"No!" Raven screamed, her eyes shot open and she moved in Beast Boy's arms, her hand rose up and smashed against lust's. Beast Boy couldn't move for the shock that gripped him threatened to give him a heart attack.

Lust stumbled back and Raven untangled herself from Beast Boy lithely. Raven's hands began to glow as she punched lustrepeatedly in the face, she was horrified and angry that this had happened at all, "Go. Back. To. Nevermore." And never come back.

Raven knelt on top of a severely beaten lust.

Raven's smile was wide, "You are too foolish for words...you only have control in my mind, out here you have nothing but a copy of my body in a slutty outfit."

Lust grinned and reached up, her hands snaking around Raven's waist gently, "That's true, but I don't need strength or magic, not when I know you're so starved for physical love that any touch in this outside world will light you on fire." To prove her point lust's hands slithered smoothly up Raven's stomach, passed over her breasts, and moved to grip her face.

The feeling was overwhelming...Raven couldn't even describe what it was, all she knew was that it was too much too soon and her body was shutting down from the awkwardly pleasurable burning sensation that ignited across her skin.

Lust sat up and pulled Raven's face closer, her lips cruised from the corner of her mouth, across her cheek, and to her ear. Her breath was white hot and angry tears began to stream down Raven's cheeks face in a strangled response.

"Does it hurt?" Lust breathed gently and moved to keep her face close with just one hand while the other moved to her throat, blazing fingers traced sizzling patterns across her skin.

Raven gasped as lust's nails began to rip through her flesh in the same moment that she bit her ear as hard as she could. Her hand blazed down Raven's chest, shredding her clothes to pieces, leaving gaping lines in it's wake.

"I'm going to rip you apart and burn the pieces."

Raven felt her body move but didn't know where the control was coming from...her left hand was suddenly wrapped around lust's neck with a fighting vengeance, her life hung by whatever willpower she could muster. Raven pushed her back, tried to separate herself and gain some space, but instead lust lurched towards her with renewed vigor and her teeth sunk into the soft skin of Raven's neck with ease.

Raven screamed at the top of her lungs and struggled for breath. Her body moved rigidly but for some reason her hands wouldn't move and he vision spotted with alarming speed.

Beast Boy was finally pulled to focus on the gravity of the situation unfolding in front of his eyes, he got to his feet and quickly gripped lust's face in his hand, he pried her jaw open and threw her across the room...but she was back in seconds, she attached herself to him and began to kiss him.

Beast Boy transformed into a beast...he wanted to kill the thing attached to him, he wanted to destroy her so that she could never hurt Raven again. As they fought he caught glances of Raven bleeding to death on the floor. He began to panic because she wasn't breathing and her skin looked paler then ever.

One moment Beast Boy was moments from destroying lust and then suddenly she was gone and the door to Raven's room was blown to smithereens.

Cyborg lead the way in, followed closely by Robin and Starfire.

Everyone froze in their tracks until Starfire rushed to Raven's side.

"Beast Boy! What did you do to her!" Robin yelled at the top of his lungs and advanced quickly on him.

Cyborg moved quickly to Raven's side, her picked her up swiftly and turned back to Beast Boy, "Now is not the time, she's dying."

Once Cyborg had closed all of Raven's open wounds and started her on a blood transfusion he settled her as gently as humanly possible into a comfortable bad, he gave her medication for the pain and to keep her subdued until she was strong enough to resume healing herself. He was alarmed by how much blood she'd lost and how long it had taken to restart her heart. She showed absolutely no brain activity on the monitors and that worried him the most. He could fix any and every part of her expect for her brain.

His eyes lingered on her ripped torso, he cured how weak and fragile she appeared...he wondered briefly how long it had taken for her to pass out, how much torture she'd endured before the peacefulness of unconsciousness had enveloped her.

They left Raven in a room by herself where she could heal in the quiet...Cyborg also wanted to keep her in a sterile environment, he didn't know too much about her DNA and was afraid infection would take over too quickly if she was too exposed.

"What happened, BB?" Cyborg finally spoke, he wasn't completely able to keep the anger from his voice, all he had to do was look over his shoulder through the safety glass to see her mutilated form.

Beast Boy shook his head slowly, "Her emotions are...completely out of control...she needed my help so I was staying with her, because they kept attacking her, and then Robin came and yelled in her face and tossed her around...and then they went berserk and one of them did that to her."

"Why were you with her in the first place?" Robin growled.

"I walked in while it was attacking her! It sounded then like she was dying, and now look what's happened...it tried to kill her again." Beast Boy growled angrily.

"Only friend Raven can tell us what truly happened, correct?" Starfire interjected quickly, "When she awakens we shall ask her and there shall be no more tension within our family."

