Okay, well, if some of you read my recent deviation on devART you would realize that I said I was gonna post this like ten minutes after I put up the promo. Well, I wasn't expecting my internet to time out on my ALL DAY. So that kinda ticked me off. BUT with all the extra time I had, I worked on Chapter 4 in the process and was taking out my anger on that one. So Beast Boy should be REALLY pissed off in the next chapter, because that's how I felt. Heh.
NOTE: I would just like you "note" you all, that if there are comic book readers out there, then you guys may already guessed how Beast Boy feels about the "boat accident." And if you are a comic reader, then let me remind you that this is a FAN FICTION. This story is a fiction from a fiction in a vision of a fan, hence the name "fan fiction." So, my point is, I'm getting my villain in reference from the Geoff Johns series. Well, maybe not in reference, this IS a villain from the Geoff Johns series. So, the facts you may know from the comics are going to be a little switched around in this story. The reason I chose a villain from the Geoff Johns comics are as followed: 1) I am not creative nor brave enough to come up with my own bad guy in this story 2) Any villain from the animated series is totally lame and cartoonish (except for Slade) or it has been done before 3) I'm reading the Geoff Johns series now, I haven't had the chance to go back to the George Perez days (because my stupid comic store has like three of 'em and the entire collection is like...a lot of money that I don't have right now) And 4) This villain works perfectly with this story, this guy will fix all my loop holes.
Alright so there's my rant, enjoy the next chapter!
The Beast Returns: Chapter 2
"5 miles and closing in,"
"How many are aboard, Cyborg?"
"We go 3,954 cruisers and then 135 crew members, a total of 4,085 people on board,"
"Estimate how much time we have until the boat sinks,"
"By the schematic of the ship and considering the rate those flames are rising, we got approximately two hours,"
"Alright Titans, our first goal is to get these people to safety as fast as we can, and then we'll worry about our mysterious guest. Starfire?"
"Yes, Robin,"
"Check to see if there's a ship or a land mass near by,"
"There is a land mass 10 miles to the northwest and a ship in the south, distance is precisely 62 miles,"
"How big is that ship?"
"The S. S. Starstruck has a capacity of 700 people, that is not including the crew members,"
"Code in Starstruck and tell them we need their ship,"
"Of course, Robin,"
"I hope BB and Rae get here before it's too late, we need them now,"
"I just hope Beast Boy's selfless enough to be in the right mood."
"Robin, I have received word from S. S. Starstruck, they have told me that they shall arrive in one hour,"
"Thank you, Starfire. Cyborg."
"Rob?"
"Call Raven to see if they're on their way,"
Beast Boy was in shark form swimming in the ocean below Raven. He didn't want to see the boat in his state of being, so he turned into a shark since they use more of their nose than their eyes. But did not mean that Beast Boy could not see the ship completely. While he was underwater, his shark like eyes could make out the bottom part of the boat, and he could see the light above the surface from the fiery flames.
Raven flew a few feet above the water, she would fly higher but she didn't want to lose sight of Beast Boy and him being a shark didn't help much. His green skin blended so well in the waters that he was almost invisible. She diverged her eyes away from Beast Boy and instead looked towards their destination.
"A cruise ship?" she asked herself, "I thought it was just a sail boat," Raven looked down at the communicator that she still held in her hand, "I guess that's what happens when computers use the simplest of icons,"
About a mile away from their location was indeed a cruise ship. Near the bottom of the ship the crisp blue ocean waters beat up against the bow as the reflection of the ship glowed on the surface. The waves rolled on as the water reflected freshly painted colors of white and pastel colors of green and purple. With that, the ocean tells no lies once the light shimmered up to the decks of the boat and the glimmer disappeared. The white clean siding of the ship suddenly vanished underneath the dark grey of smoldering ash and then engulfed in brilliant red and orange flames, while black smoke quickly flew up into the atmosphere.
"Raven, come in, Raven," Raven clicked open her communicator.
"Raven here, over," she said.
"This is Cyborg, how far are you guys from the ship's location?"
