Thank you to all those who reviewed, it is you who makes me want to do my best and keep writing. I would also like to apologise for the long delay, this chapter was nearly finished but I kind of lost the want for it for a while, but then kicked myself in the arse to finish it, I hope you all like it.
Teen Titans: The Garden
Chapter 3
Payback is killer. Too little too late.
Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy arrived in the training room where Robin and Raven were waiting. From the corner of her eye Starfire saw Beast Boy visibly tense as his eyes settled on the dark empath.
"Do not let Raven do the getting to you friend, just remain calm." Starfire whispered gently.
Beast Boy nodded and calmed his nerves as the trio came to a halt.
"Sorry we're late man." Cyborg spoke up.
Robin simply waved them off. "You're not that late, don't worry about it."
"Would've been here on time if it you weren't gallivanting around." Raven mumbled behind Robin, no one heard except Beast Boy, his ears twitching as he picked up her words then narrowed his eyes at her.
"We're gunna have a standard routine workout today and some sparring to finish off." Robin announced. "We'll work on the machines and the weights then meet back at the mats from some sparring, sound good?" he asked.
"Whatever."
"That sounds the okay."
"Sure man."
"Alright dude"
Came the four replies and the five titans dispersed to do their own thing.
'This could be our chance.' A dark voice hissed within Beast Boy's mind causing the green teen to pause for a second before continuing on to the treadmill.
'What're you talking about?' Beast Boy asked in reply.
'Our chance to teach that insufferable BITCH a lesson she isn't likely to forget.' The Beast whispered.
'Dude she's got all those demon powers, how could …' Beast Boy began.
'WE CAN … I can …' The Beast replied making Beast Boy pause once again.
'No! No way am I letting you out!' Beast Boy yelled back into his mind.
'We shall see.' The Beast replied before going quiet.
Beast Boy tugged at the collar of his uniform and gulped. The Beast had been very "vocal" lately and he didn't like it, it was only active when Cyborg did his all meaty-meat barbeque with extra meaty barbeque sauce, being surrounded by all that meat made Beast Boy want to gag, especially when the Beast had put the thoughts of his own teeth tearing into the tender meat and tearing it from the bone into his head; or when they were in the heat of battle, Beast Boy would sense the Beast growl and snarl at their foe and scratch at his mental cage to get out and take form, but he was always able to keep it contained. Just.
Beast Boy shook his head to clear his thought then turned on the treadmill and set it to his preferred setting then set off running at a steady pace to get his blood pumping. While running his thoughts were pulled to him and Raven, his relationship with her in the past, back when she tolerated him a lot more, he may have had a crush on her, he thought she was dark, mysterious, and kinda cute in her own way, his thoughts then moved to his time with Terra and how she had betrayed them. It was Raven that comforted him first, apologising on behalf of Terra for what the blonde had done, it was his first major heartbreak and he was left utterly destroyed. Then there was the "Malchior incident", the time Raven had fallen in love accidentally with a manipulative evil Dragon pretending to be an ancient powerful sorcerer and she had been left like he had and he'd comforted her first, he thought that might have brought them closer, and it did a little. Then with the awakening of his Beast, he too had a dark side to keep under lock and key, after that he truly thought he and Raven were finally cool with one another, a little playful fighting here and there but still plenty of respect and care, where had that gone to?
After a few minutes more on the treadmill he switched the machine off and removed himself from it once it had slowed to a stop. Turning, he used his momentary break to look at his teammates: Robin had removed his cape and had started doing sits up, he watched with fine detail as the boy wonder inhaled deeply as he leaned back and pressed his back against the ground and exhaled through his mouth as he pushed himself back up and pressed his right elbow to his left knee, back down then back up left elbow to right knee, on and on again. Starfire and Cyborg were both lifting weights, just by the comparison to the weights showed the vast difference in their strength, the weights attacked to Starfire's barbell were huge and with several attached it was a wonder the alloy of the bar hadn't bent, they all knew Starfire was strong, but sometimes they forgot how strong. The young tanned teen was squatting as she pushed the weights over her head and pulled them back down behind her head before pushing them back up, a small trail of sweat covered her forehead, which was creased with concentration. Cyborg himself was by no means a slouch either his weights were impressive, though dwarfed by Starfire's, but the look on concentration and determination was no different.
Beast Boy sometimes felt bad for his ol' buddy, the guy was mostly metal and with no actual muscle in his arms, lifting weights wouldn't improve him, only advancements in technology would, that alone was a saddening thought that no matter how much Cyborg trained his body it was ultimately his mind that could only improve.
'Unless he used his mind to improve his body.' He thought to himself.
Finally he turned his eyes to Raven who was meditating about four feet off the ground.
Beast Boy snorted then looked around the room at the various equipment. 'I could go on the boat thing.' He thought to himself, then looked to the punching bags then made his way over to them with a swift jog, he stopped in front of a medium sized punching bag, the larger ones were much heavier and hurt his fingers. Without another thought Beast Boy raised his hands and gave the bag a few gentle taps to get himself started before moving his arms faster, harder, sending stronger strikes at the thick leather bag.
'You're an idiot Beast Boy.' An image of Raven popped into his head. 'The very thought of you having an idea is stupid.' He heard again, he could almost see her judgemental eyes baring into him with loathing. His eyes narrowed as a scowl formed over his face, his body tensed with anger as his fists impacted the punching bag harder and harder. 'If you don't shape up the team is going to get hurt.'
'Get hurt.' 'Get hurt' 'It'll be your fault if something happens to them.'
'It's your fault they're dead Garfield.'
"SHUT UP!" he roared and punched the bag knocking it off the steel chain and sent it flying a few feet back. He panted heavily glaring at the bag as the image of Raven faded from his mind, it was then he felt noticed Robin looking at him weirdly, turning his head Beast Boy saw the others looking at him too. Starfire looked at him with worrying and concern, Cyborg looked at him like he knew something had happened, did he know what he'd been thinking? Raven simply looked at him with annoyance, she was an empath had she felt his emotions, did she knew he had been thinking of her? "Uuuggh, sorry guys."
"No problem B." Cyborg called out to his friend as he put the weight he had been holding down.
"It is alright friend." Starfire called to him as she too placed down her weights.
"Whatever." Raven grumbled and resumed meditating.
