Chaptaaa Fooour!

I can't believe I've made it this far. Usually I ditch a story by the second or third chapter... Maybe it's because I'm getting reviews and stuff! :D So... keep reviewing, please!

Where am I taking this, one may ask? ...Just keep reading! Mwahahaha.

Disclaimer is done today by... Kid Flash and Jinx! (Because I like that pairing and I don't think I'll have them in this story... or maybe I will! Mwahahaa)

Kid Flash: !

Jinx: Flash, you talk so fast that no one understands you!

Kid Flash: oh,well,that'stheirownproblemiftheycan'tunderstandme!

Jinx: ... anyway. KrystalPaige doesn't own anything besides this new character who just totally pwned Beast Boy... *cough cough* hahaha *cough*

Kid Flash: DidyoujustlaughatBeastBoy?

Jinx: Of course not. What would make you think that?

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Chapter Four

"Beast Boy? Can you hear me?" Raven's voice worked it's way into Beast Boy's tired brain. No... more sleep, his mind complained.

"I fear for our friend! What if he is in the forever sleep?" Starfire asked, but her voice seemed far away.

"You mean a coma?" Robin offered.

"That would be nice... I'd finally get some peace and quiet," Raven murmured. There was a silence. "Oh, come on, like you don't think he's sometimes a pain too." The other Titans had probably looked at her, which had prompted that comment.

"BB! You need to get up, because, well... who will play video games with me?" Cyborg said. Beast Boy gave up trying to fall back asleep, his friends were so loud. Hadn't they heard of letting sleeping dogs lie? Well, Beast Boy wasn't exactly a dog... but sometimes he was. That saying should still count for him, then.

"Oooohhh! I know!" Starfire squealed suddenly. "We must think of something funny to awake our friend! Just like when the strange clown man came and hypnotized him!"

"Yeah... but that was when Beast Boy was hypnotized. Now he's uncounscious. There's a bit of a difference," Raven said.

Heh, Beast Boy thought. I kinda like this. They're all worried about me! Even Raven... well, sort of. But that's how she is.

There was a silence. Beast Boy could nearly see Robin looking at him, all puzzled as to why he wasn't waking up, and Starfire hovering nervously nearby, trying to think of something to wake him up. Raven was probably reading her book an not paying any attention to Beast Boy whatsoever now that he wasn't waking up. And Cyborg...

...suddenly let out a ginormous belch that lasted a full two seconds and kinda echoed throughout the room.

"Dude," Beast Boy said quietly, as his throat hurt and he didn't want to make it hurt by yelling. Actually, now that he thought about it, everything hurt. His muscles were cramped and sore, and his head was throbbing. His lungs felt like they had taken a battering and felt bruised from inside out. "That was awesome." He concluded, referring to Cyborg's burp.

"Beast Boy!" Robin, Starfire, and Raven all said at the same time. Although Raven said it more as a question.

"BB! I knew you would come around!" Cyborg said as Beast Boy slowly opened his aching eyes. Just as he had predicted, Starfire was hovering by his shoulder, and Robin was standing right by his bed. However, Raven wasn't reading a book. She was by the monitors, which meant...

"Why are we in the first aid room?" Beast Boy asked, sitting up slowly. He noticed that there was an IV coming out of his wrist and a pulse monitor was attached to his thumb. He resisted rolling his eyes at their caution. He was fine! ...Just sore.

"Beast Boy," Raven said, and Beast Boy looked at her. "You've been uncounscious for 22 hours. Is that a good enough reason?"

Beast Boy froze in shock. He had been out ofr twenty-two hours? It had only felt like he had been out for maybe thirty minutes, max. But if he had been out this long...

"What about that girl?" He asked, only remebering her running away before he passed out. As a leopard...

All of the other Titans looked down, and Starfire settled onto the ground form her floating. Beast Boy's heart jumped. That was a bad sign, if they weren't answering him right away.

"She ran off. I guess we didnt realize that she could shapeshift. It was pathetic with her running off as a leopard and we didn't have you to chase her. The dragon disappeared, too..." Cyborg's voice faded away.

