Well in case you were wondering, here's Beast Boy's point of view. It takes place the same night Raven had her bad dream. Hmm...coincidence? Maybe...maybe not. I'll let you decide. Anyway, thanks again for any reviews/favorites/follows and/or just simply clicking the button to check my story out. It means a lot.

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Chapter 7

Beast Boy could not sleep.

Even though he was bone dead tired, even though he very comfortable in his nice warm bed, he could not fall asleep. He kept on thinking about the girl that had been murdered, all the blood that had covered the floor and the scent that had been bothering him since they had returned from Sparrow Lane five hours ago. Beast Boy never forgot a scent and this one was particularly foul, smelling like sweat and rancid meat. It was bad news and part of him felt guilty for ignoring it.

Sighing, he sat up on his bed and stretched lazily. Peeking at the alarm clock that had fallen on the floor, the red light was now blinking 4:00 AM. Growling irritably, Beast Boy flopped back down on his bed with a dull thud. "Why does this always happen to me?" He mumbled into his pillow. "I don't want to go. Why can't somebody else have the super powered animal nose?"

Rolling over and accidentally falling back on the ground, he dragged his sheets with him and gave a shrill yelp of surprise. Now his butt hurt and he was very much awake. Groaning again, he reluctantly got up and started digging through his drawers. Haphazardly tossing clothes over his head, Beast Boy found a uniform that only slightly smelled. Beast Boy shrugged and put it on.

He would not be gone for very long, an hour or two tops, if only to clear his conscious. After all, he had not smelt this scent in over year. Why would it randomly be lingering in that old house?

Quickly checking to make sure nobody was awake; Beast Boy quietly opened the door. Turning into a hawk, he fluffed up his wings and took off towards the starry sky. The wind felt good on his wings and the full moon's light made his green feathers look as if they were made of silver.

Flying to the house on Sparrow Lane took longer than driving, but in about an hour or so he soon found himself flying over the familiar roof. Circling down and landing on the grass, Beast Boy stood up and stared up at the disheveled building nervously. It still had yellow tape wrapped around the doorway and now that he was all alone, the old house looked even creepier at night.

The warm summer breeze that had felt so good only moments before was now creating some weird looking shadows from the trees and a moaning noise in the two broken upstairs windows.

"I am not afraid!" Beast Boy told himself. "I am not a coward. I…I should probably go home."

He backed away from the house, his body itching to morph back into a bird and to get as far away as he could but for some reason, he could not. At that moment, a face came to his mind, one of dark purple hair and violet eyes. He thought of Raven. She would be very angry and disappointed if he left now. She would probably call him a coward. He certainly acted like one.

Sighing, Beast Boy shook his head and worked up his courage. "I am doing this for Raven."

Opening the door and turning into a green bloodhound, he started sniffing in the living room, checking around the old Budweiser cans and the footprints that were left over from who knows when. They still had that foul scent but it was stale. It was days' old, the owner might be gone.

Thoroughly checking the main level, Beast Boy only found traces of the scent. Now, he decided, he would check the basement. He could still smell blood and it made the fur on his neck stand up. Shivering to himself, he turned back into a human and carefully opened the door and quietly walked downstairs. The stairs still squeaked but his eyes had long since adjusted to the darkness.

When he stepped down on the final step, Beast Boy saw him.

Adonis was wearing a new metal suit, this one even bigger and stronger than his old red one. The older man was grinning excitedly, bouncing on his toes in anticipation as Beast Boy watched him with a stunned expression on his face. "It's about time you got here! I needed a good workout."

Adonis flexed his muscles. Grinning at the blue and silver metal, he admired the way it moved just like flesh and the way it looked all strong and powerful. He was too busy admiring himself, he barely noticed as Beast Boy was glancing around, looking for a way out. The changeling wasn't stupid. He knew this was too small a place to fight fairly, Adonis was three times his size.

"You know, I've been meaning to have a rematch." Adonis said casually "I knew you were coming. See, I have this whole place wired up with tons of tiny cameras. I saw you come earlier with your teammates, Cyborg and that pretty, feisty one. I saw you faint when you saw Deanna's blood on her robes. It was quite funny. You are even weaker than I was, before I got stronger!"