"We're several feet away coming in from the east side,"
"Good, our plan now is to get those people on the boat to safety, there's a little island to the northwest and a ship that's coming in from the south in less than an hour."
"What do you want us to do?"
"Robin wants you guys to take care of the passengers, because you two are the only ones who can carry a large amount of people at once,"
"And what are you three going to do?"
"Douse the flames from the ship, duh,"
"Right…and how many people are aboard this ship?"
"4,085, that's including the ship crew,"
"And that's 4,085 too many, Cyborg, I don't think that--,"
"You gotta, we're pressed for time! We only have a little less than two hours before the ship collapses,"
"Great…we'll do our best,"
"And that's all you can do, Cyborg, out,"
Raven stopped for a moment and thought about their situation at hand. Immediately she sent a mind pulse to Beast Boy; it gave him the instinct to stop and come out of the water. Beast Boy did so, and he transformed back into human form and kept kicking his legs so he could stay afloat and not go under. Raven hovered a few inches above the water in front of him.
"Cyborg just called," she said, he nodded, "our job is to get all the passengers off of that ship. We have only two hours to do it,"
"So, how many people are on board?" he asked.
"Over…4,000," she groaned worriedly.
"Wonderful,"
When the T-ship finally arrived at the scene, people were already crowding in on the deck. People were yelling, screaming, and fighting. There were people that were violent enough to push others off the deck and into the ocean, while crew workers worked fast to toss off emergency floats and life jackets to save those that fell over. Other crew workers were fast at work trying to put people on as many emergency lifeboats as they could. However, people were panicked; they jumped on the boats and cut the ropes and chains that bound them, while other boats were engulfed in flames. Other smaller ships had arrived, tug boats, sail boats, and a few houseboats. All were helping in any way to put out the increasing flames.
But before anyone could expect it, an explosion rattled the ship. Wood docks and metal machinery flew high in the air burnt or on fire; the captain's bridge eventually broke off and headed down into the decks where all the passengers stood. Raven and Beast Boy were near the side of the boat when it happened. Raven quickly grabbed hold of the bridge with her powers and tossed it into the ocean out of the way of the ship. The T-ship swung around to face the cruise ship, it landed on top of the ocean's surface touching it slightly.
"Hydro blaster is in full-swing,"
"Since when did we have a weapon called a 'hydro blaster'?"
"Hey! I designed this ship and I'll call whatever weapon I want to call it,"
"Target locked, system ready for firing sequence,"
Three hydraulic cylinders extracted from the top of the T-ship. What the hydro blaster did was disperse ocean water onto the flames on the ship from the water that the T-ship was taking in from the under side. Aimed at the cruise ship, heavily pressurized ocean water diffused at the base of the flames. Cyborg increased the pressure from the T-ship and the fires were decreasing at a slow pace.
"Oh, yeah! Now we're gettin' progress!"
Raven and Beast Boy, in eagle form, flew up ahead above all the shouting people. They had to figure out how to calm everyone down so their rescue could be as quick and calm as possible.
"Please help us!"
"We're going to die!"
"I need to get home to watch my soaps!"
"Everyone please calm down!" she shouted over their heads.
"Help us!"
"Quit stalling and get us outta here!"
"I need my inhaler!"
"This is ridiculous," Raven flew higher up so she could get the entire ship in view. Then she crossed her legs in the air and concentrated.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" An intense amount of her black aura eluded from her body and into the panicked crowd below. It covered the space in between them all and no one could in front of them. In only few seconds the crowd was silent and standing still. Beast Boy changed into human form and landed on the deck.
"Dude, how did you do that?" he shouted back at her. She landed softly on the deck next to him.
"I took away their fear," she simply replied, Beast Boy smiled in admiration.
"Nifty," Another explosion near the stern rung through their ears, "we need to get these people off now,"
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven summoned the largest of platforms she could with her black aura next to the end of the deck.