Robin said nothing, but looked to the punching bag and its shattered chain. 'The chain is 4 inches thick, not even I could have broken it with my hand.' He thought to himself. 'A well placed kick perhaps.' He added mentally. 'Shut up' Beast Boy had said and he guessed what had been happening, since the team had split he'd kept his eye on Beast Boy especially when he went to the punching bag, he'd noticed the boy's eyes fog over as he went into his own little world, then his brow furrow with anger. It didn't take much to put two and two together; Beast Boy had been thinking about Raven and something inside him had snapped, he hated to admit it, but he was almost tempted to have Raven and Beast Boy spar in a no powers match just to see how it would play out. However if the punching bag was any indication, he knew it was a bad idea, Half-Demon or not Raven was still mortal, he guessed at least, and if Beast Boy hit her as hard as he'd hit that bag … well, they'd be a team member down for a while.
He shook his head and decided to make his way over to the punching bags as Beast Boy made his way to the weights, Cyborg and Starfire split up to do different things while Raven continued to meditate.
'You know what he was thinking about Raven.' A voice called to her.
'Do I?' she replied, uncaring.
'Us you idiot, or well you.' Rude replied and glared at the girl through the mindscape of Nevermore.
'You've pushed him too far Raven. What you're doing stops now.' Wisdom warned with a hint of anger in her tone.
'You're not one to tell me what to do, you are my emotions' Raven retorted.
'And as your emotions we are telling you to stop!' Brave yelled furiously.
Raven grimaced and quietened her emotions forcefully, but there was something to think about if her emotions were telling her that what she was doing was wrong, then surely she herself would think it was wrong, but she wasn't wrong, she knew she wasn't. Wasn't she?
'NO!' The emotions cried out as one cutting off Raven's concentration causing her to fall to the ground, winced as a small stinging pain went through her body then looked around noticing Robin looking at her strangely from the punching bags, the others hadn't noticed. Raven turned away and walked towards the treadmill, she'd need to work on her body before the sparring began, the last thing she needed was a cramp.
Beast Boy attached a few weights to a small metal pole and secured them in place, the weights were tiny by comparison to what Cyborg and Starfire had been using on their barbells, and rightfully so, he knew he was physically the weakest amongst them, while in human form he'd never be able to lift such weights. He picked up a dumbbell in each hand and let his hands hang to his side before lifting them to his chest working them only with his elbow joint. He then looked back over to the punching bags were Robin was training, the boy wonder was assaulting the punching bag with a combination of hard yet fast jabs as several well placed kicks, but it wasn't Robin he wanted to focus on, it was the punching bag he'd knocked off the chain, he wasn't that strong and he hadn't morphed, so how had he done that?
Several more minute passed before Robin walked back to the mats. "Alright Titans that'll be enough for now." He called gaining everyone's attention. "Let's do a little sparring." He said as they drew near, he noticed Starfire and Cyborg tense, then looked between one another cautiously, he knew why, it didn't take a mind reader to know why, Robin glanced back to the punching bag then back to his team and his mind was made up.
"The first set of matches will be no powers or gadgets." He announced. "Raven, Beast Boy, you're up first."
Starfire and Cyborg looked at Robin with concern, while Beast Boy looked at him like he'd grown another head.
"Fine." Raven mumbled and walked onto the mats, she turned back and looked at Beast Boy. "You coming or going to gawk like an idiot all day?"
Beast Boy turned his attention to the grey girl and followed her onto the mats.
"Yo Rob, you sure this is a good idea?" Cyborg asked quietly.
"I hope so Cyborg." Robin replied just as quietly, silently praying that he was doing the right thing.
Beast Boy was worried, Raven had been training with Robin in terms of hand to hand combat, since the Titans had begun, she was by no means in his league but she was no slouch.
"And begin." Robin called out.
Without much choice in the matter Beast Boy made the first move and threw a punch at Raven. The empath dodged the attack and pushed his arm out of her way before she brought her leg up and kicked him in the chest making him stumble back.
"Really? That is your opening move, it's amateurish at best." Raven said venomously as the green lad got back up and grumbled to himself before moving after her once more, again Raven dodged the attack but didn't retaliate, Beast Boy spun around and continued to follow her movements as he tried to land a hit. "This is pathetic." Raven snorted out loud before dodging another of Beast Boy's punches, stuck out her leg and tripped him. "You call yourself a hero? After all these years we've come to expect better of you Beast Boy." Raven spat out. "But maybe you really don't have what it takes." She growled.
'Shut up.' Beast Boy mentally begged.
"One lucky win against the Brotherhood and you thought you were finally a big man, well guess what? You got lucky." Raven continued on, unaware of Beas Boy's plea.
'Shut up!'
"Maybe you don't what it takes to be hero, to be a Titan." Raven snapped.
"SHUT UP!" Beast Boy roared and spun around before Raven could blink and landed a hard right hook on Raven's cheek sending the girl to the floor. "JUST SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!" He roared loudly, Raven got to her knees as he yelled and looked up before rolling out of the way of Beast Boy's boot as he aimed a hard kick at her.
"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" he yelled and charged after her and delivered a swift kick to her midsection just as she rose to her feet and knocked the wind out of her.
Raven hit the ground hard and winced, perhaps the others had been right, she'd been too hard on him and he'd finally snapped, she looked up and gasped before moving seconds later Beast Boy's fist landed where Raven's head once rested, he turned his head and snarled like an animal. Raven got back to her feet and dodged Beast Boy's wild fist by mere inches and leapt back putting some distance between them, only for Beast Boy to charge at her once more, she timed her shot perfectly hopped into the air and spun aiming her leg at Beast Boy's head.
The enraged changeling ducked under it like she'd been moving in slow motion and shoulder barged her in the torso knocking her to the ground.
"Alright Beast Boy, that's enough." Robin called, slightly alarmed at what'd happened.
Raven grunted silently thankful before she got to her feet. "I'll admit." She started. "I'm a little surprised Beast…" she began only to be cut off when Beast Boy punched her again.
"I SAID SHUT UP!" He roared and ran at her once more only for black energy to become encased around his body.
"Robin said that was enough Beast Boy." Raven growled and glared at the boy.
