Thanks for reviewing, guys! One more chapter to go! And to make up for the delay, I'm giving you guys an extra long chapter. Oh and Beast Boy's past is mainly from wikipedia. I added a few things here and there to make it fit. And Beast Boy's age is not accurate. I just presume Beast Boy joined the Teen Titans when he was 14 to 15.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans

Chapter 7- Criminals, Galtry and Star Labs

Robin shifted uncomfortably. More bad incidents? And I thought my past was bad. Robin thought.

"Should I continue? Or would you like more time to process the information?" Beast Boy asked, catching sight of Robin's face.

Robin gulped. "N-no, I'm good. Go on. What happened after that?"

Beast Boy leaned his head against the couch. "Okay, so shortly after the …uh…'accident', two criminals caught me using my powers. So they forced me to steal for them."

Robin cut Beast Boy off, "Wait, what? You mean you stole?! You were a criminal?!"

Beast Boy glared at Robin angrily, "Hey, it wasn't my fault! And if I didn't do as they say they would beat or starve me!"

Robin nodded slowly, still unable to believe Beast Boy was a criminal. "Sorry. So you never got caught by the police?"

"Never. Well, except when…-never mind, I'll tell you later. With my powers, I am able to sneak in and out easily. I can also disable security cameras and alarms, no problemo." Beast Boy replied.

"Oh, okay. I guess I should have realized that. So how did you escape from those criminals?"

"Well, when I was about eight years old, they wanted me to steal this precious jewel that was worth millions. Of course, I tried to refuse and made excuses about the high security. Heh, that didn't really work. Then they threatened to kill me, so I was like 'Okay, chill! I will steal the stupid jewel!'. But I found a way to get back at them. Guess what? I 'accidentally' tripped the security alarm. The criminals weren't very happy about that, of course. But before they could blow my head off with the gun, police surrounded us. The criminals surrendered and were given a maximum jail time of 30 years for all their crimes." Beast Boy finished with a slight smirk.

"That was really smart, but dangerous too, triggering the alarm and risking your head like that." Robin said, happy that his friend managed to escape from the criminals. "But didn't the police arrest you too? After all, you were caught with them."

"Oh, they were going to. But I managed to convince them that I was innocent." Beast Boy said quickly, seeing Robin's face tightening.

"Did you join the Doom Patrol after that?" Robin asked.

"Whoa, dude, slow down! We've a long way to go before we get there! Okay, so after that, I was assigned a legal guardian. His name was Nicholas Galtry." Beast Boy said, spitting out the name.

"Was?" Robin questioned.

"Yeah, was. Hopefully, he'll stay that way. 'Cause I never want to see him again. So I stayed with that …monster for almost two years. He was worse than the criminals. At first he was …um, acceptable, I guess. He already despised me because I looked abnormal. Then when he found out I had powers, he became really cruel. He would do 'stuff' to me." Beast Boy said, emphasizing the word 'stuff'.

"What kind of 'stuff'?" Robin asked, narrowing his eyes.

Beast Boy looked uncomfortable. "Umm, you don't want to know. Just that it involved a lot of sharp pointy objects and a lot of blood."

Robin eyes widened. For a moment, he looked like he was going to force Beast Boy for answers. Maybe he's right. I don't want to know. Robin slumped into the couch and waved his hand for Beast Boy to continue.

Beast Boy looked relieved Robin was not going to push the topic. "Um, I'm not going to go too far here. So I'll just get to the point. Later, Galtry found out that I was super rich. So he decided to kill me and make it look like an accident to get all my money. While I was running away from him, I accidentally set the house on fire."

Robin stared at Beast Boy. "Did you just say you set the house on fire? How in the world did you do that?"

Beast Boy looked exasperated. "I don't know! It just happened okay! One minute I smelt gas and the next BOOM!"

Robin thought for a moment and asked the obvious. "So did he die?"

Beast Boy shrugged. "I'm not sure. I flew out of there the first chance I got. But even if he did survive that fire, his face is going to be disfigured for the rest of his life. Ha!" Beast Boy said triumphantly.

Robin smirked. "He deserved it."

"Aye, that he did! Anyway, I flew far away and landed in a forest. Unfortunately, someone saw me. You think Galtry was bad? These guys were worse, way worse. As I was walking through the forest, something shot me in the leg and I blacked out. When I woke up, I was strapped down and needles were poking out of my arms. Then this guy in the white coat walked towards me and told me that I am test project number 5472 and that I now belong to the Star Labs Research Center. "

"Star Labs? Isn't that where Cyborg's father works?" Robin interrupted.

"Yeah, it is. That's kinda why I avoided him for a while when I found out. Okay, back to the story. So, those people experimented on me. They wanted to test my pain tolerance and what made me able to morph and all that rubbish. They would cut me up and-"

Robin stood up and got into Beast Boy's face. "CUT YOU UP?! EXPERIMENT ON YOU?! HOW CAN YOU JUST SIT THERE AND TALK CALMLY ABOUT IT?!" Robin raged.

