Ch 18

"Wh—where am I?" BB said. "Why can't I move my body and why's it so dark?" Seeing through the darkness, he could see he was in some kind of lab. "N—no!" he said as he struggled against the restraints on his limbs. "Why can't I morph? What's going on here?" BB screamed.

The lights came on, and it took a moment for BB to adjust to the light. When he did, he was staring into the eyes of Galtry. "Hello Garfield, doesn't this place just bring back wonderful memories."

BB growled. "You won't get away with this Galtry. The Titans and the Doom Patrol are on their way."

Galtry laughed. "By the time they get to you, it may be too late."

BB felt panic enter his body and as Slade came into the room, he couldn't help but feel a sense of doom but he kept talking to ease him. "And what's your part in all this Slade, sitting back while he does all the work?"

"Not quite you see once he's done with you, you become my weapon to bring down your old team as well as your dear friends."

"Now it's time to go to sleep Garfield," said Galtry as he hovered above the changeling who had fear in his eyes when he came close to his face with a gas mask.

"Wh—what are you going to do to me?"

"You'll find out soon enough my dear Beast boy. For now you'll sleep. See you in a couple hours," he laughed as the gas mask went onto BB's mouth and his eyes closed, still hearing the echoing of Galtry's laughter.

Slade was amazed by the work he was seeing from Galtry. The procedures performed on the changeling were stories out of a horror movie. Nonetheless Slade felt confident that he would finally defeat the legendary Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans. He only hoped Galtry wouldn't go back on his word to use Beast boy to take down his enemies. If he went back on his word, Slade had no problem putting Galtry in his place.

'It has begun,' thought Slade. 'I can just picture it now. Beast boy under my control, finding by the end that he has killed the people he loves the most,' he laughed. 'Finally I will get what I've always wanted.'

"Raven, Raven! You have stop now. You've been searching for hours. You need to—

"No Robin I won't stop! It's just so strange that I can't get to Slade, Galtry, or even Beast boy's mind," said Raven.

"They must be somewhere where your powers are immune," said Cyborg. "Even Mento's been trying and ending up with nothing.

"Perhaps what we know from Slade is that he won't come out of hiding until he's ready with his latest secret wea—

"Starfire, that's it!" said Robin. "Galtry has the ability to change Beast boy somehow. Slade has a history as using Titans as weapons."

"You are not suggesting that they're going to use friend Beast boy to—

"That's exactly what I'm saying Starfire. They're going to use Beast boy to defeat us," said Robin.

"We have to find him," said Raven.

"Raven's right," said Cyborg. "We can't let them succeed."

"As much as I hate to say this," said Mento as he walked over to the Titans, "Starfire's right. We can only wait until they're done with him. I haven't been able to get inside their minds either."

"No!" said Raven. "There has to be another way. We can't just leave him to—she looked up to see Rita's hand on her shoulder.

"No matter what they do to Beast boy, they won't win. We will stop them. We will stop Beast boy from doing something he'll regret in the end," said Rita.

"You can't promise that Rita," said Robot man.

"She's trying to comfort the girl. What's wrong with you?" said Negative man.

"It's not like I want the green runt to die. I—damn it!" he said as he walked away from the group.

"Rita's right. We're not giving up on Beast boy," said Robin. "No one is going to die."

Green eyes started to awaken, not being able to feel his body. He could feel himself panic in his mind as the machines around him went crazy. Seeing the eyes of evil staring down at him, he knew what he had to.

"Calm down Garfield or you'll kill yourself," said Galtry.

"And we don't want that, now do we Beast boy," said Slade.

"WH—WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" screamed BB. "Why can't I move my body?"

"Your on powerful pain killers. It had to be done. I cut you open, so it was needed."

"I'm just an experiment to you. That's all I've ever been, but—He felt his determination rise. The animals inside screamed at him to run, run as fast as he could and never look back, but he wasn't sure it was possible with all the drugs pumped into his body.

"You can try all you want Garfield, but you'll never leave me. When you see your friends again, you'll be something different to them. They're executioner."

"No. I won't let that happen. Whatever you did to me, I'll fight it. I WON'T LET YOU WIN!"

"So passionate it's too bad it won't help you now. No one can," said Slade.

Alone. Beast by was left alone in the dark room in order to rest and recuperate for what was ahead for him. Instead he used all his energy to try and get out of his restraints. At one point he felt the pain killers wearing off and he screamed bloody murder. It felt like he was stabbed multiple times. Still he tried to focus on escaping as he finally had control of his body again.

Feeling all the hurt he was suffering now and over the years, he could feel himself letting go and relinquishing control to the beast inside him. What sent him over the edge was the thought of never seeing Raven again.

Restraints breaking as well as the bones in his body to create something powerful inside him. The pain was beyond words, but he would endure to take down Galtry and Slade. He let out a loud roar that brought the two villains into the room, there eyes widened in awe and terror as the beast's teeth came into views as well the sadistic look on its' face. They never had a chance, but they tried everything they could to bring down the beast.

The facility blew up in a blaze of hypnotizing flames. There was so much smoke that it created a fog around the rubble of the building. A shadow walked out, pain clearly shown in his green eyes as he walked a distance away from the place that would forever change him. Before he could morph into a bird and find his friends, he collapsed, falling into unconsciousness.

Beast boy opened his eyes once again but to a familiar hut and the eyes of Prince Taiba. "H—how?"

"My father came to me in a vision. He told me where you were. Thank God you're all right."

"How long have I been out?"

"Two weeks, which surprised us all. We weren't even sure you were going to make it with the extent of your injuries. What happened?"

"I—he faced the wall of the hut, "I don't want to talk about it."

"Very well Garfield but my people found two burned, dead bodies in the wreckage."

"I killed them," BB said as silent tears ran down his face. He wiped them away quickly. "Where are my friends?"

"My father sent them a message to. They should be here soon. I'll leave to get some rest Garfield."

BB smiled. "Thank you Prince Taiba. I—I'm—

"I'm not here to judge you. Sleep well," he said as he left the hut.

The pain still lingered in his body but now it was just a soreness. Covering his body with the blanket on top of him. He curled up in the fetal position and let a few more silent tears run down his face before he closed his eyes and slipped into dreams.

Waking up sweat soaked, he sat up in bed. Looking closer at his injuries, BB ran his hands over the scars and the needle marks. His body was discolored in some parts with brushing and dried blood. Just looking at his body made him angry. 'How could I let this happen? Who knows what he did to me? He hoped he would never find out. He felt like enough of a monster as it is. As he lied back down, he closed his eyes again, hoping by some luck that this was all a dream.