A growl soon escaped Beast Boy's mouth and grew quickly in volume, Raven felt herself exerting more pressure into holding Beast Boy in place. Suddenly Beast Boy morphed into a powerful Sasquatch and broke through Raven's grasp, the Sasquatch pounced on Raven before reverting to Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy wait!" Raven said before he punched her. He hit her again without giving her chance to reply, Raven tried blocking his attacks but his punches were strong and her arms ended up colliding with her face. "Beast Boy please!" She tried to use her powers but something was holding her back. Suddenly she felt free of Beast Boy's weight as strong arms gripped him from behind and pull him off of her. Raven watched as Starfire, who's eyed were holding back tears pulled Beast Boy away from her and Robin and Cyborg approached her, Robin helped her to her feet.
"Come on we better get you looked at see if there's any last damage." Cyborg said in an exhausted yet worried tone as he led Raven and Robin out of the training room. Outside the room they passed Beast Boy who was sat on the floor, looking miserable with his face in his gloved hands, sobbing quietly while Starfire comforted him, Raven winced a little at the sight and turned her eyes forward once more.
In the medical room Raven laid upon the metal bed as Cyborg scanned her with his equipment.
"And, how am I?" Raven asked.
"Jaw bone's cracked, ribs are bruised, there's likely to be swelling on your cheek and your eye unless you heal." Cyborg rattled off, Raven could sense his annoyance and anger being suppressed while he remained professional.
"Didn't know Beast Boy could deal that kind of damage." Robin commented.
"As far as we know Beast Boy has every single living and extinct animal living in his body, it's not really that surprising that some of them wouldn't rub off on him, who knows what'll happen as he goes through puberty, all those hormones and stuff." He shrugged.
There was a few moments of silence and Raven could sense the growing tension, she hated the waiting and finally spoke up.
"Just say it." She muttered.
Cyborg spun around towards her, "Is he tough enough now Raven? Is he good enough now Rae?" he spat out at her angrily yet kept his volume under control. "Cause it looked to me, that if we hadn't intervened we'd have been pulling bits of your teeth out of his fists for months to come, all the while trying to wake you up after he beat your sorry ass into a coma." Cyborg's red eye seemed to glow with anger.
"Cyborg's right Raven. You've gone too far, and this whatever this is between you and Beast Boy should've ended a long time ago, no scratch that it shouldn't have even begun, so I'm ordering you this thing between the two of you it ends, soon if not today." Robin warned her. "Do I make myself clear!" he demanded.
Raven panted but nodded. "Crystal."
'Raven, we must talk, now." Wisdom spoke up within Raven's mind, Raven didn't miss the undertones of anger.
'Fine, we'll talk.' Raven replied and sighed with defeat, today really wasn't her day.
"Am I alright to leave?" she asked Cyborg as the large teen slowly calmed down.
"Yeah, yeah." He exhaled as his nerves calmed. "You can go just make sure you do that healing thing you do, get some rest then come back to me when you're done so I can give you another scan." He added before giving her a quick nod.
"Thanks." Raven replied, got up from the metal slab, briefly looked at Robin and nodded to him before walking out of the medical room and to her room.
"Well that happened." Robin commented out of the blue.
"Are you happy now Rob?" Cyborg asked as he turned to look at Robin, "I told you not to put them two together but you did anyway, why?"
Robin turned his eyes to the door then back to Cyborg. "At the time it seemed like the right idea, I didn't think it would've gone quite like this but I was hoping for some sort of conclusion."
"What kind of conclusion Robin? Raven beats BB into submission making the little guy even worse than he was before and goes into a depression?" he asked heatedly as he waved his arms about. "Or was it something like this? Where Beast Boy snaps and nearly turns Raven into a bloody mess on the floor?"
"A not so extreme second one." Robin admitted. "I was hoping Beast Boy would prove her wrong."
"Oh well he did Robin, he proved her wrong, and nearly broke her ribs and jaw in the process." Cyborg exhaled once more and rubbed his tired eye, and to think it wasn't even lunch yet.
"Sorry." Robin apologised.
"Nah man, we're good. If anything you got a result, so your idea worked to a point." Cyborg admitted and leaned back against the wall.
Starfire looked down upon her little friend with remorse, he had all but broken down as soon as the exited the training room, he'd collapsed onto his knees then fallen back against wall and wept deeply into his hands all she could do is watch and be someone of comfort to him. In her eyes she had failed him as a friend for not coming to his aid when Raven had begun her silent war against the green changeling, perhaps she could have done something to stop it, but she had not and now Beast Boy seemed completely and utterly broken.
"What did I do wrong Star?" Beast Boy whimpered as he pulled his face from his hands.
"I do not know my friend." She regretfully answered. "As far as I know, you have done nothing wrong." She added trying to comfort him.
"Does Raven just hate me?" he asked miserably, and looked up to Starfire, tears running down his cheeks.
Starfire felt her heart break and all of the nine stomachs flip at the sight. "I do not know the answer to that, I am sorry." She apologised and knelt down beside him and placed her arms around him. "I'm sorry." She whispered into his ear.
As Starfire held him Beast Boy took a deep breath and exhaled slowly in an attempt to calm him nerves. "I'm okay, I'm okay now, thanks Star." Beast Boy muttered quietly and gently pushed Starfire off of him, she relented and leaned back and looked at him, he looked calmer.
"You are sure?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yeah, I'm feeling better now thank you and I'm, I'm sorry for back there." He scratched the back of his head.
"There is no need for apologies, it was only time till you did the snapping, I am simply surprised you had not done so sooner." She replied and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I just don't get it, am I really as bad as Raven says?" he asked in an exasperated tone.
"No friend! No you are not." Starfire replied insistently, "You are a hero, you are a Titan and deserve to be one, you are our friend, Raven is merely being the mean, I do not know why, but she is." She continued. Beast Boy sighed and shook his head and looked to the floor, Starfire decided to change the topic. "Forget Raven for now friend, I suggest Cyborg take a look at your injuries, see if there is anything damage that needs fixing." She suggested then stood up before offering him a helping hand.
"Yeah I guess so." Beast Boy replied and took Starfire's offer hand and pulled himself up from the floor with her assistance.
Starfire and Beast Boy made their way to the medical bay, and could hear muffled talking from behind the door. Starfire and Beast Boy cast a curious glance to one another then opened the door to see Robin, whom was sat on the chair next to the medical bed, talking to Cyborg who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"… this'll have to end one way or … oh hey you two." Robin said noticing the arrival of Starfire and Beast Boy.
Cyborg turned his head to his friend and smiled slightly. "Hey guys, BB you feelin' any better?"