Beast Boy frowned. "Dude, it was a long time ago. Stop overreacting already."

Robin sat back down, but was still seething in anger. "How long were you with them?" Robin asked in a tight and controlled voice.

Beast Boy thought for a while. "Six months, I think."

Robin was back on his feet. "SIX MONTHS?!"

Beast Boy held his ears in pain. "Dude, will you stop shouting? I'm getting a headache."

Robin reduced his volume, but said in an equally angry voice, "But how could they do that to you?! This is inhumane!"

Beast Boy smiled sadly. "Dude, I'm not even considered human, with all of my messed up DNA. And can you really blame them? I mean have you ever seen anybody else green like me? Face it, I'm a freak."

"You're not a freak." Robin said firmly. "I'm sorry I called you that back at the training room. If I had known-"

Beast Boy waved it away. "Forget it, dude. It's just that I have not been called that for so long that it brought back bad memories."

"Still, I shouldn't have gone so far to force you to attack me. Besides, you're not the only one who's green. J'onn is green too." Robin added, trying to cheer Beast Boy up.

Beast Boy looked confused. "John-? John who?"

Robin mentally kicked himself. Great, I just gave away J'onn's secret identity. "Uh, I mean the Martian Manhunter! You know, of the Justice League?"

Beast Boy stared at Robin with wide eyes. "Dude! How did you know him? Oh right, you're Robin. Well, he may be green, but he's born that way! I mean, that guy is from Mars! All aliens on Mars are probably green!"

Robin deflated. "Oh, right. Never thought of that. How did you escape those 'people' anyway?"

"Well, I finally couldn't take it anymore one day. I turned into something like the Beast. Um, not quite the Beast, but something like it. This was more primal, not nearly as hairy or ugly as the Beast, but I think that-"

"Beast Boy. Beast Boy! You're rambling." Robin interrupted.

"Oh, right. Heh heh. Sorry. Well, that almost Beast thing helped me break out of my bonds. I attacked all those mad scientists and destroyed the whole lab. After that, I dashed out into the jungle as free as a bird."

"I thought that the Beast was evil? Why did he help you?" Robin asked.

"The Beast isn't evil! He's like a part of me. Besides, you should thank him. After all, he stopped me from killing you the other day." Beast Boy added.

Robin looked surprised. "He did? How?"

"He pulled me out of memory lane. It ...uh...he was like, 'Hey! You're killing birdboy! Stop now!'"

"The Beast…can talk?" Robin asked in shock.

"Yeah. You shouldn't have said that, though. When I said, 'You can talk?' he growled in my head for an hour." Beast Boy said a little nervously.

Robin still looked a little weirded out knowing the Beast could talk. "Oh. Sorry. Back to the story?"

"Okay then. So after I escaped from hellhole, I came to a town. Then I saw a criminal robbing a bank. Just as I was going to stop him, four people came out of nowhere and surrounded him. That was the first time I saw the Doom Patrol. They used their powers and took that criminal down. I was so amazed and happy that there were people out there like me. So I followed them and broke into their headquarters."

Robin looked surprised and amused. "You what? Seriously?"

Beast Boy nodded. "Uh huh. Unfortunately, they found me when I triggered the alarm. Instead of attacking me like I thought they would, they were impressed with my abilities and Mento asked me to join the Doom Patrol. I accepted, of course. I was so happy that I was going to be a superhero. I was even happier when Mento and Elastigirl decided to adopt me as Steve and Rita Dayton. Mento also trained me personally and helped me morph into bigger and stronger animals."

"Did he also train you in martial arts?" Robin asked.

"Yeah. He taught me the basics just in case I am unable to use my powers. But the rest of the moves you saw me do I invented myself." Beast Boy replied.

Robin looked impressed. "Cool. Maybe you can show the team during training."

"Sure. Well, you know pretty much everything after that. Mento kicked me off the Doom Patrol after I saved his ass and then I came to Jump City." Beast Boy finished.

"I never knew you had such a hard past. I mean everyday you act so happy and easygoing. How can you still do that after everything you went through?"

Beast Boy stood up and stretched. "I just be myself. I also spend more time with you guys so I don't think about my past. Hey, this talk really helped. I feel like a weight has been lifted off me. Thanks, Robin."

Robin nodded in reply. "You're welcome."

"By the way, when are the other Titans coming back?" Beast Boy asked.

"They should be back soon. Uh, actually I think I should call them now! To check on how they're doing." Robin said, taking out his communicator.

"Dude, don't bother. You know how Raven gets when she's interrupted doing an 'important' thing. Besides, you just want an excuse to call Starfire." Beast Boy teased.

"What?! Of course not! It's my duty as team leader to check on my teammates!" Robin said quickly.

Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right. You can't fool anyone, Romeo." Beast Boy said, walking off and leaving a protesting Robin behind.