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Her senses came back to her ages ago, but she wished they would go away again. The pain, sadness and guilt she felt overwhelmed her, but she wished that she wasn't attached to the wall. True, everyone that was captured probably wanted that right now, but she wanted it for a different reason, not like she would try to escape after what she learned earlier. She just wanted to curl up and cry, but she couldn't while she couldn't move any of her limbs. Though, there was one positive thing about being tied up, she wasn't able to use any of her powers, so she could actually show and feel emotions that she would usually have to bottle up inside of her. Sighing, she allowed a single salty tear to fall from her eye and roll down her cheek. Soon more followed, even though she did not permit those ones. She couldn't help thinking about the horrible monster she was; how could she not seen it earlier? She could usually read people's emotions immediately, but the thought of Garfield Logan liking her never, ever, not once crossed her mind. All she thought about was how mean and rude she was to him, how many times she slapped him for little things, how she always said he was not funny or amusing in any way, how she always ignored his 'stupid' attempts at flirting. Who could be more mean than her?
In some way, everything seemed to fit into place, as if they were jigsaw pieces, in her mind. That's why he never once forgot to say sorry to her, was constantly trying to make her laugh, and liked spending time with her even though she almost always told him to go away and leave her alone in peace. If she could, she would place her now wet face into her hands and dry off the tears that were dripping off of her chin with her sleeve. She hoped that no one would come in or see her like this, even if it was only Arion and Castor. Most people in her position probably wouldn't think about someone that had a crush on them, and would rather try and conjure up some plan on how to get out, or worry about the villains' plan that she and her best friend Starfire played a key part in, but she couldn't bring herself to think about those things. She hoped and prayed with all her might that things would go back to normal and they would be able to escape and she had the chance to apologise to Beast Boy for all the things she had done to him for the past few years, and she also hoped he would be able to forgive her. Suddenly, she realised a new feeling entering her, and at first she couldn't figure out what it was. She was already full of guilt, sadness and anger for herself, and they made it hard to work out. Doing her best to push the negative feelings aside, she got a better chance of seeing what it was. It felt like... Lust? No, definitely not at a time like this, it was something else. Maybe it was... Care? It certainly felt a lot like it, but had something mixed along with it, an emotion that was much stronger than all those bad ones and could conquer them all. Then, she worked it out. She had very rarely felt this emotion before, apart from small hints of it when she was around her friends. It was... Wait, was she sure she wasn't mistaking it? After a moment of thought she shook her head, it definitely was. It was love. For Beast Boy.
Robin would definitely be pacing back and forth in the room or maybe even pointlessly breaking all the stuff inside it if he wasn't handcuffed to the wall securely by his arms and legs. He needed to escape, that was for sure, but he didn't know what he should do after that. Was he supposed to try and let out his other friends or maybe just one or two of them then go back for the rest? But then he risked getting caught again and put back in the room, or even getting punished, which he guessed Arion would happily do without much hesitation. Or, if he managed to escape, was he meant to go back to the T-Tower and get Beast Boy to help him? Again, the risks in doing this was that they could get caught, or upon hearing that he got out he could think of some other plan or make his traps even more secure, which would make the whole thing of releasing everyone a lot harder and possibly more painful for them. He couldn't just release all the captured Titans anyway though, since they could not leave a dangerous villain in the city and this whole thing would just repeat itself, and at least now he knew his plan of taking over the world. Yes, they definitely need to take care of him, the danger and risking their lives was included in their job description.