Beast Boy growled angrily, narrowing his eyes. "Not so weak that I can't take you on!"

Adonis laughed loudly. "Yeah, I kind of doubt that but like I said, I wanted a rematch. Ever since that Cyborg got rid of the mutagen, he thought I would be weak. Everyone thought I was weak and pitiable! My girlfriend, my father, even the guards that stood outside my prison cell thought I was some misguided little boy. Poor little Adam Thompson who is only looking for attention!"

Spitting on the ground with disgust, Adonis lunged at Beast Boy, slamming him against the wall so hard that the plaster fell from the ceiling in a dusty mess. Beast Boy staggered to his feet, looking at Adonis cross-eyed before turning into a dark green rhinoceros and rammed into him.

Adonis grabbed his horn and pushed back, grinning triumphantly and Beast Boy was shoved backwards, his feet dragging across the ground. Thinking quickly, the changeling morphed into a large Siberian Tiger, flexing away from Adonis' grasp and swiping sharp claws against the armor. It did not even scratch. This metal was tougher. Beast Boy continued, jumping and slashing, Adonis kept on laughing and punching. Animal after animal, nothing could stop him.

Even his T-Rex form was having serious trouble. Finally, Beast Boy fell to the ground exhausted, his body was bruised and a large gash on his head was now bleeding. Breathing heavily, he tried to get up, tried to morph into something else…but he could not. He could only hope that Adonis was tired too. That maybe…just maybe he could get to rest for a few minutes.

"You know…I just don't get it." Adonis said, studying Beast Boy's broken body. "Everyone likes you. The city, your teammates, Raven…but you are so weak! You're not a man; you're not even an animal. You're just a freak who got lucky with powers. I had to work for my strength."

He admired his metal body again. "I'm more of a man then my father ever was. Nobody can stop me; the police did not even notice I was here! They passed by my laboratory and labeled it as an old rundown fallout shelter. They didn't even think it was worthy of a second look! All they cared about was Deanna. So you see, anybody can be super! Anybody with smarts can do what I do. I am the living proof that brains can defeat brawns. Now everybody can know the truth."

Beast Boy watched him with tired eyes. "Dude, can you just shut up!? You talk way too much!"

Adonis frowned. "Whatever, kid. You'll be dead soon and I will be the strongest, the winner of this fight. I'm even recording this for the world to see. I'm the most powerful man in the world!"

Lifting his fists over Beast Boy's head, Adonis was about to lay the final blow but before he could do anything, something stopped him. Black magic had encased his arms. Raven had arrived. Her demon eyes glowed and her powers sparked around her fingertips. Starfire, Robin and Cyborg were following behind but Raven led the way. Never before did she look angrier.

"How dare you hurt Beast Boy?!" Raven roared angrily. "You sniveling little worm, you disgusting piece of filth, you are going to pay for what you've done!"

Using her powers, she began stripping him of his metal suit. Adonis tried to get away; he now looked terrified by this furious young woman in front of him. Piece by piece fell off until he was nothing more than a skinny man in his thirties. Sniveling, he tried to run away towards the stairs.

Robin stood in his way and smirked. "Going somewhere Adam?"

Cyborg was holding up the handcuffs and Starfire glared at him angrily. Adonis glanced at Raven who stood flying nearby, the black energy still crackling around her, the demon eyes watching him evilly. She was obviously just waiting for an opportunity to finish what she started.

"I give up!" Adonis squeaked. "Just please…don't let her hurt me! I admit to everything, the murder of Deanna, the attempted murder of Beast Boy! Just don't let the crazy witch kill me!"

Robin grinned. "Don't worry, you're safe with us. Raven won't hurt you if you come quietly."

Only when Adonis was led away in handcuffs, did Raven regain control of her powers and settle down. The power still flowed around her but she focused all of her energy on Beast Boy. He was so still now and hardly breathing. Raven felt a tear slip down her cheek and she collapsed on the ground, weeping softly. Starfire stayed by her side, solemnly protecting her two closest friends.