Cyborg had been fighting his need for sleep for hours now. He had volunteered to watch Sebastian for the night in the interrogation room while Nightwing went over security footage and Starfire and Beast Boy recovered from the events from the wedding.
During the time he had been watching the kid he learned only one thing about him: the kid creeped him out.
All Sebastian would do is just look at him with those creepy red eyes. And the fact that this was the son of Brother Blood, gave Cyborg shivers through his circuits.
He was just starting to kick himself for volunteering for the job when Beast Boy walked in carrying two cups of wakening beverages. Cyborg sniffed the air and his mouth began to water.
"Figured you could use a pick me up dude." the green titan said.
Cyborg felt like he could cry when he saw the wonderful beverage that was known as coffee.
"Aw man B, a gift from the heavens!" he said happily.
He started to take a sip but paused and looked up at his buddy.
"This has real cream in it right?" he asked suspiciously.
"Yes Cy, I used your cream that you bought. I know you hate my soy-milk." Beast Boy responded.
Cyborg sipped the coffee and smiled at the changeling.
"Sorry man, knowing you I thought you'd pull some kind of prank on me."
"Nah, it's too early for pranks. My brains' not awake yet." Beast Boy sipped his cup. "So anything new from the kid?"
Cyborg shook his head. "Nothing. He just sits there. Doses off from time to time, but he's basically a statue."
Suddenly Cyborg sniffed a different yet familiar aroma and turned to Beast Boy.
"Are you drinking...TEA?" He asked.
Beast Boy raised his eyebrow at him. "Um...yeah...I am."
"Chamomile Tea?"
"As a matter of fact it is."
"But you HATE Chamomile tea...You HATE TEA in general! "
"Dude what does my taste in beverage have to do with the kid?" Beast Boy asked in an annoyed tone.
Cyborg watched him for a second then shook his head.
"Nothin man." He turned back to the two-way mirror and watched Sebastian. "So what kind of deal do you think Raven made with him to get him to work for her?"
Beast Boy stayed quiet and still as he looked at the kid. He slowly sipped his tea and spoke sternly. "Cy..."
He looked up at the green titan. "Yeah B?"
"I'll take over for you. You should go recharged." He said softly.
"But BB, you don't have to-"
"Nightwing is going to need you full of energy when he's ready for screening." Beast Boy then slowly smiled at his friend. "It's okay dude. I got your back."
Cyborg softly returned the smile.
"Thanks little buddy. I owe ya." He patted Beast Boy's back and yawned as he left for his room.
Beast Boy sat down in one of the chairs and stirred his tea slowly. Cyborg was indeed right. He hated tea. It was so gross and boring to him. He only drank it because it reminded him of her and that calmed his nerves.
Out of advice from the others, she and him had tried sharing hobbies with each other so the bickering between them would die down, even though it wouldn't do any good. But one of the stuff they tried was to get Beast Boy to try herbal tea. Epic Fail.
Beast Boy smiled as he remembered Raven yelling at him while she was cleaning the tea off of her cloak where he accidentally spat up from taking a drink. He had tried his best to help her, but of course she wouldn't accept it. As he sat there in deep thought he started thinking about how she would always hide her feelings towards everyone, when deep down she always cared. He remembered how she would go up on the roof of the tower to meditate at night. How her hair looked when the wind would pick up and flow through her hair. How her eyes glistened in the moonlight. How he would hold her close and caressed her cheek gently-
Beast Boy held his head suddenly bursting with pain
'What the heck is wrong with me?' he thought to himself. 'That never happened. Why would I think of something like that? I mean it's Raven! Of all the girls in the world why did I think that of her?'
"Enchanting isn't she?" Sebastian asked calmly.
Beast Boy looked up at the young teen and jumped back realizing that the villain was somehow watching him through the glass.
The titan smirked and looked away. "Weirdo..."
Sebastian just kept staring at him.
"I know you are there green one, and I know you can hear me."
Beast Boy pressed the speaker button.
"What do you want kid? Ready to start spilling what you know?"
Sebastian stayed still.
"I don't like talking to inanimate objects." he answered. "If you wish to get anything from me, I require we speak face to face. That is unless of course your too scared to face me."