Shaking his head, he decided to think about something else for at least a few minutes, as he had been thinking about the whole escaping and capturing the villain thing for over a day and so far he didn't have a solid plan. He stared at the black window in front of him. Starfire was on the other side. At least that's what he thought. He now felt that very tiny bit better that he was here and he could more or less see that she was not harmed and kept in livable conditions, Arion didn't seem exactly cruel in the way he cared for them. Sure, he knocked each of them out at least once a day, and gave them pretty bad wounds, and kept them tied up all day, and all this talking about plans to take the world as his own was not doing any good for their mental health, but he would treat their wounds and did own some effective medicines (that he planned to use in the future) and gave them food and water every few hours. It could be better, but it was a lot better than the way some of their past enemies treated them. Letting out a sigh, he hoped that Arion would end up not going through with the plan, the part of making Starfire and Raven pregnant made him fuming. Starfire was his girl, and only his, he worked so long on plucking up the courage to ask her out and now some blue part metal villain was calling her his. He couldn't stand that, and he didn't like the way he showed that clip of Beast Boy worrying about Raven to them. That was violating his privacy, and it also showed that they had hidden cameras littered around in their own home they didn't know about. When did he install them? He wondered if the whole thing was true and Beast Boy indeed did like Raven. Sometimes the thought would cross his mind, as he always seemed so intent on making her happy and keeping her safe, and also since he and Star were taken by each other, then they were only boy and girl left, excluding Cyborg as he didn't think he looked at Raven in any way apart from like a younger sister. He shrugged it off though and began thinking of what to do again, he decided they could settle the whole Beast Boy liking Raven affair when they finally got back.
Starfire was feeling quite similar to how her friend Raven was, except more lonely and upset than angry and guilty, though she did feel those emotions as well. She missed Robin and worried about him, she didn't know that he was only on the other side of the big black window of glass like he did. Arion and Castor had refused to tell her what was on the other side and why it was there for a reason she did not understand, but he done it because he knew that if she knew her precious boyfriend was on the other side she would never stop begging to see him and showering him with questions about if he was alright. It was usually Castor that visited and cared for her unlike for Robin and Cyborg, and that was because they still did not know there was two villains, not one. Arion would still sometimes come, and she found him a lot more kind than Castor, if that was possible for a part robot twin that wanted to take over Earth and kill all the humans to replace them with his own population. He just wasn't as serious or bossy, and she knew a few of the horrible things he done was because Castor forced him to, maybe there would be some hope for him being good, but she doubted any of the Titans would believe that or let her try and get through to him. She tried anyway when he did come, but he just laughed her off and said that was the way things had to be from now on and he couldn't change it.
Her heart ached so much for Robin. She felt guilty and angry with herself for getting him into this mess, if he didn't have to save her he would still be out there and getting further, and she also knew that he was worrying about her right now, even though she was absolutely fine for now. She closed her eyes and bowed her head, all she wanted right now was to feel Robin's arms around her and him telling her that everything was going to be alright soon, that this wasn't forever and they would find a way out. Being for so long in a room alone was not doing any good for her, and she felt strong pangs of loneliness every couple of seconds. While she didn't understand a few parts of their evil plan, she understood most of it. They were going to use her and Raven to make more babies of their kind, however she was unsure of how the were going to do it. She had no idea how babies were made on Earth, or anything about pregnancy or taking care of one for that matter. She felt bad for Raven as she doubted she wanted to have children, though she was sure she would change her mind once she saw them, or so she hoped... Even if they would be the villains children, she didn't want her to kill them or anything. Sighing, she slowly let go all of all the thoughts about the plan and replaced them with positive thoughts of Robin that always gave her hope, and she fell asleep.
Arion now had more time that he could spend with Starfire now though, as Castor decided to reveal himself to Cyborg. Castor did not have a metal arm like Arion did, instead his skull was made of metal, and this programmed him to be much more to the point and intelligent. Both of the twins had attached Cyborg to some sort of large machine, and he was tangled in a mess of over a hundred different colored wires of different lengths and thicknesses. They did not tell him what this was for, but he guessed they were just checking out how he was built and maybe teaching them some new techniques. All these wires felt heavy upon him, and the crouching position he was in was highly uncomfortable for him. The two were standing a few feet away from him, whispering to each other quietly and sometimes pointing at him or parts of the machine and occasionally smiles appearing on their cruel faces. He gritted his teeth together every time, he wished he could move or even talk but they had also paralysed and tied him just in case. It wasn't like these wires would allow him to move all that much anyway, since he knew he might damage his system if he ripped them our violently. To distract himself, he was trying to work out what all these wires were trying to do and where they were coming from and if they were attached to any important parts of him. He figured this knowledge would be a great aid if they left and the paralysis wore off, at the moment he just knew his feet were tied down, but he wasn't sure about his arms. Maybe he could do something and...
"Hey, tin dude," Arion's voice called from across the room as he and Castor strode over to him, "we are gonna have to knock you out again."
