Now as we return, our hero Robin was currently on Azerath, and was about to meet some one, a friend of Princess Raven.
Eight: Beastboy
"Now," said Robin "who is it you want me to meet?"
"Beastboy," Raven answered. "He's my pet."
"Woah, woah!" yelled Robin, stepping in front of her. " 'Pet'? No. No pets!"
"He doesn't go, I don't go," she said, simply.
"I am not taking care of some animal!"
"He's not an animal… not really, anyway."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"He's an Earth boy, like you."
"Your keeping an Earth boy as a pet?"
"You'll see what I mean in a minute."
They walked to a pair of large, blue doors that were inside one of the halls of the ancient Temple. In a waving motion of her hand, Raven opened the doors and they stepped inside.
The room was painted blue and black, with a round, dark bed in the corner, contrary to the bright city outside her window. The drapes were pulled so little light shown through and only a few oil lamps were lit. Against the wall was a tall bookshelf with all kinds of literature from different worlds.
"Beastboy!" she called.
A green dog that was previously chewing on a bone looked up. Then, with a happy bark, it jumped up. It ran towards Raven, and half way there, it changed into a green, pointed eared boy in a blue robe.
"Hey, Raven!" he said happily. "Back already?"
The green boy looked at the shockedRobin and leaned over to Raven. "Who's he?"
"Robin," said Raven, "meet Beastboy, my pet."
Robin could only gawk at him.
"How did you –?"
"What, transform?"
He nodded meekly.
"Oh, well, when the Gordanians attacked, they took me prisoner. They did a bunch of experiments on me. Thankfully, I was saved by Azerathian monks. Raven took me in and gave me a home."
"Experiments? What kind of experiments?"
"I'm not quite sure. But all I know is that most of the subjects that they experimented on died."
Robin's heart quickened its pace.
"Raven… you don't think… they'll do the same to Koriand'r?"
"It's certainly a possibility."
He swallowed a large lump in his throat, but in vein.
"Who's Koriand'r?" said Beastboy, scratching his head.
Raven filled him in.
"So we're going on an adventure? Sweet!"
For some reason, Beastboy's enthusiasm vexed Robin.
"Look, this isn't some kind of game!" he snapped. "This is serious!"
"Woah, dude," said Beastboy, taken aback, "calm down."
"Robin, I know you're worried," said Raven, "but anger is useless. You must be patient."
He looked away.
"Well the sooner we leave the better."
"We have to find her first."
"And how do we do that?"
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"What is this place?" said Robin in awe.
The room they had just entered was quite a tall one, but it had no windows and only one door. There was nothing in it save for four candles in the middle of the room.
"It's called the Meditation Room," said Beastboy. "It's actually pretty cool."
"Will you please stop talking?" Then Robin turned to Raven. "Why are we in a meditation room?"
"We're finding Koriand'r," she replied. Then, she sat down, cross-legged, and closed her eyes. "Azerath… Metreone… Zinthos…" Her eyes became pure white and a black soul-self flew out from her body and through the ceiling. They waited for a minute, then the soul-self came back. Her eyes regained their form and she stood up.
"Can we go to Gordania now?" said Robin, impatiently.
"She's not on Gordania."
"What? Well – where else could she be?"
"She's on Earth."
"Why would she be there?"
"It seems the Gordanians have set up some kind of secret base there. And when I saw her – she was fearing for her life."
Once again, Robin's heart quickened.
"Then let's go."
They rushed out of the room and into the ship still idling from when Robin and Raven used it last. They set a coarse for Earth took off without looking back.
Will they find Koriand'r in time? Will the Gordanians experiment on her as they did Beastboy? And is the gunther knife joke getting old? Tune in next chappie to find out!
T.