Note: I don't own the Teen Titans or Family Guy. Didn't put that in the first chap, sorry
"Well what the hell?" Robin wondered. He was concerned enough that Raven hadn't come down, but Beast Boy absent for breakfast was about as likely as Trigon appearing at Raven's birthday party with balloons and a cake. That in and of itself was a somewhat disturbing image. Suddenly, he heard footsteps in the kitchen and a quiet "Beast Boy, you don't know how to cook!". A second later, she said "That's a load of crap! My pancakes aren't THAT bad!".
Robin cocked an eyebrow at Cyborg and Starfire, who were both getting ready to go continue the search for the missing resident changeling. "Well, at least she's up. I'll go get her," Robin said, making his way to the kitchen. He walked in and saw Raven making herself eggs. Something was...off, though.
"Raven, you ready?" He asked. She yelped and spun around, the yelp sounding very odd indeed. But that was nothing compared to what Robin saw standing in front of him. Cyborg and Starfire ran in, hearing the yelp, and like Robin immediately froze in shock. There was a minute of palpable silence, finally broken by Cyborg.
"Who are you, and why do you look and sound like Raven and BB at the same time?" He asked. "That's actually a pretty good guess, actually," was the reply. "Ok, Raven speaking. Yesterday, Mumbo screwed us up somehow, and Beast Boy and I are trapped in this, a body that takes traits from both us. We can both control this thing, and that was Beast Boy talking at first. We're communicating mentally, or at least trying to until SOMEONE started bitching about my cooking!" The fusion body fumed.
After a moment, Raven sighed and said "fine, apology accepted. Now then, Cyborg, any ideas?" "Let's get you to the med lab. I'll run tests on you guys...well, I should say you since you're one person for the moment. Wait a sec. That body is male yeah?" He asked with a sly grin. "Yes, it is. Any reason?" Raven asked, puzzled. Cyborg snickered and said "Well, Raven, how's it feel to, well, you know, get the visual for free?" "Huh? What are you..? Oh, you goddamn pervert!" Cyborg found himself tossed to the ground. "Oh goodness me, I seem to have left out the fact that we retained at least my telekinesis," Raven put a hand to his/her mouth, dripping fake innocence. Robin groaned and slapped his head with his palm.
"Well, you check out normal. No female chromosomes in the bloodstream. DNA is at the same stability that BB's usually is. Brainwaves are twice as high, but that's because you've got brainpower from two people." Cyborg concluded. "Then why are they doubled, instead of half over?" Raven asked, again feigning innocence. "Very funny," s/he seemingly answered her own question.
"Guys, keep the conversations amongst yourselves mental. It's getting confusing," Robin said. "Anyway, I'll have to look things over and see if I can't separate the two of you. But I don't think you should going into the field for a while." Cyborg sounded concerned about the two of them. "Wait, you said our DNA was unstable, like Beast Boy's? So, that means we should have his transformation abilities, right?" Raven asked curiously. "Should be. I don't know if I'd try it right now. With two brains in there, introducing the instincts of a third being would probably be dangerous," Cyborg said concernedly. "So...we just lost two of the most powerful members of our team in an accident with Mumbo of all people?" Robin asked, rubbing his temples. Even though he valued each team member equally, there was no denying that the one-man zoo army and the Azarathian half-demon were extremely powerful assets. "So you're saying that I have to put up with Beanie Baby Boy in my head for Azar knows how long until you find something?" Raven asked, dreading the answer she knew would come. "Yep." Cyborg gave her the bad news. Raven deadpanned. "Shit."
Later that day, Cyborg was pretty much holed up in the med lab scanning various test results and doing tests on test results and then scanning them too. Robin was in the common room with Starfire, and was watching an episode of Family Guy. Raven and Beast Boy...they had plenty of things to do. First of all, they had to get used to being so close together. Beast Boy was being surprisingly mature, thought Raven, as he hadn't made one quasi-perverted joke or comment the entire time. Even more surprising was that he was submitting to her every whim without complaining. He said nothing about the three hours she took meditating, and he let her take control of the body for the most part.
