The Beast's Keeper

Chapter 3

Robin's POV

It's been about two days since Beast boy got the collar on. We haven't made a move to go to the Avengers because we don't know if moving Beast boy is the best idea while he is sleeping. We are going to wait until he wakes up and let him decide what he wants to do. He looks like he's going to wake up soon, though. I am on the computer looking at the Avengers files. I don't know why Slade told us to go to them though.

I look at Beast boy just in time to see him stir. "Titans he's waking up." I say through the communicator. "Beast boy, can you hear me?" He opens his eyes weakly, and looks at me. The others come racing in to see if he's ok. He slowly looks at them and gives them a small smile. He looks at me slowly although he hasn't said anything. Starfire opens her mouth to say something but the alarms cut her off. Beast boy looks at me worriedly, I connect my laptop to the towers mainframe.

"Titans, we've got an intruder. Raven, check the upper levels and the roof. Cyborg, find out who infiltrated the Tower. Starfire, you check the remaining levels. GO!" raven teleports to the roof and is back within a about a minute and the rest have gone to their assigned places.

Just then Raven says, "Whatever it is, it's coming here with Cyborg running after it."

We get into a fighting position only to come face to face with a giant snow white wolf with a golden collar with a pouch that looks suspiciously like an envelope. It looks at us and then at Beast boy. I look at Beast boy to see him looking at the wolf and motioning it to come to him. The wolf looks at us as if to ask permission.

We let the wolf through and he runs to Beast boy and starts licking weak teammate. By that time, the rest of the team have arrived panting. They are now staring at Beast boy who is basically being licked to death by a giant wolf. Beast boy makes a small sound and the wolfs stops licking him and sits down with his chest held high almost like he was trying to show he had the collar on.

When Beast boy sees the collar he tries to move but he's too weak to. I walk over to Beast boy being sure to keep an eye on the wolf Beast boy looks up at me and then the collar so I slowly lift my hand to the wolf's collar with the wolf's eyes on me. I find that the collar is an envelope. I take the envelope off the collar and look at it. "It's definitely for you, Beast boy. Do you want me to read it out for you?" I say to him. He nods his head slightly, "Ok."

"Dear Beast boy,

I know that you have gotten hurt you should come over to me with your team so that we can talk and find out how we can get the collar off of you. Hope you get here soon. Robin if you're reading this, and authentication that this is not a trap from one of your enemies, there is a second piece of paper with my initials on it once you see it you will know where to go. From Candice Logan P.S the wolf that brought you the letter is Alpha my wolf, he won't hurt you." I look at the wolf and say, "So your name is Alpha?" the wolf looks at me and his tail starts to wag when I say his name. When I am finished the sentence he does a howl-like bark, startling everyone but Beast boy.

I look back at the letter and at the envelope. Take out the second paper which is black. I open it to see a blood red paw print with gold outlining. Wait I recognize that symbol. It's shifter's symbol. She part of the Avengers. I turn to the rest, "Looks like we are going to the Avengers. Get packed everyone. Meet in two ours by the t-ship. Go."

TWO HOURS LATER

Once every one was in the T-ship. We start the engine "do have every one?" I look around before I close the hatch. I hear three yeses, but as I look at the hatch I see Alpha sitting just there by the hatch looking at me. "Well if you're going to come, come on." He wags his tail and jumps on to the T-ship. I close the hatch and off we go toward Manhattan, New York.

"Ok, guys it will take us about four hours to get there so get comfortable."

Raven's POV

It has been three hours since we started our journey to New York. Beast boy has been sleeping trying to get his strength back. I am also not about to try and heal him. We don't know if the collar will go off if any power is used on him, or if it is just his power. And I am not about to test which theory is right.

Robin is now trying to gain contact with the Avengers and I can sense he is getting very frustrated. Cyborg is piloting the T-ship saying it is the only way he can stay awake. I am alright with that as long as he gets us there in one piece. Starfire is sleeping in her chair, and I am reading my book.

The wolf, Alpha, is just sitting beside Beast boy. Just sitting looking at Beast boy seemingly lazy. Though one look at his ears say he is fully alert to everything around him. If anyone made an out of the ordinary move like getting up or throwing their hands in the air his ears are following them.

I hear the T-ship screen come on and look at it. Tony Stark AKA Ironman comes up saying "ok. Ok I'll answer just stop calling it's giving me a headache."