Beast Boy and Starfire shared another quick glance then turned their attention back to their friends.
"Yeah Cy' I'm feeling better now, thanks." Beast Boy replied.
"I had thought it best that Beast Boy get the all clear from you Cyborg, in case he had the concussion." Starfire spoke up with concern.
Cyborg pushed himself away from the wall and motioned for to the medical bed.
"Hope on BB, I'll take a quick look at ya'." He said in a friendly tone. Beast Boy was hesitant but did so, he walked over to the bed and laid on it as Cyborg readied his scanners. Starfire and Robin watched patiently as the scanners moved over Beast Boy's body, suddenly Cyborg spoke up again. "Ugh BB, tell me, how you feelin'?" he asked his concern slipping through in his tone.
"Not terrible I guess, kinda bummed but not bad." He replied in a glum tone.
"Stay strong B, but I kinda meant how're you feeling physically, anything hurt?" Cyborg asked once again.
Beast Boy paused for a moment before replying. "No, not really, why?"
"Cyborg?" Robin inquired and leaned forward in his chair looking at his teammate with concern.
"Friend?" Starfire asked, worrying over her little green friend's condition.
"He's fine." Cyborg replied and leaned back with a confused expression.
"So?" Robin asked wondering what the issue was.
"I mean, he's fine Robin, no bruises nothing broken, at all." Cyborg replied.
"Aaaand?" Robin asked hoping Cyborg would elaborate.
"Earlier BB was hit right in the face with a frying pan, then had a fight with Raven, yesterday he had a major black eye, and now he's fine, perfectly fine." Cyborg looked at Beast Boy once more confirming his find.
"So what're you getting at?" Robin asked, frustration evident in his voice.
"I think BB's got home rapid healin' thing goin' on." Cyborg finally explained.
"But dude, I just shape shift." Beast Boy replied curiously.
Cyborg frowned in thought, then looked to Beast Boy. "Buddy, I know you hate needles, but can I take a sample of your blood?" he asked kindly.
Beast Boy gulped audibly, he hated needles, and they all knew he did, but if something was going on with him, he might as well find out. "Sure man, I guess."
Cyborg turned away from the others, opening a draw all pulled out a jet injector like device. "You'll just feel a slight pinch don't worry BB." Cyborg said reassuringly. Beast Boy turned away and then flinched as he felt the needle pierce his arm. "Okay man, all done." Beast Boy looked back at his arm as Cyborg placed a small plaster over the small puncture. "You probably won't even need this." Cyborg commented. "Likelihood is it'll heal fully before a minute passes, but just in case, I don't want it to get infected."
"Thanks Cy' I appreciate that." Beast Boy commented then got up from the bed.
"You sure you're okay Beast Boy?" Robin asked from the chair.
"Yeah, I'm okay Rob, if it's okay I think I'm gunna take a nap." Beast Boy replied then looked to the others.
"Yeah sure, no problem." Robin replied.
"Rest well my friend." Starfire said with a small smile on her face.
"See ya B." Cyborg spoke up as the young green teen left, giving a small backwards wave as he left.
The door swished closed and the trio in the medical room waited until they could no longer hear Beast Boy's footsteps.
"So what do you make of it Cyborg?" Robin asked as the metallic teenager was already working on analysing Beast Boy's blood.
"Most of our abilities can be explained on a scientific level." Cyborg replied. "Yours comes from extensive training, mine comes from my built in technology, Star's is part of her Alien biology."
"And what of Raven?" Starfire asked.
"Raven's magical." Cyborg answered and looked at Starfire seeing her smug expression. "It's scientific!" he defended. "Kind of. It's scientifically proven her abilities come from magic and her blood relation to old horn head." He sighed then looked back to Beast Boy's. "Never could figure BB though, not fully, yes his DNA is unstable, that instability probably gives him his abilities, but how?" Cyborg asked earning a shrug from the other occupants. "You don't know, I don't know and most likely BB don't know either, it just does. Then comes the question if it can evolve." He began once more and continued to look at the blood.
"How do you mean by evolve?" Starfire asked.
"If it'll change him even more, we've seen one instance of it evolving." Cyborg said in a reluctant tone.
"The Beast." Robin replied darkly.
"That thing took on all three of us, took everything we dished out and kept coming for more, then took on another of its kind and won." Cyborg shook his head. "Who knows what else could be happening to BB." He thought.
A dark silence fell over the three Titans, the rain from the outside the only noise they could hear.
"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!" The deep, dark and guttural voice of Rage roared out angrily as she tugged on her restraints which were chained to large pillars.
The emoticlones had gathered within Rage's domain, a place that could be described as a biblical representation of Hell, with fire and brimstone and bubbling hot lava, the emoticlones however were undeterred by the visual aesthetics of the area, except of course for Timid whom was petrified.
Rage herself stood in her prison: an elevated stone platform connected to the ground by a series of stone steps, her ankles and wrists in cast iron shackles chained to two large columns inscribed with an ancient text to further weaken her, a wall of rock behind her sprouting multiple chains from its surface which wrapped around her body, the chains hung loosely from where she currently stood, as she looked at her fellow emotions.
"Normally I'm not one to agree with you Red, but in this case …" Brave spoke only for her sentence to turn into an angered growl.
"Both of you calm down." Wisdom commanded, though her own turn held plenty of anger.
"NO!" Rage roared back her eyes glowing brightly. "That bitch has gone far enough!" The demonic tone I her voice enhanced ten-fold.
"We know you're angry rage, we are too, but completely losing it will not do any good!" Knowledge shot back louder, her own eyes flashing red.
"Sisters! Calm yourselves." Wisdom spoke up loudly.
"I will be calm when that FUCKING BITCH is brought here so we can teach her a lesson!" Rage roared angrily.
"And we will." Wisdom replied darkly causing her sister to pause.
Rage seemed to calm, only ever so slightly, she looked at Wisdom intently. "You have an idea?"
"I have." Wisdom began and noticed the rest of the emoticlones calm down considerably, yet she could still feel anger coursing through their metaphorical veins. "I tried to think of some ingenious plan in getting Raven here, a suggestion or some form of manipulation, however I came up with nothing, except something very simple, we bring her here … by force."
"And how do we do that?" Brave dared to ask.
"We work together, force our power through the mirror and drag her in here." She explained the other looked between one another curiously, then a sense of satisfaction arose between them in the forms of smirks growing upon their faces. "However it may not be needed after training I demanded Raven come speak to us, she may do so."