"None of your fault, obviously, since you've been good for the last hour, but we want to see how your robotic part of you acts when you're not conscious," Castor explained.
"We're also going out for a bit and wouldn't want you causing any trouble, would we?" Arion added, then turned to his twin brother. "Who will do the honors?"
"You've got the tin arm," he shrugged and was about to continue when Arion interrupted, seeming quite offended.
"My arm isn't tin!" Arion protested, sniffing. Castor rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Fine, you've got the metal arm, but he's alone and we've got both of us here, wouldn't it be better to just use the injection? I mean, we save on medicines."
"I guess, but how do we know it'll keep him asleep for long enough?"
"It will if we give him the right dose." Arion shrugged this time and walked over to a shelf, studied all of the potions, then picked up a light blue one that bubbled slightly. He got a syringe and a needle, then filled it up before walking to Cyborg and injecting the strange liquid into him.
A few minutes passed as they waited for Cyborg to fall asleep, then together they went outside the room, carefully shutting and locking the door behind them. For a few moments they just stood silently, staring at each other, almost as if expecting a furious Cyborg to kick the door open.
"What do we do then?" Arion asked, finally breaking the silence.
"I have a feeling he is searching the city again, we will find him together then you will watch him while I go to their tower." Arion considered this for a bit, then nodded in agreement. "Just remember if anything happens to notify me immediately, he can't come into the tower while I'm in it."
"Sure thing, bro, let's go!" Arion said eagerly then they both headed out to Jump City to look for Beast Boy.
Beast Boy had woken up several times during the night until he finally gave up on trying to sleep at about six in the morning. He had eaten as much as he possibly could fit inside his knotted stomach, which wasn't all that much, but he figured it'd have to do for now. Now it was eight in the morning, and he had been out searching the city once again for an hour. His hair was messy and clothing creased and he had incredibly large and dark bags underneath his eyes, but he didn't care right now, it wasn't visible in most of his animal forms. Even if it was, he wouldn't care less anyway, he was far too concerned about the health and safety of his friends, in particular Raven. It was so silent and lonely in the tower, it didn't seem the same when he was the only Titan living in it, so he didn't like spending that much time inside and preferred to be out doing the searches now, at least it kept him sort of occupied and out of that dreadful place. When he first woke up, he didn't understand why he was in Raven's room, but when he was reminded a powerful pang of pain and misery washed over him. He still missed her incredibly, and he swore that he would find her or die trying. He hoped that it would be the first one.
"I told you he'd be out searching by now," Castor said, standing on the edge of a skyscraper rooftop, looking down on a green bird he knew was Beast Boy.
"How can he be out so early so willingly?" Arion muttered, more to himself than to anyone else. Still, Castor took that as if it was an actual question and shrugged.
"I guess he is a bit useless and lonely without his petty friends, and that dark girl, what was her name again? Crow?" Castor asked, putting his hand to his forehead in thought of trying to remember the name.
"Raven," Arion corrected him, also looking at BB.
"Indeed, he probably misses Raven most, that's what's driving him. Anyway, I better go on my way before he returns," Castor said, then he jumped up and turned into an almost invisible small energy ball and disappeared less than a second later, flying away at an incredible speed towards the tower.
"This shouldn't be too hard," Arion whispered to himself, watching him searching everywhere and deciding to relax and rest for a bit. Castor hardly ever let him do this, to him it was all about the work. He moved to the roof of a closer tall office building, then sat down and closed his eyes, taking in the warm rays of sun.
Arion got close to dozing off, when something started buzzing on his metal arm, waking him up with a rather confused look on his face. "What in the world..." He muttered, looking at his arm buzzing and a small red light flashing urgently. His first thought as he stood up was that Castor was in trouble, and he looked around for the green elf man. He couldn't see him anywhere, and he walked the whole way around the roof but couldn't spot him. Using his flying powers which were rather weak and couldn't take him fast or far, he done his best to quickly glide over the city, stopping on every other roof he could. Ten minutes later he still couldn't find him and he had started to panic, now if it was Castor signaling him for help he was really late and would get into tones of trouble with him. Taking in a deep breath he pressed a button that opened a part of his arm that revealed the message, similar as to a T-Communicator would. The message was not what he expected though. It indicated that the trouble was back at their base. Completely forgetting about watching Beast Boy, he made his way there as fast as he possibly could.
