Ch 16 Part 2

"Hello again Titans," said Slade as he stared right at BB. "So, what did you think of the news Beast boy? It's quite shocking, wouldn't you say?"

"You didn't mutilate and kill those animals. You couldn't have."

"So there is a brain in that head of yours?" said Slade.

"So who—

"Hello Garfield," said another male voice as he stood next to Slade.

"N—No! It can't be. You're—

"In jail. No," he smiled, "I'm a free man. If you would have paid more attention to the news, there wasn't enough to hold me."

"What do you want?" asked BB, trying to hold in his fear.

"That's the golden question, isn't it Garfield?"

"Don't call me THAT!" BB snarled.

"Such a temper. Well Slade has been more than kind enough to update me on your latest transformation into a beast. I have to say well done. Now I think it's time you come back to me Garfield. It's were you belong, besides I have all I need to make you even better."

"I'm not an experiment. I'm a person, and I'll never come back. There's nothing you can do to convince me otherwise."

"It would be a shame if more animals were to die. There blood is on your hands. You can do something about it. You have 24 hours Garfield and before any of your friends think about finding us, we'll be gone. I'll keep in touch. Bye for now Garfield," he said as the screen went blank.

"Raven?" said Robin.

"I couldn't sense where they are," she said.

"Same here," said Cy as he searched on the computer.

Starfire looked to Beast boy. "Friend Beast boy how do you know this Galtry?"

BB let out a breath he had been holding onto. He knew it was time. "He was my guardian after my parents died when I was little. He tried to kill me for my parent's inheritance. He didn't know why I was green but when he found out, I became his science experiment. At his hands I suffered abuse. I wasn't human anymore to him. I was a thing that could be poked and prodded all day long," he said as he balled his fists. "No one cared, everyone looked the other way. I was going to die at STAR labs."

Cyborg's eyes widened. "No, that can't be. I was fixed in that lab by my parents after my accident. They wouldn't let some psychopath in their to—

"Money goes along way Cyborg. You know this but what you didn't know is that your dad saved my life. I was able to escape. For that I will always be grateful to your dad. I'm sorry Cy."

"I should have known. Something didn't feel right about that place," said Cy. "Anyway, what are we going to do now B? We're not letting Slade or Galtry take you."

"Friend Cyborg is right. We will fight to keep you safe and bring those glorbags to justice."

"I just wish we knew what they were up to," said Robin. "I mean what's their plan? Once they give Beast boy their coordinates, he comes—the uncertainty is what's bothering me." He turned to the changeling. "I'm going to look up Galtry on the computer and Beast boy you need to fill in the blanks for us. We need to know who we're dealing with."

"Right," BB nodded as he sat next to Robin at the computer screen.

Robin looked the remaining Titans. "Get ready for battle," he said as the three remaining Titans went to prepare in their own ways for the unknown battle ahead.

BB felt Raven's eyes on him before she disappeared down the hall. He knew she was concerned, but he was determined. Whatever happens he would do anything to come back alive.

By the end of the day all the Titans had been briefed by their leader about Nicholas Galtry. It wasn't an easy meeting and when it was over, it was late. The Titans dispersed to bed with tomorrow on their minds.

The tower was dark and quite this night. Beast boy lied awake, fear glimmering from his eyes in the darkness of his room.