"Was about time she got her butt handed to her." Brave smirked and flexed what muscles she had. "Didn't know Beast Boy had it in him."
"I did." Rage said darkly with satisfaction before releasing what could only be described as a purr.
"I'll admit, I knew it was only a matter of time before Garfield snapped." Knowledge added before removing her glasses and wiping them on her cloak before placing them back on her face. "However I had not anticipated his reaction to be so …"
"Explosive." Rage growled with satisfaction. "It was deliciously rage filled, so much brutality." Rage licked her lips. "He could have done some lasting damage if the others hadn't gotten involved."
"Not that that would have done us any good." Wisdom replied.
The emoticlones looked between one another as silence descended upon them.
"Do we know why she's going this?" Timid asked hesitantly, drawing the others' attention.
The others then looked to one another, then focused on Wisdom.
"Do we?" Brave asked.
"I can only guess." Wisdom replied regretfully. "She's filled with pride and ego and doesn't think the way we do, as ironic as it is." The weary brown cloaked emotion released a long sigh and sat down on the nearest rock. "She is so confidant in her own beliefs that she's blind to the damage she's doing."
"What do you mean beliefs?" Brave asked.
"I'm guessing you'll find out eventually." Knowledge spoke up.
"You mean about what she thinks about Beast Boy?" Rude asked. "With him being useless and shit?" she added.
"Not just that." Knowledge replied darkly. "I do not understand the origin of these delusions, but I know I shall not stand for them, any longer."
"Nor I." Wisdom agreed.
"To be honest, I thought all this shit was coming from Rage." Rude commented and thumbed towards Rage herself.
"FUCK YOU!" Rage yelled angrily and pulled hard against her restraints while Rude merely stuck out her tongue and raised her middle finger to her red cloaked sister.
"Rude, enough." Wisdom declared.
Rude shrugged her shoulders. "I'm just saying it'd make sense, this bitch has always had a Rage-on for the grass stain, who's to say she isn't the one doing it?" she asked.
"I'M NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS!" Rage continued to yell. "I'll admit, I am the embodiment of anger and fury but what she is doing is not because of me," she said through gritted teeth, "besides I … I don't hate him, not after what Raven has put him through, to hate him would be like hating a kicked puppy."
Rude shrugged and looked away, while Wisdom looked to her four-eyed sister.
"It's understandable Rage, we feel the same." Wisdom said in a calm manner before addressing the rest of her sisters. "Anyway, by my calculation Raven should be in her room soon, and from there we'll have a chance to talk to her."
"She better get her grey ass in here or I'm gunna seriously lose it." Brave grumbled and crossed her arms.
"We are all eager to get this over with Brave, but we must be patient." Wisdom said.
"WELL I'M TIRED OF BEING PA …" The green cloaked emoticlone yelled back only to be interrupted.
'Let's get this over with.' A disembodied voice called out.
The medical room's door closed behind Raven as she made her way towards her room. So far today wasn't shaping up to be her day; she'd been beaten by Beast Boy of all people and her friends were angry at her, angry that she was trying to shape up the weak link in their team, in their family.
'But is he really the weak link?' a part of her seemed to ask. Raven's thoughts drifted to the beating she'd suffered at his hands, he was tough and he was fast, much faster than she'd seen him move while in human form. She thought back to what she had said during the sparring match, maybe she was out of order, she'd admit that much, she'd gone too far that time, she'd been hoping that either something she said would hit home somewhere within that little pea-brain of his or he'd prove her wrong then and there, she wasn't expecting such a rush of emotion in such a violent form. Cyborg had been right if they hadn't interfered he probably would have done some lasting damage to her if not possibly killed her.
'I'll apologise for training after I've had my chat with my emotions.' She thought to herself as she came upon her room. 'Well, let's get this over with.' She thought to herself and walked towards her desk for her mirror, open the desk draw revealing the mirror; her portal to her mind, facing downwards, she picked it up, turned it around and allowed the dark claw to grab her and pull her in.
Raven landed gently on the ground and scanned the area, she wasn't in Happy's world; a place full of joy and floating strawberries, no, instead a place full of rocks molten lava and fire, it was Rage's domain.
"Glad you could finally join us." Her own voice spoke up behind her, barely able to hide the hostility in its tone. Raven turned around seeing her various emotions standing before her, each looking a different expression ranging from miserable all the way to seething rage and all eyes were on her.
"Hope we're not taking time out of your busy schedule." Rude remarked sarcastically, a spiteful edge to her tone.
"Why are we gathered here of all places?" Raven asked, as she glanced around the area once more, she wasn't sure if she'd actually like the answer.
"What we are to discuss affects all of us." Wisdom replied. "So all of us must be present and since Rage here is unable to leave her imprisonment, we had to come here for her input."
Raven looked at Rage whom was glaring at her angrily.
"Very well then," Raven replied, unaffected by Rage's glare, "why don't we get on with it?"
"You're fucking things up Raven." Rude started the conversation.
Raven turned to glare at the orange cloaked emotion and opened her mouth to reply to Rude.
"Though Rude could have put it in a better term, she is correct Raven." Wisdom replied in a calm tone, though her eyes revealed a level of anger to them.
"Explain." Raven growled not liking being insulted by her own emotions.
It was the turn of her darkest emotion to speak up. "To put it into simple terms Raven, you're a bitch." Raven glared at the chained emotion.
"And what makes you come to that conclusion?" Raven dared to ask.
"Beast Boy." Rage replied.
"What's he got to do with this?" Raven asked, narrowing her eyes at Rage.
"Quite a lot actually Raven." Wisdom spoke up and took a few step closer to Raven. "But mostly your attitude towards him as of late."
Raven didn't answer but she could guess what they were talking about.
"D-d-don't you l-like Beast Boy, a-anymore R-Raven?" Timid stammered as tears slowly dripped from her eyes.
Raven glanced towards the emotion. "Of course I do, sure he can be a major pain but I don't hate him."
"You could'a fooled us!" Brave hollered and stomped to the front of the emoticlones. "You've been beating on the poor guy since Tokyo!" Brave grit her teeth and clenched her fists tightly, if she'd have had four red eyes she'd have been a perfect match for Rage.
