Ch 4 "I shall help you this once"
The warmth of the jungle light hit the changeling face, for that one night he felt safe from vaas, safe like he's back at home. There were background noises but the 13 year old didn't care, he's too tired from the running, water current, rocks and almost scared to death. Soon the noises became louder, and more man like, beast boy was only half awake and his mind raveled to the thought vaas finding him already.
then a large hand grabbed the changeling arm and pulled him off the branch, his eyes snapped open everything gone too fast to the boy the men are dark figures. In one motion his arms was tied, gagged and blindfolded. Beast boy was dragged to what is like a room, after being thrown in the room like room, his body trembled the pain the bruises from the rocks from the water current.
The thought of vaas killing his, using him or selling him for slavery plague his mind. Muffled sobbed, broken tears and the fear of the boy grow; I can't die now I can't. Beast boy mind shift and turns on how vaas is going to kill him shoot him; torture him, something illegal, a show on how he was killed.
but after a few minutes someone dragged him out of the room over a broken foot path, the blindfold and gagged was removed and he is looking at a grown lady with tattoos, pricings and with a sword with her.
"How are you?" Garfield looked at scared if she part of vaases force in the island, "again how are you?!"
"Please don't kill me" plead Garfield he looked away from the lady but eyeing the sword, "I'm beast boy I'm with the justice league"
"ahhh a hero, tell me hero 'beast boy' what are you doing here?"
"I was knocked out in the plane and vaas...vaas"
"you mean my brother" beast boy heart almost stopped from hearing that sentence. "don't worry I am not in league with my brother we are rebelling against my sibling for our island back" beast boy smiled a bit, the lady walked behind the boy and cut the rope "I'm Citra, and I am sorry but none of my college can take that collar off some tried and died"
"Do you have a radio or something for me to contact my friends or the league?" Citra shook her head. "sorry but all of the radio towers belong to my brother if you want, you have to go to the towers yourself, fallow me" beast boy followed Citra inside the temples along the way he notice men, with large guns, they also have bandages, scars, and lost limbs, same tattoos on their arms. The next room Garfield entered in is large and there are men eating, drinking and there is a table full of food. "eat to your full" then Garfield ran to the table and ate to fruit and vegetables, Citra walked to the table and sat next to him. She pulled out a large rolled up paper. "if you want to go out into the island and take control of the tower and call you friends unprepared you will die."
"no I won't I will find a boat and sail to main land and go to the hall of justice and get them to get this collar off and help you guys"
"No use there's only five dock and my brother has it heavily guarded"
"I'll find a plane"
"No airport"
"So how did I get out of here?" Citra looked at the boy.
"Either you get sold for slavery or someone get you out. So you have to get the towers and I will ask you this one question have you ever killed someone?" the boy eye widen at the question.
"No and I never will"
"My brother men will kill you; I could give you a gun"
"No"
"What about a knife"
"Like I said NO" said best boy he slammed his hand table and everyone in the room stopped talking, eating and cleaning their guns and knives. "No I can't and I will never do it"
"You have to, if not they would kill you, here" Citra pulled out a small dagger, with deceptive markings, beast boy looked he needs to call his friends and get the hell of the island. "Fine" said the changeling weakly. Then Citra unrolled the paper and it turned out to be a map. there was 4 marked places "these are the towers, follow me" Citra stood up and left the room with beast boy following, along the way beast boy noticed the walls and rooms was beautifully painted and carvings. Some paintings are filled with warriors, monsters, some sort of story and other tribal paintings.
"What's are these?" said beast boy pointed to the wall
"Those are history of the island, warriors killing monsters and ancient warriors servings there Sharman." then she turned to a room. Once in Garfield saw guns, daggers, machetes, and other things. Citra grabbed a belt with three sheaths daggers she placed it around beast boy chest and grabbed another belt with a small sword and two knives and Garfield put it on too. Citra grabbed a small bag and put in it the map, compass, canteen, and a hand radio. "These will help you and the radios are powerful and call anyone, even in the arctic. I tried." then she grabbed five syringe in the side pocket of the bag, "these will heal you faster the any modern medicine, these are natural medicine from healing plants"
"Thanks" then beast boy grabbed the bag and put it on his back.
"Remember I will only help you this one time. You find your own food, water, shelter, and you fight and kill vaases men okay"
"noted" then she lead beast boy to the entrance of the temple. Then she disappeared. Beast boy walked through to hall and he turned back the men looked at him like he's a mouse walking into a room filled with cats.
Then he walked into the jungle knowingly he might die. Citra looked at the distance where beast boy headed, "why did you help him?" asked one of Citra right hand man.
"He's a warrior and he also a child, he need the help, enough to help him to survive and he scared, fear strengthen bravery he has to face my brother men" the man stayed silent unsure what to say about it. Citra walked to the tree he sleeped in, the sap in the tree is deadly usually it kills anything in the tree birds, lizards, and small animals, even humans. But the tree it didn't kill him. Why? Citra is sure he's special.