The once blue sky began to mold into a variety of red, yellow, and orange as dusk appeared and the hours of the day come to a close. Everyone had waited patiently for Beast Boy to return, however he still has not returned. The Titans began to worry as hours passed since they last saw him. As for the Doom Patrol they were worried, but Mento seemed to be more impatient and irritated with him than concerned.

"Where could he be? It's been hours already," Robin said. The other Titans looked at him at the sudden outburst of wondering where they're green friend could have gone

"I don't know man, but I sure hope he is ok though," Cyborg said trying to hope for the best for his best friend.

"I'm sure he's fine. Out of all of us, Beast Boy has the best survival skills," Raven said matter-of-factly.

"Yeah but don't you remember how upset he looked when he came out of the Doom Patrols ship. He was in tears and most people who are like that tend to forget their natural abilities and skills," Robin retorted her comment.

Raven looked away from their leader and mumbled, "Whatever." Raven was indeed worried about Beast Boy, but she did not want to make it evident to the others. A rustling sound behind them made them all jump up and go into a fighting position. More rustling occurred until a figure emerged from the dense green jungle. Everyone lowered their guard and waited for the figure to approach them. Seeing that he was dressed in a purple and black uniform and gray utility belt they knew who it was.

"Hey guys. What's up?" Beast Boy asked seeming somewhat back to his old self.

"Where were you? We've all been worried about you for hours now," Robin yelled. He always tried to act like a father figure to his friends although sometimes he went a little overboard.

Beast Boy jumped slightly at Robin yelling and looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry," Beast Boy mumbled under his breath. He continued to stare at the unable to look at the faces of his friends.

Raven could see that he was still distraught and with Robin's yelling it only made it worse. "Beast-" was all Robin said before Raven stopped him abruptly by forceful placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Robin, leave him alone," Raven growled gritting her teeth in an attempt not to yell at him. Robin glared at Raven for a moment and then sighed in defeat. Raven removed her hand and continued to look upon Beast Boy whose head was still down. In her mind all she wanted to do was reach out and comfort him but in the real world she kept a stoic face.

"So B, what were you doing out there for so long man?" Cyborg asked keeping his cool unlike their impatient leader.

"After my talk with the Doom Patrol I needed some time to think and process what we were talking about," Beast Boy replied

"Think and process," Cyborg said jokingly, "Who are you and what have you done with my little green buddy?" He then laughed at his own joke.

Beast Boy grew a small smile and said, "Good one Cyborg."

"Friend are you alright?" Starfire asked truly concerned for him.

"Yeah Star, I'm fine," Beast Boy assured her and gave her his trademark ear to ear smile.

"Oh that is most wondrous," she exclaimed giving Beast Boy one of her bone crushing hugs. As she let him go, Beast Boy diverted his attention to the dark blue empath in front of him. Beast Boy really did like Raven. He had had a crush on her ever since he met her and overtime that simple crush grew into something more. He always thought that Raven would never feel the same way about him so when Terra entered their lives he poured all his attention to her. But when she betrayed them she had also ripped out his heart and had locked himself in Terra's Room for almost two weeks. The only reason he was alive is because the others had brought him something to eat and drink. Also when the dragon Malchior broke Raven's heart he knew that none of the others would help, because they thought that she just needed some time alone. However he knew better and comforted her when she desperately needed a friend. And from that point on his affection for her grew more and more. His musings about the empath were broken when Robin asked him a question.

"Beast Boy what did the Doom Patrol talk to you about that made you so upset?" Robin asked.

His smile dissipated and a frown took its place. Also the look of fear and sadness were evident on his face. "I… We…" Beast Boy stammered unsure of how to explain their conversation to the other titans.

"That conversation will stay within the confines of the Doom Patrol wont it Beast Boy?" Mento stated, interrupting Beast Boy's stammering before he said something he might regret.

"Y-Yes sir," Beast Boy replied fearful of what Mento might have done if he told the other Titans about their conversation.

"But if it has to do with the mission then shouldn't everyone know about it?" Robin asked not letting this issue die.

"It may have to do with the mission, however the piece of information we told him is for Doom Patrol members only," Mento stated in his serious tone. Robin furrowed his brow in anger and wanted to find out what they talked about. He really hated to be left in the dark about something. He was about to say something when he noticed how uncomfortable Beast Boy looked and dropped the conversation altogether.

Beast Boy gave him a smile saying 'thank you' without the other knowing. In response all Robin did was nod to him. His attention was the averted when Mento approached him.

"Beast Boy are you ready for the mission?" Mento asked staring at the green teen.