"He needs to shape up, he's slacking and eventually he'll get one of us hurt with his carelessness." Raven retorted confidently, and glared back to her green cloaked counterpart.
"Says the girl who just got her ass handed to her!" Rude shot back, glaring at the girl.
"No Raven." Knowledge said to her calmly, but frustration was evident in her eyes. "Looking over everything that has happened between Tokyo and now, I can confidently say what you've done goes above and beyond a need to shape him up. As Rage so eloquently put it; you're a bitch." Knowledge could barely keep the growl out of her voice as she said those last few words.
"You've been abusing the boy Raven." Wisdom spoke up next to her sister emotion. "You've been nothing short of a bully, destroying him physically, mentally and emotionally," Wisdom paused in order the centre herself. "If you keep this up Raven, there will be further repercussions."
Like what? Raven wanted to say, she could now see all the seething looks within the emotions, even Happy and Timid had certain hostile look in their eyes.
"He could leave Raven." Wisdom added as if sensing the girl's question. "He could leave the tower and then the others will blame you, they might not kick you out, but that hostility will always be there, do you think they would ever forgive you?"
Beast Boy had a great relationship with the others, and to Cyborg, he and Beast Boy were like brothers, they did so much together, if Beast Boy left because of her, Cyborg would never forgive her. But then again, Raven was confidant things wouldn't get that far.
"I think you're all being a bit overdramatic." Raven commented. "I'll admit I've been a little harsh but …"
"You call yourself a hero?"
"… you really don't have what it takes."
"One lucky win against the Brotherhood and you thought you were finally a big man, well guess what? You got lucky."
"Maybe you don't what it takes to be hero, to be a Titan."
Her own words echoed across the skies of Nevermore for them all to hear, Raven had at least the decency to flinch and not meet any of their eyes. Looking back, she had been totally out of line.
"Case and point Raven, you're a fucking bitch." Rage snarled angrily.
"Your words were uncalled for Raven." Knowledge said tersely.
"There is a line between being hard on a friend to toughen them up and being a bully, and that line has been crossed Raven." Wisdom added.
"Fuck that, you hop, skipped and flew several thousand miles over that line months ago." Brave pointed out crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Okay I admit, I've been a little hard on him." Raven said reluctantly, still not meeting their eyes.
"Yeah, about as hard as a fifty pound sledgehammer." Rude said snarkly.
"You've been brutal to the poor guy Raven, you've slapped his head, beat his face, threatened him, abused him with your powers," Brave rattled off making Raven flinch with every example.
"You've broken him down with your words, nearly destroyed his confidence, insulted his intelligence, crippled his self-worth and his self-esteem." Knowledge added.
"You aint Ms.-fuckin-Universe yourself." Rude interrupted
"To be honest, I'm surprised Beast Boy hadn't snapped earlier," Rage growled out, "that ass kicking has been a long time coming."
"And all for what Raven? You think he was lucky he defeated the Brotherhood, no we were lucky to defeat them, they had us out numbered and over powered, Beast Boy was the hero that day, you know it's true you just don't like to admit it." Wisdom told her. "Why, is beyond even me."
"You think he isn't worthy of being a Titan, I think past actions have proven otherwise." Knowledge said as she pushed her glasses back up her face.
"Beast Boy was the one who comforted you after Malchior." Timid said quietly, thought just loud enough for them all to hear. Raven grimaced, Beast Boy had been there for her, and she'd taken control of his powers and abused him, all the while smiling at his misfortune and the feeling of superiority she felt over him, she was no better than her father.
"Beast Boy is the only one of the Titans who would dare try and get you out of your room and interact with the others." Happy finally said, the poor emotion had barely cracked a smile since Raven had arrived, only now was a glimpse of a smile visible.
"And you repaid his kindness and friendship with pain, insults, and abuse." Brave spat out.
"Alright, alright!" Raven spat out. "I get it, I've been out of order with Beast Boy." She clenched her fists tightly by her side. "I was trying to get him to mature, I wanted to get rid of the prankster and get the best out of him, I know he has the potentially and yet he doesn't give everything his all!"
"Why sugar coat it Raven?" Rude said sarcastically.
"As I said, you're nothing but a foul tempered bitch!" Rage said, spitting out the final word.
"I'd have thought you would've approved of my methods." Raven shot back venomously.
"So you'd think," Rage replied, staring the girl down, "but what you've done is beyond anything he deserved, training or not." Rage kept her four eyes on Raven's, neither of the two turning their eyes away from the other.
"You need to apologise to him Raven." Wisdom ordered.
"I know." Raven mumbled before turned her eyes quickly to Wisdom. "I …" Raven paused,
"If you do not," Wisdom interrupted coldly, her voice louder than before, "you will lose him Raven, his friendship, his trust and that is if those haven't already been lost given current events, then he will leave, he will hate you and he will never come back."
"It wouldn't come to that." Raven replied, completely sure of her comment.
"And why not?" Brave asked as stepped right up to Raven
"We're his friends, his family, he wouldn't leave us." Raven replied quickly and stepped back, not liking the invasion of her personal space.
"So were the Doom Patrol," Brave shot back immediately, "and look how well that went."
Raven paused in thought, Brave was right, the Doom Patrol had been Beast Boy's everything once and he still left them.
"He wouldn't leave the Titans." Raven said, suddenly not confidant in her words.
"And why is that?" Wisdom asked with a raised brow.
"He's Beast Boy, he forgives and forgets, that's just how he is, I'll admit I went too far during training and I got what I deserved for what I've done but after that it'll be water under the bridge, he wouldn't leave." Raven replied hurriedly, trying to make herself believe her own words. "He, he wouldn't," she mumbled quietly to herself.
"Your abuse is as good a reason to leave as any, Raven." Wisdom replied curtly.
"He wouldn't." Raven's reply lacked any strength as she felt like child who'd been successfully chastised.
"Why wouldn't he?" Wisdom asked.
"He's my friend." Raven replied and looked up to meet Wisdom's gaze.
"Oh really?" Brave asked snidely, "As we pointed out Raven you've been far from a friend, maybe he thinks the shit he's taken from you isn't worth staying with the Titans."
"He's never been mean to you Raven, not intentionally and he's never done anything to you like you've done to him, not including what just happened." Happy spoke up, trying to a smile going.
"Not that it wasn't unjustified." Rage growled angrily.
"You need to put things right, before they get any worse. This may be your last chance Raven, which is if you aren't already out of time." Wisdom told her.
