Chapter 16

Beast boy was flying through the cloudy evening sky. The sun had already began to set. He was deep in thought as he was flew towards the docks, where Red X had instructed him to go. He was flying in the form of an eagle.

He was thinking about wether he could have prevented this from happening as his thoughts had drifted back to the earlier events.

-Flashback-

As Beast boy put the disk into the DVD player and pressed the start button, an image of Red X appeared on the large screen TV.

Red X was standing in a dark warehouse, with an army of Slades robots surrounding the room.

RED X: "Beast boy. If you ever want to see Argent again, you will come to the docks at 5 pm on your own. Do not call the police or I will kill both Argent and Argenna" he said in a mechanical tone. As he finished giving Beast boy the instructions, the screen went black.

Everyone stared at the screen in shock, trying to process what Red X had just told them. They heard Beast boy drop on to his knees. When the others looked at him, they couldn't distinguish what he was feeling at the moment as he had a blank expression on his face.

BEAST BOY: "I'm so sorry Argent. It's all my fault. I should have been here with you" He said moments later, which felt like hours. His body started to tremble in fear and anger as a single tear ran down his cheek.

He was shocked, hearing that Argent and Argenna were being held in a hostage situation. He didn't understand why did Red X kidnap his family or why did he want him, but he was going to find out tonight.

CYBORG: "It's not your fault" he said walking up to him. He placed a comforting hand on Beast boys shoulder. "you could not have possibly known about this"

BEAST BOY: "Yes it is. It's all my fault" he said, blaming himself for failing them. "that's what the attacks were for. To divert us away from Argent and Argenna, so Red X could kidnap them" he snapped, shrugging Cyborgs hand off his shoulder. He took deep breaths in attempts to try and stay calm.

He stood up, taking out his communicator. He opened it and checked the time. It stated 4:40 pm. He shut it and put the communicator away. He turned around and headed towards the main room doors without saying another word. As he was about to leave the main room, Red Star walked up to him, putting his arm on Beast boys shoulder, getting his attention.

As Red Star placed his arm on Beast boy shoulder, he turned around "What" he said impatiently.

RED STAR: "You can't do this on your own comrade. Let us help you" he asked, concerned for his team mate.

BEAST BOY: "No" "I have to do this on my own" he replied sternly. As much as he wanted for his team mates to help, he had to refuse it, as he didn't want for his family to get killed "Didn't you hear what Red X said on the DVD" he concluded.

RED STAR: "Yes we did, but you will die. Did you see how many Slade bots did he have with him. Let us help you." he said, trying to persuade Beast boy to accept their help.

Beast boy shook his head violently, saying "No, It's too risky." he replied, trying to prevent others from helping him. He knew the dangers of going on his own, but he had made a promise to Argent, which he intended to keep.

KOLE: "Red Star is right. He will kill you. Why don't you let us help you?" she cried, trying to get some sense into him.

He turned around, looking straight deep into Koles eyes as he sighed. "I'm sorry Kole, but I have to do this on my own. It's the only way to save them."

KOLE: "Yeah, but you'll die" she whimpered, staring straight into his emerald eyes.

BEAST BOY: "It's either me or them, Besides I have a plan to stop him" he lied, putting on a fake smile. He was trying to make Kole feel a bit better about the situation. Kole seemed to believe it as she gave him a small smile, which he returned. He walked up to her and gave her a brief hug and said goodbye to others. After that he left the tower. He morphed into an eagle and took off, heading to towards the docks.

-End flashback-

He snapped out of his thought as he felt a rain drop on his beak. He shook his head and focused on the mission. As he flew across the ocean, towards the mainland, he saw the docks. He flew towards it. 'I hope I'm not too late' he thought, landing in front of one of the warehouses.

As he landed in front of the warehouse, he checked the time on his communicator. It stated 4:58 'perfect timing' he thought, staring at the warehouse for couple of seconds. He took a deep breath and morphed into a T Rex. He charged at the sliding doors, breaking through it. Once he broke through the door, he changed back and shouted "Argent", He carefully looked around in the dark, empty room.

As he entered the warehouse, he heard a low groan coming from one of the corners of the room. He turned around and saw Argent chained up on the wall. "Argent" he exclaimed, running up to her.

When he saw her pale face, he gasped. "What has that sick bastard done to you" he whispered. Her face was lot more paler than usual. She had a few cuts and bruises on her face, which made Beast boys blood boil. He wanted to kill Red X, for what he had done to her. As he was about to attempt to break the cuffs, he was kicked in the face by a dark figure.

