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Chapter 6- The Boat Accident

"Beast Boy, I need to talk to you." Robin said seriously.

"Uhhh, sorry dude, I need to go to the bathroom!" Beast Boy said, trying to get away from Robin.

Robin's eyebrow twitched. "I saw you go five minutes ago! I need to talk to you now! It's urgent!"

"But I uh..." Beast Boy slumped in his chair, unable to make an excuse. "Fine, what do you want?"

"I want to talk about yesterday. Or rather what happened that day." Robin said, gesturing to his injuries.

"But I already told you what happened!" Beast Boy protested.

"Riight. You expect me to believe the story about the so called 'mountain lion'?" Robin asked sarcastically.

"Uh, yeah?" Beast Boy said nervously.

"Even a kid can tell that story is rubbish." Robin scoffed. "So, when are you going to tell me you were the one that did this to me?"

Beast Boy's eyes widened. "What?! No, I didn't! I mean, me Beast Boy, knock you out? Impossible! Ha, in my dreams, right?"

"I saw the security cameras." Robin stated bluntly.

"Oh. Heh heh. Well, you see…uh…I er…AHH! DON'T KILL ME!" Beast Boy cowered.

"I'm not going to kill you, I'm going to-"

"Kick me off the Titans?" Beast Boy prompted.

Robin looked slightly irritated at being interrupted."No, I was going to-"

"Put me in jail for attacking another Titan mercilessly? Give me a death penalty for nearly killing another Titan?" Beast Boy asked, now freaking out.

Robin glared at Beast Boy. "Will you stop interrupting me?!" Robin calmed a little and continued, "I was going to ask why you went in a frenzy when I called you a fr-…uh…I mean that word."

Beast Boy looked down. "I think I'd prefer going to jail."

Robin sighed and sat down opposite Beast Boy. "Look, what if this happens again? I don't want to risk you attacking other Titans, civilians or even villains."

"This won't happen again. I was just a little edgy that day." Beast Boy said, obviously itching to get out of the room.

"Does it have to do with the Beast? I knew I shouldn't have relied on Cyborg to get the DNA from you! I should have just done it myself!" Robin said, punching his right fist into his left hand.

"This doesn't have anything to do with the Beast!" Beast Boy said quickly. Then he scrunched up his nose and said, "Wait, what do you mean by that last bit? You got my DNA without asking me?! When did you do it?!"

"Uhh I asked Cyborg to get your DNA after we fought Mad Mod." Robin said.

"And you didn't trust me enough to ask me?" Beast Boy asked, glaring at Robin.

"Well, I-"

"Forget it. I'm out of here." Beast Boy said, standing up and walking out of the room.

It was nearly night time and Robin was trying to apologize to Beast Boy back in the common room. Beast Boy was ignoring Robin and staring blankly out the window.

Robin sat on the couch beside Beast Boy. "Look, Beast Boy, I'm sorry about not asking permission for sampling your DNA, okay? I just wanted to make sure you were okay because you were acting weird that day."

"In layman's terms, you wanted to make sure I wasn't a threat to the team." Beast Boy said sullenly.

"No! I mean, well, maybe a little. But it was mainly because I was a little …um…jealous of your skills." Robin said, coughing slightly in embarrassment.

Beast Boy turned to look at Robin in surprise. Robin, Mr. Uptight, jealous and admitting it no less? That was new.

"Ookay. Who are you and what did you do with Robin?" Beast Boy asked, suspicion in his voice.

Robin ignored Beast Boy's comment and continued, "Getting back to this morning's topic, can you tell me why you went ballistic when I called you a 'freak'?"

Beast Boy winced. "Dude, not the best time to ask."

"But for how long are you going to avoid this?! I need answers, Beast Boy! And you also owe me for beating me to a pulp." Robin said, getting annoyed.

"You brought up a lot of bad memories when you called me a-a freak." Beast Boy replied, avoiding Robin's gaze.

"What bad memories?" Robin persisted.

"People used to call me that, okay! They would call me a freak, a monster! Why do you have to be so pushy?!" Beast Boy snarled.

Robin put his hands up in surrender. "Okay okay! Calm down! Look, I'm not telling you this as a teammate, but as a friend. I learned from experience that bottling thing up inside you is dangerous. One day you could just explode from all this pressure. It'll be better to let it out and get it out of your system. You'll feel better after that."

Beast Boy frowned in thought. After a moment, he said, "Okay, I'll tell you enough for you to understand. The rest stays in my memories. Also, nothing leaves this room, you understand?"

Robin raised an eyebrow. "I'm trained by the Batman, remember? Master of secrets!"

Beast Boy took a deep breath and started, "Let me start from the beginning. Okay, I was born in Africa. I was a normal boy, blue eyes, blond hair and everything."

"We all thought you were born green. You know, with super powered parents and everything. I'm guessing the reason you got hooked to Terra was because she looked like your normal self?" Robin asked curiously.

Beast Boy forced a weak smile, "Partly. But the main reason was because she was like me when I was younger. You know, unsure, uncertain, couldn't control powers and all that stuff. Anyway back to my story, I lived happily in Africa, getting in touch with nature and the animals. But something happened when I was five.

One day, I saw a green monkey in front of my house so I tried to pet it. However the monkey jumped on me and bit me. My parents heard me screaming and rushed out of the house. They were frantic when they realized I was slowly turning green. You see, when the monkey bit me, it infected me with a deadly disease called Sakutia. My parents were biologists and they were already investigating this disease. However, there wasn't any cure for Sakutia. So my father, who was really desperate, used an untested serum on me, giving me powers and saving my life in the process."

"Interesting. I've never heard of Sakutia before. How dangerous is it anyway? Wait, I thought that Mento and Elastigirl were your parents?" Robin asked.

"Sakutia basically turns their victims green before killing them. You've never heard of it probably because people who got it never lived to tell the story. And also because the green monkeys only live in that area of Africa. As for the Mento and Elastigirl part, I'll explain later." Beast Boy stopped and thought for a while.

"So, uh, where was I? Oh yeah, so my father saved me. And we were a happy family again. I found out I had powers when a snake was going to attack me and my mom. So I turned into a mongoose and ate the snake. That was the last time I ate meat." Beast Boy said, grimacing slightly.

"So when I was six years old, my parents and I went on a boating expedition. The atmosphere was calm and peaceful and the birds were singing. It was perfect. Suddenly, the engine stopped working. The boat was heading towards the waterfall and my father couldn't steer the boat away. I was really scared and then my mother told me to turn into a bird and fly away." Here Beast Boy broke down and hid his head in his arms.

"I-I was so stupid! I could have saved them! Both of them! But what did I do? I saved myself, but left them there to die!"

"You couldn't have saved them, you were too young. If you tried to save them, you could've killed yourself. Besides, there wouldn't even be a Teen Titans without you." Robin reasoned, patting Beast Boy's back awkwardly.

Beast Boy calmed a little and replied quietly, "Yeah, I guess. Well, that incident was just the first of many bad incidents. In other words, hell has just begun."