"Yes Sir," Beast Boy retorted in a quiet tone.

"Good, then you know what must be done," Mento stated looking intently at the boy. Beast Boy nodded and walked over to the T-Ship with the other Titans in tow. "I suggest we get some rest tomorrow will be a big day." Mento shouted to the Titans. They nodded and continued their way over to their ship.

As they prepared for bed, Cyborg brought out sleeping bags for each of the Titans. For a while now Robin always told Cyborg to bring a sleeping bag for everyone in case their missions took more than one day and they were far away from their home. "Yo B, you gonna come down?" Cyborg asked looking at his friend standing on a tree limb. Beast Boy said nothing and Cyborg just shrugged and walked back to his other friends. "Man, BB seems really out of it for some reason,"

"He's probably still thinking about the talk he had with the Doom Patrol," Robin stated.

"Oh, I hope our friend is most alright?" Starfire said cupping her hands together.

"I'm sure he's fine," Raven said while setting up her sleeping bag.

It was still dusk and the sun was just above the horizon getting ready to disappear and night shadowing the sky. The Titans were eating dinner well except Beast Boy who did not move a muscle for over an hour now. Each Titan had their own dinner, Cyborg with a 3ft. ham, beef, and turkey sandwich. Robin had a large cheeseburger and water. Starfire had yet another crazy Tameranian dish and a bottle of mustard. And Raven simply drank some of her herbal tea. The only dish that was still closed was Beast Boy's salad. They all stopped eating for a moment and eyed his salad before looking up at him. He continued to stare into the distance, unmoving.

Finally Robin sighed and said, "Maybe one of us should go and get him and tell him that his dinner is ready." Robin looked around to see who would do it when no one got up he decided to do it himself, unfortunately he was stopped by a soft voice.

"I'll do it Robin. I'm actually done with my tea anyway," Raven stated while standing up at the same time.

"Thanks Raven," Robin replied to her dark friend.

Raven walked over to the tree where Beast Boy was, looked up and levitated to him. Beast Boy was in a large canapé tree and was standing on a large tree limb near the top of the tree where you could have probably set a house on. Raven finally reached him looked at his blank expression on his face. His arms were crossed over his chest and he was standing straight up. Raven continued to look at his blank expression and noticed there was a hint of sadness in his deep emerald eyes. Her expression softened when she saw this, "Beast Boy?" she asked in a soft tone. He did not reply so she asked again a bit louder, "Beast Boy?" He still did not reply and Raven was getting impatient so she said it even louder, "Beast-" was all she got in.

"What?" Beast Boy asked in a cold monotone voice that seemed to resemble her own. Raven shivered a little thinking is that how she sounded to the others? Brushing that thought aside she continued the real reason she came up here.

"Um, dinner is ready. Are you coming?" Raven asked in a quiet tone still.

"No. You guys can eat without me, I'm not really hungry," Beast Boy answered still looking off into the distance.

She continued to stare at him not wanting to leave him like this. Thinking for a minute she had an idea and asked, "Mind if I join you? I finished eating and don't really feel like going to sleep just yet."

Beast Boy's expression did not waver in any way when she asked this. "Sure, I don't mind at all," he answered in a slightly less monotone voice.

"Alright, I'll be right back," Raven retorted. She levitated down to where the others were and told them that he wasn't hungry. They nodded and left it at that. Raven picked up her sleeping bag and brought it with her as she floated back to where Beast Boy was. When she got there Beast Boy was still looking into the distance.

"What's the sleeping bag for?" he asked not averting his eyes into her direction.

"I just thought that if either you or I decided to sit down, that we would have something comfortable to sit on instead of the hard tree branch," Raven answered holding the sleeping bag in her arms.

"Oh, ok," was all he said.

Raven floated to his right side and draped the sleeping bag on the limb right next to the trunk of the tree. She then floated to the left side of him and stared of to the distance like him. They stood there for about 10 minutes and every now and again she would sneak a glance at the green boy beside her seeing that his expression has not changed at all. Getting tired of him being so silent she decided to do something very uncharacteristically and try to strike up a conversation with him. "So, what are you looking at?" she asked.

Deciding not to be rude he answered, "The sun set."

"Really, why?" she asked hoping to keep the conversation going.

"Because, it calms me much like a sunrise. You remember what I told you about the sunrise right?" Beast Boy said.

Raven nodded remembering the events that happened early that morning and what almost happened as well. "Um, Beast Boy mind if I ask you a question?" she asked not really sure if she should or not.

