missing something?"

Raven grinned and patted Beast Boy on the head. "See, once you were a big ole puppy dog, but now you're just a pussy."

Changeling's mouth dropped. "I can't believe you just said that."

Raven grinned evilly. "Well, grow a pair eventually, and I'll stop." With that, she huffed out of the room, intent on informing the rest of the Titans what had just occurred. She'd leave out the angst she was feeling with the return of her teenage crush to the fold.

Beast Boy watched as she left, before turning to Changeling. "I still think I'm missing something."

Changeling shrugged. "You and me, both, kid."

Beast Boy shrugged too, and watched as Changeling left, following Raven on her way upstairs. Slowly, he sank into the chair beside the bed, and took Raven's hand. It was calmingly cool in his own slightly excited and warm hands. Not that his hands were ever cold. Something about his body meant that he was always running a bit "hot" under the collar.

Raven opened her eyes a bit, enough to tell that it was way too bright for her. "Arg...lights..."

Beast Boy rushed to turn down the overhead lights, immediately returning to her side. "Rae! You're alright!"

She tried to nod, but a sudden rush of blood around her head made her regret it. "Yeah, but I've got a killer migraine."

"You won't believe-"

"I already know."

Beast Boy took his seat. "How?"

"She, my older self, transmitted all the information to my mind at the same time she was explaining it to you." Raven tried to adjust herself in bed, but she found herself oddly fatigued and hard to maneuver. Beast Boy rose and gripped her arms, helping her raise herself up a bit.

"And?"

Raven cocked an eyebrow. "And what?"

"Is she telling the truth?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know? You're the know-it-all."

She glared. "I am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am-"

"I thought you could read her mind or whatnot?" He interrupted, kinda missing the teasing between them, but not wanting to exhaust her. She was visibly tired, her eyes glazed over a bit, and her movements cautious, as if she was in great pain.

"I usually can. She overloaded my mind, Gar. I can't sense anything."

Beast Boy nodded his head, but he didn't really understand. Of course, he'd never had to deal with the 24/7 unending stream of consciousnesses around him, never shutting off. Raven was personally a little thankful for a break.

"What are we going to do?"

Raven smiled a small smile as she settled herself back into the bed more comfortably. "What el capitan tells us to, we're going to think on it."

Beast Boy sat down with a huff. He hated having to be serious about things. Then, something he'd just heard occurred to him. "Hey Raven..."

"Hmmm?"

"Did you know you're hot for me in this time?"

"Really...I must be on drugs or something..."

"What does that mean?"

"Take it how you want, Beast Boy."

"I think given the circumstances, I should go by the name Beast Man," Gar mused to himself.

Raven allowed herself a small titter on the subject, which of course, set Beast Boy off on a tangent about how mature he'd grown. Raven listened for a bit, but eventually, the smooth and deep tone of his voice, even if it was extolling his virtues, lulled her back to sleep. Beast Boy, despite wanting to talk to her about so many things that were only now occurring to him, let her.