I own nothing! So don't go pinning it on me. Also, if anybody asks, I was never here.
After two days of swimming, and the numerous times his communicator went off, he finally surfaced near the tower. He knew nothing major happened while he was down there; Aqualad wasn't the only one who could talk to fish, who talked to the crabs, who heard the gossip from the gulls, who spied on the eagles, who kept an eye on the city at Beast Boys request.
Are you sure about this? He heard in his head. Even with being a fish, she could still talk to him if she chose, and she chose to talk to him. He wasn't sure which confused him more, that she sought him out, or that she hadn't severed the connection yet.
Yes I'm sure. I can't be around her for one, and the way they attacked you, no. I don't know what they are thinking, but I'm not going to be part of it. Not if my voice means nothing.
His anger was boiling, but he did his level best not to show it. He walked up to the door and taped the letter to it. He didn't want to see the disappointment in Robin's eyes, the tears in stars, or the disbelief in his best friend's sole human eye. He knew if he didn't do this now and this way, he would lose it and hurt everyone worse than just leaving. He morphed into a falcon and flew east, towards the main part of the city.
Where can I go? I know I can go to Rita, but Steve? He would never understand. I still have the account my parents left me, but I don't want to stop helping those who need it. Maybe I need to figure myself out first.
As he flew across the city he barely noticed when a dark flat circle hovering just to his left keeping perfect pace with him. His mind was in turmoil, spinning out of control, he didn't even see what direction he was heading. That was until he flew full speed straight into a cliff face. He started to fall, but didn't fall far. A few feet below where he hit, was a black disk with raven staring down at him, a look of amusement on her face.
"It's Rachel by the way. You seem to keep forgetting that." She said as she crossed her arms.
No, but what I want to call you makes you even angrier at me. He replied in his mind, still looking like a much disheveled green bird.
And at that very moment two things happened at almost the same time. The first was one hell of an explosion going off in Jump City. The second was his communicator was going nuts. He didn't want to deal with it, but he still cared about this city, and for his friends. He morphed back into his human form and flipped it open to see CY looking back at him.
"Dude, what's going on? Cinderblock kicking your butts again?" he asked with more than a little sarcasm in his voice.
"BB, we need your help, we are facing Adonis and some new dude named Slade. And this new dude seems to have brought robots with him. We need all the help we can get; even that girl you brought the other day is welcome to join the fray if she wishes. We are badly outnumbered, and could use a t-rex right about now, especially a very green one." He sounded like he really meant it.
Beast Boy looked at raven the question plainly written on his face, and she nodded. It was go time.
"Hang in there CY; we are on the way, just hold on a few more minutes."
By the time he was done speaking, he was standing right next to a very pale Cyborg.
"We got Adonis; you guys take Slade, and watch your back with Terra. She may just betray you to him again." He said as he raced away towards Adonis.
The battle with Adonis took hours. Beast Boy would morph into a tiger and attack, some of his blows would land, and most did not. Adonis would get a hold of him and throw him against a wall. While he was recovering, Raven would attack throwing anything and everything she could at him until he swatted her away. Beast Boy soon realized they weren't getting anywhere and had to come up with a new plan, but anytime one of them went down, the other would have to distract him, so on the battle went. Beast Boy could hear the battle with Slade, and it sounded like they weren't having much better luck. Beast Boy was distracted between going to help the others, and taking down Adonis, when he heard her scream. He changed into an elephant and charged Adonis with everything he had, knocking him into a wall, and dazing him. He knew he should probably secure the criminal, even though he didn't know what he was even doing here, but he had to check on his dark angel first. And as he morphed back he saw and smelled the blood. Too much blood.
RACHEL! NO!" he screamed as he ran to her side.
He kneeled beside her, rolling her onto her back, and into his arms. The blood was everywhere. It was already soaking through his shirt. He couldn't speak. He couldn't move. He couldn't take his eyes off of the angry red rents torn through her perfect grey skin.
"It's going to be alright, you just need to heal yourself, be strong, go into your trance, I will make sure you are protected while you do it." He said through tears streaming down his face.
He was ready to get up and fight for her life, but as he went to lay her down on the street, she grasped his shirt and wouldn't let go. He tried to pry her fingers off, but she had an iron grip.
"I have to go, but only for a short time, I will be back."
She pulled him closer. And in his mind he heard, Beast Boy, I'm too far gone. My healing won't help; it won't do any good to keep trying. But before I go, there is one thing I want you to know, I love you, and I have been falling for you since the day I met you. Don't let anybody tell you that you aren't funny, and don't let anybody hurt you as bad as I have. Good bye Garfield.
As her last thought echoed through his mind, her body faded to a thin black smoke, drifting away, and being absorbed through the concrete.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." Beast Boy screamed as he stood.
He heard someone running up behind him, and as he turned to look, he realized robin was upon him.
"You were right, she betrayed us, just as soon as it looked like we had the upper hand, she turned and attacked us. I'm sorry we didn't believe you before Beast Boy. Wait, is that your blood?" He asked alarmed.
"It's not mine, but I need you to do me a favor as a leader, as a friend, and as a protector of this city." Beast Boy replied.
"What is it? Are you sure you're ok?"
"No, and I won't be, I want you to remember me, remember me for centuries, just not like this. Never like this."
He turned from robin and started strolling towards Adonis as the villain had just started to get to his feet. When he was within striking distance, he hit him with the strongest uppercut he could manage, but that only made Adonis laugh. He knew only one way to truly take down Adonis, and he wanted him to feel pain for what he had done to Raven. Beast Boy decided he didn't care anymore; he just wanted Adonis to pay. So he did the unthinkable.
He let the beast free. He gave the beast full reign of control. Beast Boy wanted him to suffer, Adonis took the love of his life away, and therefore he forfeited his own life. As the rain started to fall heavier and heavier, the beast landed blow after blow on Adonis. The Beast used his claws to rent huge chunks of armor off, then to tear through his flesh and muscles. Adonis was Begging to be taken to jail. He didn't stop. He didn't stop until there was very little left of Adonis, and not one bit was still alive. At seeing that his foe was defeated, the beast receded back inside to slumber.
As Beast Boy came back, he fell to his knees as his head was spinning. He got his bearings and looked around. He saw what was left of Adonis, and started stumbling backwards shaking his head. He turned to run, but something caught his eye, looking down at it, he realized it was Raven's silver mirror. As he was reaching down to it, he felt a familiar pull from it. He knew what that meant, but he wasn't sure what would happen with Raven gone, so he resisted the pull. It didn't help. He was sucked into the inky blackness and fell until he blacked out.
Beast boy could hear a beeping. It was a constant thing and he wished it would shut up. He was trying to sleep. Then all the memories of what had happened came flooding back to him. He opened his eyes and sat bolt upright. He looked around, realizing he was in the med bay in the tower, and the beeping was his heart monitor. The next thing he realized was that he wasn't secured to the gurney in any way. And he could smell her blood all around him, her scent was on him, and she was dead.
Ok, Lost is finished. This was an undertaking for me, as it was my first published story, and I started it at a really busy time in my life. But thank you to all that have stuck around to read the whole thing; I hope you will stick around for the sequels. If not, then you will never know about the doughnuts and whoopy cushion incident. So stick around, grab a doughnut (if you can find one around this place) pull up a seat, and enjoy.