"I'll take as many people as I can to the island; you need to keep these people under control when their fear comes back,"
"Got it," and Beast Boy helped people onto the giant black mass of energy. There had to be at least two hundred of these people on top of this energy mass and more continued to pile on. Whatever Raven did was really helping; there were bigger guys and a few crew workers helping women and small children onto the platform. And what was strange was that everyone was thanking each other. None of them were afraid of the fact that they were on a burning cruise ship that could collapse any second and could explode to oblivion. Beast Boy took this opportunity to glance over at Raven. She was concentrating as hard as she could to hold this many people at once, she had never done such a thing before. Her brows were furrowed, sweat was beading through her forehead and she was shaking.
"Beast Boy I can't take anymore!" she shouted through her closed eyes.
"Then go and take these people to safer ground!" Raven concentrated with all her power and the mass floated gently across the ocean. The passengers were smart enough to stand still as they were carried off away from the cruise ship. The energy mass was moving as much as it could and Raven floated slowly behind them, then they were on their way.
Beast Boy turned around and saw the many people that were still crowded behind him. They still stood silent, waiting patiently for their rescue and those flames weren't getting any smaller. A few of the passengers waved at him with a happy smile. This is weird Beast Boy thought. Beast Boy turned again to look to see if Raven was making progress. Then he looked down at the ocean water; he noticed that the ocean was lighter then the water along side the ship, then he realized…a sandbar! He jumped into the water and swam down as far as he could to see how deep this sandbar was. It was deep enough for him to transform into the biggest animal he could think of. He flew up back onto the deck.
"Alright, listen up! Everyone slide down my tail and hold on to each other!" he shouted at a confused and rather disturbed crowd, before he jumped into the water again he heard a few shouts saying "weirdo! Pervert!" back at him. Hitting the ocean surface he quickly turned into a brontosaurus with his big tail he gently laid it down onto the edge of the dock, and luck for him, the crowd did what they were told to do. They slid down his tail on top of his back and they held onto each other while Beast Boy was standing on the sandbar. He couldn't hold as many as Raven did but he held what he could, after he had a good amount of people on his back he lifted his tail and began to step forward. Beast Boy slowly walked off the sandbar and into the water, the water rose above his huge knees but then it rose higher than what he had expected. Beast Boy's back was actually submerged under water, but was still shallow enough for people to stand on. Everyone was rocking back and forth then they held on a little tighter, especially when Beast Boy gave a slight shudder from the cold of the water.
He walked on and on and further away from the burning ship. The more he walked, the more he realized how deep the ocean really was, soon he was going to go under and the passengers wouldn't survive. Luckily, flying in the distance in front of him, Raven came back and saw him struggle, he roared for her, and she understood. With what brainpower she had left, she lifted the passengers out of the shallow water with her black energy mass and headed back towards the island. Beast Boy on the other hand, transformed back into an eagle and went back to the ship.
He landed back on the deck where there were still people left by the thousands. Beast Boy looked over them, there was no way that the Titans could pull this job in time, it had been at least over an hour and the ship was beginning to take water. Suddenly, another explosion was sounded, flames flew into the air and the top deck began to crumble. Beast Boy couldn't take it anymore. He opened up his communicator.
"Robin!" he called, "we need more help! There is no way we can get these people to safety--,"
A horn sounded. The Starstruck finally arrived.
"'Bout time!" Beast Boy shouted at the ship. The Starstruck rolled over to the side of the burning ship, close enough to where they can put a crossing bridge to the boat, but far enough to where the Starstruck wouldn't get burned itself.
"Stand clear! We're going to put a bridge across!" a voice sounded from a speaker. Beast Boy flew to the other side to help them get the bridge across faster. Once they finally got the cross bridge over, passengers walked past them in a fast pace to the Starstruck to safety. About twenty people crossed in two minutes, they were making excellent pace, but once again another explosion occurred, this time shaking the entire ship and the cross bridge making a few people fall off into the water between the two boats. The cruise ship was sinking faster and faster and the cross bridge was extended as far as it could go. And right before their very eyes, the cruise ship began to crumble; it was breaking from the inside. Beast Boy didn't know what to do; all he could do was try to get people on the boat faster.
