The Apprentice

"Beast Boy!...NO" the dark sorcerer yelled as the green changeling's limp body was taken away in the arms of their rival, Slade. She wavered on the edge of consciousness mustering just enough strength to teleport herself and her team back to their tower. The last thing she saw before blacking out was an image of her green friend.

Robin, boy wonder, was the first to wake. He shook the others awake and tried to piece together what happened before they were knocked unconscious. As he looked around, he saw Raven's unconscious body lying in the middle of their gigantic living room, a stream of blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth. He immediately went to help her. The others quickly followed his lead and moved the dark sorceress to the medical ward.

When Raven awoke, she saw all of her friends crowding around her hospital bed except Beast Boy. First was Starfire, an alien with a purple outfit, red hair, green eyes that shot lasers, and orange skin. Next was Cyborg, half man, half machine. Lastly, was Robin, the boy wonder had anger plastered all over his face. She contemplated why he was mad for a moment until the day's events flashed in her mind.

"Beast Boy!" She yelled as she sat upright and tried to stand up.

"Rave, calm down girl" Cyborg said as he held her down. She struggled against his strength wanting nothing more than to find and destroy the one who took her teammate.

"Friend Raven, you are too weak to stand by yourself" Starfire added as she helped Cyborg. The two of them barely able to restrain the sorceress, Raven looked to Robin to see him seemingly lost in thought.

"Raven calm down, he's not our biggest concern right now!" Robin yelled, anger clouding his mind.

"What the hell did you just say!" Raven screamed as she threw Cyborg and Starfire off of her and sent them careening into a wall. She flew at Robin with rage as he dodged her and hit her on the back of the head with his retractable bow staff. She fell but quickly got up and flew at him once more. Robin dodged again and threw smoke bombs at her. He then appeared behind her and knocked her out.

When raven awoke once more, Robin apologized and quickly left the room to look for Slade on the tower's supercomputer. Raven tried to get up but found her limp body in the arms of Starfire and Cyborg before long. They gave her apologetic looks and took her to her dark and gloomy room. She silently thanked them as she entered the sanctity of her room. She mediated and thought about Beastboy's selfless sacrifice.

Slade smashed the heel of his right foot on Robin's head instantly knocking him unconscious. Next, he dodged Starfire and Cyborg's bolts of energy. He then ran at Cyborg and sidestepped him. Cyborg turned around to a side kick in the gut. Slade then followed with a strong uppercut sending Cyborg backwards into the wall of a nearby building. Cyborg retaliated with a plasma blast from his canon. The blast missed Slade as he threw a smoke bomb, concealing himself. Slade then flew out of the smoke but was tackled by a green tiger. Beast Boy shifted into his normal teenage form and gave Raven a wink. Raven let a smile creep to the corners of her mouth. She then enveloped a telephone pole in black telekinetic energy and sent it flying towards the wounded Slade. Slade dodged it, however, and flew towards an unsuspecting Starfire, tackling her out of the air and into the ground face first. She tried to get up as Slade brought an axe kick down on her back knocking her unconscious. He then turned around to a plasma blast in the face. His armor protected him. Despite this, the blast threw him backwards towards a bicycle shop. Unable to stop, he smashed into the shop window, shattering it. Angrily, he got up and charged at the metal man. He was intercepted, however, by a green dog slamming into him. Slade got up once again and went for the changeling. He hit Beast Boy in the head with a devastating punch making the teen careen into a brick wall. As he went in for the kill, Slade was hit by a flying telephone pole and thrown into an alleyway. Using it to his advantage he concealed himself in smoke and waited for the remaining teens. Cyborg was the first to enter the smoke, charging into the alleyway canon ready. He was met with a hard blow to the back as Slade appeared behind him. Cyborg reeled in pain from the hit and aimed his canon at the villain. He was to slow however, as Slade kicked him in the head causing him to fall onto his back. Slade raised his leg for the kill right as he was thrown backwards, his body covered in black energy. Raven appeared in the sky above him, shooting bricks covered in energy at the villain. Slade dodged most but was hit in the chest with a few causing his armor to weaken further. He became furious, charging at the wounded Cyborg with incredible speed. As he approached his target, he pulled a retractable staff similar to Robin's out of his belt. He smashed the staff down repeatedly onto the metal teen eventually causing Cyborg to lose consciousness. He then continued to run from Raven's relentless barrage of bricks and energy. Slade eventually made his way to where Robin's unconscious body was lying forcing Raven out in the open. Raven ran towards slade after realizing her previous attacks were ineffective. She attempted to outfight him to no prevail. He kneed her in the stomach causing her to fall to her knees in pain. He then kicked her face causing her to land on her back a few feet away. Her breathing was labored as her eyes began to close. Slade stood above her ready to finish it as a green bullet of fur and claws knocked Slade to the ground.