"Either he's the submissive type, or he's being nice because he thinks I'll get pissed and hurt him, although that's pretty much impossible since I'd be hurting myself too. Still...Is he afraid of me? Or does he even maybe...no. No way he could be serious about you, Raven." She snapped out of her daze, then froze as she heard the sound of a sad sigh in her mind. "No. Please, God no. Tell me our mind is split in half. Tell me he did NOT just hear my thoughts. CRAP!"
"Huh?" She let out a huge sigh of relief as she heard the confused voice of an unsuspicious Beast Boy. "Nothing," she said to him. Beast Boy had, indeed, heard he. He just hadn't wanted to embarrass her, so he used her usual perception of him as clueless to mask it. Then again, it was going to come out sooner or later that they could hear each other's thoughts, like it or not. He considered telling her what he had heard, but decided against it.
"Hey Raven, mind if I take over for a minute to get some soymilk?" He asked. He had been asking permission to do things all day. He had told her that he would let her take over for the majority of the time, since she needed to be able to get to her room at anytime in case of an emergency with her powers, and she couldn't afford to waste time asking for it. Or at least, that's what she had said. Raven had silently called his bluff the instant he said it, however. Although she had been appreciative, she knew something was wrong. And it was driving her nuts. "
Why are you doing this, Beast Boy?" She finally asked. She continued, "All day you've been asking me for permission to do everything, instead of just informing me and doing it. It's like you're afraid to live. You've never been able to just sit quiet like this before. So spill. What' s going on?" Apparently there were hidden parts, because she couldn't look and see the reason, even with her telepathy. . Perhaps Beast Boy had figured out how to conceal thoughts?
"What? You're accusing me of lying? I'm offended!" Beast Boy mocked playfully. "Cut the crap, Beast Boy. I know you've found a way to store thoughts somewhere where I can't see them. You're going to tell me how you're doing that, and you're going to explain yourself." Raven said firmly.
"Fine. To the first question, just keep the thought to yourself. Focus on thinking it to yourself, like you're targeting yourself." Raven was now annoyed, because he had purposely attempted to dodge her other question by cutting off. So, she prompted him. "And for the second question?"
"Look, I'm just trying to stay out of the way. Besides, you'll probably just get mad if I tell you, and I'm not risking it." Beast Boy tried to sound fearful, hoping that the well-known fact that he was afraid of Raven would be enough reason for her not to probe further. "You'll be risking getting your mental ass kicked if you don't spill." Beast Boy sighed physically, his plan screwed.
"Look, I'm giving you control because...because of what's happened before. Malchoir using you to get out of his damned book," Raven flinched in their body at the mention of that name, "Trigon almost destroying you to take over the world," Raven cringed again, "and your powers themselves even. So many times that you've had no say, no control in what happens to you, no control over whether or not to do what you want to do. This body seems to be suppressing your Azarathian energy pretty well. It's about goddamned time you had a chance to be entirely in control, so yeah. I'm giving you that chance while we're like this."
Raven's physical and mental eyes had been widening more and more with every word he had spoken. She had never considered that he could be so thoughtful. Above all, though, she was stunned that he had had the insight to see right through her. To see the pain she had felt every time something exploded because of her. That he had seen the pain see had felt when son of a bitch Malchoir had betrayed her and when Trigon had used her. And now, he was right: she had control. She finally had the control that she had longed for her whole life.
"I...what the...how...? How could you know all that?" "Because I can read, Raven. I can read your face, I can read your movements, expressions, everything. I'm a natural at reading people-my animalistic side helps a lot, since animals tend to read their prey so they can catch them easier. You're even easier."
