"Clear!"
weeeeeeeee…
"Damn it! Again!"
weeeeeeeee…
"C'mon Garfield…FIGHT! You piece of shit, you're not gonna die like this. You hear me? You're. Not. Gonna. Die. Today."
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The Titans gave a collective sigh of relief as the E.K.G unit began playing the comforting beeping tone; the indication that their friend was still alive. Almost immediately, the changeling's eyes fluttered open and he let out a soft moan.
"Wha-what happened? Where am I?" asked Beast Boy softly; his tone almost to a whisper.
Rachel was at his side in a flash. Her face showed an expression of pure relief as she held his hand.
"You're in the Med Bay, Beast Boy. You…collapsed and we brought you here. How are you feeling right now?"
"Like I just died and was brought back to life."
Beast Boy had meant that remark as a joke but his smirk disappeared when he saw the glares on his friends' faces, even Starfire.
"Why're you all so mad about. What happened to me?" asked Beast Boy as he stared at them.
"You mean you don't remember?" said Robin as his glare faded.
"Remember what? The last thing I can recall is, uh…talking to Raven before everything went black."
Rachel turned her head to hide her tears as she remembered her words to Beast Boy.
"Garfield. I don't know any easier way to say this but you had been dead for 5 minutes," answered Robin as he held Starfire around her waist to comfort her.
Everyone was quiet as they waited to see Beast Boy's reaction. Sighing loudly as he slumped his shoulders, the changeling looked down.
"I guess I owe you all an explanation," said Beast Boy softly.
It was nearly an hour later when Beast Boy was finally done with his self diagnosis. During that time, the colour on the Titans' faces could be clearly seen getting paler and paler. All except for Rachelfor she had pulled down her hood; her expression betraying none.
There was a silence as everyone contemplated the dreaded word.
Terminal.
"Gar…why didn't you tell us sooner?" croaked Robin as he raised his head to look at his green teammate.
"I didn't want you guys to worry about me, you know…,"
"What the hell did you just say? You 'don't want us to worry about you?'" Rachel's growl practically permeated the stony silence in the room making everyone turn towards her with worried looks on their face, especially Beast Boy.
"'You don't want US to worry about YOU?'" repeated Rachel, now screaming. "You're DYING Garfield! Do you have any idea what that means, you damn idiot?!"
By this time, the empath's body was trembling in her anger and immense sorrow. Objects in the medical room began to fly around.
"This isn't some long holiday, Gar. This isn't even an extended mission to Tokyo. You're going to leave me forever and there's nothing any of us can do about it…AND YOU KEPT THIS NEWS FROM US FOR MONTHS?"
"Raven, please calm down," pleaded Cyborg. "What's done is done. I'm sure Gar has his reasons for not telling us but there is nothing we can do about it now. So please calm down."
Rachel was crying openly now. Her amethyst eyes shimmered with tears.
"How can I calm down, Victor? I've never been a good friend to this idiot but yet I still care about him. Damn it to hell, I am in LOVE with him for crying out loud, and now just when I'm beginning to accept it, Fate comes along to take Gar away from me. IT'S NOT FAIR!" screamed Rachel as a portion of the wall was blown away.
The Titans tried to take cover; Robin was shielding Starfire with his cape while Cyborg was trying to crawl towards Rachel but his big size meant that he kept getting hit by the objects animated by Raven's powers.
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Beast Boy tore the electrodes from his body and got up. Gathering as much strength as he could he morphed into a fly and buzzed towards Rachel before changing back and enveloping her in a hug.
"Snap out of it, Rae. Please," whispered the changeling to the distraught empath, gritting his teeth in pain as he did so. The greater the difference in mass between the animal he changed into and his own body, the more intense was the pain burning through his already frail body.
"It's not fair. It's just not fair. Not fair at all," whispered Rachel as she continued to cry on his shoulder. Nonetheless she still managed to calm down and pretty soon, gravity began to function as normal once more.
Sensing that Rachel had finally returned back to normal, Beast Boy pulled away.
"You okay, Rae?" asked Beast Boy kindly.
"You know that I'll never be, Gar," said Rachel as her eyes still brimmed with tears.
Beast Boy could only offer a sad smile.
"Just…try…'kay, Rae. For me," whispered the changeling as he collapsed once again, this time in Rachel's arms.
Well chap 2 is up. sorry if its a bit short but i intend for it to be that way actually. good news is i've decided to make this longer than a two-shot. sooo look out for more kay?
until the next update!
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