A/N; I am super thrilled that I got two comments in a day! I literally jumped for joy! Super-duper triple thanks with a cherry and rainbow sprinkles on top to; Queen NekoChan and Luce! Here is Garfield Logan's life story!
"We won't invade his privacy like this!" Cyborg boomed.
"I don't even know him!" Wonder Woman protested.
"Stop!" Blood yelled. "If you do not take it willingly we will shove it down your miserable throats!"
Malchior passed out the glasses to everybody but Beast Boy.
"What about me?" he trembled.
Madame Rouge smiled viciously. "Why, we have to punish you. Didn't your parents ever teach you not to lie?" She unshackled him and roughly pulled him up by his arm. There was a loud 'CRACK' and he howled in pain.
"Do not be a baby. It is merely dislocated." Madame Rouge said scornfully. She shoved him towards the door, and he stumbled, dizzy with pain into the hallway where black gloved hands steered him out of sight.
"Now, drink or his suffering increases." Madame Rouge snarled.
The heroes reluctantly lifted the glassed to their lips, and drank. The taste was putrid, like castor oil mixed with rotting fish. Their cups clattered to the floor to be collected by Malchior, and they blacked out for a few seconds.
When they came to, all they could see was blinding white. It hurt their eyes but they could tell they were each there. Then the light faded to be replaced with normal sunlight, which was disorienting.
They were in a rainforest, next to a little hut. Smoke curled merrily out of a hole in the center of the roof, which suggested a cooking fire. The noise of the jungle was surprisingly loud for being so near people, but the bugs and birds did not seem to mind. The trees were alive with movement, but the thing that caught their eyes was the blonde, blue-eyed toddler walking unsteadily out of the hut.
"Garfield?" A women's voice rang through the jungle. It was not very loud, but a few birds took flight due to her frantic tone.
"I didn't think…" Raven began.
"He was, fully human." Cyborg said breathlessly.
The woman came into full view. She had brown hair and heavily tanned skin which suggested long, hard work under a bright sun. Her eyes were warm and motherly. She scooped Garfield up into her arms and called into the hut, "Mark! I told you to watch him while I analyzed those leaf samples!"
"I was cooking dinner." A tan man with blonde hair and blue eyes walked up next to her.
"We got to keep him out of the jungle. Out there, he is an hors d'oeuvre." She said worriedly.
"No worries, Rita. He is our big man!" He emphasized this by flexing his muscles, causing Garfield to copy him. Gar's cheeks were also puffed out. "At ease, soldier." His dad chuckled.
"I thought he was raised by Mento and Elasti-Girl?" Starfire said, confused.
"Apparently not." Robin said simply.
"The Doom Patrol?" Superman questioned.
"He had just quit when we met him." Raven said softly.
There was a quick flash, like a camera had just gone off. They were in a new section of jungle, with a new hut. They saw Gar playing with little rocks. He was a bit older, maybe five, and his mother and father were sitting near him, looking though papers. He looked over at them, then got up and snatched a drawing.
"Wasdis?" He held it out to his mother.
"This is a rare green monkey. Mommy and Daddy are looking for it to get a real picture and maybe catch it to be studied." She said patiently taking the drawing back.
"It would ensure money and our names in the history books, Gar." His father picked him up and set him in his lap. Gar nodded and stuck his thumb in his mouth.
"Stop it." his mother scolded and pulled his hand away from his mouth.
Time seemed to fast forward, the night seemed to pass in seconds, and when the sun rose, they saw Gar tiptoe out of the hut with a backpack.
"I'm 'unna catch dat monkey." He said determinedly. He set out in the jungle, and though the onlookers didn't take a step they were suddenly deep in the jungle. They saw the green monkey dart into a clump of underbrush. Gar shoved his arm into the foliage and sharply withdrew it with a screech of pain. He grasped his arm as he looked at the blood on his hand. He did what any other five-year-old in his position would. He sat down and cried. His father suddenly burst through the trees.
"Rita! He's here!"
She came through the trees and ran towards her sobbing son.
"Gar what's wrong?" She saw the blood. "What got you?"
"Da mon, kee!" He hiccupped.
His mother signaled his father to go find the creature as she picked Gar up and started running to their campsite.
The scene changed, and suddenly they were in a lab, Gar's parents talking quietly to and African doctor outside an open door. They could see Gar inside, with several I.V.s sticking out both arms.
"I analyzed blood samples from the monkey. It tested positive for Sakutia, a rare tropical disease that is harmless to animals, but fatal in humans. Sadly, your son has contracted it. I am afraid he only has a few months." The doctor said mournfully.
"There is no cure?" His mother said fiercly.
"We are close to a breakthrough, but it would take about a year with my short staff. Even then, it would be experimental, not to try on humans."
"We will, help. I don't care what it takes, our on will be the test subject, we don't care. Just save him!" She said, her voice heavy with desperation.
The doctor gave a short nod, then the scene changed.
It couldn't have been that long, but it was clear they were about to try it on Gar.
The same doctor they saw in the earlier scene was priming a long syringe, and then entered it carefully into Gar's I.V. The heroes could see his parents looking on in interest and fear.
"So, this must be how he turned into Beast Boy." Batman said.
"How do you know?" Flash asked.
"Obviously the bite didn't do it and the doctor said this was experimental." Batman said conclusively.
There was a quick flash forward, until the doctor announced that Gar was Sakutia- free.
There were cries of jubilation and hugs all around, until a nurse screamed "Look!"
They turned to see a small green spot on Gar's nose, slowely spreading. He was crossed-eyed trying to see it.
Everyone began checking machines while his parents frantically asked what was happening.
"His vitals are fine, he's just, changing color." One Nurse called from her station.
"Doc, you gotta see this." One male nurse said.
The doctor rushed over to look at the screen. Gar's parents followed closely.
"He has the DNA of a gazelle, a lion, shark, monkey, holy crap I think that's a dinosaur!" The nurse exclaimed. The doctor elbowed him aside to get a better look.
"I don't feel anything." Gar's soft squeak came from across the room. His parents turned and gasped. His ears had enlarged and had become pointed at the tip. His whole body was an acid green, his eyes the same. His hair was now green, and he had a small fang poking up from the corner of his mouth.
He was, he is…
"Beast boy." Raven whispered mournfully.
True, he now looked entirely like the teen they had befriended, though here he was much smaller and wearing a Johnny.
The scene changed in a swirl of colors.
A/N; I honestly was going to finish Beast Boy's memories, but this chapter is the longest I've ever written, at 1,333 words. I think that's plenty. Next chapter will hopefully cap off his history. Now I must go hide from the evil chocolate bunny. Bye!