Usual disclaimers.
"Knowledge needs to relocate to a more convenient area," Beast Boy grumbled as they trudged through Rude's realm. They hadn't run into her in person, yet, but her realm was unmistakable. Signs making various obscene gestures and comments littered the place, and it smelled of methane.
So Beast Boy had reason to complain: despite having pride in his own bodily emissions, he couldn't dish it and take it. His super-sensitive sense of smell was being assaulted by his own personal weapon. "Consider this a warning for when we get back our real bodies," Raven suggested dryly.
Beast Boy scowled and picked up his pace. "Man, I oughta whoop Rude's ass for the mess this place is in. C'mon, Raven. Please?" Brave begged. "No. I will not have physical warfare going on in my mind. Period." Raven said firmly. "Who said anything about warfare? Warfare is when it lasts longer than two seconds," Brave grinned cockily. "Yeah, and two seconds is about how much time you have to get the hell out of my realm." Beast Boy sighed.
"Hi, Rude. Nice of you to join us." Raven drawled, not pleased to see one of her more annoying sides joining the group. "Kiss my ass and get out. I'll show the way." Rude said shortly. After following Rude for a couple minutes, the gang reached a hallway. "Yeah yeah, thank me later. Have a nice life." And with that, she literally shoved them out and locked the door. Raven simply scowled at the door and moved down the hallway.
"So...Raven." Raven looked back at Beast Boy. "What?" "When we reach Ol' D- I mean, Knowledge's area, can I talk to you for a second before we talk to her?" Uhm, I-" Raven never got to finish the sentence. Instead, she fell right through a pit that had been opened in front of her.
"Raven!" Beast Boy yelled, running over to the pit. He looked down to see Raven lying on a large, black rock. She didn't stay there long though. Encased in a black, Azarathian energy aura, she began to float off, soaring above the lava surrounding the pillar she had landed on. He began to jump down the pit when Brave grabbed him.
"Beast Boy, that is Rage's area. Let us worry about her. Knowledge is just ahead. Tell her what's going on, we'll be there shortly." Brave told him. "Bullshit! I'm helping-" "Trust me, BB!" Brave said more firmly. Beast Boy was torn- Trust Brave and leave Rage and Raven to the others, or stay and fight and potentially die for the one he loved? "Wait, did I just say that? Yes, yes I believe I just did. Glad we have that settled. Now, we going or not?" It was as if one part of his mind had just talked to the other. He finally decided to fight.
"Sorry Brave, but I can't let her go. I don't give a damn who or what Rage is. I'm going." Brave sighed. "BB, I didn't want to do this..." Simultaneously, Beast Boy morphed in order to brush Brave aside and Brave blasted him into Knowledge's library. The result was Brave's forced jump down the hole, and a green tiger crashing through three shelves of books and two display cases of artificial artifacts.
Knowledge had been reading as per usual. When she heard a loud crash, she rolled her eyes. Getting up, she figured it was either the result of Brave toying with Happy, or Rude not watching her step. So naturally, to say she was concerned about the green tiger sitting amongst a pile of rubble was an understatement.
"I am privy to many things, and yet I am oblivious to the reason for this. Care to explain?" She asked with an air of, well, knowledge as she began replacing books. "Meandravenarestuckinonebodyandwewenttohermindlookingforyouandshefellintoatrapand-" Knowledge put a hand over his mouth and laughed gently. "Slow down, breathe, and try again."
Beast Boy took a moment to recover, and began again. "Ok, last night we were fighting Mumbo Jumbo and he trapped me and Raven into one male body." "This I already knew. Continue." Beast Boy looked somewhat annoyed and complied. "Well, apparently something I said to her tonight-" "Had a profound effect on her opinion of you, as well as gave her the idea of coming here." Knowledge finished. Then she looked him and cocked her head. It unnerved him slightly. For one thing, a Raven with glasses is odd in and of itself. A Raven with glasses looking at you like she's X-Raying your soul is even more strange.
"So why are you in such a rush?". She appeared to be waiting for his response, but in reality she already knew what had happened. She, however, wanted to hear his response. "Well, we met up with some of Raven's emotions: Happy, Timid, Rude and Brave. After Rude kicked us out of her place, we came to this hallway. Well, right as I had asked Raven for some alone time, she fell down into some sort of pit and was whisked away by Rage. Brave pretty much tossed me in here because I tried to get past her in tiger form. I...I couldn't leave her. Brave shouldn't have blocked me, damnit! I love her! The girl I love just got stolen by Big N' Nasty Four Eyes and I should have been able to take Brave down and catch up!"
Knowledge was taken aback, and had to use her powers to fix the table that had just received BB's fist at dangerous velocities. She took a second to absorb what he had just said. First, he loved her. That was a very good start. Two, he had been brave enough to request a personal conversation. Not many who knew Raven would just randomly ask her that; Raven usually angers when people tread on her privacy. Three, he was more than ready to take down anyone that stood between him and Raven. While she could understand wanting to eliminate Rage, the fact that he was ready to tangle with Brave of all the emotions astounded her. When she spoke, she chose her words carefully.
"Beast Boy, we will go and find Raven, and she will be brought back safe. Do not take this as a scolding or a lecture, for I am merely curious: Why would you want to fight one of the 'good' parts of Raven's mind?" Beast Boy looked at her as if she had just asked him what 2 2 equals. "Just because she's part of Raven doesn't mean she is Raven. As far as I was concerned, she wasn't a part of Raven, just someone standing between me and Raven."
Knowledge chuckled again. "Well spoken. We all like you Beast Boy, but Brave and I have developed a particular fond spot for you. Well, us and Happy I should say. Brave would have loved to hear that speech. Now then, let's get going shall we?"
"Ungh!" Brave grunted as she slid against the cold rock. She was the best fighter they had in their ragtag group, but Happy and Rude were putting up a decent fight against Rage and her little monsters too (the army soldiers from The End series, in case you were had joined them after sensing Rage's sudden rise in power.
Brave took another run at Rage, who laughed and prepared to send her packing again. However, as she drew back she felt a heavy punch to the back of her head. "Gah! Fuck, that hurt! AUGH!" Brave had taken advantage of Rage's temporary pain to give her an uppercut kick. Brave quickly brought her foot back down to turn the uppercut into an axe kick combo.
, "Shit!" Rage cried out as Brave's heel connected squarely with her head. Rage went down, hard, and Brave landed gracefully, looking for the source of Rage's head blow. Where she had expected to see Beast Boy, she saw..."Timid? You gave her that whack?! Nice!"
Brave gave her a slap on the back. "Ow." Timid said meekly. "Sorry."
Rage was now lying flat on her back, unconscious. With her went the demon soldiers, so Rude and Happy were free from their butt-kicking duties. "Alright! We kicked ass!" Brave enthused. "Pffft. Bitch shouldn't play outside her league," Rude muttered. Raven sat up slowly and shook her head. "Where's Beast-" "HOLD ON RAVEN!! I'M COMING !" BB's voice, followed by the cry of an eagle rang through the cave that was Rage's Realm. He spotted the group and went into a dive, followed closely by Knowledge. However, Beast Boy mistook Rude's brownish-red cloak to be Rage's cloak. "ROAWWRR!!"
Beast Boy went into a crush move, going from eagle to tiger and landing on Rude. He raised a claw, poised to strike. "STOP!" Raven cried. The tiger's head snapped up and saw her standing there. Forgetting Rude, Beast Boy morphed back and made his way over to Raven, avoiding Rude's attempt to swipe at him. "Ass," she said. Knowledge smiled; if she was right (and she usually was), this was going to be what people refer to as an "awwww" moment.