A/N: Much apologies for the lateness of this chapter. My roommate cousin got sick and had to bring him to hospital. Now I'm back but I completely forget to publish it. Instead got stuck watching Future Diary... :P

Shout out to the guest reviewer reminding me of this. :)

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It was quite apparent that the whole military war thing was not something that they could handle. Damian sat there and watched the news of the upcoming rebellion and the probable plans of drone strikes towards Turbain. ARGUS had their hands on this and they were definitely not going to give up a town like that. It was quite the political advantage and a strategic manifest on the war on terror, and he had no idea how to stop that.

"So when are we going to put a stop on terrorism?" Garfield asked towards Damian as he watched the news on the rebels takeover in Turbain.

"I don't think we're capable of doing that." Damian said. "Turbain is... quite complicated. It's two sides of the same coin that are both unforgiveably bad. I'm not sure where to side on. You love history, right? Every single war that mankind has been subjected to aren't usually black and white."

"Yeah, that's why the Nazi hate goes on until today."

"There are exceptions of course." Damian said.

As he said those words, Damian's phone vibrated. He picked the said phone up and noticed that it was Speedy calling. Not sure what she was up to considering that she had spent the rest of the night stalking Rachel and finding out where she went.

"Speedy." Damian began. "Is there something wrong?"

"You know what, I take that back." Speedy said. "I'm not going to abduct her."

"Oh well." Garfield said. "What happened? Did she kick your ass?"

"There's a much better way to convince her to join our ranks."

"What do you mean a better way?"

"I stalked her out of the church." Speedy said. "She went out, bought some dinner, and went into a nearby hospital. In one of these hospitals, she went inside one of the rooms for a visit and the room looked pretty intense."

"Oh, that makes things easier." Damian said. "So what are you suggesting?"

"Oh come on! Don't you get it?" Speedy said. "We'll help her of course! We're going to pay up whatever kind of hospital bills that she has. We're just going to find it out."

"And how are we best to approach it?"

"Send Garfield right here and pretend that he contracted flu or something." Speedy said.

"What?" Garfield said. "Hey, you're the one who was stalking her! I didn't even want to get her in the first place! Not that she wanted to anyway."

"Hey this is one opportunity to at least fix that goddamn mistake you made." Speedy said. "You're going here, like it or not. Star City General Hospital. Big building with the red plus sign and SCGH. You won't miss it."

"Were you on the rooftops on the other side of the building?" Garfield asked.

"Of course I am. Where else would I be?" Speedy said. "Now are you coming in here or not?"

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Rachel took a seat right next on the hospital bed and tell in some stories that happened a few hours ago, including her encounter with Garfield.

"Something interesting happened last time, though." Rachel revealed towards her mother Arella.

"Oh?" Arella said. "What is?"

"I was at the church when some guy approached me." Rachel said. "He said that he knew about what I did at the museum, about stealing the artifacts thing."

"How did he know?"

"He said that he got some friends." Rachel said. "I have to admit, I didn't expect to meet Speedy back at the museum."

"Speedy? You have been dealing with some serious troubles, my dear." Arella asked. "And what about the other man?"

"He was trying to recruit me." Rachel said. "Said that he'll put my abilities to good use because aliens are coming into this Earth and invading it."

"That sounds ridiculous." Arella said. "But I'm surprised that he went through the trouble of finding you here."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know." Arella said. "I've never seen him personally."

"Oh okay." Rachel said. "Mom, I..."

"Is there a problem?"

"I... I don't think I'm going to get a lot of money from doing this." Rachel said.

"That's fine." Arella said. "You've tried your best. I don't have a lot of time in this world anyway."

"Are you kidding me?" Rachel said. "You're 34! You still have a lot of time!"

"That's the cost of being young and wild." Arella said. "You take one wrong step and you deal with the wrong peoples."

"So that's how you get to dad?" Rachel said. "Okay mom, I have to admit you're as every bit as moronic as I am."

"Nah. You're smart enough to avoid boys in your age." Arella said. "Just be-"

Someone knocked on the door, which got both of their attentions.

"Who's that?" Arella said.

"Probably the doctors."

"The doctors?" Arella said. "Do they really have to knock?"

"I have a bad feeling about this." Rachel said. "I'll check it out."

Rachel went through the front door of the apartment. She opened the door and was completely bewildered on who was on the other side of the door. He just met him a few days ago, and he somehow managed to find her all the way into this hospital here. The blonde guy calling himself Garfield Logan AKA Beast Boy, no matter how dumbass his name is or incredibly inappropriate his actions are.

"Okay, I'm calling the police."

"Wait, wait!" Garfield said. "Okay okay. This might look creepy, but I didn't sneak you out."

