Beast Boy's Past and Future
Chapter 6
"Wow," said Raven. "That was actually pretty... amazing."
Starfire wiped a tear from her eye with a finger. "Oh, friend! What happened next?"
"Well," said Beast Boy, looking up. "The rest of it was pretty good, when they finally started trusting me."
"But what happened to Nicholas?" Robin asked.
"Uh... I've never really thought about it," Beast Boy said. "I was just glad he was out of my life."
"But now he's back," Cyborg said thoughtfully. "So what are you gonna do about it?"
Beast Boy thought for a minute, hanging his head again as the rest of his team watched him expectantly. "I'm..." He raised his head again. "I'm going to put him in jail," he said decisively.
"Booyah!" Cyborg cried proudly.
"And we'll be right behind you every step of the way," Robin said, smiling. Beast Boy smiled back at all of his team mates.
"Now we just have to find him," Raven said. Just seconds after she had said that, the alarms blared again. Robin took out his communicator.
"It's like he wants us to find him," he said. "Titans, move!"
A few minutes later, the Titans reached their destination. Sure enough, there was Nicholas Galtry, patiently sitting on a bench outside of the bank he had just robbed, the crumpled dollar bills overflowing in his faded trench-coat pockets.
"Huh. Took you kids long enough," he said, smirking. He pulled out a laser gun and began to shoot at them. The Titans dodged the laser blasts and Starfire returned fire with her own green lasers. Robin threw his own weapons while Cyborg blasted him with his cannon arm.
Nicolas managed to dodge all of their attacks.
"Azarath metrion zintos!" muttered Raven. A black aura began to surround an empty bus as it was lifted off of the ground. Raven grunted as she slammed it into Nicholas. The teens sighed, but Beast Boy looked more closely at the settling dust.
"Look out!" he cried, tackling Raven. The bus suddenly pitched back to the spot Raven was standing just a few seconds ago. Nicholas stood, un-scathed, and still sneering at them.
The Titans stared back at him angrily.
"How did he..." breathed Raven.
"His other name is... Arsenal," Beast Boy said.
"Is that supposed to mean something to us, man?" Cyborg replied. "I mean seriously, we've never even heard of this guy before you told us."
"No, Arsenal," Beast Boy said thoughtfully. "It sounds really familiar... But I can't figure out why."
"You just said that it was his other name," Robin said, dodging another blast from Nicholas' gun.
"No... It's--" A laser flew by Beast Boy, narrowly missing him. He cried out and looked back out Nicholas. Nicholas beckoned for him to come to him and fight. "That's the last straw!"
Beast Boy morphed into a tiger and lept forward to attack. Nicholas' smile widened and with his other hand, he pulled out three multi-colored balls. Just as Beast Boy brought back his paw to strike him, Nicholas slammed the balls into the ground. Smoke burst violently from them, mixing together to form an inpenatrable wall of smoke.
"Beast Boy!" cried Robin.
The smoke cleared away, and the Titans stood in fighting stance, waiting for Nicholas to jump out. To their surprise, Nicholas and Beast Boy were both gone.
"Where'd they go?" Cyborg asked.
"Where is Beast Boy?" Starfire said. The teens looked around to see if they could find their friend. He was nowhere to be seen.
"Nicholas must've kidnapped him!" Robin growled.
"We have to find him," Raven said.
"And we will. Whatever it takes," Cyborg said.