"What? What does THAT mean?" Raven's mental eyes showed confusion. She heard Beast Boy laugh. "Your empathetic abilities emit your emotions as strongly as you can feel others. You give off this desperate need for control constantly, and when I realized that this body could allow you to feel, to have complete control I knew that I could make you happy. I knew that I could finally at least achieve that goal in my life." Beast Boy would have been smiling if he had a physical form. "Wait...emotions...that gives me an idea. Hold on." Raven sounded excited. "Uh...what?" Beast Boy was confused, but went with it.
Raven was now in her room, with her mirror in her hand. This mirror was a portal into a realm called Nevermore, the realm where Raven's emotions roamed free has physical embodiments of herself. She held it up and chanted her three words: "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" She was immediately sucked into her mirror and landed flat on her ass. And a moment later...WHUMPH!
"OW!" Raven yelped as Beast Boy fell on top of her. "Uhm...Why do we have our bodies back in Nevermore?" Beast Boy asked, looking himself up and down, grateful to have his own completely green skin and non-jeweled forehead back. He gave Raven a once-over and saw that she was back to her ebony- gray skinned beautiful form. "I think it's because we're not in the physical at the moment. Mentally we're still two different people." Raven said, thinking that was probably the best theory she had. She looked around and groaned. So did Beast Boy, but to a lesser extent. They had landed in Happy's realm. Which meant...
"BEAST BOY!!!!!!!!!" "Crap! Augh!" Were the green changeling's last words before the pink-cloaked clone of Raven known as Happy blindsided him at point-blank range and trapped him into a hug that would put Starfire to shame.
"Happy...I know you're glad to see us. But BB," Beast Boy and Happy looked up like she'd just grown an extra head at the sound of his nickname. "Er...Do you mind, Beast Boy?" Raven asked, blushing hard as she realized her mistake. In truth, she thought the name BB was cute. She only refrained from using it because she never thought much of pet names until that point. "Er, no, you're cool." Beast Boy said, smiling with a bit of shyness. "Anyway, BB's no use to us dead. Where's Knowledge?" Happy rolled her eyes. "Ol' Dusty's holed up in her library, as usual. Why?" "We need to ask a few- what the hell?"
Raven's object of interest was making its way over to them slowly. It was one of Raven's emotions, wearing a dark green cape. However, she was excessively large, and a small bit of gray was sticking out from beneath the back. Beast Boy snorted, tried to hold it, failed, and started rolling on the floor laughing, as did Happy. Raven just cocked an eyebrow.
Beast Boy finally regained composure and said "Either that's an Obese emotion, or Timid's scared so she's hiding under Brave. But why would she be scared? It's just us..." Brave smirked at the second comment, and the back of her cloak began wiggling. Beast Boy decided to try to get her out and calm her down.
Walking up to the wiggling cloak, he said "Sorry Timid, not working." He pulled Brave's cloak out of Timid's hands and uncovered her. "EEEEEEP!!" She squealed, perfectly imitating a scared Starfire. "Relax, Timid. It's me, Raven. Remember Beast Boy?" Raven asked. "Y-y-yes," Timid stammered, keeping her eyes off of the green elf. Beast Boy cocked his head, trying to figure out why she was so terrified of him. "Is this about the 'shopping for robes' incident? Because I already said I hadn't meant it..." Beast Boy looked to Brave for help. The green-garbed Raven just shrugged, so Beast Boy turned his attention back to Raven.
Raven sighed. "Timid, Brave, Happy, how about you come with us to Knowledge's library? We could probably use your help." Raven suggested. "Woot! Sure thing!" Happy jumped up and down. "So, BB. Been a while. Damn, been workin' out to keep up with me? Fine lookin' six-pack there!" Brave smacked him in the shoulder lightly while Raven blushed beet red. "Yeah...kind of. Timid, you in?" Beast Boy asked, attempting to make amends. "Uhm... I guess so..." Timid mumbled out. "Alright! Onward, to Cobweb City!" Brave., of course