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Chapter 2: Partners

"There she is! And looks she brought back, guess we won't be bored boys now get them" hearing that order go through all of the armed men opened fire. Argent quickly brought up a large rectangular slab of red energy to cover herself from the incoming barrage. Then remembering she wasn't alone she glanced over to where Beast Boy had been standing; only to see a green fly hurrying towards their assailants. Fortunately their attackers appeared unable to get an accurate aim on such a small target, some even grew frustrated enough to draw nightsticks and try to swat the fly.

"Aww, the big bad tough guys can't even hurt a fly?" Argent taunted seeing one of the attackers hit one of his comrades in the head, in a failed att. The reactions she received was a small laughing sound from the Beast Boy's fly form, and several of the attackers broke off in anger and charged at her nightsticks drawn.

'Ok think animals from New Zealand; kangaroos? No, kolas? No, emus? No those are all from Australia' Beast Boy thought as he tried to decide which animal form to use. Ordinarily he would just go wolf, or gorilla, but for some reason he felt he should try some forms he had never used before. For a moment upon seeing a group of assailants swarm Argent he considered just morphing into a tyrannosaurs rex to help her. However these thoughts were pushed aside as he saw a large red fist send many away. 'Wait I know!"

Argent smiled as she summoned a scythe to her and slashed at her assailants forcing a few of them back towards the others she had thrown away minutes before. "Come on you guys are making this to easy, try for real this time" she said deciding to taunt again. Before any of their foes could react however, they were interrupted by a low rumble that made even the civilians fleeing the scene stop and look.

To say that the scene at the source of the noise was comical might be a bit much given the fact that the airport was under attack. Beast Boy not knowing that a cassowary wasn't native to New Zealand had morphed into one and was thrashing his powerful legs around, causing the attackers around him to dive for safety to avoid the powerful taloned legs. Causing slightly even more panic as those civilians who knew what a cassowary was quickly attempted to get away. "Ya, even Dr. Light gives me more of a run for my money than you dudes. " Seeing the confused look on both his foes and Argent's faces he sheepishly explained "Well you see he was this guy with a suit that gave him control over light… and ya he was kinda incompetent."

The fighting seemed to stop for a moment at this statement, and then just as suddenly as they had appeared the attackers withdrew. Laying down a blanket of covering fire, to prevent pursuit as Argent again had to summon a wall of energy to protect herself, and Beast Boy was forced to morph back into a fly to avoid the speeding bullets.

"So um…. did we win?" Beast Boy asked returning back his normal form.

"I don't think so. Damn I was finally close to finding out what the society was up to and I let the chance get away" Argent replied looking rather defeated.

"Hey, don't beat yourself up about it." Beast Boy said and put a comforting hand on her shoulder, and then he looked directly into her eyes and with a goofy grin continued "Cuz looky here at what I found in the suit pieces I cut off with my talons."

His touch made Argent plush for a moment and she cursed herself for not being able to break eye contact to hide it. She was about to say something about that, however when she heard what he said next, whatever those words would have been died in her throat. Looking at the phone he grasped in his gloved hand she asked "Does it have anything useful on it?"

"O ya it has Tetris and Solitaire..." A glare from Argent cut him off as he realized that she wasn't in the mood for his jokes. "Ok fine, ya it says that there is gonna be some sort of big meeting with virtually all the Wildebeest society leaders there tonight at five." Beast Boy then broke the eye contact and added "Look…, I know this is important so I'll help you but if anything goes wrong and I start to get really mad, promise me you'll high tail it out of there."

A wave of worry hit Argent as Beast Boy broke eye contact and looked away, 'Don't say what just crossed your mind. Don't say it, who knows how he'll react, warned her conscience. However she decided not to listen and replied "Look I don't know what happened between you and the other Titans, but if you expect me to just leave you behind once things get tough you're dead wrong."

Beast Boy gave her a shocked look and was silent for a while, not really knowing how to respond. "Ok but to say I didn't warn you." However when he saw hurt look she gave him, and realized that he was still holding onto her shoulder he asked, hoping to end the awkward moment "So since we got some time before we gotta go kick some butt, is there any place vegetarian to eat at nearby?"

'Vegetarian?' Argent wondered but didn't ask trying to think of a place "Um I think that there's a coffee shop nearby."

"Sweet! Race ya." Beast Boy exclaimed with a grin as he morphed into a peregrine falcon and flew off only to return once he realized he had no idea where he was going and sheepishly said, "Um actually why don't you lead."

Argent couldn't help by laugh at this and took flight, once she saw that he was following her she teased "Realized who don't know where you're going didn't you?" Upon seeing the falcon refuse to make eye contact she added "O and hurry up a bit, I mean you already got to look up my skirt when you clung on to my leg." She couldn't help but laugh as she saw him loose altitude at this statement.