Apparently, Arion had picked up the wrong potion - at first it appeared to be the right one, however if you shook it, the light blue changed to a light purple, and it was fizzing like mad. Whatever the potion was, it only put Cyborg in a sleeping stance for about fifteen minutes, if that, and it also seemed to have cured his paralysis. He spent a bit trying to work out a few more of the wires, then began doing his best on taking them out, or if they were harmless enough, ripping them in half, which he hoped might also mess up their plan in some way. It took him a while and he kept getting tangled up, but eventually he did manage to get rid of most of them, and in the end he just gave up on the last twenty or so, and ripped them out. It sent a pain wave through him, but then it disappeared. Smiling to himself, he managed to smash the ties on his feet, which were not all that tight since they probably didn't expect him to even be awake right now. He stood up and walked over to the door, and tried to open it normally, but it wouldn't budge. It was locked. Sighing, he took a step back, then kicked the door down so that it was hanging loosely off of one hinge, squeaking in protest. Stepping over it, he looked around. He wanted to let out at least one of the Titans, so that if they caught him, at least there was two of them.
It took him only a few minutes to find one Titan; as he found out, the long black glass across the rooms acted like a one way window, so he could easily see inside of the rooms. The Titan was asleep, but whether it was the effects of a potion he did not know. She had tear stains down he cheeks and chin, but she seemed unharmed other than that. Quickly he started to wrestle with the door handle, but once again it was locked. Of course, he should have guessed, if the girl had got out somehow she needed something else to keep her back at least for a minute or two, but this wouldn't be a difficult obstacle for a half robot man. Once again, he kicked the door open, to reveal a terrified awoken Raven, but when she saw that it was him coming to her aid, a smile spread across her face. Trying to act as fast as possible in case their enemies were coming for them, he broke all of the handcuffs and ties, which were stronger than his ones he had on his feet but still not too hard.
"Cyborg, thank you s-" Raven began to thank him as they ran out of the room into the corridor, but Cyborg rapidly pressed a metal finger to her lips, stopping her.
"Shh, thank me later, we need to find the others and-" this time he was interrupted, by not a finger, but a noise of unlocking locks and keys banging against each other. He was about to rush Raven into some hiding place, but it was too late, Arion burst in out of breath and saw them.
"You! How did you..." He started yelling, only to have a metal fist punch him right across the face out of nowhere. The cheek had blood trickling down from it, and was throbbing terribly, already starting to swell up and become a darker shade of blue than his light blue skin. When he looked up he had to quickly dodge another fist from the other side, and as he bent down he put up his own metal hand and grabbed it. "That wasn't very nice of you," he scolded with a smile appearing on his face. He started to twist Cyborg's arm and he gasped while Arion was only beginning to have fun. He twisted it more and more, faster and faster, but then a dark power threw him to the side into a wall. Cyborg nodded his thanks at Raven, and she nodded back, but as they done this their opponent had already recovered, but instead of doing another attack, he was pressing buttons on his arm.
"What are ya doing?" Cyborg demanded, but Arion simply smiled then got back on his two feet. He casually brushed his shirt off, not seeming in a rush or anything of the sort. "Well?" Cyborg shouted again. They heard a single, quiet beep coming from somewhere, and Arion lunged at him. Usually Cyborg wasn't the easiest to bring down, however he was caught off guard and the metal arm aided him as he knocked him over and pinned him to the ground powerfully.
Raven was about to help him, when something that seemed invisible to her hit her in the shoulder, sending her onto the ground. Before she could even wrap her head around what was going on, she had... Arion? On top of her. But wasn't he pinning Cyborg down? She managed to get her head up, and saw that indeed he was. Then who was on top of her? It suddenly came to her. It was Castor. Now it was two against two, and the twins had way more advantages. Both Titans were trying to wrestle their opponent and get free, but it was to no use. Arion had began punching Cyborg with his metal fist, and Castor had sent something rushing through Raven's body that shock her and make her feel weak and limp. They were doomed, they were not getting out of this one unless they surrendered. But they had got so far... Suddenly, as if an angel was sent from heaven, a new figure appeared in the doorway to their base. It was the only person that could help them right now. Beast Boy. And he didn't seem happy about what he was seeing.