"Don't hurt her you MONSTER!" Beast Boy bellowed as he ripped at Slade's armor with pure rage. His vision went red as his and instincts took over. He relentlessly battered the villain with attacks. Slade however, was timing his attacks and hit him square in the chest with all his strength when there was a gap in the assault. Beast Boy flew backwards a few yards as the back of his head made contact with the concrete. He was wavering on the edge of consciousness as Slade walked up to him and snickered.

"Its over boy, your team has failed and will now die. Especially Raven." Slade sneered. Beast Boy became slightly more alive when he said this. Thinking quickly, Beast Boy spoke.

"Don't hurt them or her, take me as your apprentice instead." He pleaded, desperately. He didn't want to do Slade's dirty work but he also couldn't stand the thought of his friends dying or being hurt any further. After a long moment of contemplation, Slade finally replued.

"Hmm. That's tempting. I like the offer but I have a stipulation. You will follow my every command. If you disobey, I'll kill each and every one of them right before your eyes." His eyes glinted with malice as he spoke. Beast Boy looked at his friends strewn about the city block that had become a battlefield. He looked at Raven and smiled sadly before agreeing.

"Its a deal"

"Very well. Get up boy, we have much to do and very little time." Slade said as he pulled Beast Boy's limp body up to a standing position. Beast Boy struggled to his feet.

"I can't walk." Beast Boy said as he fell to the floor.

"You! Are! Useless!" Slade flared in anger as he kicked Beast Boy in the head and lifted his limp body on one shoulder. He then proceeded to walk towards the deep parts of the city enjoying Raven's cries of protest.

When Raven was done mediating she found her face moist with tears and half of her belongings floating around her. She calmed herself down, wiped her tears, and walked to the kitchen wondering why she cared so much for Beast Boy. Once she arrived in the kitchen, everyone's heads turned to stare at her.

"What happened. Why are you all looking at me as if you've seen a ghost" Raven asked, confused.

"Rave, you've been meditating for four days straight with no food or water." Cyborg said as he made his way towards her, "Are you sure your alright?"

"I-im fine" she said as she made herself a cup of tea.

"Friend Raven, I do not believe it is healthy to not eat." Starfire said with concern.

"Star, I'm fine." Raven retorted.

"I found Slade everybody!" Robin exclaimed, clearly oblivious of the situation taking place.

"Thats great Rob, where is he at?" Cyborg asked, rolling his eyes.

"The Jump City bridge" Robin replied deep in thought, "If we hurry, we can catch him before he escapes again"

"Let us go save friend Beast Boy!" Starfire exclaimed.

The teens arrived at the scene to see a big green rhino ramming into the bridge's support beams.

"Beast Boy...Stop!" yelled Robin as he drew his staff.

"BB, what gives man!?" Cyborg exclaimed.

"Friend Beast Boy, you do not seem like yourself" Starfire added.

"Beast Boy..." Raven quietly said in shock. Seeing the titans, Beast Boy turned around and charged at the group. He smashed into Cyborg, crushing his arms like tin cans. Next, he turned into a bird and grabbed Robin by the legs. He flew up a good hundred feet with Starfire close behind. He then dropped Robin in the water next to the bridge. He turned to Starfire as she shot Star bolts at him. He dodged them all and turned into an insect to slip out of her line of sight. All of a sudden, he appeared in front of Raven in his tiger form and pounced on her. She covered him in black energy and lifted him into the air. While in the air, Starfire shot bolts at him causing him to fly backwards to the end of the bridge. He landed on his feet and shifted into a snake. He then rushed up the support beams and turned into a gorilla at the top. Once in gorilla form he jumped at an unsuspecting Starfire knocking her out of the air causing her to land next to Cyborg, unconscious. He landed next to her as a tiger and ran towards Raven. She aimed a bolt right in between his eyes but hesitated before she shot it. Because of this, she aimed a too low and Beast Boy was able to jump over it. He came crashing down on her and raised his claws for the kill. He hesitated however and lowered her hand. Raven's rage took over as she shot blasts upon blasts of energy at her former teammate. The blasts hit his chest, arms, legs, and face destroying his body. He shifted into a cheetah and tried to run away as she encased him in black energy. She lifted him up and dropped him from fifty feet high resulting in a loud crunch as nearly all his bones were broken simultaneously. Raven then teleported everyone home and shut herself in her room again.