"Beast Boy!" he looked up in the distance and saw Raven floating in the sky, "Try and keep the ship from sinking!"
"I got it!" he shouted back. He ran inside the burning ship.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven quickly started forming another platform, but this one was smaller. This platform allowed more passengers to get across onto the Starstruck ship. After Raven's platform was in place more people by the masses began to run across. More and more people were boarding and the more weight the ship had to endure. Starstruck did have a limit, and it was realized when the left side started to lean downwards.
"Miss! We can't take anymore! You're going to have to stop them!" The captain shouted through his microphone. Raven slowly dissipated her energy mass to focus on what the captain was saying, and the passengers stopped running over. The cross bridge was pulled up quicker than Raven anticipated.
"We're running out of time! You're going to have to take the weight!" she shouted back. The bridge did not extend again. The Starstruck was getting ready to depart with the few hundreds it could hold. She turned around to the burning ship, there were still at least three thousand passengers left, and some were becoming cowardly and jumped over the side of the ship.
"I need help," Raven quickly radioed Starfire to come out and help, "Starfire," And as fast as they could began to take innocent people to the small island that seemed so far away.
Inside the ship, Beast Boy was in cheetah form chasing through the burning metal of the ship. He was on the third floor he counted, and was trying to find the weakest point of the ship so he could be the strong point. He was panting through the heat of the fire and was getting tired from all his running and dodging of burning ship walls. Some of the stairs that led further down below were blocked off by fire and some were caved in from furniture above. Beast Boy ran through a burning door that led to the dining hall of the ship. There was a stage on the opposite end with the curtains on fire; knocked over tables and chairs were everywhere from the constant explosions rocking the ship. The ship itself was already unstable as it was before, things that were burning with fire kept moving back and forth across the floor, making even bigger flames. Beast Boy was about to run out into the other side of the dining hall when he caught a sense of something wrong.
"H-help! Help me! I-I'm trapped!" he heard the cry for help; he could tell that it was a man, an old man, in fact. He searched around the dining room, sniffing the air to somehow find that human scent within all the smoke around. He turned into his human form.
"Don't worry! I'll help you!" he shouted inside the dining hall, a piece of burning plaster fell in front of him and he jumped out of the way.
"I-I can't b-breathe!" It sounded like it was coming from the stage. Beast Boy ran towards the cry. He was in front of the stage, he couldn't go on the stage, and it was completely engulfed by massive flames. Beast Boy decided to chance it, he slowly went up on the stage to find this helpless person.
"Where are you!" he coughed a few times from the lack of air. But before he knew it, he was knocked off his feet by a force unknown to him. He fell back and landed on a broken table, and then it disintegrated after his fall.
"I'm here," the voice said. Beast Boy looked up and was staring at …nothing. He got up quickly and turned around. He was staring at a black silhouette of a man standing before him; he couldn't make out the look of his face within the black smoke.
"Hello Garfield Logan, it's good to see you again," he said. Suddenly, Beast Boy was attacked again from behind and was down on his feet again. He got up and looked around.
"Who are you?" He called out, he heard nothing in return, "I don't have time for this! Come out and fight!"
"You know who I am, Garfield Logan," Beast Boy turned around, the man was face to face with him and Beast Boy had to step back. The man wore a dark black mask that covered his entire face; Beast Boy had no idea who he was.
"What do you want?" Beast Boy asked. The man chuckled.
"Something only you can give me, Garfield. I've been watching you for quite awhile now, and I must say that you've grown into a fine specimen," his voice was so familiar to Beast Boy, but he couldn't put a finger on it, "a specimen, but not a man," The man walked closer to him, and Beast boy took a few cautious steps back.
"Look, dude, I don't have time for this, this ship is coming down and both you and I are going to go with it if we don't get out of here in time!" He shouted at him. The man just laughed.
"There is no need to fret, Garfield. This ship won't sink anytime soon," he said.
"And how do you know this?" Beast Boy replied curiously.
"Because, Garfield, I'm responsible for it," Beast Boy stared on in fear, "and you're not leaving until I get what I need," Then the man pulled out something from his belt, Beast Boy could not make it out with all the smoke around them.
