Authors note: Hello... When I finish this story (hint-probably 3-5 more chapters) I want to write another story, I know I opened a poll, but do you have any other suggestions? Don't be afraid to review ;)

Chapter 10- Africa

Beast boy and Tiffany had finally made it to their destination. After 3 days of flying and swimming they were finally one step closer to finding the cure. The journey went a little longer then expected, but getting the cure is all that matters. Sadly... As they walked along the beach in Africa, memories began to come back to Beast boy. Feeling the sand between his toes as he walked barefoot and looked at the beautiful ocean view.

"Wow, I never realized how much I missed Africa." Beast boy said looking at Tiffany.

"Yeah, never really know how much you love something until its gone." Tiffany said responding to Beast boy's statement with a smile.

"Yeah."

"So what do we do now, I mean which way to the cure?" Tiffany asked just wanting to get the cure and try to go back to normal. Beast boy looked at her with a hint of disappointment. He thought she would have at least a slight change in mind after the cool journey they had. Beast boy was right she had changed her a mind a little, but she realized that this life was not for her. Tiffany could not live like a purple 'freak' who doesn't even know how to control her own powers. She did not think Beast boy was a freak, she thought he was amazing.

"Well first I have to take out my tracker then we can be on our way." Beast boy said sitting down on the beach and pulling out a little swiss army knife. He began to go behind his neck and cut a little piece in a straight line. Then he pushed down below the cut and a small capsule came out. He threw it into the sand and buried it. He then grabbed a napkin from his bag and cleaned up the blood from his neck and cleaned the knife. "There now lets find your cure."

Meanwhile*

Cyborg had been checking the machines and the view to make sure they were still in the clear when a beeping noise came from one of the machines. He walked over to see that Beast boy's signal had been lost somewhere on a beach in Africa.

"He made it." Cyborg said with a small grin, they had made up most of the distance to Beast boy due to the fact that Beast boy had to take pit-stops and they did not. "Now we have 1 more day before we reach our destination."

"Thank god, I do not know how much longer I can be on this dumb submarine." Robin said pleased that the journey was almost over.

"Uh robin?" Starfire asked, all of the titans gathered in the main "machine" room when they heard the beeping sound.

"Yes.", Wondering what his fellow titan had to say.

"If it is going to take about 2 days to get there wont it take 2 days to get back. Prolonging your depression." Starfire said her eyes glimmering in the submarine light.

"She has a point, Robin." Raven said a little happy by this conversation.

"Ugh." That was all Robin said before walking out the room. Cyborg smiled also finding that conversation a little funny.

"Did I say something wrong?" Starfire asked floating about a foot off of the ground.

"No, you said all of the right things. Don't worry about it." Raven said now also leaving the room to go back to her meditating.

"Are you ok, Cyborg?" Starfire asked realizing that Cyborg rarely ever left this room. Cyborg looked up and turned around to face her.

"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Cyborg said suddenly starting to feel tired.

"Because you seemed to never leave this room, Beast boy is ok friend. You do not have to worry about him so much." Starfire said now floating over to Cyborg and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I know..." Cyborg started, but knew she could tell he was lying. "Its just he is my best friend, if anything ever happened to him. He hardly ever acts serious and when I saw him so sad and-

"It is ok to be worried, but you must learn that Beast boy can take care of himself. He is strong and loyal. He wont leave you, ever." Starfire said smiling.

"You always know how to cheer someone up, Star." Cyborg said now smiling too. He stopped the submarine for the first time since their departure. He turned around and began to walk with Starfire to the kitchen to enjoy a nice dinner.

As Beast boy walked into his tent to have dinner with his parents, he was greeted with a warm breeze and the smell of delicious... meat.

"Hey, Garfield how was your day?" His mother asked setting the table.

"It was good." He said sitting down, not wanting to mention Tiffany just in case their friendship did not work out. His father and mother looked at him then at each other as he ate his rice and meat, not looking up.

"Well, did you meet anybody... new?" His father asked hoping he would mention Tiffany. The two parents saw them walking towards the tent after hearing loud laughter, knowing that it belonged to their only child.

"No, I talked to a few kids, but no." Garfield said still not looking up.

"Ok, you sure?" His mother asked one more time.

"Ok, yeah I meet this girl, but all she did was show me around and talk." Beast boy said not really sure why he would not tell them about Tiffany in the first place. His mother and father looked at each other once again, but this time with a smile across their face.

"So tomorrow we are going out to study more about the wild life would you like to join us?" His mother asked. Beast boy's green eyes lit up with excitement.

"Yes!" He said putting one fist into the air. His parents smiled before finishing up the their dinner. Beast boy went of too bed quickly so the new day would come.

Beast boy woke up early and got dressed in a t-shirt and shorts. He ate his breakfast, his parents seeing an occasional smile from Beast boy from excitement. They quickly got into their little car and drove down a path into the jungle. Beast boy always liked the outdoors, he felt a connection to it. Especially jungles. They all jumped out of the car and Beast boy looked around while his parents grabbed some things from the car.

"You ready, Garfield?" His mother asked happy to see her son this excited.

"Yeah." Beast boy said as they began their journey into the woods. Beast boy stayed behind his father, but in front of his mother as they went through the jungle. They had walked for about half an hour before they found a small open space. They decided that this would be a good place to set their things. As they did so Beast boy walked around making sure to stay in sight of his parents. They trusted him so they did not look as they set up their equipment. Beast boy saw in the corner of his eye movement in the trees and looked. The movement was gone so he turned around not facing his parents when a medium size monkey stood in front of him. He was surprised, realizing the monkey was probably the movement he saw in the tree.

"Hey little guy." He spoke again backing up, just in case it was vicious. He was right the monkey swung at his feet, but Beast boy reached and grabbed a strong branch and lifted himself up. The monkey made its monkey noise and his parents looked to his Beast boy climbing the tree and a monkey following him.

"Garfield!" His mother and father screamed at the same time. His father grabbed a branch and treated it like a baseball bat, swinging it at the monkey trying to knock it off of the tree. The monkey saw this and started to come to the parents, now climbing down the tree.

"Marie, get Garfield and go." His father said slowly backing away from the monkey. The monkey was now on the ground slowly moving towards the couple. Marie however stayed put and signaling Beast boy to stay in the tree. Beast boy however slowly climbed down and slowly made his way to his parents however staying high off the ground. His father swung the branch, but the monkey slapped it and it feel from his grasp. Next, the monkey leaped toward the couple. Beast boy jumped from the tree, knocking into his parents, sending all three of them to the ground. Beast boy felt a small pain in his ankle, but got up anyway.

He then grabbed the branch his father once had and hit the monkey in its side. The monkey ran back into the woods and the three were silent for a moment. The only sound to be heard was the chirping of birds. Beast boy suddenly broke out into laughter soon his parents joining in chuckling.

"Wow. Did you see that!" Beast boy said doing a little happy dance.

"Well I'm glad to see that someone is happy." Marie said getting up with the help of her husband. "Look at my little hero." She said hugging Beast boy and his father joining in.

"Lets get back to work shall we." His father said gesturing towards the equipment. "I need some help son." Beat boy quickly came over and started helping his father. Beast boy's father looked up at Marie smiling before the smiling fading away after seeing worry in his wife's eyes.

'Mark, look.' Marie mouthed with her lips, pointing her eyes towards their sons ankle. Mark looked and saw three scratches on his sons ankle from the monkey.

'I know' Mark mouthed back, before returning his attention to his son.

Ok so I figured I would give you a little more info... *cough* your welcome. Lol :)