"Starfire!" Nightwing shouted as he wrapped his arms around his love, relieved to find her okay.
Starfire gladly hugged him back as her relieved tears filled her eyes. She then noticed Cyborg walk in pulling on a tied up follower.
"Cyborg you are alright?" she asked.
"I'm still in one piece. Thanks to your man here." He patted Nightwing's back.
She looked at the boy. "But who is this?"
"No idea. We kinda kicked his butt before he would tell us." Cyborg smirked as the kid groaned. "Speaking of getting their butt kicked, anyone see BB?"
They looked around suddenly worried. There was no sign of their fellow Titan.
"You don't have to look far." Beast Boy said as he walked through the entrance.
They all sighed with relief but were soon filled with worry again as he walked closer to him.
"Dang BB!" Cyborg cringed. "What the heck happened to you?!"
Cyborg had every right to freak out. He never expected the irony of his side joke. Beast Boy looked terrible. He had a busted lip, his tux was torn almost to shreds, he even had shards of glass sticking out of his arm. Starfire hurried to him.
"Oh friend you look as if a house had fallen with you inside!" She checked his head for concussions.
"Relax dudes, I'm fine. Just a couple of scrapes thats all." he said assuringly.
"A COUPLE OF SCRAPES?!" Cyborg exclaimed.
Beast Boy raised his eyebrow and nodded then grabbed a piece of what was left of the ice sculpture and placed it on his head. "Ow."
"What happened to you exactly?" Nightwing asked.
"Before or after I was thrown through three walls?" Beast Boy sighed. "I bumped into that Raven look-a-like and she basically gave me a beat down."
They stared at him in shock. Cyborg could not help but laugh.
"Man you got your butt kicked by a girl AGAIN?!"
"Yeah yeah chrome dome laugh it off. Your hilarious."
Nightwing took a more serious approach. "Beast Boy did she say anything to you? Was there anything you could tell us about her to try and figure this all out?"
Beast Boy shook his head slowly then looked to the young albino.
Nightwing looked at him. "So, I take it she just got away like that?"
He didn't know if it was from the pain or what but he couldn't help feel something about Beast Boy when his eyes narrowed at him.
"Yes Nightwing...She got away."
Nightwing walked out of the interrogation room and into the security room where Cyborg was waiting.
"I got nothing out of him." He said. "He refuses to talk to anyone."
Cyborg looked at the monitor noticing that the young boy had not moved.
"Man this kid kind of creeps me out. He just stands there." He then pulled up a file on the screen. "However, from the DNA I got from him, I was able to get a match in the crime data base. Not much, but I'm sure its enough."
Nightwing took a look at the screen.
"Sebastian Blood. Age 17."
"Brother Blood's biological son." Cyborg clenched his fist. "Apparently instead of obsessing with mind control and technology like his dad, he's more obsessed with religious cults."
Nightwing skimmed through the file. "Have you received the security footage from the club yet?"
"No, not yet." Cyborg replied. "Why you anxious about that anyway?"
Nightwing stared at the monitor filming the medical room. "Because I have a feeling that something else went on there other than what we were told."
Beast Boy cringed as Starfire removed a piece of glass from his shoulder.
"Oh, I am sorry Beast Boy. I wish to not cause more harm." She said softly.
"Nah don't worry about it." He smirked. "It's all part of the job isn't it? Would like to see less of this room though."
She smiled. She had always admired Beast Boy's ability to look at the bright side of things.
"I do wish I was there to assist you. It's almost unbelievable that Raven could inflict so much damage."
Beast Boy froze for a minute. "Then that right there should prove that its not the real Raven."
She looked to him. "You are greatly convinced it is not her?"
"It can't be. It's impossible."
Starfire felt an unsure aura coming from Beast Boy. She then continued to carefully examine him and found a small redness on his back.
"Beast Boy...do you have any allergies?" she asked.
"Not that I know of. Why?"
"There appears to be some sort of rash on the blade of your shoulder." She gently placed her hand beside it and in a second Beast Boy turned to her and grabbed her wrist. She looked at him, his face expressionless as his grip tightened more.
"Beast Boy, please let go." She said. His grip kept getting tighter.
"Beast Boy you are hurting me. Let go." She insisted.
Suddenly Beast Boy blinked and slowly released her wrist.
"Star you okay?" he asked confused by her expression.
Starfire held her wrist and looked at him with worry.
"Beast Boy," she said. "Have you been feeling anything strange lately?"
He raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
She sat down across from him. "Well...earlier during the fight. I felt...strange for a moment. I had a very strange and different feeling that I wish never to feel again."
Beast Boy watched her as she tried to explain.
"I felt like I wanted...to harm whatever was in my path. This enormous amount of anger." she looked down ashamed.
"Like you want to kill something..." he said almost a whisper.
Starfire looked up at him as he looked at her. "But I do not want to do such things. Please believe me. I do not know why the feeling came. I have felt anger before but not like this. It frightens me."
Beast Boy gently grabbed her shoulders. "Starfire. Listen closely. You don't have to do anything you don't want to. This feeling you have. If its not what you want then you fight it. You know in your heart what you truly want. You need to not give in to the temptation."
Starfire listened to him very closely letting his words sink in. She looked into his eyes and saw seriousness and a slight bit of fear. She wondered if by these signs if Beast Boy knew from experience what he was saying.
"Beast Boy..." she said softly. "Is...is there something you wish to tell me?"
He looked at her for a minute, then slowly released her.
"No." He said. "Nothing at all."