"I must tell you, Mr. Logan that you are a very hard person to track down. Five years it has been, and yet I've learned more about you than even you could possibly know," he said.
"Dude…are you stalking me?" The man laughed.
"Not stalking, simply learning," the boat leaned in the other direction, making Beast Boy stumble a bit, "I know about you're little disease that infected you when you were very young, and how it gave you you're powers. I know about how you arrived to Jump City as a small orphan child, your time with the Daytons and the Doom Patrol, and how you left them behind and joined the Teen Titans," he smiled wickedly under his mask, "I even know about your primal beast inside you,"
"No…," Beast Boy backed away several feet from him. The man kept walking forward.
"However, what I don't know is why you must keep it locked away under tight security," he pushed a burning table aside that Beast Boy backed behind out of his way, "You fail to realize, Garfield Logan, that this power you possess is a mighty one," Beast Boy kept backing away, "this power, this link inside you, could revolutionize our world and lead it right into the very future…you're primal form is the link between man and animal, if only you would unleash it,"
"NO!" Beast Boy changed into a lion and attacked him, but the man quickly transformed into a rhino and charged back knocking Beast Boy into a wall, it brought the entire thing down. Beast Boy was completely taken aback by his attack.
"You're-you're…a shape-shifter too?" he got up.
"I am so much more," he said coolly, "what do you say, Garfield? Let me help you, and we'll discover the wonders of this link and you will no longer be limited by this curse. You would never be a threat to anyone ever again," Beast Boy looked up at the man with tempting eyes. He began to remember all those times in his room alone at night. How he had to fight his own self just to keep his inner animal tamed, so he could protect those that he cared for. He remembered the last time that his beast was unleashed…now, he has the chance to put it to sleep, forever.
"Why did you set the ship on fire?" he changed the subject, "you can't just do a house call?"
"It seemed to be the only way to get your attention, I don't think you would have taken a house call from an old friend like me," he said, "plus, I enjoy the smell of fire,"
Beast Boy looked up with fierce eyes as he formed into a tiger and pounced on him. Beast growled at him disgust between his tiger paws.
"Why would you want to kill thousands of lives just to get to me!" Beast Boy's anger was growing inside of him. He was sweating and breathing very hard.
"Good boy, you're getting angry, that's very good," he sneered. Beast Boy raised his claws and swiped down at the man, he quickly dodged by turning into a snake. Beast Boy got up to face him, he was ready to fight.
"I know how you been feeling lately, Garfield, angry, frustrated, manipulated and…completely alone," Beast Boy turned into a rhino and charged. The man dodged by turning into a hummingbird.
"I'm not alone!" Beast Boy said, "I've got four great friends that--,"
"—don't treat you with respect," the man finished, "your friends, they do not see the potential you hold with your powers and even in your friendship with them. What they see instead of a prized strong-willed changeling is a scrawny green comic screw up that can change into animals," Beast Boy transformed into a bear and clawed the air that he was just in. The man reached over and knocked another burning table in front of Beast Boy, he created a wall of fire between them. Beast Boy transformed back to normal with furrowed brows, it was a sour gaze towards the mysterious man.
"What about your leader, Robin?" he said, "has he ever taken your suggestions for missions, or ever took the chance to take your idea into logic? What about during your battles, does he ever work with you with your combat combinations? No, he never has. He thinks of you in disgust, Garfield. He believes that you are nothing but extra weight on his shoulders. He thinks that you do nothing for the team," Beast Boy swung at him again with his bear like claws; he didn't want to agree with him. His aggression grew.
"How about your other friend, Starfire?" he continued, "she always seem to have sympathy for you in everything you do. She feels sorry for you; she feels that she needs to tolerate your pathetic excuse for jokes just so you won't feel like a loser. Why do you suppose she doesn't understand?" Beast Boy roared at him and flew into the air as a pterodactyl and zoom straight into the stranger. The man transformed into a tiger and jumped up to bite him and he swung him straight into the stage on the other end of the dining hall. The man jumped onto the center following his landing.
