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Rondo's Request

As its claws came closer and closer to scoring their mark the Beast suddenly felt the breath violently pulled from its body as a familiar and enraging power surged through it.

Beast Boy saw waves of energy suddenly flow through the Creature as its claws drew nearer and nearer to bringing his life to a bloody end. As the energy flowed nearly instantly to its hands and fingertips its arm froze completely in the air centimeters above Beast Boy's neck. He could see the hatred in the Creature's eyes as it succumbed to the energy that was overpowering it, losing consciousness.

"No……so….close….." the Monster whispered as it fell into the silent darkness that rushed up to meet it on all sides. The Beast's arm was pulled back to its side within its cage as the power continued to wash over it. As Beast Boy began to question from where his salvation had come he saw the wall of the dam become transparent. Rays of light began to emanate from the concrete, shining from a very bright source within the dam itself.

As the concrete finished its transformation Beast Boy could see yet another being who looked just like him in almost every way. He could see the power that surged out from him into the walls of the dam, leaping from him into the surrounding material like electricity. Beast Boy recognized it to be the same power which had subdued the creature moments before ending his life. On the boy's face he saw sweat drip down his face as he eased up and ceased the flow of energy, almost falling out of his place in the dam.

"I've been waiting for you Beast Boy," the boy said tiredly as he steadied himself on the walls of the surrounding concrete, "I've known you would come eventually to my humble little abode. My name is Rondo and….and…." he said as he trailed off, his words lost as he saw Raven suspended in the air. Instantly and effortlessly he jumped the ten feet to the ground and walked towards Beast Boy and Raven. Beast Boy's trust of this apparent ally didn't go far enough to let him approach Raven, not after discovering about the Beast and its similar form to him as well.

"Hold it there, thanks for saving me and all, but stuff that's happened recently is making me not really want to trust any other dudes who look and sound like me after meeting that," he paused as he pointed to the Creature unconscious in its cage, "that thing." Instantly he felt Rondo's hand grip his shoulder and felt Raven cringe in fear as she felt Rondo's presence so close. "He just instantly appeared next to me, how did he get over here so fast? If I chose to try to stop him, could I really even do anything?" Beast Boy thought to himself as he looked into those slightly different yet recognizable deep green eyes.

"I swear I will not harm her in the slightest…..its just been so…..I just want to get her down from there and make sure that she's okay." he said as his cheeks flushed and tears nearly came to his eyes. Beast Boy was instantly struck by his words and the veracity which they carried, but he still had his doubts.

"How do I trust this guy? I just met that monster over there not too long ago, and I don't know how far I want to push my luck with all of this crazy stuff happening." he said to himself as he looked down to the ground to try and collect his thoughts.But as their eyes reconnected when he looked back it really hit him what the boy before him was feeling. For some reason he just had to go to Raven, he didn't want to hurt her in any way and that was very obvious by the emotions etched all over his face.

"Okay, I'll help you get her down….." Beast Boy said as he turned to face Raven. Beast Boy held her by the stomach as Rondo reached for her shackles. Without even touching them or coming close to them they opened instantly as he gestured at them with a finger. After the shackles had been opened the peasant clothing that Raven had been wearing melted away into her usual leotard and cape as she fell to Beast Boy. Beast Boy could feel Raven's exhausted form fall into his arms and felt her cling to him with her head on his shoulder and her face buried in his neck.

"Who are you?" Raven asked as she looked to the stranger from her place on Beast Boy's neck. "Why am I clinging to Beast Boy….I would've never thought in a million years he would be making me feel so safe right now…." she thought to herself with surprise.

Beast Boy felt tingles go up and down his spine as Raven spoke, her lips dancing on his skin. "Oh God, if only those were kisses……what? That can't be…..well…." he thought as her lips finished their movement. He couldn't think of many things he wanted more at that moment than her lips to begin their unintentionally seductive dance again. "Wow, that sure is different from stereotypical Raven…sexy and tantalizing even when she's just speaking….hehe" he thought to himself as he refocused on the copy before him.

"I'm….I'm Rondo…." he replied, almost visibly struggling to speak. "She….she looks just like Triana…it's uncanny…" he thought to himself as he strained to stop himself from staring at her.

"Why are you here?" both Beast Boy and Raven asked as one, wondering why he had been in the dam and how he had been able to subdue the Beast. Beast Boy could feel his lips twitch as he felt Raven's dance on his flesh once more. "God I love that so….so much! Possibly more than Super Monkey's IV, and that's impossible! DUDE! Before now it was impossible, apparently Raven's lips can change destiny!" he mused to himself as he again tried to refocus his attention on Rondo.

Even through all the things that had happened earlier Raven found her lips curve into a smile as she felt them move across the soft skin of Beast Boy's neck. "I've never nuzzled and cuddled like this before, I was sure missing out….WHAT?" she thought as she felt her heart race, confused and surprised by the naked truth the thought held. Trying to maintain her self control and control over her powers Raven turned her attention to Rondo. She could tell things were going to start blowing up soon if she didn't properly control her emotions.

"But wait a second," she thought to herself, "it's obvious that I don't have my powers right now…..otherwise I would've been able to free myself earlier." The possibilities seemed endless to Raven, but she must remain constantly vigilant, powers or not. What if they came back really quickly when she was caught up in her emotions and she accidentally hurt someone? She wouldn't want that, she chose at the moment to rather be safe than sorry.