Beast Boy clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes at the boy. The responsible thing to do would be to call Nightwing and have him here while the kid talked, but then I thought came to him. What if this would be the only time the kid would want to talk? After a few more seconds of debating with himself, Beast Boy pressed the record button and walked into the same room as Sebastian, activating the security system.
The room felt strange to the hero. He could sense an unwelcoming aura around him. But he chose to ignore it. He needed to get the information from Sebastian. He sat down in the chair opposite the boy and crossed his arms. Sebastian raised his eyebrow.
"Your Beast Boy?" Sebastian asked. "I thought you'd be taller."
"Yeah...I uh...get that a lot." Beast Boy sighed. He hated it when people pointed out his actual height.
"Well?" Beast Boy said expressionless. "You wanted me, here I am."
Sebastian sat up straight.
"What would you like to know?"
"How bout, what are you and your boss up to?"
"My mistress plans to create a new world. A Utopia."
Beast Boy smirked at this. "A Utopia? Gee sounds like it suck if one goes around killing people."
"One does not question her. She is an angel sent by our Lord. To rid the world of it's scum and make it pure."
"Riiiiight, if that chicks and angel then I'm a monkey's uncle." the green boy said.
"I can't expect an mere mortal to understand. But from what I see, you may learn to understand."
"Don't count on it dude."
"But you could, she believes you will. Why else would you wish her to be by your side?"
"I don't." Beast Boy answered. "I wish for a friend of mine to come back. Not your crazy lady friend."
"Oh but you do not see clearly for your friend and my mistress are in fact the same being."
"No, your obviously an empath. Your saying things that conflict and act with my feelings."
Sebastian looked at him closely.
"Hmmm...seems she was correct. You are smarter than you look. But you are wrong about her. The one you seek, you have encountered already."
Beast Boy clenched his fist but remained in his seat.
"If she is the same person," he said. "then how is she back. The Raven I know was destroyed? Years ago."
"Are you familiar with the incantations of soul resurrecting?"
"Heard of it. And I know for a fact that no one with magical abilities can perform them."
"Yes yes, I do believe that you tried such a task when-"
"Get to the point kid." Beast Boy interrupted.
"Well, after one of my prayer rituals, a young man came asking me for help. With him he possessed the soul of my mistress. He explained to me the prophecy of her and that she would be our savior and create the perfect world. I of course turned to my scrolls and advisors who confirmed that what the man said was true. And that my destiny would be to restore the mistress her rightful body. I took my role very seriously. After many many many months of working, I was able to complete the spell. Unfortunately, like you said, I was not able to perform the spell for in the reality I did not possess such power. Feeling that I had failed my lord and the angel, I begged for forgiveness and offered my immortal soul and body to them as sacrifice. But before I could sacrifice myself, my angel came to me in her spirit form and held me. I could feel her warmth. Her love. Her words were so kind and caring, saying all will be well. It was then she bestowed a kiss upon me transferring some of her power to me so I could perform the spell, and before I knew it, there she stood before me. Her intense beauty overcoming me. I then vowed to serve her and her alone until my dying breath."
Beast Boy stared at the boy with only one thought on his mind.
'This kid is crazier than Marilyn Manson hyped up on sprinkled doughnuts.'
"Okay kid I literally don't get anything you just said. If your going to keep speaking like the Riddler then I think we're done here and you wasted four minutes of my life that sadly I will never get back." Beast Boy stood up and walked to the door.
"She said you would say that. I knew you wouldn't believe the truth when it's right in front of your face." Sebastian said. "Thats fine with me though if you don't believe me. That just means that without you, Raven will now be mine."
Beast Boy froze before opening the door with his back to him.
"I mean I gotta tell you, when I first gazed at her, I knew she would be mine. Especially by the way she would hold me in her arms. The way she would rub my arms. Make me feel safe. It's only a matter of time now before she completely gives into me as her lover and we could rule our world together." He kept on in his fantasy. "And I have to admit, she has the most sexiest legs I have ever seen."
In only seconds, the door was completely barred from the inside as Sebastian gasped for air as Beast Boy's hands squeezed his throat, his claws pinching his skin, and his once emerald eyes now filled with burning red flames of hate.