"What of your best friend, Cyborg?" he taunted more, "is he truly your best friend, or is that what he wants you to believe? I bet you get sick of his constant nagging of your eating habits or how he throws out your vegetarian foods. All because he doesn't understand that that's who you are. Or during combat practice how he always seems to defeat you with one single punch and never gives you the chance to fight back! He looks down upon you, Garfield, all because he believes he is stronger and more intelligent than you. He only sticks beside you as your 'best friend' so he can put you down in anyway," Beast Boy flew into the air again this time he turned into a hippo to smash him into the floor. The man dodged once again as a cheetah and transformed back again. The man then transformed into a bull and rammed him up against another wall. He kept ramming him again and again until Beast Boy was on knees desperately trying to gain air back into his lungs, but the only air that was available was full of ash and black smoke. Beast Boy was coughing hard.
"How about your friend, Raven?" he whispered, crouching down on one knee in front of him, "I believe you had a slight crush on her in the beginning, that was until your Terra friend came along. But the thing is Garfield Logan," Beast Boy slowly glanced up at him leaning closer in. He could feel that man's cold breath on him, even though the room was full of heat, "She doesn't understand the most out of all of them. She has despised your very insides since the day you joined the Titans. She has thought of nothing about you except how big of a pain in the neck you are. Every time you do something nice for her, every time you try to even speak to her, she threatens you, beats you down, and destroys the joy that's in your very heart," The man stood up.
"No," he huffed, "Raven understands…Raven said she wants to talk with me…she said she wants…to help me,"
"And you want her to help? She is the one needs the help, she is the weaker one! You are the one who is stronger out of all of them put together, Garfield!" he paused. The man noticed that Beast Boy began to form tears in his eyes; he was huddled over with his head pressed against the ashen floor, and little droplets were fallen down his face. He smiled at the pain that he was inflicting on him, then realized why…why he was getting so emotional over this right now. He realized and then he laughed at him, "you were going to tell her everything weren't you?" Beast Boy whimpered as he looked straight up again. The man knelt down again and lifted him by the collar.
"You were going to reveal to her why you have been so upset recently. You were going to her that today is the day…that your parents died," he choked on the knots that bunched up in his throat, Beast Boy felt like he stopped breathing, "in a boating accident no less. Rather ironic isn't it?"
"N-no…," Beast Boy tried to release himself from his grip.
"You thought you could release that pressure, that guilt that you've held inside for so many years. And release by confining deeply about it with your friends, and you, out of all of them, secretly wanted to talk with Raven? Am I correct?"
"…Y-yes," Beast Boy was seeing his point. The man tightened his grip.
"She doesn't respect you, Garfield! She doesn't even have the emotions to speak to you! Just like all your friends don't have the dignity to respect you! You don't belong with the Titans," Beast Boy yelled, he did not want to give in to this.
"No…no!" Beast Boy struggled harder.
"You need to release that pain! Release it, Garfield! Release it onto the ones that have pained you in the first place,"
"No! I-I can't! I won't!"
"Then come with me, together we will end this corruption and we will destroy those that hurt you!"
"NOOOO!" Beast Boy lost it, his will, his control, and his fury. He transformed into the Beast.
"Yes, Garfield," the man smiled again, "that is exactly what I want,"
Up above Starfire and Raven were gathering as many people as possible. Starfire was carrying ten people at one time, while Raven was slowly losing strength to carrying people on her energy mass. They made two trips to the island so far, and the Starstruck had just returned, and once again rolled next to the burning ship. They had gotten less than half of the ship to safety, but there were still at least two thousand people left on board. The Starstruck extended its cross bridge to the cruise ship and people began to slowly climb on.
Raven began to return to the cruise ship, she was flying at an increasingly slow pace, she was panting, and her head was on fire. She couldn't see straight once she arrived back at the ship. With utter sloppiness, she made another energy mass, and more people jumped on it quickly. And with more people climbing on, the more Raven was losing her focus. She took what she could and moved the energy mass only a few inches away from the ship before she blacked out and fell out of the sky.