"Um… that… that was unintended you know. I mean what would you've done if I came at you with an axe?" Beast Boy said flapping his wing hard to catch up.

"O relax, I was only teasing you." Argent assured him. Then pointed to building they were approaching "That's it."

Thud

"Ouch" Beast Boy said as he morphed back to a human and picked himself off the floor. He had originally planed on flying in and then morphing to hold the door open for Argent, however he forgot one key thing. Birds cannot see glass from a certain angle and, of course coming in at around 60mph didn't leave a lot of room to pull up.

"You okay?" Argent asked as she landed and walked past him, and held open the door.

"Uh ya fine, I totally meant to that just so you know" Beast Boy replied trying to sound cool as he said it. 'She actually thinks I'm funny' he though happily as he heard Argent snicker at that statement. 'O man if only I could call Cyborg and tell him, Star to. Robin would probably just scold me for leaving, and Raven would just sarcastically say that "Statistically some on has to". He felt a short stab of grief thinking of his friends; however once he sat down across from Argent he decided to take his mind off it and asked "So, tell me about yourself Toni."

Looking rather nervous Argent replied "You promise you won't say I'm a freak?"

"Toni relax, I'm green with pointy ears and fangs nothing you say will make me think that." Beast Boy assured her with a grin.

"Well alright I guess" She replied. Argent then went on to explain how she was the daughter of the town mayor and that her mother had been abducted and alien race called the H'San Natall, who had somehow impregnated her mom with her. She then went on to say how at first other than being strangely pale almost silver in complexion she had had a rather normal childhood, well as normal a childhood as human/alien hybrid could have. Then when she had turned sixteen this year she was suddenly able to manipulate crimson plasma into forming objects and shapes, as well as being able to fly. As she finished her story the dumbstruck look on Beast Boy's face made her suddenly feel strangely self-conscious. "See I told you, you'd think I'm a freak." She said in a hurt tone and started to get up to leave, however Beast Boy gently grabbed her hand and sat her back down.

"Are you kidding me? You're not a freak, you're AMAZING "He exclaimed with a wide smile "I mean you're like a super version of the Green Lantern, you can do everything he can do; only you don't have to worry about a stupid ring running out of power."

Argent blushed at this and asked "You really mean it? You don't think I'm a freak?"

"Totally! Don't think that bout yourself, I mean you could put a member of the Justice League to shame if you wanted to." Beast Boy continued saying with the same tone of amazement, causing Argent to blush even more.

"I don't think so, I mean maybe when I'm older but not now" She replied hoping to bring him out of this fan boy state. Upon seeing him only shake his head in disagreement with her statement she decided to change the subject "So what about you Gar? What's your story?"

Not only did this knock him out of the fan boy state but it also seemed to knock the joy out of him, Argent suddenly felt a stab guilt over making Beast Boy feel so bad. However as she started to apologize and tell him he didn't need to share he held up a hand to signal her to stop. "It's alright, it just I've never told anyone my full story before so, this might take a while." He then went on to explain how while in Africa he was bitten by a species of green monkey that gave him a rare disease called Sakutia, and that his parents had in an attempt to cure him injected him with an experimental serum, that ended up not only saving his life but also gave him his powers and turned him green. He then went on to explain how his real parent later died in a boat accident, and how he thought if he had been there he could've saved them.

At this point he was nearly in tears and Argent not fully knowing what to do moved her chair closer to put an arm around his shoulders and said "Don't blame yourself. It must be hard I know but you were just a kid back then." Seeing him still not cheer up she gently brought his eyes to meet hers and went on "You know that your parents wouldn't want you to blame yourself right? Imagine how proud they must be of you now, I mean you are a superhero for Pete's sake. Not only do you save lives on a daily basis, but you're also the most kind, funniest, caring, and intelligent person I've ever met. "

"You really think that they be proud not mad at me?" Beast Boy asked suddenly a bit more cheered up. Seeing Argent nod he went on "O and can I get a recording of you saying all those things so I can mail it back to the Tower to show them that someone thinks all that?"

"Um I guess" Argent replied only to realize by the grin on his face that he was joking "So uh did you want to go on, you don't have to keep going if you don't want to."

"Sure and thanks" Beast Boy said smiling at her to show he wasn't so down anymore. 'Ok you idiot, surely realize that no one, not even Raven's comforted you about your parent's deaths. So why don't you show some appreciation' Beast Boy's thought. So rather nervously he wrapped his arms around Argent in a quick hug before letting go and cursed that he didn't have a hood or mask, to hide under like Raven or Robin. Upon seeing Argent blush however and not remove her arm from his shoulders he decided that maybe that had been the right thing to do. 'Aw man if only Cyborg or Raven could see how smooth I'm right now, they'd have to take back those jokes about me being clueless about chicks.' That thought made him smile such a grin that even Argent had to smile at him, despite not knowing just what it was about. However deciding that it may not be a good idea to her Beast Boy went on to talk about how despite being treated an intruder when he had broken into the Doom Patrol HQ, he had impressed them enough to where they allowed him to join the team.