Beast boy landed with a loud thud, couple of feet away from Argent. When he recovered from the sudden attack and stood up, he spun around to face his attacker. It was Red X. Beast boy glared at him. "Where's Argenna and what have you done to Argent"

RED X: "I put Argenna into one of the offices" he said, pointing at one of the office doors. "and as for Argent, I injected her with a powerful serum, which disabled her powers"

BEAST BOY "what do you want with me" he asked with a growl.

RED X: "Isn't it obvious, I want you to die" he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, while glaring daggers at him.

BEAST BOY: "But why" he asked, getting into a battle stance.

RED X: "I want revenge for destroying my life" with that said he charged at Beast boy, pulling out several Xrangs from his utility belt, throwing them at Beast boy, which he dodged by morphing into a fly.

Beast boy flew stealthily behind Red X, morphing into a gorilla. He wrapped his arms around Red X's body and started bear hugging him, in attempts to break his body. "What do you mean" he asked, holding him even tighter.

Red X knew that he was running out of options. He reached to his belt, with a great struggle as he was running out of air. He pressed a button, teleporting away from Beast boys grasp. He morphed back into himself, looking around the room for any sign of Red X.

Moments later Red X appeared behind Beast boy, pulling out his laser gun. As he was about to aim the gun at him, beast boy morphed into a grisly bear. He spun around and swiped the gun out of Red X's hand. Once the gun landed on the ground and was out of his reach, Beast boy took another swing at Red X. Red X, which he managed to dodge it by jumping in the air. He narrowly missed Beast boys sharp claws. As he did a front flip, landing behind Beast boy, he slammed his fist on the button again, turning him invisible.

Beast boy turned around to face Red X, but found that he had dissapeared again. He morphed back into himself, carefully examining the dark room. He knew that Red X was still in there as he could smell his scent, but he couldn't see him. After couple minutes of searching for Red X, he lowered his guard and decided to go and help Argent and get them to safety. As he ran up to Argents unconscious body, he heard footsteps behind him. He knew that it was Red X and quickly turned around. He was too late as he saw a flash of red light in front of his face.

Red X turned visible again and shot several sticky X's at Beast boy, in attempts to trap him. Beast boy managed to dodge most of the sticky X's, but one of the X's hit him straight in the chest, effectively Stopping him in his tracks.

Before Beast boy was able to morph Into anything and break the sticky X, Red X ran up to him, taking the syringe out of his belt and injecting him with the same serum, which he had used on Argent. As Red X took the syringe out of Beast boys neck "get him" Red X ordered the robots, which they complied to.

RED X: 'I finally got him' he thought, as grabbed the laser gun from the floor. Once Red X grabbed the laser gun, he walked up to Beast boy.

ARGENT: "Beast boy", she moaned as she began to wake up. The drugs had finally worn off her. She Was still unable to use her powers.

As she opened her eyes, she saw Slade bots holding Beast boy by his arms, while Red X was standing in front of him. She noticed a gun in Red X's hand, which wasn't a good sign. He aimed the gun at Beast boys head and said "Any last requests"

BEAST BOY: "Yes let my family go" he said after a moment of silence.

Red X motioned his arm, granting Beast boys last wish. He ordered Slades robots to go and get Argenna from one of the offices and escort both Argent and Argenna out of the warehouse.

Minutes later one of the robots returned with Argenna and gave her to Argent. They were escorted out of the warehouse. As she was escorted out, she looked back to Beast boy as he was about to be killed.

She desperately tried to use her powers, but they didn't seem to respond. She didn't know what to do as she was not trained to fight without her powers. She started to tremble in fear.

Tears started to well up in her eyes, as Red X aimed the gun at Beast boys head. She held Argenna tightly to her chest as she heard Red X charging up his laser gun. She knew that this was going to be the end for Beast boy as Red X was getting ready to fire.

She looked at Beast boy in fear. She was mentally praying for someone to come and help him. She started to wonder 'why didn't others come to help him'

Beast boy took one last glance at Argent and his daughter. He body began trembling in fear as he knew that he wouldn't see either of them again. He knew that he would never get to see Argenna grow up, he knew that he would never get to marry Argent as he had always wanted to and he knew that he would never get to meet his unborn child. As he finished with his though, a lonely tear broke free from his eye. "I'm sorry" he muttered repeatedly.

He closed his eyes in fear, looking away from her. He lowered his head in defeat as he was preparing for the final blow from Red X.

Red X saw Beast boy lowering his head in defeat. This made him smirk under his mask as he slowly applied more pressure on the trigger.

ARGENT: "Nooo" she cried, closing her eyes in fear. Fear had temporarily paralysed her body. She fell on her knees and began hugging Argenna even tighter as...

A/N: Looks like this is the end of Beast boy.

I had to rewrite this chapter several times as I was not happy with it.

Expect a new chapter soon.

Reviews would be appreciated. :)