The Beast began punching and slashing at the man with a fury. The stranger only took a few hits; he was only good at dodging the smallest of attacks. Then the man had the chance to transform into a woolly mammoth and charged the Beast into the wall again. The Beast was dazed as he laid there groaning in the pain and from the intense heat that was increasing from the lack of air in the room.
"So, Mr. Logan are you ready to give yourself to me?" he walked over cautiously as he spoke with such a venomous voice, "or are you going to be stubborn and do this the hard way?" The Beast regained his focus and pounced onto him again. The man dodged the fierce attack by changing into a chimp doing back flips. He transformed into a gorilla and jumped in the air to smash down at the Beast. The Beast grabbed a hold of his massive fists and thrust him into the floor paneling. While the black gorilla was down the Beast began to slash the chest of the mysterious animal changer. The gorilla transformed back into the mysterious masked man, he limped back a few steps rubbing the side of his chest where the Beast had opened the flesh wounds. Then the stranger smiled wickedly.
"Well, Garfield, it seems that you do not want to give me what I need, so I'll take it from you," he raised his hand and quickly pummeled it down into the beast's chest and stabbed him with a syringe. The Beast roared in immense pain and slowly transformed back into Beast Boy. The man took this chance to go behind him and hold him down by the shoulders and pushed the syringe deeper into his skin as the chemical liquid gradually diffused into his body. Beast Boy was in agony; whatever this chemical is was taking a giant effect on his changing abilities. Parts of his body were morphing into different things from different animals simultaneously. His nose grew into a snout, his neck had gills, his hands were claws, his feet were webbed, and he grew extra limbs. His mind felt like it was going to explode.
"Maybe this solution I concocted for you will change your mind," he slowly pulled out the syringe, and Beast Boy stopped changing, he backed away and was breathing hard. His hair was flat with sweat and he looked up. His eyes were a sickly yellow as he stared angrily back at the man in front of him, grinding his teeth with such an aggression and hatred. Beast Boy roared and attacked him so quickly that the man jumped into the air and slashed him hard in the back with one of his transformed claws. Beast Boy was finally down, his back where his uniform was sliced opened was covered in crimson blood.
"We shall meet again, Garfield Logan, but for now," he had a silver ball in his hand, and then he threw it down so hard that the ball went through the floor, "you better leave before you reach Davy Jone's Locker," And then he disappeared.
Beast Boy had never felt more furious in his life.
The ship was beginning to crack down the middle. Fire was bursting out of the sides like firecrackers. Beast Boy shot out from a side window in eagle form. The top most deck had fallen, pipes were breaking, the ship began to lean forward too fast for anyone's pace. More people were falling off of the cross bridge to the Starstruck. Glass from shattered windows were littered everywhere. The ship could not stay afloat any longer.
"Starfire! Get away from the ship, NOW!" Robin shouted through Starfire's communicator.
"Where's Beast Boy?" Cyborg called out in the microphone, "We gotta find Beast Boy!"
"There's no time! We need to get out of here! The ship is collapsing!"
Starfire had just caught Raven before she reached the ocean's surface and held her in her arms. When she turned around a flood of people from Raven's energy mass was now swimming for dear life in the ocean water. There was one final explosion and Starfire immediately flew away. The explosion caused the entire ship to disintegrate. The explosion was so massive and so huge, that the cloud of flames reached the decks of the Starstruck and just like the cruise ship it went down along with all the remaining passengers, even the ones in the water. T-ship flew away when the explosion had happened, once the T-ship had stopped Starfire placed Raven inside her seat and then she had returned to hers, while the others looked back, and grieved for the thousands of innocent people that they were unable to save.
To be continued...
Oh, and I forgot to mention above, that all those chapter alerts that some of you may have gotten in your e-mails. Yea...um...I re-read this chapter and I realized that I made so many grammar mistakes that it was so choppy and so hard to read that I had to re-edit this. So sorry for the hoax, folks! And just to remind everyone...CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM! But I still love you all!