"And then we found you uncounscious–" Raven started, but Beast Boy cut in.

"But she can't shapeshift!"

All of the Titans looked at him as he were delerious. Raven raised her eye brow and, without saying anything, turned and looked back at the monitor. "Weird," She said. "Beast Boy doesn't have any head damage..."

"No, I'm serious!" Beast Boy protested, and then went on to tell of what had happened in the alley, with the girl placing her hand on his forehead and then... copying his form.

After he was done talking, the other Titans were silent. They were all looking at him, disbelievingly. Beast Boy had to admit to himself that what had happened sounded obsurd to himself, too. He couldn't blame everyone for looking the way they did.

"He's telling the truth," Raven said quietly after a moment of stunned silence. All of the Titans now looked at her.

"You can tell when one is lying, Raven?" Starfire spoke for everyone.

"Not really... but Beast Boy is someone who's very easy for me to read, anyway. And when someone's lying their heart rate will increase and they won't make direct eye contact. This monitor didn't record any change in Beast Boy's heart rate, and he kept complete eye contact with me the entire time," Raven explained.

Beast Boy felt a blush come to his cheeks. He had 'kept eye contact' with Raven the entire time? He hadn't even noticed! He had just been trying to figure out why there was something about the way she stood and that scowl on her face that made her seem so much taller than she actually was. Beast Boy had never really noticed it before, and now that he had, he felt a little jealous. People always thought he looked small, no matter what! But not really with Raven... even though the two of them were about the same height.

"Well, if that's true... than this girl could potantially do what she did to Beast Boy to any of us," Robin said. "Right?"

"I don't know," Raven admitted, as all of the Titans were looking at her for a response. She was usually the best when it came to this kind of stuff...

"Well, we should find out as soon as possible," Robin said. "She's dangerous."

"Robin," Raven said, and he looked at her. "We don't even know her name. We don't even know if she has any connection to the latest time trip-up–"

"She has a dragon as a friend," Beast Boy pointed out.

Raven glared at Beast Boy before continuing. "Anyway. She obviously has some sort of power, and we won't find out any of this stuff if we stay inside the Tower..."

"What are you saying we do?" Robin asked.

"I think we should go find her. Maybe she knows something. She could even help us," Raven said.

"What?" Starfire said, her voice higher than usual. "I do not wish to have my powers stolen!"

"She attacked you, Raven. And copied my powers. I think that lands her in the 'not-so-good-guy' catigory," Beast Boy said. "And not to mention she has a dragon as a friend."

"So, Beast Boy, are there suddenly catigories? We attacked the dragon without even investigating what it wanted or if it meant harm. If anyone were to attack any of your four, I would probably do the same thing that she did," Raven said.

"She's got a point–" Cyborg started, but then...

KA-BLAM! Something banged from somewhere near the main room. All of the Titans quickly spun around and ran out of the first aid room. Even Beast Boy, although he had to take his IV out, so he was farther behind.

"They always leave me behind..." He mumbled and slowly shifted into a bobcat. He was grateful to find that his powers still worked. He had secretly thought that maybe the girl had stolen his powers, and he was glad that wasn't the case.

However, Beast Boy was still sore and stiff, so he limped a little for a bit and then finally managed to get up to a fast run. By that time, however, the other Titans had already ran out of sight. Beast Boy could still follow their scent, and knew that they were going to the main room the slightly longer way, not using the elevator. In the end, if they were running, they could beat the elevators speed easily, so it was easier to do this way if they were in a rush.

Beast Boy burst into the main room and stopped, panting. He reverted back to his human form and, still not looking up, said: "So what's the problem?"

"Why don't you see for yourself, Beast Boy?" Not Raven, or Cyborg, or Robin, or even Starfire said. Beast Boy froze, recognizing the voice. A man's voice, spoken through a mask, and nearly emotionless...

"Slade." Beast Boy looked up and saw their old arch-nemesis standing in the middle of the big room.

And something had definitely changed about him.

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Well... that concludes this chapter! Please leave a review! I'd really appreciate your thoughts and ideas! :D