Rachel went out of the room and closed the door. She obviously won't let anyone in after knowing that she got stalked in by the Beast Boy that is Garfield Logan.

"How the freak did you know that I'm in this room?" Rachel asked.

"Okay, I know this really looked creepy, but oh god." Garfield grabbed his head. "This is why Speedy asked me to come in here so that she didn't get yelled at."

"For god's sake." Rachel said. "I said no. I didn't want to listen to another reason especially when I realized that you're going to freaking stalk me out right here."

"I didn't stalk you!" Garfield said. "Speedy did. I said to her that you said no and you didn't want to. And yet she kept insisting on convincing you to join in the group. I'm really sorry about her. She's an asshole."

"So you're not an asshole, then?" Rachel crossed her arms. "Okay. Proof me that you're not an asshole."

"I knew you lied about not having a family."

"Okay I lied." Rachel said. "For a record, you're a nobody and I never wanted you to know about anything of me. And also for the record, I know when you lie too so don't play tricks on me."

"So if I'm going to ask a question, just don't lie okay?"

"If I see you stalking around even when you turn yourself into a mosquito, I'm going to squish you out." Rachel said. "Or maybe I should buy some anti-mosquito aerosols."

"It's not going to work."

"I'll choke you out!"

Rachel said those words in a slightly higher tone than she had before. Obviously, she couldn't really control her emotions. And her emotions were somehow connected with her magic, as her scream caused a little bit of a flicker on the lamps.

"Whoa." Garfield said. "Calm down."

"Did you seriously ask me to calm down after I know that you were stalking me?"

"Rae!?"

That was a horrible call. Arella called her from the back of the room and in an instant, Rachel called back.

"Yes, Mom!" Rachel said before sighing. "You'd better get out of here. You open this door and I'll pin you into a nearby wall."

"I... okay." Garfield gulped.

Rachel went back inside to greet Arella. She had her face worried, but Rachel was struggling to hide whatever kind of debacle that was outside.

"Is everything alright in there?" Arella asked.

"No! No! It's fine." Rachel said. "It's just that I meet someone really annoying."

"Well, I'm surprised that you meet someone."

"Mom..."

"So is this your mom?"

Garfield actually had the balls to went through the key hole as a mosquito or something and transformed back into a human. Rachel shrieked her lungs out, but Arella kept her bright smile in.

"I told you to stay in there!"

"You told me that I shouldn't open the door." Garfield said. "So I didn't and I just went in."

"Good Evening!" Arella said. "Please, sit down."

"Mom, you're not seriously going to treat him-"

"I'm just glad that you at least have someone to talk to other than me." Arella said.

"God, you make me sound so miserable." Rachel said.

"I'm sorry." Garfield scratched the back of his head.

"I'm going to kill you." Rachel whispered.

"What?" Arella asked.

"I'm... going to give him some seat." Rachel said. "You can sit right there."

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Garfield explained pretty much everything that he told Rachel in the rooftop. Arella was just sitting in peacefully on her hospital bed listening to everything that Garfield proposed. Rachel however, crossed her arms looking incredibly unhappy.

"So you really understand our situation." Garfield said. "We're in short of superhumans, so I think your daughter is going to be a good candidate."

"How about you make one?" Rachel asked. "I don't come in here once in a while, nor am I designed to save humanity or something."

"That's a lie." Arella said. "You go out every night to heal peoples out in this hospital."

"Did she?" Garfield asked, eyes bulging out and looking really cute. "Wow! That's amazing! That's incredibly kind of you!"

"I uh..." Rachel blushed. "I... thanks, I guess."

"I honestly wonder why you lied about not caring anyone." Garfield asked.

"I'm just way too lazy to do whatever you wanted me to do, okay?" Rachel said. "I'd rather work on a church. It doesn't pay much."

"Well, nobody is paying you when the world blows up." Garfield said.

"He has a good point, you know?" Arella said. "I'm ordering you to come to him right now."

"Mom, you cannot be serious." Rachel said. "Are you seriously listening to this guy? He said that aliens are coming into Earth and about to blow the world up and you're going to believe him?"

"I know how to use our empathic powers, Rae." Arella said. "I find it surprising that he did not lie for every bit of word that he was saying."

"Empathic?" Garfield asked.

"Both of us are empaths." Rachel said. "We can feel the emotions of others, and that includes the nervousness when you lie. I honestly have no idea how you are able to lie and get through my magic. For the record, I can read animals too, and you're not exactly human."

"Okay, what's the worst case scenario?" Garfield asked.

"What?" Rachel asked.

"What's the worst case scenario when I lied?" Garfield asked. "I proved that I can turn into animals."