"I'm here as the Creature's keeper and guard. I've been waiting a very long time for you to come here Beast Boy…..but I could've never thought that you would bring her as well." he said as he looked from Beast Boy to Raven. "I never thought that you could bring her here for that matter…but I'm very pleased to finally meet you, Raven." Rondo's eyes had a small but bright sparkle as her name crossed his lips, which did not pass unnoticed by Beast Boy or Raven.

"You see….I was not always the Beast's guardian. It wasn't until the day when it hurt me irrevocably," Rondo's anger only served to accentuate the pain and despair in his voice as he told his story, "that I came to actually seek this assignment, this responsibility. I was courting a young woman named Triana for about a year when she disappeared. I arrived at her home one evening with a dozen roses I had taken to growing for her. When I spoke with her parents, they didn't know where she was, so I started looking for her."

Raven felt Beast Boy's arm around her tighten as Rondo continued speaking. She pulled back enough from his neck to see his face and she saw tears forming as his lips quivered slightly. With his right arm he reached across his chest to rub his hand up and down her shoulder, caressing her skin through her the soft fabric of her leotard. He turned his face to hers and the disturbed and haunted look on it sent icy shivers down her spine. Raven settled back into her place on his shoulder, and looked from there to Rondo to hear the rest.

Tears began to show in Rondo's eyes as he continued on with a rushed tempo of spilling emotion, it was obvious he had had quite some time to brood on the subject. "She was found later that day when I visited our spot on the lake…..She had taken to long walks at night when she couldn't sleep and she would go and sit on the rocks as the wind drove the water to lap up just below her feet.

I can still see her beautiful hair, black as night, cascading down her shoulders as she reclined on her rock….I can still see those beautiful eyes widen when they saw me approaching, and crinkle around the edges as she smiled and ran to greet me." his voice began to crack as he continued on, his face beginning to twist in a grimace that showed the acidic darkness which dwelled within him. "That was before…..that day. Now I can also see her eyes looking past me, dead and milky as I squeezed her bloody and battered body tightly in my arms."

Beast Boy felt his arm tighten around Raven, pulling her close as if to stop her from leaving him. Raven felt Beast Boy's chest began to heave, and knew that his tears were beginning to fall. She felt his hand move from her arm to her face, and felt her initial questions and reservations disappear as she burrowed her face into his neck as he caressed her.

Her mind quieted as her thoughts clarified into a single realization. Through everything that had happened, she wanted to be at Beast Boy's side, and that consumed her fears, evaporating them. Beast Boy had already told her his feelings for her, and she appreciated that. Her past made the occurrence of someone confessing such feelings for her quite rare. She didn't know exactly how she felt about him, but she did know that she cared for him at least as a friend and teammate. She would stand by his side and help him deal with whatever may come up in this crisis, she would be there for him.

Rondo's tears came with the same intensity and quickness as surf breaking on the rocks. His entire body began to rock and jump with their ferocity as he continued on. "I can still feel her cold lips on mine, as I kissed the love of my life goodbye…and in that same instant in time I said goodbye to every feeling of happiness I've ever felt. Every moment of joy was stolen from me by that Beast's crime…" he said as he jumped to his feet. Instantly he appeared extremely close to Beast Boy and Raven as ferocious tears streamed down his face.

With Raven still clinging to him with her head on shoulder and face on his neck Beast Boy felt Rondo's burning gaze level with his, inches away. Rondo's fingers clamped down on Beast Boy's triceps, digging in deep. Raven saw Rondo's hot tears fall on his shirt as she saw at the young man's face hover almost maliciously inches away from Beast Boy's. Nearly shaking with emotion, rage, hatred, love, caring, self-loathing, and pity Rondo spoke in a nearly silent whisper. Yet his words held the power of any nuclear bomb exploding inches away from them.

"I have sailed on the backs of eagles with my lover. I have danced in the stars with her and felt the sun's tears kiss my face in envy of my love. Whatever happens in your life, Beast Boy, don't you fucking dare let love end silently. Don't let your soul get ripped out of your body by hatred, and feel the silence of your emptiness scream in your face.

I told her every single day that I loved her…but it was never enough! A beautiful future was stolen from me the second that Beast laid eyes on my radael, Triana." he said as he grimaced painfully as her name crossed his lips. "Don't you dare let love turn into an acid that burns inside until you wish you would die just to end it!" Rondo's shaking began to quake Beast Boy and Raven more and more as Raven noticed tears running down his face and wetting hers as well…then she realized she was crying the whole time.

"Live your life to show her how amazing she is to you, whoever you love! Never let a single moment pass where you could tell her! Show her! Kiss her! Hold her! Don't become a hollowed out husk of a person because you failed to be the man you needed to be. Don't become me!" Rondo said as his grip eased on Beast Boy's arms, and he fell straight down as if all of the energy he possessed was drained from him by his vehement monologue.

Beast Boy felt his knees release as he and Raven slowly sat down together, joining Rondo on the ground. He could feel Raven's tears mixing with his on his neck, and with the arm he had wrapped tightly around her he gave her a squeeze. Raven felt Beast Boy hug her reassuringly, and she couldn't think of anyone she would rather be with in this situation. Rondo lay on his back on the ground breathing hard, one hand lay on his chest as the other lay limp beside him.

A/N: Again, please review so I can make even better stories for you guys. I hope you enjoyed it,

CrimsonBlade117.