"Wow" Argent interrupted "you were part of the Doom Patrol." Beast Boy smiled nervously and went on to tell her about how Mento's attitude and harshness had driven him from the team. "You were right to leave, Mento sounds like a complete jerk, and he shouldn't have been so hard on you when you were just a kid" Argent added interrupting again.

"Thanks I'm glad to know someone agrees with me" Beast Boy replied "Now want to hear about my time with the Titans?"

"Yes... O wait I keep interrupting you sorry" Argent said with a blush and an embarrassed look, as she pulled back her arm.

"It's fine really it is. You're the first person I've told my whole story to so I'm glad you find it so interesting." Beast Boy said with a grin and then he put his arm around her shoulders, causing her blush to deepen. Then continuing on with his life story he told her everything about his time with the Titans, from their first adventure where they rescued Starfire from the Gordanians to the Beast incident. The only details he left out was how close he was with Terra, figuring that he didn't want Argent to think he was still torn up about a pervious relationship and not ready to move on. 'Whoa there, I just met her and I'm having these thoughts? Man, being on my own makes me act different' he thought to himself.

Argent similarly was deep in thought 'Maybe if you can comfort him on the "Beast" he won't leave as soon as we take down the Wildebeest Society. Wait why don't I want him to leave? Err, I guess it's time to face facts and try, just don't make it obvious yet.' "You know when we are done dealing with the Wildebeest Society; you could stick around if you want… I'd like it you did." She said then instantly thought 'Idiot! What happened to not making it obvious'

'Wow' Beast Boy thought before replying dumbfounded "You mean you and me, fighting crime together"

"No, I meant me and the waiter… of course I meant you" Argent said with sarcasm that she immediately regretted.

"You're not worried about the Beast?" Beast Boy asked with confused, upon seeing Argent shake her head no he continued "Well I guess, then ya. I'd like to do start up here with you rather than alone." After saying this however he hit his head and added "That didn't come out right sorry, but I'd love to."

"Great!" Argent said failing to contain her excitement. "So partners?" she asked.

"Partners" Beast Boy confirmed and they shook hands. 'Come on do it' a more reckless part of his mind encouraged him, and he gave in and wrapped his arms around her waist in a hug.

Argent felt her face warm up as he hugged her and was then encouraged by her own recklessness. 'Come on hug him back, you know you want to' and the truth was she did so she threw her arms around him. The two then realized what they were doing and looked into each other's eyes; her into his emerald green ones, and him into her scarlet red ones. Whatever else that might have occurred in that moment was quickly pushed aside as an alarm from Argent's phone went off signaling that they should start to move on the society's meeting. As they broke the embrace both silently cursing the alarm, Argent quickly paid their bill, as Beast Boy hadn't brought any money and took flight once more racing towards what they hoped would be the final showdown with the Wildebeest Society.

Oof

Was the only sound heard as a red fist slammed into the guard on the balcony knocking him out. The two that had been standing inside the door ran out to investigate. "Are you guys really this dumb, of course we'd let you see us take out your friend that way you'd come out and disable to locks on the door" Argent taunted as she floated in front of them. The two guards immediately brought their firearms to bear however before they could open fire at the intruder, they saw Argent point up and they looked up following her point. Only to see a green gorilla fall on top of them, taking them out of commission as well.

Returning back to human form Beast Boy merely commented "If this keeps up will be done before eight" to which Argent merely nodded in agreement. Then thinking back to their embrace at lunch he asked "Hey Toni, I know this isn't the best time to ask, but if we come out of this well enough would you want to go see a movie tomorrow?"

'Of all times he asks this now?' Argent thought however she didn't ask and replied "Um sure, I'd like that. Now come on let's go finish this so that we won't be to exhausted from staying up all night fighting bad guys."

Beast Boy merely smiled widely and held open the door to the Society's base for her "After you." He said trying to sound cool.

"You're quite the gentlemen you know that? Letting a girl go into a dangerous, villainous organization's base first" was Argent's sarcastic reply.

Laughing Beast Boy morphed into a mouse and scampered ahead to scout the next room, however before he rounded the corner he stopped and said as deadly serious as a mouse could "If we're gonna work together, you need to know that comedy is my thing." As he turned to continue on he could see her roll her eyes.

AN: Next time: The showdown with the Wildebeest Society and their new friends, and a view at how the Titans react upon finding out Beast Boy's gone.

Reviews:

Juvenual: Thanks, I will keep going on.

Guest: Thanks, I didn't know that Argent was French for silver

Narutotheyellowflash: Thanks, Ya I could tell you who he ends up with but that would ruin the eventual reunion chapter. But enough spoilers I can assure you though that while Im not sure how I thought of this pairing even if it doesn't happen in this story, I will wright another BBxArgent