"You're not proving anything." Rachel asked. "What you prove is that you could be one of his apprentinces."

"His?"

"I think she was referring to her father." Arella said.

"Mom!?"

"For the record, he is your only friend." Arella said. "He should know."

Rachel cannot fight her mother, so she sighed and kept her mouth shut.

"What should I know?" Garfield asked.

"My daughter... her father is a demon." Arella said.

"Demon?"

"Literally a demon. You thought those things don't exist, right?" Rachel said. "The worst part? He doesn't have a contrast. We don't know if there is a heaven in this world, or that if there is someone who can beat him."

"Well, you can."

"It's easy for you to say." Rachel said. "That's why I said that this world is going to blow up anyway. Eventually, he's going to show up with his hellspawns and he'll enslave this world into his will. The world will get destroyed and nobody can save them. Nobody can save this world from him. He's going to destroy everything."

"Not if we stop him."

Rachel scoffed. "Animals are nothing to him. Peoples drenching himself with technology are nothing to him. You are nothing to him. In his eyes, you're just dusts waiting to be dusted off. How are you going to fight him?"

"We'll find a way."

"There is no way." Rachel said. "The world will end. There's no fighting it."

Garfield sharpened his eyes. His emotions were not as pleased as it was before. He was so nice and pleasant explaining things to Arella, but now after listening to Rachel talking, his eyes went cold and his face sour. It wasn't the kind of pessimistic face. It was more of an angry face, like a child who was disappointed that his toy wasn't a Christmas Present.

He then stood up from the chair, face completely away from both of them, and he put both of his hands on his pockets. Both Arella and Rachel glanced at him in curiosity, as Rachel's apparent pessimisms managed to get through his optimistic viewpoint.

"Then by that logic, you should've killed your mom right there."

Rachel stood up from her chair and was about to charge herself towards Garfield, but Arella stopped her by signaling her to not go any further. Garfield turned around towards both of them, not a smile sighted on his face.

"Seriously, you'd spare her the pain." Garfield said. "I mean the world's going to end anyway. Might as well end her right here. You'd going to make her suffer if you let her live."

"How dare you say that?" Rachel shouted.

"You said that this world is going to end and it's going to blow up anytime soon, and yet you visit your mom here everyday." Garfield said. "You implied that humans are going to die and they're not going to be useful anyway, and yet you healed the other patients."

Rachel sharpened her eyes.

"You said that the problems that you have in this world are not worth fixing, and yet here you are trying to find ways to pay your mother's hospital bills." Garfield said. "What does that say to you? Does that say that you're just being hypocritical so that I'm not around? Or is there something else that you're hiding? Don't get me wrong, I can be really annoying in a lot of times, but I bet it was the latter."

Rachel relaxed her position. Strangely enough, there was a smirk on Arella's face. Even though the man just literally said that she should've died, she ended up smirking for it.

"I don't know why you have to contradict yourself in your philosophy by the way you act." Garfield said. "If it's not for my annoying attitude, it has to be because you keep something else, but what is it I wonder? And then I realized it. It was all thanks to your loneliness that I figured out why."

"So why then?" Rachel asked.

"It's because you don't want anyone else to care for your problems."

Rachel widened her eyes. Arella's smile became a lot wider than it was before.

"I guess I understand that feeling." Garfield said. "I was in Elementary School when I got this rare disease called Sakutia. I didn't even want anyone to bother about me, but then I meet a few other friends. Damian, Olive, Kyle, Maps, they're all my best friends. If I didn't share my problems with them, I would probably be dead by now. It turns out that I make quite a powerful friend."

"He's right, Rae." Arella said. "So all this time, you were avoiding friends so that you don't want your issues to be their issues too?"

"I..." Rachel's eyes were pretty moist at that time.

"Hey, I'd say sometimes that's a pretty good thing to do." Garfield said. "But there is a time where we're going to need someone. Peoples are a lot kinder than you think. They're going to pay you back no matter what. I was in your position once, but I stepped out of it and I'm doing just fine right now. So what do you say? Are you coming in?"

Rachel bit her lips as she wiped her tears out. She really couldn't resist to get it out of her.

"And for the record, I'm sorry if I give the wrong impression of stalking you." Garfield said. "I didn't mean to, really. And um... how much is the surgery again?"

"It's..." Rachel answered. "It's $750k."

"Christ. That's a lot." Garfield said. "Well, after all of this is done, I'm going to help you to get the money."

"What?" Rachel said. "You... you will?"

"Just let him, dear." Arella said. "He offered a generous help, and he is surprisingly accurate on his observations about you. You should be following him."

"I..." Rachel sighed. "Surprisingly accurate is not a word I'd choose."