Ch 17

Morning came to the tower as Raven mediated to keep her emotions at bay. She remembered lying in her bed last night, expecting to sense something from Beast boy to cause her alarm, but she never did.

'Perhaps he's confident about what's ahead for him,' said Knowledge.

'I don't know. I'm worried. It's not exactly a good thing if I can't sense anything from him,' said Raven.

'He's unpredictable,' said Knowledge.

'Why don't you give him a nice wake up call?' smirked Lust.

'You don't have a say,' Raven blushed. 'How does that help him?'

'He'll feel good and forgot all about what's coming. Besides don't you want to—

'Don't even think about talking anymore.'

'Aw come on Rae-Rae she's just trying to help,' said Happy.

'Just go to his room and cuddle, giving him sweet kisses,' said Affection.

'He needs his rest. Whatever happens—

'I don't want to think about,' whaled Timid as Bravery came to calm her.

'We can beat them!' said Brave. 'They won't take BB if I have anything to say about it.'

'We'll brake their necks,' said Rage.

Raven's eyes widened. 'That's too extreme Rage, calm down.'

Coming out of her mind, she stepped down from her meditative position and made her way inside the tower and towards Beast boy's room. Before she could knock, she heard his soft voice on the other side of the door.

"Beast boy," she said as he opened the door and smiled at her.

"Hey Rae," he said as he took her hand in his and walked down the hall with her.

Raven watched as he made his breakfast like nothing ever happened yesterday. She was confused about his behavior and knew she would have to ask him about it because she felt unsettled. She was startled out of her thoughts by the sound of a plate and her teacup being placed before her.

"Beast boy. I—thanks for breakfast," she said as he sat down next to her and smiled, showing off his fang. 'Hot,' she thought as she was sure she was blushing. 'Thank Azar for my hood being up.'

"What are you thinking so much about?" asked BB.

"Yesterday, today. I—you're so calm. It's leaving me unsettled."

BB took her hand once again in his and massaging the skin. "It's not going to help if I'm chaotic. I mediated for some time before I went to sleep. It always seems to help you, so I thought I needed to calm myself down."

"I—I'm impressed Garfield."

"Really?" he said as he wiggled his eyebrows at her, suggestively.

Raven rolled her eyes. She couldn't help but smile. "Why are you hoping to get lucky?"

BB blushed. "Yo—you just flirted with me."

"And now I'm regretting it. There's a reason I don't do it."

"It was fine Rae. It really got the blood boiling though."

"Do—do you think about—

"All the time with you in my dreams. I'm a teenage boy with hormones plus my animal side. It's sucks sometimes. All these instincts inside of me."

"I know what you mean. Why Raven, do you—?"

"Wipe that smirk off your face Logan."

"Oh come on Rae you know you love it."

"I do," she said softly, surprising herself. "I love you Garfield."

The emotion in her voice and the look in her eyes blew him away. He could see a blush on her face and smiled. "I love you to Raven," he said as he grabbed her by the waist, set her on his lap, and brought her face down so their lips could meet.

It was quite unexpected for Raven, but she found herself lost in the heat and the sparks his lips created on hers. Her arms rested around his neck as she felt his arms tighten around her waist. For a moment she felt his fear and then it was gone again. Moving away from his lips, she looked into his eyes. "What are you afraid of?"

"Ahem!" The two turned their heads to see a smiling Cyborg. "Good morning lovebirds," he said as he strolled into the kitchen and started his meat and eggs breakfast.

Raven got off her boyfriend's lap and sat back down in her seat to finish her tea as Robin and Starfire came into the room. She felt a warm, strong hand hold her hand and saw her boyfriend smiling at her. 'He is scared,' she said as she squeezed his hand, reassuring him that she would be there for him.

Soon enough Slade got back in touch with the Titans. Just seeing how smug he was on the screen made Beast boy's blood boil. 'I'm going to end this once and for all,' BB growled.

"No need to growl Beast boy," said Slade.

"Where are you?" yelled Beast boy.

"It's back to Africa Garfield. Are you afraid?" asked Galtry.

"Give us the exact coordinates and we'll meet you," said Robin.

"Very well Robin. We'll see you soon," said Slade before he shut off the screen.

"Titans! It's time to pack. We have a long trip ahead of us," said Robin.

"I'll warm up the T-ship," said Cyborg as he disappeared down the hall along with Robin and Starfire.

Taking BB's hand, she lead him down the hall to his room. "Garfield?"

"I know I'll hurry up. I'm always the last to pack anyway," he smiled at her.

"It's going to be ok. He can only hurt you if you let him, and you're so much stronger than him. I don't mean just physically but mentally. You've survived so much," she said softly as she caressed his cheek. Don't let him win!"