Utterly defeated, Raven looked to her emotions, each one looking at her with emotions ranging from annoyance to anger, while Knowledge and Wisdom looked at her with disappointment, she couldn't stand their gazes.
"How do I get him to forgive everything I've done?" She asked weakly, it felt like tears were brimming at the edges of her eyes.
"You want him to forgive you Trigon-spawn?" Rage snarled, the cruel nickname causing Raven to flinch, but knew she deserved it. "You go to him, you get down ON YOUR KNEES, and you FUCKING BEG him to forgive you, to try and see things from your point of view then you beg some fucking MORE just for good measure." Rage commanded, her dark demonic voice echoing across Nevermore.
"I'll make it right." She said weakly, as she nodded to Rage's instructions, they were as good as anything she could come up with. "I'll make things right between the two of us, but first I need to meditate." She had to calm her nerves or chances were she'd end up breaking a wall or the whole tower.
"We shall leave you to gather your thoughts." Wisdom told her in a calm tone as Raven disappeared from Nevermore.
"So?" Brave dragged out as she looked around at her sisters.
"I bet she fucks it up." Rude belched.
"Same." Rage agreed.
"I – I hope she does it." Timid said whimpered. "I-I like Beast Boy, he –he makes me feel warm a-a-and he, he's funny" She said sniffed and wiped her nose on her sleeve, then looked up to her sister whom had turned to look at her with a shocked expression, including Rage. "He does!" Timid squeaked before returning to her maze.
"I didn't even know the cry baby COULD smile." Rude commented.
"Yes, well, regardless, this has been a rather productive meeting, hopefully next time we'll all be here." Knowledge said before fading away going to her library.
Wisdom, Brave and Rude all vanished as well.
Rage turned to look at Happy who was still there. "Well, you leavin' or what?" she asked
Happy just smiled and ran up to Rage. "So, an Englishman and Irishman and a Scotsman walk in a bar, the bartender goes 'Is this some kind of joke?'" With that Happy burst out into a fit of laughter.
Rage rolled her eyes groaning.
"Okay okay, how about this …" Happy began a stream of multiple jokes all the while Rage repeatedly hit the back of her head against the wall behind her trying to knock herself out.
Beast Boy laid miserably on the top bunk of his bed simply looking up at the ceiling above him, everything had finally gotten to him, everything Raven had done to him and he'd snapped, that rage that was pushed deep down within him had been unleashed in a small burst. All he had wanted was for her to shut up, he was good enough, he was supposed to be a Titan. But then again; if being a Titan meant being around Raven, it really didn't feel worth it, he loved being a hero more than anything, he loved helping people but Raven's abuse was just far too much.
'Maybe I should leave.' He thought to himself.
'No, no need to leave.' The Beast whispered in his head. 'Dominate and overcome.' He growled
'Dude no, we got lucky that one time with Raven, that's all. She's got all those magic powers of hers.' Beast Boy thought glumly.
'We are the entirety of the animal kingdom, her magic is second to our power.' The Beast growled confidently.
'No dude, just … no. She's stronger than us-ugh-me.' Beast Boy thought to himself then rose from his bed and walked over to his full length mirror and had a close look at his reflection, his short, green, animal-like reflection, 'It's time to go.' He was decided, he couldn't put up with it anymore, couldn't put up with Raven's bullying anymore. He turned away from his reflection and walked to his closet seeing it jam filled with dirty clothes, but he ignored it and grabbed a simple backpack in the corner and began filling it with clean clothes, it was only a short time after he begun was there a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" he called.
"It's me." Came the reply and immediately Beast Boy tensed up.
"What do you want now Raven?" Beast Boy snarled with irritation.
He heard what sounded like a sigh. "Can we talk face to face?" she asked.
"I'm not really in the mood to talk to you right now Raven, leave me alone." He spat back venomously.
"Look, I know you're upset, you have every right to be, I just want to talk I swear." Raven pleaded, it was a tone of voice Beast Boy hadn't heard from her, or at least not directed at him.
'Do not answer her, send her away assert dominance!' The Beast snarled within him.
Beast Boy was tempted to, it'd serve Raven right, for everything she'd said to him, everything she'd done to him. Fuck it, he was going to do it.
He turned ready to shout only to see Raven appear through one of her portals.
"I didn't give you permission to come in Raven!" Beast Boy growled.
"That never stopped you from entering my room." She quipped before wincing, she wasn't here to make trouble.
"Yeah well I never used my powers beat the crap out of you!" Beast Boy retorted immediately with indignation while rising to his feet, his fists clenched.
"And that's what I want to talk about, right now." Raven replied calmly.
"Who put you up to this, Robin?" Beast Boy scoffed and crossed his arms all the while glaring at Raven.
"Robin has been telling me to fix things with you, however I am also here of my own volition. I've been thinking about all I've done to you, everything I've said and I realise I've been hard on you."
"Oh really you only just realised." Beast Boy said heatedly.
"Alright I've been terrible to you, okay!" Raven groans with exasperation but quickly calmed herself, Beast Boy hadn't flinched and was still glaring at her, "That's why I'm here now, I've come to apologise, so, I'm sorry for everything I've done to you Beast Boy."
Beast Boy lowered his arms, "Is that it?" he asked incredulously. "You put me through months of HELL and all I get is a lousy "I'm sorry Beast Boy"?" he yelled angrily.
Raven blinked then shook her head quickly. "No, no of course not." She clarified then sighed. "I was completely unfair to you, everything I said was uncalled for, especially what I said during training, I was wrong, I was so very wrong, you are a Titan, you've more than proven yourself to be here." She finished and looked at him, awaiting his reply.
Beast Boy for his part, was somewhat shocked Raven was apologising, Raven never apologised, but after everything she had done and said he needed to know one thing, "Why did you do it Raven?" he asked in a defeated tone as his arms fell to his sides. "We were never the best of friends, but we got on, so what changed?"
"I did," she replied then looked to the ground between them, "I knew you had so much potential as a hero, but all you did was slack off and goof around, I wanted to toughen you up, get better but, I think along the way I became blind to what I was doing." She looked up to him and frowned, "I'm so sorry Beast Boy; can you forgive me?" Her eyes begged him to forgive her.