Curiosity finally got to him and for the first time in a long time he turned his head to his left and looked at Raven quizzically. "Sure Rae, what is it," he answered

Raven looked at him and saw that he had actually turned his head so he could see her and inside she sighed happily, however she also did not like the nickname he had given her and wanted to say something but she had just made progress with him and did not want to ruin it. "I just wanted to know if you were alright. Because after you're talk with the Doom Patrol you seemed pretty upset about something." Raven said keeping her voice as comforting as she could make it.

Sighing, Beast Boy uncrossed his arms and stuck his gloved hands into his pockets. "Raven don't take this the wrong way, but I would rather not talk about this and I would really appreciate it if you would drop the subject, alright?" he answered in a somewhat harsh tone.

Raven jumped slightly at the tone of his voice but soon returned to her normal stoic face. "Alright," she answered somewhat sad.

Hearing this, Beast Boy felt slightly guilty for being so rude to her so he decided to answer Raven's question a bit more. "But I am fine and I am happy that you did ask," he said giving her a genuine smile. This in turn made Raven smile just slightly.

"Your welcome," she answered.

The sun was getting close to setting and the darkness of night was becoming more evident in the sky. Stretch a bit, Beast Boy walked over to the sleeping bag draped over the tree limb and sat down. He had one leg dangling off the side of the limb and the other leg was bent upward so he could rest his arm on his knee while leaning comfortably against the tree. He stared at the sun once more before diverting his attention to the gray skinned girl in front of him. "Would you like to join me?" Beast Boy asked in a quiet yet sweet voice.

Raven flushed for a moment before answering, "Um, your leg is in the way." And as soon as she said it Beast Boy straightened his leg and laid it on the other edge of the tree limb opposite of his other one. He smiled at her as if saying 'now it's not in the way.' A blush crept up her face she was thankful that her hood was up. Thinking it over for a moment she hesitantly walked over to him and sat down. Her back was against his chest as she sat crossed legged in front of him. At first she was hesitant and tense at the prospect of her back against his chest, but soon she felt more comfortable and began to relax into him. "This feels nice," she said in a quiet and yet happy voice.

"Yeah," Beast Boy replied in the same quiet yet happy tone. A cool breeze blew in the wind making him shiver slightly.

"Are you cold?" Raven asked as she turned her head so she could see him better.

"A bit," he answered.

She thought for a minute as for a way to help him. Sitting up straight she undid her broach and turned her cloak around so the back was in front of her like a blanket. Backing up as close to Beast Boy as possible she draped the cloak over her and Beast Boy in an attempt to keep the both warm. "Better?" she asked.

"Yeah, but aren't you afraid of what the others might say if they find us like this?" Beast Boy asked fearfully.

Looking over to where the others were she saw that all of them were asleep probably from the long flight. Facing forward again she shook her head and then rested it against his shoulder. "Not really, they are all asleep. They were probably pretty tired from the long flight here.

Wrapping his arms around her waist, underneath the cloak she felt her tense up for a second but then relax once again. "I guess you're right," Beast Boy said with a slight laugh in his voice. For a moment they just sat there close to one another feeling as nothing could deter them. "Raven look over to your right," Beast Boy whispered into her ear. Obliging she turned her head to the right. She gasped at what she saw.

The sun had vanished but the sky was still a mold of orange, red, and yellow. It looked like something a painter would canvas and display for everyone to see. "Wow," was all she could she say as she looked in awe at the sight before her.

"If you think this looks great wait until you see the sunrise, it's breathtaking," Beast Boy stated. He then remembered what he had asked Raven prior to leaving and decided to confirm it. Raven was once again laying her head against his shoulder and she had looked like she was asleep but Beast Boy needed to ask her something. "Raven?" Beast Boy asked.

"Hmmm," she said sleepily.

"Do you still want to watch the sunrise with me when we get back to the Tower?" Beast Boy asked wandering what her answer might be.

"Mmmhmm," Raven hummed while slightly nodding her head.

Beast Boy smiled when she did this, she still wanted to share a morning sunrise with him. Normally Beast Boy would jump up and do a victory dance but with them the way they were he just sat there and smiled. After a few moments of silence Beast Boy spoke one more time, "Raven?" he asked. She did not reply but he heard the rhythmic breathing and guessed that she fell asleep. Smiling once more he got slightly more comfortable against the tree and said, "Good night Raven." And soon fell asleep with raven cuddled up against him.

Watching the last few events unfold from a window in the Doom Patrol's ship, Mento began to think about the conversation he had had with Beast Boy earlier. "I hope he still knows what must be done," he muttered to himself.