Cyborg shook his head, "I don't know how soon that will be...she's not showing any brain activity, the machines are what's keeping her alive right now," his face turned hopeful, "but we all know Rae is stronger then that, so there's nothing to worry about. Plus none of the injuries she sustained were life threatening, I can't figure out what's caused the shutdown."

Beast Boy's fist clenched angrily, his teeth ground together, "I need to stay with her."

Robin put an angry hand on his shoulder, his face hard, "For all we know you're the cause of her injuries, if you think for a moment that I'm going to leave you alone with her then you have another thing coming."

Starfire reached out tentatively and removed Robin's hand before Beast Boy had the chance to overreact, "Now, Robin, we mustn't forget that this happened before, and that it wasn't Beast Boy's fault then either...that was Adonis...we did the jumping of the gun in that situation aswell and it ended up being that Beast Boy saved her life."

"This is different, Star, he remembers what happened and has come up with this insane idea that her inner demons are now...how would you say it Beast Boy? Real? Did you see the bite mark on her neck, it looks like an animal was mauling her, did you look at all the scratches...clearly you just lost control and hurt her." Robin nearly spat in his face.

Beast Boy turned his back on Robin, he didn't want to fight, and he certainly didn't want to be forced to leave Raven. Cyborg was looking at him cynically, "Don't you dare hurt her...if she is disturbed even in the slightest she will probably die...and if she dies I will kill you."

Beast Boy nodded and turned on his heel, "Don't disrupt me."

Robin grumbled something angrily under his breath and Starfire responded in a soothing tone...one that probably only served to anger him more.

Beast Boy took a seat next to the bed, the beeping sounds were hard to block out, he wanted to concentrate on her and her alone. But his mind wouldn't clear and the very faint rise and fall of her chest made him nervous. He reached out and tentative hand and stroked her jaw. He knew he shouldn't touch her...Cyborg had said not to specifically...but her skin felt so perfect against his own. The craving inside of his body clawed and howled whenever she was near.

"If you do exactly what I ask of you then I'll let her live."

Beast Boy cringed and refused to turn around, he couldn't even force himself to breath for fear that unwanted tears would spill down his face.

"You heard me boy...if you ever want to see color in her cheeks again then you'll do exactly what I tell you." lust hissed sensually in his ear, her body moved to press softly against his back; her hands wove into his hair and tugged gently from the roots, "Don't worry, I won't be as rough with you."

Beast Boy's jaw clenched angrily, "You disgust me beyond belief."

Lust laughed softly and trailed her hand down his chest, "You're not a vegetable like she is...I turn you on and you know it."

Beast Boy shuddered angrily and pushed her back, but she moved closer, he'd turned away from Raven's bed and she moved into his lap. She straddled him and wrapped her arms around his neck, "If you don't do what I ask of you then you will never wake up."

Beast Boy pushed at her shoulders and leaned away, "This is so wrong."

She giggled gently and leaned in, her lips against his cheek. He didn't know what she was up to until behind him he heard the heart monitor stop, "If you think I'm bluffing then you're sadly mistaken."

Beast Boy frowned and reached out to hold her face abruptly, breaking her concentration on stopping Raven's heart, "If you kill her then there's no chance in the world I would ever want to touch her...and I already shrink at the thought alone. So you really have nothing to manipulate me with."

Lust grinned, "Yes, maybe that is true...but I certainly don't need Raven to be alive for me to survive, the sensations would become lifeless, but not unbearable. Don't get me wrong...I would really prefer to do you...but once she is gone the yearning will be too and I will be free to fuck whoever I want."

Beast Boy glanced over his shoulder at Raven, his heart beat angrily in his chest and he wanted to throw up.

"Fine."

A/N

Sorry it's a tad late :P I didn't mean to but I was debating whether to rush what has now been decided for the next chapter, or to wait (and I ultimately ended it a little short in order to make the next chapter its own thing).

Child: Intense is what I aim for, lol.

Wolvmbm: It was lust, you guessed correctly!

Gagster: I didn't want to make him one on purpose, but I guess that's what he was meant to be in this one :P

BlackRose: Next chapter will be better *winkwink*

GrayAreas: I love jealousy and Beast Boy needs a little kick in the pants every once in a while.

Kelly: I'm usually so bad at humor but I try when I get the chance, lol.

DarkFire: As you wish. (Princess Bride quote - Amazing movie!)

Divinesent: Served!

AngelicToaster: Haha, I laughed and I'm so glad that you gave it a chance (and honored that you're still a reader), I'm notoriously bad at first impressions :P Most of my readers are return ones so that's always nice.

Vampire: Your suspense is quenched! :P

-Kay