Beast Boy closed his eyes as he allowed himself to get his thoughts together, "I'm sorry Raven, but I can't," he opened his eyes seeing her slightly shocked expression and glared at her, "an "I'm sorry" isn't going to cut it after everything you've done to me, after the abuse you've put me through." He replied before turning around, "now get out, I've got stuff to do."
Raven was in shock, Beast Boy had the nerve, the nerve, not to forgive her?
'He has every right Raven.' Wisdom spoke up within her but Raven wasn't listening.
"Look Beast Boy, you have every right to be mad …" Raven tried to reason.
"You're right, I do and I am!" he shot back from over his shoulder before continuing to pack his backpack.
Raven wanted to argue, but finally took notice of what he was doing, "What're you doing?"
Beast Boy finished packing, stood up and turned to face her, backpack in hand. "I'm leaving."
Raven stared at the bag in shock before looking back to Beast Boy, "You're leaving? You, you can't leave!" she proclaimed.
"Oh yeah?" Beast Boy growled. "Says who, you? You're not my mother Raven and I'm not your pet you can't order me around, and I'm not willing to stick around so you can keep bullying me!"
"Please Beast you can't leave, what about the team?" Raven shot back quickly, desperately.
"They've got you they don't need me," he replied and made his way to the door.
Raven stood in his way, blocking his path, her tone was calm but her eyes were wide with panic. "You can't leave, please Beast Boy see reason."
"Move Raven." Beast Boy demanded.
"I'm not moving until you see sense," she declared but gulped back her nervousness, "alright you were right, I've been a complete and utter bitch, and you have every right to be angry with me, to hate me I understand that and I deserve it, but don't do this to the team, they need you."
"Maybe, maybe not, it doesn't matter right now, I'm leaving, I need a break away from here, away from you." He glared at her before putting a hand on her and forced her out of the way then walked out his bedroom door.
"Beast Boy!" Raven called after him and stepped out seeing him make his way to the elevator, she reached out without thinking, dark energy surrounded Beast Boy then thrust him against the wall, pinning him there. "You aren't leaving! You can't leave, the team needs you, we need you."
Beast Boy felt his blood boiling over with rage. "Let go of me Raven!" Beast Boy growled only to feel the pressure intensify.
"I'll let go when you stop being an idiot stay." She replied in panic, hoping beyond hope the little green idiot would stay, that he would forgive her.
'You're fucking it up Raven, just like I fucking said you would!' Rage roared inside of her.
Raven didn't listen, this wasn't how things were supposed to go, Beast Boy was supposed to forgive her, they'd become friends, slowly but surely, she'd have been less harsh on him, maybe encourage him, things would get better between them. He wasn't supposed to leave.
Beast Boy's eyes went feral, he could feel the Beast inside him roaring for release and if Raven didn't let go, it would get its wish.
"RAVEN STOP!" Robin ordered as he ran up behind her. "What in god's name are you doing?"
Raven turned around to look at Robin, "Beast Boy said he's leaving."
"Let go of him." Robin said as he stepped up to her, his eyes narrowed under his mask, "I'll talk to him."
Raven hesitated but conceded, the dark energy left Beast Boy's body. "Make him understand he can't leave the team."
Robin said nothing and walked towards Beast Boy, he noticed the little green teen breathing heavily, though not from pain, from simply trying to calm himself.
"Raven said you're leaving." Robin said in a calm neutral tone.
Beast Boy grimaced and huffed with annoyance, "only for a little while, to get away from here, away from her."
Robin said nothing and knelt in front of Beast Boy, "I can't say I can't blame you, and truthfully, given the circumstances, I think a little break might be a good idea, things haven't been so bad recently, we should be okay."
"You're okay with me leaving?" Beast Boy somewhat surprised.
"As long as it isn't permanent." Robin replied, making sure he was clear.
"Yeah, just some time away, don't know where I'll go or what I'll do, just got to get away." Beast Boy explained.
"You keep your communicator on you in case we get into a rough patch." Robin said as he stood up and held his hand out to Beast Boy who took it and was pulled up by the taller teen.
"No problem dude." Beast Boy replied and picked up his bag.
"Know how long you'll be gone?" Robin asked.
Beast Boy regretfully shook his head, "No, but just call me if you need something, kay?"
Robin nodded, "We will," he paused in though and glanced to Raven, the girl hadn't been close enough to hear their conversation, "things won't be the same while you're gone."
"I know."
Robin glanced to Raven once more, "She looks really sorry."
"Maybe she is, but right now it's too little too late, I may forgive when I've had chance to cool off. Maybe." Beast Boy grumbled.
Robin patted the teen's shoulder and said no more as he walked back towards Raven and Beast Boy continued to the elevator.
"Robin, what did you say? What's he doing?" Raven asked, doing her best to keep herself calm.
"He's taking some vacation time, and frankly he needs it." Robin replied before stopping in front of her, "I told you something would happen Raven, but you didn't listen, Beast Boy is taking some time off to relax, away from the tower."
"But, he can't leave the team." Raven whispered regretfully.
"He isn't, he's taking a break, now let him go Raven, you've done enough."
Robin walked past her as Raven turned to look at Beast Boy just as the elevator doors closed, she saw him staring right at her and he slowly shook his head.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
'You fucked it up.' Rage growled inside of her.
Once Beast Boy was free of the tower and out in the rain, he knew where he needed to go to calm down, suppressing his emotions in case Raven tried to track him he took flight as an eagle, his bag gripped in his talons and landed just outside a familiar small building on the corner of a street few ever came too, he morphed back and stepped inside, cigar smoke assaulting his senses and laughter of the old flowing through his ears.
Tara was working with her Aunt Megan behind the counter, their eyes immediately turned to Beast Boy and they both greeted him with a smile, immediately he felt peace flow through him, he sat on the stool at the counter Megan turned towards him.
"The guy in the corner wanted to talk to you, he already paid for your usual." She told him and pointed towards a man whom was reading the newspaper.
"Oh uh, okay." Beast Boy blinked, rather curious, before jumping down and making his way to the man. "You wanted to talk to me dude?"
He did not expect the familiar smooth, cold tone of voice that came in reply.
"I did indeed Beast Boy, or do you prefer to go by Garfield Logan?" the man lowered the paper below his face, and Beast Boy silently gasped his eyes wide with horror.
"Slade."
Jason's notes
So the end of chapter three, what did you guys think? Is it good? Meh? Terrible. :-) Please let me know! :D
Your friend,
- Jason