"You're right! I'm going to pack, we're going to Africa, and we're going to kick Slade and Galtry's butts," he said as he entered his room. He turned to Raven one last time. "Thanks Rae," he kissed her cheek, "you're the best."

Everyone was ready to go as Cyborg packed everyone's luggage. Beast boy looked at each Titan before they took off. They looked back at him, and he felt blessed to have them as not only teammates but as family. Taking one last glance at Raven, who smiled at him, he smiled back. Resting against his seat, he felt the T-ship take off, and decided to take a nap for the long trip ahead. He intended to be ready and ready he would be.

Green eyes opened to see rows upon rows of forest. 'We're here.'

"We're getting close everybody," said Cyborg.

"All right Titans be ready for anything and keep your guards up. We maybe walking into a trap," said Robin.

Landing in a clear part of the forest, the Titans got out of the ship and began to travel by foot. They eventually got to another clearing and were surprised to see another ship.

"Why does that ship look familiar?" asked Cyborg.

"I—It's the Doom Patrol's ship," said BB.

"You Titans really thought you could start the party without us," said Cliff as the other Doom Patrol members came out of the ship behind him.

"What are you doing here?" asked BB.

"We heard about what happened to Galtry. We've been tracking him ever since we heard he was let go," said Mento.

"What about you Titans? What are you doing here?" asked Negative man.

"We had no choice. He was hurting animals," said BB. "He said there would be more murders if I didn't come."

"I'm so sorry Garfield," said Rita. "We were hoping you wouldn't have to come, but we're glad to see you again."

"Aw how touching a family reunion," said Galtry with Slade by his side with a whole lot of Slade bots. "Garfield, so good to see you in the flesh. It's been too long."

"Not long enough," said BB. "It ends today Galtry. You're not leaving here—

"Alive?"

"If it comes to that, I'll do what I have to," said BB.

"Beast boy," said Robin as the green Titan looked to his leader. "If you do this, then you can't be a Titan anymore. We took an oath."

BB sighed. "Well if this is the last time as a Teen Titan, I couldn't think of a better way to go out," he said, his eyes shining proudly at his leader.

"Beast boy," said Robin.

"Friend Beast boy," said Starfire.

"BB," said Cyborg.

"Garfield," Raven said.

BB smiled at his team. "Lets do this!"

"Titans!" said Robin.

"Doom Patrol," said Mento.

"Go!" Both leaders said as they lead their teams into battle.

Robin went straight to Slade as Beast boy went right for Galtry. The Doom Patrol and the rest of the Titans took on the Slade bots. Battle cries and teamwork between the two teams were bringing the Slade bots to destruction.

As soon as Starfire defeated her group of Slade bots, she went to work with Robin to bring Slade down. Robin had no problem with her assisting. It wasn't about him bringing down Slade anymore. It was about bringing Slade to justice once and for all.

Beast boy was face to face with Galtry. The smirk on his face was more than Beast boy could take but instead of attacking him with blind rage, he calmed himself down and decided on a different tactic.

"It's over Galtry," said BB. "Look around, the Titans and the Doom Patrol know what they're doing. The authorities know all about your animal murders and experiments. The news station called it in. You're going to jail for life. I'll make damn sure of it this time around."

"Oh I don't think so Garfield," he said as he pulled out a gun. "You forgot. I'm a great shot. You remember bullet holes in in your body, don't you? I'm sure they're still there as a reminder," he said, his gun pressed to the temple of his head. "Don't even think about morphing Garfield. By the time you do, I will have blown your brains out."

BB smirked. "I don't think so."

"What?" Gallery said as a black energy found its' way around the gun, carried it away, and blew up the gun. "NO!" Galtry yelled as he was brought to the ground by Beast boy and knocked out by a punch to the face.

Looking around, BB could see the Slade Bots were no more, and Slade was being surrounded by both teams. BB tied Galtry securely to a tree as he joined his family.

"It's over Slade!" said Robin. "You weren't successful."

"Yeah but the question is why?" asked Cyborg.

"Yes it does seem too easy," said Starfire.

"GARFIELD!" screamed Raven as BB was hit by some time of needle and went down immediately as Galtry broke free, grabbing Beast boy over his shoulder.

Slade laughed. "It's not over my dear Titans. It's just begun," said Slade as he created a huge smoke screen. When the smoke cleared, Slade, Galtry, and Beast boy were gone.

Raven wasted no time in trying to track Beast boy through her mind as she sat crosslegged in mid air. She would find him. She had to. There was no other option. Putting her emotion in the back of her mind, she went to work. 'I'll find you Garfield and when I do, Slade and Galtry will wish they were never born.'